James Wood Junior Varsity Set To Clash At 7 PM
In a James Wood hardwood huddle the potential lineup includes Harry Patterson Arthur Taylor Fred Hilderbrand Boyd Swartz Walter Hoover with Coach Mathews. The junior varsity game is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Winchester Star coverage.
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Winchester Star
James Wood
Harry Patterson
Arthur Taylor
Coach Mathews
Fred Hilderbrand
Boyd Swartz
Walter Hoover
Kenneth Mathews
Colonels
Wilson Memorial
Fishersville
Tigers Trade Virgil Trucks Get Nieman From Browns
In a four-team, 1952 style swap, Detroit trades Virgil Trucks Hal White and Johnny Groth to Cleveland for Bob Nieman Owen Friend and J W Porter. Nieman hits .289 with 18 homers. Trucks six blows two no hitters in 1952 but finished 5 19. Porters vast bonus and future star potential noted. Friend to finish military service.
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Tigers
Virgil Trucks
Nieman
Browns
Phoenix
Ariz
Virgil
Trucks
Hal White
Johnny Groth
Bob Neiman
Owen Priend
J. W. Porter
Rudy Schaffer
Washington
New York Yankees
Groth
Detroit
White
St. Louis
Boston
Porter
Chicago White Sox
Memphis
Colorado Springs
White Sox
Friend
Wallace Stops Dunlap in Joe Louis Fashion
Wallace a 199 pound fighter stops 177 pound Bob Dunlap in the first round with a flashing right to the head. Dunlap bloodily jars Wallace with constant lefts in the second round and fights even through five rounds before Wallace ends the bout with Dunlap floored and nose and mouth bleeding.
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Detroit
Coley Wallace
Joe Louis
Coley
Wallace
Bob Dunlap
Duniay
Prothonotary Warbler Named in Chambers Hiss Case
A reader asks about the bird linked to the Chambers-Hiss case and is told it is the prothonotary warbler. The warbler is described as handsome and southeastern in range with rich orange coloring and black olivaceous tones.
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Chambers-Hiss
United States
William and Mary and W&L Lose Season Openers
Richmond recap shows William and Mary Indians defeated 90-79 by George Washington as Bill Chambers racks up 30 points. Washington and Lee Generals fall to North Carolina Tar Heels 67-48 with Charles Topp scoring 20. Virginia Tech loses 84-75 at High Point College as Charles Eaton nets 23. Roanoke College drops 175-61 to Wagner College with Dierks and Heinick each at 14.
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William and Mary
George Washington
University of Maryland
Maryland
Virginia
Washington
Randolph Macon
Yellow Jackets
Ashby
Norfolk Navy
Colonials
Tribe
Bill Chambers
North Carolina
Washington and Lee
Generals
Charles Topp
W&l
Tar Heels
Virginia Tech
Gobblers
Highpoint College
Charles Eaton
Tech
Walt Dierks
Wayne Heinick
Roanoke College
Wagner College
Saigh Proposes One Year Ban on Baseball Telecasts
Phoenix Arizona President Fred Saigh of the St. Louis Cardinals urged the National League to ban television from all parks for 1953 and warned he would veto home telecasts unless the Cards receive a share of TV receipts. He said television hurts attendance and proposed a radio ban for a year to test the impact.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Fred Saigh
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis
Redburg
Thoroughbred Race Names 1952 Division Champions
The Charfran Stable’s Crafty Admiral Alfred G. Vanderbilt’s Next Move and Mrs Ogden Phipps’ Odeipus were named as the final divisional champions by the Thoroughbred Racing Association completing the 1952 list.
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Ing
Crafty Admiral
Next
Oedipus
TRA
New York
Charfran Stable
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Ogden Phipps
Odeipus
Rac
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JWHS
Dunlap
Richmond
Spiders
Hampden-Sydeny ‘Tigers
Saigh
Rockers
Gov
Winthrop
Loy
Philco
RCA
Schewels
W. Cork St
Samson
Liberal
Ieach
Buncutter Tire CO
Braddock St
Winchester
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