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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1947
Page
3
In Cincinnati on a Friday a swarm of bees invaded an open streetcar front vestibule as Earl Armstrong and about 70 passengers watched the insects. The car collided with an automobile and a chain reaction caused a minor wreck while passengers attacked the bees with newspapers and hats. No injuries were reported.
Charles Town opens a 48 day meeting on May 28 with Annie's Dream Ginargie Comedy Player and Cushlamachree set for the Inaugural Purse. Annie's Dream a 13 time winner last year is a slight favorite. J Grover Davis sends a strong stable from Towson Md. President Boyle says Harold Holland will direct the fields. Parking capacity rises to 5000 autos and B and O Railroad runs a daily race special from Baltimore via Washington and Silver Springs.
Harry Weir 18 Burchell Allen Wiley 18 Thomas Hugh Huff Jr 22 and Robert C Huff 18 appeared before Trial Justice Harold Potts in Berryville after being arrested May 10 on a charge of throwing rocks at autos on old Route 50 east of Millwood. A rock dented a 1946 Chevrolet pick up driven by Ervin Wiley and Mrs Royson. The rock weighed about one pound and came from a nearby rock fence. Weir and Wiley received 12 month suspended sentences and 12 months probation with a $10 fine and costs to be paid from their allowances. The Huff brothers were no billed after it was proven they were in the party but had nothing to do with the rock throwing.
The World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals face a lefty surge from NL rivals as seven losses in 27 games come from lefthanders. Philadelphia’s yesterday defeat deepened their slide to 11 games out, with 11 losses to southpaws and only two wins vs portside pitching.
Local resident Tommy D. Lockhart of 109 North Loudoun Street is listed with a phone contact 7470. The notice provides an address and telephone listing for public or business directory use.
In a pitchers duel Ken Raffensberger and Ken Heintzelman delivered shutouts and tight games as the National and American Leagues posted results. The Pirates, Dodgers, and Phillies fed weekend tallies while the Cardinals and Giants endured narrow losses.
Stan Musial of the Cardinals had two singles in nine at bats as Philadelphia won the two games 6-3 and 1-0. His seventh inning bunt in the nightcap was his first hit in 25 appearances. Hank Greenberg of the Pirates blasted a home run and two singles with three walks in nine up, driving in five as Pittsburgh split with the Giants. Jackie Robinson of the Dodgers went hitless in four official at bats ending a 14 game hitting streak, though Los Angeles still won.
The Senators fell 4-2 to the Chicago White Sox with Mickey Vernon collecting two singles in six at bats. The Havre de Grace card opened the Maryland spring meeting headlined by the $4 000 St purse at a mile and 70 yards. Christiana Stable's Service Pilot led six runners, followed by March Chick and Hammer-Lock in the next spots.
In San Francisco on May 19 Seabiscuit died at midnight, leaving War Admiral as the last surviving of the 1938 Pimlico special four. Seabiscuit’s jockey Georgia Woolf had been killed January 4 1946, and War Admiral’s jockey Charley Kurtsinger died of pneumonia in Louisville last September.
Hal Chase, famed first baseman and once linked to the Black Sox scandal, died in Colusa California after a long illness. The veteran slugger endured two 36 hour comas during his illness and twice rallied before his death.
The former first baseman Chase, famed for his quick thinking and defensive skill, died at 10:45 A M PST at Colusa Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He began pro ball in 1903 with Victoria and reached the Pacific Coast League before joining the Yankees in 1905.
The July 1946 issue of American Rifleman provides complete details on a German World War II development. It describes a machine gun capable of firing around corners with a 90 degree aiming angle.
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