Cork St. Christian Clinches League, All-Star Game Planned
Cork St. Christian clinched the church league pennant with a 14-3 lead heading into the final game as Highland Ave. trailed by one. El Keller announced the Winchester All-Star lineup for tomorrow night’s doubleheader at the annual Yard Party and fund-raiser.
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Cork St. Christian
Tronic
Highland Ave
el Keller
Winchester
Cork St
Presbyterian
Lutheran
Kern
Episcopal
Montague
Braddock St
Cork St.’s
Bill Ailey
Boyd
Bailey
Cork St. Ewanson
Sosers
Keller
Manners
City
Martinsburg
Andy Lake
Lewis
Will Spaid
Buddie Swisher
L. Fawcett
B. Grim
Leon Pope
Yeddy Keller
Ott Spaid
Pete Purtlebaugh
C. White
Garland Pingley
D. Smith
Hart
E. Bailey
J. Grim
J. W. Arthur Insurance Co. Club
Softball Commission
Dick Boyd
Bill Baker
Maurice Blosser
John Lee
Slim Bolen
Hoye L. Riley
Winchester Municipal Band
Howard Holland
A. T. Hawthorne
Rookies Shine as Major Leagues Spotlight New Stars
AP recalls top rookie contenders across leagues. Al Rosen and Walter Dropo loom for pennant chases with Boston and Cleveland while Bob Miller and Sam Jethroe emerge in the National League.
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Rosen
Dropo
Jethroe
Miller
Frank Eckap
New York
Ted Williams
Walter Dropo
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
Flip) Rosen
Luke Easter
Detroit
Yankees
Ed Ford
Long Island City
Yankee
Kansas City
Bob Miller
Phillies
Boston Braves
Sam Jethroe
Roy Hartsfield
Hartsfield
Boston
Billy Southworth
Connie Ryan
Libby Sisti
Gene Mauch
Buddy Kerr
Keystone
Cardinals
Bill Howerton
Columbus
Howerton
Red Birds
Alfonso
Chico) Carrasquel
Chicago White Sox
Carrasquel
Venezu
Lenhardt
Visitor Notices Change in City
Sol Goldman of 1019 Flemington St Pittsburgh visits Winchester and notes a half century of changes. He recalls his 1895 to 1905 clothing business on Loudoun Street near the former C A Heller building now part of Leggett's Store. He says landmarks are unrecognizable and many old neighbors have died or moved away.
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Winchester
Sol Goldman
Flemington St
Pittsburgh
Goldman
Loudoun Street
C. A. Heller
Leggett
Major Leagues Baseball Standings and Schedule
American League standings show Detroit leading with 70 wins and Cleveland at 70 as New York 67 Boston 67 Washington 50 Chicago 44 St Louis 38. Tonight’s games include St Louis at Detroit and Chicago at Philadelphia with several other matchups. Yesterday Detroit defeated Chicago while Washington beat New York and Cleveland edged St Louis in 12 innings. Tomorrow’s games list St Louis at Detroit Chicago at Cleveland New York at Philadelphia and Washington at Boston.
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Detroit
Cleveland
New York
Boston
Washington
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
New A
Broklyn
Question on Purple Heart origin and early decoration
The text states George Washington created and named the Purple Heart as the Badge of Military Merit. It notes John C. Fitzpatrick of the Library of Congress uncovered the story and first called it the Order of the Purple Heart.
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A. George Washington
United States
Washington
John C. Fitzpatrick
Library of Congress
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Guy Singhass
Jonas Chamberlin
Vernon Timbrook
John Leatherman
Isabelle Cook
Marvin Gore
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Daniel Doyle
Clarence Butler
W. F. Brown
RC Cola
O'Sullivan Rubber Co
O’sullivan
Moose
Novick
Royal Crown
Plumly
O'Sullivan
Frank Bailey
Braddock St. Baptist
Market St
First Brethren
Elan
Fort Worth
Senators
Irv Noren
Hollywood
A’s
Bob Hooper
Browns
Don Lenhardt
Doug Bailey
Shorty Bowers
Carl Anderson
Cece’ Laster
Saa
U. F.M.A
Major
The
Associated Press
Ball Park
Hand
Stock Limited
Miller’s
N. Main
Dearing & Patton Distributors
America
Aed
Ford
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