Winchester Park to Meet Williamsport Wildcats in Sunday clash
Winchester Park and Williamsport Wildcats square off Sunday in the deciding game of a three game series. Mentzer leads Park’s rotation while Simmons or Anderson start for Williamsport as Park eyes an unbroken win streak ahead of a five game set with Viscose. Other area games follow with Viscose at Front Royal and Middletown at Stevenson.
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Williamsport “Wildcats
Park
Wildcats
Marylanders
Winchester
Williamsport
Frederick
Front Royal
Sandy Baker
Luby
Patton
Burch
Mentzer
Simmons
Anderson
Viscose
Orange Ramblers
Rappahannock
Middletown
Stephenson
Stephens City
Millwood
Service Hospital Nine Edges Viscose Nine In Extra Innings
The Viscose nine of Front Royal fell 3-2 in 10 innings to Woodrow Wilson General Hospital at Staunton. After a scoreless start, Viscose pushed one across in the seventh, Front Royal answered with two in the eighth via Shannon’s homer with a man aboard. Bergy took the loss as the soldiers plated the tying run in the ninth and won in the extra frame.
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Front Royal
Woodrow Wilson General Hospital
Staunton
Service
Shannon
Bergy
Public Sale of City and County Realty in Winchester VA
Public auction to be held at the County Court House in Winchester Virginia at 11 00 A M on Saturday August 25 1945. They will offer two parcels: a 714 South Cameron Street dwelling and a 172 acre farm along the Front Royal Turnpike conveyed by historic deeds. Terms require one third cash with the balance in two equal installments at 6 percent interest, secured by a deed of trust and insurance.
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Winchester
Virginia
South
Cameron Street
Annie Craig Arme
M. L. Lockhart
Corporation Court
City of
Front Royal
H. W. Craig
Annie S. Craig
Annie S. Armel
Atom fighter tales and looming matchups ignite New York sports
The roundup highlights Archie Moore’s disputed win in Cleveland and explains a neutral corner rule. It previews Red Cochrane versus Rocky Graziano and notes Cochrane’s beverage parlor tie. It mentions Sgt Frankie Parker and Navy Lt Ed Moylan in tennis, plus a Berry Field scrimmage with Yankees and Rebels and Pvt Louis Toliver joking about sides.
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New York
Jimmy Johnston
Archie Moore
Cleveland
Red Cochrane
Rocky Graziano
Cochrane
Frankie Parker
Guam
Navy
Ed Moylan
Ireland
Photo finish cameras urged at British tracks echo US chatter
A one minute sports page notes London papers push for photo finish cameras at racetracks due to noisy demonstrations over tight finishes. The column muses on Suffolk Downs, Pittsburgh manager Frank Frisch, and possible replacements like Al Lopez and a Navy coach with Sunday freedom.
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Suffolk Downs
Frank Frisch
Pittsburgh
al Lopez
Pilot
Gabry Hartnett
Chet Cladwick
Merchant Marine Academy
Giants
Navy
Service Dept Lt Hal Mammock Takes Command
Service Dept Lt jr grade Hal Mammock is named officer in charge of the naval unit in a formal change of leadership.
Former USC back leads Fort Pierce unit and air command backs
A three letter back from USC era 1929 to 1931 heads a Fort Pierce Florida demolition unit and Sgt Ernie Pinkett trained by How ard Jones era teams now coaches backs for the air transport command. Patty Rockford a former German prisoner six months will play for the New York Americans as the American Soccer League opens Sunday. Jim Thorpe, visiting Calcutta, urged GI hospitals visits and a pregame appearance to boost morale.
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Fla
Southern California
Ernie Pinkett
Howard Jones
Air Transport Command
Patty Rockford
New York Americans
Jim Thorpe
Carlisle Star
Calcutta
Weekend visitors and locals mingle in Middletown
Weekend guests at Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sperry included their son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Knight with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Weiss and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Weiss of Silver Spring Maryland. Other locals hosted and visited relatives across town.
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Middletown
Tom Sperry
Thomas Knight
Carl Weiss
Edward Weiss
Silver Springs
Knight
Hamill
Leonza Stickley
Ethel Lineberg
Washington
Stickley
Harry Hannon
Baltimore
George Henson
Eisenhower’s West Point class rank revealed
General Eisenhower ranked 61st in a class of 164 at West Point, reflecting his scholastic standing at graduation.
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Gen. Eisenhower
West Point
Eisenhower
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