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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1942
Page
7
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Boston Red Sox erupt for 19 runs on 21 hits against the Philadelphia Athletics in a spring training romp. Ted Williams and Dominic DiMaggio homer, while a flurry of big innings and pitching miscues mark a lively start to the season as other games unfold across the league.
The piece describes how baseball rallies morale and newspapers reflect its popularity, noting plans to donate All-Star game funds to the armed forces and proposing a service-player exhibition in Cleveland to raise funds. It discusses transportation limits due to gas rationing, travel by chartered bus for high school sports, and the impact of wartime constraints on local sports schedules and fishing seasons.
Dodgers pitcher lasted five innings before being lifted for a pinch hitter in the ninth, driving in a run for the win over the Giants. George Selkirk delivered a two-run pinch double in the ninth to beat the Senators for the Yankees. Emile Lombardi of the Braves homered twice, including a tenth-inning RBI, to edge Boston 2-1 over the Pass. Charley Wagner of the Red Sox held the Athletics to six hits as Boston mounted a late rally. Gerald Walker of the Reds hit a ninth-inning homer to threaten a win over the Pirates.
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt proposed a 1943 American Olympics pitting all 48 states against each other. He urged a nationwide physical fitness survey and a drive for nutrition and medical services, offering government cooperation to support a first ever national festival. The plan aims to unite communities, reward top state improvements, and fill the gap since the 1940 Tokyo Games were not held.
Howard A. Tantas, assistant football and basketball coach at St. Bonaventure College, was enlisted at the local Navy recruiting station as a chief specialist in athletics yesterday, moving into naval service.
Aero and Sterling Lassies move within one game of second place in the Ladies Recreation League after sweeping their match. The Raymonds extended their lead by winning the odd game in the remaining matches, while last year’s champions Recreation blanked Corry James.
Yesterday results include New York 8 Washington 5 and Boston 19 Philadelphia 4. St Louis 13 Chicago 3 and Detroit 5 Cleveland 4. Today games feature Boston at New York Philadelphia at Washington Cleveland at St Louis Chicago at Detroit with Brooklyn 5 New York 2 Boston 2 Philadelphia Cincinnati 7 St Louis 11 Chicago 6.
Eighteen regional qualifying sies selected for the Halp America National Open golf tourney to be played June 14 to 21 at Ridgemoor Country Club Chicago. Seventy eight regional qualifiers May 25 with 11 hole sections and large prize fund plus war bonds funding. Bond drawing tonight in Corry City.
The bureau of standards states white paint yields the lightest result while light tints provide more brightness than dark tints or solid colors. This guidance favors lighter shades to maximize reflected light in rooms.
A mass of scattered notes covers baseball chatter at Fenway Park with Ted Willie monitoring homers, Georgia and Auburn college links, and wartime fundraising through racing organizations. Alsab’s trainer reports added weight and readiness while figures like Al BubBITT and Addams surface in management chatter.
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