Minor League Seasoning Pays Off For McDermott
The Red Sox credit Maurice McDermott for their improved season as the 20 year old left hander returns from Louisville. After a standout minor league stint including a 20 strikeout game, he anchors Boston’s rotation with six promising starts and a recent 11-2 win over the White Sox.
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Associated Press
Boston Red Sox
Maurice McDermott
Red Sox
Joe McCarthy
Louisville
Poughkeepsie
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Victory Ointment advertisement promises rapid relief
An Army developed ointment named Victory Ointment offers quick relief from athlete's foot and itching. It is marketed as safe for any body part and suitable for first aid, with sales listed at Miller's, Rhodes, Brooks Rexall, People’s Drug Stores, and Silco Cut Rate in Winchester and other hometown druggists.
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Winchester
Miller's, Rhodes, Brooks
Rexall
Peoples Drug Stores
Silco
Wally Moses Enters 2000 Hit Club with Fifth Inning Single
Philadelphia July 27 Wally Moses 38 earns 2000 major league hits milestone by singling to right in the fifth inning of the Athletics Browns game. He becomes the 86th player to join the 2000 club and the third active member behind Luke Appling and Dixie Walker. Ty Cobb holds the all time record with 4191.
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Philadelphia
Wally Moses
Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis Browns
Moses
Chicago White Sox
Luke Appling
Pittsburgh
Dixie Walker
Ty Cobb
Red Cross Swimming Class Starts Aug 8 at Willow Lawn
The Red Cross begins a beginners swimming course at Willow Lawn pool at 8:30 a.m. on August 8. The sessions will run for two weeks.
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Red Cross
Willow Lawn Pool
Major League Standings and Yesterday's Softball Results
National league results include Chicago 6 Brooklyn 0 and St Louis 9 Philadelphia 5. American league games show Boston 11 Chicago 2 and Detroit 6 Washington 2. Satting Vern Stephens led with 25th homer and five RBIs for Boston. Johnny Schmitz blanked Brooklyn 6-0 for his third win over them.
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College Athletic Sanity Code Faces Amendment
At New Castle New Hampshire on July 27 a meeting of college commissioners debated amendments to the NCAA sanity code and constitution. Proposals aim to ban entertainment for prospective athletes on tryouts and restrict indirect benefits such as medical care meals and home campus training tables for conferences in the South and Southwest.
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New Castle
N. H
National Assn. of Collegiate Commissioners
NCAA
Ex-champ Dundee Dies in Glendale Sanitarium
Vincent Dundee 41 former middleweight boxing champion died today in a Glendale sanitarium where he had been confined since 1942.
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Glendale
Calif
Vincent Dundee
Carl Lewis Ties West Virginia Champ At Ridgeley Shoot
Carl Lewis of the Winchester Gun Club tied West Virginia champion Dr. B R Kinter with 194 in the singles at the Ridgeley state championship trap shoot. The Winchester club attendance included N S Dorsey E E Cuthbert Ruth Cuthbert John O Chapman Willis Anderson and Arthur Seabright. Chapman a first year shooter hit 183 of 200 in the singles signaling potential progress. Virginia women’s champ Ruth Cuthbert did not shoot in her class Sunday as Skip per Winski of Wellsburg won with 192.
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Winchester Gun Club
West Virginia
West
Ruth Cuthbert
Virginia
Skipper Winski
Wellsburg
Umpire Experience Rejected for Civil Service Exam
Washington July 27 The Civil Service Commission ruled that umpiring experience does not count for a personnel officer examination. The applicant sought credit for 20 hours weekly umpiring over three summers and claimed membership in the Umpires Protective Assn a group of professional and semi pro umpires.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Umpires Protective Assn
Pastor Directs Brethren Camp at Powell's Fort
Rev. Paul E. Dick of First Brethren Church Winchester directs Camp Grace operated this week by the Brethren church. About 90 campers and staff enrolled Monday with attendees from Philadelphia to Radford.
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First Brethren Church
Winchester
Camp Grace
Powell's Fort
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Philadelphia
Radford
Bi State Games See Four Baseball Wins
Lost City Gore Star Tannery War densville sweep Bi State League action. Lost City defeated North Mountain 13 3 Gore beat Oak Grove 7 4 Star Tannery crushed Mountain Falls 144 6 and Wardensville beat Berg ton 8 2. Garrett earned the win for Lost City while Odom and Eaton shared pitching duties for Gore Oak Grove. Star Tannery Mountain Falls pitcher F McKlwee allowed 10 hits with no walks. Dick Richard umpired the game.
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Bergton
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Dodson
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LaFollette
J. Hockman
F. McKlwee
Rockingham Post Elects Commander
Arnold W. Wetsel, a World War I veteran, has been elected commander of the Rockingham American Legion post.
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Arnold W. Wetsel
American Legion
Market Quotations From Virginia Livestock Prices
Fat steers blend 20 to 23 dollars with highs to 23 in mid range. Fat heifers mostly 18 to 22 with some at 22.50. Cows good heavy beef bred 15.75 to 18, cutters 13 to 14. Bulls good 19.5 to 21.5. Veal calves good 25.5 to 27.9, medium 21 to 24.5. Lambs 23.75 to 24.55 top. fat sheep around 6. Shoots 24 to 26, hogs top weights 22 to 22.5, heavies 18 to 21. Sows 14.5 to 15.5. Pigs 9 to 12 each, small 6 to 8.5. Fresh cows and springers 140 to 180, odd heads 200, old thin 75 to 110.
In Memoriam Ralph C Wise Carver
In memory of Ralph C Wise carver who died in France July 27 1944. The poem recalls a loving son and brother in a lonely grave Somewhere in France. By His Mother and Sisters dated 7 27 2011.
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Ralph C. Wisecarver
France
Ralph
Va GOP Leader Softens On Vote Primary Opinion
Virginia Republicans spar over Attorney General Almond informal ruling allowing cross party voting in the Democratic primary. Lester Parsons denounces the idea as expedient and illegal while Democrats stay silent as John Battle backs by Battle in a four way Democratic race amid cross party voting tensions. Former senator C O Conor Godrick defends Battle against attacks by Francis Pickens Miller in a radio address.
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Virginia
Almond
Lester Parsons
State Central Gop Committee
Parsons
John 8. Battle
C. O'Conor Godrick
Battle Colors
Francis Pickens Miller
Battle
U.S
Harry F. Byrd
Miller Backed by Former Senator for Virginia Nomination
A former State senator Frank L Ball of Arlington campaigned in Richmond for Miller. Ball praised Miller as the best qualified man and the anti organization candidate who would free Virginia from political abuse, calling him the sound candidate.
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Frank L. Ball
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Richmond
Miller
Ball
Virginia
Winchester Stores Close Wednesdays at Noon All Summer
Winchester retail outlets suspend standard hours by closing at noon every Wednesday during the summer season. The change affects all downtown and branch locations. Customers are advised to adjust shopping plans accordingly.
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Winchester
Lupton Co Secures Louden Machinery Dealership
Lupton Orchard Service Inc has been appointed as dealer for the Louden Machinery Co manure handling equipment and modern barn hardware. The contract expands Lupton’s role in agricultural machinery supply and service, aligning with Louden’s farm equipment lineup.
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Lupton Orchard Service, Inc
Louden Machinery Co
Miss Carrie Henry Funeral Services Noted in Obituary
Funeral services for Miss Carrie Henry 74 of 411 S Cameron St will be held 4 p m tomorrow at Jones funeral home Dr C N Tyndell officiating Interment Mt Hebron cemetery Pallbearers Edward Rainsberger Harry Rainsberger Samuel Hanen Marion Tevalt Hector Ritter Lee Ritter Survivors include numerous nieces and nephews Born in Stephenson daughter of the late Frank and Fannie Henry member of the Episcopal church
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S. Cameron St
Jones Funeral Home
C. N. Tyndell
Mt. Hebron
Edward Rainsberger
Harry Rainsberger
Samuel Hanen
Marion Tevalt
Hector
Lee Ritter
Stephenson
Frank
Fannie Henry
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