Handley Cagers Set To Face Warren County Club
Handley high school with a 1-8 record meets Warren County High School, the club that handed Handley its earlier win. Handley favored to repeat. Winchester and Front Royal chase 1-4 District L records. Handley beat Front Royal 39-25 with Bobby Anderson scoring 11 and Jimmy Blackburn adding 10. Glenn La Vécchia tops Handley scorers with eight. Rutherford leads WCHS with 11 points, Clark next with four.
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Handley
Warren
County High School
Winchester
Front Royal
Bobby Anderson
Jimmy Blackburn
Glenn la Vécchia
WCHS
Rutherford
Anderson
Wildcat
Clark
Americans close to longest Olympic run win chase
The roundup notes three American runners Curt Stones Fred Wilt and Horace Ashenfelter all under nine minutes for two miles marking a rare three man sub nine effort at Boston. It also jokes about Penn State boxer Harry Paracharalambous and Duke NC State Wake Forest basketball events.
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Hugh Fullerton
New York
Mel Sheppard
Johnny Hayes
Curt Stones
Fred Wilt
Horace Ashenfelter
Stone
Boston
Conrad Hoover Post Cagers Enter 1950 Season
Conrad Hoover Post 21 basketball team sits in a last place tie with the National Guard despite strong returning players. New talent includes Goforth from Stonewall and Wingfield Hart Yeakle Sirk Ritter plus Chapman joining Handley alumni. Departures include Keller Stillarty Haymaker Lewis Swisher.
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American Legion
Conrad- Hoover
National Guard
Royal Crown
Cotton Goforth
Turk Wingfild
Frank Yeakle
Dick Chapman
William Sirk
Buazzie Hart
Dumpsey Ritter
Sirk
Stonewall
Goforth
AL Cagers
University of Richmond
Handley
Hart
Wingfield
Sam
Potomac State College
Ano Dick Chapman
Ed Keller
Jim Stillarty
Petey Haymaker
Hank Lewis
Ore Swisher
The
Elks
Jersey Joe Fights Son of Father He Whipped in 1936
Harold Johnson, 22, meets Jersey Joe Walcott in a 10 round bout in Philadelphia arena. If Johnson wins or loses the event marks a first in boxing as a son faces the same opponent his father previously fought. Walcott had defeated Phil Johnson in June 1936 with a knockout in the third round.
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Philadelphia
Harold Johnson
Joe Walcott
Johnson
Arena
Walcott
Harold
Phil Johnson
Jersey Joe
Pop Johnson
Gore Ball Club Sets Meeting on Friday at Gore High School
Members of the Gore baseball team will meet at 7 p.m. Friday at Gore high school to discuss plans for the coming season. Melvin Secrist, manager, will preside over the meeting of the club which last year played Bi-State ball.
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Gore
Gore High School
Melvin Secrist
Friday Night City Tabletennis Opens at Virginia Ave School
The tabletennis association announced Friday night play begins 7 30 p m Wednesday at Virginia Avenue School. The first night features Plumly versus Sacred Heart, American Legion versus O Sullivan, Rockingham versus Handley. Tables reserved for non team players. An individual tournament follows league play open to all comers. Public is invited to watch.
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Tabletennis
Virginia Ave
Tabletennis Association
Plumly
Sacred Heart
American Legion
O'Sullivan
Rockingham
Handley
Ches
Evening Star Ladies League bowling results and standings
Jr Women from Berryville swept three Evening Star games over Va Fruit Co with Edith Ritter scoring 119 and Helen Elsen 117. Valley Airways led several team feats in scores including a 1517 set, while Jewel Box pummeled Valley Airways for wins. Capper’s Jewelry and GAA No 2 also posted notable scores as the league table shifted.
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Evening Star Ladies League
Chapman Motor Co
Capper’s Jewelry
Bell Clothes
Valley Airways
Star Office
Va. Fruit Co
Jewel Box
Ind
Dorothy Burke
Mabel Grim
Edith Ritter
Connie Lineberg
Jean Steele
Chapman Motor Cod
Edith Riter
Helen Elsen
Berryville
Dolly Lyles
Capper
Pauline Anderson
Martha Reis
Nancy Thomas
Bell Clothes Store
Clothiers
Ex Yankee Coach Sideline Terror Remembered in L A
Former Yankee coach Art Fletcher, a feared mind on the field and once nicknamed the Man Who Won’t Want to Manage the Yankees, died of a heart attack in Los Angeles at age 65. He coached 18 years with the Yankees after a playing career with the Giants and Yankees. He lived in Collinsville, Illinois, and spent winters with his daughters in California.
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Lake Placid
Maine
Fort Wayne Pistons
Murray Mendenhall
Jim Wetherall
Oklahoma
Kansas
Drop
Clyde
Los Angles
Art Fletcher
Los Angels
Fletcher
John McGraw
New York Giants
Yankees
Aresietcher
Yalls
Ives
Philade
Dallas
Giants
Wolfpack Cagers Face Indians in Norfolk Showdown
North Carolina State, Southern Conference leaders, visit William and Mary in a sellout Norfolk clash after a 72-58 win in Raleigh earlier. Coach Everett Case’s Pack seek another conference victory while Hampden Sydney and Roanoke collide in the Little Six race, Tech’s Tex Tilson scoring 31 in a Virginia Tech win.
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Richmond
North Carolina State
Wolfpack
Old Dominion
William and Mary
Indians
Norfolk
William and
Mary
Raleigh
N. C
Everett Case
Duke
Case
Tonigh
Hampden-Sydney
Roanoke College
Virginia Tech
Sumner
Tex)Tilson
Tech
Emerson Johnson
Tigers
Dick Sayre
Weissmuller Voted Top Swimmer of the Half Century
Johnny Weissmuller dominated 1900 49 swimming era earning 132 votes in AP half century poll. Furuhashi led field in 20 points with world records in 400 800 and 1500 meters. Adolph Kiefer and Duke Kahanamoku followed, while Esther Williams and Eleanor Holm drew five votes each. Boxing star Al Ketchell runs a three horse racing stable at Hialeah this winter.
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New York
Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny
Weissmuller
Associated Press
Hironoshu Furuhashi
Mer
Furuhashi
United States
Adolph Kiefer
Duke Kahanamoku
Tarzan
Esther Williams
Eleanor Holm
al Ketchell
Hialeah
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Harry Paracharalambous
Eddie Sulk
Duke University
D” Monogram
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Gore Ball Club
America
Bamae
Enerai
Lyle P. Strosnyder Lumbing & Heating
S. Loudoun
Ling
Serveo Ano Sermen Av DG Yuengling & Sow, Inc
Pottsville PA
Freeman Beverage Company
Telephone
L.A
Wolfpack Cagers
Bell Clothes Stores
Washington Redskins
Redskins
Winchester Armory
Thurs
Ars
Ill
Loudoun St
Cadillacs
Cadillac
Chevrolet Sales CO
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