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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1937
Page
9
Handley High School won its third consecutive state track title at Winchester Park, defeating Martinsburg and Washington teams. The meet drew large crowds and highlighted strong performances from local athletes amidst a busy weekend of baseball action across major leagues.
Baker leads Handley to 28 point team total at the Class B state meet. He scores 13 points with top finishes in shot put discus 100-yard dash and 220 yard dash. Entsminger Clifton Forge and Rosenberger Handley claim event wins in javelin half mile.
Highland Springs defeated Norview 5 4 in a high scoring regional matchup. Suffolk trailed 3 4 with West Hampton and Valley of Hot Springs closing the field late.
In Coatesville Indiana 88 year old farmer Millman staged a spectacle preaching his own funeral. He sang a solo from a casket fashioned from a farm tree and urged that he be left unremembered at death as crowds packed the Canaan Church and surrounding fields.
Homer drives in four runs on triples and a single in an 8 to 4 win over the Athletics. Chick Hafey doubles Reds to beat Cubs 3 to 2 with a ninth inning fly. Eric McNair delivers a pinch hit single in the 12th to spark a 6 to 5 Red Sox win over the Senators. Vince DiMaggio and Rees pair deliver in the 11th to edge the Dodgers 3 to 2. Claude Passeau tops Giants with five hits and two RBIs in a 6 to 0 Phillies win. Babe Herman singles to break a tie as Tigers top the Browns 5 to 4. Joe Bowman and Arky Vaughan spark Pirates to a 2 to 1 win over the Cardinals. Minter Hayes has two singles and two RBIs in White Sox 6 to 4 win over Indians.
Baseball scoreline shows Boston 6 Washington 5 in 12 innings with SECA standings cited. Yesterday results include Pittsburgh 2 St. Louis 1 and Philadelphia 6 New York 0. Cincinnati 3 Chicago 2. Boston 3 Brooklyn 2 in 11 innings. Tonight Chicago at Cincinnati.
War Admiral, son of Man O War, is hailed as the greatest offspring of the era by turf insiders. He beat Pompoon twice in a week, nearly set a Preakness record, and finished the Preakness with a thrilling late duel, earning $121,400 this year and $50,000 from the Arlington stakes in prospect.
Washington May 16 Farm leaders said plans for an agricultural adjustment act of 1937 would be presented to Congress tomorrow. The bill blends features of the Hoover era Farm Board the old AAA and Wallace plan. It calls for controlled production parity payments and government loans through the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Nine year old cow pony Jiggs fell 450 feet into a dead end canyon in Calobasas and escaped injury. Rescues by his owner W C Du Brock using block and tackle failed as no exit trails exist. Jiggs may remain in the canyon, grazing on slopes and drinking from a spring.
Col Leonard P Ayres doubts gloomy forecasts of a general business decline. He cites recent months showing stock and commodity price shifts and says that despite price declines, overall production and employment should rise in the second quarter. He predicts higher payrolls, more railroad traffic, and a hopeful yearly outlook.
Dark-eyed Charles Boyer and blonde Jean Arthur star as a handsome new screen couple in History Is Made At Night. The Capitol presents the romance thriller with this pair as the appealing lead duo.
Benny Huffman of Harrisonburg andwater College made one hit in four at bats as the St. Louis Browns beat Detroit 5 to 4. Huffman also had two runs batted in on Saturday and raised his batting average to .571 after 14 at bats with eight hits.
A hitch-hiker stopped Maj. Trammell Scott as he drove from Atlanta. The man asked if there was a radio in the car, and when told no he offered to enlist another vehicle.
Dr. D. T. Gregory of Dayton Ohio was elected secretary of the board of administration of the United Brethren in Church, succeeding Dr. Hough who asked to be relieved. Delegates named 300 members for four year terms, with multiple clergy elected to four or eight year posts and Dayton officials chosen for key positions including treasurer and editor of the church paper.
Bertrand H. Small of Boston urged local officials to trap jackrabbits alive in Williston North Dakota and sell them to private clubs for hunting. Postmaster George Harvey said he would investigate the idea as a new source of revenue after farmers rid fields of pests by rabbit drives.
The city council approves the Hable Addition plat along Millwood Avenue in the eastern Winchester area and requires recording within sixty days. The measure includes sanitation controls for food establishments and sets penalties, with a thirty day effectiveness. It further approves Liberty Heights plat with conditions on water sewer funding, sidewalk construction, and city budget allocations, also passed April 6, 1937.
Winchester Park baseball earns two wins to start season. Saturday they shut out the Blue Sox 2 to 0 as Lunsford limited Martinsburg to five hits with 12 strikeouts. Sunday the Park edged the Bureau of Engraving 6 to 5 in 12 innings, Duvall credited with the win and Nolan withdrawn after walking three in the third.
Martinsburg B defeated Washington by five in a baseball standing update from Winchester Park. Visitors were the Braves and the home team the Martinsburg squad, with a close score reflecting a tight matchup.
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