Natural Bridge Upsets Handley Inseason Football Opener
Natural Bridge defeated Handley 13 to 0 to open the 1951 season. A 25 yard first half run gave Natural Bridge the lead, then another 25 yard score in the third quarter extended the margin. Handley threatened late but fumbled, while Arnold Kaufman passed five of eleven for the Judges.
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Natural Bridge
Handley High School Eleven
Arnold Kaufman
Paul Hillyard
Handley
Memorial Line
VMI Emory and Henry Open 1951 Football Slates Tonight
VMI and Emory and Henry launch 1951 football slates tonight in brisk openers against Cincinnati and Elon College at Bristol. VMI quarterback Tom Nugent hopes Fullback Tommy Birge is ready after an ankle injury. Emory and Henry relies on Bob Miller and Chick Davis for scoring punch while Conley Snidow and Tom Nugent face tough foes in Cincinnati and Bristol. Virginia Tech also plays, but Marshall Bluefield is a noncount practice. Kickoffs: Cincinnati 8:30 p m EST Bristol 8 p m Tech Marshall 7 45 p m.
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Associated Press
Virginia Military Institute
Emory and Henry
Virginia
Tom Nugent
VMI
Conley Snidow
Cincinnati
Ohio
University of Cincinnati
Elon College
Bristol
Virginia Tech
Tech
Marshall College
Bluefield
Tommy Birge
Birge
Bob Stratton
Gene Rossi
Nugent
Sindow
Elon
Wasps
Bob Miller
Chick Davis
Championship Game On Top Monday In City League Playoffs
The Royal Crown and Arthur softball teams will play Monday night at Senseng Park Diamond No. 2 at 7 30 p m in the City League Shaughnessy playoff final. The game was rained out last night.
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Royal Crown
Arthur
Senseng Park
Ladies Commercial League Opens Season Chooses Officers
The ten team Ladies Commercial League begins 1951 52 play at Health Center Alleys Wednesday with a 7 39 start. Newberrys defending champions headline the field as officers for the season are elected beforehand. Upcoming league pairings list matches for A and B divisions on Monday and Tuesday evenings featuring teams such as Va Woolen Co O Sullivan Plant Newberrys American Legion and Family firms.
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Bailey's Market
Sara Zane Fire Co
Heatvole Motor Co
Home Beneficial Life Insurance
Newberry’s
Va Woolen Co
Shade Equipment Co
Jewel Box
O'Sullivan Plant
O‘sullivan Office
Ladies Commercial League
Newberry
Playoffs Begin In Northern Virginia League
The Northern Virginia League opens with two Shaughnessy playoff games tomorrow at Rouss Park. Stephenson faces the White Sox at 1 p.m. and Middletown North Mountain meets the Park in the finale. White Sox manager Sam Ensogna asks local players to beat the Park by noon.
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Northern Virginia
Shaughnessy
Rouss Park
Stephenson
White Sox
Middletown
North Mountain
Sam Ensogna
Raschi Sparks Yankees Late Rally for 19th Win
Vic Raschi pitched seven strong innings with a tight shoulder to lead the New York Yankees past Detroit 5 2 and inch closer to Cleveland. Raschi notched his 19th victory and 2nd of the month as he neared 20 wins for a third straight season.
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Ralph Roden
Associated Press
Vic Raschi
New York Yankees
Raschi
Yanks
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Indians
Washington Senators
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis
Tigers
Washington
Walt Dropo
Ted Williams
Dom DiMaggio
Ellis Kinder
Red Sox
Dropo
Williams
DiMaggio
Kinder
Mak
Bobby Shantz
Athletics
Philadelphia
Chicago
A’s
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Giants
Cubs
Jim Hearn
George Spencer
Melchiorre Only Bradley Player To Go On Trial
A Peoria grand jury indicted Melchiorre the Bradley University player for failing to report a bribe in basketball fixing. Six alleged fixers were indicted. three other Bradley players were not charged. The jury said the involved players had not been in prior trouble and have suffered penalties.
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Peoria
All America
Melchiorre
Bradley University
New York
Kansas City
Bradley
James Kelly
Pred Schlictman
Centralia
Aron Preece
Canton
JW Colonels Hold Strong Wilson Memorial to 6-6 Tie
James Wood High School tied Wilson Memorial High School 6-6 in a rain affected game. Allen Bailey led a late drive for James Wood as Don Lockhart stood out at left guard and the defense throttled Wilson Memorial after an opening 80 yard kickoff return.
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James Wood High School
Wilson Memorial High School
Fisherville
Wilson Memorial
James Wood Boys
James Wood
Allen Bailey
Don Lockhart
The
Colonels
Barr
Allen Barley
James Wood Colonels
Fishersville
Bill Brannon
Wyoming and Kentucky Open College Grid Season
Wyoming opens against Florida at Jacksonville while Kentucky hosts Tennessee Tech as college football begins its second year of action. Other games feature Montana State versus Utah and Colorado College versus Denver under the early season slate.
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New York
Drake
Abilene Christian
Furman
Presbyterian
Bluffton
Taylor
Wyoming
University of Florida
Jacksonville
Kentucky
Tennessee Tech
Far West
Montana State
Utah
Colorado College
Denver
New Mexico A and M
Arizona
North Carolina State
Catawba
Virginia Military Institute
University of Cincinnati
Illinois Coach Wallie Roettger Dies by Suicide
Walter H. Wallie Roettger 48 a former Illinois star who played in major leagues and coached at Illinois died yesterday at home by his own hand suffering malignant high blood pressure and severely reduced vision his widow Marjorie found him with throat and wrist slashed a coroner's jury ruled death by his own action.
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Champaign
Ill
Walter H
Wallie) Roettger
University of Illinois
Illini
Roettger
Rottger
Marjorie
Tilini
Lionettes Entertain Frederick Tomorrow
The Lionettes of the local Girls League host Frederick Sunday on Diamond No. 3 at 1 30 p m. The Lionettes finished second in league play this year and will start Haymaker on the mound.
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Lionettes
Frederick
Haymaker
Tigers Rally Past Yankees To Grab AL Lead
In a dramatic 9 7 comeback Detroit overpowered New York at home to seize first place in the American League. Johnny Mize homered three times but the Tigers persevered for the win and the standings advantage.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
New York
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Johnny Mize
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
United States
Sweden
Australia
Fritzie Zivic
Milt Aron
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia Athletics
Cleveland Indians
Redskins Rout Browns In Exhibition Thriller
In Cleveland the Rams led 6-0 with 42 seconds left but a Grahan to Gillom TD and Groza extra point gave the Browns a 7-6 win. Also at Shreveport the Redskins crushed the Yanks 52 to 14 as Harry Gilmer connected for a 51 yard TD and setup other scores.
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Cleveland
Joe Stydahar
Cleveland Browns
Los Angeles Rams
Lou Groza
Rams
Browns
Otto Grahan
Horace Gillom
Groza
Shreveport
New York Yanks
Washington Redskins
Harry Gilmer
Redskins
Hugh Taylor
Bob Goode
Chuck Dazenovich
Are all snakes cold blooded
The text states reptiles are cold blooded and notes pythons brood eggs and briefly mentions heat generation is not typical. It concludes the python remains cold blooded and that, like other animals except mammals and birds, snakes tend to match their surroundings.
Burch Leads Brakeblok League Opening Night Scores
Ernie Burch binched a 141 in a 441 team score to help Team No 1 defeat Team No 2 as Turk Wingfield led Team No 2 with 351 and Andy Lake added 354 in a 3 game set. Team No 6 moved to first with a clean sweep of Team No 5 and Team No 3 posted 431 in three games.
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Philadelphia Phils
Cincinnati Reds
Boston Braves
St. Louis Cardinals
Richie Ashburn
Philadelphia
Braves
Earl Torgeson
Ernie Burch
Health Center
Burch
Turk Wingfield
Andy Lake
Stu Edmonds
Riley Loy
Ind
Gane
Turk Winefield
Bill Baker
Selected lineup for Theatre Guild on the Air season
Loretta Young leads a guest list of stars for Theatre Guild on the Air. On Sunday Helen Hayes and Montgomery Clift star in Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie, airing Sundays at 8 30 p m on WRC as part of the U S Steel Hour.
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Loretta Young
Theatre Guild
Helen Hayes
Montgomery Clift
Tennessee Williams
Glass Menagerie
WRC
U. S. Steel Hour
High School Grid Scores From Virginia Matchups
High School football results show Hopewell 40 over Warwick 18 and Harmpton 6 over E. C. Glass 14. William Byrd at Christiansburg postponed due to rain. Jefferson Senior Roanoke at William Fleming Roanoke postponed rain. Clifton Forge 20 Central 0, Handley 13 Natural Bridge 0, Wilson Memorial 6 James Wood 6 tied. Covington at Waynesboro postponed, Franklin West Virginia at Staunton postponed rain.
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Wilbur Kersey
John Geiglein
Robert Solenberger
Warren Larrick
Strother Shiley
William Godhenour
William Minor
James Blackburn
Garland Clark
Meredith Boyd
Commercial League
N. Virginia
General Electric
Boscawen
Anderson Ices
Winchester
Yankees
JW Colonels
Wilson
Illinois
Brooklyn
Sports Mirror
PTV Nlm
North America Assurance Society OF Virginia, Inc
ACT Nows
J. R. Alexander
Annie Stribling
Berryville
George Good
Mary R. Jolliffe
Nora E. Newcome
Pauline Rhodes
Stephens City
Detacha
1300 W. Main Street
Richmond
County
N.Y
Covington
Waynesboro
Franklin
W. Va
Staunton
C. B. Smalts & Son
Nat'l Ave
Buncutter Tire CO
S. Braddock
Ken Murray
Wtop-Tv
Hea
Busch, Inc
T. Louis
B. J. Sager
Front Royal
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