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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1949
Page
3
Royal Crown dominates Rosenberger 9 to 2 to clinch the city tourney title at Senseng field. Jack Larrick pitched a two hitter for RC while Hap Spurs blasted a key homer and RBIs from Spurs and Leon Pope propelled the big fourth inning.
Winners in the post season city softball tournament are members of the Royal Crown team which finished second in the league season Rosenberger team won. Left to right back row Willard Spaid Leon Pope Hap Spurs Jack Larrick Jim Huyette and Andy Lake Carol Bridgeforth Ott Spaid William E Bridgeforth Maurice Blosser Lee Fawcett and Lawrence Grim front. kneeling James Grease Golightly and Mike Hart.
The Tea Bureau states about 470 million lemons are used with iced tea each year, highlighting a steady consumer preference for citrus flavor in cold beverages.
American League leads include New York 85 50 .630 and Boston 84 55 .604 with Detroit Cleveland and Philadelphia also strong. Yesterday New York crushed Washington 20 2 and St Louis beat Cleveland 5 4 as Chicago edged Detroit 1 0.
The 1866 act bans portraits on postal currency while the subject is living, but living people have appeared on stamps in non portrait forms.
In a tight pennant race, the Boston Red Sox lost 6-4 and 4-0 to the Philadelphia Athletics at Shibe Park, falling three games behind the New York Yankees with 15 to play. New York swept Washington in a two-game doubleheader to extend its lead. Virgil Trucks and the Tigers won again, Stan Musial hit three homers as St Louis beat Cincinnati twice, and Carl Furillo’s grand slam highlighted Brooklyn’s 10-5 win over the Giants.
In Hollywood on September 12 Miss Shirley Weinberg 25 reported being struck with buckshot by youths firing from a parked car on Hollywood Boulevard. She is the second so called oops girl in recent days, following Miss Kathleen O Connor 19 who also reported being targeted by a B B gun.
Stewart Lynn McDonald of Middletown has appealed the drunken driving conviction from Wood Stock justice court to the circuit court after a $100 fine was imposed by the lower court.
Winchester American Legion posts a 15-5 semifinal romp over Middletown to set a finals date with Front Royal at Rouss Park. Front Royal beat Clarke County 5-3 in the other semifinal to advance, as Eddins allowed six hits for Front Royal.
The entire system of Roman military roads comprised about 50 000 miles.
The Evening Star Ladies League opened 1949-50 at Health Center Alleys with high scores as Calley Airways lost two games to Jewel Box. Dee Barnes led with 136 in the final game, Jewel Box and Valley Airways split wins, and Chapman Motor Co topped GAA No. 1. Standings show tight marks across teams with next week’s matchups listed.
Fish are good natural sources of calcium phosphorus iron and copper and provide protein of high quality. Some species also furnish vitamins in appreciable quantities and sea fish are rich in iodine.
Bangkok reports the Thai revenue department hires secret agents to track stamp tax evaders among businessmen allegedly defrauding the government of about $1,000,000 annually. Officials say evasion uses two sets of books, one for officials and one for true transactions, with both foreign and Thai firms implicated.
Advert shows Beltone's Phant mold invisible hearing aid removing ear receiver and improving life. It promises free brochure and home testing without risk, sending details from Beltone Dept 40 Chicago Illinois.
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