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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1940
Page
5
New York sports round up discusses boxing prospects and injuries, with claims about Lew and Armstrong, Baer versus Galento, and Jenkins. It also notes football training camp soon, Suffolk Downs racing progress, possible Dodgers title scenarios at Yankee Stadium, and quips about Lefty Gomez and Thornton Lee.
Enemies of ol Os Vitt raise questions about the Dodgers pursuing a stratoliner to bring them back to town this Sunday. Denver writers debate whether a Colorado tennis tournament was truly open and which American League club eyeing pitcher Frank Bisesis might be involved. John Leonardo of Du Pont in the Vi Intercity League has five shutouts in four straight starts, while Wendell Willkie’s Coffeyville High School basketball team reportedly used a fire department offense.
An order in bankruptcy will sell Lot 9 Block B Shawnee Heights Winchester carrying 50 ft frontage on Parkway and 150 ft depth. The sale is in cash at public auction in front of the County Courthouse Winchester at noon on Saturday July 20 1940. Trustee John P. Allen seeks to convey free of liens. Auction by C I Brumback.
Co. D. DeYoung of Halifax sued a local tennis club for players hammering balls into his yard and ruining his phlox, alleging substantial discomfort and inconvenience. The judge awarded him $100.
Bruce Alexander of the Firestone Store urges motorists to plan for comfort and safety during peak summer travel. He recommends lightweight washable clothes, light meals, compact toilet kits, careful tire checks, dry ice for cabin cooling, securing tools, testing jacks, and carrying a flashlight whisk broom shoe cloth paper cups and cleansing tissue to prepare for a safer pleasant trip.
Dr Thomas G Thompson director of the Oceanographic Laboratories says sea cucumbers are tastier and easier to digest than clams and University of Washington faculty members are canning them as a substitute for clams found attached to rocks.
Trustees under two deeds of trust will sell at public auction in front of the Winchester County Court House on Monday July 29 1940 at 11 o'clock A M. The 125 acre farm near Vaucluse Opequon District includes a dwelling barn and outbuildings. Terms: one third cash day of sale and balance in two equal annual installments with bonds and deed of trust securing payments. Auctioneer C I Brumback.
Radio listings show programs on WEAF WJZ WABC WOR and more with 4:15 to 3:15 times and a mix of dramas music news and sports featuring entertainers like Don Ameche Olivia Santore and Lowell Thomas along with orchestra and convention notes across multiple stations.
In Oskaloosa Iowa on July 19 Charles Witlach ran over a blue racer. He picked up the snake and as a prank tossed it onto the running board. The snake came to life and raced across the hood and down the ventilator. The car was torn apart as Witlach searched and found the reptile dead inside the upholstery.
The Indians absorbed a fifth straight loss 9-6 to the Yankees as Boston and Detroit split in an 11 inning marathon won by Detroit 10-8. Buddy Rosar and Red Rolfe homered for the Yankees. Washington won 5-4 over Chicago. St. Louis Browns extended their skid to 14 with a 10-3 defeat by Philadelphia. Brooklyn topped Chicago 7-4. Carl Hubbell and the Giants beat Pittsburgh 6-1 as Cincinnati idle.
Yesterday's games featured Vnto Tamulis pitching six scoreless innings for a Dodgers win over the Cubs. Buddy Rosar belted a grand slam for the Yankees in a late rally. Pinky Higgins drove in two runs with a single in the 11th inning for the Tigers in a 10-8 win over the Red Sox. Buddy Myers executed a squeeze bunt in the eighth to spark Washington's comeback past the White Sox. The Athletics supported by Browns collected five hits in an easy victory.
Firefighters faced a swarm of thousands of bees during a barn blaze in Oshkosh Wisconsin. Angered by the fire, the insects attacked the department causing a withdraw and allowing the barn to burn.
Summary of yesterday's results in the American and National Leagues with 8 games listed and tonight's scheduled pitchers for each matchup. Notable scores include New York 9 Cleveland 6 and Detroit 10 Boston 8, plus Chicago 4 Brooklyn 7 in the NL.
Charlottesville July 19 Albert T York longtime assistant to Johnny Larowe at the University of Virginia will succeed the late Larowe as boxing coach Norton Pritchett director of athletics announced today York a Virginia class of 1927 member was a star middleweight boxer and captain of the team He returns after 1932 to enter business and will lead UVA boxing with Ralph Heikkinen joining as football line coach replacing Butch Slaughter.
The brown rat is the common species that has naturalized worldwide and reached this country about 1775. It is described as our worst mammalian pest. The State Date Madison building cost seven million two hundred thousand dollars to complete in 1917 with a gilded bronze statue named Forward atop the motto.
Blairton West Virginia returns from a solid road swing to face Sandy Baker’s team at Park Sunday at 3 PM. The old rivalry revives with former Winchester players shining for Blairton, including Lamp Eaton Bradshaw. Blairton toured Pennsylvania, posting 14 wins in 17 games, boosting a struggling Park treasury for a strong turnout.
Solly Krieger of Brooklyn knocked out Jarl Johnson of Norway in four rounds. Antonio Fernandez of Paterson outpointed Al Franklin in Jersey City over eight rounds.
A 35 year old native of Greece applied for naturalization in federal court and asked permission to assume the name Peter Reader instead of Panagiotis Chatzi ananagnostou.
A Seattle reader called in about a car sliding over an embankment. The editor asked for a picture, and the man delivered the actual wreckage on a tow truck, not a photo.
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