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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1937
Page
6
A scramble of clipped notes covers boxing talk on Tommy Farr and Louis, baseball gossip from Warren to Titusville, and local tennis and golf results. Mentions Lou Gehrig, Red Smith, and regional teams with Raymonds and Drakes in focus.
Yankee standings face threat as the Chicago White Sox surge with five straight wins and a strong pitching staff. Lee Les and Red Radcliffe pace the Sox while the Yankees cope with injuries to Henrich Selkirk Crossett and DiMaggio. The four game set opens with a doubleheader as fans expect August and September thrills.
Syracuse defeated Toronto 8 to 1 while Toronto blanked Syracuse 8 to 1 in a separate note. Jersey City beat Rochester 5 to 4. In the American Association St Paul won 3 to 1 against Toledo. Minneapolis routed Columbus 15 to 3, Wichita City beat Louisville 8 to 7, and Milwaukee edged Indianapolis 6 to 3.
No games were played yesterday. Today American League matches include Louis at Washington Detroit at Philadelphia Chicago at New York Cleveland at Boston National League features Brookish at Fitlsburgh New York at Cincinnati Philadelphia at Chicago Boston at St Louis.
William Raissig, end and captain of the Hays Kansas College team last year, has been signed by the Pittsburgh Americans. He will report to the Wilkinsburg camp August 23 as the American Leaguers begin training. Reissig is six feet tall and weighs 200 pounds and was an all state end the past two years.
Duck hunters will have a 30 day season this fall with the same regulations as the last two years. The daily bag and possession limit for geese and brant was raised from four to five. Limits on live decoys and the use of live birds remain prohibited and the three shell limit on repeating shotguns is kept. The southwestern zone opens October 9 and closes November 30, the intermediate zone runs November 1 to November 30, and the southern zone runs November 27 to December 26.
A field of 191 entrants representing 661 titles and two states and territories will begin play in the sixteenth amateur public links golf championship at San Francisco West Monday. Last year 223 entered at Burmingdale Long Island with B Patrick Abbott of Pasadena California winning the individual title and Seattle taking the team crown.
Washington notes a young Walter Johnson from Idaho debuted 30 years ago and wowed the Detroit Tigers with a speed that exceeded all prior pitching feats. Historians call it the dawn of one of baseball’s greatest careers.
Henry McLemore reports from Newport as Ranger defeats Endeavour in a ten mile Weather Mark yacht race. Endevour suffers loss of power midcourse, blamed on possible lobster pot interference or ballast issues. Sopwith seeks ballast review. postponement granted with Ranger favored to win the series next day.
Pittsburgh report says John Henry Lewis will begin training today for his bout with Italian heavyweight Italo Colonallo at Forbes Field on August 18. Sparring partners include Big Jim Thompson Freddie Wilson Red Bruce and Honeyboy Jones as Lewis aims to drop weight while using speed to counter Colonallo’s advantage.
Lou Gehrig aims for his 1900th straight game as the Yankees face the White Sox in a double header. He began the streak on June 3, 1925, extending the record and leading the American League in hitting with .873, 420 hits, 341 at bats, 21 home runs, 82 runs, and 86 RBIs this season.
Archie San Romani, a Kansas miller, had a near miss at Heston airport as his plane tilted onto its right wing on landing from Plymouth Tanden. He was shaken but unhurt and drove to White City to run a mile with English runner Stanley Woderson.
POMPTON LAKES New Jersey August forecast Tony Galento states Joe Louis will win over Tommy Farr for the world heavyweight title on August 26 at Yankee Stadium. He also predicts Louis could be knocked out by himself in a future meeting, and reminds manager John Roxborough of a potential big-money bout.
Johnny Page of Los Angeles died in St Francis hospital from brain concussion after a nine round knockout by Adie Zavic in Pittsburgh. Page weighed 191 and Vivie 137. Other results: Romero KO’d Pancha in third. Clark defeated Lynch. Notch defeated Pohasky.
Lynn Waldorf of Northwestern takes the lead in the All-Star coaches poll after a weekend surge of ballots including a batch from Evanston News Index. Charles Dovals of University of Detroit previously held the top spot, while Bimer Layden of Notre Dame surges with strong support from South Bend.
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