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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1958
Page
7
A playful local feature lists sports figures and their requested gifts or goals for the coming year. Entries reference Beavers, Beaver Bowl, Penn State, Oil City, Corry, and Legionnaires with humorous or aspirational aims for 1959 season events and athlete milestones.
A humorous proposal suggests a Booby Bowl pitting major college teams with the poorest seasons against each other. It imagines crowning the “most miserable” squad, measured by a coach’s effigy hangings and refereeing blunders, as a tongue in cheek finale.
Venango County reports Lou Fogle, Knights 6 2 junior center, suffered appendicitis and may miss the entire season. Meanwhile Pennsylvania hunters gain seven extra days for small game from Saturday December 27 to January 3, extending the cottontail and snowshoe rabbit seasons.
The East is favored by 61 points for Saturday's Shrine game, with coach Duffy Daugherty jittery. West coach Jack Curtice says Leon Burton of Arizona State is too fast to handle, and the West plans to rely on aerial work while the East strengthens defense ahead of kickoff.
Princeton football coach Richard W. Colman Jr will headline the Beaver Club All-Sports Banquet set for January at Corry Avenue High School cafeteria. Colman, who became Princeton’s head coach after Caldwell’s death in 1957, led the Tigers to the Ivy League title and a 6-1 finish in his first season, then a 5-2 Ivy mark this year. He is noted as a single wing strategist and has long been a prominent figure in college football. Colman, a Williams College product, has strong ties to Princeton and Mend Princeton athletics. The banquet highlights Colman’s career and Princeton’s football program.
Brunswick Maine Nelson Nels Corey, an assistant since 1955, was named head football coach at Bowdoin College to replace Adam Walsh. Boxing Sugar Ray Robinson defied the National Boxing Association after it ordered him to announce a defense of his lightweight title within six months.
St Louis known as The Billikins defeated California by 53 to 43 in an intersectional game to push their record toward .500. Coach John Bebington’s squad rode strong defense from Bob Ferry and Bo Niemann to control the boards and spark the upset bid as Bradley and Cincinnati loom as Missouri Valley contenders.
Arcadia Cal AP Willie Shoemaker aims to become the first jockey to win the national riding title four times as Santa Anita opens. He has 291 wins this year and trails the all time list by just five victories, needing six more to pass Johnny Adams for fourth.
Melbourne Australia Herb Elliott mile maestro and future marathon hope discusses his drive to be the world’s best marathon runner. Named AP Male Athlete of the Year he edges rivals Jimmy Brown Bob Turley Rafer Johnson Johnny Unitas Ernie Banks in voting. Elliott clocked sub four minute miles and set mile and 1500 meter marks last year.
Willett posted a 604 in the Bowl-Aire Aero Athletic Association League with games of 220 and 204 while E Webber led the other league with a 200. Hajec led the Bowl-Aire Ladies B with 197. Bradford and Russell both had 1689s. McIntyre led Avalon Junior with 161 and 139, followed by Baressi 137 and Morton 129. Houser paced the girls with 137, Jungfleisch 122, Berry 102.
Chicago White Sox owner statements affirm family control amid negotiations with Veeck to buy into the club. Dorothy Comiskey Rigney sells 3235 shares while brother Charles Comiskey III controls 2735, with him ruling out leaving the Comiskey family. Comiskey asserts ownership will stay within the family and notes the club’s founding by his grandfather Charles A. Comiskey.
Philadelphia sends veteran outfielder Rip Repulski and two rookie pitchers to Los Angeles in exchange for rookie second baseman George Anderson. Racing Miami-Ni time ($3.40) wins a 3 length sprint at Tropical Park. New Orleans Fair Grounds Feature sees Brother G win the mile. Clubship vows to achieve stated goal.
New York AP report says the Colts are favored to win the NFL championship next Sunday over the Giants. Giants coach Jim Lee Howell lauds Baltimore’s offense, noting stars like Unitas Ameche Moore Dupre and a strong line, while acknowledging the Colts’ depth. Unitas missed the prior game with cracked ribs.
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