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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1956
Page
7
The Cleveland Indians sit sixth in the AL after week one with a 2 4 record. Pitching has been solid except two games while batting struggles limit growth. Jim Hegan leads regulars at 500 with four hits in eight trips, Vic Wertz and Al Smith near normal pace, team batting .218.
State sportsmen discuss deer harvests with 1955 figures. New York reports 60 582 harvested including 732 by bow. Michigan estimates 68 000 to 70 000 bucks. Wisconsin legal bag 96 191. Virginia 13 104 bucks and 1 822 does. West Virginia 13 081 total. Maryland 2 600. Pennsylvania totals 85 158 with 45 044 antlered and 41 111 antlerless. Michigan nearest in total comparison.
In weekend sports notes the article reports streams running high due to rain reducing trout catches on area streams. Miami Marlins beat Buffalo 10 to 3 in International League opener with attendance below expectations and doubts about Miami staying in Triple A. Dante Lavelli retires from football after decades with the Browns to pursue business in Cleveland. Northwestern Pennsylvania towns form an Inter City Tennis League with Old City Butler Greenville New Castle and Sharon joining.
Philadelphia ace Robin Roberts earned his second win of the season by defeating the New York Giants 3-1 behind a three-run homer by Ted Kazanski. Antonelli allowed five Phillies hits as Johnny Antonelli took the loss. Other games included Brooklyn over Pittsburgh 4-1 and Milwaukee extending NL lead with 13-5 win over St. Louis.
Montreal defeated Richmond 8 to 6 and Toronto and Columbus tied 6 in 10 innings. Buffalo edged Havana 5 to 4, Rochester beat Miami 10 to 6 in a 18 inning marathon. Weekend boxing saw Ezzard Charles stop Don Jasper in Cincinnati at 195 and a 9 round Duluth bout ending.
US based standings show American League leaders, schedule for today including Detroit at Kansas City and Chicago at Cleveland. Yesterday results include Detroit 6 2 and Boston 6, New York 13 6. National League notes Brooklyn at Philadelphia and New York at Pittsburgh with night games.
Kid Gavilan, 30, ex welterweight champion, sails for a 10 round rematch with Peter Waterman in London's Earls Court Arena Tuesday. Waterman, who edged Gavilan in February, seeks a clearer win in a controversial decision. Logart, 25, ranked No. 3, fights Joe Miceli, 27, at War Memorial Auditorium Syracuse Friday in a 10 round NBQ-TV event.
Stan Musial hits a single and a grand slam as the Cardinals explode for eight runs in the sixth to beat Milwaukee 10-4. Billy Pierce earns his second straight win by shutting out Kansas City 3-0 for the White Sox.
Billy Maxwell, 25, the boy wonder from Odessa Texas, fired an 8 under par 64 earlier and birdied the 18th for a 272 total to win the Hot Springs Open at Hot Springs Arkansas. He edged Ernie Vossler of Fort Worth and George Bayer of Cincinnati by one stroke. Vossler shot 66 for best round of the day and finished second. Wininger battled neck pain to shoot 70 and place fourth. Gary Middlecott and Pete Fleming tied for fifth at 277.
Charlotte driver Leyununns Baker, in a Chrysler, captured the Grand National stock car 150 mile feature at Langhorne Speedway in 1 hour 54 minutes 32 seconds to erase Herb Thom’s two year old mark. Tim Flock of Atlanta finished third in the 41 car field as Thom settled for second.
Twelve youths completed a 10 week umpiring course at Erle to handle Little League games next season. The move frees men to umpire in the Teener League as Jan Van Dresar Terry Williams Joseph Baressi William Tunnel Robert Staples Terry Houser Robert Casler Fred Wilkinson Larry Barr Steve Olsen Fred Ahlfind James Reagle complete the program.
Corry Skeet Team defeated Celoton 234 to 290 in a Penn York League match at home. Burt Lindberg led the winners with 48 points while Lou Kuhns Charley Shopene and Herman Steaves followed close with 47s. Swanson and A. Johnson led visitors with 465.
Whitey Lockman of the New York Giants faced a bottle barrage in Philadelphia after the Phillies fell behind 9 4 and lost 9 7. He called the city’s fans the worst in the world and Giant manager Bill Rigney planned to protest to NL president Warren Giles.
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