Winchester Junior Legion Registers First Win of Season
The Winchester Junior Legion team opened the season with an 8-0 victory on Saturday. Pitcher Jimmy Tz allowed four hits and fanned 11 in a nine inning outing. Ingham led the offense with three hits, Catron and Jones added others, while Elley and Bloom contributed multi plate appearances. Bloom threw out several baserunners as catcher. Saturday's box score listed detailed stats.
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Winchester Junior Legion
Jimmy Tz
Les
Ingham
Winchester
Aton Catron
Jones
Eley
League Timber
Bloom
Foltz
North Mountain Defeats Star Tannery 9-2 In Sunday Baseball
North Mountain pitchers Baker scattered six hits to beat Star Tannery 9 to 2. Key hits included doubles by Bailey Omps Richard Keller Long Slee Carbaugh and Baker while Renner of Star Tannery hit the game’s longest play a triple. Next Sunday North Mountain faces Strasburg Athletics on the Mountain Falls diamond.
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Baker
North Mountain
Star Tannery
Mellwee
Beer
Renner
Bailey
Omps
Richard
Carbaugh
Strasburg Athletics
Mountain Falls
R Bailey
Manhattan name origin from Wappinger island tribe
The term Manhattan is explained as meaning "an island formed by the tide" and refers to a Wappinger tribe that inhabited Manhattan Island, the Hudson River eastern bank, and the shore of Long Island Sound in what is now Westchester County, New York.
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Manhattan
Wappinger Confederacy
Manhattan Island
Hudson River
Long Island Sound
Westchester County
New York
Renner Takes Top Honors At West Virginia Trapshoot
Carl Renner won the all around championship with 376 of 400 and was top out of state in doubles at the Ridgeley West Virginia state trapshooting meet. He also contended for the singles title, losing by one target in a shoot off. Willis Anderson led the visiting shooters in handicap with 95 of 100, but no award was given. Local scores include Tony Renner 90x100 in doubles and 90x100 in handicap, Carl Lewis 81x100 and 93x100, Ruth and Earl Cuthbert, and Art Seabright also posted marks. L. M. LaFollette won the WV singles, doubles and all around. Delay irks fans as speedway rules may tighten for future races.
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Carl Tony Renner
West Virginia
Ridgeley
W. Va
Renner
Willis Anderson
Ridgeley Meet
Winchester Gun Club
Tony Renner
Carl Lewis
Ruth Cuthbert
Earl Cuthbert
Arthur Seabright
Lewis
Anderson
Seabright
L. M. LaFollette
Charleston
B. R. Kenter
Bluefield
Cather Captures Feature at Winchester Speedway
Ken Cather, 1946 EJA Racing Assn. champion, won a 30-lap feature at Winchester Airport Speedway in a tight finish over Ed Bowers and Art Parnell, with Ches Wilkins close behind. Earlier heats saw Art Parnell win the first heat and Bowers the second as crowd favorite Shorty Bowers battled through mechanical woes and a late incident.
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Winchester Airport Speedway
Ken Cather
EJA Racing Assn
Ed Bowers
Art Parnell
Ches Wilkins
Shorty” Bowers
Nitro to Play Avisco in Two Games
The Avisco nine of Nitro West Virginia will travel to Front Royal for a split weekend. Avisco defeated Hume 8 to 1 last Saturday and beat Blair 6 to 2 on Sunday while Front Royal plays Elkton tomorrow.
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Nitro
Avisco
W. Va
Front Royal
Elkton
Hume
Blair
Electric autos lead at New York auto show in 1900
At the New York auto show of 1900 electric automobiles far outnumbered steam and gasoline powered cars, signaling early dominance of electric propulsion in the exhibition.
Nine French Girl Guides drown in rising tide at sandbar
In Bordeaux France on July 22 a group of nine girls aged 13 to 17 drowned while bathing on a sandbar as the tide rose. The victims were members of a French Girl guides troop.
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Bordeaux
France
Girl Guides
Varnish and brush sale under Regulation 19c listing
A terse notice lists a 1 inch flat varnish at 16 cents and a brush with a price drop, reflecting a reduced rate under Regulation 19c. The fragment indicates a price reduction offer, likely part of a broader sale or standard pricing adjustment.
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Patrick County
Smith River
Nior Legion
J. Foltz
Culpeper
Sophia
H. Garr
Catron P
James
Lf Jones
P Freeman
H. O. Garr
Flennery C. Delaney
Rhodes Drug CO
Boscawen
Braddock
Best Guide
Jones Cuneral S
Carl Renner
Jack Boyd
Carl Anderson
Bowers
Ralph Williams
Shorty
Cather
Kermit Batt
Speedway
Shorty Bowers
Tex Keene
G & M Musical Appliance Center
G&m
Musical Appliance Center
W. Boscawen St
Cloverdale
England
Ireland
Irish Sea
Cloverdale Soft Drinks
Cloverdale Spring CO
Newville
D. A. Gordon Co
Colgate Palm
Olive Peet
VEL
The
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company
Loudoun ST
Ummer
Brown 'N
White Saddle Oxford
Pepperell
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