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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1973
Page
11
Corry Area Junior High hosted four schools in the Erie County Invitational Track event at Howard J. Sheen Field. Competing teams included Wattsburg Union City and Northwestern.
Don Sperry pitched a one hitter as Crotty Ferrando Auto Dealers defeated Rolling Acres 9 to 1 at Corry Area High School. Koestner led with three hits, Brooks and Norton added two, while Patten took the loss. The doubleheader featured a two-class track meet with Corry sweeping Class A and B titles and record efforts by Cochrane and Ottaway.
Detroit deals Busby a rare loss as seven hits spark a three inning rally. Gates Brown opens with a first inning single, Aurelio Rodriguez drives in a run, and Charlie Spikes plus Buddy Bell add three runs in the third. Tigers top Kansas City 4-1 amid a flurry of AL scores.
Bob Cousy labeled the finale the weirdest game as the United States fell 72 to 64 to the Soviet Union in Baltimore. Russia forced 41 fouls to 40 for the U S with three Americans and six Soviets fouling out, including Shalnev. Sven Nater was ejected late in the second half for striking a Russian.
Titusville hockey tennis team blanked the Corry Area Beavers 7-0 on Mead Park courts. Beavers play two more matches in two days with singles wins by Kinder, Wescoat, Jacobs, and Connell and doubles victories by Baron Billig and Connell Ellsworth.
Johnny Bench, 25, living up to the hype in Philadelphia, powered seven RBIs with three homers off Cy Young winner Steve Carlton. The Cincinnati catcher, who matched the major league record with four consecutive homers, comments that he no longer pays attention to talk of his health after undergoing lung surgery last year.
The National Bank Marauders opened their 1973 season in the South Erie County Softball League with a 5 to 1 victory over Pennsylvania Bank and Trust in Union City. A six-run rally in the final inning erased a 5-4 deficit, with Denny Brumagin and Nick Walter each collecting three hits and Brumagin adding three steals. Dave Wetmore earned the win while Kimmey took the loss.
Lanny Fitch paced the Men's Summer League with games of 224 and 208 and a 614 series. Don Swanson added a 202. These were the only high marks listed as the lone league competed last night.
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