City officials back season finale softball event
Three civic figures Hove Riley Dr. F S Oglesby and Police Chief Thomas Boyd attended the season end softball event. They praised the sport as a top outlet for youth and stressed law and order. Riley outlined plans for expanded facilities for next year.
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City Recreation Committee
Hove Riley
F. S. Oglesby
Thomas Boyd
Rosenberger
Boyd
Riley
Oglesby
Page and Wilks Shine In Relief For Yankees and Cards
Page and Wilks, famed fireman relievers, loom as keys in the final stretch for the Yankees and Cardinals. Each appeared in 51 games, with Page saving big games over the last five days and Wilks anchoring St. Louis’ late innings as they push toward pennants.
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Jack Hand
Associated Press
Joe Page
Ted Wilks
New York Yankees
St. Louis
Page
Wilks
New York
Boston
Tommy Byrne
Allie Reynolds
Fred Sanford
Casey Stengel
Smoky Joe
Eddie Lopat
St. Louis Browns
Casey
Wally Hood
Hood
Kansas City
Yogi Berra
Tommy Henrich
Yanks
Brownies
Boston Red Sox
Detroit
Tigers
Joe McCarthy
Red Sox
Cleveland
Tribe
Yankee Stadium
Fenway Park
Stan Musial
Enos Slaughter
Dodgerr
Baseball standings and schedule from early league play
National and American Leagues show team records and games tonight in St Louis Brooklyn and Philadelphia with tomorrow’s matchups. A geography trivia note about Land’s End to John o Groats cites about 603 miles straight and 900 miles by road in a playful aside.
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St. Louis
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Cleveand
British Isles
Land's End
England
John de Groats
Scotland
John de Groot
John
Virginia Big Six Gridders Open 1949 Season Amid Line Uncertainties
Virginia colleges brace for openers as Richmond faces Randolph Macon in Richmond Stadium while Virginia Tech seeks replacements for tackle Boby Hess and prepares to meet the Quantico Marines. William and Mary weighs tailback choices as five contenders vie for the starting spot.
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Virginia
Dick Esbeck
University of Richmond
Graham Morris
Spiders
Randolph Macon
Yellow Jackets
Richmond
City
Virginia Tech
Robert C. McNeish
Boby Hess
Tharleston
W. Va
Tech
Gobblers
Quantico Marines
Alexandria
McNeeish
Marines
Dick Kuhn
Dick Goodman
Eustace Frederick
William and Mary
R. N. McCray
McCray
Joseph Lex
University of Houston
Tribe
Dickie Lewis
Paul Yewcic
Lex
Ray Meredith
Larry Fones
Mountain Falls and Lost City Win in Bi State League
Mountain Falls defeated Bergton 16 to 12 and Lost City beat Gore 8 to 2 in weekend Bi State League play. Mountain Falls pitcher Mountain Falls-Gore-White struck out 9, allowed 15 hits. White led at bat with 2 doubles and a single in 6 trips.
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Mountain Falls
Lost City
Bergton
Gore
Ountain Falls
White
Fanning
Dove
Strickler
Lost City-Gore
Garrett
Odom
Eaton
General Gorgas Dies in London July 4 1920
General Gorgas died on July 4 1920 in London where he had gone to study plans for investigation of the yellow fever situation in West Africa. King George V conferred a decoration on him while he was on his sick bed and a state funeral in St Pauls Cathedral was ordered after his death.
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Gorgas
London
West Africa
George V
St. Paul's Cathedral
Tech Gobblers show potential scoring punch for 1949 team
Virginia Tech appears to field a faster offense than 1948 with seven touchdowns in a spring scrimmage. Sterling Wingo from Richmond is the likely starting left halfback, Dick Goodman of Richmond awaits at quarterback, Jay Ratliff of Christiansburg is projected at right halfback, and Roger Neel returns at fullback. End duo Orey Meriwether and Frank Taylor start, with Ron Casto at right end and Oren Hopkins as successor. The lineup includes Jack Ittner at center and a strengthened line as Tech opens with Quantico Marines at Alexandria followed by Maryland on the 24th.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Tech Gobblers
Robert C. McNeish
Tech
McNeish
Sterling Wingo
Richmond
Wingo
Dick Goodman
Jay Ratliff
Christiansburg
Roger Neel
Barboursville
W. Va
Jack Ittner
Orey Meriwether
Frank Taylor
Ron Casto
Abilities begin to decline after age 54
Thorndike suggested in his writing on human abilities that achievements rise until age 40, hold at 54, then fall but only slowly until 70.
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S. A. Thorndike
Wingfield joins Naval Training Center grid squad at Great Lakes
Yeoman 2C Clinton L Wingfield, son of Roger Wingfield of 413 N Loudoun St, serves with the 1949 Naval Training Center Great Lakes football team. Former Handley standout under Otis Sargent, he helped the Bluejackets win most games last season, with a 350 to 23 scoring margin, and the 1949 opener is Sept 24 against Glenview Air Station.
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Yeoman
Clinton L. Wingfield
Roger Wingfield
N. Loudoun St
Grid
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Handley
Otis Sargent
Wingfield
Bluejackets
San Diego Training Center
Glenview
River Search Finds No Missing Child
Clarke county officials deny a report that a child drowned in the Shenandoah River near Castleman's Ferry. Officers dragged the river and searched the bed again but found no body after reports of a boy vanishing during the watermelon festival at John Millers place.
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Shenandoah
Castleman's Ferry
Clarke County
John Miller
Mr. Miller
W. W Smallwood
Why bananas shouldn’t be kept in the refrigerator
The note argues bananas should not go in the fridge as cold air harms their delicate aroma and delays proper ripening. It warns refrigeration weakens flavor and texture.
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