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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1938
Page
6
Fragmented notes report a player return could come within weeks after an injury while the Easler basketball squad eyes next season. A ski meet was moved to Golden due to lack of snow, with events postponed to February 20 pending weather.
The Penn syronia Fish Commission announced no change in the trout season opening date, keeping April 15 as the first rogal day for speckled beauties. Feelers to sportsmen groups favored retaining the present opening date, and no license increase is planned unless funds are needed for additional fishing waters.
Franklin stunned Oil City last night to narrow the District 10 race in the circuit once seen as a walk for the Oilers. Farrell High emerges as the team to beat for the Northwestern Pennsylvania title, having defeated Sharon and all Erie schools so far this season. Interest centers on next Tuesday's Meville game as J. J. of Meadville has been hushed temporarily.
Franklin hands Oil City a 27 to 24 upset at Franklin High amid a near thousand-strong crowd. Gebhard leads Franklin with 14 points, while Ward and Emanuele are held to 11 combined. Oil City still leads District 10. Meadville slips past Titusville 25 to 22 as McMillan tops for the Bulldogs with 9 points.
Patty Berg of Minneapolis captured the Grace Doherty trophy for the third consecutive year at the Miami Biltmore women's golf tournament in Coral Gables on February 5. Berg dominated the event, adding another title to her already impressive record in Florida.
Sonny's Blue Jays remained unbeaten in scholastic play with a 14 to 1 victory over McKean Jaywrees at local Junior High last night. Chuck Williams scored 18 points to pace the attack as the locals built a 11 to 6 edge after the first quarter and widened it to 26 to 10 by the third period.
Westminster College basketball team battled fatigue to beat Washington Jefferson 93 to 37 in New Wilmington Pennsylvania last night.
Warren Caddies beat Franz Furniture five 51 37 on the St Edwards floor. Viaza led with 19 points. Franz and Taylor each scored 13 for the locals. Warren contributions included 13 from Warren, 10 from Bens, and 12 from A Lord Hand.
The State Game Commission announced it would not enroll more students at its training school near Brookville Jefferson County because 2 percent of the current class graduating March 15 will be sufficient to fill all vacancies this year in game protection personnel.
In a Northwestern Pennsylvania Rite League meet at Meadville, the locals won 1183 to 1183 on total off-hand after a tie, with Knapp and Wallace leading the locals at 286 and 285 while Williams led Meadville with 240.
Standings show Cranberry leading with six wins and one loss, followed by Lincoln and South. Franklin, Titusville, Pleasantville, and Reniseville trail with varied records. Yesterday Cranberry defeated Pleasantville 32 to 15, Lincoln beat Franklin 33 to 9, and South beat Rouseville 25 to 10.
George Kirkley reports Joe DiMaggio style praise for Fred Apostoli after a decisive win over Glen Lee in Madison Square Garden. The crowd hails Apostoli as a top class middleweight, while Lee is described as overmatched. Apostoli headed to San Francisco on the train en route to defend his claim as a premier middleweight.
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