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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1949
Page
8
The saying when Greek meets Greek denotes a fierce contest between equally brave parties. It traces to Nathaniel Lee's 17th century play The Rival Queens with the line When Greek joined Greek then was the tug of war referencing Greek city resistance to Philip and Alexander.
Clearbrook Woolen surged to second in the B League after two wins and a 2 1/3 games split with Valley Service Station. Bill Boden led with 141 and Gar land Carlisle added 126, as Bell Clothes edged Columbia Baking in a high scoring series.
Employes of Northern Virginia Power Co form a table tennis team in the Potomac Edison Employees Association. Team members include Dick Rush Sam McCarty Wilbur Cather Shirley White Roy Lemley Fred Bame and Frank Anderson.
The father of Paul Revere was christened Apollos De Revoire. He Anglicized his name when he established his business here, saying he did so to aid pronunciation by bumpkins.
Lou Boudreau player manager of the world champion Cleveland Indians won the 1948 Associated Press male athlete of the year poll. He narrowly beat Olympic decathlon champion Bob Mathias of Tulare, California, by rule of seconds and thirds, 156 to 149, after Mathias led with 34 first place votes to 33 for Boudreau.
The Valley Tornadoes will face the Hagerstown Tigers in an 8:30 p.m. matchup set for tomorrow at the armory, in a newly organized league game.
Rhododendrons and azaleas belong to the same plant genus. Both groups are closely related with azaleas representing a subset of rhododendrons. The distinction lies in species and floral traits rather than separate genera.
The Border States were Delaware Maryland Kentucky Missouri and Virginia. Some parts such as West Virginia stayed Union while Confederate Virginia did later secede. In modern usage the term often excludes Virginia Kentucky and Missouri and notes Virginia Tennessee and Oklahoma as sometimes voting Republican.
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