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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1959

Page

12

Senseny Park tripleheader fuels late drama in three leagues

In a seven inning Senseny Park tripleheader, Headquarters Company upset Republic Oil 6 to 5. Lucky Inn maintained first place with a 12 to 6 win over the Mountaineers. Sunnyside beat Brad dock 10 to 9. Braddock Methodist rallied with six runs in the seventh but fell short. The Republic Oilers, led by Jess Donald seven-hitter, upset Republic Oil in a tense church league affair while Braddock and Sunnyside provided late drama. Grace Bible faces Market tonight followed by Bethel Cubs versus TACs. EUB–White Post Charge makeup ends first Church League round with EUB needing a win for a tie.

Senseny Park Republic Oil Lucky Inn Mountaineers Sunnyside Shiley Lineburg Fleming Jones Farrill Barnhart Boyer Strawderman D. Shirley S. Shirley Braddock Phace A. Shirley Republicail Jess Donald Jim Hockman Graham Lee Messall Hackman Short Oilers Baker Republic White Robertson Headquarters Man Royston Foltz Whitlock Donald Seldon Taylor O'Connell Bailey Grace Bible and Market Bethel Cubs Tacs EUB White Post Charge Church League Phostars

State Awards Contracts for 12 Road Projects

The State Highway Commission announced contracts for 12 highway projects totaling 3 701 493. Bids opened June 3. Pendleton Construction Corp. won 1 055 272 for four miles of grading and drainage on Interstate 81 Wythe County. Thorington Construction Co. Inc. earned 689 961 for seven bridges on Interstate 95 Richmond to Ashland. D W Winkleman Carolina Co. Inc. received 447 392 for an extension of divided highway on Rt 123 Fairfax County near Langley. Atlantic Biluthic Co. Inc. won 490 231 for two projects in Richmond and Henrico County. All bids for Rt 631 Tazewell County were rejected as too high.

Richmond State Highway Commission Pendleton Construction Corp Wytheville Wythe County Fort Chiswell Ashland Thorington Construction Co. Inc D. W. Winkleman Carolina Co. Inc Greensboro N. C Rt. 123 Fairfax County Langley Atlantic Biulithic Co. Inc Henrico County Rt. 631 Tazewell County

Sword Dancer Sets Belmont Hopes as Isl Nod Likely

Sword Dancer, the Brookmeade Stable chestnut, is a 7-5 Belmont favorite for the 125000-added race, with Royal Orbit and Black Hills as top challengers. The field likely includes Dance, Bagdad, Manassa Mauler, Scotland and Lake Erie as the 91st Belmont stakes airs on CBS from 3:30 to 4 p.m. Eastern. Willie Shoemaker rides Sword Dancer, Eddie Arcaro laces Black Hills, and Roy Orbit is guided by Bill Harmatz.

New York Sword Dancer Brookmeade Native Dancer Nashua Needles Halina Braunstein Royal Orbit King Ranch Black Hills Moody Jolley Claiborne Farm Belmont Howard Keck Bagdad Emil Dolce Manassa Mauler W. M. Ingram Scotland P. H. B. Frelinghuysen Lake Erie CBS Willie Shoemaker Gallant Man Bold Ruler Eddie Arcaro Arcaro Bill Harmatz Roy Orbit Bobby Ussery

Lane and Ortiz Fight for Revived 140-pound Title

Kenny Lane and Carlos Ortiz meet in Madison Square Garden for the revived junior welterweight title a 12 round bout with the winner to face Duilio Loi. The match is expected even money and will air on NBC radio and TV at 9 p.m. EST.

Jack Hand Associated Press NEW York (Ap Kenny Lane Carlos Ortiz Lane Ortiz Madison Square Garden New York State Athletic Commission National Boxing Assn Duilio Loi Italy Garden NBC

Double Sister Weddings Invitation Etiquette Q and A

Roberta Lee addresses etiquette in multiple questions. The piece covers inviting two sisters’ weddings, tactfully guiding a partner to improve grooming, and proper forms of address for young girls including using Miss for a girl age 12 or 14.

Charles Thompsson Grace Elen John Henry Jones Margaret Anne Richard Lee Jordan

Shenandoah Downs Race Day Results Include Multiple Purses

Daily program from Shenandoah Downs lists nine races with $1,000 purses. Notable details include winners and payouts for each race across five and a half furlongs to one mile, plus an attendance figure of 4,145 and mutuel handle of 164,078 dollars.

Shenandoah Downs Lympic Sollars Admiral al House Uncle Jack Servis Brandy Last Palumbo Weeping Princess Cutshaw Larking Niz McKee Cool Cash McGovern Bonnie Wee Thing Gambardella Nocenv Phelps Roddy Jones Parker Joe Apua Sellars Hug Sisto Jeanne K Vasil Cort Bern Goodwin Tedken Mr. Drastic Eck-Heart Babcha Extra Blend W. Clark Matinee Doll Comi New York Gee Lin Mutuel Handle

Baseball Standings and Schedule Summary

Major league standings show Milwaukee at top with 30 wins and 27 losses in fourth place. Thursday results include Pittsburgh 12 San Francisco 9 and Cincinnati 8 Chicago 0. Weekend games list Cincinnati at St. Louis and Los Angeles at Pittsburgh with doubleheaders.

Roa Ser L. Pet G.B. Milwaukee San Francisco Los Angeles Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati Louis Philadelphia Milwaukee St. Louis

Baseball Standings and Friday Schedule From 1940s Box Score

The record lists team standings with percentages and game results for Baltimore New York Kansas City Detroit Chicago Washington Cleveland Boston and Detroit. Friday matchups include Chicago at Baltimore Detroit at New York Cleveland at Washington Kansas City at Boston with noted doubleheaders and scores.

Baltimore New York Kansas City Washington Rappeiers Chicago Detroit Cleveland Boston

Chinese Reds Shift Target on Kaoteng Island

Chinese Communist artillery shifted from Quemoy to Kaoteng Island in the Matsu group, lobing 430 shells in the heaviest bombardment the island has endured. Kaoteng lies about 150 miles north of the Que moy Islands, with Quemoy usually targeted.

Taipei Formosa Quemoy Islands Kaoteng Island Matsu Chinese Defense Ministry Kaoteng

Nats and Sox Make Trades In Boston and Washington

Boston Red Sox receive pitcher Dick Hyde and infielder Herbie Plews from Washington in exchange for relief pitcher Murray Wall and utility infielder Billy Consolo. Hyde carries a 1.75 ERA in 53 relief appearances last year and comes with arm trouble. Plews hit .225 in 40 at bats this season. Wall posted a 1-4 record with a 5.41 ERA in 15 games. Consolo batted .214 in 10 games.

Boston Jerry Casale Boston Red Sox Casale Murray Wall Billy Consolo Wall Consolo Washington Senators Dick Hyde Herbie Plews Hyde Plews Red Sox Kansas City Tonight Senators

Castro shakes Cuban cabinet in first government overhaul

Fidel Castro replaced five cabinet ministers in Havana in a surprise early morning shakeup. Raul Roa becomes foreign minister, Pedro Miret agriculture minister, Raquel Perez public welfare minister, Serafin Ruiz health minister, and Jose Naranjo interior minister, as Castro brushes aside a U S note on expropriating American sugar lands.

Havana Fidel Castro Raul Roa Organization of American States OAS Roberto Agramonte Pedro Miret Umberto Sori Marin Raquel Perez Elena Mederos Serafin Ruiz Julio Martinez Paez Jose Naranjo Orlando Rodriguez Castro U.S Cuba

Pierce falls short as no hitter slips away in 1-0 Sox win

Billy Pierce carried a no-hitter into the eighth before a Ron Sanford double broke the bid as the Chicago White Sox beat the Washington Senators 1-0. Nellie Fox and Jim Landis supplied the offense with clutch hits while Don Ferrarese and Milt Pappas pitched well in a tight AL race. The Indians, Tigers, and A's also won, tightening the standings.

Los Angeles Philadelphia White Sox Camilo Pascual Jim Landis Nellie Fox Landis Colavito Woody Held Don Ferrarese Indians Milt Pappas Orioles al Kaline Tigers Ted Wills Ray Narleski Ted Williams

Shawnee Plans Yard Party and Auction at Fire Hall

Shawnee details plans for the annual yard party and auction set for July 25 with an auxiliary committee and an auction committee named. Menu includes fried chicken or ham and sides, with about 20 members attending a safety film night. The hall is available for groups, and a resignation of secretary Robert Steele is noted. Frederick County and Winchester volunteer groups announce upcoming events.

Russell Good Herbert Dyer Richard Keckley Clarence Williams Charles Kerns Ed Brewer Ernie Nesselrodt Dennis Strawderman Elmo Ruckman United Underwriters Laboratory Nesselrodt Robert Steele Narrows Frederick County

Cuban Reforms Prompt U.S. Concern Over Compensation

The U S note warns Americans may not be adequately compensated for land seized under Cuba’s agrarian reform. Castro cites cabinet changes as a routine response to the periodical changes governments must stage, regardless of service by officials.

U.S Castro

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