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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1939
Page
3
Eddie Brietz reports on boxing and sports buzz from New York and beyond. Topics include Galento and Apostoli plans, Louis and Jacobs, Rockne and Layden piano recital, and upcoming fights versus Hostak and Gehrig’s lineup.
Winchester riders head to Hagerstown for July Fourth dirt track races with nine club members among over a thousand visitors. Virginia’s Dan River area anglers and forest officials announce Sherando Lake openings and license requirements for bass fishing. Local broadcaster Walter Johnson touts a scheduled game against LOU BLUE’S, rain postponing the event.
Standings yesterday show New York 10 Washington 0 for 7 innings. Detroit 3 Chicago 1. St. Louis Cleveland and Philadelphia Boston rained out. Today games feature New York at Boston Russo Ostermueller. St Louis at Cleveland Kramer Hudlin. Philadelphia at Washington Beckman Haynes. Chicago at Detroit Smith Knott vs Benton Trout.
Chicago tops Cincinnati 5 to 1 while rain affects Boston New York. Cincinnati leads Chicago Walters at 10 5 with Passeau 5 7. Brooklyn hosts New York Casey 3 2 as Gumbert 9 2 pitches.
National League manager Gabby Hartnett will field nearly the same roster that beat the American League 4 1 last year at Cincinnati. The 25 man squad includes Derringer Vander Meer Walters Fette Lee Davis Davis Warneke Wyatt Lombardi Phelps Danning Hack Herman McCormick Prey Camilli Lavigeto Vaughan Jurges Mize Medwick Moore Ott Arnovich Goodman and Frey Camilli Moore.
New York reports Dempsey, 44, improving after a rough health episode at Polyclinic Hospital. Secretary New Brown said he called for food in loud tones, while official bulletins indicated he rests comfortably and his temperature nears normal, echoing his legendary toughness from years past.
Eugene Smith from Berkeley California emerges as a leading amateur contender at Wimbledon. The 100 percent amateur defeated Franz Cesnar in the fourth round and joins Bobby Riggs and Elwood Cooke as United States hopes.
Mike Piskin of Freehold outpointed Kid Berg of London in a bout featuring Floyd Gibbons with Detroit connections. Art Pranklin of Newark was stopped in the card held in Fort Wayne and Fort Wayne pairing details follow.
Winchester Golf Club will host its annual supper match on Tuesday July 4 with players split into two teams. Losers buy suppers for winners. Participants are urged to wear spectacular costumes for a best outfit prize, plus a possible second prize and two low score prizes for men and women.
Daily results from Winchester softball league show postponed games and matchups among Joe's, United Food, Junior Board, Ellis, Dr. Pepper, O'Sullivan, Miller & Anderson, and Parcel est. Contests include Joe's vs United Food and United Food vs Ellis with several pairings unsettled.
The pace has begun to tell on those St. Louis Browns who for weeks led the American League. Moe Arnovich tops the National League with .392, while Jimmy Foxx overtakes George McQuinn for the junior circuit lead. Arnovich Bonura McCormick Quinn Wash.
The city post office will observe usual holiday hours next Tuesday, a national holiday. There will be no window service, no city carrier delivery, no rural free delivery, but one street letter box collection for night dispatch. All mails will be dispatched from the post office as usual.
Cincinnati is blown out 5-1 in Chicago as Ernie Lombardi drops a third strike past the backstop and two runs score. Whitey Moore strands Stan Hack with a strikeout after Vander Meer dispute. Yankees roll 10-2 over Senators in seven innings. Tigers top White Sox 3-1 on first inning misplays by Tresh and Appling.
Cooperating farmers are urged to file applications now to maximize payments under the 1939 Agricultural Conservation program using triple superphosphate fertilizer. In Frederick County only 230 tons have been delivered, less than 20 percent of the usable allocation, with 245 tons delivered in 1938.
The Pewee Springs service station owned by William C. Baker opens today on Route 23, three miles north of Wardensville. It offers music for round dancing and a sandwich shop with other products, with cabins and cottages planned. Grounds are picnic friendly and available to groups. Approved by the West Virginia Department of Health.
Frankie Snapp, 13, Winchester, placed second in the Mid eastern division at the Wildwood Marble Tournament in New Jersey. He won a big sack of marbles and minor gifts and will represent Winchester in the national event after a week at the sea shore.
Deputy Bill Brent tracked a mystery after an anonymous report of a crying sound in the woods. A searching party followed a faint cry and found the source was a baby goat abandoned by campers.
A likely Sunday game at the fair grounds features Midway Nine against Gore Nine in a regional brand of baseball. The teams are scheduled to meet at 2:30 PM in what promises to be an interesting contest.
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