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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1940
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR lists a Red Meals Establishment and various property items. Mentions main street location, lunch orders, possible sale of a barn, shed, and land parcels near Columbus Pennsylvania with box numbers and health mentions.
Five goals helped Baiis Steel gain edge as the team surged to a higher score in a tense match. The error by the opponent allowed GHS to capitalize and pull ahead late in the contest.
Rooney pleased with Conneaut Lake as Steelers training camp site. About 60 players expected, with a potentially several week session in Meadvill e area as teams scout a primed venue. Also notes Olympic front and other sports items including new Forbes Field rules.
Pirates rally in the ninth to edge the Cubs 3 to 2 as Paul Waner delivers the go ahead hit. George Airkley reports a tense pennant chase with Brooklyn, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati tied in the National League lead while the Yanks face DiMaggio’s absence and Red Sox rookie Mickey Harris dominates Washington.
Baseball results across leagues with scores including Milwaukee 1 Toledo 0 Kansas City 3 Columbus 2 St Paul Louisville 1, Buffalo 2 Syracuse 0 in the International League Montreal 19 Newark 1 and other listed matches.
Terre Baits Ind. bowling alley manager Jay Buoy led the singles in the American Bowling Congress in Detroit with a 712 total. The 30-year-old, nephew of Mordecai Brown, posted 28 strikes and clean games to reach scores of 278 21 and 233, signaling a strong bid for the sales championship amid a high‑stakes event.
Syl Johnson III, veteran pitcher and coach for the Philadelphia Phillies, collapsed at Shibe Park after a New York Giants game. He was reported resting at Temple University Hospital as doctors treated a fever and related symptoms.
Yesterday the Phillies beat the Mets 3 to 0 and the Red Sox won 7 to 2 over the Senators. All other games were rained out. Today Philadelphia visits New York and Washington hosts Boston while Detroit plays Chicago and Cleveland goes to St Louis.
Fragmentary record lists yesterday results and upcoming matchups: Tesvis itisburgh 3 over Chicago 2 Brooklyn. Heston 3 against New York 1. Phila 0. St. Louis Cincinnati game noted. Chienko at Pittsburgh. New York at Philadelphia. Boston at Brooklyn. St. Louis at Cincinnati.
United Press reports Chubby Dean earns the label after a standout performance. The piece details his four hit game against the Yankees, his rise from college to baseball prominence, and past clubs including the Athletics and Dodgers. References to Lyn Lary’s release from the Cardinals are noted in the same dispatch.
Johnny Allen will make his second start of the season for the Indians against the Browns in St Louis. Myers, Pekling, and Kennedy are named in the pitching and lineup notes as part of the Boston Fordham Holy Cross era conference chatter.
In State College Pa April 24 Penn State pulled off a 3-2 victory over Temple in twelve innings. The game stretched long with late drama as both teams traded chances before PSU sealed the win.
George Patterson shot 235 in a special match at the club event last evening. The card lists Patterson among several players with scores and times, including Mordach, He Hod, and Nelson, with other competitors like Hammond Lindberg Lawson and Stroup.
Fragmentary text shows garbled place names and uncertain names. No coherent event, date, or identifiable entities present to summarize with confidence.
Obscure report notes a red game cancellation caused by flooding and includes scattered garbled text about individuals, locations, and events. Names and places are partly legible, suggesting a local sports or school notice amid chaotic OCR. The core action is the game cancellation due to high water.
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