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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1940
Page
7
Detroit built a five game run by collecting 18 hits across four straight wins, scoring five runs off pitcher Jo Niggeling and others. The team’s batting average rose to .151 as they beat Chicago and St. Louis in succession.
Fragmented sports notes mention Conn and Mike Jacobs with a 35 percent cut, a Pittsburgh football crowd of 400 seats for Sutherland’s Pittsburgh friends at Brooklyn Dodgers vs Steelers on Sept 29, and Billy Loose urged to quit the fight game. Also notes Johnny Petrovich and Northwestern center Chapman tied to 1930s boxing and racing circles. a film review of Foreign Correspondent and health lectures by Jimmy Londos.
A note highlights W. W. Anderson's Kill One Kill Two as a sharp mystery and Hugh Bradley's That Was Saratoga from former New York Post editor. Jack Dempsey's autobiography is due at press next week with proofs not yet seen.
Prof Joseph B Vinick of Staff Springs Connecticut protests that The Yanks Are Coming did not rank No 1 on Saturday night's hit parade. The critique comes from a reader asserting bias in chart placement and calling for reevaluation.
Spotlight on local sports notes the Southern Association leader Poffenberger with 34 games 22 wins 9 losses 223 innings and a .710 percentage. It also mentions MecQuillen Glenn and George mix ups, Brunswicks Gordon Hinckle joining Syracuse, Rain wins Frederick softball, and Virginia rifle teams preparing for matches at Camp Perry with a 14 man civilian and National Guard roster.
In a 5-4 10th inning win over the Chicago White Sox Jeff Heath doubled and scored the deciding run. The Yankees also beat the Red Sox 9-4 to dim Boston pennant hopes as Spud Chandler limited them to eight hits.
In Moscow Idaho on September 9 a postmaster asked an applicant if he has aliases. The man replied he has two cousins named East, but they do not recognize him.
The Hague announces that starting Monday kite-flying is forbidden in the Netherlands under a regulation by the German Commissioner General for Public Security. Officials claim kites could be used for British aerial guidance.
Howard Shriver aged 17 launched a rubber band powered plane and lost it in the sky. Six weeks later a wood chopper ten miles away found the craft in a tree and recovered it with the owner’s name and address still legible on the wing.
Yesterday's Stars highlight Tigers and Browns, Feller earns his 24th win in relief for the Indians, Krakauskas and Beckman combine for seven strikeouts and a four inning relief stint, Olsen keys the Cubs against the Reds, Garris and Cardinals spark Pirates pair of wins over St. Louis, Highe and Litwhiler lead Phillies to a 12 inning opener win and the nightcap comeback with Litwhiler homering and strong field play.
Relief notes show Mr. and Mrs. George Clinton visiting Washington kin and weekend guests in Brill and Hicks households. Jimmie O'Brien and other relatives join Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Brill while Nancy Clinton returns home parefree. Russell Robertson improves after illness as social rounds continue at the Swartz and Williams homes and with Odessa, Md., connections.
Mt Williams Virginia September report shows women canning and men preparing land for fall seeding. Children prepare to board Mountain View School bus with Font driving. Ashwood returns from World's Fair in New York City. Local visits include Mayhew family with Hollister, Fauver and Campbell families. Highland Avenue Church picnic at Miller farm on Capon river with 75 attendees and a 65-person truck procession singing God Bless America.
Denver reports a surplus of silver dollars at the U S mint with 42 million bright coins stored in the vaults. Merit buyer Sept. Mark Skinner insists on the usual 100 cents per dollar to acquire the stash as banks prepare to call for them.
A Clarke County dance hosted by Mr. and Mrs. William B. Watkins drew numerous guests from Philadelphia Washington New York and Boston. Attendees included Miss Virginia Stuart Watkins, Miss Elizabeth Roberts of Wakefield, R. L. John Chittenden of Baltimore, Miss Kelso Alsop of Richmond, and many others. The event at the North Wales Club and associated dinners featured extensive social hosting at Woodley Annefield CalendER Springsbury and Clearmont with multiple families in attendance.
Dr. George B. Woods of Washington Pennsylvania receives a bachelor of science degree from Waynesburg College on his ninetieth birthday. He began practicing medicine in the horse and buggy era and belonged to the class of 1872 before pursuing medical school in Cleveland. The college cites his 66 years of practice.
The Middletown Minks and Winchester Wholesale nine battled to a 5-5 12 inning tie yesterday. Buddy Cooley started for Middletown with Buddy Pingley finishing. Lambert Hess and Stick Stickley shared pitching for Wholesale Grocery Club. Scoresheet lost, next meetings set for Sept. 15 in Middletown and Sept. 22 in Washington, Va.
Waterbury Connecticut September 9. William P Arnold a Waterbury manufacturer said his Connecticut license plates bearing the initials W P A caused a stir in a Massachusetts town. A street worker exclaimed look what they do for the W P A in Connecticut.
Vincennes Indiana, September 9. The State Highway Department unknowingly shifted a city limit sign a block inside the boundary. Mayor A B Taylor ordered the street commissioner to relocate it back. He asked, What do they think this is Europe.
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