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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1941
Page
7
A fragmentary OCR line suggests a note about debts or payments with unreadable names or dates. The readable portion hints at owed sums and a dispute or informal record, but specifics are lost in the damaged text.
By Hugh Pullerton Jr a late October wrap of college football finances and potential moves in the Southern Conference and Georgia Tech spending. Also Cleveland promoter plans, Pee Wee Reese winter training, front office buzz for Indians and Giants, possible Pac cochair shifts, and a peculiar Arnold College football travel tale. Includes Korner comments on college and professional football timing and early season results.
Kaspers win three from Cleaners, posting a clean sweep over Steel's Dry Cleaning at Tilks alleys in Antler Dengue Insy night. Art Scheppner led with an overall 177 average.
Beavers work up to the big game with Union City at Loveland Field tonight practicing light workouts to prevent injuries. Captain Byler drills to sharpen plays while Jack Miller returns from illness and Lloyd Proctor shows improvement. Bob McCaslin is out with a dislocated shoulder. The squad aims for their first win, mixing passing plays with running and a strong defense as the band rehearses for the crowd.
Det. 16 Swashbuckling Bill Dudley of Virginia, the nation's top scorer, leads in total offense and rushing for the week. He has 316 yards in the air and 31 on the ground for 347 yards in 92 plays, plus a 534 passer rating. Teammate Bill Preston ranks third in passes.
Instructional draft lists football in play options and penalties with garbled text. It mentions running plays out of bounds, passes to manage time, field conditions, and defensive misuses. A Seattle item describes parachute troops at Crater Lake, dropping milk cans with rainbow trout into the lake.
New York racing nears its end with 15 days left in the 1941 calendar. Daily double wagers have produced top payouts of 809.10, while total wagering across New York tracks reaches 120,170,522 with 4,215,456 bet on the daily double over 141 race days. The Jamaica meeting trialed the bet for six days, then adopted widely.
Associated Press dispatch from Harrisburg reports opening of Pennsylvania duck season at 7 am with optimism for a large first day bag. Game Commission officials note many nesting sites, potential late southward migration, and best shooting along Delaware and Susquehanna rivers and Lake Erie basin. Daily bag limit is ten ducks with only three redheads allowed. season runs October to December with geese and widgeon limits noted.
Binghamton likely loses its Class A Eastern Baseball League franchise as New York Yankees farm head Eugene Maruli cites ongoing operating losses since his arrival. The club’s 1942 season drew a record low 3,000 paid admissions, with two other cities bidding for the franchise.
The Conewanga Creek near Warren and Oak area suffered a fish kill with suckers bass and other species destroyed by polluted waters. Warden R C Bailey from Youngsville investigated the incident as fish were found along the Hanes of the creek. Local residents reported dead fish Monday evening and Tuesday as cleanup efforts began and sediment was moved away.
In Fayetteville Arkansas the new electric scoreboard at Ruserbuck Stadium went live after Arkansas beat Central Oklahoma Teachers 56 to 0. The public address system briefly announced a lower scoreboard height, then the Parkers secured the victory.
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