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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1949
Page
7
Fragmented OCR shows auction or estate sale notes with references to items like Toons Neat Cobhangs and farm equipment. Mentions include 400 Ibs production, Airport proximity, dates such as March mst and August, and seller names like Sages and Folstein.
In a sweeping summary of baseball and football notes, Cleveland’s pennant chase and attendance milestones are highlighted as New York Yankees visit and Boston series loom. Ralph Kiner nears 40 homers. Johnny Mize bid for top NL totals, while local high school football and golf events set early-season schedules and records. Major league clips show Pittsburgh at home, with Rambling coach Lytle directing Titusville and Oil City gridiron clashes on tap.
Brooklyn star Robinson leads NL batting with 360, runs 105, runs batted in 167, doubles 3, triples 9, home runs 36, stolen bases 29. Boston’s Williams tops AL batting and runs 125, hits 161, RBIs 138, Stephens 33 home runs, Kell 34 doubles. Pittsburgh’s Kiner, St Louis’ Wilts, Boston’s Parnell 20 6.760, Detroit’s Trucks 129 strikeouts.
A regular weekly practice skeet shoot is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 19 o clock at the Corry Rod and Gun Club range east of Columbus. All sportsmen in the city are urged to attend to get in practice ahead of the hunting season and sharpen the eye for breaking the clay targets.
The 1949 legislature raises the resident hunting license to 3.15 and adds fees for nonresidents, with licenses starting Sept 1. New laws affect deer and antlerless seasons, amputation veteran eligibility, and fishing rules, raising revenue for the Game Commission and changing penalties for arms violations. The Corry Mouse Bombers game at Loveland Field featured Nagle and DuBois leading Saegertown’s squad in a 9-5 victory amid a three-game series.
In a brisk AL update Boston tops Chicago 11 4 with Mel Parnell and Ellis Kinder combining for dominance and Ted Williams driving in runs. Cleveland defeats the Yankees 5 4 as Lefty Grove era notes resurface in a tight pennant race led by Boston within four games of New York.
Today games include Uchington at Detroit New York at Cleveland Boston at Chicago Philadelphia at St Louis National League results Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 2 New York 4 St Louis 2 Chicago 4 Brooklyn 2 Boston 3 Cincinnati 2 International League Newark 9 Jersey City 7 Syracuse 3 Balt more Rochester 12 Montreal 4 Buffalo 4 Toronto Pony League Bradf ord 8 Be ss 0 Hamilton 6 Wellsville 1 Jamestown 1 Lockport 2 Hornell 11 Batavia 4 Ted Gray won his eighth Stan Spence hit two homers and drove in five as the Yankees beat the A s 11 3 Joe Ostrowski earned his eighth win Al Dark drove in the tying and winning runs for the Braves over the Reds Ralph Kiner hit his 6th homer as Pittsburgh defeated Philadelphia 3 2.
Forest Hills match play has the United States leading Australia 2-0 in the Davis Cup challenge round after two singles wins by Ted Selem and Richard Gonzales. The Americans now aim to clinch the series in the doubles as Bill Talbert and Gardnar Mulloy face Sidwell and Bromwich to secure the title.
Yesterday's Stars Batting Bobby Doerr drove in seven runs to power the Boston Red Sox to a 10-7 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Larry Jansen pitched for the Giants, limiting the Cardinals to four hits in a 4-2 win.
A local shop advertises a full range of dog equipment including harnesses leads collars and dishes. The message highlights complete supplies for canine care and training.
Youngstown Athletics crushed Unionts 11 to 7 in a high scoring game as Joe Berar sparked the attack with two homers a double and a single driving in eight runs Johnny Kurs pitched the win for Youngstown while Chuck Hartz homered twice for the locals The Erie Sailors remained first with a 7-5 win over the Avs keeping Youngstown three games behind in the standings The game featured strong hitting from several players and a late surge by Youngstown to close the gap against the league leaders.
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