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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1962
Page
7
Rivalry history between Corry and Titusville dates to the 1890s with mixed results, notable upsets and long home streaks. The piece previews Corry's strong home record, Titusville's recent struggles, and mentions other regional college and pro-football notes, including Penn State Army and future matchups shaping the season.
Tonight at Sheen Athletic Field the Corry Beavers meet the Titusville Rockets in a pivotal Section Two football clash. Corry leads 3-0 in league play. Titusville seeks a victory to stay alive with a slim chance at the crown. The game caps a slate that includes Oil City at Meadville and Grove City at Franklin as the schedule tightens.
A historical roundup lists numerous Titusville versus Corry football scores dating from 1925 to 1950 showing Titusville leading series with several decisive wins. The article names offensive stars Art Hotchkiss Dick Schalton ends enders Jim Barber Doug Mitchell tackles guards Bob Culbertson Ed Krass and more, plus captains McMahon and Scholton setting the tone.
Yankees manager Ralph Houk predicted a six game championship with Whitey Ford dominating the potentially wind restrained sixth game at Candlestick. Giants manager Alvin Dark shuffled lineups, restoring Harvey Kuenn in left while Cepeda moved to first to counter.
Detroit suffers five game skid as Kentucky, no victories, visits Titan Stadium. Other major Friday matchups include Mississippi State at Tulane and UCLA hosting Colorado State after UCLA upset Ohio State. LSU meets Miami, Washington at Oregon State, Baylor vs Arkansas, Purdue against Miami of Ohio.
Titusville visits Corry and Oil City plays Meadville while Grove City hosts Franklin and Mercer meets Greenville in a slate of tonight’s boys basketball games across Erie, Crawford and surrounding districts. Other notable clashes include Cambridge Springs at Saeger Town, Harborcreek hosting Erie East, and McDowell against Union City. Tomorrow features Bradford at Kane and Olean at Warren among numerous road and home contests.
Mick Mantle says pitchers deserve credit as hitters struggle in the World Series. He reports feeling better and swinging well, noting the opponents have been effective, while Cepeda and Kuenn struggle with 0-for-12 and 0-for-8 records respectively amid Ohio State's win over UCLA and Tennessee’s rough season.
In Steubenville Ohio Fred die Martinovich 135 of Pittsburgh stopped Roy Carruthers 143 of Akron in round one. In Miami Rocky Randell 146 of Houston Texas and Bobby Monroe 142 of Fort Lauderdale Florida fought to a four round draw.
Local bowling last night featured Carl Clabbatz posting a 600 series with 202 176 and 187 games while another bowler achieved three identical 176 games. Casper Wowowicg Earl Bailey and others posted 200 plus scores but fell short of a 600. Dick Chase led the National B League with 422.
Arley Earls led the Corry Jamestown Owls with 214 and Pran is Dyer added 201. Joe Hand 205 and others scored as the Cats won 7-6 at Evans Field. Cowboys finished last with 15 points as the Bears and Beavers trailed, seventh and eighth grade finals set for next week.
U S Olympic Committee president and former Big Ten Commissioner Wilson and baseball executive Bill Veeck were named to the Illinois Sports Hall of Fame. They won in a AP Sports Editors poll, edging out rivals such as Jory Ray Ray Schalk George Musso and Hack Wilson. Veeck led with 15 first place ballots.
In Blackpool England J D Bilis of Trenton New Jersey defeated Brian Jones of England by knockout in round two as Brian London and Von Clay from Philadelphia and others were listed in a jumbled ring lineup. The piece includes a subscription pitch for The Journal.
U S golfers regain the lead from Canada after the third round at Kawana Japan with good weather and scoring. The three-man team posted 211 for the day and 649 after three rounds to lead Canada by two. Britain moved up to third with 658.
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