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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1939
Page
5
New York May 29 A lively sports digest notes rumors of trades and potential comebacks across baseball and boxing. Mentions include DiMaggio injury limbo, Dodgers Giants clash, Joe Louis Galento fight talk, and figures like Harry Lang Lou Nova Nap Roucker and Bronko Nagurski linked to future plans.
Lee Durocher jokes that the purchase of pitcher Poffenberger on Easter Sunday yielded a surprising result. The remark frames the acquisition as an Easter egg with large implications for the team.
The item notes Elmer Boots Poffenberger’s unreliability in big league play yet steady play in the bushes. Sandy Baker’s Park team played yesterday without his pitching prowess, despite Boots promising to attend with his catcher. Bruce Cabot attended the Blue Ridge Hunt Show and hinted at a new modern western film. Harry Fowle shot a birdie on number six at the Golf Club amid sunburn being the featured sight.
Belle Haven of Alexandria won the Bi State season opener with 672 points. Martinsburg finished second with 51 points and Winchester narrowly edged Purcellville 31. Turner Smith of Alexandria led medal scoring with a 73 and nine points. The next Bi State meet is at Martinsburg on June 17. a 20 man squad also plays West Virginia Club on June 4. A Winchester Club event on June 25 will feature East Potomac Club players led by Mel Shorey in a first time interclub team match.
A prescription by a famous specialist promises quick and positive action to improve digestion and liver bile flow, easing constipation. Sold at Méiller's Drug Store in Winchester Virginia with the claim of strong, proven effects.
The Park nine fell 7 to 6 to Heurich Brewers as Boots Poffenberger failed to arrive. Duvall allowed 11 hits while Fitzmyer gave up 8. Earlier The Park beat Martinsburg 7 to 4 with Buddy Cowley pitching and Buch making a one hand catch of Long’s drive.
Charles E Sampkins, a respected local Black resident, died at 2 20 this morning at 1015 South Loudoun after a life spent in Winchester. Survived by two daughters Grace Allison Winchester and Mrs B W James St Louis Md and two sisters Belle Hall and Lucy Lampkins. Funeral plans not yet arranged.
Phillips School trustees in Redding Calif took exception to teacher Alma Blay accepting their dissent on her resignation. Blay submitted resignation and promised readiness for September classes. Trustees appealed to the Supreme Court to decide their right to dismiss a teacher as the May 15 deadline for dismissals expired.
At Millwood Virginia on May 27 the Greenhalgh stable led by Mr. and Mrs. G P Greenhalgh claimed six firsts while Mrs. John H Whitney's Llangollen entries took four, in the 44th Blue Ridge Horse Show at Carter Hall. Torrential rain delayed events. judges included Jacob Ridgeway and Major B. Rogers with Miss Jean C. Randolph and Miss Elaine Tartiere winning child rider classes.
The Winchester Semi-Pros lost both halves of a doubleheader to the Wholesale Grocery nine, known as Mid Way. In game one the Semi-Pros fell 6 to 1 as Foreman gave up eight hits and Borden allowed five. In game two Wilson started for Winchester with Huffman catching, while Jenkins started for Mid Way and was lifted after costly hits.
Johnny Allen of the Indians shut out the White Sox on three hits for his 100th major league win. George Selkirk of the Yankees hit two homers in a row against the Athletics. Harry Lavagetto homered for the Dodgers with a bases loaded shot in the seventh to beat the Bees. Curt Davis and Paul Derringer pitched for the Cardinals and Reds in doubleheader outcomes. Dizzy Dean of the Cubs delivered eight hits allowed with a run and a double, ending the Pirates’ slide. Ted Williams and Joe Cronin powered the Red Sox offense for a clean series sweep over the Senators. Buck Newsom of the Tigers overcame his former team, the Browns, with seven strong innings. Burgess Whitehead of the Giants drove in two with a key triple against the Phillies.
AP roundup shows American League results with New York 9 Philadelphia 5 and Boston 12 Washington 7. National League highlights include Brooklyn 16 Boston 12 and Chicago 6 Pittsburgh 2 with standings by team with win totals and percentages.
Dr and Mrs E W Miller of North Braddock street traveled to Chestertown Maryland to perform a difficult operation on a thoroughbred horse owned by a prominent local breeder They are expected to return tomorrow morning
Handley F F A students scored 26 points to win the Northern Virginia district meet at the local high school stadium. Lincoln’s Paul Warner led with wins in the 220 yard dash and field events, while Mt Jackson Zirkle and Madison Clark posted multiple top finishes. First, second and third place finishers, plus Handley’s relay, advance to the State F F A rally in Blacksburg on June 13.
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