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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1932
Page
2
The article discusses the Homestead Grays and the Cony Merchants touring Australia with the Stribling family prominent. It highlights the Grays’ precision and major league quality, praises the Crawheris as a strong club, and notes Stribling’s boxing career and family moves abroad. travel details include stops, dates, and money involved, with references to Babe Didrikson and other boxing figures.
Yesterday’s results include SL Louis 4 New York 2 and Chicago 1 Brooklyn 1 with Pittsburgh and Philadelphia among others. Today’s slate lists Louis at Philadelphia, Chicago at Boston, Cleveland at New York, Detroit at Washington, Brooklyn at St Louis, New York at Chicago, Philadelphia at Cincinnati, and Boston at Pittsburgh.
Chicago Cubs win three straight against Brooklyn Dodgers to tighten the pennant race. Lonnie Warneke notches his 19th victory as Chicago routs Brooklyn 10 to 4, while Hack Wilson and Lefty O Doul struggle with the bats. Pirates, Cardinals, and Yankees also win in a busy slate as baseball heads toward the stretch run.
Heavy showers forced postponement of the benefit amateur boxing card planned for Erie. Three Corry youths were to box, the Mogyia brothers and Walter Latos. Latos injured, Swiderski to replace him. Sixteen bouts remain on the rescheduled program at Silei Stadium, proceeds for needy Erie families.
William Woodward's Faireno and Morton L Schwartz's Gusto duel in Hawthorne Gold Cup at Hawthorne race track for 825000 prize before about 30000. Faireno, Belmont Shevlin Dwyer Saratoga Hawthorne winner, favored at 8-5. Gusto, American Derby Arlington Classic winner, at 2-1. Both have beaten each other this year.
North East football coach Wesley Judson schedules practice for August 29 at 9 am with two sessions daily through September. First game is September 17 at home against Fairview. Schedule lists home games versus Fredonia Youngsville Harborcreek Westfield Girard Millcreek and away game at Corry with dates through November 4.
United Press reports from Chiestn Hill Mass Aug 27 Wilmer Allison of Austin Tex and John Van Rym of Philadelphia defending champions meet Wilsworth Vines of Pasadena and Keith Gledhill of Santa Barbara in the final round of the annual men's doubles title. The pair, fresh from a rest day, aim for top form after routing George M Lott Jr and Frank Shields in four sets in a quarter final. Vines and Gledhill, second seeds, defeated Henri Cochet and Marcel Bernard in five sets yesterday in the national mixed doubles event, while Vines teamed with Helen Jacobs to face Fred Perry and Sarah Palfrey in Boston.
Union City Aug 3 All Stars travel to face Corry All Stars at 3 p m in a battle of two strong lineups. Babe Haenel and Prof Long are slated to pitch for the Merchants while Kinney Gretzel Baressi Straby Mountain lead the visitors with Carl Coates likely starting for the A s Fans expect a competitive, spirited old Corry Union City matchup with fireworks and strong hitting from both sides.
Aug. 27 Vandalia Illinois Uncle Sam's railway postal clerks Artin and Sheffield of Dixon, a top marksman, won the grand American bantam world series of trap shooting. He shot from the 21-yard line, breaking 95 of 100 targets to win the feature event among 722 entrants. Second and third prizes went to F A Rogers of Mount Sterling and B W Becker of North Canton, with five others in strong contention after shoot-offs. Mrs. Joseph S. Murphy of Erhuhotti won the yeomen’s first prize with a score of 88 from the 18-yard line.
Homestead’s Grays, claiming the world color baseball championship, are billed to face the Erie county champions the Qerry Merchants at Wattsburg Fair opening day. The big event is set for next Tuesday at 4 pm, continuing a fair feature begun last year with the Merchants versus the Pilots.
The Merchants schedule an exhibition game Sunday afternoon at Athletic Field against a lineup of old-time stars including DeLing Pirtee Maloney Lathrop Bachimner Jacobs Keating Me Lew Boland and Wilcox. The nine-inning game, offered for a nominal fee, will feature Everett Bannister as pitcher for the Merchants against the Grays and promises a top baseball exhibition with a big crowd expected.
New York August 27 Letty Goul of the Brooklyn Dodgers leads the National League batting with .369 while Jimmy Foxx of the Philadelphia Athletics heads the American League with .388 Ben Furst of the Phillies is O Douls nearest rival at .265 and Dale Alexander of the Red Sox is second American Leaguer at .250 Johnny Allen of the Yankees tops AL pitchers with 18 wins and 2 defeats Lonnie Warneke of the Cubs leads NL pitchers with 18 wins and 5 losses
The winter football season kicks off with 88 British League teams playing in major towns. League divisions include First Second and Third in England with Ireland and Scotland also starting. Arsenal, with a pricey forward line, stands as a strong favorite in early betting.
Titusville Aug 21 The card features Smoke Robinson of Oil City and Young Jim Clark of Titusville as top attractions at Carter Field. Robinson faces Joe Zimmer and Clark wrestles Billy Barrett. Other bouts include Jack Perry versus Jack Prather 120 pounds Merle Fitzgerald versus Walter Poski 124 pounds Rusty Jordan versus Young Garter 136 pounds Young Bish versus Carmen Dejoy 118 pounds Teddy Jordan versus Dougray 185 pounds and Tony Popleski versus Billy Robinson 100 pounds.
Miss Margaret Ravior, daughter of a Philadelphia policeman, defends her title in the women’s international marathon swimming championship at Lake Ontario, finishing the 1-mile course in 5 hours 18 minutes and 0 seconds to claim the top prize. Detroit’s Evelyn Armstrong places second with 5 hours 37 minutes 8 seconds, earning $1,500. May Looney of Warren is third.
Jimmy Foss hit a home run and four hits in four trips, with Babe Ruth drilling his seventh homer and four singles in three trips, while Lou Gehrig added a two run homer and two singles in four chances. Al Simmons connected on his 284 percent home rush with two singles in five at bats, and Billy Terry went four at bats without a hit.
Fragmented OCR passage discusses how rising costs, taxes, and expenses affect renters and small real estate holders. It references price trends, fuel, food, and wage pressures, noting difficulties passing costs to tenants and impacting profits. Mentions corporate and plant idle time, employee effects, and general uncertainty about adjusting to tax and market changes.
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