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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1940
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR text records indicate a brief entry mentioning a quantity and an officer. The legible portion notes 52 sleeves or sails associated with an officer or sector, but the incomplete source lacks clear context, names, dates, or locations to form a full summary.
A brief market notice notes a brand push for fish products boosting local sales. The campaign highlights new display setups and weekday promotions to attract customers at several shops.
World Olympic Games cancellation is viewed as a major setback by track and field experts. They note record marks by about a dozen American athletes recent months and doubt the Games will be held soon. The era of strong U S athletics will persist, with readiness for a resumption of the Games when possible.
The Cincinnati Reds crushed the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-3 behind Bucky Walters 15th win as they swept the three-game series and widened their NL lead to eight games. Detroit and Cleveland led the AL with big daylines as the White Sox and Yankees also fought high scoring battles.
Yesterday's scores include Detroit 7 Washington 5 and Cleveland 7 Philadelphia 6 with Chicago 12 Boston 10 St Louis 14 New York 13. Today's game slate lists Philadelphia at Cleveland Washington at Detroit Boston at Chicago New York at St Louis.
Seabright New Jersey July 25 Associated Press ten nis coach Mercer Beasley predicts Frank Parker of Pasadena will win another leg of the Seab right invitation tournament. Parker faces a tough field in the quarter finals including Bobby Riggs Elwood Cooke Frank Kovacs Gardnar Mulloy Sidney Wood Gilbert Hunt and Henry Prisoff among others in the big bowl prize event.
Cleveland star pitcher Bob Feller was struck in the face by a ball tossed during pregame drills by Keith Monroe, a local sandlot player working with the Indians. Injuries described as painful but not alarming. Also noted are minor league scores and a commercial ice cream production estimate.
McA. softball team defeated Clymer Dairymen’s League 8 to 1 last eve ning with Howles holding the visitors to five hits while Cambridge Springs was to play Union City but forfeited due to the opponent’s absence.
In Mike Jacobs Office the Twentieth Century Sporting Club hub hums as Mike wanders City figures. Billy eyes a three week wait for his next heavyweight test against Pastor, praising the tough opponent who impressed against Laws. Bretan, Tim, and others loom as potential challengers.
Pennsylvania Amateur champion Knox Young of Shenandoah and Steve Kovach of Brackenridge Heights shared the honor in a one day Pennsylvan ia Golf Association event at South Hills Country Club. They posted two over par 73 to lead by one stroke over Jack Benson of the home club, holder of the West Penn Amateur title.
A fragment from a sports column references figures such as Rube Witherup, the Franklin League, the Oil City, Boston Americans, Fritz Sharon, Fred Tannehill, and the Pittsburgh Pirates, hinting at a broader listing of players and teams in early baseball history.
Two parbusting youths broke qualifying records in the National Public Links third round at Jong Rackman Municipal. Worth Stimits Jr of Colorado College and Edward J. Burges of Utica shared medalist honors with a 138. Ex-champions fell early as defending champ Andy Sewedko of Pittsburgh lost to William Bubls of Chicago 3 and 2, and David A. Mitchell of Atlanta dropped 1 up to William Doll of Louisville as Doll sunk a 45-foot putt.
Scranton Pa July 75 Billy Soose former Penn State standout moved closer to a middleweight title bid with a close eight round decision over Ken Overlin in a rain soaked arena. Soose weighed 162½ pounds Overlin 193 pounds with no knockdowns noted though Overlin slipped once on the canvas.
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