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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1956
Page
7
The text presents a garbled collage referencing Bowmen, woods, victims, pills, and various odd phrases. It reads like an OCR mishmash of unrelated items with scattered proper nouns and a few potential names and places, but no clear coherent event or report emerges.
Hanna High announces an initial football meet expecting about 120 candidates. Coaches Anticipate many from local junior highs to try for positions on backfield and line units as practice opens Saturday morning with drills and tryouts.
Pitcher Taylor Phillips led a 5 1 win over the Redlegs with seven hits credited to his lineup. Ted Kluseewski Gus Bell Willy Post Ed Batley and Jost supplied offense as Del Crandell and the Braves won 5 1 with Crandell driving in three runs on a sharp two run homer and strong clutch hitting.
Baseball standings show Brooklyn at 4 2 11 percent and Milwaukee leading with 42 wins, while New York tops the American League with 78 wins and 38 losses. Tonight’s NL games include New York at Brooklyn and Milwaukee at St. Louis. yesterday Milwaukee beat Cincinnati 5 to 1.
Casey Stengel says Mickey Mantle must rely on himself to break Babe Ruth's single season home run mark. The Yankees manager laments poor pitches and notes Mantle faces a tough 43 game stretch versus the Red Sox with a 60 home run target.
Franklin high school coach Robert Flat says Corry and Oil City "might" top the league in 1956. Franklin graduated five backs and seven linemen but returns Snyder Minnich Kubiale Wible Billingsley and Christy among others. The schedule opens with Union Township and includes Warren Meadville Corry Mercer Grove City Oil City Titusville and Kane.
Vasily Akhtayev of the Kazakhstan Republic team packs the arena with 10 000 spectators at the Spartakiad, scoring 198 points in five games as a shot put style basketball star. Despite shaky leaping ability, officials consider him for Russia's Olympic team as they eye a U S tilt in Melbourne.
The player says he wants to hit consistently by “petting” the ball and not forcing power. He admits aging and declining pitches are affecting his rhythm but remains focused on solid contact to stay near a .370 average. He expresses a wish to hit seven home runs if possible.
Sir Ray Robinson and Gene Fullmer are in talks for a September 24 Los Angeles title bout as Robinson breaks with promoter Norris and the TRC. Robinson reports a deal offer of 125000 dollars plus 15000 for training and 80 percent of TV revenue, while TBC officials caution on publication.
The Cincinnati Redlegs' hitting goes cold as pitching falters. Manager Birdie Tebbetts cannot find a stopper with Buster Freeman sidelined. Milwaukee Braves sweep the four-game set behind rookie Taylor Phillips and strong relief from Jeffcoat, Klippstein, and the Cincinnati lineup struggles with Del Crandall and Frank Robinson contributing the few bright moments.
A scrambled list shows WBEN TV Buffalo channel 4 programming with Gene Autry, Annie Oakley, Navy log, Phil Silvers, Dempstaire National Convention, News, Weather, and children's theatre segments amidst stray times and program titles. The listing mixes day parts Wednesday with multiple shows and errors.
Corry shooters win the Penn York skeet season trophy at Mendville Sunday. Louly H Kuhns presents the award to the top five high shooters from each team after the rounds. The trophy marks the team’s claim to the season title with a third-time achievement.
Brenda Fisher of Britain completes a 32 mile swim from Nine On The Lake to Ontario in 18 hours 61 minutes two hours five minutes faster than Marilyn Bell’s record. Betty Keavan Freeman misses the 16 4 bullpen ace slips a disc during a Thursday fielding drill.
Corry Country Club hosts the annual Don Menceene hole-hydleap golf tournament Sunday with a nine a m start. Bracken notes record field expected. entry is ten dollars includes oil lunch dinner and prizes. Over four hundred dollars in prizes ahead for low gross low net longest drive closest pitch two low putts and two differ. Handicap must be attested by a pro and 80 percent eligibility requested.
New York weight talks weighed on Troy and Lilée as both boxers drew after a 161-pound limit was missed by Troy who added three pounds two days before the bout in New Haven. Both expressed satisfaction with the draw and future bouts were promised by Teddy Brenner, St. Wick's matchmaker.
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