Round Up: Yankee Contracts Parole Heller Brouhaha
Sports wrap notes Yankee contract timing for Charley Heller and Bernie Bierman’s ire at Nebraska upset. Mentions Lou Gehrig as parole commissioner appointment and Chapel Hill batteries lineup for New York U and North Carolina. McCarthy hunts for a walrus skin to wrap his series frogskins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Yanks
Charley Heller
Kelisr
N. Y
Cincinnati
Bernie Bierman
Nebraska
Lou Gehrig
Chapel Hill
Boell and Companies
Stirnweiss and Radman
North Carolina
Ride Em Cowboys and Open Games Stir Sports Buzz
The column notes two early football upsets with UCLA over TCU and Oklahoma over Northwestern. It singles out SMU vs Notre Dame as an upset candidate and discusses Bowser’s open play for Pitt, plus boxing chatter about Lou Nova and Max Baer. It mentions Aldrich’s TCU links and a Fordham edge from Lou De Filippo.
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Texas Christian
Oklahoma
Northwestern
Southern Methodist
Notre Dame
Pitt
Bowser
Mike Jacobs
Lou Nova
Max Baer
Aldrich
Chicago Sords
Mel Hein
Tulane
Fordham
Lou de Filippo
Sports bets and notes from a 1940s marquee edition
Three Star Special previews bets on Gabby Hartnett and today’s Broadway odds across colleges and pro teams. Notable picks include Mississippi State over Auburn, California over Oregon, Duke over Pitt, Cornell over Princeton, and Texas over Texas Tech, among others. Also mentions potential players George McQuinn and Rudy York as Yankee targets. Notre Dame is cited with Sitko and a Polish connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Ohio State
Mississippi State
Auburn
Minnesota
Purdue
California
Oregon
Tulane
Fordham
Duke
Pitt
Cornell
Princeton
Notre Dame
Southern Methodist
North Carolina
New York
Oklahoma
Texas
Penn
Yale
Texas Christian
Temple
George McQuinn
Browns
Rudy York
Greenberg
Everyday Science booklet offered by Winchester Evening Star
The notice promotes a 48 page booklet EVERYDAY SCIENCE that answers layman questions about stars weather animals plants earth minds and more. Readers are invited to send ten cents with a coupon to Information Bureau to receive a copy and learn the how and why of ordinary things.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Berryville Orange and Black to meet Sonics in Virginia
Berryville High School coach George Pope announced the Orange and Black will play a postseason game in Virginia against the Masonic Home School team on Saturday, November 25, extending Berryville's schedule to nine games, the most in school history. Also noted were local golf results, a Clarke County skeet club forming on Tom Hardesty’s Berryville farm seeking members, and a sports round of early predictions with ten tough games highlighted.
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George Pope
Berryville High School
Masonic
Berryville
Berryville High
Coffey
Washington D. C
Eddie Bean
Indian Head
Eddie Oliver
G. Burnett
Worsham and Bogart
Clarke County
Ralph Dorsey
Blackie Moore
Dick Price
Bill Basnett
Carl Rodgers Allen
BO Wheeler
Luther Broaddus
Tom Hardesty
Southern Methodist
Duke
Pittsburgh
Oklahoma
Texas
Dartmouth
Navy
Texas A
Villanova
North Carolina
N.Y
Michigan
Iowa
Army
Columbia
Tom Kremer
Winchester
Dick Jones
Many Ups And Downs Noted In Baltimore Bouts
Tommy Speigal of Uniontown Pa weighed 135 pounds and stopped Chinaky Burns of Johnstown with a technical knockout after Burns was floored four times. Burns fought back through rounds but was kayoed in the final minutes. John Maggio, 150, knocked down Mickey Greb six times in the ninth round before stopping him.
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Baltimore
Tommy Speigal
Uniontown
Cnakey Burns
Johnstown
Burns
Speigal
John Maggio
Mickey Greb
Bridges on Rhine Reported Destroyed
Berlin reports that French forces dynamited Rhine river bridges at Wintersdorf Breisach and Neuenburg leading from the Alsace Lorraine sector into southern Germany. The communique said the bridges were blown yesterday amid limited westward war activity and German troop movements toward the new German Soviet border in partitioned Poland.
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Berlin
Rhine
Wintersdorf
Breisach
Neuenburg
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Poland
Rodak Declines Promotions, Will Fight as Nate Lewis
Washington reports the National Boxing Association announced Leo Rodak will compete as Nate Lewis, per Rodak's manager, in a promotion affecting his featherweight contention status. The note comes as Rodak plans further bouts after the October 13 receipt of the official change.
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Washington
National Boxing Association
Leo Rodak
Nate Lewis
Rodak
Association
Football Corner Hazards Guesses On Games Tomorr
Football column lists gambling style picks for major college games. Hazards favor Notre Dame, Pitt, Tulane, North Carolina, Texas, Ohio State, and Georgetown among others with brief notes on expected outcomes and uncertainties.
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Tomorr
New York
Notre Dame
Southern Methodist
Oklahoma
PITT
DUKE
Tulane
Fordham
Rams
Alabama
Southern California
Illinois
Bob Zuppke
Illini
Southern Cal
Texas Aggies
Villanova
TEXAS
Temple
Texas Christian
North Carolina
NEW York University
Violets
Georgia
Holy Cross
Minnesota
Purdue
Ohio State
Northwestern
Army
Syracuse
Georgetown
Virginia
Maryland
Vanderbilt-Virginia
Vanderbilt
Virginia and Maryland Rematch Set at Scott Stadium
Virginia and Maryland prepare for a renewed clash at Charlottesville's Scott Stadium in front of a homecoming crowd expected to top ten thousand. Maryland's lineup is stable while Virginia may lean on Bucky Morse at right tackle and Mosby Cardozo or Bill Dudley at quarterback with key backfield and line duties clarified.
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Charlottesville
Maryland
Virginia
Scott Stadium
Hampden-Sydney
Albert Prevotte
Navy
Jim Gillette
Sylvester O'Gria
Leroy Neustedter
Bob Lamna
Walter Smith
Howard Goodwin
Bil Roughen
Peyton Harris
Bill
Pitt and Duke Game Line-Ups Inter sectional clash tomorrow
Pitt and Duke arrived for the inter sectional battle at Pitt Stadium with starter lists showing Duke’s Linemen backs and ends. Duke seeks to rebound after wins over Davidson and Colgate while Pitt eyes Washington and West Virginia after two opening victories.
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Pitt
Duke
Pittsburgh
Blue Devils
Davidson
Colgate
Pitt Stadium
Roaring Panthers
Washington
West Virginia
Duke Pitts
Le—Perdue
Rettinger
Ruffa
Kdistufek
Johnson Gradisek
C—Burns Fullerton
Ribard Klein
Winterson
Konetsky
Bailey Dickinson
Eaves — Kish
G. McAfee
Cassiano
W. McAfee
Narick
Robinson Bonelli
New Bowling League Rolls First Season Start
The Department Store Ladies Bowling League began play on Wednesday night with six teams. Alma Renner is president Edna Pond secretary and Fleeta Johnson treasurer. Standings list Oscar Nebel No 1 Newberrys Ten Cent Store McCrorys Ten Cent Store Woolworths 10 Cent Store Raylass Dept Store and Oscar Nebel No 2. Individual game honors go to Renner McCrorys Jenkins Raylass and Chapman. Team game led by Newberrys 459 with McCrorys 439 and 427 by Newberrys. Team set totals show Newberrys 1264 and Eve nce 1235 and Woolworths 211.
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Alma Renner
Edna Pond
Fleeta Johnson
Oscar Nebel
Newberry’s
McCrory’s
Woolworth’s
Raylass Dept
Renner
Jenkins
Raylass
Own
Chapman
Newberry
Renner McCrory’s
Pirate Athletes Cut After Fourth Loss
PITTSBURGH October 13 Two more Pirates players were cut after the fourth straight defeat John Tosi a recruit center and guard from Niagara University was sold to the Brooklyn Dodgers Wayland Becker a veteran end from Green Bay Packers was released outright
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates
John Tosi
Niagara University
Brooklyn Dodgers
Wayland Becker
Green Bay Packers
Bombers to Open Season Here Sunday
Winchester's Brown Bombers semi pro football team, coached by Thurston Clevenger, prepare for their first home game versus Hagerstown at The Park. The 1939 squad features Howdie Walker at fullback and a new lineup with D Burks at quarterback and T Turner at right half. Schedule includes Oct 15 Hagerstown and Oct 22 Charles Town with additional November games in nearby towns.
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Winchester
Brown Bombers
Park Field
Hagerstown
Thurston Clevenger
Handley
Bombers
Howdie Walker
Walker
Honesty
J. Avery
J. Preston
C. J. Cooke
Legion and Power Co battle for top honors in league
Legion led by Philip Fowle with 149 high series and 1606 pins tops standings as Northern Va Power Co and others chase repeat. Results show Legion 3 over O Sullivan Handley Coca Cola Rotary 2 Junior Board 1. Northern Va Power 3 Cubs 0. Lions 3 Kiwanis 0.
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Annualmerican Legion
Northernginia Power Company
Philip Fowle
Legion
American Legion
Northern Va. Power Co. Lions
Tiververeeees
Cece
Eeseensenes
Handley
Cescesosstceess
O'Sullivan
Kiwanis Wabees
Coca Colas
Iccinadstone Cubs
Eyes Pemevedes
Boar
Coca Cola
Rotary
Junior Board
Northern
Power
Cubs
Lions
Kiwanis
Ups and Downs In Fifth Game
Boxing results show Tommy Speigal of Uniontown Pa stopping Burns of Johnstown Pa in seven rounds while Felix Del outpoints Al Williams in Philadelphia and Bobby Green of Philadelphia stops Clarence Elwood of Newark in one round in Atlantic City.
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Baltimore
Tommy Speigal
Uniontown
I Burns
Johnstown
Philadelphia
Felix del
al Williams
Atlantic City
Bobby Green
Clarence Elwood
Newark
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By Eddie Brietz
McCarthy
Gabby Hartnett
Kenneth Jones
Peoria
Ill
Journal-Transcript
Sitko
Washington, D. C
Antietam Paper Company
Bell Clothes
V.M. I
Herb Barker
Frank Murray
Goach
University OF Virginia
Itera
New Bowling League Rolls
Newberry's
McCrory
Evence
Woolworth
Fisher
Chevrolet
Acces
H. P. Valve
Flint
General Motors
Shenandoah Motor Cq., Inc
Valley Ave
Fowle High Roller League
Riverton
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