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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1971
Page
7
A garbled OCR note mentions a hospital event with three St. Vincent figures and a pending incident. Readable fragments point to a local tale involving medical staff and a group named St Vincent, with unclear actions or dates.
Washington Redskins upset the Los Angeles Rams 38 24 at Memorial Coliseum. Bill Kilmer threw three touchdown passes as Washington, now 8 3, secured a wild card bid while Rams near end of season with 7 5 1. Allen returned to face former club amid ex Rams in crowd.
The Sparta Spartansburg High School girls basketball team opened the 1971-72 campaign with a 52 29 varsity win over Union City and a 28 15 junior varsity loss. Darlene Howell and Lori Cook each scored 16 for Sparta, Brenda Varney added 12, while Union City’s Sue Schafer led with 13 and Darlene Seidler had 11. Next, Sparta hosts Academy High School of Erie on Thursday in the Sparta gym.
Virginia Squires guard Charlie Scott scored 43 points in a 123 115 win over the Floridians as he continues to draw criticism for shooting and ball handling. Scott has surpassed 40 points in 11 of 12 games, boosting his season average above 35 per game amid injuries that force him to carry the scoring load.
Basketball matches include Youngsville at Carry Saegertown at Spar Pahama at Clymer and others across Northwestern at Nérin fast Iroquois at Harborcreel Girard at Fairview Fort LeBioeut at Gen McLane Linesville at Tech Connieaut Valley at Academy East at Venarigo Christian Jamestown at Warren AC Valley at Montreary Brockway at DuBois Titusville at Cambridge Springs Conneaut Lake at West Forest Wrestling features Corry Upper Gil City at Brookvite Rocky Grove at Conneaut Lake Sharpaville at Meadville Swimming shows East at Corry Nort.
Hunters report a plentiful two week buck season with large deer taken. A list of recently reported harvests includes Don Stahowic seven point 150 pounds near Elgin Jim Peters four point 90 pounds at Spring Creek Tom Hoyt three point 120 pounds on Eldred Hill Donald Reed four point 125 pounds on Picidilli Hill Craig Messinger six point 125 pounds on Doudd Hill.
Heavy bowling action saw Joe Smollek top with a 237 first game and 206 second for a 622 series while Bay posted the best set at 659. The page also lists numerous individual scores and local names across multiple regions, ending with a Pennsylvania deer hunting report: 25,000 antlerless deer taken on opening day, a 10 percent drop in hunters versus 1970, and a 313,850 antlerless licenses issued aiming for about 40,000 deer harvested.
Houston AP reports a coaching upheaval as Ed Hughes fires offensive backfield coach Walt Schlinkman amid staff clashes with GM John Breen and owner Bud Adams. Equipment manager Johnny Gonzalez is also dismissed. George Dickson to assume Schlinkman duties after a 20 14 win over Buffalo.
In his 41st year as Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp cautions that this may be the Wildcats first losing season amid three early defeats. Michigan State mentor Gus Ganakas agrees Kentucky lacks past depth and power. Jim Andrews ties for team scoring with 32 as MSU and UK split guards. Maryland’s Tom McMillen leads a rout of Georgetown as top-ranked UCLA holds steady atop polls. Other scores include Missouri, Kansas State, Oklahoma, and Arkansas wins.
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