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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1930
Page
6
The Star invites readers to submit sports updates from local and state events. Share game results, player feats, and team standings for publication in the daily sports column.
William L. Stribling defeated Phil Ungst Scott in a two round KO at Wimbledon Stadium before a 35000 crowd. The American dominated the British titleholder with a first round four knockdowns and finished with a second round knockdown and a final left hook for the win. The card was billed as a championship of the Old World with England’s hopes dashed. Beckett then claimed a prize of 500 pounds sterling after the victory.
Scores from yesterday include Chicago 6 St Louis 5 Detroit 7 Cleveland 6 Philadelphia 6 New York 5 in 12 innings. Athletics beat Yankees 7 6 on Mick Cochrane’s RBI single after Foxx homer. Cubs sweep Reds 3-2 and 5-3. Thurston hurls 2-0 shutout for Robins. Giants defeat Phillies 5-4 as Terry homers twice.
Under a 107 degree sun Ted Lyons and the Chicago White Sox defeated the St Louis Browns 6 to 5 in the ninth. Cissell singled, Tate doubled to drive in a run, and Lyons delivered the two base hit to bring Tate home. Goslin hit his 22nd homer, fourth in two days.
The University of Alabama will appoint Frank W. Thomas, backfield coach at the University of Georgia, to succeed Wallace Wade as head football coach, signaling a major shift in Tide leadership.
Capon Bridge notes list residents ill and improving including H L Henry and D M Whitlock. Visits include Funkhouser family, Goode with Lou Thompson, Riley and Shu ler gatherings in Winchester. Church of Christ meetings held with planned Sunday night sermon by the regular pastor.
Stephens City Virginia notes list guests including Miss Anna Stickley from Washington and Mrs Emma Silick of Towson. Local health and church events mention Epworth League picnic August 1 and Methodist Episcopal services with a Gore male quartet.
Mr Charles Staples and Mr and Mrs Lawrence Gregory with children from Manassas Virginia visited Mrs William White on Sunday.
Local market report lists wholesale items including wheat bran middlings and mixed feeds with prices. It notes cotton seed meal butter fat and dairy products, plus hogs lambs and sheep values, and Memphis Baltimore wholesale prices for leghorn chickens and hogs with miscellaneous notes.
Mount Williams Va July 29 preaching services set August 2 at 8 p m by Rev C Russell Curran. Sunday school lawn party August 1 on schoolhouse lawn. Locals including Mrs Annie Orndorff and Miss Sarah Williams visited. others guests at Williams and Himelright homes.
Pasadena California star Ellsworth Vines clinched the metropolitan turf court tennis championship in New York after a week of stellar play. Vines dominated the tourney to capture the title.
Western champion Johnny Lehman of Chicago defeated the Purdue star to claim the western amateur golf championship at the Chicago tournament. A prominent author prophesies that in fifty years shirts may disappear, while many Americans began embracing the new style last fall. Tourists may avoid passports in Canada where they are not required, though a license there costs $2.
A fragmented item notes political theater around an honors office and tree sitters with rivalries and counterpoint banter. The piece suggests humorous exchanges and shifting fortunes as the scene unfolds.
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