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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1935
Page
7
Reading through a jumbled sports page, Warren HyVis Oils basketball team finishes a strong season with 15 wins and nine losses, hosting strong opponents and finishing with a solid home record. The piece also mentions boxers Maxie Strub and Wesley Ramey, plus plans for farm team moves and college athlete recruiting debates amid a busy Erie area sports scene.
The article describes the start of interclass baseball workouts with Sophomore through Senior classes practicing on Washington street grounds. Nine games are planned next week, with a trophy for the league winner and Coach Bill Myers guiding the squad. It also notes a standout shooter achieving a possible score of 242 at a local range, marking a high performance this season.
Firefighters of the Stanford Hose Company win the final of a five game cow boy pool series against the Odd Fellows by seven points, with total scores 996 to 989. Miller Keefer lead Stanford in game one, Shuss Skimher faltered for Odd Fellows, and White Zalzneck won game two for Odd Fellows.
The National Open golf tournament at Oakmont will feature a broad field with 67 entrants and 25 districts represented in the qualifier rounds. Three new districts are added to the national open qualifying field, marking an expansion of the process.
A garbled report notes the Yanks contending in sectional qualifying amid tangled names and unclear venues. It mentions many players and entries, with confusion over teams, locations, and dates as qualifiers move forward.
A large audience is expected for a six-bout boxing program at the State Armory Wednesday evening staged by First Avenue Athletic Club. Notables include Norm Bennett of Spring Creek vs Bob Lee of Erie in the main event, with John Doyie of Union City meeting Popeye Coons of Corry in the semi final, plus several other bouts featuring local townsmen and contenders from nearby districts.
Detroit baseball notes from Lakeland Florida predict a less pep-filled Tigers campaign after last year’s pennant run. Mickey Cochrane tightens plans around Lynwood Rowe and new talent Chet Morgan as Goslip and Gostin vie for steady infield and outfield roles while Owen and White push for regular duty.
In Hamner Temple two Pittsburgh lightweights Fritaie Zivic and Dominic Mancini fought a ten round war to a draw with the verdict declared a draw after Mancini finished strong. Both weighing 142 pounds, Zivic led at times, Mancini rallied late, crowd favored Zivic. Jimmy Vaughan, 140, from Cleveland, suffered a hand fracture but won his bout with Mike Barto, 141, from New Kensington, in a preliminary.
Atlanta Ga April Henry Picard of Hershey Pa money-winning pace-setter captured the $2000 first prize at the Atlanta Metropolitan Open. He held a two-stroke edge over Chicago’s Harry Cooper after rounds of 70 74 85 for 209. Texarkana’s Bryan Nelson finished third with 221 while Johnny Revolta of Milwaukee and Horton Smith of Chicago tied for fourth at 215.
Burleigh Grimes, veteran pitcher, will manage the Bloomington elvi of the Three League for the St. Louis Cardinals this year as player-manager. He expects to win two games himself.
In a tight Antler Bowling League week, Clothiers edged ahead by winning two games to Blue Ribbons. The Nast Company and Wing-Willi remain near the leaders as Waldorf Beprasy and Sammon Elevator push to close the gap. Upcoming schedule features Emblem Oils vs Wing-Vini, Cohen Coals vs Hammond Elevator, and Walter Beers vs Moule Jalvy.
Albany N Y April 2 in wis ing taut lines by thousands of fisl ermen who are giving their equip ment the annual Spring overhauling preparatory to the opening of a trout season next Salus Conservalion Commissioner Lithgow Osborne tong called attention to A sexy ast minute warnings and commented on prospects for the open me The trout season opens in all waters of the state next Saturday except Essex county where it opens May 1 and closes the first Moru in September The legal size for Seout in this county is seven inches as qe ap for Chevango and Tioga where the full tal season is In effect Bias where the legal size is sis meus SL Lawrence county has 2 closed reason for buat in Brandy larsols Bash Crovit Chalyhotly Creek Surk er Brook in Sout Creek We re feel that there Will be good catches made on Ting of the streams despite the extreme low war period lesh slinmar which was unfavorable to trout said the commissioner The Conservation Department has been making preparations for the Tecason These indue inerganed number of legal sized fish and improved icthons of stocking based on stream surveys Seasonal iatwiies such as ice covering streams and lake impassable pans and herd weather have prevent ed the planning of a greater number of legal Size trout before the begin ning of the season he said Hin wdition the compaissioner as Saxted the captaily tO provide fight ing hase been merbaned In the case of many streams of state owned lands by the construction of fog dams and other inprovements installed by CEC workers since Ish May Native Brook Brown and Rainbow are included in the April ith opening
Three Jamestown boxers Tramy Chirk middleweight Steve Hunt lightweight and Art Anderson light heavyweight depart for Brooklyn to compete in the New York state A A U championships.
Jamestown bowling squads participate in the American Bowl in Syracuse as the tournament nears its final weeks with Chivers and Barrett leading participation and action this Wednesday.
A five foot five Pounder, Tien Brokaw from Canton Ohio, starred at Syracuse yesterday by rolling 226 212 and 245 for a 673 series to lead in singles. Charley Miller, wife of Canton’s Ilsy, posted 194 in a strong showing. Event details list results across singles doubles and all events with multiple bowlers from Canton Chicago Detroit and more.
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