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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1949
Page
5
Stan Musial ignites a St. Louis surge by lifting batting to .301 with 22 hits in 58 at bats as the Cardinals win 13 of 15. He belts two homers at the Polo Grounds to beat the New York Giants 3-0, moving the Cards into second place a half game behind Brooklyn.
National League standings show Brooklyn 27 20 .574 and St. Louis 25 19 .569 with Boston 26 20 .565 New York 26 21 .553 Philadelphia 23 23 .500 Chicago 21 26 .460 Pittsburgh 21 70 American League leaders include New York 68 2 and Detroit 36 3 .553 Washington 25 22 .532 Boston 23 21 .523 Philadelphia 25 23 .521 Cleveland 21 22 .488 Chicago 21 25 .457 St Louis 12 25 5 yesterday's NL results Brooklyn beat Chicago 7 1 Boston defeated Cincinnati 6 5 St Louis won over Philadelphia 3 0 New York blanked Philadelphia 3 0 Pittsburgh beat Detroit 5 New York and Detroit led the AL games while batting star Musial homered twice and drove in all Cards runs in a 3 0 win over the Giants. Brecheen allowed five hits in St Louis's 3 0 victory. Tonight's games include Cincinnati at Boston and Pittsburgh at Philadelphia in the NL and Boston at St Louis New York at Detroit and Washington at Cleveland in the AL. Tomorrow's schedule lists Chicago at Brooklyn Cincinnati at Boston St Louis at New York and Pittsburgh at Philadelphia in the NL. Philadelphia at Chicago Boston at St Louis and New York at Detroit in the AL.
A screech owl terrorized residents in Martinsburg by swooping down on pedestrians at night. The bird reportedly dive-bombed at least five women before being bagged by local authorities. The incident prompted safety concerns in the residential district.
Tenets of a plan recommended by five New York doctors claim to break the laxative habit. The method involves Carter's Pills for a structured three week schedule plus eight daily glasses of water, aiming to restore the body's natural regularity without dependence on laxatives.
New York June 8 Chun ky Max Lanier says he will not pitch again for the St. Louis Cardinals until they meet his price. The 33 year old lefthander, speaking from Drummondville Quebec, cites a $10 000 salary plus living expenses in the Quebec league as his current rate. Lanier has 5 1 in the independent circuit and after a six game win streak with the Cardinals in 1946 he jumped to the Mexican league.
The Winchester Star Information Bureau promotes a 32 page Children’s Animal Picture Book compiled for kids. It features mammal photos from the American Museum of Natural History and explains appearance habits and why some animals are friends or enemies. Postpaid copies cost 20 cents with coupon.
North Mountain beat Oak Grove 14 to 1 as D Bauserman and Sonny Rickard combined for 16 strikeouts and two homers. Lost City edged Wardensville 9 to 8 after a late rally, Star Tannery defeated Bergton 16 to 15 in a slugfest, and Moorefield beat Mountain Falls 17 to 5 in the weekend slate.
The Baptists beat Highland Avenue 17 to 13 in church league action. Kersey pitched for the Baptists allowing eight hits while Cleveland for Highland gave up 13. Armel and Meher homered for the Baptists, Aikens homered for Highland.
The third baseman went 2 for 4 and hit the longest extra base with a three bagger. P. Raines led the winners with 3 hits in 7 at bats. Mountain Falls will play Oak Grove at 2 30 p m Sunday on Mountain Falls diamond.
Polish employment figures reach a record 10,534,000 with state industry rising from 1,869,000 in 1946 to 2,708,000 in 1948. Farm industry workers increase from 174,000 in 1946 to 268,000 in 1948.
Miss Virginia Yates of the Handley high graduating class will speak at the Rotary luncheon on Using Virginia's Agricultural Resources to the Best Advantage. She won a state oratorical contest sponsored by the Virginia Bankers Assn. County Agent I. Fred Stine will introduce her. At least seven local members plan to attend the Rotary convention in New York, including Mr. and Mrs Walker Mac Bond and others.
Value describes how light or dark a color appears on a gray scale from black to white. Yellow reads as a light value while purple reads as a darker value, indicating relative brightness rather than hue alone.
Bell Clothes-Rosenberger, 7 0, vs Rosenberger 7 1, opens at field 2 at 6 15 after move from field 3 to handle expected crowd. Whitlock likely on mound for Bell Clothes. O Sullivan vs Jewel Box at field 1 6 15. Plumly vs Rockingham under lights at 8.
Stephenson moved to 6 5 in the Shenandoah Valley league by routing two West Virginia clubs over the weekend. At Martinsburg the team beat Berkeley Place Yanks 11 1 with G Foltz earning the win, while H Kees took the loss for Sleepy Creek. Back home Stephenson crushed Sleepy Creek 18 0 with D Fahnestock pitching five innings and A Arme finishing. O Foltz hit a homer and D Fahnestock added a triple as Stephenson totaled 15 hits. Next, Stephenson hosts North Mountain Saturday and visits Berkeley Station on Sunday.
Roy H. Stotler, brother of Bryan Stotler and former Martinsburg mayor, was appointed chairman of the new citizen committee to attract industry to Martinsburg.
There are 1,451 places in the world where meteorites have been recorded as fallen, with about 500 of those in the United States.
Barr of Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Co. in Charles Town has been named president of the Lions Club. He leads the local chapter as it pursues community service and service projects in the area.
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