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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1939
Page
5
First game details mention Jock Sutherland's West Virginians facing the Pitt Panthers. The readable text notes Harold Claassen and a player or team matchup but lacks complete context and clear outcomes.
A Norman Oklahoma home receives mail from Rice Institute excoach Ben Douglas and players tied to Grinnell College and Creighton, while Missouri and St Louis college programs draw attention. The column weaves sports gossip, pro players, and college alumni into a seasonal ramble with humor about football and the holidays.
A Christmas note from area athletes and supporters asks Santa for season hopes. Hunters Maddex and other players request victories for Handley and Berryville teams, coaching opportunities, and continued winter play. Messages mix sports ambitions with personal wishes and lighthearted football and track requests.
A health advisory urges readers to order the CARE OF THE FEET booklet for ten cents postpaid. It promises guidance on home treatment of minor foot ailments proper shoe and stocking selection and simple exercises to strengthen foot foundations.
In Pasadena Tennessee arrives by special train for the Rose Bowl after an undefeated season while the Trojans wrap up a week of practice for New Year’s Day. Coach Howard Jones reports the squad on track with backfield stars Lansdell and Banta nursing injuries but confident for the opener.
The report shows team results for Woolworths, McCrorys, Newberrys Knitting Mill, and Oscar Nebel Credit Bureau with scores across games. McCrorys led individual scoring with Triplett and Forney among top scorers. Team totals list Woolworths 1 349, McCrorys 1 296, Knitting Mill 1 295.
Ceferino Garcia defended his middleweight title by stopping Glenn Lee in the thirteenth round of a fifteen round bout in Manila. Lee was out punched and out maneuvered before being counted out by referee Jack Dempsey as the bell neared. Garcia weighed 152 pounds, four pounds lighter than Lee.
Annual Christmas services will be held tomorrow night at 7 30 oclock at Macedonia Methodist Church. Public is invited. Choir and groups including Peggy Lou Coulson Charlotte Wyant Norman Haymaker Mrs Ernest Hall Rev George Waters and George Fleury will participate with songs recitations and tableaux.
Kernstown musician Cyril Mee will perform the chimes at the candlelight service in Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church. Rev. Ronald S. Wilson announced the plan today.
Protests surged at the University of Chicago after the board of trustees announced the abolition of intercollegiate football. Students and alumni voiced strong resentment at ending the 47 year old program.
Petey Scalzo from New York faces current champion Joey Archibald after beating Simon Chavez in Madison Square Garden. Archibald and manager Al Weill plan a big trip as Chavez had previously defeated both men in Caracas.
Intercollegiate athletic calendar notes dispute over Chicago remaining in the Western Conference without a varsity football team. Faculty committee may meet after holidays to decide if nonparticipation affects membership. Indiana University's Dr. Moenkhaus says no rules compel participation in all sponsored sports.
A 1868 Barbara Bell pattern offers a tailored frock with bias swing skirt a small waist and peaked shoulders. It includes a heart shaped bag worn at the belt and is pitched as easy to sew with a step by step chart. Sizes 12 to 20 correspond to busts 30 to 38.
A Friendship Fire Company team defeated an aggregation of Martinsburg bowlers at the Health Center with total pins 2849 to 2779. Crown of Winchester led with a high set of 641 and a best game of 150.
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