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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1943
Page
7
Fragmented OCR text shows an auction listing for farm gear including plows and two articles. Names and places are unclear. The notice mentions Geneva, Grove, and an auctioneer offering items on a June date in a midwestern locality.
Marines unit notes mention D Company 187th Marines and horse related items, with terse references to equipment or mounts. The fragmentary OCR lacks clear actions, dates, or broader context for a fuller summary. Further readable text needed for solid details.
Veteran fighters Armstrong and Angott seek the 135 pound title in Madison Square Garden, with Angott the crowd favorite as a counter puncher and Armstrong a puncher with a daunting comeback aura. The piece also notes baseball happenings from Erie to Louis Erie and college football promotions, plus local sailing and golf club plans, all tied to the summer athletic scene.
The American League standings stay tight as Detroit drops from third to sixth while Chicago rises to third and Boston moves up from seventh to fifth. The White Sox beat Detroit 11-8, the Yankees topped the Athletics 8-2, and Boston beat Washington 5-2. St Louis Browns closed the gap on Cleveland with a 5-0 win. In the National League, the Cardinals beat the Pirates 6-0 and the Dodgers edged the Braves 4-3 as Leo Durocher returned to shortstop for Brooklyn.
Chicago June 11 Associated Press Novikoff expects to start belting four or five homers in a row to spark a hitting streak for the Chicago Cubs. The outfielder, batting .293 over 14 games with eight straight safeties and seven RBIs, says he is pushing the ball and needs to swing with more snap to left or left-center. He believes once he tightens his swing, he will begin climbing.
Pittsburgh bouts featured Jake Lamois outpointing Pritze iyke while Costa edged Dave Andrews in Woonsocket. Brooklyn prospects Mc Coy and Jokumy faced postponement in Detroit. In Pennsylvania news, Willie Thorn and Elke Del Paoli were noted and a new weekly paper The Scoreboard was launched to cover local sports and Phillies progress.
Frank Quermire hailed as a potential successor to Dickie Kerr in a smoky Madison Square Garden lightweight bout. The undercard features Henry Armstrong versus Sammy Angott in a matchup expected to draw about 15,000 fans and a sizable gate as both legends chase a comeback win.
Yesterday in the American League New York 2 Philadelphia 2 Chicago 11 Detroit 5 Boston 2 Washington a St. Louis 3 Cleveland 4 Standings show New York 20 55, Chicago 19 18, Philadelphia 2 32, Boston 32 BS, Detroit 2, Cleveland 24 455, St Louis 38 395. Only game scheduled: New York at Philadelphia.
A chaotic collage from AP wires notes the busy summer sports scene. It mentions one run games, racehorse bets, the Detroit fair race testing costs, Austin Hanover sale for 25000, Louis and Bell erke boxing rumors, and a Red Cross medal prize tale, plus naval and football notes, missing players, and a long list of scattered events across teams and venues.
Hanover New Hampshire June swath of sport news reports that Swedish runner Gunder Haegg hints his American campaign could define his career If he achieves records he may retire at home otherwise he plans another year in Sweden He will debut in New York June 20 against Grey Rice in a 2000 meter race at the National AAU championships
June 11 report notes the Reds beat the Great Lakes 6 to 4 to halt their 18 game winning run while Navy Pier suffers a 5 to 4 defeat. Pitcher Len Perie limited the Pier to seven hits as Cincinnati’s offense rallied in the ninth. Other scores include Pony League results: Clean 4 Batavia 1 Wellsville 3 Jamestown 0 Lockport 6 Hornell 5.
In a rousing Forbes Field bout, Fritzie Zivic loses a hard fought split 10 round decision to Jake Lamotta before about 11,087 fans. The crowd boos and protested the verdict as Lamotta lands sharper punches while Zivic battles back, with several judges scoring for Lamotta and the AP card showing Lamotta winning three rounds.
The commission recognizes Beau Montgomery of Philadelphia as lightweight boxing champion after Montgomery defeated Beau Jack in New York on May 21. Sammy Angott of Washington, Pa, claims three decisions over Montgomery, but Angott’s retirement leaves NBA sanctioning unclear. Penn-Columbia games set as Penn plays twice. schedule includes home and home series.
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