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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1938
Page
6
Erie County sports scene highlights a busy slate with district titles, Celtics listed for Warren, Franklin prep against strong District 10 foe, and Perry area athletes eyeing larger stages. Plans include Koehler reporting on game wardens, Russo eyeing a Chautauqua Lake swim, Rhinehart seeking amateur reinstatement, and Clark gaining middleweight title chatter.
Goodyears, the defending champions, defeated Firestone Nossidis city industrial champions 265-71 in the first game of a three game series to decide the eastern championship of the National Basketball League on the Goodyear court last night. A driver heads to the fair in San Francisco as a Golden Gate International exposition team transport prepares to depart. Coyotes thin out deer count as hunters noted, with local officials briefing citizens on hunting activity.
Aero Supply's basketball team moved atop the City Net loop following a 26 to 22 victory over St. Edward's Alumni at the junior high gym. Franz Furniture won by forfeit against the Raymonds. Merchants defeated Corry Jamestown 3 to 20 as standings show Aero Supply 6 .750, Franz Furniture 6 .625, Corry Jamestown 4 .500, Merchants 4 .600, Raymonds 0 .400, St. Ed's Alumni 1 .000.
Featherweight champion Henry Armstrong meets Everett Rightmire in a scheduled 10 round bout in Chicago. Both expected to weigh about 130 pounds as Armstrong defends his title, with odds up to 10 to 1 that he extends his knockout streak. Rightmire hails from Sioux City, Ta.
Miami race card ends with eight straight long shots winning led by HH. P. Headley's Flying Lee winning the Creatha ven Purse at odds of 23.50 to 2. The program yesterday at Hisban Park showcased upset victories across all races.
Bowlers who have not yet paired up for the mixed doubles tournament at Recreation Alleys may find partners there tonight. Participants may join the event multiple times if they roll with different partners.
St Edward's hosts Cathed Prep in a parochial gym showdown after an Erie loss. Pitts plans Ressler Fourney Zarbo Crane Sullivan against Myers Lattimer Nies Phister Murphy. Preliminary at 7:30, main game around 8:30.
Stanford remains the leading college basketball team in the Lukeniour Rating, with Notre Dame and Purdue holding second and third as Michigan drops from fourth to sixth. Santa Clara moves up, Oregon stays fifth, while Ohio State, Toledo and Tufts enter the Big Dozen and Loyola Chicago, George Washington and Whittier fall.
Johnny Allen, Cleveland Indians star, remained unsigned as the first squad prepared to depart for New Orleans. He reportedly met sponsorship officials after the writers banquet at Hotel Hollenden and presented a demand of 25000 dollars. The team offered about 20000. The right handed ace, who won fifteen games last season, planned to return home to St Petersburg for further talks with Mr. Bradley scheduled for this afternoon.
Pittsburgh February 2 Lloyd Waner outfielder of the Pirates has signed his 38 contract leaving three players unsigned for the season. President Benewanger announced the deal noting Waner’s long Pirates tenure and steady batting record including a lifetime average around .823 with rare gaps in 1933 and 1984. Pirates win game at Duquesne gymnasium 45 to 12 over Netrait in NPBL action.
Heavyweight champion Joe Louis heads to Chicago for a tuneup bout with Harry Thomas of Eagle Bend Minnesota on April 1 at Chicago Stadium. The fight serves as prep for his title defense against Max Schmeling in June while Louis trains to sharpen form after a recent knockout of Nathan Mann. Thomas, once kayoed by Schmeling and edged by Timmy Adamick, is viewed as a sparring opponent to ready Louis for the Schmeling challenge.
Outfielder Wally Moses, a union man with the Philadelphia Athletics, says he will quit baseball rather than accept Connie Mack’s $10,000 contract offer. Moses earned about 48,500 last year and is believed to be asking for 15,000 for the 1938 season.
Reports of a free for all at the Merchant Waterford basket contest in St Edward's gymnasium Tuesday evening proved erroneous. Officials today confirmed only a minor dispute, with no large melee as previously claimed.
Corry's Beavers travel to Oil City for a tough fuel league clash. Titusville visits Rocky Grove and Meartville invades Union City as sectional play winds down. Oil City, tied for second, seeks win to strengthen title bid. Corry hopes home earlier loss to Oil City proves a stumble.
Annapolis Feb 25 Keith Molesworth star quarterback will join the Naval Academy coaching staff tomorrow He will assist head coach Johnny Wilson as backfield coach and aid in coaching baseball and basketball Works with Navy athletic department in multiple sports and marks a leap from professional play to service academy coaching
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