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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1947
Page
7
A fragment describes a sports rally by Marx Jewelers to defeat Park with a fast, effective result. The text then shifts to an unrelated advert for Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root claiming kidney and bladder relief and a free trial offer from Dept D Co, Stamford.
Winchester Park and Marx Jewelers played a tight game until the seventh when District nine scored three in the seventh and three more in the eighth to pull away 8 to 3. Scrivener impressed with four shutout innings before Park’s defense unravelled and the Marx offense added late insurance.
The St Louis Cardinals protested umpire Beans Reardon's ruling after a ninth inning play in which Ron Northey was called out at home, keeping Brooklyn in contention for the 1947 NL pennant. Dodgers gained a half game on the Giants as the protest moved up to Ford Frick's decision. West Point opened in 1802 with 10 cadets in instruction.
Winchester golfers finished fourth in the Tri-State League match at Purcellville with 58 1 2 points. Frederick won, Martinsburg second, Purcellville third, Front Royal trailed. Final standings list Frederick 380, Martinsburg 356, Winchester 318 1 2, Front Royal 201 1 2. Philip Glaize led Winchester with 12 points and will receive a $10 merchandise award.
National League results Brooklyn 3 St Louis 2 Pittsburgh 9 Boston 1 Chicago 4 2 Philadelphia 2 1 Cincinnati 4 6 New York 1 9 American League Detroit 4 12 New York 1 11 St Louis 4 7 Boston 3 6 Chicago 6 4 Philadelphia 5 7 Washington 1 1 Cleveland 0 6 Team standings show Brooklyn 51 36 New York 45 36 Boston 46 38 St Louis 45 41 Cincinnati 42 44 Chicago 40 45 Philadelphia 36 50 Pittsburgh 35 50 Lec acetate totals New York 59 Detroit 47 3 Boston 45 40 Philadelphia 42 44 Cleveland 38 41 Chicago 39 48 Washington 36 47 St Louis 31 52 National League totals and league-wide tallies listed as 556 548 523 488 471 412 670 529 448 434 373.
Winchester American Legion team collected 17 hits led by Hayette Fawcett and Pope with three each but dropped a 9-7 decision to Strasburg. Osborne came on in the seventh to spark four runs on Largent’s two-base hit, a triple by Largent and Ritter’s double, while Pence allowed 10 safeties and walked four as errors aided Strasburg’s comeback.
Shickle allowed four scattered hits while B Harrison held Winchester to none as New Market pushed across a seventh inning run. L Driver scored from third on a bunt after a single sacrifice and error. Winchester failed with runners on third and first in the eighth. J Harrison had the game’s only extra base hit with a double. Next, Winchester hosts Martinsburg’s Red Men A C Sunday.
The current annual output of aluminum is approaching 600,000 tons, indicating sustained large scale production and market demand.
A report notes that Russia is advancing underground coal gasification on a commercial scale, highlighting its potential for large scale energy production and implications for regional energy markets and policy.
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