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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1941
Page
7
Notices from Erie County state that letters testamentary or of administration were issued for the estate of a decedent, with debtors urged to pay. The Holiday sports section previews local excursions, fishing muscallonge success, swimming and water sports, and upcoming baseball and auto racing events with teams like the Pioneers, Sailors, Indians, and Browns mentioned alongside regional fishing spots and venues.
New York July 3 Bummy Davis Brooklyn’s unpopular challenger loses to welterweight champion Fritz Zivic at the Polo Grounds in a one sided 10th round. Davis bleeds from a battered face as Zivic’s repeated jabs and power shots dominate from start to finish. crowd of 8,980 pays $46,185 gross. Davis only momentary success comes in a brief first round.
Yesterday results show Brooklyn 9 over Philadelphia and Pittsburgh 8, Cincinnati 3, Boston 5 to 0, New York 4 to 6, with only games scheduled now. Today Philadelphia visits Boston, St Louis plays Chicago, Cincinnati hosts Pittsburgh and Boston plays Philadelphia.
Auto Derby Club presents a July Fourth program at Satan's Bowl of Death Ble Tree Sugar Grove rod at 2 p.m. featuring a special bicycle race delayed by rain, joined by seven other events. Regular races follow with a novelty race added to the day’s card.
Al’s meeting of One light commits to install and equip the Federal Lighting Co of Akron for 3900 dollars at Loveland Field with bulbs supplied by All Way Electric. The contract will be signed Monday. Fund drive shows 2050 raised, others promised. Opening game planned Saturday night August 9 with a late season schedule of eight to ten games. Goal is to raise 2000 more within a year to erase the debt.
SHAMOKIN PA July 3 Number Harry Coveleskie among those men who figure they were born 30 years too soon Coveleskie who pitched for Detroit in the years just preceding the first World War sighs whenever he hears mention of the 85000 or more salary Buck Newsom is getting because he won 21 games last year Why he says I won that many in 1914 and 29 in 1915 and 1916 and do you know how much I was getting After winning 24 games in 1915 Frank Navin raised my salary to 5400 And the next year while I was having by best season Navin said You’re netting entirely too much money To have to cut you Coveleskie had a .600 watching percentage during those three years.
Johnson's Athletics win with a tenth inning solo dash. DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 45 games and drives Yankees past Red Sox. Early and Lehrman combine for save and a later four hitter to seal wins for Braves and Giants. Walker drives in five against Phillies. Van Robays drives in three for Pirates. Newsom blanks White Sox 1-0 with strong pitching. Hastings sees William the Conqueror defeat King Harold in 1066.
Yanks beat the Red Sox 6-1 as DiMaggio extended the hitting streak to 45 games and moved within four RBIs of the league lead while Keller hit his 17th homer. Athletics topple Senators 7-6 in 10 innings as Johnson homers. Dodgers win vs Phillies. Pirates beat Reds 8-3. Braves and Giants split a doubleheader.
Reports from New York Miami and Paterson detail boxing outcomes with fighters like Al Davis Mickey Dusan Italo Colonello and Jimmy Bivins. The notes mention defeats stoppages and outpoints with each bout tied to city locations and weights.
A cluttered roundup from New York mixes chatter on Jimmy Foxx rib injury notes, DiMaggio chasing Keeler’s consecutive games record, and old sports gossip. It mentions Bill Dahlen’s presence at the Yankee Stadium, Joe DiMaggio’s 44th consecutive game, and various era personalities, with stray notes on golf and boxing figures. The column blends anecdotes, guest voices, and community notices in a bustling, period-voice sports page snapshot.
Marvel Louis of Chicago sues heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis for divorce citing extreme and repeated conduct. She alleges a violent quarrel on January 2 and says they separated after the incident, with a two week reconciliation dinner failing to restore the marriage.
Unclear text from PIAA notes mentions payments to injured athletes totaling 7426 for the year. Names and details are garbled.硬 suggests record of compensation and possible football context.
Fragmented OCR text mentions a mine, a 240K amount, a pledge, a 1200 dasiniint Sommide, and a Styak Exchange reference. Names and places are unclear due to damage. Principal items include a mine in Philadelphia and a dated pledge or transaction. The passage resembles a financial or trade notice with missing context.
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