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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1949
Page
7
Louis Hasna launches his second season as Corry High School football coach with up to 80 players vying for spots on the Orange and Black eleven. The squad, led by coach Hanna and assistant Nick Bogdei, trains intensely toward a Sept. 9 opener vs Warren, then two daily sessions through Labor Day. Prospects look bright but cautious as the season begins.
The Erie Sailors shut out Uniontown 12 to 0 as Oil City beat Vandergrift 14-6 and Erie widened the gap atop the standings. George Verespy hit a grand slam, Bob Spressey delivered key hits, and Erie racked up ten strikeouts while dominating the game.
Ken Heintzelman, a St Louis native, pitched seven innings of a 2 1 win over Brooklyn to extend his string of victories against the Dodgers to five. Richie Ashburn tripled in Kenny in the top of the 12th, while Al Benton hurled six hits to blank the Tigers 6 0. Elgin Wildcats lose 1 0 to Union City in six innings. House of Flowers advertises wedding and delivery services.
Gladys Canfield Night drew a crowd of 400 as the Corry American Legion wine romped 14 4 over the Oldtimers in the opener while the Corry Moose Bombers routed the Blasdell Red Sox 15 errors marked the night. Receipts totaled 220 with final charitable allotment pending completion of payments and an internal statement.
The Pennsylvania softball championship will be settled in Williamsport from Friday through Sunday. Hoover's A. of Allentown is the defending champion and will face Picketner's of Williamsport in the opening game. Additional teams for the tourney have not yet been selected. Clit Mapes Yanikes, outfielder, pitched three innings for Flint in the Michigan State League in 1941, and also played first base and catcher.
The Auer Agency General Insurance owned by Paul Pizor offers local service at 52% N Center Street with telephone access via dial 3-307.
Cambridge Springs Pa All MW The Steelers fired Army star Walfbace Bob Cifers expanding the veteran loss to 15 from last year’s roster of 40. The move followed a late bed check and comes as the club prepares for Saturday’s exhibition against the Bears. Cifers, 34, joined in 1947 from Detroit in a trade, had 361 rushing yards on 2 6 attempts last season and averaged 39.6 yards on 32 punts.
Hironoshin Fuji and Shira Naghinume led a Japanese sweep lowering the 1800 meter freestyle world record at the National AAU men’s championships. Hushizume won heat in 0:? with 8138.7, beating Amano’s 18:58.8 from 1938, while Pur Nash clocked 18:19 for the 180 laps, likened to a four minute mile in track.
The listing shows multiple baseball and cinema listings with games tonight including Washington versus New York Detroit versus Chicago Cleveland versus St Louis Chicago versus Pittsburgh St Louis versus Cinemas Philadelphia versus Brooklyn New York versus Boston and other unreadable fragments. Names and venues are unclear due to OCR errors.
New York August 17 Officials checking qualifying results for the National Amateur Golf Tournament report most expected names. A field of over 1,000 was reduced to a few hundred as sectional rounds produced standout scores. Billy Shields of Albany set a 65 on Wolfert’s Roost to post 195 total, leading the qualifiers. Harvie Ward Jr of UNC shot 140 at Mimosa Country Club Morganton while Billy Campbell of Huntington carded 140 at Huntington to reach four under par.
Coach Louis Hanna announced that 55 candidates for the Corry High School football team were issued equipment. Players faced physical and dental exams, with the first practice set for tomorrow at 9 AM. Drills will be held twice daily until Labor Day, each lasting three hours. Jack Crawford, a three year letter winner, was the conspicuous absentee for missing the equipment issue and is working at Loblaws, expected to report Monday.
Boston Aug. 17 Billy Southworth longtime Braves manager left the club to rest through the season due to illness and exhaustion. Club president Low Perini praised him as the best manager in baseball and plans to have him back next year. Johnny Cooney is considered to fill the managerial post in the interim as the Braves sit 14 games behind the Dodgers and ahead of the Phillies.
Yesterday’s stars Herman Welsh and Curtis singled with bases loaded through the fourth, then doubled as the Cubs beat the Cardinals 3 4. Pitcher Aston Benton led the Indians to a five goal six hit 5 0 win while facing Detroit. International League scores listed for Baltimore Jersey City Buffalo Newark Rochester and PONY League results for Hamilton Wellsville Jamestown Louieport Batavia Bradford Olean Hornell.
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