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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1950
Page
9
Dodgers list Newcombe Robinson and Erskine on the ailing roster as pitchers with sore arms and Robinson pulled a leg at the Brooklyn Mobile exhibition game. Other spring notes from Sarasota Fullerton Lakeland and beyond cover up rumored lineups and early-season injuries.
CCNY overwhelmed Kentucky 89 50 in the NIT quarterfinals as Ed Warner Irwin Dambrot and Ed Man led a 45 20 halftime surge. Bill Spivey battled foul trouble and Kentucky failed to advance to a semifinal against Duquesne.
Sports rounds feature Lou Little recalling a multi team coaching era in 1923 with the Frankford Yellow Jackets. Armey and college links appear as Lt Kinney tries for the Tigers and Dale Mitchell boosts Oklahoma U with three homers. Warren Giles comments on gate earnings as St John’s U sides push Kentucky.
Lions Club powered by Dr. Allen Hawthorne and Woody Glaize posted a 377 set and a 154 game as they beat O Sullivan Plant while Elliott Motor Lines extended their win streak to 13 with a one game edge over Sarah Zane Fire Co. No Va Power Co and L & M Buses split matches in a high scoring league night with multiple 120s and team totals around the 562 mark.
SAN BRUNO Calif trainer Jimmy Jones calls Citation a horse in a hurry. The goal is one million dollars in earnings and retirement to stud. Citation sought $1,000,000 in purses but Noor beat him in Santa Anita and San Juan Capistrano handicaps, leaving Jones confident of an eventual milestone.
The Wafd led government in Egypt orders across the wage scale raises up to 26 percent for the lowest paid. Government costs projected at 25 million dollars. A stray sports note mentions players relaxing before an upset victory.
Cary Middlecoff, out of Orlando Beach Florida, fired an eight under par 64 to post a 36 hole total of 137 and set a competitive course record on the Seminole course. Fred Ransom led opening day with 69 then shot 68 to stand two strokes off the lead. Dick Mayer and Lew Worsham each carded 130s, with Harrison Burke Palmer Ferrier tied at 140 to 141.
The United States Golfing Association announces rule changes effective today. A player may drop a ball under one stroke from the water hazard as near as possible to the original spot. The moveable-object rule now allows lifting fixed or growing objects to find the ball, with restoration to original positions before addressing the ball.
Mrs Nina Earley owner of the Colonial Beauty Shoppe at 108 E Piccadilly St placed fourth in a national letter writing contest by Modern Beauty Shop magazine She won $10 and part of her winning letter was printed in the March issue The letters topic was How I Sold Christmas Gifts in My Beauty Shop.
Tokyo reports January oil production at 154 105 barrels, a postwar high, with December at 131 555 and January 1949 at 81 525. Japan relies on wells to supply only about ten percent of its needs.
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