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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1937
Page
6
District professionals voted to organize a Northwestern Professional Golfers' Association with officers to be elected at Meadville on Monday June 21. The piece also notes varied local sport topics from fishing matches to baseball and tennis, plus a costly boxing bout ticket preview.
Erie archers tournament opens its fourth annual event on June 20 at Lake Shore Park. For the first time, the Lake Shore event is open to any club, with divisions for Men and Women, doubles rounds and junior categories. High interest as past champion fighters sign in.
Chicago major league clubs vow to move the 1937 World Series to the Windy City with a See the Series on Dime promotion. White Sox aim to challenge the Yankees at Comiskey Park after a 12-8 win and a nine game win streak, while both New York clubs hold pennant lead tensions rise as the season unfolds. The Cubs push from seventh to near top, Giants and Pirates split, Yankees sink toward the West with Detroit and Cleveland making late moves, and Red Sox stumble as standings tighten.
Rays schedule a weekend set against Onion City and Aeros hosts General Electrics, with Raymond Mine clashing against Mites and Falconer slated for Falconer/Brie matchups as league action tightens near the top.
Milwauicess Wisconsin June 8 Feller youthful pitcher of the Cleveland Baseball Club who has been bothered by sore arm since April 24 will be able to pitch and appear in a game within a week. Dr Ohm who treated him last week said the muscle injury in his left arm was virtually healed when he left for Cleveland Saturday.
Pie Traynor reshuffles the Pittsburgh Pirates lineup to stop a five game losing streak. Bill Brubaker returns to third base, Pep Young moves aside, Gus Suhr reenters at first, and Paul Waner shifts to right field. Russell Bauer may start at short.
Varipapa defeated Nelson Burton in an 80 game bowling match to win $2,000. The event began in New York with 40 games and concluded in Dallas last night. Burton totaled 16,529 pins while Varipapa finished with 17,265, averaging 217 to Burton's 204.
War Admiral’s next race is planned for Saratoga in July as Samuel R. Ricile answers questions about the great horse’s Belmont Stakes injury. Histdle indicates a possible halt if infection develops, but recovery could allow more action this month. North East High’s baseball team did not show for a scheduled game with Corry High Beavers yesterday. Corry travels to Erie to face Academy High today.
Miller defeated Hil Baker by knockout in a New York clash, while Freddie Miller with 129 pounds outpointed Red Cochrane 120 in a separate bout. The event featured competitors from Norwalk, Pliza beth, Cincinnati and Puerto Rico with listed weights and scores.
Yesterday results show American standings with Detroit 4 New York 6 Chicago 12 Philadelphia 6 St Louis 9 Boston 6 Cleveland 17 Washington 5. National includes New York 5 Pittsburgh 2 Brooklyn 5 Cincinnati 4. International lists Syracuse 2 Jersey City 0 Newark 8 Balliquore 6 Buffalo 6 Toronto 3 Montreal 9 Rochester 0. Today American matchups feature New York at Chicago Boston at Cleveland Philadelphia at Detroit Washington at St Louis St Louis at New York Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Chicago at Brooklyn Cincinnati at Boston.
County Sportsmen to gather at Polakos-on-the-Lake for a social session and financial report on the recent benefit motion pictures show staged by the league. Kat Van Tassel, vice president and Sameland committee chair, will report on lease and option operations in cooperation with the Game Commission.
In Turnberry Scotland June 8 the United States bid for the British women’s golf championship narrowed as Jean Hamilton beat Betty Beuthner 2 up in the second round. Pam Barton the London player who holds national titles on both sides of the Atlantic continued her march toward the crown by defeating Mrs H J Porcy 7 and 6.
Louisville veteran Bil Meinhorn leads practice rounds at Oakland Hills as 170 players prep for the National Open. Par scores and roughs loom. Sam Snead and Tony Manero contend, with Snead posting two over par in early work. Notable rivals include Gene Sarazen, Jimmy Demaret, Paul Runyan, and Byron Nelson as the field predicts a tough 72-hole grind.
London June report says Helen Jacobs of Berkeley California Wimbledon champion was under an osteopaths care for a muscular ailment of her right shoulder. She will not play again until defending her all England title on June 11 at Wimbledon after a poor showing in Paris.
Champion Braddock marked his 61st birthday with a quiet observance. He traveled with Otteen Kenda from Grand Beach to Washington Park race track and presented autographed boxing gloves to the winning jockey of the sixth race and to the horse’s trainer.
New York June. Manager Jimmy Wilson of the Phillies was fined $100 by National League President Ford Frick for tactics that led umpires to forfeit the second game of yesterday's doubleheader with St Louis. The Phillies stalled the game to avoid a shortened official result, and the forfeit stood 9-0 for St Louis.
Berkeley Calif June 8 Fifty three colleges and universities have entered 267 athletes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association track and field meet set for June 8 and 19. Twenty more schools were expected to send entry lists. Michigan led eastern entrants with 18 men while Notre Dame Indiana Stanford and Southern California also reported sizable teams.
Jake Wade, a lanky rookie southpaw from Morehead, held the league leaders to four hits as the Tigers repulsed the Yankees once more. The report hints at a vivid game scene with strong pitching by Wade and a taunting mention of a sponsored ad or stray text.
Edinboro pro Chuck McLaughlin posts 85 27 70 to lead a district swing, with Tony Joy tied for second after 39 38 17. Joy and Art Vogt share runner up honors amid a field that includes Vogt Erie Lakeshore and Jamestown entrants, amateurs noted. first prize 18 dollars, runners up six.
New York June 8 The first international trotting race in American history will feature Greyhound United States champion owned by B J Baker of St Charles MO facing Muscletone in a home and abroad series. The first leg will be held in this country late summer over a to be chosen track with a minimum purse of 10000 The return match is tentatively set for December or January in Paris or Milan Italy. Wesley Ramey 132 Grand Rapids Mich defeated Hubert Dennis 134 Butte.
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