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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1949

Page

3

Softball Games All Rained Out

Last night’s downpour canceled all city softball games with no reschedules by morning. Tonight Sen Seney Rd field hosts two church league games and matches between Northern Virginia Power Co and Hagerstown Power Co at 6 15 PM. Elks led Plumly 1 0 and RC Cola trailed Rosenberger 2 0 in the third when rain stopped play. Montague faces Baptists on field 1 Highland meets Episcopal on field 2 and the power companies play on field 3.

Senseney Northern Virginia Power Co Hagerstown Power Co The Elks Plumly RC Cola Rosenberger Montague Baptists Highland Episcopal Power Companies

Gore defeats Moorefield 8 6 in Bi State League

Gore beats Moorefield 8 6 as Anderson and La Follette star with three singles and a triple. La Follette adds a single and triple driving in four Gore runs while Newhouser four Moorefield hitters with a double and two singles.

Gore Moorefield Anderson LaFollette Junior Newhouser

Winchester Trap Team Heads to Roanoke for Three Day Event

The Winchester Gun Club departs for Roanoke to defend its three consecutive state trap titles. Carl Lewis leads a five man squad including Ruth Cuthbert and Willis Anderson as 40 shooters from eight teams contest 200 singles. Local rivals Roanoke Club led by Will Craig and John Black are favored for individual honors.

Winchester Gun Club Roanoke Carl Renner Carl Lewis Winchester Virginia Lewis Ruth Cuthbert Earl Cuthbert Front Royal Willis Anderson Gore Tony Francis Westernport John Chapman Will Craig John Black

DAILY CROSSWORD ACROSS AND DOWN CLUES MIXED

A dense list of crossword clues covering across and down entries. Includes yield pant melody region device for drying swampy land Shoshonean Indian jellylike substance tellurium symbol molybdenum symbol stripes tiny goat bred for long silky hair vend river Va false tartiy artichoke heart leaves press earnestly assistant observes pare down pasteboard box one of the Great Lakes perish organ of hearing inland salt lake vary weight picture drawn with colored crayons former Russian national assembly back of the foot storehouse for grain hollow roar constellation obnoxious plant unit of leap lightly tuber South American weakens break evergreen shrub three feet rouses from sleep salary diminish as a color before crown hasten.

River Va Latvia Great Lake Salt Lake Russ India Russian National Assembly

Cooper Stirred Reds Past Cubs With Ten RBIs In Rout

Ex Giants star Cooper delivered a career day for Cincinnati under manager Bucky Walters. Six straight hits included three three run homers and 10 RBIs as the Reds routed the Cubs 23 to 4. Raffensberger notched his ninth win amid a tight pennant race.

Jack Hand Associated Press Walker Cooper Big Coop New York Giants Leo Durocher Bucky Walters Cincinnati Cincy Ray Mueller Horace Stoneham Chicago Cubs Reds Ken Raffensberger Cooper Wilbert Kinson RBI Jim Bottomley St. Louis Pat Mullin Detroit Andy Seminick Phils Brooklyn Dodgers Boston Braves Runneup St. Louis Pittsburgh Brooks Tommy Holmes Jim Russell Hopp Johnny Hopp Pirates Cards Murry Dickson New York

Heel Severed In Mower Accident

William Good aged 45 of Winchester Route 1A suffered a severe heel injury in a mower mishap while the machine was being repaired. He was taken to Winchester Hospital at 7 p.m. and spent a relatively comfortable night after surgery on the injured foot. Details of the incident remain unclear.

William Good R. 1 Winchester Winchester Hospital Good

Miss Garber to Sing at Lou doun St Presbyterian

Miss Marie Garber will be guest soloist at 9 45 a m Sunday for the McFaden Bible class at the Lou doun St Presbyterian church. Bryant Harper will be guest teacher.

Marie Garber McFaden Loudoun St. Presbyterian Church Bryant Harper

Pirates blank Cardinals to stay unbeaten on road

Restelli doubled home two runs in the sixth inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 2-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Pitsburgh Restelli Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cardinals

Tomorrow's Baseball Schedule Across Leagues

Major league slate features American League games in New York Boston Boston Chicago and Cleveland St Louis with all night starts. National League matches shift to New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Chicago Pittsburgh St Louis Cincinnati all night games.

National A’s Philadelphia New York Yankees Tommy Byrne Cleveland Detroit Boston Red Sox Washington Steve Souchock New York Boston Chicago St. Louis Brooklyn Pittsburgh Cincinnati

Major League Standings and Yesterday's Results

Yesterday's scores show American League action with Boston defeating Washington 5 0 and St Louis edging Detroit 6 5. Cincinnati crushed Chicago 23 4 in the National League with Walker Cooper driving in 10 runs. Murry Dickson shut down St Louis in relief for Pittsburgh.

Walker Cooper Reds Cincinnati Chicago Murry Dickson Pirates Pittsburgh St. Louis New York Philadelphia Boston Washington Detroit Brooklyn

Boy Scouts District Dinner Draws Local Business Leaders

About 20 business people from Winchester Frederick and Clarke counties are to represent Shawnee district at the annual Business Mens dinner at Rock Enon starting 6 30 tonight. Roughly 60 attend from three districts after a camp inspection in its second week of operation this season.

Winchester Frederick Clarke County Boy Scouts Rock Enon

Starting Lineups For All star Tilt

NEW YORK July 7 Here are the starting lineups for the all star baseball game at Brooklyn Tuesday American club Robinson Wash Mize Neb Michaels Chr Robinson levcox 3b Kell Det Kazak St Louis Joost Phil Reese Brooklyn lf Williams Boston Kiner Pitts of DiMaggio Boston Musial St L if Henrich N Marshall W Y Tebbetts Boston Seminick Phil

New York Brooklyn Robinson Wash. Mize Neb Michaels Chr Levcox Kell Det Kazak St. Louis Joost Phil. Reese Lf Williams Boston Kiner Pitts

Canyon De Chelly Holds Hundreds of Ancient Sites

Canyon De Chelly in northern Arizona hosts over 300 prehistoric sites and 138 major ruins, highlighting its rich archaeological heritage in the region.

Canyon de Chelly Arizona

Bell System names chief of personnel in four states

Arthur B. Goetze, longtime Bell System official, is named vice president in charge of personnel relations for the Chesapeake and Potomac telephone companies serving Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington.

Baltimore Arthur B. Goetze Bell System Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Maryland Virginia West Virginia Washington

Lonely Hearts pair trial postponed in Dover

The trial of Mrs. Inez Brennan known as Lonely Hearts slayer and her son Robert, 15, was postponed to Sept 12. They were to face charges in the Wade Wooldridge killing in Bedford Virginia. Twenty nine states have counties named Washington.

Dover Del Inez Brennan Robert Wade Wooldridge Bedford Washington

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Aeruit O Reg U. S. Pat Better Valley Winchester’s Shopping Center Miss Garber Fet Shoe Center, Inc Lonely Hearts Pair Shenandoah Valley National Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation General Electric Emerson and Others Miller’s Hardware N. Main St Ballantine Peter Ballantine America Freeman Verage CO P. Ballantine & Sons Newark, N. J P.O. Box
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