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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1946
Page
7
The PIAA redraws Class A B and adds Class C, changing school groupings by enrollment. Small schools gain chance at district honors in B and C while Class A remains for 500 plus pupils. districts must approve participation for cross-class play. Meanwhile Sox and Cardinals square off as Fall Classic resumes in Boston with Boston favored.
Brecheen pitched a 3-0 shutout to even the World Series at two games winning over Boston. observers foresee a St Louis upset as the Cardinals grow more aggressive in the first two games. Ferriss and Dickson to start Game 3 in Boston.
Wilcox Grocers strengthened their City Bowling League lead with a two game sweep over Kasper’s last night as Cory Water, Sordoni Construction, and Corry Sales split wins. Ray Burr led Wilcox with 193 178 224 while Ed Zewatsky added 181 182 and Paul Hurlbut 174 168 295 for Water. Corry Water’s scores were 865 726 849 with Marty's 521 529 408 marking a rough night.
New York Oct 1 The Associated Press first weekly poll of 1940 names the Texas Longhorns as the top college football team. Texas leads with 108 ballots and 999 1/3 points, Army second, Notre Dame third, UCLA fifth, Alabama sixth, and Pennsylvania seventh. Notre Dame tied for eighth with Georgia and Tennessee. Northwestern rises to tenth after a 28-0 victory.
Eddie Giosa outpointed Roman Alvarez in New York as Tommy Greb won New England lightweight title in Boston. George La Rover beat Pat Reguejo in Newark. Ralph Zanelli defeated Henry Jordan in Baltimore. Stanley Sims stopped Art Robinson in Troy.
In the Clymer Bowling League C Bag and Linn's tied for first after sweeping four points from Legion while Lin's took two. Keystone blanked GLF and posted high series as they rolled 754 799 909, outdistancing GLP 621 621 671. Lin's finished with games 179 730 751. Conservation posted 79 709 and 791 in losses.
The Eastern Professional Basketball League approved a 90 game schedule starting December 1. Playoffs for the President's Cup will follow the season through May. Franchises Scranton and Carbondale were inactivated for not meeting the 1500-seat minimum. Remaining teams include Binghamton, Wilkes?Barre, Carleton, Allentown, Reading and Lancaster. An Eastern Association of Professional Basketball Leagues plan gained league support to cooperate with New York and New England leagues.
Corry High School second team beat Titusville 19 to 0 as all three periods saw scoring. Turbulent second half sparked by Franchina pass to Taylor for 40 yards and Crawford’s late TD on an interception return. Johnson news notes report Walter Johnson improving after brain tumor treatment at Georgetown Hospital.
New York October reports say Blanchard the inside running back is fully recovered from a knee issue and will be ready for Army against Michigan this Saturday at West Point. The veteran back is described as 55 percent better than last year and expected to boost Army's offense.
Villanova head coach Jordan One says Army quarterback Arnold Turké is among the smartest at the position and credits Tucker with making Army competitive. He noted Villanova is the only team to have faced both Army and Navy this season, speaking at a Maxwell Penthill Club luncheon.
Sugar Robinoon, 182, defeated Ossie Haris, 168, by outpoint in Pittsburgh last night. Haris fought hard but could not overcome the NY fighter’s reach and solid jab to fail in the 10 round verdict.
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