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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1955
Page
7
Today in sport notes the city outlines a dog training ban from April 1 to July 31, allowing chases only for defense of person or property. Exception exists if the Game Commission approves a fox hunting petition with sufficient local support, permitting year round fox hunting except a defined closed period.
The article outlines semifinal matchups for Class A with McKeesport and Pittsburgh South favored to prevail and face winners Chester or Reading for the title. In Class B Wampum and Mercer lead west with Fountain Hill and Fell Township in the east, semifinals set for New Wilmington and Allentown before a Saturday final.
Bill Hall of Clymer Central intends to enroll at Brockport or Cortland State Teachers College next fall as a physical education major. Vic Raschol of the 8th Louis Cardinals suffers a slipped spinal disc, sidelining him for a month or more, likely delaying mound duty until May. Boxing returns to Meadville with a middleweight headliner at St Agatha's Auditorium featuring Chuck Higgins against Luigi Cemulini. The Corry Country Club enjoyed good weather with many golfers touring the course while niblick rules kept off the tees for firmer turf. State Game Commission reports no bears bagged in Erie or Crawford counties in 1954. totals include Forest 36, Warren 19, Venango 1, Cameron leading with 46. Saturday night fights list Leo Gonzales over Jimmy Roy Bal and Oscar Suarez stopping Fernand Cagon.
San Francisco defeats La Salle 77 to 68 in Municipal Auditorium to claim the national title as Bill Russell leads the Dons with 23 points and K G Jones keys the defense against Toni Gola. Duquesne dominates Dayton 70 to 58 to win the NIT title with Maurice Stokes? 43 points and MVP honors in New York.
The Corry Bowling Association event at Bowl-Aire opened with Tom Burkhart and Eddie Hatch posting a 1368 doubles score. Burkhart led with a 727 series on 209 152 243 and a 123 handicap. Hatch totaled 631 with 179 181 172 and 99 handicap. TAGM Electric led team standings with 2944, while Cliff McCloskey heads all events at 1802. Pin firing resumes next weekend as the tournament runs into April.
Clymer High Pirates lost to Hinsdale 64 to 43 in the Section 6 Class title game at Buffalo. Hinsdale pulled ahead early and held a 30 23 halftime edge, extending the lead to 45 29 after three periods. Fairfield led Hinsdale with 23 points while Bill Hair had 20 for Clymer.
Braves win third straight 5 4 over Cardinals as Adcock homer in eighth sparks comeback. Aaron hits a two run shot earlier. Redlegs beat White Sox 10 3 behind Sullivan strong pitching. Yankees Dodgers split a long exhibition with a late 8 8, Dusty Rhodes homered for Giants over Indians 7 3.
New York lightweight Wayne Bethea and Philippine challenger Trinh Joe Row collide in a top ten TV boxing match at Eastern Park on ABC-TV. Bethea, 6 1 1, halted Harald Gurter’s 11 fight win streak last December. Row has 13 knockouts in 24 wins, most recently a one round win over Bur Whitehurst this month.
Larry Crockett 28 of Columbus Indiana died in Langhorne Pennsylvania during the AAA Easter Inaugural Sweepstakes. His car lost control and crashed through a fence into a field. Mike Na Baruk won the race with Mike Magi, Jerry Hoyt, Duane Carter and Charley Musselman among the top finishers. Bob Sweikert also placed sixth.
Chico Fernandes homered? actually had three hits including two doubles in the 10th and scored the winning run on Sandy Amaroz’s single. The Pirates beat Ramos and the Washington club in extras, as Kansas City edged Baltimore 3.
Jay Hebert led after Cary Middlecott recovered from a five-stroke deficit to win by two strokes in the St. Petersburg Open. Middlecott posted 67 for 174 total, earning $2,200 first prize, while Hebert shot 74 to finish at 278. Art Wall Jr. surged to third with 66, and Billy Maxwell and Ed Furgol tied for fourth at 278.
Fort Wayne defeated Minneapolis 96 to 79 to take a 1-0 lead in the best of five series. The win in the playoff opener positions the Fort Wayne team to sustain momentum in the early series.
Curt Simmons is sidelined by a balky shoulder and Murray Dickson works as a once a week starter, prompting the Phillies to search for two additional starters to join Robin Roberts and Herman Wehmeier. Bob Miller is slated as top reliever as Mayo Smith blends Jack Moyer and Jim Owen into the rotation, with possible additions from Bob Greenwood Thornton Kipper or Steve Ridsik.
The Pittsburgh Pirates will assign heavy work to slugger Frank Thomas after he ended a contract holdout. Manager Fred Haney ordered Coach Clyde Bucker to give Thomas all the work he can handle as the team prepares for the April 14 opening. An exhibition trip precedes the season start.
Detroit roared as the Red Wings captured the National Hockey League crown by defeating the Montreal Canadiens 6 to 0 at Olympia Stadium. A 70-man police guard kept order while the crowd remained largely well behaved despite the lopsided result. The Canadiens, minus suspended star Maurice Richard, offered little offense.
National League results Detroit routed Montreal 6 0 New York defeated Toronto 3 2 Chicago beat Boston 4 3 American League Cleveland edged Buffalo 2 1 in overtime Hershey beat Providence 4 3 in OT Springfield crushed Pittsburgh 7 1. The report mentions Thomas will get batting practice and run, with Frank starting part time upon returning to camp and readiness pending.
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