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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1947
Page
7
Readable parts reference Laval and a spring event at a station or location near unclarified Creek. Mentions tables wings rooms and a floor note with several garbled phrases. No clear dates, names, or outcomes emerge from the fragment.
Baseball briefs report a flurry of NL pennant race shifts as the Cardinals lose 2-1 to the Cubs in St Louis and the Dodgers fall 9-2 at home to Boston. Phillies blank Giants 3-0 as Leonard wins his 13th. Pirates beat Reds 2-1 in 12 innings. Yankees slip 11 games after Red Sox rally to beat Senators 2-1. Indians sweep Tigers 3-1 and 3-1 as Gettel throws a one hitter in game two. Brownie starter Moulder wins in Chicago as White Sox fall. Also mentions standings and and other scattered notes.
National League results show Pillshured 3 Cincinnati 2 and a slew of standings shifts with Brooklyn leading at 66-44 and New York 87-47. American League results list Boston 2 Washington 1 and Cleveland 3-11 Detroit 1-0, plus a look at today’s schedule across the leagues. International and Middle Atlantic leagues note several scores including Jersey City Toronto 2-2 and Niagara Falls 11 Butler 7.
Corry failed to field a complete team against North East last night and the official result was a 9 to 0 for the Grapepickers. An exhibition was played for spectators after the forfeit, following a delay while attempting to organize a Gerry squad, with Wesleyville scheduled to play the Ineal nine on their grounds Friday evening.
Cambridge Springs, Pa April 18 The Steelers begin shaping up at Alliance College with a mixed group of veterans and candidates under coach Jock Sutherland. Key question marks include the backfield and guard positions as Dudley’s absence leaves holes while Mastrangelo Wode Meeks Kosanayich Sinkovitz Stein and others vie for roles. The goal is a better balanced squad after tough training and cuts sift through hopefuls.
Indians blank Tigers 11-0 behind strong pitching from Yesterday's Stars. Eddie Mayo collects a double for the lone hit. Braves overpower Dodgers 9-2 as Bob Riliott drives in three with three hits and an eighth inning two run homer breaking a 2-2 tie.
In Wellsville last night Bradord Down the Bradford Braves rallied as Letthensler belted a 390 foot homer and the Sox beat the Lockport Reds 12 2 while Hornell Pirates swept Hamilton Red Wings 1 8 and 13 5 Johnson was injured by a pitch and rushed to hospital for observation preliminary tests showed no serious injury Bradford Blue Wings moved to second by reversing a late frame loss to beat Jamestown Wells.
Irish Bobby Plant of Brooklyn outpointed Joe Caney in MecArthur Stadium. Billy Smith of Bedford outpointed Pat Brady at Jerome Stadium in New York. Pat Demers of Brockton outpointed Jimmy McLaren at New Bedford.
A powerful lightning strike during a semi pro baseball game in Pennsburg killed two players Norman Eschbach 19 and Stanford Buck 21 and injured five others in front of about 100 spectators Norman Eschbach died near a hospital in Lehigh Valley Buck died at Allentown Hospital Layette Schwenk 21 coach was struck and treated at home with further examinations planned for his injuries The bolt stunned the crowd and halted play with authorities assessing the damage.
The professional golf associations of the United States and Great Britain have agreed to resume the Ryder Cup matches on November 12 selecting Portland Oregon as the venue. Ed Dudley, president of the U S PGA, announced the decision after Britain confirmed the dates in London.
The Sports Center eked out a 6 to 5 victory over Raymond No 2 in a City Softball League game at Aero Field. Raymonds led 5 4 after five innings before Sports Center tallied two in the seventh to win. C Jackson faced 29 batters, allowing 11 hits, while Wels surrendered 11 hits to Sports Center.
Eight seeded players moved into the third round of the Great Lakes tennis tournament in Erie. Ed Kilgus of Brockway Pa the eighth seed trailed early then rallied to defeat Joe Lobstoeter of Pittsburgh 6 0 4 6 3 1. Tony Traverti of Cincinnati the second seed beat Doo! Snider of Oi Gilly Pa 3 0. Jack Sutherlandt of Indianapolis, the top seed, advanced by default.
Erie Sailors halted the Van Mergrifh Pioneers 19-game Middle Atlantic win streak by rallying to a 6-5 victory. Chuck Peps delivered a ninth inning run producing single after a late rally by Vandergrift. other games featured Johnstown defeating Youngstown 13-6 and Niagara edging Butter 7-1.
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