Colonels Hold Off Rams In Extra Period Thriller
James Wood Colonels edged Strasburg Rams 33 31 after an overtime in a tight Frederick County varsity game. Jerry White and Bill Brannon led James Wood with eight points each while Bergey topped Strasburg with nine. JV contest went to Strasburg Privates 14 13 with T Davis leading scoring.
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James Wood Colonels
Strasburg Rams
Jvs
Privates
Strasboro
Varsity
Frederick County Bunch
Rams
Colonels
James Wood Boys
James Wood
Jerry White
Bill Brannon
Wolfe
Bergey
B. Racey
B. Ray
T. Davis
Strosnider and Mumau
Eddie Shokes
Hugh Crisman
JV Tilt
Wendel Seldon
Buzz Hart
Fishersvil
Wilson Memorial Hornets
Daisey F
White
Hammer-e
Brannon
D .Taylor
Ib Kline
Rogers
Local Bowling League Half Champs Clinched
The A League half champions are Orts Sof-Spun led by Romick 121 and Shiflette 0 in a two win push over L M Bases. Buncutter Tire Co. swept No Va Power Co. and Sarah Zane Fire Co. defeated American Legion twice as Lions Club posted a clean sweep.
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Lions Club
Buncutter Tire Co
American Legion
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Johnny Romick
Jimmy Shiflette
Turk Wingfield
Ralph Lamp Riley Low
Gene Funkhouser
Pop Kelchner
Otts Sof-Spun
Orts Sof
Romick
No. Va. Power Co
Buncutter
Julian Buncutter
Raymond Bayliss
Jack Jones
Shirley White
Merle Shifer
Clem Babb
Powermen
Jack Boyd
Kenny Lake
Firefighters
Artie Kiracofe
The
Legionnaires
Charles Renner
Sarah Zane
Kiracofe
John Lee
Elliott Motor Lines
O'Sullivan
Harold Dawson
National Fruit
Home Beneficial Life Insurance
Bill Bridgeforth
Bob Jasper
Lions
Paul Cadwallader
O'Sullivan Plant
L & M Buses
Elliott Motor
Sarah Zane Fire
No. Va Power Co
O'Sullivan Office
Kenneth Lake
Douglas Bulldogs to host Hagerstown in Thursday game
The Douglas Colored School Bulldogs defend the local court against North Street High from Hagerstown in a Thursday clash at the Winchester Armory. A preliminary girls game starts at 7 30 pm with the main event following around 8 45 pm.
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Winchester Armory
Douglas Colored School
North Street High School
Hagerstown
Sampson Sparks VT to 86 71 Win Over George Washington
Virginia Tech forward Bill Sampson, a 6 2 210 pounder from Cleveland Va, scored 22 bringing his season total to 119 as the Gobblers topped George Washington 86 71. Gene Jones led Tech with 27 points while Sampson had improved from a bench role earlier this season.
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Richmond
Bill Sampson
Cleveland
Virginia Tech
Sampson
Tech
Gobblers
Sumner
Tex
Tilson
George Washington
Colonials
Broken Bone Benches Snead for the Month
Sam Snead, the circuit’s money leader, will be out until early March due to a broken bone near his left third finger. Doctors expect two to four weeks of rest before practice resumes, with a target to return around the St. Petersburg Open in mid March. He won Miami Open and placed third at Los Angeles Open despite the injury.
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Hot Springs
Sam Snead
Snead
St. Petersburg
Mountaineers Rally in South Carolina Tilt
West Virginia closes a three game Carolinas trip with a 64-55 win over South Carolina after a December meeting.NC State leads the ACC with an 8-0 mark after a 64-45 victory over Wake Forest. Clemson dominates Furman 85-59 as John Snee and Bud Granger each score 24.
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Mountaineers
Gamecocks
West Virginia
Duke
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Wolfpack
Wake Forest
William and Mary's
Indians
Washington and Lee
Lexington
Generals
Sammy Ranzino
Grent
Deacons
Ranzino
Clemson
Furman
John Snee
Bud Granger
Unicameral Legislatures in U.S. History
The text cites that Delaware had a unicameral body until 1776, Pennsylvania until 1790, Georgia from 1768 to 1778, and Vermont until 1776, noting other states briefly experimented with single house legislatures in colonial or early republican periods.
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Nebraska
C. Mc. A
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Vermont
Doctor Names Baer As Finest Physique In Boxing History
New York physician Dr Vincent Nardiello calls Max Baer the finest physical specimen he has ever examined with a stethoscope. He ranks Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Robinson as other exceptional athletes while noting Baer’s untapped potential due to a playboy lifestyle. The article also recalls Baer’s 1934 heavyweight title win over Primo Carnera and 1935 loss to Jim Braddock and includes brief lines on Louis and Robinson as rivals before big fights. It adds a 1880 New York population figure of 1,174,779.
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New York
Vincent Nardiello
Max Baer
Joe Louis
Sugar Ray Robinson
Johnny Paychek
Paychek
Jack Dempsey
Ezzard Charles
New York State Athletic
Joe
Ray Robinson
Hialeah Track Opens 40 Day Racing Season
Hialeah Race Course starts a 40 day meeting with 20 entrants in the Inaugural Handicap two divisions and a $7 500 purse in each division opening day crowd expected at 20 000 The track spent nearly 1 000 000 on upgrades including a new grandstand roof 1 800 extra seats and a plush Press Box The Tropical Park meet ended with betting of 23 230 602 up from 17 998 532 last year and attendance of 346 293 up slightly from 342 656
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Miami
Fla
Hialeah Race Course
Woolford Farm
Ovie Scurlock
H. H. Hecht
Maryland
Hialeah
Tropical Park
Shortest Earth Mars Gap Thrown by Orbital Dance
Mars never approaches Earth closer than about 36 million miles. For a brief period every other year it nears enough to be seen with a telescope during favorable oppositions.
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Earth
Mars
Sports Roundup From Galveston Highlights Babe Ruth Tales
Mike Close shares amusing Ruth stories as Ruth and Mike McNally toured towns. A taxi incident follows Ruth’s car, the cabbie joking he’ll bill Ruth. Joe Kelly collects autographs from rules-maker Amos Alonzo Stagg, famed for a steady signature despite his age.
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Galveston
Tex
Mike Close
Sporting Goods
Mike McNally
Babe Ruth
McNally
Ruth
Babe
Joe Kelly
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Stagg
Mr. Stagg
Schod
Tennessee
Charley Caldwell
Bristol
Herman Hickman
Senior City League Plays Are Tonight
The Winchester Senior Basketball League hosts two games at the Armory tonight with a 7 p.m. practice match between ACcola and American Legion and an 8 p.m. main event pairing Junior Chamber of Commercemen against Plumly Lumber. Plumly, in their second game, fell 48-38 to Capon Bridge last Saturday and Capon Bridge teams visit this weekend to face RC Cola and Nurses.
Fights Last Night
Tony Amato outpointed Sonny Levitt in White Plains while Glen Flanagan defeated Tony Longo in Chicago. Charley Salas beat Elmer Beltz in Los Angeles and Willie Bean stopped Bill Peterson in Portland.
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Associated Press
White Plains
N. Y
Tony Amato
Guttenburg
N. J
Sonny Levitt
New York
Chicago
Glen Flanagan
St. Paul
Tony Longo
Baltimore
Los Angeles
Charley Salas
Phoenix
Elmer Beltz
Portland
Ore
Willie Bean
Bill Peterson
Signings of Three Coaches Reach “Shoe-in” Age
Bernie Moore of Jonese boro Wallace Wade of Tulla h oma and Dana X Bible of Jefferson City leave their mountains as Hickman notes they reach the shoein age in coaching careers.
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Bernie Moore
Joneseboro
Wallace Wade
Tullahoma
Dana X. Bible
Jefferson City
Hickman
Local Beagle Wins Warrenton Trials
The All-Age Beagle field trial in Warrenton was won by Sunnycroft Gorgeous George, a ten month old Winchester entrant. The dog is owned and trained by Maynard Wisecarver of 138 Montague Ave and Harold Foreman of 504 N Loudoun St.
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Warrenton
Winchester
Sunnycroft
George
Maynard Wisecarver
Montague Ave
Harold Foreman
N. Loudoun St
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Piccadilly St
VPI Gobblers
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Gene Jones
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Cavaliers
Virginia Military Institute
Charlottesville
Jack Kollmansperger
Vic Moh
Lynchburge
Hornets
Bridgewater
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Grant Hudson
Jack Malloy
Hudson
Malloy
Maroons
Death Valley
Randolph Macon
Yellow Jackets
Washington College
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Carolina
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Baer
Gene Plowden
Hugh Fullerton, Jr
Frigidaire Home Appliances
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Beagle
Lai
Lilia
Goodsyear
Braddock St
Frigidaire
Reymond Loewy
Northern Virginia
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