Middletown Upsets Legion 3-2 in Northern Virginia baseball
Middletown edged Winchester American Legion 3-2 as Judy led 2-4 with a double and the Legion tallied both runs in the first inning. Stephenson beat Bunker Hill 16-2 with Raymond Willis going 4-5 and a bases loaded triple. four Middletown pitchers shared the mound. Fourth of July games set with Legion at Clarke All Stars, Stephenson at Middle, and Bunker Hill hosting the White Sox.
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Virginia
Middlerun
Winchester American Legion
White Sox
North Mounn
Stephenson
Bunker Hill
Legion
Clarke All Stars
Middle
Middletown
Dave Pence
Eugene Clem
Buddy Cooley
R. Clem
Judy
Boxwell
Pope
Jimmy Foltz
Jack Patton
Raymond Willis
Keckey
Houshell
Clarke
North Mountain
Inwood
Move to Ban Sale of Minnows Hellgrammites and Crayfish
Virginia Commission proposes outlawing shipping minnows hellgrammites and crayfish taken in state beyond state lines. A July 21 meeting in Richmond will decide the proposal with enforcement penalties for noncompliance, except for licensed private water raisers. Beverley W. Stras Jr. chairs the commission.
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Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Richmond
Virginia
Beverley W. Stras, Jr
Plumly Lumber Co. and J W Arthur Win City Softball Games
Plumly Lumber Co. snapped a six game skid by beating the Moose 5 to 2. J W Arthur Insurance Co. defeated Yeatman’s Sport Shop of Arlington 5 to 2 in an exhibition. Jackson pitched a two hitter for Plumly. Royston homered for the Moose.
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Plumly Lumber Co
Moose
J. W. Arthur Insurance Co
Yeatman
Sport Shop
Arlington
RC Cola
O'Sullivan
Plumly
Highland
Episcopal
Braddock St
Lutheran
Montague
Brethren
Jackson
Pingley
Haymaker
Sewell
Royston
Sawtelle
Arthur
Whitlock
Goose Hart
Teddy Keller
Bodie Grim
Buzzy Hart
Park employees search for girl in Mt Rainier National Park
In Longmire Washington fifty park workers and volunteers scoured the rocky timbered Carbon River area of Mt Rainier National Park for four year old Marcella Ramiskey of Fairfax after she became separated from her mother Kay Ramiskey late yesterday. Bloodhounds joined the search.
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Longmire, Wash
Carbon River
Mt. Rainier National Parks
Marcella Ramiskey
Fairfax
Wash
Kay Ramiskey
Marcella
Regulation bans shooting and loading of rifles on Virginia inland waters
The Virginia Game and Inland Fisheries Commission adopts a regulation at Richwood on June 16 1950 prohibiting shooting a rifle or revolver on inland waters or carrying a loaded firearm on a boat. Transport must be unloaded. Effective July 15 1950.
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Virginia
Richwood
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Beverley W. Stras, Jr
Feller Joins 200 Club DiMaggio To Play First Base
Baseball headlines note Bob Feller notches his 200th win as Joe DiMaggio shifts to first base for the Yankees. Phillies beat the Dodgers 6-4 in the opener before an 8-8 10 inning tie, with St Louis a game back. Braves sweep the Giants as Long John Sain wins 11th, while Detroit and Cleveland split. Allie Reynolds earns win as Yankees rally.
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Joe Reichler
Associated Press
Bobby Feller
Joe DiMaggio
Philadelphia
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cleveland
al Rosen
Ted Williams
Cubs
Cincinnati
Phils
Dodgers
Pennsylvania
Curt Simmons
St. Louis Carolinals
Phillies
Red Birds
Pittsburgh Pirates
George Munger
St. Louis
Will Werle
Tommy Glaviano
Boston
Braves
New York Giants
Giants
New Yorkers
Walker Cooper
Sid Gordon
Buddy Kerr
Long John Sain
Cooper
Detroit
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Phil
Adelphia Athletics
Washington Senators
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis Browns
Hal Newhouser
Tigers
Indians
Newhouser
Luke Easter
Tribe
Feller
al Beaton
Bobo Newson
Yogi Berra
Johnny M Ze
Yankee Red Sox
Berra
Allie Reynolds
Yanks
Red Sox
Casey Stengel
Yankees
DiMaggio
Joe
San Francisco
Bob Hooper
Athletics
Washington
A's
Bob Kuzava
Ray Scarborough
Gus Zernial
White Sox
Browns
Bob Cain
Roy Sievers
Baseball results and schedule from major leagues
Yesterday and today’s results list wins by Boston New York Philadelphia Brooklyn St Louis Chicago and Cincinnati with upcoming slates. The text also asks a historical trivia: the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island by Sir Walter Raleigh, noting 116 colonists vanished and Virginia Dare as the first English child born in the new world.
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Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cincinnati
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Roanoke Island
N. C
Walter Raleigh
Virginia Dare
New World
Chicago New York
Japan Reforestation Marks 1.61 Million Acres in 1049
Preliminary figures show 1,610,000 acres of land were reforested in Japan during 1049. The effort reflects postwar recovery and forest management initiatives across prefectures.
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Japan
Sports Roundup From New York on Independence Day
Column by Hugh Fullerton Jr. weighs pennant outlooks for Detroit and Boston with Red Rolfe Eddie Dyer and Billy Southworth as talking points. Brooklyn pitching woes threaten favorites as the season nears mid summer while the Tigers and Phillies attract support among writers.
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New York
Tigers
Phillies
Red Rolfe
Phil Crew
Steve O’neall
Eddie Dyer
Billy Southworth
Rolfe
Detroit
Red Sockers
O’neill
Brooklyn
Stengel Shotton Ready Squads For All Star Game
Major League All Star game selections loom with American and National Leagues naming top starters. Boston Red Sox and St Louis Cardinals lead balloting for 17th Dream Game at Comiskey Park with 3,167,326 votes across 20 days. Stengel and Shotton will choose the remaining 17 players and eight starting pitchers.
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Chicago
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Cardinals
Comiskey Park
Clus
Red Sox
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Burt Shotton
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Philadelphia Phils
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Cardinal
Walter Dropo
Boston
Bobby Doerr
George Kell
Detroit
Phil Rizzuto
New York
Ted Williams
Walter Evers
Larry Doby
Cleveland
Larry Berra
Stan Musical
St. Louis
Jackie Robinson
Willie Jones
Philadelphia
Marty Marion
Enos Slaughter
Ralph Kiner
Pittsburgh
Hank Sauer
Roy Campanella
Stengel
Shotton
Phillies Brace for Tough Tests
The Phillies face challenging games as the National League pennant race tightens. By contrast, selections for Boston and Brooklyn remain unchanged until further notice.
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Phils
Boston
Brooklyn
Onslow High Baseball Uses Automated Out For Missing Players
In Onslow Iowa a baseball game faced a shortage with only eight of thirteen players available. A denied request to use a girl in center field left only two outfielders. An automatic out was recorded after eight batters, and a pivotal moment with two outs and bases loaded featured the so called invisible ninth player drawing laughs and frustration.
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Gosh
Onslow
Iowa
Mr. Automatic
Chicago
Unknowns Reach Virginia Amateur Golf Quarterfinals in Hot Springs
Two Hot Springs area players Wanda Carpenter and Connie Sellers advanced to the 37th Virginia State Amateur quarterfinals at the Cascades course. Sellers defeated medalist J B Hall Jr 1 up with 11 one putts and a 35 foot eagle on 12 while Carpenter beat Tommy Whillock 7 and 6 and faces George Fulton Jr. in the next round.
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Hot Springs
Cascades
Wanda Carpenter
Covington Pa Mill
Connie Sellers
Covington
Lynchburg
Sellers
Virginia Tech
J.B. Hall, Jr
Richmond
Harry McCready
Portsmouth
Seller
Hall
University of Richmond
Harry Easterly
Jimmy Watts
Harry W. Harris
Roanoke
Carpenter
Tommy Whillock
Norfolk Navy Yard
Whillock
Wynsol Spencer
Newport News
Spencer
Jimmy Deemer
Blacksburg Star
Jack Harris
Frank K. Woolley
Arlington
Norfolk
Barney Miller
Dick Payne
Payne
Georgia grid hopefuls include former captains
Thirty seven of the 75 soon to be eligible Georgia players are former high school captains. Among them Chuck Magoni who skippered Columbus for three straight seasons. Barney Ross returns from California and refereeing to join East duties as Walt Dropo’s 1947 Scranton homer clears the left field fence. Walt recently played an exhibition with the Red.
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Barney Ross
California
U. of Georgia
Chuck Magoni
Columbus, Ga
Walt Dropo
Scranton
William Jones
Walt
Red
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Sox
N. Mt
Upton Sinclair
Athens
Socrates
Plato
Anna Luisa Branger
National Bureau of Standards
Branger
Venezulan
Dic
Jordan Springs
Winchester
Martinsburg Pike
Berryville
200 Club
DiMag
Major
Omps Funeral Home
Hugh Fullerton, JR
Anderson
Boscawen St
Horace Wade
Monmouth Park
Miller’s
Langley
Miller’s Hardware
Ol'Gee
Ae Ten Brews
Cumberland, Md
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