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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1939
Page
5
A garbled sports roundup mentions Broadway Jack Doyle setting price tags for the All Star game American League 9-20 and National League 8-5. It also notes various sports figures and events from boxing golf and baseball with scattered names and anecdotes.
Mrs George P Greenhalgh won the women s championship at Blue Ridge Country Club Millwood and is a former Ohio state champion. Hunter s Choice a show horse bred at Page Brook Boyce Va sold to Betty J Jarvis Grand Rapids Mich and earlier to Jake Kaiser Flint Hill then Mrs Greenhalgh. Horse won middleweight class at the National Horse Show Madison Square Garden New York last winter. Junior Board of Trade sport committee plans a badminton tournament this fall as interest grows. Largest catches of the season were at Uncle Billies Pier North Beach Md a five person boat rental for five dollars daily. Mrs Irvin Ritenour Strasburg leads feminine anglers with a three pound nine ounce bass from North Fork Shenandoah river. husband slightly ahead with four and a quarter pounds. Dick Lineburg wins first softball game of the season for Joes team with a three bagger scoring three runs and defeating Vireo Woolen league leaders.
Rest Brevities reports multiple local social updates from Rest Virginia on July 7. Mrs. J B Gaines of Winchester visits A S Bowers and Miss Josephine Eubank while Ralph R Whitmore’s sudden death shocks the farming community. Several residents travel to Massanetta Springs and Massa netta events are noted along with visitors from Martinsburg Washington and Morgantown.
Jim Grippo uses hypnosis on Melio Bettina in Beacon to boost readiness for the light heavyweight title bout with Billy Conn. New York officials bar hypnosis during weigh in and in the Garden ring, though Bettina shows a rising win streak since training with Grippo.
Standings show Detroit 9 St Louis 5 Chicago 8 Cleveland 1 Philadelphia 9 Washington 3. Boys today feature Boston at New York Ruffing, Feller vs Marcum, Trout vs Kramer. National League games include Pittsburgh 7 Chicago 2 and Cincinnati 7 St Louis 4 with Schumacher and Tobin on the hill.
Jerome Herman Dean faces irate Pittsburgh after the Pirates drop a 7 2 decision to the Tigers. Dizzy says he gave his best, while Arky Vaughan seeks to defuse the row as the club recalls a pennant battle from last September and questions of quitting haunt the team.
Yesterday stars from the Associated Press include Bob Klinger of the Pirates who pitched seven innings and drove in a run with two hits. Jack Knott of the White Sox held the Indians with five-hit pitching. Al York of the Tigers belted a homer and added two singles. Ernie Lombardi of the Reds homered and had a single driving in three. Wayne Ambler’s Athletes contributed two timely singles and a sacrifice fly in four runs.
Berryville Va July 7 The 38th Berryville Horse Show will unfold August 17 and 18 with 42 classes, eight races and six divisions including hunter breeding and jumpers. Angus Durham Hereford baby beef and pony events join, with $3 083 in cash premiums. Entries close August 7. Judges include Christopher Greer and Thomas Baker.
Grimes Va July 7 preaching at Galilee next Sunday both morning and night. Master Horace Leight spent the past week in Winchester with his grandparents. Death of Charles C. Finfrock in Winchester Hospital noted. Mr Verna Thayer of Rockford, Illinois and son visited Grimes last Sunday.
Hugh Willoughby of Clarke County defends his Blue Ridge Country Club title by defeating Henry Post Mitchell 2 and 1 in the finals after an eight foot putt on the 17th hole. Mrs. George P. Greenhalgh defeats Mrs. Henry Post Mitchell to claim the Women’s Championship with the Gilpin plates awarded at a club tea.
Ten witnesses appeared before a Richmond grand jury probing the numbers racket and police activity. Commonwealth's Attorney T Gray Haddon would not disclose testimony but said the investigation is progressing. Among those called were Councilman Wilbur J Griggs and Alderman D Andrew Welch who urged inquiry into statements by Safety Director John A Cutchins and Chief of Police R B Jordan. Patrolman A E Holland, suspended for failing to observe alleged number writers then reinstated, testified. Haddon said the grand jury requested Robert Dixon of the Richmond News Leader to testify tomorrow. Deverton Carpenter and Leroy Anderson, also from the News Leader, testified.
Rev. and Mrs. Wilbur A. Reed and family of Romney W Va joined Mr. and Mrs. J N Good and family for the Fourth. Marshall Clevenger son of Mr and Mrs Ernest B Clevenger of Rose Hill Farm near here quietly married in Arlington Va last Sunday to Mildred Lambert of that place. They plan to reside in Winchester where Mr Clevenger works. Much rain recently aids crops but hampers wheat and shay making.
Kay Stammers will face Alice Marble in the Wimbledon final with Marble a 2-1 favorite. British hopes rest on Stammers but wagering favors Marble, who has rebounded since last year's Wightman Cup and Forest Hills form.
Richmond Virginia reports the eighth White Top Folk Festival will be held August 11 and 12 on White Top Mountain with John Powell as director. Powell will be assisted by Winston Wilkinson and other noted musicians. The festival, begun in 1931, draws praise from leading artists and scholars, with Annabel Morris Buchanan contributing while in Maine.
The National and American Leagues see mid-table teams jostled after a subpar Fourth of July, with Dodgers and Cubs shuffled to thirds and sixths, Cardinals and Pirates changing slots, while Indians fall in the American League and Tigers rise to third. Five games yesterday amplified the tangled race as Reds beat Cardinals 7-4, Pirates topple Dizzy Dean 7-2, Knott five hits to beat Cleveland 8-1, Tigers thump Browns 9-5, and Phillies topple Senators 9-3 ending a six-game skid for Connie Mack.
The Treasury reports receipts of 37 616 957 89 dollars and expenditures of 101 119 336 06 with a net balance of 2 780 945 063 11 and gross debt of 40 573 309 075 03 dollars. Daily increase amounts to 6 997 191 55.
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