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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1947
Page
7
A damaged OCR fragment hints at city street alterations within Harris County area. It mentions street names and an order linking to a county ordinance. Details are unclear due to garbled text but imply official action affecting local addresses and road naming.
Gunnor College outlines expansion plans including a new recreation building at Perry Square with a 2000-seat basketball arena. Joseph P. Mand, ex-Canisius athlete and coach, will become director of athletics and head coach for basketball and baseball starting September 15, bringing deep Canisius ties and a strong track record in collegiate sports.
Irvin Down won a blind bogey tournament at Comy Country Club with a 42 nine hole round. Bill Dyckes posted a 49 low gross, Edward Feldt 44 net, and Nanatcay at 8 gave Feldt 239. Bo Williams and Dr K Compton tied for second with 13. Another tournament is scheduled for tomorrow.
Dodgers win two in New York as Brooklyn maintains first place chase. Yankees stretch win streak to five while St Louis and Chicago battle for position. Giants, Phils, and others post mixed results as Detroit collapses, and Cleveland and Boston win to stay close in the pennant race.
Connie Mack plans to attend a ceremony in Mahanoy City on July 3 to honor Joe Boley, A's shortstop of 1929 29 21 championship clubs, with gifts to be presented. Later Boley, a native of Mahanoy City, will be recognized at a Class D North Atlantic League game between the Mahanoy City Bluebirds and Nysek N.V. Rockles, an A's farm club.
Ted Williams led by Jack Scott rallied for seven runs in the last two innings to beat the Sullivans Midgets 9-8. Sullivans managed only two hits off Aymong and Cole but drew four walks and benefited from fielding miscues in a four-run seventh.
Corty Merchants resume senior play tomorrow at Loveland Pirth, facing Titusville at 4 o clock. Probable lineup includes Wilkolyub Goda Diubrosky Group McLeanes Williams Kennedy c Cassett. Titusylile seeks revenge after a 3-0 loss. Large crowd expected as bleachers are added along the first base line.
Youngstown Colts push their streak to ten with a pair of July 4 victories over Uniontown Ceal Barons, 14-1 and 11-0, while Oil City salvages one from Johns town. Butler, Vandergrift, and the Pioneers post wins as the circuit trades wins in a busy day.
Homer Humphrey became the second Cony fisherman to land a muskellunge at Findley Lake. The catch measured 34 inches and weighed eight pounds.
The second round of play in the Midget Baseball League starts Monday with five other clubs joining the Babe Ruth team captained by Jack Dempsey. The schedule lists games from July 1 through July 25 featuring Feller Williams Pyle Greenberg Ruth Sullivan Williams Greenberg Sullivan Katter Pyle Teuth Pyle Williams Sullivan and other pairings.
Jo Heath hammered five hits in both games driving in seven runs including a triple and his 12th and 18th homers. Ewell Blackwell pitched a shutout against Pittsburgh allowing six hits for an 8-0 win, his 14th victory and 12th straight. Blackwell increased his strikeout total to 100 with nine victims.
National League results show Brooklyn 16-4 and Philadelphia 81, Boston 10-7 and 8-0, Chicago 0-4, Cincinnati 8-6, Pittsburgh 0-4. Today's games include Boston at Brooklyn and Chicago at Pittsburgh with St Louis at Cincinnati. American League leaders include New York and Philadelphia atop clusters. Baltimore, Syracuse, Jersey City, Newark, Montreal, Buffalo, Rochester, Toronto in International and Middle Atlantic leagues feature Youngstown, Allentown, Oil City, Johnstown, and Erie with mixed records.
New York July 3 The major leagues drew 283 000 fans during the holiday period. The eight doubleheaders drew 283 748 fans while the 11 ballparks nationwide counted about 909 491 in attendance as baseball magnates and owners noted the surge in summer crowds.
The Jamentown Pelcons defeated Hatch and Huon Red Wings 11-0 and 5-4, boosting the Falcons to five games ahead as Bradford’s double losses to the Olean Oilers left them behind. Wellsville Red Sox moved to fourth with a 6-2 win over Hornell Pirates in 10 innings. Lockport Reds and Batavia Clippers split a doubleheader with Batavia winning 4-1. Thursday results had the Falcons beating Leknet Red and Bradford beating Wellsville 4-4. tonight’s schedule features Lockport at Hamilton and Olesii at Hownett plus James town at Wellsville and Batavia at Bradford.
A garbled compilation of baseball figures names teams and stats. It mentions runs batted in Williams Boston 47 Hill Dillinger St Louis 88 doubles Mullin Detroit 22 triples Philley Chicago 7 home runs Williams Boston 13 stolen bases Dillinger St Louis 2 and various stray items including Cleveland 104 pitchers and other nonsensical fragments.
The Associated Press reports Jack Kramer captured the men's singles title as the United States eyes three Wimbledon titles in the 1947 tournament. Americans Kramer and Brown win the men's doubles, while Osborne and Brough reach the women's doubles final, with British and Australian players also contesting titles.
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