Go-Kart racing at Winchester Air Port Speedway features nine winners
Tonight the Go-Kart lineup at Winchester Airport Speedway showcases nine men who swept last week's three features and seek repeat wins amid 30 rivals. Hollis Webster leads A Division with Alders second and Jack Kline third. B Division tops Ray Hinkins with Herman Atkins and Gerald Wymek. C Division winner Jimmy Hughes with Ray Shenk and Lyle Wilkins. A new Go-Kart club setup shifts control to Charlie Armel as flagman and organizer.
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Winchester Airport Speedway
Hollis Webster
Alexandria
Alders
Huff
Purcellville
Jack Kline
Strasburg
Ray Hinkins
Herman Atkins
Front Royal
Gerald Wymek
Jimmy Hughes
Winchester
Ray Shenk
Lyle Wilkins
Charlie Armel
Charlie Tait
Armel
Marylander Wins Virginia Cruise Cup Yacht Race
The 19th Virginia Cruise Cup in Hampton ends with Serendipity, owned by Dick Schulderberg of Gibson Island, Md., finishing 123 miles from Annapolis in a record 12 hours 19 minutes 48 seconds. Sea Star, skippered by Vernon Eberwine of Portsmouth, Va., takes second with 12:21.54. Trig, skippered by Charles Dell of Annapolis, first across the line but placed sixth after corrected time 13:38.39.
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Hampton
Dick Schulderberg
Gibson Island
Chesapeake Bay
Annapolis
Sea Star
Vernon Eberwine
Portsmouth
Trig
Charles Dell
Montague and Sunnyside Triumph in Church League Softball
Montague defeated First Brethren 15 to 2 at Senseng Park behind Charlie Hill six hit pitching and 14 team safeties. Sunnyside edged EUB 3 to 2 after late scoring, with Caroll Shiley earning the win as Adam Myers allowed all three runs.
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Montague
Sunnyside
Senseng Park
First Brethren
Charlie Hill
Richard Clark
Bud Silman
Melvin Aikens
Kramer opens raids on amateur tennis ranks across Europe
Promoter Jack Kramer pursues top amateurs from Barcelona to Paris and London with a plan to sign the best players for his professional circuit. He eyes Pierre Darmon and Ulf Schmidt, prioritizes Europeans, and will target Americans Barry MacKay and Earl Bucholz after the Davis Cup.
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Jack Kramer
London
Europe
Kramer
Paris
Bastaad
Sweden
France
Italy
Pierre Darmon
Ulf Schmidt
Barry MacKay
Earl Bucholz, Jr
Uncle Sam
Charkiris to Star Lead in West Side Story Film
Hollywood AP reports George Charkiris, currently with the London Stage company of West Side Story, will star in the film adaptation. Born in Norwood Ohio, he is a singer dancer and actor slated for the lead role.
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Hollywood
George Charkiris
Chakiris
Norwood
Ohio
Major League Leaders From The Associated Press
American batting leaders Gentile and Runnels lead with .328 and .325 averages. Mantle tops runs with 72, Maris drives in 69, Runnels collects 98 hits. Dodgers scorer Smith 96 hits. Rays, Cubs, and White Sox players show double digit totals in doubles and home runs. NL leaders include Mays with .349, Banks 76 RBIs, and Drysdale 141 strikeouts.
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Gentile
Baltimore
Runnels
Boston
Mantle
New York
Maris
Smith
Chicago
Skowron
Aparicio
Fox
Robinson
Snyder
Kansas City
Lemon
Washington
Landis
Coates
Staley
Bunning
Detroit
Pascual
Mays
San Francisco
Larker
Los Angeles
Ashburn
Banks
Aaron
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Cunningham
St. Louis
Pinson
Cincinnati
Brave Nat Reyes Faces Threats as Jersey City Manager
Nat Reyes the Jersey City manager in the International League left for the ballpark with a plain clothes detective at his side after being called a traitor by La Revolucion in Cuba. Police commissioner William McLaughlin ordered 24 hour protection for Reyes whose family remains in Havana.
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Jersey City
N.J
Nat Reyes
Cuba
Reyes
Havana
la Revolucion
Fidel Castro
New York Giants
William McLaughlin
Piranha Stocked in California Aquariums Prompt Ban Move
California officials warn that residents are stocking piranha in home aquariums. The Fish and Game Department will seek a legislative ban on importation of the South American predators. A federal bill to ban them is before Congress.
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Sacramento
Calif
Pool approved at Camp Easter Seal in Craig County
The Virginia Society for Crippled Children and Adults approved a heated pool at Camp Easter Seal to make the Craig County camp a year round facility. The group also voted to acquire larger Roanoke office facilities when funds allow. Also noted is a 1898 speed record aboard the USS Oregon reaching Jupiter Inlet after a 14 700 mile run with 11.6 knot average.
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Roanoke
Virginia Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Camp Easter Seal
Craig County
Oregon
Jupiter Inlet
Florida
San Francisco
Calif
Colavito and Robinson Spark Four-Team AL Race
Rocky Colavito homered twice and drove in six runs as Detroit beat the Yankees 8-4 to tighten the AL pennant chase. Brooks Robinson went 5-for-5 with a cycle as Baltimore defeated Chicago 5-2, part of a tight four-team battle behind New York and Cleveland.
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Rocky Colavito
Brooks Robinson
Colavito
Detroit
Tigers
New York
Yankees
Rocky
Cleveland
Indians
Washington
Jim Perry
Exchange Wins 25 Walks to Take LBL Victory
Exchange beat Lions 9 4 at Senseng Park after a seventh inning surge led by Spaid's two run homer. Raynolds and Foreman combined on the win, Larry Plaster took the loss on seven hits. Rotary then routed Kiwanis 22 4 with 25 walks. Nicholson lined three hits for the winners and R Clevenger reached base four times. The LBL slate shows pitchers with poor control this season.
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Allen Bailey
Don Shirley
Spaid
Lions
Raynolds
Foreman
Larry Plaster
Rotary
Kiwanis
Nicholson
B. Clevenger
R. Clevenger
Canada Sends Losers After Doubles Title
In Quebec AP reports the United States seeks two 19 year olds from St Louis to finish the Davis Cup first round win over Canada. Bernard Bartzen and Barry MacKay defeated their Canadian opponents in straight sets while Bedard and Fon tana struggled with a knee cramp and mixed results.
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Quebec
United States
St. Louis
Canada
Earl Buchholz
Chuck McKinley
David Freed
U.S
Bernard Bartzen
Dallas
Barry MacKay
Dayton
Ohio
Lorne Main
Bob Bedard
Don Fontana
Bedard
Bartzen
MacKay
Fontana
Watered Stock Stock Drenched by Burst Pipe in Store
Water flooded a downtown South Bend raincoat shop when a large water pipe burst. Most of the stock was drenched in the incident.
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South Bend
Ind
Wall Opens Western Open Lead With Record 66
Art Wall Jr shot a record 66 to grab a two stroke lead at the halfway point of the Western Open, moving into the third round as 9,000 spectators watched at the 6,800-yard course. Wall, returning from a knee issue, has posted strong showings in recent weeks and led a field of 82 into the third round. Trailing by two were Pete Cooper Stan Leonard Jim Ferree and Tommy Jacobs.
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Detroit
Art Wall Jr
Wall
Billy Maxwell
Don January
Pete Cooper
Stan Leonard
Jim Ferree
Tommy Jacobs
Shenandoah Downs Sets Records In Weeknight Bonanza Night
Shenandoah Downs posted new all time highs as 7,317 fans bet 333010 dollars on a Friday night. A four-winner bonanza paid 268.60 to 44 players while 596 players won 3 winners for 8.40, the smallest payouts since pool betting began. The total bonanza pool reached 19632 dollars, a weekly record.
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Shenandoah Downs
WOM Committees Appointed by Chapter 1194 Moose
Committee chairmen of Chapter 1194 Women of the Moose met at Mrs. Effie Cameron home to select members for the coming year. They received duties for each panel and outlined plans for the year ahead.
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Front Royal
Women of the Moose
Effie Cameron
Orioles Ride Five for Five Brooks Robinson Cycles Past White Sox
In a 5-2 win, Brooks Robinson went 5-for-5 driving in three runs and completing the cycle with a home run, triple, double, and single. Ed Bouchee added a lone hit off Ernie Broglio as the Cardinals held off a one-hit effort and 14 strikeouts from the pitcher.
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Hind
Boston Red Sox
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
San Francisco
St. Louis
Chicago
Cubs
Ernie Broglio
Colavito
Art Ditmar
Eddie Yost
Frank Bolling
Tigers
Don Mossi
Yankees
Mickey Mantle
Mossi
Elston Howard
Roger Maris
Robinson
Jackie Brandt
Orioles
Birds
Billy Pierce
Milt Pappas
Perry
Cards
Ed Bouchee
Pennese Vee
Ae Lee Frnay
Brooks Robinson
White Sox
Navy's Early Propellers Tested on 1843 USS Princeton
U S Navy first trial of propellers occurred in 1843 aboard the iron hulled USS Princeton designed by John Ericsson. The vessel was launched in Philadelphia Pennsylvania that year.
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U.S. Navy
Princeton
John Ericsson
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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