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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1935
Page
6
A string of college football selections features New York University favored to beat Georgetown and Notre Dame expected to edge Navy. Other notable picks include Grove City over Allegheny, Thiel over Bethany, Stanford over Washington, and Texas over Rice, with many close matchups and upsets forecast for Saturday games.
Johnny Revolta, 24, defeats Tommy Armour in the National Professional Golfers Association championship final to claim the title and $1,000 first prize. He led from the first hole, finishing six up on Armour after 82 holes, with Zimmerman ousted Runyan earlier to set Revolta’s path to glory.
Avery Brundage, Chicago chairman of the American Olympic Committee, stated unequivocally that the United States will participate in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. He denounced calls for boycotts as fomented by outsiders not close to Berlin, asserting the games belong to athletes, not politicians, and that U S teams will represent the nation.
Loblaw's quintet kept the Class B Bowing League lead at Recreation Alleys by winning two from Corry Jamestown. Aeros moved up to second by taking two from Kiwanis No 1, while Spring Creek swept Kiwanis No 1. Pawson posted the high average of 200. Bee-keepers hopeful London report claims British beekeepers fear Italian advance and Ethiopian beeswax supply disruption affecting Britain.
New York Oct 24 Yale and Army meet in the season’s marquee game with Yale favored at 7 to 5 odds. Ducky Pond’s Bus sill trot leads Yale to the New Haven Bowl. Wall Street brokers project over 75 000 on the game and more than a million dollars in wagers in the New York area.
Professor Manley Phelps of De Pau University tells a class a lyric could lure fish when the bite is slow. He recalls weeks of fishing in Wisconsin last summer with no catches until he sang and landed a 25 pound muskie.
Pittsburgh Oct 24 Carnegie Tech football squad trains for Lafay ette Indiana where Saturday they face the Purdue Boilermakers. Coach Howard Harpster weighs moving star halfback Charlie Splank to quarterback for the game.
Pittsburgh Oct 24 United Press reports coach Jock Sutherland will rest star left wingman Rank Souchak for the Saturday game against Penn State. Henry Adams of California Pa will shift from center to end. Souchak’s left ankle injury flared in the Notre Dame game, with a full two weeks rest expected before Fordham.
UCL plans a special train and car trip to New Castle Brie East High football clash. New Castle has one loss this season and not yet beaten. Brid enbaugh machine faces tough challenge as Lawson Little laments autographing a golf ball.
Four Corry youths from the First Avenue A C boxing stable will box four bouts against invaders at the State Armory tomorrow evening. Steve Grinasty, Bob Franz, Fred Schultz, and Windy Timms will face Reinhardt, Walchick, Platt, and Kirin respectively. K O Schultz and Popeye Coons meet, while Munn and Richardson clash. The card opens at 8:15 p.m. with strong local interest and a good crowd expected.
Grove City College will dedicate its new concrete stadium Saturday with Allegheny College as the opponent in a midseason feature. The 2 pm ceremony precedes kickoff and will be broadcast on college radio station WSAJ.
WW meets Keister's on the Elks' runways this evening for an Antler League match. Keister's hosts the game at their venue, aiming to upset the visitors in a key league contest with both teams chasing a win.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a study noting a vast network of nurseries in ancient forests dating back thousands of years, suggesting an era of early cultivation and plant propagation. Details remain unclear due to damaged text.
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