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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1936
Page
6
A local athletic controversy centers on fundraising for the High School Athletic Association and the donation day. The district debates fair funding, equipment costs, and maintaining athletic standards while praising new equipment and safety measures.
Curry High School’s Beavers celebrate a standout season with seven wins and one loss. Key games include Corry 34 Wattsburg 12 and Carry 28 North East 9, led by Wilcox 73 yard run and Piteavage power on offense. Lawrence Park loss 19 6 defined the lone setback as Beavers maintain top form.
Pittsburgh Nov 11 Duquesne and Carnegie Tech held strenuous practices as they ready for a weekend showdown at Pitt Stadium. Coaches Clipper Smith and Howard Harpater pushed players while several key names were sidelined with injuries including Amann stepping into the Duquesne left guard vacancy.
Pitt travels tonight to Lincoln for a Saturday clash with Nebraska Cornhuskers. Thirty four players make the trip with a practice at Stagg Field, Chicago, and a one day stay at Omaha before the game, arriving a few hours before kickoff.
Grove City coach Bill Amos stressed the offense as Grove City polishes for its Saturday game with Ithaca. The Crimson have participated in the football wars since their Washington & Jefferson game two weeks ago and are in good physical shape. Notre Dame heads to New York to face Army after its final home workout with emphasis on kicking. Howard Weiss may start at fullback for Wisconsin against Cincinnati as Jankowski recovers from an ankle injury.
WPA bowling squad won twice over Recreation Alleys to surge ahead in the Class B keg league standings. The Championship Lablaw club defeated Lincoln Market three straight while Kiwana squad beat Corry Jamestown keglers in an open. Standings show WPA top with 8 wins and 6 losses, Recreation Alleys 6-9, Corry Jamestown 4-11.
Waynesburg meets Covenant in homecoming football as Domonge Roselli the 140 pound Geneva College quarter buck draws focus. Yellow Jackets coach Franke Wolf says Roselli must be stopped for a Jackets victory.
A ponderous fragment describes friendship, intellect, and the act of writing a letter. The scholar contemplates meditation yet finds no thoughts, settling on family ties and the chosen words needed to convey sentiment to a friend.
George Kirkley reports Northwestern will clash with Michigan and Notre Dame as revenge fuels their bid for glory. The 1925 narrative recalls Michigan’s 3-2 upset by Northwestern and Notre Dame’s postgame ambitions, with memories of past battles shaping a tense 1986 revival in the gridiron pursuit.
Toe Gould, Braddock's manager, dismissed rumors of an exhibition tour for heavyweight champion James J. Braddock. He said Braddock is training at Hot Springs and will not fight until cleared by boxing commission doctors. Gould called the New Orleans promoter's claim and the Boston promoter's Nov 16th date entirely false.
New York on November 11 reports that hopes for an open tennis tournament are dashed as the International Lawn Tennis Federation will not consider such a proposal before 1938. Amateurs and professionals will be kept separate for at least two more years due to the federation's 1987 agenda.
The text notes Northwestern, one of the nation’s three major unbeaten teams, will meet on successive Saturdays teams with motives of revenge. It argues that such teams are the hardest in late-season clutch moments due to lingering scores to settle.
Gulf Coast Military Academy’s shoe free back, Hampton Potts, has scored ten touchdowns as the unbeaten team faces stinging defenses. Opponents target his bare toes, hoping to slow him, but Potts claims feet give him speed and better toe holds. He has played barefoot five years with one prior broken collarbone.
Minnesota held a brief indoor workout on a frozen field with a shortened drill. Coach Bernie Bierman signaled the lineup used in the Town game would likely start against the Texas Longhorns on Saturday.
Oyster update chronicles local harvest in Garner West with notes on timing and seasonal shift. Sparse fragments point to changes in oyster supply and a brief mention of month related activity.
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