Round-Up of Sports News and Odd Notes
Tigers GM Jack Zeller faces criticism over Detroit situation though spared exile. Carnegie Tech may hire Frank Leahy. Banjo Smith recalls a Florida tale. Out West Jim Johnston reportedly borrows Bob Pastor’s bike. Roy Wheeler threw a no hit 20 strikeout game in San Diego. Arturo Godoy training for Joe Louis observed by Anibal Jara. Ascot gold cup 1878 now displayed at Roosevelt Hotel New Orleans. Goose Creek basketball team urged to return to back row. John Michaels Juniors win five games and a State title in eight hours. Abe Landis in Illinois as farm hands freed amid gloom and beer.
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Jimmy Johnston
Bob Pastor
Lee Savold
Dodgers
Roy Wheeler
Dayton
Roosevelt Hotel
New Orleans
Fountain Room
Edenton
N. C
Goose Creek
Tex
John Michaels
Reading
Emergency Crop and Feed Loans Open in Four Virginia Counties
The Farm Credit Administration announced emergency crop and feed loans for 1940 are available to farmers in Frederick Clarke Shenandoah and Warren counties. Applications are received at the Winchester Post Office Building by Field Supervisor J Gray Beverley. Loans aid farmers with small cash needs who cannot obtain credit from other sources and require first liens on crops or livestock as security.
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Frederick
Clarke
Shenandoah
Warren
Winchester
J. Gray Beverley
Farm Credit Administration
Hottest golfer Clayton Heafner rises to fame
Clayton Heafner, a former caddy and laundry truck driver from North Carolina, emerges as golf’s hottest talent. He set a course record with 60 at his Charlotte home course, followed by a 66 in his first open tournament, then broke a Los Angeles Open record and made a hole in one in the Oakland Open, thriving in bad weather.
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Clayton Heafner
North Carolina
Charlotte
Spotlight On Local Football Pioneer Bishop Denny
The Richmond Va. retiree recalls Princeton Yale football of 1873 and his undefeated four years at Princeton from 1873 to 1876. He recalls rough kicking play, speed over size, and his mixed views on commercialized sport while noting his gatehouse encounter and Phi Beta Kappa.
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Bishop Collins Denny
YALE
Princeton
Winchester
Denny
Richmond Va
Methodist Church
Southern Branch
New Haven
Collins Denny
Bishop Denny
Rutgers
Columbia
Toronto
Mann
Dick Williamson
Richmond T.D
Handley Cagers Break Skid With 33 31 Win Over Staunton
Handley Judges overturn three earlier losses by defeating Robert E. Lee Highagers 33 to 31 in Staunton VA. Ritter and Rowe led with 9 points each for Handley while McIntyre and Patton added 8 and 7. Handley meets Martinsburg Friday in the first CIA L contest of the season.
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Staunton
Handley
Robert E. Lee Highagers
Winchester
Handley Quint
Ritter
Rowe
McIntyre
Patton
Judes
Martinsburg
Handley Fg.fs
Pope
Staunton FG
FST
Hagaman
Quick
W. Moomau
van Fessen
Culpepper
Holt
B. Moomau
Staunton Si
Paneace
Amateur Tennis Is Slipping Says Don Budge
Miami January 17 Don Budge criticizes amateur tennis calling it slipping He argues for an open tournament model like golf and notes professionals dominate top players The pro tour at Roland Garros outgrossed the ten day French amateur championships highlighting the shift to professional status in the sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Don Budge
Ellsworth Vines
Don
Roland Garros Stadium
Paris
Vinol Vitamin B Complex and Iron Ad
An advertisement urges thin women to take Vinol to stimulate appetite and gain weight. It promises a pleasant tasting product available at People's Drug Store, aiming to fill out hollows and skinny limbs.
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People’s Drug Store
Junior Board of Trade wins first half City Basketball League title
Shenandoah Valley sweepstakes report notes Jr Board of Trade easily defeated Rustic Tavern 38 to 15 to secure the first half championship. Maddox and Crowl were absent. Rustic fielded nine players but failed to click offensively as standouts from the Junior Board led the way.
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Jr. Board Quint
Junior Board of Trade
Rustic Tavern
Maddox
Crowl
Junior Board
Rustic Cagers
Tewe
Dr. Pepper
Health Club
Elks
Va. Woolen
Nehi
O'Sullivan
Jr. Board
Virginia to play Tennessee in 1940 schedule
Virginia’s revised 1940 football slate adds Tennessee at Knoxville on November 16 replacing the canceled Chicago contest. The Cavaliers also host Lehigh Yale Maryland VMI William and Mary Virginia Tech Washington and Lee and North Carolina on dates through November.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Tennessee
Knoxville
Chicago
Cavalier
Virginia
Lehigh
Yale
New Haven
Maryland
College Park
William and Mary
Williamsburg
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg
Washington and Lee
North Carona
Army Enlistment Surges Past 92 Thousand In Campaign
Secretary Woodring announced that more than 92 000 men joined the regular army since July 1 in a recruiting drive described as an amazing success. The January 15 strength reached 223 000, within 4 000 of the Roosevelt goal, with War Department expecting completion early next month.
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Washington
Woodring
Roosevelt
War Department
Negro mill worker given life sentence for attack
Worth Harris 35, a Negro sawmill worker from Mathews County Va, was convicted yesterday by a Mathews County jury of criminal attack on an elderly county woman. The jury deliberated 45 minutes before Circuit Judge J Douglas Mitchell imposed life imprisonment. Harris was taken to the Richmond penitentiary.
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Mathews
C. H
Worth Harris
Mathews County
J. Douglas Mitchell
Harris
Richmond
Howard Kee To Defend His Crown In Valley Sweepstakes
Howard Kee of Martinsburg expects to defend his crown as the Shenandoah Valley Sweepstakes opens at Health Center alleys. The event, promoted by Jack Zimmerman, features blocks at 2 and 7 pm, 4 and 9 pm with over 50 entries and a first prize of 100 dollars. Preliminary Winchester match Thursday night carries a 1.25 entry fee with free entry for the sweepstakes winner. Notables entered include Bernard Rees, Howard Hensler, Angelo Palladino, and O K Miller among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley
Health Center
Howard Kees
Martinsburg
W. Va
Jack Zimmerman
Immerman
Winchester
Valley
Bernard Rees
Howard Hensler
Angelo Palladino
Bill Bradley
Cody Black
Gallagher
Cearfoss
Clyde Hildebrand
Hagerstown
W. E. Priddle
D. Shank
R Derver
Clem. Mantz
Stoneburner
Harrisonburg
O. K. Miller
Leesburg
Paul James
John Miller
Mareden Licklider
John Scully
German High Command Says No Special Events
Berlin dispatch reports the German high command stating there were no special events in the latest communique. The terse message offers no further details.
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Berlin
High Command
Berryville Juniors Defeat Bureau of Fisheries 38 to 25
Clarke Junior Board teams win at Berryville with a 38 to 25 victory over the Bureau of Fisheries of Leetown. Henry Kercheval scored 12 points to pace Berryville as Kenneth Shenk Cooley Hess Dearmont Mathers Jackson and Pres Kercheval supported. Leetown's Hummer Marcus Willis Schley Furr and Surber also played.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke Junior Board
Bureau of Fisheries
Leetown
Henry Kercheval
Kenneth Shenk
Cooley
Hess
Dearmont
Mathers
Jackson
Pres Kercheval
Hummer
Marcus
Willis
Schley
Furr
Surber
Berryville and Front Royal Clash In Rearranged Showdown
Berryville High versus Front Royal moves up to tomorrow night on the local court with a storied rivalry. The girls play first at 7 30 followed by the boys after a recent win by Front Royal’s boys and a close girls game last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
George Pope
Berryville High
Front Royal
Lincoln High
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New York
Jack Zeller
Tiger
Detroit
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Rks
Branch
Banjo Smith
Josh Cody
Florida
Abe Landis
Ilinois
Landis
Foller
Naturalee
Upton Dugan
N. Loudoun St
Dixie Hot Spot
Bishop C. Denny
Handley Cagers
Ritter, McIntyre and
R. E. Lee
Winchester Business College
Bev” Rice
ST GS
United Food
Bell Clothes
Gulf Oil
Lee Baking
Texaco
Eer
Aee
Fries Grocery
Eeewee
Eee
Valley Service
Glaize Bros
Aver
Delaney
Garnes T. Pins
Dellinger
White
Anderson
Webber
Bucher Brown
Jasper
Bealer
Foreman
Gano
Denton
Gore
Dummy
Bell Ss
Merriner
Manuel
Carper
Seal
Baker
Wingfield
Rice
Shendon
Kern
Young
Miller
Zuckerman
Conner
Grim
Simpson
Boar
Sirbaugh
Buncutter
Sargent
Henry
S. Newcomer
Lewis
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Kanade
Jones, & Snyder
J. Buncutter
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Parker
F Keenan
Clowe
Richie
Orstadt
Lichister
DeWeese
Worsley
Garber
Curry
Burner
Cather
Burch, & Johnston
Lunsford
Smith
Chrisman
Michael
Chamberlin
Keller
Dickenson
B. Manuel
Bursey
Dorsey
Yeakle
Fries
Sutter
R. Manuel
Sutton
B. Sutton
Fauver
M. Clowe
Funkhouser
P. Glaize Lamp
Baker, G
Yerby
Carpenter
Wilkins
Billmver
Fansler
Golliday
Glenn
Paulett
Singhass
Turner
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Morrison
Marple
F. Glaize
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Headley
National Fruit
Scully
Skull
Siler
Bridgeforth
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Larrick
Shade
Holsinger
Watkins
Howard Kee
Uwuay
WSS
Coca-Cola CO
Winchester Coca-Cola Bottling "Works Inc
E.gerrard ST
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