Madison blanked Winchester to extend unbeaten streak at 7-0
Madison defeated Winchester 9-1 at Rouss Park as two big Madison innings, in the second and ninth, broke the game open. Billy Mitchell earned the win with 16 strikeouts, while Patton fanned six for Winchester. Madison’s Jimmy Graves led with four hits and two doubles, while Owen Foltz aided Winchester with three singles. The game featured a 90 spectator turnout amid a crating hail storm and rain delays before a 40 minute late start.
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Madison
Rouss Park
Winchester Club
Billy Mitchell
Winchester
Patton
Jim Foltz
Dick Keller
Keller
Phil Purtlebaugh
Carroll Smith
Owen Foltz
Smith
Jimmy Graves
Eddy Shokes
Ed Strauss
Don Smith
Strauss
Buck Cooper
Pete Willis
Willis
Elmo Bloom
Culpeper
Musial Haddix pace Cardinals to doubleheader win over Pirates
Stan Musial and Harvey Haddix starred as the St. Louis Cardinals swept a doubleheader from Pittsburgh 5-0 and 5-3. Haddix pitched his 10th win with a shutout in game one while Musial drove in two runs in game one and hit his 21st homer to seal the 5-3 nightcap. The results lift the Cards to fifth place as Dodgers and Giants led the league.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Stan Musial
Harvey Haddix
Stan
Harvey
Kitten
Cardinals
Haddix
Cards
Pittsburgh
Musial
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
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Philadelphia Athletics
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Porterfield Blanks
Bob Porterfield
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Orioles
Washington
George Shuba
Gil Hodges
Brooklyn
Corky Valentine
Junior Gilliam
Pee Wee Reese
Davey Williams
Don Mueller
Chicago
Williams
Mueller
Massanutten Loop Baseball Standings and Schedule
Standings show Madison 9 over Winchester 1, Stanley 7 over New Market 2, Front Royal 7 over Woodstock 5, Luray 2 over Strasburg 1. Tomorrow's games list Winchester at Madison and Luray at Strasburg with Woodstock at Front Royal and New Market at Stanley on Thursday.
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Madison
Winchester
Stanley
New Market
Front Royal
Woodstock
Luray
Strasburg
Madison Strasburg
Front Royal Luray Winchester Stanley New Market Woodstock
Court Docket List of Speeding and Drunk Driving Fines
Arthur Van West Jr Clear Brook speeding improper muffler fines total 23.50. John Kline 703 S Cameron St drunk fine 9.25. Ruhl Durr Paper Mill Rd Raymond Cave 654 N Loudoun St drunk fine 10.25.
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Arthur van West, Jr
Clearbrook
John Kline
S. Cameron St
Ruhl Durr
Paper Mill
Raymond Cave
N. Loudoun St
Work Party Called for Winchester Little League
The Winchester Little League requests a work party of fathers from the Little and Minor Leagues to report Tuesday at 5 30 p m to the LL Diamond with baskets and rakes. Major diamond work is done but extensive raking is needed to clear pebbles and dirt per league president Marvin Gore.
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Winchester
Little League
LL Diamond
Marvin Gore
Peer and Mathews Dominate Speedway Action
Despite 30 minutes of hail and rain at the Airport Speedway, four heats and two 40 lap features were held. Bob Peer of Toms Brook swept the amateur events while Red Mathews captured every sportsman race. Red capped the night with a final dramatic win.
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Lee Stultz
Bill Nally
Brunswick
Nally
Shorty Bowers
Hagerstown
Buddy Williams
Upperville
Peer
Bob Peer
Speedway
Danny Bowers
Bob Crossen
Winchester
Roy Neff
Toms Brook
Ray Dowell
Harrisonburg
Neff
Leroy Ritenour
Mathews
Bower
Williams
Airport Speedway
Red Mathews
Red
Significance of serpent and butterfly on Beethoven tomb obelisk
The serpent biting its tail signifies divine creativeness while the butterfly portrays immortality of man’s recreative genius. Beethoven died in Vienna on March 26 1827 during a violent thunderstorm.
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Beethoven
Vienna
Stephenson Edges Junior Legion 7-6 in 13 innings
Stephenson beat Winchester American Legion 7-6 after 13 innings at Rouss Park. Tommy DeHaven tripled to drive in a run and scored the other for the deciding margin as both teams traded runs through nine, 11, and 13 innings. DeHaven also homered earlier, and the husky left fielder drew three walks.
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Stephenson
Winchester American Legion
Rouss Park
Tommy DeHaven
Legion
DeHaven
Husky
National Guard Armory
Slow drivers on highways called mopes by officials
Highway officials refer to slow drivers as mopes. By 1953, thirty states adopted minimum speed rules to prevent driving so slowly as to impede traffic.
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Cooper Drives Home Virginia Beach Open Victory
Pete Cooper, 39, wins the $15,000 Virginia Beach Open at Cavalier Yacht and Country Club after posting four sub-par rounds to finish 13 under. Tommy Bolt falters on the final hole to take second with 264. Doug Ford finishes third at 265.
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Virginia Beach
Pete Cooper
Assny
Cavalier Yacht and Country Club
Tommy Bolt
Doug Ford
Electric blanket invented by William K. Kearsley in 1936
William Kearsley is credited with inventing the electric blanket in 1936. This development marked an early advancement in personal heating technology.
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William K. Kearsley
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