Corry High Captures Erie County Track Meet
Corry High won the Erie County track meet with 52 points led by George Curtis. Adams, Bowing, and Baresi also won events as Corry topped North East and other schools despite limited facilities.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1929
Page
2
Corry High won the Erie County track meet with 52 points led by George Curtis. Adams, Bowing, and Baresi also won events as Corry topped North East and other schools despite limited facilities.
Erie County Breeball League forms with six clubs and May 20 start date. Fin secures strong early interest. Warren Times Mirror notes Hart released to Fairmont. Thiel College hires Rowley. Wesleyville leads Erie County High Baseball League. Journal enters Indus League in Titusville. Ten pin event in Titusville runs May 29 with regional teams listed.
Drawings for the five man tournament at the Recreation Alleys will be held Tuesday at 6 o'clock in the evening. Those asked to be present include Burr, McGall, Jenkin, Keefer, Southworth, and Wilt. The tournament will start on January 12 with the date to be announced.
Titusville high school baseball views a strong Queen City squad led by Art Brady. Brady’s team has lost only one game this season, to Girard, and aims to dominate district play with veteran support and solid defense. Local hopes hinge on a productive early innings surge at home.
Johnny Salo of Passaic NJ built a seventeen minute margin over his nearest rival in the GO NATIONAL Pyle cross-country marathon, with Giusto Smek and Pete Gavuzzi among the finishers. The event, held near Orlessi, included notable results from American track and field trials and local scores across Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, highlighting Salo’s steady pace and the day’s elapsed time.
In Paris on May 20 United Press reports Misa Wills beat French player Muse Mathieu 6-2 2-6 6-4 to clinch a 4-3 U S victory in an international tennis series. Edith Cross and Marjorie Morrill also played with varying results in other singles.
Wailer Hagen told the Unite PH that after the Brefuh and German golf championships he would return to England to play again with the Prince of Wales. The princely golf handicap is around 15, but with more practice and better swing he could improve.
Army schedules two football games with the University of Pittsburgh. The first game will be in Pittsburgh and the second at West Point. The teams have not played this season yet.
George Kirkley reports on 1928 rookies Hvar Swanson of the Reds and Dale Alexander of the Tigers. Swanson, praised by Jack Hendricks for speed and fielding, hit .200 with eight steals. previously batted .846 in the Pacific Coast League with 58 doubles and 49 steals. Alexander, a 216-pound first baseman, tops Tigers chances with 381, driving in 27 runs, as Detroit pursues AL honors alongside Hellmann. The piece lists other rising first-year players and trades shaping the season.
Yesterday's standout Burleigh Grimes, veteran Pirates pitcher, held the league leading Chicago Cubs to seven hits and earned his sixth win. The Pirates defeated the Cubs, 4 to 4. Cardinals tightened the pennant race with a 2 to 0 win over the Reds in St Louis. Walberg allowed seven hits as the Athletics blanked Washington 1 0. Ruth and Gehrig powered the Yankees past the Red Sox 5 0 in a five inning game halted by rain. The White Sox dropped a costly 10 8 decision to Detroit. Cleveland rallied for a six run eighth to outpace St Louis 16 8. Lou Fennette drove in four for Cleveland with a hit total that included a triple.
Philadelphia May 20 six hundred sixty uneven entries from eighty two institutions will compete in the fifty third annual AAU championships at Franklin Field May 31 and June 1. Cornell leads with eighty one entries. Other schools include Harvard seventy three Yale forty eight Princeton forty six Pennsylvania forty three Southern California thirty five New York University sixty one.
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