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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1960
Page
7
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions gas winter heater costs, market pressures, and downtrends in imports. It references falcon, cor, and exs with unclear context and several garbled phrases. The readable bits show prices or costs around 30 fol and general market impact on heating items.
College basketball powers push toward March madness as teams seek NIT and NCAA at large bids. Defending champ St Johns and St Bonaventure likely to join a field already including Dayton Villanova Detroit Memphis State Providence. Cincinnati and Bradley pursue key MVC games this week with Houston and North Texas State looming.
Bob Eddy and Al Hansen rolled 209 and 202 to lead the Bowl Aire Mixed Doubles League in Avalon Junior Leagues last night. Judy Bachemer Matty Housey Martha Houser Kathy Berry Linda Curtis Bac McKee Christina Chiricuzin Linda Wetmore Janet Mel Quiston led female scorers, while Bill Nichols Bob Zalzneck Mike Benson Dave Edwards and others topped the boys’ charts. Other results show a weekend of varied scores as programs report strong participation and top games.
Jamestown hosted Corry juniors and swept the meet while Corry’s other divisions won decisively. Carl Hillstrom led Cadets with a 16.6 in the 20-yard breaststroke. John Auer and Jim Mong won events for the Preps. Jamestown’s Crowell anchored a relay and set a 40-yard backstroke winner time. Individual results span multiple distances across Cadets Preps and Juniors with standout shows from Corry swimmers.
Pro basketball standings show Boston leading the Eastern division with 48 wins and 13 losses, Philadelphia 40 21, Syracuse 36 25, New York 25 9, Detroit and others in the Western division. Weekend scores include Boston 122 Philadelphia 120 and Minneapolis 128 Detroit 117 with several Sunday games and upcoming divisional matchups.
Jim Hearn, former major league pitcher, won the National Baseball Players Golf Championship at Miami Springs Country Club by one stroke. He finished 72 holes with 301, besting runner-up Al Dark who shot 302 and third-place Albie Pearson at 304. This marked his first win in 20 years of event history.
The Satellites won 20 16 to extend their perfect run to five in the Ree Cage League fifth and sixth grade division. The Troubleshooters faded in the upset bid after their earlier setback to the Little Beavers. The Beavers beat the Buckaneers 24 10 to stay within one game of the Satellites.
In Saturday morning play at Wright School Gymnasium the Swamp Foxes edged the winless Planets 14 to 8 for their first victory. Gary Eddy led the Satellites with six points as Globe-Walters beat the Torpedoes 12 to 10 in a tight finish. Aluirdix Prancelevicines scored 20 for the Little Bowyers in a 144 point slump, while Jim Carrier added eight for the Swamp Foxes and Gary Brynt paced the Globetrotters with 6 of their 12. Next Saturday the Satellites host the Swamp Foxes at 9.00, with Globetrotters meeting Little Beavers at 9.30, Buccaneers facing Torpedoes at 10, and Troubleshooters vs Planets at 10.30.
Hockey scores show Boston 7 Montreal 6, Toronto 7 Detroit 1, Chicago 2 Montreal 0, Boston 3 New York 0, Toronto 3 Detroit 1. Monday schedule notes include Milan bout Duilio Loi 141 outpointing Brung Visintin 140 in medal play.
Corry baseball fans await Tito Francona in town for YMCA campaign events but he will not arrive until 6 30 tomorrow evening. He will address the 8 o clock kickoff and may stay to meet fans after arrival. meanwhile the 2 30 junior high program is canceled. Francona leaves for Tucson Wednesday to begin spring training for 1960.
Charlie Grimm from Robertsville states the Cubs can win the pennant if luck favors them. He cites winter trades adding Richie Ashburn and Frank Thomas to bolster offense and defense, with Banks and Thomas providing power. He notes a strong infield apart from third base and analyzes possible lineup shifts while calling for a top starting pitcher and veteran bullpen depth.
Fragmented OCR from a boxing card lists names and places including Monterrey Mexico and Youngstown Ohio with partial numbers and shiplike codes. Details are incomplete no clear outcome or context can be established from the readable text.
The Boston Celtics tightened their grip on a fourth straight Eastern Division crown by sweeping Philadelphia and winning 125-115 as Wilt Chamberlain, returning after dental work, scored 25. St. Louis Hawks led as Syracuse edged Minneapolis 121-119, while the Pirates announced 30 players under contract for 1960 with nine unsigned.
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