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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1929
Page
2
Local sport notes recap Girard's win over Tosser team 34 to 26 at home. Coach comments praise team defense and balanced scoring. Players mentioned include Eadie Stakeep and Hyatt, with discussion of season progress, attendance hopes, and upcoming games in Northwestern Pennsylvania and southwestern New York circuits.
Union High of Girard built a 16 9 halftime lead then held off Corry High’s Orange and Black 34 27. Captain Chuck Skinner led scoring with Eve Hines adding three baskets plus free throws in a tight fourth quarter as Girard remained undefeated in the county league.
In New York a heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden features Max Schmeling facing Johnny Risko in a 10 round test after recent wins over Setyra and Corr. Meanwhile Tom Heney awaits word on a potential match with Christner as plans firm for February 22. Local high school and college games highlighted weekend buzz across Meadville Greenville and nearby towns.
The Corry guardsmen, all in top form after warm-up wins over Warren’s Company I and Jamestown’s Company E, prepare for their regimental league opener in Erie Tuesday night. They’ve split three prior games with the Second Battalion at Erie, winning once in Corry and losing twice there, and will face Erie again in two more games this week, with a preliminary industrial league match possible to lure fans.
New York Rangers fell to the Boston Bruins 2 1 in a narrow hockey game before about 17 000 fans at Madison Square Garden. The Bruins carried momentum into a busy week with upcoming matches in league play and local bowling leagues drawing attention in the same city.
Fragmented OCR notes show Michigan leading with four wins, Purdue and Wisconsin tied for second with five wins, and a vague reference to Ohio beating Chicago. A stray ad blurs the bottom with a bidding notice for a small modern home, and an unclear street address.
Warren Times reports Keystones lost twice on a road trip ending in Geneva after Bib Frost left for New York. The team, featuring Frost, Rich, Wolfe, Archibald, Eggleston and White, was defeated 80-28 by Salamanca B A and 44-36 by Vic Hanson’s All Americans. The group returned home for rest. Indoor track season also noted with 40 colleges invited to IA AAU meet at Armory on March 2.
Percy Williams, Canadian sprint champion of the Amsterdam 100 and 200, is invited to compete in the New Yorker Athletic indoor meet in New York on February 18. The invitation confirms his return to major competition in the United States.
Clymer High scrimmage with Clymer High was canceled Tuesday evening due to a measles flareup in Clymer. Sedric McCall confirms the Orange and Black will play two games that week, with a Friday trip to Esteyuitte followed by a Saturday showdown against Sheffield High in Warren County.
Italian lightweight champion Nick Vellante, who arrived in the U S two months ago, is among 22 boxers listed for the Olympia A C boxing program at Harlem on Wednesday night. He bears a diploma emblematic of the 136 pound championship of Italy awarded by the Italian Pugilistiva.
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