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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1931
Page
2
Corry High travels to Union City for a football game renewing dormant athletic relations. Officials are urged to be neutral. Other notes cover Sing Sing prison football hype and USC versus Stanford clash as top weekend games.
Information on the 1931 season stresses that December 1 to 15 allow hunting of both sexes statewide. Each hunter may kill up to six legal deer and must confirm buck has two or more points or is spikeless and weighs at least 40 pounds with entrails removed. Licenses are county-wide and no special license is needed.
With 128 colleges responding to Hoover relief efforts, college football will stage charity games to raise funds for unemployment relief. National plan led by K Hall of Hanover, rules committee chair, aims to mobilize hundreds of colleges and schools across the country.
Henry McLeMore laments boxing's state as promoters offer scraps like James Joy Johnson arranging a Loughran Uscudun bout. He notes top heavyweights such as Sharkey refuse challengers beyond Dempsey or Schmeling, leaving Tammy Loughran as a rare willing contender amid cautious, starved matchups.
Columbus November 1 United Press Staff Correspondent L W St John director of athletics at Ohio State University says football remains the leading college sport and still attracts large crowds. He notes gate receipts support physical education and minor sports, and cites an expected 60,000 attendance for the Navy game as evidence of stable interest despite rumors of decline.
Christopher Battalino edged Wail Mastro in a 10 round featherweight title defense at Chicago Stadium. Battalino trailed late, surged in rounds nine and ten to secure a split decision 51-49, 248-? and 125 1 2 to 114, with attendance listed around 14 022 and gross receipts at 40 358.
Corty High Beavers prepare to travel to Union City for a long awaited renewal of hostilities. Coach McCan enters with an undefeated mindset and hints of an unseen ace as fans expect a high stakes battle to rekindle old gridiron tensions.
Benny Leonard, barred from fighting in New York and nearby states, resumes exhibition boxing in Pittsburgh after a six round bout with Mickey Ashinie. The former lightweight champion delivered four favorable showings, while Battalino’s faction clashed in the final round as Mastro was shoved to the floor and Leonard nearly toppled himself.
Italian heavy Carnera to face Argentina’s Campolo in a one round Dunnat style match at Madison Square Garden pending, with a potential February title defense against Tuipelteller. New York notes list Columbia backfield substitutes Montgomery Wilder Mosser Hodupp for Virginia contest.
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