Lions edged by Martinsburg in close baseball contest
Martinsburg Hose Company defeated the Lions 5 to 4 in a tense game. Patton fanned ten but Lions could not sustain a comeback as Gregory and Hassan led the visitors with key hits and steals.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1928
Page
2
Martinsburg Hose Company defeated the Lions 5 to 4 in a tense game. Patton fanned ten but Lions could not sustain a comeback as Gregory and Hassan led the visitors with key hits and steals.
May gasoline tax receipts reached 803 568 51 in a record high announced by the Motor Vehicle Office. Commissioner James M Hayes said the May total rose 155 472 over 1927 and would show about 198 200 more with the first half cent increase included. April receipts were 721 426 92, the second highest on record, with August expected near 1 000 000.
Representatives from thirty-one national dry groups in Houston draft a party plank urging strict enforcement of the eighteenth amendment. Bishop Cannon and Rev. Dinwiddie announce a plan to nominate candidates openly committed to vigorous prohibition enforcement and supporting laws.
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