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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1940
Page
7
Local representative Watts reports on bias concerns in the Dear Wag issue, noting 225 and 44 figures along with 59 MERS and 63 references. The brief item hints at community debate and statistical details without full context.
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Fragmentary OCR item records an early sale notice with unreadable details. Readable elements mention a vendor, a price placeholder, and a date. No complete names or locations are discernible, leaving the core action ambiguous.
Baseball roundup notes Dodgers, Cubs, Giants, Phillies, Pirates, Cardinals, Reds and Senators in NL drama. Witek's 11th inning single lifts Giants over Reds, Frey homers for Phillies to beat Cubs, DiMaggio drives Pirates past Bees, Cardinals rally past Dodgers, Leonard hurls eight as White Sox top St Louis, Beckman shuts out Athletics, Benton falters as Yankees beat Detroit, Indians surge while Red Sox suffer double defeat and Tabor endures surgery.
Yesterday results show New York beat Detroit 6 to 5 while Cleveland topped Boston 4 to 2 and Philadelphia edged Chicago 3 to 0. Today Cleveland visits New York and Detroit plays Boston with Chicago at Washington and St. Louis hosting Philadelphia.
Allegheny College football team opens training September 11 under coach Karl J. Lawrence in Meadville Pa. This starts three weeks of drills before the October 5 game with Haverford. Lawrence enters his fifth year aiming for rapid conditioning and sharp pace from a small squad.
Pittsburgh opens the 40th annual West Penn amateur golf tournament with Steve Kovach of Tarentum posting 75 to lead a field of 83. Kovach draws C. M. Merriman of Edgewood in today’s first round of match play after Merriman qualified with 79. defending champion Jack Benson shot 68, while Sid Carson Jr of Tarentum 77, Toby Lyons Cambridge Springs 78, and Knox Young Jr state amateur champ 80 among entries.
Lew Jenkins the world lightweight champion, told reporters in Memphis he will fight anyone who challenges him. He travels to Philadelphia for a September 9 title bout with Bob Montgomery. The fight was delayed from August 19 due to his mother Mrs J Jenkins illness in Sweetwater Texas.
Billy Soose, 23, from Farrell, Pennsylvania, defeats Tony Zale in a 10 round bout on Chicago's West Side. Soose previously beat Kent Overlin within a month, both fights at 160 pounds. The unanimous decision by two judges, officiated by Referee Joe McNamara, draws 7,000 fans’ acclaim despite not winning the title.
Brookline Mass August 22 The National Doubles tennis tournament progresses to quarter finals at Longwood after removing deadwood in early rounds. The favored teams must shed rust as ranking teams face tougher paths today.
Sailors manager Mike Cannagino has accepted a three game series with Cory's Semi-Pros in late September. The semi pro championship series of Erie county will have a Saturday game in Cory and a Sunday doubleheader in Erie. Cory scouts how to replace Carl Malton as shortstop and eye Larry Johnson from Titusville as a mound option while Cory prepares for Sharpsville in a Sunday match here.
Third seeded Jack Stamer of Montabello California and Jed Schroeder of Los Angeles faced tough matches as both divisions were extended. They battled two-time winners Wilmer Allen and Johnny Van Ryn known as the heavenly twins from Austin Texas, overcoming seasoned opponents yesterday.
International Buffalo stunned Syracuse Jersey City 12 to 8 while Toronto and Rochester both posted 2 to 2 draws. Montreal lost 2 to 3 to Newark as American Association games featured Thdianapolis 5 Milwaukee 4 and Louisville 5 Kansas City 3. Minneapolis 3 Toledo 4 and Columbus 8 St. Paul 1 closed out the slate, with Walter Reed noted for his typhoid cholera and arysipelas work alongside yellow fever investigations.
Training camps reveal strong rosters as Steelers and Bears menacing lines form for the August 4 clash at Kris Stadium. Notable names include Duquesne standouts Yurchey and Brim, Baylor's Patterson, Northwestern’s Bru, and Bears stars Osmanski and Hussey shaping the offense and defense.
Charles Keating advanced to the next round at the Corry Country Club with a 1 up victory over Ken Hoylen yesterday afternoon. The match was tied after VW holes before Keating nailed a par 4 on the No 9 hole while Hoylen carded a 4.
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