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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1923
Page
6
One point separated Richmond and Wilson in the league with Richmond to play Rocky Mount and Wilson facing the Truckers in final games. If both win or lose, outcomes adjust the championship. combinations determine whether the Colts or Wilson take the flag. If Richmond wins and Wilson loses, the Colts claim the title.
Front Royal wins 4 2 over Harrisonburg with three base hits by Keesey and F Cook. Plays include sacrifices by Keesey Heatwale and Layne, double plays spun by Harrisonburg to Schindler and Brooks to Fick to Keesey. Money tanker struck out five. Th A Swi ta Kee eey earned the win.
Results yesterday Harrisonburg 4 Front Royal 0 Woodstock 2 Winchester 0. Games today Front Royal at Winchester Woodstock at Luray. Games Monday Winchester at Harrisonburg Front Royal at Woodstock.
Jersey City defeated Reading by six runs while Baltimore beat Newark by four. Syracuse edged Rochester by five, and Toronto prevailed over Buffalo by one.
Washington reports subtle signs of the 1924 Harding campaign plan. Senator Frank B. Willis endorses keeping Coolidge in the White House. Fred Starck, War Finance Corp director, says Coolidge's candidacy would come from his own actions. The statements mark the first 1924 posture from Harding supporters after his death.
Richmond today secured one win and two losses in the Virginia League creating an unprecedented situation in Virginia Carolina baseball history. The Colts gained a half game by beating Docky Mount while the Wilson Bugs dropped a double header, leaving both Richmond and Wilson with a chance at the pennant tonight.
Classifieds show multiple listings including homes for sale on West Clifford Street with modern improvements and hardwood floors, rental flats with heat, a vacant office job offer, a farm property loan, and notices for land bonds at 103. Also advertisements for plants and fruit stock and a brick home for rent on Valley Pike.
A notice from Ashton Shanghai West Virginia reports two hens and several young turkeys missing since hunting season. A reward is offered for information leading to recovery with half of the youngsters described as blue feathered.
A distorted note cites forecasts for grain yields in Germany and neighboring regions. It mentions wheat production around 63 million bushels versus 100 million last year, rye at 218 million against 150 million, and references to Prussia and Bavaria. The fragmentary text reads as a wartime logistics update with unclear provenance.
Cincinnati Nationals players Dupcan and Bohne sue Collyer's Publishing for 50000 each claiming a story in Collyer's Sporting Weekly falsely alleged they were offered 15000 to throw games for New York Nationals. They state they are professional ball players and the article damaged their reputations.
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