This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1942
Page
7
Incomplete text from 1968 records references a room, street addresses, and names Corry and Bila with unclear context. The readable portion suggests a note about past dates and locations but lacks coherent facts to summarize a clear event or outcome.
City directors announce opening game on the 20th with Warren Ramir on sale tomorrow and hope for fan support. The association aims to field a strong team, with local players as core and outside talent to fill weak spots. Merchants back the club with new uniforms as the Oil City Oilers eye state tourney success in Scranton and a booster night against Washington.
Sid Feder reports Billy Conn has broken a hand in a family fight with his father-in-law Jimmy Smith, delaying a planned title bout until September and shifting June or July plans to another challenger, with Conn facing several weeks of recovery before training resumes.
A mushball organizing meeting is set for the First Avenue Y on Wednesday night to form a city league with two proposed divisions. Sponsors and captains are urged to attend as teams Aero Supply and Raymonds plan shop leagues and games will be held at Lovelahd Piele and Mead Park, with field preparations in progress. Also noted are upcoming Phillies games involving Grover Cleveland Alexander returning to action and several Northwestern captains in military service engaging in sports.
Odds and results from the majors show Boston beating Philadelphia 3-2 as_interleague play kicks off with Western clubs moving east. Alf Fleming’s 14 for Nashville is noted while Cleveland and Detroit clash in an 8-5 score.
Carnegie Tech aims for a fifth straight victory as the Tartans meet Grove City in the final spring meet. Tech has already defeated Westminster, Allegheny, Geneva and Bethany, after finishing second to Grove City in Beaver Falls last weekend.
Raleigh May 12 Two years ago Track Coach Herman Hickman of North Carolina State College sized up Mike Andrews of Brooklyn N Y as a standout prospect. The sophomore has shown speed and strength in sprint distances and field events, with potential to win many events at dual meets.
Yesterday results show Boston 2 Philadelphia 1 with only game. Today Chicago at Boston. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh and New York at Philadelphia. St Louis and Cincinnati games listed but unclear. Indicates 70s era formatting with teams like Brooklyn Pittsburgh Boston St Louis Cincinnati Chicago and Philadelphia.
Gus Dorazio edged Harry Bobo in a 15 round decision at Arena Philadelphia to derail Bobo's bid at the heavyweight title. Dorazio, 191 to 205 pounds, battered Bobo with bobbing body blows and shaky early rounds, forcing a late scoring edge as 4,000 fans booed. Dorazio’s victory follows another win over Pittsburcher durings bets with Louis, and tongues hinted at a June bout with Bettina’s Ted Grippo watching.
Boxers in cities from Philadelphia to Los Angeles weighed in with decisions and knockouts. Dorazio outpointed Bobo in Philadelphia while Harkins stopped Burton in New York. Other bouts featured Roth winning on a foul, Bolvit defeating Quebas, and Nor way topping Dell with a points verdict.
Pittsburgh officials said Hildebrand, ex Cleveland and New York AL star, is assigned to Albany after being returned by Indianapolis. He made four starts there, failed to win, and was knocked from the mound.
In a high scoring game Yesterday's Heroes drove in nine runs with a three run homer in the inning. Tom Farley and Ernie Lombardi held the Tigers to seven hits as Braves-Fowner pitched seven solid innings. Talter hit a two run homer in the sixth to beat the Phils.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.