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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1936
Page
6
The Erie era features Kit Klein planning retirement after a strong season amid international Olympic duties in Norway and Sweden. Pro boxing chatter circling Howie Harwood hints at a Jamestown card with Joe Savoldi headlining Erie Óditorium against John Kazan, plus Corry and Titusville basketball clashes and Kansas coach Phog Allen warning on pro football.
Henry Super notes Joe Louis gains broad support as 1935’s most outstanding athlete in United Press annual poll. Law son Little ranks second in amateur golf, while Jesse Owens, Mary Høenger and Wilmer Allison receive votes for diverse feats. Braddock shock and Baer upset loom, with other notable ballots for Budge Gray son Berwanger Lam.
Joe Humphreys veteran fight announcer leaves New York for Florida to recover from illness. He was released from hospital yesterday and hopes to regain strength in the South to return to fight announcing next summer.
Cleveland January 3 Jet Carlin head basketball and assistant football coach at Case for six years is a candidate for the coaching jobs created by the dismissal of Tommy Yarr and Mike Koken. If chosen he will likely take charge of both football and basketball.
The report lists multiple college cage results with scores for New York University, Princeton, Kansas, California, Oklahoma, Wichita University, Oregon, Southern Oregon Normal, Sanse State, Michigan, Butler, Detroit, Akron, Pittsburgh, LSU, Mt. Union, Olio Vale, Western Michigan, Taschers, Wesleyan, Wittsboro, Kam Teachers, Kirksville Teachers, Evansville, Centenary, Richmond, Washington State, and Conzagn.
Henry McLemore profiles Geha Sarazen denouncing touring golf professionals as the sport’s biggest money losers. Sarazen argues prize money is dwarfed by costs, estimates a golfer spends about 860 monthly and suggests a yearly golf sweepstakes funded by entry fees to benefit players. He imagines a Derby-like event with a $75 000 purse to reform the system.
Stanford player Moscrip depends under care after a serious eye injury suffered during the New Year’s Day Rose Bowl game with Southern Methodist. The incident occurred in the Stanford drawing room following a 7 to 0 loss, with the Indian war Miora from Palo Alto noted in reports.
Corry's Roland Gun Club will launch an eight team rifle league at the club range. Matchups include Korn Smax versus Emblem, Raymond versus Aeros, Corry James town versus Lamona’s Barbers, and High School versus Veterans of Foreign Wars. Each squad fields about ten men, with competition running four months and one match weekly. A club meeting will elect officers for the next year.
Omaha the 1995 champion will sail for England next Wednesday to campaign for the Ascot gold cup and the corporation cup. Woodward announced the trip aboard the Aquitania after trainer Boyd Rochfort examined workouts. Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, shipping supervisor, confirms Omaha has recovered from a mysterious foot ailment that sidelined him at Saratoga last summer.
Coach Bill Myers announced a 2 PM practice tomorrow at the Junior High court as the Beavers prepare for Tuesday's away game at Waterford. The Beavers will host Les Boeuf on January 14.
A BUFFALO intercity boxing card features Erie boxers with permited entries for Johnny Junds Johnny Seaman Joe Alvis and Snooky Brill of the General Electric A A U. The event is billed as part of the Bison City program with fights to be held tonight in Entista.
SMITH IS PILOT WASHINGTON Pa January 3 Bars mith former Pirates catcher will manage the Washington Generals of the Pennsylvania State Association this year.
Fragmentary text describes a churchyard scene near Stoke with names and positions mentioned. References to graves, churchyard layout, and a person named Gray appear amid unclear OCR terms. The passage hints at a memorial or ceremony connected to a grave site and local figures.
New York January 3 report says Lou Ambers of Herkimer and Frankie Klick of San Francisco meet at Madison Square Garden for the lightweight title shot. Ambers, first major appearance since a broken jaw last July, is the odds favorite. Klick has seven Garden wins, last by decision over Al Roth.
Newark January 3 Injured hand ends Risko's ten round title defense plan. Matchmaker Culnan postponed the bout with Yous Terry of Trenton scheduled for Monday in Syracuse training setback forces cancellation and delay of the middleweight world title clash.
Fifty member American winter Olympic squad sails for Europe with seven speed skaters 14 hockey players 18 batted lers and 16 skiers. Hockey team will tour England France and Switzerland for exhibitions before Garmisch Partenkirchen games. Speed skaters head to Jo Norway to adapt to European style. Team to Germany next. Forty other nations expected.
Youthful members of the American League against war and Fascism reopen the drive against U S participation in the 1986 Olympics as 8,500 delegates begin a three day convention in Cleveland. A resolution by Waldo R McNutt calls for Congress to withdraw WRA funds for training Olympic athletes and urges support for halting the games in Paris or Switzerland. The measure will be presented to the House by Rep Vito Marcantonio and another congressman.
New York report says Louis will meet Abe Feldman in a ten round bout at Olympic Arena Detroit February 3. The bout is jointly promoted by Mike Jacobs and the Detroit arena with contracts to be signed the next day before Jacobs departs for Chicago to secure signatures from Johnny Roxborough and Julian Black, co managers of the Brown Bomber.
In a tense International League hockey night game the Detroit Olympics defeated the Pittsburgh Shamrocks 4 to 3 last night with a goal in the final two minutes of overtime.
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