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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1942
Page
5
Local readers learn of the four day bear season opening with hunters heading to Warren, Forest, and Clarion counties amid war time travel limits. Also covered are Bears season progress, past wins over Green Bay, injury whispers, and prospects for the playoff push as college and amateur athletes feature in regional reports.
Georgia clung to first place in the AP poll with 69 first place votes, while Boston College rose to second as experts shifted. Michigan moved to fourth with Notre Dame falling to eighth. Texas, Tulsa, Wisconsin and others follow as teams eye Sugar Bowl implications and potential January 1 matchups.
A busy weekend in sports with Friday boxing at Madison Square Garden featuring Sammy Angott retirement chatter and Beau Jack versus Allie Stolz, plus Yale upsetting Princeton at home. The piece notes crowd talk on fight outcomes and the hockey season, then shifts to IC4A cross country and rookie Bruins debuts, ending with Sunday bowling and an easing of a city Sunday ban on bowling alleys with limited hours and no gambling.
Citizens Bank lost game one to Hammond Elevator but won the next two, anchored by John Ohm with 14 sets. Lee Shoemaker starred for Hammond with a 177 average. Antler League hints at pro-league All-Star selections after three weeks.
Shamrocks, fresh from a crowded victory over an undermanned Alwatis five, travel to Wattsburg High tonight for an 8 o clock tip off. Coach Baresi relies on McErie County Class B champions returning veterans as Blair Stan Hyots, Joe Sarneck and the backcourt duo Jin and Tom Jansen aim to spark scoring and steady guard play against a tested opponent.
Harrisburg reports the Game Commission predicts a sizable army of hunters will join the three day Pennsylvania black bear season. Officials say supplies are as good as last year when 598 bears were killed and prospects point to a large kill. In Columbus, Charles Clur, a college football tackle, is a candidate for All-America honors.
Harrisburg date cites PIAA plan to stage its annual state series in 1948 despite travel limits. Philadelphia dispatch notes Elbert Thompson of Los Angeles headlines a five by five basketball play, debuting in eastern bowling tonight with a 24 to 1 score over Gus Dorzinul.
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