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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1948
Page
5
Handley Judges held off aerial Covington 26 7 to extend the district lead as Staunton Warren County and Martinsburg remain unbeaten challengers. Key plays featured Keller McIntyre Wolverton and Boxwell. Covington struggled with erratic passing and drops.
Dorothy Burke led GAA No 1 with a season high 361 set as her team dropped two to Bell Clothes. Bell Clothes opened with 11 pin lead, then won the final game by one pin aided by Loma Cunningham double strike. Jewel Box topped Star Office, Chapman Motor won twice over Valley Airways, and Va Fruit Co tied for first after sweeping Caduceus. Jonathan Yorks and Crab Apple topped Mixed Doubles with Yorks producing 434 team points.
In Hampton Roads a collision between a passenger steam er and the tanker Georgia in heavy fog killed Marion E. Mc Whorter a 22 year old woman passenger from Tifton Georgia and injured three others aboard the District of Columbia. Captain E H Eaton said he tried to avoid the crash as the tide ran strong and the steamer sideswiped the tanker at anchor.
William and Mary 14 over Richmond 6. Princeton 55 beat Virginia 14. Army 49 over Virginia Tech 7 20. Hampden Sydney 33 over Virginia. Pennsylvania 40 over Washington and Lee 7. Randolph Macon 46 over Gallaudet. Davidson 6 over Virginia 33. Virginia State 7 over Virginia Union.
Richmond November 1 William and Mary fullback Jack Cloud closed on North Carolina star Charlie Justice in the Southern Conference scoring race. Cloud ran his season total to 36 points after a 14-6 win over Richmond, six behind Justice's 42. Box Cox of North Carolina had 31 points with two touchdowns and 19 conversions.
Paid political advertisement promotes a daily Star home delivery to school teams. It pitches a special subscription rate and the convenience of receiving the newspaper at the school each day. It emphasizes targeted distribution to student readers and institutional use.
Michigan stands 4-0 in the Big Nine with Northwestern 3-1 and two conference games left each. Michigan faces Navy next, then Indiana and Ohio State to close the schedule. Northwestern plays Wisconsin and Illinois before a finale after Notre Dame, while both Indiana and Ohio State trail in the standings. Illinois and Minnesota briefly challenged Michigan, but the Wolverines won 28-20 and 27-14 respectively, showing vulnerability to tougher defenses.
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