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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1949
Page
5
Cleveland gains ground in the American League race after a 1-0 win over the Boston Red Sox, moving within four and a half games of the Yankees. Rookie Mike Garcia outdueled Mickey McDermott as Boudreau and Hegan provided the decisive run in the fifth.
City softball slate features Highland versus Baptist on field 1 Montague faces Braddock on field 2 and UB plays Presbyterian under lights on field 2 Lutheran hosts Episcopal on field 3 with 6 15 start times listed for field 3 matches.
Rosenberger defeated the Jewel Box 4 0 to pull a game and a half ahead in the city league. G Hart had 2 hits including a home run and scored twice as Rosenberger broke the game open with two runs in the third and two in the fourth. Clevenger allowed six hits and one strikeout for Jewel Box while Whitacre and Dodson contributed two hits apiece for the losers.
Berryville officials forecast a larger turnout for the July 29 30 show than 1948 with an estimated 5000 spectators and 375 entrants. A. B Hummer secretary treasurer expects entries for 42 classes and 6 races with Virginia and out of state stables. A carnival will add to the program under officers F A Lindsay president and James B Lindsay manager.
Batting star George Metkovich drove in two with a bases loaded single out of two outs in the 10th to lift the White Sox past the Yankees 6 to 5. Mike Garcia pitched Indians to a 1 0 win over the Red Sox in a tight duel. Tonight’s games include Washington at Detroit and Boston at Chicago with several NL matchups. Tomorrow features Boston at Chicago and a full set of AL and NL showdowns.
Bell Clothes defeats Plumly Lumber 3-1 as Whitlock limits the visitors to three hits with nine strikeouts. Bill Lee paces Bell with three hits, boosting a deadlock for third place with RC Cola while Plumly sits one and a half games back of Rosenberger for the league lead.
The text notes that few wild animals die of old age. Pneumonia and starvation are among the commonest causes, with accidental injuries diseases and natural enemies also contributing as principal factors in wild animal mortality.
Culpeper Jaycees mobilize more than 30 entrants for the Winchester derby on August 3 with 75 total expected. City improvements to Cameron Street, including patched holes and leveling, aim to better the race. Officials, sponsors, and volunteers from Culpeper, Winchester, and nearby Northern Virginia counties are named, with prizes and helmet orders arranged.
The Legion Jr. team leaves today to meet Post 162 of Lorton at Mt. Vernon High School diamond 7 p.m. for Zone 2 championship with a return game tomorrow at Winchester Park 2:30 p.m. The local winners seek the state title July 23 at Newport News among nine zone teams.
Judge John Rice presided over a string of offenses including drunken driving speeding and assault and battery. Notable defendants and charges included Elwood Woodstock Lane Henry Cox Vernon Barton Jr Leo Everhart John R Jackson William C Denny Louis Morsberger Williams Jenkins Matilda Dodson William Lewis Slater James Paul Devine Laurence Evert Pearson Jr Clayton Dodson Edward Carter Charles Ashby Corbin and others with fines ranging from 9.25 to 111.50 and suspensions where noted.
The congregation voted to accept the resignation of Rev. L. B. Gibbs so he may accept a call to the Rabun county group of Presbyterian churches in North Georgia.
Fifty one carloads of free potatoes have been ordered by the Warren county agent's office at Front Royal for demonstrational stock feeding purposes in Warren county.
A person with this rare belief experiences a delusion that they possess all possible phobias, a condition echoing metacognitive overextension. Medical literature notes it as a hypothetical extreme of paranoia rather than a widely recognized clinical diagnosis.
A pet show is scheduled Thursday at Douglas playground. Activities include a Coke out by Boy Scouts with Mulligan and more than 85 on the grounds. Ping pong champion last week was James Waldron.
The article mentions nosphobia as the term for fear of disease highlighted by FP A P A. It defines the concept and signals its usage in health discussions.
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