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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1962
Page
7
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A brief local item reports a mechanical fault at a farm yard damaged by a lack of power. The incident affected feeding and storage areas exposing equipment and animals to potential risk while technicians investigate causes and safety measures.
Zero hour nears for Beavers Club first annual foul shooting event set for Saturday at Corry Area High School gym from 9 am to noon. Four divisions Junior high to unlimited, with finals during Beaver Club basketball doubleheader. Six baskets used under Lou Hanna supervision.
The Associated Press panel named Cincinnati the nation's top college cage team for the fourth straight week, extending its 26 game win streak and unbeaten run to eight. Ohio State and Loyola of Chicago moved up, while Duke dropped to eighth as Arizona State, Southern California and Stanford entered the top ten for the first time this season.
College basketball peaks with eight major holiday tournaments starting today led by the Top Six. Loyola Chicago Illinois Arizona State USC Stanford Mississippi State and others vie for early glory as 149 titles are decided Saturday in a burst of mostly in-season classics across major venues. Teams like Colorado State UCLA Penn Duquesne Providence BYU Creighton Wyoming Oklahoma State and Kansas join the fray in Los Angeles New York Philadelphia Oklahoma City Portland Kansas City and more.
Meadvillle High opens defense of its Elks basketball tournament title tonight against Bethel Park Blackhawks at 8 30 PM. First game of doubleheader at 7 20 PM features Erie Academy and Canevin High of Pittsburgh with several other tournaments this week at Warren Oil City and Albion area towns.
Sparta 51 battles the Alumni in a home tilt at Sparta Merged School tomorrow night. The Spartans carry one loss in six, a defeat to Saegertown last week, while the Alumni are said to be among the toughest squads in years.
The Philadelphia Tapers snapped a 10 game losing streak by beating the Pittsburgh Rens 110-102 behind Andy Johnson's 29 points. Long Beach at Oakland was postponed to tomorrow.
Florida football coach Ray Graves praised the squad after holiday practice ahead of Saturday’s Gator Bowl against Penn State in Jacksonville. He noted double sessions on Christmas Day showed the team’s desire to play, calling Penn State one of the nation’s best. The Gators and the Big Blue two-way unit focused on passing and fundamentals as practice tapers off this week.
The City Volleyball League opens next Wednesday at Corry Area High School with 12 teams, including new entrants Nationwide Insurance and Corry Foam Company. Play runs Wednesdays January 2 to March 13, each night offering three shifts at 7, 8, and 9. Regular games last 25 minutes with a five minute rest and two matches per team per night. Defending champions Kinley-Dolan seek repeat after last year's title over Elchynski's.
Harrisburg notes the extended small game season starts today and runs daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. until January 1. Hunters may pursue squirrels, rabbits, and snowshoe hares as Pennsylvania extends the fifth consecutive year of the program.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission set daily bag limits for small game including four rabbits six squirrels two grouse and two snowshoe hares with a total seasonal limit not to exceed 20 rabbits and 19 grouse across extended seasons. Snowshoe hare season limits apply in eleven counties with no open harvests there. youths 12 to 13 must be with a parent guardian and those 14 to 15 must be with an adult 21 or older. licenses must be displayed on the back.
Washington AP reports coach Ste Sherman of the New York Giants was named professional Coach of the Year by the Washington Touchdown Club. Sherman, 39, has guided the Giants to two Eastern Division titles in two seasons, with a 22-5-1 record, and leads the team into a Sunday NFL final against the Green Bay Packers. The Associated Press previously named him pro coach of the year in 1960.
Mansfield rises to the top of the eastern division with four wins and no losses in State Colleges basketball. Edinboro leads the western division at 2-0, with Indiana at 1-0 second in the west. Ajax and Nationwide face Bemidji, Bichynski meets Corry Loan, and BPM II clashes with Raymonds at 9:00.
Defending champion Villanova meets Manhattan in the opening game of the Quaker City Holiday basketball classic in Philadelphia. The doubleheader also features Delaware versus Providence while La Salle faces Brigham Young. Bowling Green plays St Joseph’s as the tournament favorite Tar is not with the field.
In New Orleans Ole Miss faces Arkansas on New Year’s Day with second string quarterback Weatherly poised to take over. The sophomore has shown promise behind Griffing and could inherit the signal calling role, aiming for All America consideration. Weatherly’s late-season burst after a leg bruise included 15 completions in 25 attempts with three touchdown passes.
Two Pennsylvanians were named co chairmen of the U S Committee for the Olympic Games in Israel. Alfred Mu Kleiny of the Pennsylvania Athletic Commission and his deputy Phil Co ay were appointed by duskell Cohen, president of the committee.
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