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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1941
Page
5
The Chicago White Sox ride elite pitching to eight straight wins and 17 of 20, despite weak hitting and poor fielding. Lee tops with 16th win in a 4 0 victory over Philadelphia, while Humphries earns his second straight shutout. DiMaggio injures ankle as Yankees stumble. Williams belts three homers in Boston doubleheader as Red Sox split with St Louis.
In Chicago Knollwood, Marvin Ward of Spokane and Ray Billows of Poughkeepsie clash for the third time in the Great Lakes Amateur Golf Championship. Ward defeated Kovack and Lehman earlier. Billows beat Bowen and Stewart to reach the quarterfinals alongside Wehrle Barmum and Stranahan for the Omaha classic.
National League results show Brooklyn 9 Philadelphia 0 and Chicago 4 New York 1 with rains elsewhere. American League standings list Detroit leading with a 12 3 record while Cleveland and Chicago trail. detailed matchups from yesterday include Auker and Niggeling on Detroit and Bagby on Washington.
Washington August 20 Bill Poland the New York heavyweight with 32 knockouts in 35 fights and Eddie Blunt a North Carolina fighter meet in a heavyweights clash billed as a throwback to Sullivan Corbett Johnson and Dempsey. The bout set for August 27 saja at Griffith Stadium and promoters anticipate a knockout as neither man has gone beyond ten rounds. Poland recently knocked out Harry Bobo boosting his stock while Blunt has shown power in nine months in the ring. Training camps open Monday with sparring partners arranged for both men.
Stephens City Virginia social diary notes visits and travel plans as Betty Jane from Alexandria stays with relatives in Yeakle family. Hoover sisters Ellinor and Mary Sue visit Timberville and Harry Orndorff. Stewart Montgomery weekend with Carbaughs. Whymire Steele travels after sister's death in Creekside Pennsylvania. Lillie Macagan and George Tobin family outing with Atkinses in Martinsburg. Ed Ewing of Baltimore visiting Yeakles. Leslie Orndorff to Birmingham Alabama. Maynard Hausenflucken hosts Maureen's ninth birthday with pink white decor and guests including Lloyd White Freda White Dellinger Clevenger Beatty Beaty Reid Comer Hergaugh Helmick and others. Irene Judd Winchester and Andre Jones Washington noted.
Buddy Walker of Columbus fought Gus Dorazio of Philadelphia in a close decision. Walker weighed 199 pounds, Dorazio 189, and the bout went the ten round distance.
In the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court of Winchester VA on August 6 1941 S F Hawkins sues Louise Washington Hawkins for a vinculo matrimoni. The defendant is not a resident of Virginia and must appear within ten days to protect interest. Order for publication in Winchester Evening Star for four weeks and posting at court door by August 18 1941. Teste P J Marshall Clerk. John W Rice paj.
A collage of sports items from a late 1940s era roundup. Mentions Steve ONeill trade talk, Bitsy Grant retirement hopes, Talent Scout at Saratoga, Hank Greenberg car trade, Whit Wyatt tough luck tale, Alec Holmes no hitter comeback, Mrs. Barney Dreyfuss at Pirates Dodgers, Dodgers Ladies Day fashion show talk, Jim Tobin knuckleball praise, Ray Florek recruiting, Zeke Barrura camp Shelby field naming talk, Dodgers draft losses, Penn State tickets for servicemen, Benny McCoy 3-A reclassification, Buddy Lewis presidential support hints.
In a Chattanooga Times column Today's Guest Star Wirt Gammon says the Cleveland club is not called the Indians because they are vanishing Americans. The remark challenges a common nickname and prompts discussion on team identity.
The Toledo Mud Hens Baseball Club will forward all baseballs hit into the stands at Swayne Field back to army camps. Club management will collect the balls returned by fans and donate them for military use.
Federal petition names Gertrude Simon Hirshorn as assets totaling 1,485,015.20 with no income for two years and no bank account. She lists mortgage debts from 1929 and describes herself as a house wife with no tax returns.
The report notes North River conditions are milky and South River appears cloudy with mixed visibility. No precipitation details are provided. Observers record river states and potential impact on local crossings.
Temple star Andy Tomasic the 1941 successor to Michigan's Tom Harmon may quit football to pursue pro baseball. He has had tryouts with MLB clubs, plans to finish Temple studies, and was invited to a Reds tryout at Shibe Park before rain halted it. He hopes to join double A or higher and has played for East Greenville and East Falls in offseason leagues.
Dodgers Curt Davis twirled a five hit shutout in the opener against Pittsburgh as Pete Reiser drove in two with a key eighth inning double. Hal Newhouser and Charley Gehringer led Detroit to victory with Newhouser allowing five hits and Gehringer driving in four on a homer and a double. Dickey’s three RBIs propelled New York past Cleveland in the nightcap. Galehouse of the Browns and Berardino of the Red Sox provided late drama as Berardino’s ninth inning single followed his earlier homer to win the game. Williams homered in the first tilt and twice more with two singles in the second. Thornton Lee and John Humphries each shut out the Athletics. Jim Bloodworth of the Senators hit a two run homer in the 12th to beat the Indians.
Community readers learn of local events and updates from a newspaper focused on the town. The page highlights civic notices, neighborhood happenings, and practical information for residents.
Carl Campbell opened the Winchester Golf Club championship with a 71 in rain soaked conditions, five strokes ahead of Arnold as the final 18 holes near. Campbell birdied the first three holes and posted a 37 on the front nine, while Arnold finished 38. Campbell then added a 34 on the back nine to reach 71, with Arnold at 77. The second 18 holes will be played this weekend.
Patrolmen Osborne Rutherford and William McGee followed the cries in Trail Canyon and found a lone deer hunter three hours after he had been listening to a portable radio drama.
In Chicago on August 20, Joe Louis and Matva Trotter reconciled during an alimony hearing. Louis’s wife dropped her cruelly alleged divorce action after a 45 minute conference. The couple sealed their reunion with a hug before leaving.
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