Backward Punt Tops 1945 Oddities in Sports Poll
New York sport writers vote the backward punt that set California’s 6 0 win over U C L A as the top sports oddity of 1945. Other noted items include York’s World Series events the Tigers Lions Cubs and pro football miscues plus horse racing dead heats and a field spread of quirky plays across football baseball and racing.
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Ual
Associated Press
California
Jack Lerond
Ed Welch
Lerond
Chuck Hostetler
Tigers
Alphonse-Gaston
Tiger
Hank Greenberg
Hank Brown
Larry MacPhail
Chicago Cubs
Indiana
Sammy Baugh
Tony Minisi
Notre Dame
Phil Colella
Colella
West Virginia
Drexel
Caliente
Jamaica
Services This Week At Nain Tabernacle
Services will be held at the Home Mission Tabernacle in Nain each night this week at 7 30 p m Rev Segilbert of Hag Eratown Maryland will be guest speaker The pastor Rev George Hels ley extends a cordial welcome to the public.
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Home Mission Tabernacle
Nain
Segilbert
Hageratown, Md
George Helsley
Local Sports Are Highlighted In The Evening Star
The Evening Star highlights local sports coverage with features on area teams and athletes. Readers receive timely updates on scores standings and notable performances across high school and community leagues.
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Evening Star
Mrs. Rosa Strother Dies at 70 in Clarke County
Rosa Lanham Strother of near Old Chapel Clarke county died Tuesday morning in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a period of ill health. She was 70, born May 20 1875 in Clarke county and survived by her husband Snowden Strother and children Nellie Brown Annie Strother Snowden Strother Ruth Rosenberry and Kenneth Strother. Funeral Thursday at 2 from Duncan Memorial Methodist Church Berryville with interment Green Hill Cemetery.
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Snowden Strother
Old Chapel
Clarke County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Nellie Brown
Berryville
Annie Strother
Ruth Rosenberry
Kenneth Strother
South Pacific
John Levi
Henry Stickels
Charles Lan
Rice Carper
Vernon Lloyd
A. P. Osborne
Oscar Ramsburg
Thomas Carper
Jacob Carper
Roger Bernsdaffer
Ralph Ware
Carroll Whirley
Francis Logan
Roy Silman
Leslie Johnson
Roy Potts
Lloyd Dofflemyer
Unions Liable for Damages From Strikes Proposed
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin proposed in Washington that labor unions be made liable for damages arising from strikes in violation of contracts. He said such a rule would eliminate irresponsible strikes and plans to push the idea in the Senate when Congress reconvenes January 14. The proposal comes as labor legislation tops the return agenda alongside Truman's request for fact finding in disputes.
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Wiley
R-Wis
Wisconsin
Senate
Congress
Truman
Virginia State Briefs Highlight Local Fire Loss and Resignations
Baby Richard Gordon Temple, 23 months, remains in critical condition from military tuberculosis with no improvement. John Marshall High cadet Abraham Matthews loses home and uniform in a fire but finds $500 in War Bonds untouched. Governor Darden accepts J Lindsay Almond’s resignation as Hastings Court judge to allow a run for Congress. Wright reports restoration of Sarah Winston’s grave. Virginia advocates county heart services and endorses an eighth grade guidance program. Virginia considers reinstating a 2 percent gross receipts tax on out of state carriers with projected annual revenue around 300k to 400k. Piedmont Telephone Company receives a charter to buy Tri County Telephone Company and will serve 300 miles of line.
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Richard Gordon Temple
Richmond
Abraham Matthews
John Marshall
Virginia
Piedmont Telephone Company
Manassas
Tri-County Telephone Company, Inc
Haymarket
Prince William County
State Corporation Commission
Prince William
Fauquier
Loudoun
Aldie
Loudoun County
Reverend George E Simmons Named Spurgeon Memorial Pastor
The Rev. George E Simmons, after four and a half years as a U.S. Army chaplain and former pastor of Starling Avenue Baptist Church Martinsville, accepts the pastorate of Spurgeon Memorial Baptist Church in Norfolk. He succeeds the Rev. W D Morris who moved to Oakland Baptist Roanoke in the fall.
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Norfolk
George E Simmons
U. S. Army
Starling Avenue Baptist Church
Martinsville
Spurgeon Memorial Baptist Church
W. D. Morris
Oakland Baptist Church
Roanoke
Obituary Note for W A Orndorff Family Thanks
Thanks to friends for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of Mr. W A Orndorff from Mrs W A Orndorff and Children dated December 26, 2011.
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W. A. Orndorff
Postwar junior and boys indoor tennis champs open
New York dispatch notes the first national junior and boys indoor tennis championships since 1940. Young players like Seaman Dick Savitt and Sidney Schwartz may shape tennis’s future as prewar stars decline. Ted Schroeder quits competition. others may fill the gap in 1946. The piece also touches on college baseball, basketball, and football schedules and long-running high school football rivalries.
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New York
Seaman Dick Savitt
Bayonne
N. J
Memphis
Ted Schroeder
Ted
Jack Kramer
Frank Parker
Bill Talbert
Gardner Mulloy
Norwich Academy and Bulkley School Rivalry Mentioned
The Norwich Bulletin notes a 1878 game between Norwich Free Academy and Bulkley School of New London with oldtimers recalling earlier contests. Dr H L Bakers Football Facts and Figures cites 1860 Boston games but omits whether rivalries persisted.
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Norwich Bulletin
Norwich Pree Academy
Bulkley School
New London
H. L. Baker
Boston
No Presbyterian Prayer Meeting Due to Weather
Dr Ronald S Wilson pastor of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church says there will be no prayer meeting at the church this evening December 26 because of bad weather.
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Ronald S. Wilson
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
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