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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1936
Page
6
United Press dispatches from Berlin Olympic coverage mix with local City League chatter. Mentions Jimmy Clark as a notable Olympic prospect, Pirates’ grid hopes, and Beavers football hints. Also notes Pro Football prospects, Grays’ Erie's game plans, and upcoming Cleveland Stadium attendance forecasts for a 1932 opening crowd benchmark.
American Olympic backstroke champion Eleanor Holm Jarrett is dismissed from the U S team for training violations aboard the Manhattan. A special Brundage committee will re hear her in Berlin with a final decision pending. She leaves Hamburg for Berlin aboard the liner Bre men.
Sweden to send 250 athletes with Olle Tandberg a 17 year old boxing hopeful in heavyweight and Uncle Bengt limited to an art contest in Berlin. Sweden cites a proud Olympic history including Stockholm 1912 golds in track and field. Switzerland also fields 250 athletes emphasizing rifle shooting and track events while skipping Berlin football. Turkey sends 90 athletes focusing on wrestling and weight lifting to study top competition. Yugoslavia lists 240 athletes with gymnasts as top contenders. Uruguay plans about 40 competitors in boxing fencing swimming yachting and basketball.
Yesterday's games featured New York routing St Louis 15 to 3 while Boston edged Cleveland 9 to 8 and Chicago beat Washington 7 to 6 Detroit beat Philadelphia 2 to 0. National League results saw St Louis win 4 to 2 over New York and Chicago 5 to 4 against Boston. Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh 10 to 1 with Phila. 1.
International Newark beat Montreal 5 to 1 and Baltimore 7 Toronto 4. Rochester 5 7 Albany 4 5. Today games include Washington at St. Louis Boston at Detroit Philadelphia at Cleveland Louis at New York Chicago at Brooklyn Cincinnati at Boston Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
A high power rifle shoot is scheduled for tomorrow at 1 80 o clock afternoon at the Company A range under the Corry Rod and Gun Club. Gil marksmen are invited to participate. The piece also stresses that good labor relies on strong workers and that improving workers benefits overall performance.
Joe DiMaggio rebounds from a July All-Star flop with three homers in two days and a single, driving in six runs as the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Browns 15-3 to snap a three-game skid. Cleveland drops 9-8 to Boston. Detroit, Chicago, and Brooklyn win, tightening NL and AL standings.
Jonnny Revolta of Evanston won the Waterloo Open tournament with a 67 after a fast finish in sunny Ta, July 24. He edged New Orleans amateur Fred Haas Jr. by three strokes in a playery event, Revolta carding the round of 67 while Haas struggled.
Joe DiMaggio homered twice and drove in three runs as the New York Yankees defeated the St. Louis Browns. The article notes a separate item about the Bottomless Pits near Flagstaff Arizona, a sinkhole feature in Kzibak limestone about eight miles east of the city.
The Sheffield semi pro baseball club faces Warren County rivals in a 3 PM opener noted for district talent. Verne Group on the mound for Sheffield and Corry as top hurler for Warren provide key matchups as Sheffield seeks to extend a stronger form noted after recent internal discord.
Two Sharon Pennsylvania steel workers dominated early play in the national public links championship as 36 hole semifinals opened at Bethpage State Park. Vash Hromyak lost to Walter Greiner 1 up while John Licas fell to Claude Rippy 4 and 2. Greiner and Rippy led the field in a grueling 222 hole qualifying run that began Monday. Bruno Pardee and Pat Abbott advanced in the second match as the field narrowed to two.
Boston Bees announce pitcher Guy Bush has accepted terms offered by manager Bill McKechnie after being released by Pittsburgh. Bush, who pitched for the Cubs in the 1929 World Series and 1932 World Series, joins the Bees in Boston.
A scrambled newspaper crossword reads as a dense list of numbered clues and partial hints. It references a wide array of wordplay items, from 1 to 42, including archaic and foreign terms, with a final line noting the answer to a prior puzzle.
American bowlers swept the Mireeman competition for the oe Thum Trophy, taking first and third place and securing a strong lead in the German Government Cup standings. In doubles they finished fourth, fifth, and sixth, fueling optimism for the tourney overall.
Berlin dispatch reports Max Schmeling, Louis conqueror, told John Kilpatrick, Madison Square Garden president, that he would be named challenger for James J. Braddock’s heavyweight title by late July. The assurance came in a telephone talk with Kilpatrick from Salzburg, Austria.
Barrett Melvin, Wanango Country Club, advanced to the finals of the Western Pennsylvania Junior Golf tournament in Pittsburgh after a 6 and 9 victory over Dave Jamison of Greensburg. Teammate Judd Pollock also won, beating Benno Janssen 2 and 1 as Melvin moved closer to his first title.
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