Cardinals Grab Lead With 4-0 Shutout of Giants
Howie Pollet tossed a five hit shutout to blank the New York Giants 4-0 as the St. Louis Cardinals leap to 2 1/2 games in front of the Dodgers. Chicago Cubs defeated Brooklyn 3-2 with Phil Cavarretta driving in the winner in the seventh.
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Chicago Cubs
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Phil Cavarreta
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Boston
Cincinnati
Cleveland
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Vernon
Williams
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Spence
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Ferriss
Seague
Valley Football League Opens Season September 27 1946
The Valley Athletic League six man high school football circuit will start its 1946 schedule on September 27. Stonewall high school coach Bryant Harper, league president, said a September 21 meeting will discuss league matters including a possible post season game with the North Carolina state champion six man team. Competing teams include Stonewall and Stephens City in Frederick County Virginia Berryville and Boyce in Clarke County and Shepherdstown and Hedgesville in West Virginia with Shepherdstown joining to replace Strasburg.
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Valley Athletic League
Bryant Harper
Stonewall High School
Loop
North Carolina
Valley Loop
Stonewall
Stephens City
Frederick County
Berryville
Boyce
Clarke County
Shepherdstown
Hedgesville
West Virginia
Strasburg
District G Teachers Set Winchester Meeting Highlights
District G of the Virginia Education Association will meet in Winchester on Saturday October 12. The first full scale gathering in five years features a prominent speaker and an outlined program with interest group sections and practical topics for about 1200 teachers. State Education Department staff will attend and District G covers eight counties and four cities ranging north to south.
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Virginia Education Association
Winchester
Edwin E. Will
Hill
State Department of Education
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Bath County
Timberville High School
Robert Ayler
Stephens City High School
Mary Lou McCutcheon
Harrisonburg High School
Managers shakeup marks volatile Georgia Alabama League season
In the Georgia Alabama Baseball League only two of six clubs keep their managers from the season start. One club changed twice as other minor leagues show multiple shifts. Observers debate how much management quality vs player skill drives results.
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New York
Branch Rickey
Sanford
Fla
Brooklyn Farms
Louisville booing incident involves Red Sox farmhand
Two girls were arrested at Louisville Ball Park after using a beer bottle to rebuke a customer who jeered Chuck Koney the Red Sox farmhand nicknamed the second base Sinatra. The Boston Traveler's Arthur Siegel quips that it is a new take on the Louisville slugger.
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Louisville Ball Park
Chuck Koney
Red Sox
Sinatra
Boston Traveler
Arthur Siegel
Louisville
Fights Last Night Race Across Several Cities
Boxers from multiple cities scored knockouts and decisions in a fast paced card. Jimmy Fields and Steve Ketchel delivered early kayoes while Sam Baroudi and Clarence Brown won on points in separate bouts. Wayland Douglas and Chuck Hunter also scored decisive victories as Mayhem hit venues from Detroit to Fall River.
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Chicago
Jimmy Fields
Boston
Sam Hughes
Detroit
Fall River
Mass
Steve Ketchel
Johnny Davis
Brooklyn
North Adams
Sam Baroudi
Akron
Johnny Eagle
Indianapolis
Clarence Brown
Sid Peak
Louisville
Utica
N. Y
Wayland Douglas
New York
Jorge Morelia
Mexico City
Chuck Hunter
Cleveland
Bobby Berger
Forest Hills Tennis Showdown Tests Frankie Parker
At Forest Hills on August 31 Frankie Parker, two time defending national champion, faces a formidable challenger as wartime conditions ease and fans expect a fiercely contested match. Parker must prove he remains the top player against a difficult opponent.
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Forest Hills
Postwar tennis and golf notes from Virginia and Mass
Reports from Forest Hills on postwar tennis expectations with veterans and new challengers. Virginia State Golf Tourney set for Farmington Country Club with Hermitage defending champion and multiple clubs entering from Roanoke Lynchburg and Norfolk region. Naval Academy football camp at Martha’s Vineyard turns two weeks’ practice into a relaxed shore leave regime under Capt Tom Hamilton.
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Golden Sate
Los Angeles
California
Blazin
Ben Hogan
California Country Club
Hogan
Byron Bad Buck Nelson
Sammy Snead
Hermitage Country Club
Richmond
Country Club of Virginia
Glenwood Country Club
Roanoke
Boonsboro Club
Lynchburg
Tidewater
James River
Newport News
Ocean View Golf Club
Norfolk
Lexington
Petersburg
Belle Haven
Alexandria
Marthas Vineyard
Mass
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Tom Hamilton
Navy
Right Man In Right Place Is Now Problem Of All Coaches In Sixteen Unit Southern Football
Sixteen teams in the Southern circuit focus on backfield depth and line play as Wake Forest NC State Furman Clemson Virginia Tech Richmond and Virginia prep for drills. Newcomers Don Loney and prewar standouts return while injuries and earlier players reshape practice plans across the region.
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Forest Hills
Jack Krammer
Ted Schroeder
Don McNeill
Kramer
Schroeder
California
Frankie
Yvon Petra
Wimbleton
N. C
Beattie Feathers
Wolfpack
Don Loney
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Army Service
Furman
Purple Hurricane
Bob Smith
Frank Howard
Clemson Tigers
Clemson
Hal Leonard
Gerald Leverman
Dick Hendley
Sales Directory entries advertise real estate and goods margins
Aug 29 1:30 p m Mrs La fayette Shiley near Boyce furniture and household goods Aug 30 10:30 a m Crowser storage miscellaneous furniture Sept 3 10 a m mile east of Reynolds Store real estate personal property Mrs Howard Reynolds Sept 5 11 a m farm adjoining Shepherd Airfield Martinsburg WV dairy cattle equipment and farm machinery Nelson B O Neal Sept 7 12 Noon in front of County Court House Winchester real estate L H Grimm Margaret I Grimm C H Grimm
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Lafayette Shiley
Boyce
Double Tollgate
Crowser's
Reynolds Store
Howard Reynolds
Shepherd Airfield
Martinsburg
W. Va
Nelson B. O'Neal
County Court House
Winchester
L. H. Grimm
Margaret I. Grimm
C. H. Grimm
Question and Answer on Sheep Behavior and Birthplaces
The exchange notes that sheep are timid and flee danger, but ewes may charge dogs near lambs. It records Greer Gerson born at County Down, Eiie and Maria Palmer born in Vienna Austria.
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Greer Gerson
Maria Palmer
County Down, Eiie
Vienna
Austria
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