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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1942
Page
7
A short game note records goal g4-401 and a 62 Juanets onside play by the 61s team under EL oversight, capturing a critical moment and its immediate status for fans and officials.
A garbled OCR fragment describes a Corry location on Gates near Pleasant Street. It references a house inquiry, a painting or furniture material, and stock or stock colors. Details are unclear and many words are corrupted.
Season winds toward conclusion with Ohio State and Auburn clinching titles, while Georgia Tech faces a dream-shattered Georgia in a pivotal clash. Army Navy looms as major game with Georgia Pre-Flight and other southern matchups shaping bowls and standings.
The Tribune-Republican notes Farrell High School clinched the District 10 football crown in a late season finish. Grove City, Sharpsville, Greenville, Sharon, and Oil City provided stiff opposition, with Grove City scoring 190 points and allowing seven. Massillon’s upset of Canton and Auburn’s shock over Georgia mark a turbulent national scene as the college race narrows toward bowls.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions numbers and items such as a refrigerator, spices, and weights but contains errors and stray symbols, yielding no clear event, person, or organization to summarize into a coherent news item.
Dick Morton led the Head-Pin tournament at the Recreation Alleys with a 304 three game total on splits of 112 190 and 92 in the opening event of the year. Helen Langeley won the women’s division with a 923, edging out Dob Morton and Mary Hnatysayn by two pins as nurses and locals competed in the mixed field.
The nation’s college football season ends with sixteen teams undefeated, plus three remaining hopefuls Tulsa Georgia Tech and Boston College. Georgia fell to Auburn 27 13 and Hardin-Simmons tied Texas Tech as part of the final weekend results. Tulsa leads scorers with 387 points, while Boston College and others wind down the season. Unbeaten squads include Delaware Haverford and East Stroudsburg.
Former Keystone Blue and Gold players recall past glory as J Rich, now in the U S Army at Gulfport Field Mississippi, writes a letter to the Journal from Keesler and White Plains. He enlisted after basic at Keesler, served at Pert Devens, and in Public Relations at Gulfport. He hopes to reunite with Corry Keystone alumni and mentions friends Hastings Jones and Itch White.
Chicago Bears rout Detroit 42-0 and overpower Brooklyn 23-3 as Redskins and Bears surge toward top NFL crowns. Washington edges Dodgers 24-9, while Green Bay and New York tie 21 all. Bears unbeaten in 22, prepare for Cleveland Rams finale as Cardinals, Giants, Lions falter.
Sterling Mile ties for keg lead after sweeping Wilcox Grocers and lifting to a four way deadlock with Citizens Bank in Ansler League action. McCandrew Dru keglers blank Metronotitan Insurancemen, hampered by a four man lineup, as six man winners hit higher scores with stars like Rube Randall posting 187, 179, 181, and 202 in Sunday matches.
Ed McGovern of Rose Poly extended his scoring lead in the 1942 football season as rivals Bob Steuber Missouri Frank Sinkwich Georgia and Gene Fekete Ohio State were held in check. McGovern finished the six game campaign with 165 points, surpassing Billy Dudley Virginia who had 134. James Secrist Rochester University also finished with 133.
The Corry Country Club elected officers for 1941 42 at a Sunday board meeting. William Bunlay replaces L E Graham as vice president, with H J Sleen as president Miss Violet Raeke as treasurer and Raymond Anderson as secretary. The directors report a fine season and note possible curtailment due to gasoline rationing, hoping adjustments can be made. A balance of several hundred dollars remains to roll into the 1943-44 season.
In Baltimore on November 23 Alfred Brown known as B-Boy Brown, 245, of Detroit, meets Lou Brooks, 184, of Wilmington, Del, for the synthetic heavyweight championship. The bout is scheduled for tonight with tensions high as both fighters seek the title and a key win.
A scrambled sports roundup cites football, boxing, and bowling notes with scattered names like Dodds Dod and Bobby Dod, mentions Army league sanctioning, duck hunting misadventures, and changes in pro baseball and Navy football figures. It blends odd fragments from Georgia Tech to New Orleans, Austin to Spokane, and references to several teams and officials without clear cohesion.
In Pennsylvania scholastic football the major conferences crown races heat up as the 1842 season nears key weekends. Tyronne powers Western Conference, Williamabeye wins Class B, Dormont and Hurst settle tight A play, Bridgeville tops Lestedite, and Lower Merion seizes Suburban Six after blanking Radnor.
Harrisburg Nov 2 The Game Commission seeks deer hides from hunters between November 20 and December 12 for manufacture of hides for military use. President Ross Leffler said worker groups requested the hides, noting unions and tanneries arranged the manpower and machinery for the project amid wartime needs.
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