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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1941
Page
7
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Corry high’s Orange and Black basketball team toppled Youngsville 90 to 15 on their floor. Stackhouse players Clark and Schumaker led the Eagles with 10 points each, while Claude Weber added six in the Beaver setback. Youngsville used height and teamwork to dominate the boards, extending their lead by halftime and cruising past the Beavers as the visitors faded late.
Jamestown youth Lyle Parkhurst a 17 year old southpaw from Jamestown is slated for a spring tryout with the Jamestown Falcons after attention from Cleveland scouts who praised his fastball. Football fans readied for five Bowl games in the Southeast and Southwest tomorrow with Missouri, Duke, Georgia Tech, Texas A and M and Texas Tech among the top matchups.
In the Handicap Division Pauls Mens Wear extended their lead to four games by sweeping the final two games against Asta A A after dropping the opener by 20 pins. Ed Borstorff delivered a 180 average in two games as Herb Dali led the losers with 163.
In Philadelphia a 2439 crowd watched alumni star Kovack defeat Don Budge 2-8 6-8 5 in the latest phase of Alexis Thomason’s pro tennis circuit. Bob Riggs opened with a 6-1 6-2 win over Gen Maky.
Lon Stiner, one of the youngest Rose Bowl mentors, leads Oregon State into the game against undefeated Duke. Duke coach Wallace Wade, 49, seeks a fifth Rose Bowl win as 58,000 fans fill Duquesne Stadium to watch scalpers quote high ticket prices.
Pitt Panthers beat Cornell 38 to 32 in a rough finish to the year as Kealey starred amid 44 personal fouls and six players fouled out. Duquesne Dukes rolled past Wonster College of Ohio 7 to 20 for the sixth straight win.
The column previews several college bowl games with odds and expectations for Duke, Missouri, Fordham, Texas, Alabama, and Oklahoma. It riffs on players, coaches, and personalities, noting mixups and humorous asides about sports figures and events.
John Keatz captain of the Wisconsin Badgers, a high scoring player, steers the team into another season. Defending Western Conference champions, Wisconsin opens league play on January 5 with a forward push headed by Keatz amid hopes for another strong run.
Billy Soose, former Penn State student and world middleweight champion, aims for the heavyweight crown while delaying marriage to Margaret Unger of East Greenville. After seven months on a vitamin diet, Soose claims his fighting weight is now improved and plans to pursue the heavyweight title as his priority.
The PIAA committee in Harrisburg weighs admitting private secondary schools to membership. Current policy excludes private institutions but many officials favor change to include Hershey Industrial School and Catholic High schools. About 50 to 60 such schools could qualify. Five new member schools were admitted, expanding statewide enrollment to nearly 950 schools: Corry Tumor High District 1 Armagh Township High Mulroy Belleville High McVeytown Oliver Joint High District Six and Bu n Boothery Valley Jala District Five.
New York dispatch outlines bowl game pacts with 1941 records in parentheses, projected attendance, and broadcast plans. Rose Bowl in Durham hosts Oregon State in a 49 0 tilt to 21 85,000 attendees at 2 p.m. NBC Red. Sugar Bowl in New Orleans carries 73,000 watchers, 2 p.m. NBC Blue. Other matchups include Texas Christian vs Texas, 35,000 in Dallas, and Texas Tech, with mutual network listings and local station notes for KROD and KTUL among others. All-Star game set in New Orleans January 3 with East vs West, 60,000, 2 p.m. Mutual.
Detroit news reports a nationwide push for a mass athletic program led by Ti wood A. Geiges, urging compulsory competitive and non competitive activities to raise physical fitness. College leaders pledged rapid expansion of athletics and physical education to boost mass participation.
Powell Majors edged Steens in two games at St. Ed wards hall last night as the Cleaners rolled in the opener. The lengthy box score shows Steens and Powell players exchanging points with Miller and Roehrig among leaders. In the later contest Powell Motors and Randall led a mechanical attack as the New Freon five of Warret at St. Edwards Hall hosted an Independent Wes showdown with a 37 to 86 victory, extending a torrid race.
Patterson and Burns lead early as they take a 13-2 first quarter edge and a 28-10 halftime lead, but Corry’s Warren team rallies in the second half to win 48-29. Carl Sullivan scored for Corry, while Elmquist and Christensen paced Patterson’s effort amid early foul trouble. The bout, part of a series, hints at a return engagement Friday with Patterson aiming to rebound.
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