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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1948
Page
7
A fragmented OCR shows an auction listing near Westville describing items for sale including furniture coal range rugs and tools. The notice mentions dates in October and a farm setting with prices and quantities, but many details are garbled.
In today’s sport section readers see the Cleveland Indians faltering as they slip in the pennant race after a late loss to Detroit. A win either today or tomorrow could secure at least a tie with the Yankees and Red Sox, while football notes cover two All America Conference games and four in the National Professional League plus Cleveland Browns at Baltimore. The piece notes other NFL games, looming world series tickets, and local high school six man football opener for Clymer High.
In Detroit Jimmy Outlaw delivered a ninth inning go ahead single driving in two runs to lift the Tigers over Cleveland 6-3. Cliff Fannin pitched the Browns to a 4-0 victory in the St Louis twilight-night doubleheader opener, while Eddie Joost was hospitalized in Philadelphia with a foot infection and will miss the final two games of the season.
In a tense finish to the pennant chase, Cleveland fell 5-3 to Detroit while Boston and New York split. The Indians hold a one game lead over both rivals with two games remaining, and a possible three-way tie looms if rain washes out remaining games. Detroit’s ninth inning surge, led by Jimmy Outlaw, sealed the win and kept the drama alive for the season’s end.
Corry High School Beavers upset Johnsonburg 19-6 as Art Fitts shines with eight completions and key runs. Crawford Pitts and Shippling score while long drives and stout defense propel Orange and Black to their first win, avenging earlier defeats.
Notre Dame coach Leahy predicts a hard fought game against Pittsburgh, aiming for a one point margin as Pitt seeks to repeat a strong passing showing versus SMU. Milligan cautions Panthers will fight every inch, with Pitt’s Mike Fuderich noted for adding aerial punch.
American League results show Detroit 5 Cleveland 3 and St Louis 4 4 while Chicago 0 3.. only games scheduled list New York at Boston Detroit at Cleveland and Washington at Philadelphia. National League results Boston 3 Brooklyn 1 Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 1 BI Louis 6 Chicago 4. only games scheduled.
Fragmentary sports standings scraped from a newspaper page show teams tied to cities such as Boston New York Philadelphia and St. Louis with win loss figures and point totals. The text is garbled but indicates a standings table with per team records and league positions.
Boston's Red Sox and New York Yankees cling to slim hopes as Cleveland leads with two to play. A potential triple tie looms if Indians falter and both Boston and New York split with their remaining foes.
A garbled sports digest lists batting and pitching leaders with names like Musial and Ashburn and figures such as 239 hits and 148 strikeouts. The text is largely unreadable, mixing teams and cities, with several garbled entries and false fragments.
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