Those Bostonian Redmen Back in Front Ranks Big and Bold
The Boston Red Sox lead the American League after a 4-1 win over Detroit as Hal Trosky drives in a pair for Cleveland and other pennant contenders stumble. The Bees top the National League briefly before losses, while Pirates Dodgers Cardinals and others spark a busy day of scores across both leagues.
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Judson Bailey
Boston Red Sox
Red Sox
Yankees
Nw York
Hal Trosky
Cleveland Indians
Lefty Gomez
Boston
Detroit
Woodrow
Rich
Philadelphia Athletics
Boston Bees
Bees
Cincinnati Reds
Jim Turin
al Simmons
Reds
Harry Craft
Cardinals
New York Giants
Curt Davis
Bob Leeds
Chicago White Sox
Washington Senators
John Rosenthal
Athletics
St. Louis Browns
Sam Chapman
Philadelphia
Browns
Indians
Cleveland
Whitlow Wyatt
Dodgers
Woodrow Rich
Tigers
Arky Vaughan
Pirates
Phils
Larry Rosenthal
White Sox
Chicago
Senators
Giants
New York
Washington
St. Louis
Gainesboro Nine Defeats Gore High In Friday Game
Gainesboro Gladiators beat Gore Vikings 5 to 2 in five innings. Brown allowed four hits for Gainesboro while Gore’s Wingfield Wisecarver combined for ten hits and five runs. Reynolds made a leaping catch and Beard added a homer and two-bagger. Coaches were Wayne Guthrie for Gainesboro and Stewart Bell for Gore.
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Gainesboro
Gainesboro Gladiators
Gore Vikings
Gore
Brown
Gladiators
Wingfield
Wisecarver
Morrison
Reynolds
Beard
Wayne Guthrie
Gainesporo
Stewart Bell
H. el. Brown
G. Adams
N. Smith
N. Beard
A. Morrison
D. Kern
J. Bayliss
Gore Wisecarver
Harding
Frye
We Cooper
R. Cooper
Willis
Roe
Horses From Many Famous Stables To Campaign At Charles Town
Charles Town meet opening May 15 will feature divisions from top stables including Albert C Bostwick and Mrs John Hay Whitney. Over 2 000 stall applications came in from across America as Boyle secures space at Berryville and Hagerstown tracks for 1 000 plus horses. The Thomas High Speed camera will record finishes and is used by judges. Opening day crowd expected at least 10 000 with race specials daily from Washington and Baltimore and 7 500 free parking spots.
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Charles Town
W. Va
al J. Boyle
Jockey Club
Albert C Bostwick
John Hay Whitney
G. H. Bostwick
Ewart Johnston
Kenneth N. Gilpin
John Bosley
Dion K. Kerr
John A. Manfuso
E. L. Bull
E. R. Pike
J. Bowes Bond
Hagerstown
Thomas
Boyle
Washington, D. C
Baltimore, Md
Sculptor aims for historically accurate Jackson statue model
Joseph Pollin, a New York sculptor, plans a one third size model of General Stonewall Jackson on Sorrel for the Manassas battlefield monument. He says the bridle and saddle will match the horse, and Jackson will resemble real life. The model must win Virginia art commission approval before a full size cast, with completion expected in three to four months.
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Richmond
Joseph Pollin
Stonewall Jackson
Manassas
New York
Virginia Art Commission
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans
Grant
Jackson
Pollin
Sorrel
A B C Officials Given Tax Bills
Richmond notes tax bills issued to employees of the merchandising division of the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board for their 1937 incomes. A test case involving R M c C Bullington, board member, led to a ruling that one fifth of his income was taxable after segregation of essential and non essential governmental activity. The internal revenue department appealed arguing activities were proprietary rather than governmental.
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Richmond
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Collector of Internal Revenue
Board of Tax Appeals
R. McC. Bullington
Bullington
Internal Revenue Department
Good Medical Care For Miners
Dr. H A Stephenson chief medical examiner of the state industrial commission reports an investigation found medical facilities for injured miners in southwest Virginia were good in all mines and excellent in most. A few could be improved but none were unprepared to handle the injured.
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Richmond
H. A. Stephenson
State Industrial Commission
Virginia
New Semi-Pro Team Plans Practice Game Here
Winchester forms a new United States Reserve team in the city drawing players from Winchester and Frederick County. The club, led by Frank Pope Sam Ensognia and I F Allamong, affiliated with the National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress plans memberships drives. Admission to games is free with a new fairground diamond ready for action this summer.
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Fairground
Winchester
Frederick County
Frank Pope
Sam Ensognia
I. F. Allamong
Wichita
Kan
Fairgrounds
Allamong
Virginia colleges share in major chemical research effort
Eight Virginia colleges and universities reported a statewide cooperative project with more than 300000 tests to find new reagents for organic analysis. Dr. John H. Yee of the University of Virginia outlined the study, with progress notes from Hampden Sydney PF H Fish, Washington and Lee John R Taylor, William and Mary A R Armstrong, Mary Baldwin William E Trout, Randolph Macon I A Updike, and VMI William Swan.
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Danville
Virginia
Virginia Academy of Science
John H. Yee
University of Virginia
W. J. Frierson
Hampden-Sydney College
PF. H. Fish
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
John
State Industrial Capital Increases Virginia's Output
Norfolk, Va. May 6 The state’s industrial capital rose by 20 million dollars in 1938 reaching a billion dollar level for the first time. Thomas W. Oslin of the State Corporation Commission told the Virginia Division of Travelers Protective Association that 99 new concerns were started that year accounting for 7 million in new investment. He noted the increase exceeded government project spending and said much of the new capital flowed from outside Virginia signaling growing national recognition of the state’s industrial strength.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Thomas W. Qzlin
Ission
The
Virginia Divission
Travelers Protective Association
Oslin
Indica
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