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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1947
Page
12
A baseball game scheduled yesterday between the Remount Station at Front Royal and the Winchester Junior Legion was canceled due to rain, leaving both teams without a result.
The St Louis Cardinals defeated the league leading Brooklyn Dodgers 3 to 1 in a 12 inning game. Whitey Kurowski hit a decisive homer as St Louis cut Brooklyn’s lead to four and a half games behind. Ralph Branca pitched well for Brooklyn but the Birds surged late to win.
Whitey Kurowski hits a clutch 12th inning infield single off Red Munger to drive in the decisive run as St. Louis defeats Brooklyn 3 to 2. Howie Pollet earns the win with one out and a runner on second, preserving the Cards’ narrow lead. Other results include Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York games in the same schedule.
Blair and Charles Town American Legion plan a baseball series to be staged next month. Managements are working out details for the two clubs to meet in a multi game set.
Miss Ruth Cuthbert of the State champion gun club team and Virginia doubles winner takes part in the Grand American trapshoot at Vandalia Ohio. She broke 89 of 100 in the first round and had 100 more to shoot yesterday as two women led with 197 of 200.
Virginia public instruction chief G. Tyler Miller reports a rebound in teacher supply for the fall. Early estimates show about 2,600 teachers without full certificates expected to teach next month, compared with 3,200 with emergency licenses in the previous period.
Miller notes the 1946-47 school year keeps teacher age as a serious problem for many areas. He cites that between 1936 and 1945 about $25 million was spent on hopper control nationwide with an estimated $600 million saved in crime prevention.
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