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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1955

Page

6

Big Speedway Program Teems With Races At Air Town Speedway

Sunday features include a sportsman race at 2 30 pm and a Ramblin Bob intermezzo show. Clarke County beauty queen Barbara Ballener will crown top winner with a $1000 purse and over 25 tri state stocks and sportsmen race for cash. Bob Welch of Baltimore competes for a track record on a one third mile oval while teens in shorts get free admission with paying customer in week three of the plan.

Sony Airt Speedway Mr. Jackson Bob Kermit Batt Clarke Clarke County Barbara Ballener Bluent Tri-State Bob Welch Baltimore

Major League Standings and Tonight's Schedule

Eastern leaders include New York Cleveland Chicago Detroit and Boston with current records. Tonight’s American League games feature Garcia vs Bucks in New York, Pierce vs Parnell in Chicago, Portocarrero against Rogovin in Kansas City, Hoeft facing Porterfield in Detroit. National League show Brooklyn Milwaukee Chicago New York and Cincinnati leading. multiple tilts listed with results from yesterday.

Associated Press New York Chicago Cleveland Detroit Boston Kansas City Washington Baltimore Garcia Bucks Pierce Parnell Portocarrero Rogovin Hoeft Porterfield Pet. GB Brooklyn Milwaukee Cincinnati Greg Louis Pibbaras Poholsky Lawrence Philadelphia Negray Mrozinski Minarcin Nuxhall St. Louis

Orioles Trades Boomerang Haunts Paul Richards Poor Richards Diary

Orioles manager general manager Paul Richards watched his trades blow up as former players Woodling Byrd and Turley succeeded with other teams. Woodling went 4-for-4 with four RBIs for Cleveland in a 9-2 win over Baltimore, Byrd defeated Washington 7-0 for Chicago, and Turley shined for the Yankees with a 4-0 win over Kansas City. The Red Sox beat Detroit 7-0 as New York stretched its lead in the pennant race, while Brooklyn swept Chicago in the NL and Milwaukee stayed idle behind the Cardinals. Woodling now batted .444 in six games for Cleveland after coming from Baltimore.

Richards Orioles Chicago White Sox Bob Turley Harry Byrd Gene Woodling Woodling Cleveland Indians Byrd White Sox Washington Turley New York Yankees Baltimore Kansas City Boston Red Hats Bostons Detroit Frank Sullivan Tigers Yanks Boston Cubs Brooklyn Bob Feller Camilo Pascual Nellie Fox Chicago Bobby Shantz Sullivan Bill Tuttle Ferris Fain

Shipman Shuts Out Lions Club In One-Hit Kiwanis Victory

Shipman handled the mound for Kiwanis in a one hit 4-0 win over Lions Club at Sen Seng Park. He struck out 15, did not walk a batter, and contributed a two-run homer with two on in the third.

Shipman Blanks Lions Club

VFW Beats Grove 6-1 in Pony League Thriller

Reed and Kibler combined on a three hitter to overpower Grove Lime at Senseny Park. Reed fanned six and left after five with the bases loaded, while Kibler retired the side in both the fifth and sixth and struck out the final two batters. Grove stranded runners but could only muster one run on Lee’s four hitter.

VFW Reed Kibler Grove Lime Senseny Park Grove JCC Ward Whitlock Sibert Lee Stine March McGolerick Kerns Lanahan

Stephenson and EUB Triumph in Church Loop Games at Senseny

Church League softball action last night saw Stephenson defeat Sunnyside 15-3 in wet conditions while United Brethren beat Sacred Heart 13-6. Whitlock held Sacred Heart to seven hits and hit a homer and a single, with Kelchner finishing on the mound.

Stephenson Sunnyside United Brethren Downing Sacred Heart Whitlock Sacred Heart Kelchner Step!nson D. Shirley Swanson Knight Willis Dow EUB R. Brown Potts Brown Senseny Park R Sheetz J. Brown P Keyton McIntyre Seer Miller Larrick Rf Sete Dave Ey Evans

Private business spends about $1 billion a year

Private business people spend roughly one billion dollars annually to complete the various forms required by the Federal government.

T.L.L. A

Marciano Favored 11 5 Over Moore In Heavyweight Clash

New York reporters describe the afterglow of the September heavyweight title bout where Rocky Marciano is an 11 to 5 favorite over Archie Moore. Moore’s manager Charley Johnston calls the talks hopeful and says they’ll demand a big purse. A Broadway bookie posts lines reflecting widespread public interest in the anticipated rematch.

New York Rocky Marciano Archie Moore Rocky Archie Bobo Olson Polo Grounds Charley Johnston Moore

Winchester to face Charles Town in key Saturday match

Winchester meets Charles Town Legion, a tough non league foe, at Charles Town West Virginia at 2 PM Saturday. Walter Barr of Winchester is scheduled to pitch against the West Virginia club known for an .800 winning percentage and strong independents in the region. Players depart Winchester at 1 PM from Loudoun and Cork Streets.

Winchester Charles Town W. Va Charles Town Legion Clarke County Legion Berryville Walter Barr West Virginians Massanutten Loudoun and Cork Streets

Clarke Lions Plan To Sponsor Scouts

Clarke County Lions Club approved continued sponsorship of the Explorer Unit of the Boy Scouts in Clarke County at its June meeting in Shamrock. Nat Joyner urged ongoing support to keep the charter from expiring June 28 and discussed reactivating the group with renewed Scouting interest.

Berryville Clarke County Lions Club Boy Scouts Shamrock Nat Joyner

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