Regional Softball Bid For Winchester Sept. 4
SE Ages has Saks City bids to host the Central Atlantic Regional Softball Tournament on Sept. 4. Howard Hol, commission chairman, says $1 050 offer sent to Hank Wolfe for regional authorities review. If accepted, Winchester would host fast softball across four states plus DC, with gate proceeds a point of dispute. A local team could join, and the regional winner advances to the World Championships Sept. 11–16 in Austin, Texas.
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Peggy Kirk Defends In Titleholders Golf
A field of 39 champions opened the first round of the women s titleholders tournament in Augusta. Peggy Kirk of Findlay Ohio defends her title while other past winners Babe Zaharias Patty Berg Louise Suggs Carrollton Ga and Dorothy Iby Atlanta compete. Helen Hicks is the only former winner not playing.
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Booth Brothers Burial Mystery Clarified
The Booth family included Junius Brutus Booth Edwin Asia Frigga John Wilkes and other children who died young. Junius is buried beside his brother John Wilkes Booth in Greenmount Cemetery Baltimore.
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Legion Guard To Fill Bill In City Basketball Tilt
In a postponed City League game the Legion and National Guard meet as Elks lead the standings at 7-1. Up erville teams won last night with Upperville men beating Royal Crown 84-78 and Upperville girls routing Girls Athletic Assn 41-35. RC’s George Garber had 24 points while Anna Belle Pulley added 23 for GAA in a close finish.
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Middlecoff Wins Seminole Money in Florida
Cary Middlecoff of Ormond Beach won $2,750 by taking first money in the 11th Seminole Golf tournament at Seminole Club, finishing 54 holes at 70 for a total that led the 42 pros. He shared a 36 hole pro-am score of 128 with C. Douglas Dillon and others, while Sam Snead faltered on the 15th hole after a strong Miami Beach Open showing.
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New York
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San Francisco
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Court cases heard by Trial Justice Edwards
Dorsie at Lupton Gore failed with no operator license fined 14.25. Merman Odell Jones of 14 Glaize Ave cited for passing on a solid line fined 9.25. Jack DeWarren Haines of 17 E. Piccadilly St cited for improper use of dealer's tags fined 9.25. Utah enacted 1921 law to prohibit cigarettes and repealed it in 1923.
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DiMaggio Returns with Two Hits Against Phillies
Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio returns from a blister to collect two hits in three at bats as the Yankees beat the Phillies 23 to 6 in Clearwater. Casey Stengel, sidelined by neuralgia, did not attend.
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Major Leagues List Eight Virginians
Virginia’s baseball honor roll shows eight players on 16 major league clubs for the 1950 season. Five are pitchers Monte Kennedy Vern Bickford Harry Perkowski Bob Porterfield and Chuck Stubbs. The others include Willard Marshall Granville Hammer and Floyd Baker with the Braves Reds Yankees Phillies Red Sox.
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Chicago White Sox
City Table Tennis Committee Plans Tournament Start
City Table Tennis Committee meets at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Recreation Office to draw plans for the tournament which starts Wednesday.
Valley Service Drives Three Wins In 2B Bowling Night
Valley Service tops three rivals to sweep the evening in the 2B league. Snede Newcome and Pete Anderson led with 132 and 127 as Valley Service won the first game 586 to 522. A 577 to 565 second game and a 527 to 509 final game sealed a 3–0 night.
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CCNY Faces Duquesne as NIT Bid Hots Up
New York reports CCNY ready to clash with Duquesne in a key NIT game. Nat Holman brings a fast breaking soph squad against the Iron Dukes as Bradley faces St John’s of Brooklyn in the other semifinal with Unruh and Melchiorre powering a Bradley edge.
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Billiard Champ Greenleaf Dies at 50 in Philadelphia
Ralph Greenleaf world pocket billiards champion dies at 50 after an internal hemorrhage at Hahnemann Hospital. He had been ill since Monday and refused to cancel a New York appearance. From Monmouth, Illinois, he rose as the child prodigy in billiards and won 13 world titles.
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Local basketball cage committee faces red ink over Armory fees
The basketball committee led by Frank Anderson lobbies City Council to waive $250 in Armory floor charges for the season. With expenses near $500 and about $200 anticipated from remaining games, the group hopes to wind up with a $365 scoreboard, aided by last year’s floor-rent relief and current revenue from fans, concessions, and merchants.
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Harris plots patient build of Washington Senators
Orlando story outlines Bucky Harris aiming to improve the Washington club from last place in 1949 by relying on bulk talent and a core of young outfielders led by Gil Coan Irv Noren and Sam Mele. Harris eyes waivers as pennant clubs shape trades while counting on seven pitchers and a mix of coast league pickups.
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Evaporated milk from ten states drives most output
About eighty percent of total evaporated milk production comes from ten states: Wisconsin, Ohio, California, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee and Washington.
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