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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1950
Page
6
Clarke Eagles schedule a visit to Berryville to meet Shenandoah High School Eleven. The game highlights the teams' Southern Conference context as rosters deal with player callups and injuries impacting prep for the matchup.
In the B League Glaize and Bro led with a season high 637 team game as Elks Club split two of three against Coca Cola led by Dick Renner’s 370 series. Bayliss Patterson earned a first win for Stapp’s Foundry while Valley Service beat Valley Fruit & Candy 594. Glaize & Bro edged Bell Clothes twice in top pairing as Lutz hit a 370 set. In the Girls League J W High School’s Panthers led 10-2 with Eagles 9-3 and Rabbits 8-4, while Douglas Carper posted a 210 set for James Wood High School.
Sugar Ray Robinson defends his Pennsylvania middleweight title at Convention Hall in a 155 pound bout against Bobo Olson of Honolulu who also holds the welterweight crown. Robinson is a strong favorite and aims to extend his stellar 109 1 record with only one loss in 120 fights, while Olson seeks an upset to claim no title at stake in this cross division affair.
Clarke County travels to Berryville to face Shenandoah High School in a 2 30 Friday game as the Eagles seek to rebound from a 24 7 loss to James Wood. Injuries threaten key players Preston Pitta and Junior White though both may play.
A historical survey found physicians average roughly 12 932 miles per year in their cars. The figure reflects long commutes and clinical duties reported by doctors.
In Chicago, Robinson plans to clear the ring of challengers until he can box La Motta. He will face Olson, a 49 win 62 fight veteran with 32 knockouts who has never appeared in the East.
When chairman of the State Commission on Prison Reform Thomas Osborne served a short voluntary term in Auburn Prison under the alias Tom Brown No. 33333X. He then devoted all his energies to prison reform.
Duke tailback Billy Cox repeatedly rewrites Duke football career yardage marks. He surpassed 2 519 total offense yards in three seasons with a 209 yard performance, then added 262 yards against Richmond to reach 2 781 career yards.
New York's Madison Square Garden hosts Gorgeous Gussy Moran in the opening feature of Bobby Riggs show. Moran faces Pauline Betz Addie with Promoters hoping for a 13,000 crowd. Jack Kramer meets Pancho Segura in the plus match.
An old style ad claims backaches grow with age from exertion and damp conditions and promotes Doan's Pills as a mild diuretic used for over 60 years. It asserts the medicine flushes waste and relieves discomfort, urging readers to buy today.
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