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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1955
Page
7
Williams delivered a ninth inning single scoring Mueller to lift the Giants to a 2-1 victory over the Phillies. Durocher lamented the team’s limited timely hitting as Maglie and Whitey Lockman had locked in the early run.
In his debut decathlon, 20-year-old USC freshman Bob Lawson scored 7 060 points to win the regional AAU Hue and beat defending national AAU champion Rev. Bob Richards who tallied 6 070 points.
Sal Maglie pitched six strong innings limiting Philadelphia to five hits while striking out seven as the New York Giants edged the Phillies 2 to 1. Sam Dente doubled home the winning run in the 18th to lift Cleveland over Baltimore 2 to 1. Billy Joe Patton upset Edward Bromley Davenport in the Brit Amateur second round.
In Little League action the Elks routed Corry Jamestown 12 2 as Doug Stewart earned his second Little League win with a two hit effort and Ray Mitchell homered. In Teener League the National Bank defeated Rogers Steel 8 6 behind key hits by John Mowrey Ken Downey and Bob Nichols with a late four run rally. Willie Pep meets Joey Cam Tonight in a televised bout at the Arena with Pep earning 4000 and a share of gate receipts. Cam carries 20 percent.
Major league standings show New York leading the American League with a 30 13 record and Cleveland at 21 15. In the National League Brooklyn holds a strong 32 11 pace while Chicago trails at 27 17. Yesterday Cleveland defeated Baltimore 2 1. Tonight's games include Boston at Chicago and New York at Kansas City with others noted.
Corry Area High School held an assembly to honor athletes with awards for participation across football, basketball, track and other sports. Seniors and juniors received year pins and certificates, with team managers noted. names include Burkhart, Shaver, Wolfe, Miller, Austin, Maloney, Follett, and Hyer among others.
Fragmented text lists seniors and cheerleaders by class and names several award recipients. The garbled passage mentions Walter Wolfe as an outstanding senior and references coaches and advisors presenting honors, but many names are unreadable or misspelled.
The famed coach Alonzo Stagg returns to the University of Chicago for a reunion with former Maroons players and his wife Stella. Eight members of the 1905 undefeated team attend, marking a historic gathering as Stagg reflects on his long coaching career from 1892 to 1932 and later honors in other colleges.
Corry Area High School defeated Erie Glenwood 8 4 to 8 8 in golf with Bob Hixson posting a brilliant 64 32 on the front and back. Hixson led with 32 and Grisler was high scorer for the losers at 69 as Corry and Erie Academy scheduled a return match this afternoon.
Indianapolis driver Sweikert earned 76 000 in prize money for the Memorial Day auto race, a record share compared with 1953 totals. He received 46 000 from the speedway plus 12 900 in year 1955, aided by numerous sponsors and a Chevrolet pace car trophy. William Vukovich, who died earlier, collected 20 250 in lap awards from the 1953 total.
Byron Nelson, once king of the tour, has entered both the U S Open and British Open entries at age 43. The U S Open is set for June at Olympic Club San Francisco while the British Open runs July at St Andrews Scotland. Nelson retired in 1949 and held a record 19 wins in 1945 including 12 in a row. Also listed is an International League score update: Buffalo 10 Syracuse 7 and Montreal 4 Columbus 3.
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