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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1949
Page
5
Football results list multiple scholastic and college games with final scores including Petersburg 0 Patterson Park 0 Episcopal High 13 Gonzaga 6 Fork Union 49 Hampden Sydney 14 R.Ma 21 St. John's 0 West Va Tech 32 Greenbrier 7 Granby 13 John Marshall 6. A Q and A discusses prevalence of ten year major league players and rules on minor league assignment.
Handley overwhelms Wilson Memorial 19 to 0 before 3000 fans at Handley Stadium in the opening district game. Ground game dominance, two late TDs by Sempeles, and key plays by Boxwell and LaVecchia pace the Judges as Wilson Memorial misfires on offense and miscues.
The City tennis tournament yesterday saw Howard Holland and J Kenneth Robinson reach the semi finals. Most first round matches completed with no doubles played. Ronnie Benner beat Braxton McKee 6 4 6 3 and A Jackel defeated B Gorham 6 1 6 2 with Holl and Levi also advancing before Carpenter exited in the second round.
About 2500 attend the Miller Cups final at Winchester Speedway where Miller on a Harley leads past George Sabine of Washington to win the 12 lap race in 6 minutes 15 seconds. BB Smith contends for third with Miller McDonald of Hagerstown. several spills occur but no major injuries.
Briggs forfeited 6-1 6-1 and F iae defeated C Aikin 2 6-2. Robinson beat C Marks 6-2 6-0 and Dr C Harrison forfeited to George Moyer. Robinson then defeated Moyer 6-1 6-0 to reach the semifinals.
Mabel Grim led Valley Airways with a 359 set and 142 game as the team posted a 1534 set and 541 game to surge ahead. The defending champions, with Lily Sutler and Loretta Grim, plus newcomers, won two straight, while GAA No. 2 and Jr Women of Perryville also posted wins.
President Truman announced the reelection of Mason for a new seven year term as a member of the Federal Trade Commission. Mason, a legal resident of Illinois, would begin the term immediately. The announcement came from Washington on September 26.
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