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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1942
Page
9
Mixed sports items swirl around baseball boxing and horse racing. Sami Byrd rises in golf and is tipped for Bennania Open while Charles the Wizard eyes a Pittsburgh middleweight headline. bass season warnings and knuckleball talk fill the margins along with Whirlaway and Seabiscuit race chatter.
The New York Yankees suffer a rough swing west, losing twice to the Chicago White Sox and seeing their lead shrink to five and a half games as Cleveland salvages the final game of a four game set. Joe McCarthy misses the Philadelphia trip due to a recurrence of illness. Brooklyn Dodgers edge Reds as Medwick triples for a 2–1 win in the nightcap.
Pittsburgh fielded Southworth who advanced to the West Penns tournament quarterfinals with a 6 6 to 8 he placed strong in Allegheny County events and fed the parade into the round of quarterfinals amid tense competition and local coverage.
Washington correspondent Thomas Kay proposes substituting scrap rubber for home plates in baseball and college games to curb waste. The column mixes such ideas with notes on a camera error at a race finish, shifts in team loyalties, and brief bios of players, officers, and community figures, including John Drebinger and Gloria Callen, linking sports, veterans, and civic service.
A special license to take muskellunge opens July 1 in Lake Chautauqua and nearby lakes in Chaulauqua and Cattaraugus counties. The 25 cent license includes five tags and is issued by clerks or game protectors. Daily limit remains one muskellunge 28 inches or longer, with a five fish season cap. landing nets only allowed. The rules, set 28 years ago, were reinforced last year and backed by Commissioner Tithgaw Osborne who hopes tighter limits will restore muskies and allow future relaxations.
June 20 Bradford Bees end Chuck Schupps 112 game Pony League win streak in Jamestown Municipal Stadium. Bees rally for four runs in ninth to take a 9 4 lead as Falcons fail to respond in final frame. Schupp, a former vaulter, suffers a rare professional pitching setback in his career.
Yesterday's results show various outcomes with multiple scorelines. National League notes include Brooklyn and Pittsburgh strong, Philadelphia and St Louis posting wins, while Boston and Cincinnati split. Today Cleveland visits Chicago as the only scheduled game.
The North Warren State Hospital baseball team, led by Rabbit Swanson, prepares for a Tuesday evening home game against the Merchants, aiming to break a fivegame skid. Weather caused a postponement from last Tuesday, with twilight play expected and a lineup featuring Popovich, Cassett, Dubrosky, and Hojgis. The visitors reportedly planned to bring Irvine National Purge players, adding intrigue to the night under lights.
In the first game the Cardinals defeat 2-1 as Hughes pitches a five inning win while Warneke notches a five hitter and Roy delivers the RBI single for the winning run. DiMaggio and Dean spark Red Sox Indians. Parmex and Tatler drive in runs as Ridgway All Stars appear.
Girard C June 29 Heafner wins open with 72 holes to beat Horton Smith and B J Outen Harrison. World record acclaim shifts as PGA says results go into books. Fagan from Hershey earns high money total with 269 score after Sunday rounds.
Holtz fired 281 at the Girard Open ending yesterday, a standout score that placed him just two strokes from prize money as former pros Tony Joy and Jen Anderson trailed with 302 and 305. The event drew top talents from the Mahoning Valley circuit and featured Colt tour players.
The State Fish Commission in Harrisburg says wet weather improved streams across Pennsylvania. Legal quarry from July 1 includes largemouth bass and walleye pike while anglers chase new records such as the five and four and eight pound bass in Perry and Susquehanna counties and notable catches in the Delaware and Lake LeBuex regions.
Ezzard Sharles an 18 year old Cincinnati high schooler is rated no more than an even money shot to repeat his earlier win against Chadley Burley of Pittsburgh in a 10 round rematch to cap a six bout boxing card at Hickey Park tonight.
Zeppers Grocers will have an opportunity to gain on the undefeated Merotumate in the City Scottish League this week. They face the Ramblers at Lageland Field Wednesday, Aero Office Thursday, and De Conry Jamestown against Bear Lake Friday. Other names are folded due to plant vacations.
New York June 29. Ford Frick and M Landis discussed proposed changes to the World Series rules. Plan No 1 would extend the series to nine games to fund Army and Navy relief. Plan No 3 would have no home games for the series before a nine to one road slate, altering traditional paths to the championship.
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