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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1939
Page
6
Corry hosts a round robin tennis meet with six prizes for cellar finishers. Bob Bracken defends the championship cup against Melvin Cobbett Theo Williams and Diels Powers as a growing field of local stars and increasing female participation boosts the event.
Bob Kinger of Pittsburgh earned his seventh win by defeating Day Dean and the Cubs 7 to 3 yesterday.
In Pasadena a reinforced concrete incinerator, built too well, stands as a stubborn landmark. The city council seeks razing and clearance for new use, but the structure resists demolition despite extreme efforts and explosive agents.
Buffalo July 7 Tony Galento the New Jersey barkeeper who tagged Joe Louis as no great fighter visited Buffalo Airport with Joe Jacobs from Newark and New York. They headed to Toronto to referee a card and will return to Niagara Falls Ontario tonight. Galento claimed Louis relies on foul tactics and his handlers ribbed his gloves, causing cuts to Louis after the first round.
July 7 at the 20th Century club Bob Pastor plans to sign contracts to meet champion Joe Louis for the heavyweight title in Detroit on September 21 Promoter Mike Jacobs will sign for Louis and his managers Louis and his camp will not attend This would be the first heavyweight title bout in Michigan since Jack Dempsey defeated Billy Miske at Benton Harbor on a previous occasion Pastor a former NYU fullback fought Louis ten rounds at Madison Square Garden two years ago
Giants and Dodgers prepare for a four game set in Brooklyn amid a heated feud sparked by off field incidents. Police and plainclothes officers will patrol the stands as signs warn of prosecution for unruly behavior. The Dodgers sit 2 1/4 games behind the Giants with a sweep possible to move into second place.
Standings show New York Boston Detroit Chicago Cleveland Washington Philadelphia St Louis with varied wins and losses. Yesterday results list Philadelphia over Washington 9 3 and Detroit over St Louis 9 5. Today's schedule includes Detroit at St Louis Boston at New York Cleveland at Chicago Cincinnati New York Brooklyn and Philadelphia Boston Chicago Pittsburgh.
Hollywood Derby outlook lists 12 probable starters from 36 nominations for the mile and a quarter race. Viscounty, the Valdiia Farms colt, is the likely favorite with 117 pounds, matching Roman of Manhasset. Sweet Nancy carries a top 148 pounds after a Santa Anita mud victory.
Johnny Bulla of Chicago shot a par 73 in the final round to seize the lead at the 79th British Open in breezy rain and wind at St Andrews. His 72-hole total stood at 292 as Englishman John Fallon faded after leading after the third round with 215.
Pittsburgh July 7. Led by Carl Kauffmann three-time national champ the best Publinx golfers in the Pittsburgh district teed off at South Park in a 36 hole qualifying test for the right to go to Baltimore July 24 29. Only eight passports available 102 players from nearby states compete for three team spots.
Pittsburgh will host Teddy Yarosz former middleweight champion stepping up to face Al Gainer at Forbes Field on July 17 after the fight he plans to campaign in the light heavyweight division. Both boxers seek a Billy Conn bout if Conn defeats Melio Belina in the upcoming championship.
Jersey City beat Rochester 8 to 7 and Toronto defeated Baltimore 8 to 4. Buffalo won 5 to 2 over Newark. In the American Association Indianapolis lost 2 to 1 to Kansas City. Louisville 5 defeated Milwaukee 2, while Minneapolis 7 beat Columbus 3 and St. Paul 2 defeated Toledo 1.
Bobby Riggs of Chicago defeated Elwood Cooke of Portland in a dramatic five set battle at Wimbledon to win the singles title. The Americans split the early sets with Cooke taking 4-6 and 3-6 before Riggs surged to victory 6-3 6-2. The match, one of the most stirring on Wimbledon’s historic court, marked Riggs’s overcome of Cooke who had previously never beaten him.
Discussion tonight at a Pittsburgh meeting of district college representatives led by Charles F. Kramer athletic manager of St Vincent college. Invitations went to 18 schools including Pitt Carnegie Tech Duquesne West Virginia Penn State and others.
Connie Mack, 76, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, was reported recovering steadily after a gall bladder ailment that sidelined him in Boston. Roy Mack said his father feels improved and has been allowed to sit up in bed, with A's slump noted by his son as a concern for baseball’s grand old man.
Wary of a missing title defender Doug Bradley of Philadelphia is ineligible to defend his 1938 crown as about 100 Wolfers pace toward the fifth Pennsylvania Public Golfers Association Championship in Hershey July 14 and 15. Entries close July 9 with a cutafter two rounds leaving the top scorers to contest the 72 holes.
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