Weekend baseball and boxing notes brighten local sports
Local fans enjoyed two weekend baseball contests despite rough play and booing at ringside. K O Schultz drew the crowd’s ire in the Brigham bout while Wes Ferrell faces a likely exit after a volatile week. Northwestern amateurs Barrett Melvin and Toby Lyons seek national golf glory as trapshooters prepare for a large competition in Vandalla.
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Pranklin
Toby Lyons
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Lawson — Littie
Garden City
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Corry Downs Sherman 3-1 in Aero Park thriller
Corry's Independents beat Sherman 9-4 as ten hits off Charley Blowers and a late score in the eighth by Baressi and Cobbett provide the key offense. Melvin Cobbett's single broke a 1-1 deadlock, with Sherman scoring once in the fourth as Umpire Sullivan and DeLury handled the decisions in a well played game.
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Sherman
Merchants
Fie
New York
Aero Park
Anderson
Sullivan
Johnson
Blowers
DeLury
Jacobs
Record Holder Killed In Wisconsin State Fair Race
Milwaukee August 24 George Doo MacKenzie aged 30 died from injuries after a collision in the Wisconsin State Fair feature race. His car struck Geo Connors of San Bergamino California. MacKenzie recently set a dirt mile world record of 0 8.67 seconds last week.
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Doo" MacKenzie
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Geo. Connors
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Calif
Mackenzie
Yesterday Scores Across Leagues Mixed Results Reported
In American action yesterday several notable scores featured Philadelphia and St Louis at 6-7 and 7-8 respectively while New York and Boston posted 8-6 and 8-2. International play saw Buffalo win 10-5 and Montreal 4, with Toronto 2 and Syracuse 4-3. Today Chicago visits Detroit and Cincinnati plays Chicago with Pittsburgh at St Louis in national matchups.
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Amy
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Penn Drakes Sweep Weekend Wins Over HyVis Oils and Dunkirk
Titusville based Penn Drakes beat HyVis Oils 8 to 4 in Warren Saturday and toppled Dunkirk 7 to 1 in Titusville Sunday. Pug Mahoney limited Warren to five singles in the grudge battle, while Al Costelo hit a ninth inning homer to seal the Dunkirk victory, marking the 39th win of the season for the Drakers.
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Penn Drakes
HyVis Oils
Warren
Dunkirk
Pug Mahoney
Pugger
al Costelo
Drakers
Kane High Wolves Open 1936 Practice Week
Kane Aug 24 The Kane High School Wolves begin practice for the 1936 campaign this week at the school field with initial drills focusing on conditioning and ball handling. Physical exams for candidates at 9 30 this morning at Central School building under team physician Dr J A Heimbach. Robert R Yost joins the staff as assistant to head coach Hiram Usilaner and meets players after passing workouts.
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Kane High School
J. A. Heimbach
Robert R. Yost
Mr. Yost
Hiram Usilaner
Districts First Grid Game: Pros Beat Subs
In Pittsburgh on August 24 1986 the district's first football game of the season ended with the veterans of the Pittsburgh Pirates pro squad defeating the rookies 17 to 7. Captain Armand Wiccolai kicked a field goal from the 85 yard line and the veterans added two touchdowns on long passes to Wilbur Sortet and George Radio. Max Fiske a former DePaul star scored the rookies lone touchdown on a late pass from Dick Matesic. Both sides notched five first downs.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates
Armand Wiccolai
Wilbur Sortet
George Radio
Max Fiske
DePaul
Dick Matesic
Yesterday's Hero Bob Feller Debuts for Indians
The 17 year old high school student made his major league debut with the Cleveland Indians striking out 15 batters. He fell one short of the American League record for strikeouts in a debut and drew national attention for his performance.
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Bob Feller
Cleveland Indians
Corry Independents Rally Past Invaders 9-3 at Aero Park
Corry Independents break a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning at Aero Park to beat Sheffield Invaders 9-3. Walt Swantel and Gart Spates each had three hits for Corry, with Coates driving in two and Melvin Cobbett hitting a two-run homer. Johnny Pollock started for Sheffield, allowing 11 hits before being replaced by Dutch Hart. Swante and Group combined for key defense as Corry turned three double plays.
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Aero Park
Walt Swantel
Gart Spates
Coats
Invaders
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Indies
Dutch
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Pollock
Swanok
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Tele
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Erie
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Swante'sland
Coury
Rookie Stars Lead Tribe to St Louis Showdowns This Week
Rookie Raymonds second place club battles Corry Tamestown on Wednesday evening and Aeros on Friday. The Rays may use Captain Zibby Waiters as mound help this week as Jim Matone weighs options. Games start at 5 30 p.m.
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Ively League
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Aeros
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Victorias
First Ward
Eluh
Jim Matone
Zibby Waiters
Tennis Challengers Meet Tomorrow For City Championship
All city tennis players planning to accept Melvin Cobbett s challenge to defend the city championship must attend a brief meeting at 6 44 tomorrow evening at the Journal office. At least six players have signified intent to participate and must be represented if unable to attend. Only attendees may join the tournament. meeting ends promptly at 6 45 to avoid conflicts.
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Melvin Cobbett
Journal Office
Cobbett
Liberty
National Doubles Meet Opens Tomorrow
National doubles tennis championships begin on Longwood grass courts with 32 men and 24 women teams. Veterans Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn head a field facing rising challengers led by Dan Budge and Gene Mako who beat last year’s champions. Don and Gene have since defeated the champions ten times in ten meetings and are favored.
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Wilmer Allison
Texas
John van Ryn
Philadelphia
Gren
Davis
Dan Budge
Gene Mako
California
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van Ryn
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Gene
Pratik Parker
District Softball Meet Starts Today
An arrangement for the city and district softball championship schedule has all six teams active this week at the West Washington street grounds. The Korn Smax faces the WA outfit at 5 20 p m, Spar tansburg meets Model Dairy at 6 30 p m, and tomorrow night the Presbyterian outfit and Young Democrats meet at 8 o’clock. Finals conclude the tournament later this week.
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Model Dairy
Presbyterian Outfit
Young Democrats
Qualifying Trials for Amateur Meet in Pittsburgh
District qualifying play for the 40th national amateur championship is set for tomorrow at Fox Chapel Golf Club. Twenty nine other golfers begin eliminations. An exhibition Thursday at South Park features Jimmy Thompson Liason Little Horton Smith and Sanx Parks in a demonstration fairsonie.
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Fox Chapel Golf Clu
South Park
Jimmy Thompson
Liason Little
Horton Smith
Sanx Parks
Faursonie
Lightweight champ to battle Zivic in Pittsburgh card
Prankie Blick of San Francisco, junior lightweight champion, meets Eddie Zivic of Pittsburgh in the main bout at Hickey Park tonight. The title is not at stake. In the semi final lightweight contenders Tommy Spiegel of Uniontown and Sammy Angott of Washington, Pa, square off.
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Prankie Blick
San Francisco
Eddie Zivic
Pittshurenh
Hickey Park
Tommy Spiegal
Uniontown
Sammy Angott
Washington, Pa
Feller Dominates In Debut As Indians Beat Browns
Seventeen year old Bob Feller, pitching his first major league game for the Cleveland Indians, impressed New York observers with a masterful debut. He secured 15 of 27 outs on strikeouts, allowed few hits, and one run in the sixth as Cleveland triumphed 4 to 1 over St. Louis. The day also saw the Giants split with the Boston team, winning one game 3 to 2 and the other 8 to 1, while the Cardinals rallied to a late comeback against Pittsburgh, tying the score before darkness halted play.
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United Press
New York
MA Yang Jing
Iowa
Merossy
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Cleveland Indians
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St Louis
State's unemployed cut 11445 in week
Harrisburg report shows Works Progress Administration relief trimmed Pennsylvania's unemployed by 11 445 in the week ending August 24. The State Emergency Relief Board notes this marks the greatest weekly decline in relief rolls since mid April, with 528 409 people in 168 704 direct relief cases on a recent date.
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Works Progress Administration
Pennsylvania
State Emergency Relief Board
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