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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1955
Page
7
Joghua the Wood Memorial winner faces Churchill Downs next week as Derby favorite after dominant runs in the Wood, Fame and Florida Derbies. Nashua stands as main rival at 1 1/4 miles though challengers Swaps and Saratoga also loom with Derby bids.
Interleague play begins with Eastern National League clubs at home against Western foes while Seaboard American League teams tour the West. After two weeks, results will indicate how pennant races will take shape with Brooklyn at home against Milwaukee Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati as it threatens to widen its NL lead. In the AL, no team has seized control yet as Cleveland hopes to gain on New York Washington Boston and Baltimore with home games ahead.
Freddie Marsh sprained ankle sliding into second base in a Orioles Senators game. The injury sidelines him for about ten days. Corry Area High golf wins first start and eyes two matches this week including Beavers at Girard and Meadville meet. Clymer Pirates host Ripley Thursday. Penn State to play in Motor City tournament at University of Detroit December 27-28 with Brigham Young and Toledo joining. Meadville golf player Charlton shot a 4 hole in one at Fullwood course, 148 yards on the second hole with a five iron.
Los Angeles hosted the Nations Open Soccer Championship where Penn State graduate John Pinezich scored twice in the final five minutes to lift New York Eintracht to a 2-0 victory over Los Angeles. Substitute center Tinenich assisted and fullback Carl Clausen contributed an earlier setup as Pinezich sealed the triumph with a powerful strike from 10 yards.
Associated Press notes a day of baseball upsets and late-inning shifts. Pittsburgh finally beat Philadelphia 6-1 after a string of losses, while the Pirates earlier trounced Kansas City 29-6 in a tumultuous weekend. Other games featured Giants Dodgers in a long battle, Willard Nixon’s repeat shutout, and Frank Lary’s first big league victims as Detroit toppled Cleveland 6-4.
Brooklyn captain Alvin Dark, hero of New York's 11-10 win over Brooklyn, says the Giants and Milwaukee Braves are superior to the Dodgers who lead the league with 31 wins in 19 games. He predicts New York and probably Milwaukee will pass Brooklyn by August, criticizes Robinson and Campanella’s weight and notes Brooklyn’s pitching strength when doubleheaders return.
Kansas City hosted its American League team in chilly winds drawing 156,997 fans over seven days, an average of 22,428 per game, as the Athletics beat the White Sox 5-0. Compare to last season's totals, the fresh crowds exceed half of 304,666. Also notes boxing results in Boston with Joey Cami stopping Eddie Compo.
A bowling sweepstakes event is planned for this evening at The Bowl-Aire. About 20 keglers are expected to compete beginning at 8 o clock, with contestants bowling eight games across four sets of alleys. The winner earns a guaranteed $100 prize. other awards depend on entries. It is a non handicap tournament drawing many of the citys high average players.
In baseball action Columbus improved to 7 and 8 while Toronto sits at 4 and 11. Rochester moved to 7 and 2 with Syracuse’s game second postponed. Richmond beat Buffalo 4 to 3 in a rain-shortened first game. second game postponed. Havana trounced Montreal 9 to 4.
In the American League Chicago leads with a 6 3 67 games behind New York Detroit 6 5 45 1 Washington 5 3 00 1 Kansas City 8 TRODY Baltimore 9-250 Today’s results Kansas City 5 Chicago 0 Boston 1 New York 0 Detroit 6 Cleveland 4 Baltimore 2 2 Washington 1 5 Tomorrow New York at Chicago Boston 4 Kansas City night Baltimore at Detroit Washington at Cleveland In the National League standings Brooklyn 5 2 behind Milwaukee 7 3 700 St Louis 6 4 600 Chicago 7 5 589 Philadelphia 6 8 600 New York 4 6 000 Pittsburgh 1 8 125 Note the suspended game Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh to be completed June 28th Today’s results New York 11 Brooklyn 10 Pittsburgh 6 0 Philadelphia 1 Chicago 2 Cincinnati 1 St Louis at Milwaukee rain Tomorrow Cincinnati at Brooklyn Milwaukee at New York St Louis at Philadelphia Chicago at Pittsburgh
Ray Katt of the New York Giants collected his first hit of the season and hit a three-run homer in the 10th to spark a 11-10 win over Brooklyn. Willard Nixon of the Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees for the sixth straight time, yielding only two singles in a 1-0 victory.
Harper, a Portsmouth Va. stylist, captured the Virginia Beach Open with rounds of 66 65 66 64 for a 260, a tournament record besting Doug Ford’s 262. Mayer finished second at 264, Oliver third at 265, and Furgol brothers tied for fourth at 266. The victory signals a return to the professional circuit with a Fort Worth start in two weeks.
Rocky Castellani a 2-1 favorite to beat Cuba's Chico Varona in a 10 round middleweight bout at St. Nicholas Arena New York telecast by Dumont TV at 9 p m EST Castellani 21 year old ex Marine from Cleveland ranked third contender has won two straight since outpointing Olson Aug 20 Varona a former welterweight contender making first U S start this year record 87 17 Castellani rec 5 6 2 Also featherweight bout Rudy Garcia vs Aashy Lulu Peres on ABC TV 9 p m EST from Brooklyn Eastern Parkway Arena Garcia No 6 126 pounder 8-5 favorite over local fighter
Wolfe seventh at Mansfield Relays finishing the 440 in 53 seconds amid 65 competitors from five states. Ted Storer won with 50.2 seconds meet record. About 1357 scholastic athletes took part over two days. Charley Baker of Erie Academy won the 100 yard dash in 9.9 seconds.
In Erie a bout pitted Paris-Percy Bassett of Philadelphia against Seraphin Ferrer of France with Ferrer securing an upset 8 round stoppage. Doc Waitin of Pittsburgh edged Tim Jones of Plainfield New Jersey over eight rounds.
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