Winchester Stars Begin Softball Season With 14-5 Win
The 1956 City League opener at Senseng Park ended 14 to 5 as Winchester beat Berryville in an all star tilt. Key plays came from Novick Royal Crown and Blake Shoe Cafe, with Donald and Lloyd pitching for Winchester and Berryville respectively. A postgame vote moved the first City League game start to 7 p.m. for better attendance.
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Charlie Tait
Senseng Park
Fast City
Winchester
Berryville
Novick
Royal Crown
Blake Shoe Cafe
Berryville Basket Co
Republic Oil
Eddie Ritter
Harry “Soddy
Haines
Julius Cilinski
Sacred Heart Church
Claude Smalts, Jr
Softball Commission
Donald
Lloyd
Kelly
Singhas
Market
Braddock
Church of Christ
Opequon
Republic Oil and
Brake Shoe Cafe
League Standings and Tomorrow's Schedule
Brooklyn leads 8 to 6 over St. Louis with Philadelphia 6 and Milwaukee 2. Tomorrow Pittsburgh visits Cincinnati at 8 Philadelphia plays Milwaukee at 9 New York travels to Chicago at 1 30.
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Brooklyn
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
New York
Chicago
Associated Press
Cleveland
Boston
Baltimore
Detroit
Washington
Kansas City
Ohio
Los Angeles
Calif
Mass
Memphis, Tenn
Birmingham
Ala
Win'n-Salem
N. C
Columbia
Lions Edge Exchange In Wild American League Thriller
In Sen Seny Park the Lions beat Exchange 13 11 in a high scoring American loop game. Kiwanis defeated Rotary 9 2 as Miller Anderson and Bell Clothes won, while Casilear earned the Lion win and Wisecarver the Kiwanis win.
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Senseny Park
Lions
Kiwanis
Rotary
Miller & Anderson
National Fruit
Bell Clothes
Shoecenter
Brewer Tops Indians as Red Sox Split Twin Bill
Tom Brewer the kid right hander improved to nine wins and a 2.38 ERA, beating the Indians 5-1 for his seventh straight win over Cleveland as Boston salvaged a split. Ted Williams doubled twice, Jackie Jensen homered, and Carlos Paula delivered a three-run pinch homer in the opener.
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Hockman
Oates
Whitlock
Grim
O'Connell
Feagans
Heflin
Clarke
Carroll
Bailey
Wood
Kelly
Zirkle
National Fruit
Bell
Foreman and Spaid
Shoecenter
Ronnie Combs
Plotner
Bucher
Snapp
Morrison
Jenkins
Patterson
Spaid
Shiley
Tom Brewer
Boston
Red Sox
Brewer
Cleveland
Indians
Tribe
Vic Wertz
Bosox
Porterfield
Baltimore
Detroit
Tigers
Washington
Kansas City
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Mike
Garcia
Jackie Jensen
Ted Williams
Carlos Paula
Bobby Shantz
A’s
Johnny Groth
Pete Ramos
Alex Keliner
Pud dler Jim Davis a Steel Mill Origins and Senate Career
The late James L. Davis earned the nickname Pud dler Jim after becoming a puddler's assistant at age twelve in Sharon Pennsylvania iron and steel mills. He later served as Secretary of Labor under Harding Coolidge and Hoover and was a U.S. senator from 1931 to 1939. His autobiography bears the nickname as its title.
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Puddler
Jim
R.Z
James L. Davis
Iron and Steel Mills
Sharon
Harding, Coolidge
Hoover
Davis
U.S. Senate
Southern Conference aims to send teams to NCAA playoffs
In Virginia Beach conference athletic directors backed Commissioner Wallace Wade's plan to push for full playoff representation. They noted NCAA eligibility limits of three years clash with the four-year policy, citing Virginia Tech and West Virginia issues, and feared future nonparticipation could strain relations with the NCAA.
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Virginia Beach
Southern Conference
Wallace Wade
NCAA
George Washington
West Virginia
Richmond
Virginia Tech
Wade
Campanella Resting Amid Slump Benched For Rest
Dodgers manager Walt Alston announced Roy Campanella 34 year old star was benched for rest after a two week slump while playing with a leg injury. Campanella holds a 212 batting average as Brooklyn beat St Louis 8 to 6 to drop the Cardinals to third place.
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ST. Louis
Roy Campanella
Brooklyn
Dodger
Walt Alston
Asl
Alston
Campanella
St. Louis Cardinals
Campy
Newsprint Sourcing Mostly Foreign as US Mills Produce Largely
Canadian mills supply 78 percent of newsprint used in the United States, with remaining imports from Scandinavian nations. Only about 19 percent is produced domestically, leaving most stock to foreign sources.
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United State
T.O. A
Pacific Northwest Coast
Olympic Mountains
Wynoochee Oxbow
United States
Patterson camp touts Moore as easier title foe
Floyd Patterson manager Cus D'Amato says Archie Moore would be a simpler challenge than Hurricane Jackson for Patterson who carries a broken right hand from the Jackson bout. D'Amato insists Moore is dangerous but Patterson has fewer problems with him and expects the hand to heal in time for the title fight.
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New York
Floyd Patterson
Cus D’'Amato
Archie Moore
Moore
Patterson
Jackson
D’amate
D'Amate
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PASE
Winchester Stars
Smalls
Keller
Ritenour
Blackburn
Boxwell
Robertson
Jess
Sealock
Ben Buckner
Bill Buckner
Renner
Wisecarver
Everhart
Longerbeam
Gray
Rey
Buckner
Manuel
Clark
Carter
Berryville Pos
Levi
Singhass
P Sealock of
Ashby
Dodson
Ing
Gray Everhart
Longerbeam Carter
Lloyd Hockman Wood
Pas
Winchester Robertson
Richard
Haymaker
Armel
Ritenour If
Purtlebaugh
Boxwell Seldon
Manuel Donald Jackson
M&a
Casilear
Sheetz
Fach
Meadows
Wadsworth
Lockhart
Penn
Pryor
Martin
Kelly Bucher
Ebersole
Gore
Spurs
Eddy
Skip Chickle
Miller
Anderson
Bridges
Huntsberry
Kern
Bierlein
Voyager
Johnny’s Sport Shop
W. Boscawen St
Shenandoah
Riverton
North Fork
South Fork
Duncan Bros
Millwood Ave
Endab
Paula
Nats
By ED Wilks
The
Sociated Press
Frank Sullivan
Bob Porterfield
Willard Nixon
Ind
America
Greyhound
Greyhound Terminal
N. Braddock St
Virginia
Indiana
Evinrude Motors
Shenandoah Motor Co
Evinrude
F.O
Smalts
Firestone
N. Braddock
HFC
N. Loudoun Street
J.C. Penney
Mohawk
Iron City Brewery
Iron City
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