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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1945
Page
7
Markets show hogs at 15.15 with bottleneck bids around 14.00 and soft demand. Cattle quotes mix near 12.75 to 9.50 with lighter volumes and fluctuating buyer interest. Steel industry notes referenced but unclear in context.
Marshall Rotella calls for organized baseball to promote the game for youth in Richmond. He urges club owners to back promotion and enlist local schools to revive baseball for the kids, noting owners’ past hesitancy amid season pressures.
Jimmy Foxx former home run great now with the Phillies leases a cottage in Lewes Delaware and will move his family from Chicago on May 1. He plans to buy a year round home in the ocean front town next Fall.
The Pittsburgh Pirates depart for Muncie for spring training starting March 16 1945. A 94 man party led by President William Benswanger includes twelve players from eastern states and will leave at noon.
Major League teams gain speed in camp as Ken Keltner and Jim Bagby rejoin the Indians while stars like Don Gutteridge Pete Fox Rex Cecil and Roy Hughes announce 1943 comebacks New arrivals push rosters toward readiness with 20 Pirates and 26 Giants 14 Cubs and 11 Yankees squads detailed plus notes on Browns Red Sox and Senators camp activity.
The Third Ladies' League results show Stewart Hat Shop sweeping Leeds in two games to extend their lead to three. Chapins lost to Folletts and Bracken-Keating defeated Devean and Cochran in two games. Strong scoring by Stewart, Leeds, and Folletts highlighted the matchups with multiple individual totals referenced.
Senior High School announces intramural basketball beginning March 20 with seven teams per division and finals on May 27. Boys and girls divisions feature limited two varsity players per game and a downtown coaches challenge finale.
Philadelphia March 1. State Rep Morvis J. Root says the last bill to legalize horse racing has majority support in the State House but may stall in committee. He notes no bets are being taken while it remains under review and urges betting within the commonwealth’s law.
Mack supports an outsider for baseball commissioner amid wartime reshaping of the sport. He cites President Roosevelt talks with Chick Griffith and press as affecting baseball’s future and says the successor to Kenesaw Mountain Landis should be an outsider.
The 8C Scrubs and 9C Scrubs won their junior high cage games. Kun dracil scored nine for the 9C Scrubs who won 11-10 over the 9A Scrubs. Johnny Bogniat's late basket and a key overtime shot sealed a 15-14 win for BC Lean over 8B in the other OT battle. Hepler led the winners with eight points. Franchina scored five for the losers.
Ten teams enter the ninth annual Catholic High School basketball tournament in Willamsport Pennsylvania with two preliminary games to start the event. The field expands beyond eight clubs for the first time since 1940 to accommodate all hopeful contestants as Reading Central St Marys General Catholics and St Pauls of Serion contend for the title while Stearns supports the victors.
Connneautville, district 10 champion, beat Glo Township 92 to 85 to reach western semifinals. Dalton lost 48-26 in district 12 action and advances to eastern semis. Connneautville eyes winner of Salus vs Stonehurst, while Dalton clashes with McAdoo in an eastern semifinal. Camp Hill faces Springfield in the eastern semi-final at Hershey.
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