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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1953
Page
7
The garbled text mentions an order related to the Selective Service and a 10-year-old reference. The exact meaning is unclear due to OCR corruption, but it alludes to wartime conscription and official actions.
The Corry Aves meet North East Grapepickers at Loveland Field in a bid for a home victory and their third straight win. Key players Tony San Filippo and Wayne Pulling pace the Grapepickers with a winged T offense while Corry aims to slow the duo and avert an upset.
Los Angeles Rams defeated the Detroit Lions 31-19 while three clubs in the Western Conference chase shared the lead after 4 weeks. Cleveland remains undefeated in the East with a 30-14 win over Washington as Giants, Packers win their firsts and Eagles beat Steelers. Norman Van Brocklin threw two TD passes for the Rams and Lou Groza added a field goal. Lions face 49ers next.
Eastern Conference standings show Cleveland 4 0 0 1.000 and Washington 9 1 1 .467 as Pittsburgh 8 0 0 1.000 leads. Western Conference lists San Francisco 10 5 0 .667 and Los Angeles 3 1 0 .750 with Chicago Bears 13 9 .350. Weekend results: Philadelphia 7, Pittsburgh 0. Green Bay 37, Baltimore 14. New York 21, Chicago Cards 7. Cleveland 30, Washington 14. Los Angeles 1, Detroit 19. San Francisco 35, Chicago Bears 28.
Muhlenberg sophomore Jackie McDonald, former Polisville high school star, receives the Maxwell Club football player of the week for his 181 yards and two touchdowns against Lafayette on October 10. Bascom vs Patterson headlined Friday night boxing at Brooklyn’s Parkway Arena telecast by Dumont.
The Corry Area High School Jayvees, led by Coach Vie Cragg, aim to improve their 3-1 record tonight against Titusville High reserves at Loveland Field. Titusville has one win this season after a 14-9 loss to Warren, while Corry previously beat the Rockets 2-0.
The Orange Bowl in Miami reached a two year agreement with the Big Seven and Atlantic Coast conferences to supply teams. Oklahoma and Maryland are favorites to lead the leagues and clash on New Year's Day under the arrangement. The Sugar and Cotton Bowls remain as open berths, with the Rose Bowl unaffected by the pact. Negotiations concluded in Kansas City after eight months.
St Vincent defeated St Francs 13 to 7 while Western Reserve led Buffalo 26 to 6. St Lawrence routed Alfred 96 to 7. West Chester beat Lock Haven 54 to 7. Miami Ohio won 38 to 6 over Marist. Wake Forest beat No State 7 to 20 and Kentucky topped Mississippi State 32 to 18. Florida State 60 Citadel 0. Southern Methodist 12 Rice 7. Marquette 14 Arizona A M 0. Oklahoma A M 14 Houston 7. Texas Tech 34 College of Pacific. Bill Merker and Chick Donaldson were noted as the only two ex-servicemen on the West Virginia University football team.
The article notes UCLA losing to Stanford 21-20, Duke falling 14-12 to Army, and Rice beaten 12-7 by Southern Methodist, ending their postseason bowl hopes. Georgia Tech and Notre Dame loom as major contenders, with Maryland and others still in the race. College football's title chase tightens as top teams collide in key matchups.
Harrisburg Pa a roundup notes seventeen major football teams remain undefeated at midseason 1950 with six squads dropping from the ranks six clubs upset or tied over the weekend Donora Harbrack Vandergrift and Bellwood Anita among Western Conference leaders with several teams like DuBois and Tamaqua posting long unbeaten streaks The piece also mentions Michigan Texas and USC weekend results in brief college football context.
Mount Union notches first touchdown against a Bellwood rival as the Western Conference shakeup continues. Pottsville Burnham Derry Reading Somerset Conemaugh Township and Turte Creek drop from the select circle, with Pottsville losing to Lebanon on a late fourth quarter fumble. Reading suffers setbacks to Bethlehem while Burnham Derry falters against State College. Windber overpowers Conemaugh Township to climb in Western Conference rankings.
Detroit blanked Montreal 4 0 and Toronto defeated Chicago 2 1 on the National League card. In the American League Pittsburgh beat Buffalo 5 4 in overtime and Providence routed Cleveland 1 0.
Russ Hepler of Clarion won the mile race at New Castle in 1:43.3. Paid Parks of Columbus took second while Bucky Suegety of Toledo finished third in the late model stock car event at Speedway Park yesterday.
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