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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1953
Page
7
Steve Kraly of Binghamton in the Eastern League stars as a future Yankee, posting a 9 10 starter run with six shutouts and a 1 48 ERA in 1963. He moved toward the Yankees as Whitey Ford’s lofty 1949 mark looms.
Michigan's freshmen powered the Wolverines to the College World Series crown with a 7-5 win over Texas in Omaha. Before 5,303 fans, the Big Ten champs earned their first national title as Sophomore Jack Ritter closed out Texas in the ninth to seal victory.
Yesterday's Stars pitched well for the St. Louis Browns with Dusie Piette and Paige limiting the New York Yankees to few hits and snapping their 18 game winning streak with a 3-1 victory. Ray Boone led Detroit with a homer and two singles in a 5-3 win over Boston as he debuted with his new Tigers club.
Boxing results from Tampa and Miami Beach last night show Danny Nardico stopping Lalu Sabo in the seventh round in Tampa. In Miami Beach, Lilly Kil gore defeated Harry Brae Yow in ten rounds at a Miami venue.
The St. Louis Browns halted New York's 18 game win streak with an 8-1 victory at Yankee Stadium. Whitey Ford saw his 14-game winning streak snapped as the Browns clinched their first win in 11 games. Duane Pillette and Vic Wertz led the Browns attack while Johnny Mize's 2,000th hit remains elusive.
In Worcester Massachusetts Curly Monroe leads a list of event winners as Gene Leblanc posts a 195. Baseball scores show Hamilton 13 Bradford 6 8 Batavia 15 Corning 14 Wellsville 7 Hornell over Jamestown 15 and Olean at Worchester.
Corry Jamestown clinched the first half in Little League with a 7-5 victory over VFW. Slindies and Rogers Steel later split a Teener League doubleheader, Rogers taking 10-9 in an unfinished June 4 game before winning 8-1. Chuck Scott pitched a one-hitter for Rogers, while Larry Bart led with four hits. John Middleton sparkled for the Bankers in a separate scoring play.
Baseball scores recap shows American League games with St Louis Detroit Boston Philadelphia Cleveland Chicago Washington tied or led by margins. National League results include Pittsburgh Chicago New York Cincinnati Milwaukee Philadelphia St Louis Brooklyn, with several decisive margins and notable high scores.
Gerry Dreyer aged 17 from South Africa outpointed Vic Cardell of Hartford, Connecticut, in a Brooklyn boxing match. Dreyer dominated early rounds, earning a 10 round decision over Cardell.
Tonight at Olin Bracken Field the Little Loop All-Stars face off with Corry Jamestown and VFW Moose picks. Lineups feature Ed Custer, Lee Austin, Ed Latos, Pert Williams and Erle Vanssens on the mound with Jim Wandworth behind the plate and a range of local players in outfield and infield for a high school style exhibition.
Fairview defeated Legion Nine 4 to 3 in an Erie County League baseball game. Corry’s Dick Latos and Ere Lan-Mere combined on a seven inning duel as Fairview touched Stayer for all its runs in the third inning. Corry will return to action at Oakland Field tomorrow at 6:30 p.m.
Children at the playground worked on paper plate plaques and played badmin ton, checkers, basketball and ping pong. A story hour was part of the afternoon program as students and others showed interest in forming a basketball league, contacting Fred Schwab for details this evening from 6:30 to 8:30. The Vats defeated the Corry Jamestown 19 to 8 in yesterday’s minor league cage baseball game.
Seattle boxer Harry Matthews, 180, won a one sided 10 round decision over Freddie Beshore of Los Angeles in Portland. Matthews showed power and ring skill, dominating all ten rounds with no knockdowns, while Beshore fought hard but failed to stop the beating and sustain any offense.
Voter totals show Eddie Robinson of the Athletics leading the American League at first base with 4427 votes while Mickey Vernon trails at 4101. In the National League, Oil Hodges of the Dodgers leads with 4608, surpassing former leader Ted Kluszewski who has 3954. Balloting ends July 3 and results will set the picks for the Inter-League stars in Cincinnati.
Cleveland fans expect Rocky Castellani now 26-5 to beat Taishi, avenging a prior upset by Lanilon. The middleweight bout airs tonight on CBS at 1 PM EST from the Cleveland Arena, with bets leaning Castellani’s favor as he seeks victory and a rematch.
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