Red Cross Junior Swim Ends and Softball Pairings Noted
The Winster Frederick County Red Cross program at Illow Lawn Pool crowned nine top juniors who completed all tests in Learn To Swim. They swam 100 yards crawl and passed breast stroke, surface dive, water-to-list, back ice, and racing turns. Intermediate qualifiers and many beginners also finished testing.
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Winester-Frederick County
American Red Cross
Illow Lawn
Recreation
Charles Aikin
Helen Dettra
John Hollis
Argaret Crisman
Miriam Rowe
Ary Rhodes
Norma Vann
Elizabeth Alvosa
Jane Berry
Izabeth Lichliter
Kathryn Jenberger
Richard Kremer
Onte Miller
George Miller
Rs. Frances Sager
Charles Ikin
Red Cross
Ater Safety Committee
Redit
James Sprint
Anager
Musial Nears Fourth National League Batting Title
New York Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals leads the National League batting race with a .355 average with five weeks left. Johnny Op of Pittsburgh sits second at .340 and Jackie Robinson of Brooklyn has dropped from contention at .330. Musial has 157 hits in 442 at bats and 37 doubles while Ted Kluszewski follows at .328 and Car Furillo sits fifth at .324.
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New York
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Slugger
Johnny Opp
Pittsburgh
Musial
Hop
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn
Four-way finish possible in early baseball pennant race
The American League could stage a four way tie for first on the final weekend as Detroit New York Cleveland and Boston hold slim leads with 30 to 34 games left. Boston beat Cleveland 15 14 while Detroit and New York lost and Philadelphia extended its NL lead with a split doubleheader in Chicago.
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Detroit
New York
Cleveland
Boson
Tigers
Indians
Red Sox
Yankees
Boston
Baseball World
Philadelphia
Athletics
Chicago White Sox
Phillies
Brooklyn
Phils
Chicago
St. Louis
Cardinals
Dodgers
Cubs
Homer Howell
Ewell Blackwell
Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
Jim Pearce
Washington
St. Louis Browns
Pittsburgh
Boston Braves
A Loop Opens September 11th
Members of A League met at the Health Center Alleys and scheduled a 7 30 p m start for Monday September 11. Richard Buncutter is president with Everett Holsinger as vice president Jack Jones secretary Bob Berry treasurer and Harold Dawson statistician. Teams will be drawn from Home Beneficial Life Insurance Buncutter Tire Co O Sullivan Plant Lions Club American Legion Elliott Motor Lines O Sullivan Office Payless Market L M Buses Northern Virginia Power Co Sarah Zane Fire Co Cities Service National Fruit Royal Crown Cola. John Boyd announced a meeting of all team representatives for the B League tonight at 7 30 p m at the Health Center Alleys.
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Richard Buncutter
Loop
Everett Holsinger
Jack Jones
Bob Berry
Harold Dawson
Home Beneficial Life Insurance
Buncutter Tire Co
O'Sullivan
Lions Club
American Legion
Elliott Motor Lines
O’sullivan
Payless Market
L & M Buses
Northern Virginia Power Co
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Cities Service
National Fruit
Royal Crown Cola
John Boyd
Health Center
Cork St. Ties Lutheran In First Tilt No Play Tonight
Postseason play announced for the 1950 Winchester City and Church Leagues. Montague Ave Methodist beat Christ Episcopal 8-5 in extras to break a fourth place tie. Northern Virginia Power Winchester Club routed Hagerstown 9-0 as Jesse Donald allowed three hits.
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Cork St
Lutheran
Shaughnessey
Winchester City
Church
Montague Ave
Methodist
Christ Episcopal
Northern Virginia Power Company
Winchester Club
Hagerstown
Potomac- Edison System
Jesse Donald
Teddy Keller
Keller
White
McNeill Upsets McGregor in National Singles Debut
Don McNeill, 32, the 1940 National Champion, stunned Ken McGregor 9-7 3-6 6-4 6-1 in the first round as the National Singles championship action opened. Howard Talbert beat Frank Shields, and other seeds like Flam, Drobny, Hopman, Sedgman, and Bromwich advanced in Forest Hills with Australia’s Davis Cup squad among the notable entrants.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
Don McNeill
Ken McGregor
Ken
McNeill
Bill Talbert
McGregor
Talbert
Hopman
Bernard Schreiber
Baltimore
Drobny
Arnold Beisser
Santa Ana
Calif
Frank Sedgman
Harold Burrows
Charlottesville
John Bromwich
Tony Trabert
Cincinnati
U. S
Gardnar Mulloy
Goodman Holds A.L. Stick Lead
Boston star Billy Goodman paces the American League with a .366 batting average after 11 hits in 23 at bats last week. Larry Doby trails by nine points at .357 while Detroits Dizzy Trout leads pitching at .786 with 11-8.
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Chicago
Billy Goodman
Boston Red Sox
Goodman
Larry Doby
Cleveland
Doby
Det Kell
New York
Hank Bauer
al Zarilla
Boston
Dom DiMaggio
Phil Rizzuto
Paul Lehner
Philadelphia
Yogi Berra
Johnny Groth
Detroit
Kell
Gene Woodling
Dobby Doerr
Dizzy Trout
National League Standings and Schedule Highlights
Major Leagues National League standings show Philadelphia leading with 76 wins and a .618 percentage. Brooklyn 67-49, Boston 66-53, St. Louis 65-55, New York 62-57, Chicago 63-69, Cincinnati 49-71, Pittsburgh 42-79. Yesterday results: Chicago 7 Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 3 Brooklyn 1, Cincinnati 3 New York 2. Tonight's games: New York at Pittsburgh, Brooklyn at Chicago, Boston at Cincinnati. Tomorrow: Boston at Cincinnati, Philadelphia at St. Louis.
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Wwde
Ech
Acs
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Boston
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Early Baseball Scores and Tonight Schedule Summary
Boston 15 Cleveland 14 Chicago 6 New York 4 Philadelphia 4 Detroit 3 Washington 9 St Louis 3. Tonight doubleheader times show Cleveland at New York at 12:30 and 3:00, St Louis at Philadelphia, Chicago at Boston, Detroit at Washington day and night, plus nite games.
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Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Detroit
Washington
St. Louis
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Ae Nears Jatting
Ted Klusnski
Furillo
Joe Reichler
Associated Press
Eddie Erdelatz
Navy
Annapolis
Maryland
Power Company
Cork St. Christian
Grace Lutheran
Highland Ave
Montague
Arthur
Royal Crown
Plumly
McNeil
Tom Brown
Vic Seixas
Art Larsen
Earl Cochell
Dick Savitt
Jim Brink
Sam Match
B. F. Goodrich Store
W. Boscawen St
Ian
S. Braddock
Major
The
Remington
Miller's Hardware
N. Main St
Cowboy
John H. Drayton
Westport, Cona
Than
Dodge
Pine Motor Company
St. Braddock St
Winchester
Corliss Ardher
CBS
Virginia Power Coo
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