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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1948
Page
10
Rev. Forrest B. Oglesby, superintendent of the Winchester district, will leave for Lynchburg Sunday afternoon to teach at Randolph Macon College next week. He will be guest speaker at Springfield Church on the Page Stanley charge at 11 a.m. tomorrow.
Winchester Brown Bombers host Moorefield Giants at 3 p m tomorrow with Gene Parker pitching and C W Cartwright catching. The West Virginians are undefeated this year and a tough game is expected. A return game in Moorefield is planned next week.
Arlington Democratic committee endorsed State Sen. Charles R. Fenwick for chairman of the Democratic State Central committee at a unanimous meeting in Arlington June 26. The action marks Fenwick as the party’s chosen leader for the statewide panel.
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Conrad Hoover American Legion post baseball hosts Martinsburg Athletics at Park diamond at 3 p.m. Lester Shickle will start for the Legionnaires against Lefty Hill or Milton Mann. The visitors, 7–2, streak through a busy weekend with games in Baltimore and Martinsburg ahead.
National League results include New York 7 Cincinnati 0 Brooklyn 3 St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 2 Chicago 1 Boston 12 Pittsburgh 3. American League scores show Washington 3 Cleveland 2 Detroit 4 New York 2 Philadelphia 4 Chicago 1 St Louis 9 Boston 6. Standings list multiple teams with percentages and leaders Williams Musial Raschi Poat as top performers.
Conrad Hoover American Legion post in the city plans a July 5 youth celebration with a bicycle prize for best slogan. Entries close at midnight Sunday. The event includes a parade, parade numbers for winners, free ice cream, and free baseball park admission with Legion teams playing Martinsburg and an undetermined senior game. Bill Louthan leads the committee organizing the program.
Rosenberger toppled Ward 7-1 as Lar rick allowed three hits and three walks with two strikeouts. Keller led the Lum bermen with three hits in four trips, Levi and Pingley homered, Grim and Messell doubled. Ward had all singles. Red Wing outscored O'Sullivan 15-8 in another City League game. Church League saw Loudoun St. Presbyterian 25-5 over Christ Episcopal and Cork St. Christian 14-3 over Market St. Methodist.
City tennis commissioner Joe Briggs announced brackets for the Winchester City Tennis Club rating tournament. Twenty men in the senior division, two in the junior division, and four in the women’s division are registered. brackets will be posted at the club house near the courts.
Ray Poat allowed three hits over seven innings as the Giants beat Cincinnati 7 to 0 for Poat’s sixth victory and third shutout. Jim Russell led a Boston attack with a homer double and single, scoring twice and driving in three in a 12 to 3 win over Pittsburgh.
Local stations may adjust hour relays to fit schedules. Eastern Time applies. subtract one hour for central and two hours for mountain. Last minute program changes cannot be included.
J D M A explains that many expeditions aim to map geography and weather and assess resources. The continent may hold copper petroleum and possibly uranium under its ice, with uranium a key ingredient of atomic energy.
All Frederick county teams may join the Virginia Softball Association and compete in the Arlington district tournament July 31 to August 1. The winner advances to the state tournament August 14 to 15. July 7 is the joining deadline. State girls tournament is August 6 to 7 at Farmville with July 14 joining deadline. Managers write State Commissioner B A Wolf 4308 Kensington Ave Richmond.
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