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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1943
Page
7
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Gus Welch, former Carlisle football star now Gedrzetown Prep coach, proposes government supervised mass boxing in high schools. He argues schools can supervise with encouragement but warns of parental confusion with professional boxing. The piece also notes related sports figures and events from college and military service.
Heimans drop pair but in crease lead in ten games Folletts blank Chapins Penn Electric drops pair Morton is high.
Spokane dispatch reports Col. Ted Bank, War Department sports chief, predicts the end of the war will unleash the largest sports program in U S history. Soldiers at home and abroad share in benefits from military athletic plans as occupation continues. He says returning servicemen will seek athletic activity and competition.
Penn State beat Carnegie Tech 65 to an unspecified margin to notch a 14th win and set up a key home clash Saturday with Georgesont. The Lions had planned road games at Colgate and Syracuse but altered travel to stay on course for the New York trip.
The Mesopolitan and Kultwy-Spielmanker teams split the series. the Metropolitans took two of three with an opening win by a wide margin and a tight second game. Herold Crage posted a 198 average with 213, 203 and 171 in the series.
New York dispatch profiles Paul Governali of Columbia as the premier all around athlete in the East. The Marine Reserve standout excels in football and baseball, leads national passing and TDs, hits for .412, and serves as a versatile defensive center fielder and punter. Governali, nicknamed The Arm, studies at Hartley Hall and dreams of pro football or coaching after graduation.
Local sportsmen urged to donate knives for the war effort in the South Pacific as part of the Give a Knife Save a Life program. Items must have a four inch blade and will be sent to national headquarters via a local repairman. The Cory Rod and Gun Club posted a season high in a rifle match, while stores listed include Knapp, D Patterson, Dingfelder, C Patterson, Chapman, Jordan, Sunpligham, Blount, and Piccardi.
Ford City defeated Brentwood 46 to 24 at Pitt Stadium to earn a spot in the WPIA cage race semi finals. Center Bob Holley led with 12 points as Ford City built a 15 to 6 first half advantage and held a comfortable margin the rest of the game. Pittsburgh and Sharpsburg also posted wins in related action.
The Corry Ladies bowing team leads a trio into the Women s State Tournament at Williamsport with plans to bowle on the weekend. Alle Star outfit leaves Friday night for team doubles and singles events while Doruny Morton Seattice Hulings Angelina Barersi Rosa Baker Ruti Smiti Esther Rohrig join the travel squad. Raymonds pin spinners and Wing Willi stores teams also enter the event with Mary Hradysern Twila Nichols Helen Trisket Angeline Stavsh Grive Eaimona Mildred Haeill and Mildred Crandall in play for doubles and singles prize money. The three teams have trained months for a share of the prize fund and section 18 class title.
Hughie Short once a standout middle distance runner joins the U S Army at Camp Lee after tying an indoor 600 yard record. He declines further races while in service, famed for hard work and modesty, and recalls Georgetown days and prior sprint success at Millrose and Boston meets.
Pitt football coach Shaughnessy chaired a first meeting on March 4 with 45 hopefuls for the 1942 squad. Eight newcomers joined the group, with most others from the varsity junior ranks. He outlined his version of the T formation and dismissed attendees pending a second session.
St Josephs College star Seviesky scored 36 points as the team beat Rolling Wheel 89 to 58. His season total rises to 506 points in 91 games, approaching the 509 points set by Stutz Modgelewski for Rhode Island State in 1922.
Scholastic scores list tight games with Sharpsburg 21 to 18 over Bena and Plymouth 20 over Nanticoke. Ford City 36 beat Brentwood 30, Ridley 57 defeated Lower Merion 18, and Quakertown edged Ford City 30.
A Nebraska born jockey, Stevie Brooks, aged about 17 in this piece, clinches the Midwest riding title with multiple four-win days. He rose from county fairs to Chicago circuits, riding in Nebraska and Louisiana venues, tallying 108 winners and $255,581 in purses.
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