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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1951
Page
7
Corry High launches football season with about 65 boys trying out for the varsity, coach Lou Hanna expects around 60 to remain through the season. Nine varsity games plus seven junior varsity and five junior high contests promise games for all who show effort. Also notes Browns win and pending Indians-Yankees series drawing huge crowds.
International League and Major League leaders listed with batting, home runs, RBIs, and runs. Notables include Minoso of Chicago and Williams of Boston tied for home runs. Musial and Kiner lead NL batting and runs respectively. Pitching leaders include Morgan and Roe. Also notes recent scores from Hochester Springfield and other results.
An Associated Press summary notes a tense pennant race with Cleveland and New York battling for first as Boston trails. Yankees’ win, White Sox surge, and key late September clashes shape the standings while Chicago and detroit stumble in a tight AL race.
The annual Site League picnic will be held Monday evening at Mead Park at 6 o'clock replacing a post season banquet. About 100 attendees are invited including managers coaches umpires and board members. Mothers and team members wives will serve ham dinner and Olin Bracken will present the team championship trophy to Cony Jamestown and the most valuable player award to John Middleton.
Matt Chase has been renamed manager of the VFW bowling alleys and announced this morning that the lanes would be opened to post and social members on Wednesday evening September 5. The bowling alley room floor has been repainted and the alleys cleaned in preparation for another all season. Manager Chase will begin organizing leagues next week with dates to be announced later. The first session is scheduled for Monday evening as the Men s B League begins to organize.
A series of Sunday skeet shoots will be held tomorrow at 10 o clock on the Columbus-Lottsville road east of the city. Anyone interested is invited to participate. about 15 to 30 marksmen from Titusville are expected to join and provide keen competition.
Ed Smrekar hurled a one hit ball for Niagara Falls to blank New Castle 10 in Middle Atlantic League play last night. New Castle's lone hit was a single over short in the seventh. An error and two walks loaded the bases for New Castle with nobody out in the eighth but Smrekar proved equal to the challenge. The victory kept Niagara close on the heels of first place Erie, which defeated Butler 7-4 to stay on top of the league by a half game.
Cleveland the rejuvenated Browns thump the College All-Stars 33 0 before 92 180 fans. Q merge Graham Lavelli Motley Speedie and Jones star with 425 total yards while defense limits All Stars to 126. Bench clears with 39 players used as Browns dominate every stanza.
Coplay faces Souderton for the State American Legion baseball title after both teams won in the knockout rounds. Coplay advanced with an 11–0 no hit win over Beaver, while Souderton edged Doylestown 6–5 to reach the semi finals, having earlier toppled Lancaster 7–4.
Yesterday results include Chicago 7 8, Cleveland 1 3, New York 8, Philadelphia 2, Detroit 6, St Louis, Boston 7 Washington. Tonight features Boston at Washington, Philadelphia at New York, Cleveland at Chicago, Detroit at St Louis, Brooklyn at Boston, New York at Philadelphia, Chicago at Pittsburgh, St Louis at Cincinnati.
In Williamsport, Potter-McKean and Newville reach the state Little League final with high scoring wins. Potter-McKean belted three homers including a grand slam by Terry Shields in an 11 9 victory over Monongahela, while Newville routed Lewistown 19 0 behind Frank Zeileher and Wilbur Geyer home runs. Two Newville hurlers held Lewistown to two hits. A consolation game between yesterday’s losers precedes the title clash.
Seth L. Myers recounts a caller asking about water moccasins in Pennsylvania. The expert explains there is no venomous water moccasin in the state, notes the cottonmouth habitat is southern, and identifies two poisonous snakes present, including copperheads, which are shy and mostly active at night in many counties.
The article notes timber rattlers have two phases blank and yellow, debunks male female phase myths, and states both produce young. It mentions the massasauga is scarce but present in Mercer, Butler, Crawford, Lawrence and Venango counties, with populations centered in Venango historically. It also distinguishes massasauga from copperhead and advises calm, immediate wound care after snakebite and avoiding panic.
Jamestown falls to second as Hamilton loses and Hornell defeats the Falcons 6-5. Olean shutout Hamilton, Bradford hammered Batavia 10-3, Wellsville moved past Corning, and Corning visited Wellsville as the schedule lists Olean Hamilton Jamestown Hornell Bradford Corning Wellsville. Westbury Bascom beat Tiger Jones in El Paso boxing action.
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