Swartz Selected For All Star Football Classic
Norfolk AP The West squad for Virginia s fourth annual high school all star game on Aug 7 includes 23 players from 17 schools led by Hermitage Richmond with four selections. Other multi picks come from E C Glass Lynchburg and Graham Bluefield, with many players who earned All State honors.
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Norfolk
Hermitage
Richmond
Virginia
E. C. Glass
Lynchburg
Graham
Bluefield
Virginia Jsports Writers and Sportcasters Assn
Virginia All-Star Foundation
Virginia Beach
West
Luray
Gordon
Price
Glade Spring
Ronnie Knicely
Waynesboro
Bruce Mattox
Bassett
Elmer (the Great) Lam
Elkton
Wally Bruce
Dublin
Joe Hicks
James Monroe
Fredericksburg
Dick Asbur
Elam
Walker
Perrow
Haycock Collinstrell
Asbur
Associated Press
Jerry Johnson
Tazewell
Baseball Minor Leagues Scores Report
The Associated Press lists results across three leagues. American Association games include Indianapolis 6 at Denver 2 and Dallas 4 Fort Worth 2. Louisville 8 St. Paul 7. Omaha 7 Houston 1. Charleston 4 Minneapolis 0. International League scores Buffalo 6 Columbus 5. Rochester 4 Richmond 2. Miami 4 Havana 6. Seattle 2 6. San Diego 1 2 in 10 innings. Salt Lake City 5 Spokane 4. Vancouver 7 Phoenix 6. Portland at Sacramento postponed.
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Associated Press American Assn
Indianapolis
Denver
Dallas
Fort Worth
Charleston
Minneapolis
Louisville
St. Paul
Omaha
Houston
Buffalo
Columbus
Rochester
Richmond
Miami
Topgate
Havana
Montreal
Seattle
San Diego
Salt Lake City
Spokane
Vancouver
Phoenix
Portland
Sacramento
League Leaders in American and National League batting and pitching
Detroit’s Kuenn and Kaline share top AL batting with .350 and .347 while Killebrew leads AL RBIs with 43 and home runs at 19. Fox and Kaline tie for hits with 75. Runnels and Williams lead doubles. Killebrew also tops NL in home runs with 18. Aaron leads NL in hits with 235 and doubles with 24, Cepeda 44 RBIs, Pinson 49 runs, and Mathews 20 homers. Pitching leaders include Wilhelm 9 0 in AL, Face 9 0 in NL, and Wynn 77 strikeouts in AL plus Drysdale 89 in NL.
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Associated Press
Kuenn
Detroit
Kaline
Killebrew
Washington
Yost
Skowron
New York
Fox
Chicago
Runnels
Boston
Williams
Kansas City
Wynn
Score
Cleveland
Bunning
Milwaukee
Burgess
Piesbrough
Pinson
Cincinnati
Mathews
Mays
San Francisco
Cepeda
Banks
Robinson
Aaron
San Frayene
Cim AS
Dark
Chicka
Hogan Shares Open Lead as Bolt Falls Behind
Ben Hogan shot a 69 to share the early lead in the 39th U S Open at Windy Hill. Dick Knight Gene Littler and Don Finsterwald were also near the top after the opening round while Tommy Bolt struggled with a 75. Cary Middlecoff Gary Player and others followed.
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Hugh Fullerton
Mamaroneck
N.Y
Ben Hogan
Dick Knight
San Diego
Calif
Hogan
Gene Littler
Don Finsterwald
Hillman Robbins
Cary Middlecoff
South Africa
Gary Player
Tommy Bolt
Lionel Hebert
Billy Casper
Don January
Ted Kroll
Arnold Palmer
Don Fairfield
Bo Wininger
Big Mike Souchak
al Balding
Canada
Bruce Crampton
Australia
Bill Collins
Gene Bone
Doug Ford
Ernie Vossler
Claude Harmon Henry Ransom
Ewing Pomeroy
Charlie Coe
Sammy Snead
Jay Hebert
Julius Boros
Dick Mayer
Ed Burgos
Cities Service and Workingman Win In Little League
In Sensey Park the Little Baseball League saw Cities Service beat National Fruit 15-10 while Workingman Store defeated O Sull ivan 12-8. Pitching and hitting highlighted the day with Richard Ward and Punchie Bromley among the standouts for National Fruit and Cities Service carrying two three run innings to pull away. Long allowed five hits and seven walks for the win, as O Sull ivan’s hitters were kept off base for a time by the visitors.
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Sensey Park
Workingman’s Store
O'Sullivan
Cities Service
National Fruit
Clothiers
Bromley
Richard Ward
Punchie Bromley
Rufus Boyce
Russell
McKee
Heatv
Hershey
Fletcher
Long
R. Rinker
F. Rinker
Winner Long
O’sullivan
Kiwanis
Lions
Rotary
50 Teams Mean Many Headaches
The Evening Star urges softball junior league and Pony League managers to return score books promptly. With over 50 city teams, incomplete books are hard to reconcile. A new simplified scoring form will be issued. meanwhile please fill At Bats Runs and Hits in the first three columns and mail books to The Star.
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Junior Legion
Evening Star
Star
Ambassador Limps to Opening of Japan Hall of Fame
U S Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II attended the opening of Japan's first baseball Hall of Fame in Tokyo with a limp from playing baseball. He recalled the embassy game against the Foreign Office, noting age and a 15 to 8 loss, while praising the grand game.
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Tokyo
U. S
Douglas MacArthur II
Japan
Gimusho
Foreign Office
Gaimusho
DAR Dedicates Larrick Plaques in Hayfield Cemetery
Fort Loudoun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution dedicates markers for Casper Larrick and his two sons. The ceremony is set for Sunday at 3 30 PM in Mt Olive Cemetery Hayfield where the Larricks are buried.
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Fort Loudoun
Daughters of the American Revolution
Casper Larrick
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Hayfield
Larricks
VFW Edges Moose In Seven Inning Pony League Clash
A concentrated hitting attack propelled VFW to an 83 victory over Moose. Parker earned the win striking out the side in the seventh as Hinkle provided Moose’s only early power with a third inning homer. Slugging by Sullivan Parker Lockhart and company produced key runs across five frames while Parker also chased the final Moose threat.
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VFW
Moose
Parker
Lockhart
Sullivan
Craun
Hinkle
Cameron
Thompson
Saville
Brooks
Sledge
Hirkle
Wool Waste Pile Fire Tamed Behind Clearbrook Mill
A wool waste pile behind the Clearbrook Woolen Co park spontaneously ignited around 4 15 p m yesterday. No property loss occurred as the waste was to be burned for incinerator work. Clearbrook Fire Company used wet water to extinguish the flames.
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Clearbook Woolen Co
Clearbrook Fire Company
Triangle nurses halt rally to beat TACs 15 10 at Senseny Park
In a wild first inning Triangle Diner sent 15 players to the plate, scoring 9 runs to take a 15-10 win over TACs. Doris Lambert, Helen Rose, and Mary Richman led a nine run barrage before the game settled, with Triangle holding on despite TACs late rally and fielding miscues.
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Triangle Diner
Tacs
Senseny Park
Doris Lambert
Helen Rose
Mary Richman
Ed Burch
Margaret Ramey
Patton
Margie VanHorn
Dunn
Hawkins
Dan Capozzoli
Triangle
Duckpinners
F&m Banks
F&m
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John Hilton
Swartz
Knicely
Joe Ritenour
Alexania
Johnson
Mattos
Bill Mosseller
Bristol
Haycock
Ken Thompson
E. C
Shenandoah
Riverton
North Fork
Jeep
Willys Motors
Maverick
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Winc
Workingman Win
Little Loop
U.S
DAR
Larrick
Shenandoah Downs
Greyhound
L& M
Transportation Service
Winchester
Plymouth
Ford
Chevrolet
Nash
Studebeker
Dodge
Buick
Olds
Goodyear
San Angelo
Texas
Hudson
Studebaker
B. Ray Place
Clearbrook, Va
Buncutter Tire Co., Inc
S. Braddock
Wisecarver Sales & Service
Berryville, Va
Geo. Washington Garage
Loudoun St
Goodyear Playhouse
Channel 4
Gardner
McCauley
Carol ‘Ramey
Betty Hawins
Perry Engineering Co., Inc
Dixie Beverage CO
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