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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1936
Page
6
Tony Joy aims for the Wat Penn Open title at Buller course next Monday after struggles with three putts. He plans to overcome jitters as he returns to competitive golf, while Pittsburgh area courses have puzzled him this season.
Aeros Over C Js Ops By 99 33 Counts in Loop Tilt Yankees Beat Cleveland 11 7 Koestner Holds Warders to 4 Safe Hits Aero Supply's baseball club regains footing with a 9 3 win over Corry Jamestown in City League action as Koestner strikes four hits and Daye Swantek drive in seven runs. Early 3 3 deadlock broken by Aeros in third. final inning tallies seal the victory before a large crowd.
Corry's Independents clash with the Sherman Merchants tomorrow at 3 PM in Sherman for a top season game. Yarne Group will pitch for Jocal and Carl Coates will face Unilon City's Athletics this afternoon. The Sunday attraction may draw the second largest crowd yet to the new Aerotel, with leaders predicting a crowd possibly larger than the Pittsville Penn Drake Corry exhibition.
Yesterday's results span American National and International leagues with key wins. Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals earned his 17th victory by delivering a clutch single to drive in the winning run in the 40th inning. Today features matchups across major cities including Chicago Detroit Philadelphia and New York in varied schedules.
Berlin August 1 Tokio defeated Helsingfors in a tight contest for the 1940 Olympic award and the I A A F approved Jesse Owens world record broad jump. The ceremony marked the lead up to the eleventh Olympiad at Reichsports field as Jog QWats Heap supplanted Chahel Nambu’s 26 foot 21.3 inch mark from 1932. Ralph Metcalfe Holace Peacock and Al Moreau earned endorsements for their sprint and hurdles marks.
Shabrigh t New Jersey August 1 United Press reports Caroline Babcock of Los Angeles and Alice Marible of San Francisco contest the Grovidright Women’s singles final. Wilmer Allison of Texas and John Van Ryn of Philadelphia face Robert Riggs and Wayne Sabin on the men’s doubles side.
Brib Aug 1 Stuart Holcomb son of Howard Holcomb of Trask Prescott and Richardson Co has been named physical education director of Muskingum College New Concord Ohio Since graduating from Ohio State University he was director of athletics at Findlay College Findlay Ohio Muskingum unveils a new $400000 gymnasium as part of its equipment
Aug 1 Harrisburg report states Deputy Attorney Adrian Bonnelly will resign at year’s end to return to private law practice in Philadelphia. Also mentions a natural timepiece near Salty Lake Cuny and Vince Farrar of Youngstown signing with the New York Giants.
Berlin August 1 at 4 p m Hitler rises at Olympic Stadium to open the 11th modern Olympiad before 110 000 spectators. About 000 athletes from 52 nations participate as 22 sports begin with track and field wrestling fencing and more. The opening features a dramatic pyrotechnic and ceremonial display framed by Nazi celebration and world attention.
Tron Man Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees again holds the American League batting lead as he boosts his average to .381. Rip Flachel of Chicago is at .378 while Gehrig also leads in home runs with 24 and in runs scored with 22.
Jamestown Baseball Club manager Jate Allenson announced a game against Warren at Celoron Park set for tomorrow after a 3:30 p.m. EDT start. The locals beat Warren 9 to 4 earlier this season, a result not to be taken lightly as Warren seeks revenge after an earlier loss despite Jamestown’ strong recent form.
Pittsburgh August 1 All Star College football team voters near Soldiers Field September 1 to face the Detroit Lions. Bernie Bierman Minnesota and Elmer Layden Notre Dame surged into a virtual tie for poll leadership yesterday as fans cast ballots.
Jim Bottomley homered twice and drove in five as the St Louis Browns beat the Philadelphia Athletics 12 to 4. The rest of the majors saw the Yankees pull away from Cleveland 11 to 7, Boston beat Chicago 7 to 3, Detroit down Washington 8 to 2, and Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals winning in the National League. Crazy Dean led the Cardinals past Brooklyn 8 to 6 in 10 innings. Cincinnati and Philadelphia split a doubleheader with Cincinnati winning 12 to 2 and Philadelphia 7 to 2.
Madison Square Garden asked the state athletic commission for permission to move the Max Schmeling versus Jimmy Braddock heavyweight championship from the afternoon of September 26 to the night of September 24. The change aims to secure a prime-evening audience for the title clash.
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