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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1962
Page
7
A garbled OCR fragment lists numbers and currency like 108.11 12.01 128.90 and 14 weh 17.59 among other stray figures. No clear names, dates, or locations are discernible, making it a largely unreadable financial clipping with scattered totals and miscellaneous annotations.
Corry Area High School gridders wrapped heavy contact and shift to offensive drills as they await Saturday kickoff at War Memorial Field. Coach Lou Hanna reports one minor injury. John Butters likely starts at halfback with Jim Black spelling. Warren returns 12 lettermen and a strengthened staff for the Dragons opener following 1-7-2 last season.
The Giants beat the Dodgers 3 0 as Willie Mays, after a short rest, heated up with two doubles and a single driving in the first two runs. Marichal left with an injury but Bolin finished as San Francisco closed within 2 1/2 games of LA. Cincinnati won a doubleheader from Chicago, and Milwaukee beat St Louis 1 0. In the AL the Tigers swept Baltimore 5 2 and 6 0 to stay in the pennant chase as the Angels and Yankees idle.
In a rocky season Warren suffered a 45 to 7 loss at Dat Hirk in the next to last game. A close 127 to 0 setback against Jamestown in the finale underscores the team’s late emergence and rugged finish as the Velehtsmen appear to have arrived late in the year.
Penn State in University Park held its first football scrimmage of the season. Coach Rip Bugles called the effort good with usual mistakes as offense scored six touchdowns in wet conditions. Quarterback Pete Liske stood out directing the first team after Don Caum pulled a leg muscle during a morning kicking drill.
Claude Osteen of the Senators hurled a three hit shutout to beat Minnesota 2-0 in the second game of a twi-light doubleheader, leaving the Twins two games behind AL leader New York. Minnesota won the opener 7-1 in 11 innings. Willie Mays is noted in batting.
Reliever Jim Umbricht, previously optioned between Houston and Oklahoma City, earned the win in a 3-3 tie with Pittsburgh. He collected a single, two doubles, and two RBIs, boosting his season batting average to .143 and marking a strong late relief performance. His effort helped Houston edge toward a improved standing against the league leaders.
Harrisburg AP report notes Pennsylvania high school football opens Friday night with Mingos maintaining the state’s longest winning streak at 22 straight, though new coach Steve Prisild faces a dim outlook after losing the entire 1961 starting backfield led by quarterback Dick Gingrich. Other streaks include Beaver Falls, Lock Haven, and Albert Gallatin with 20 plus wins, while Monessen defends its title Saturday against Perry in a season poised for strong competition in the East Penn Conference.
Touring pros chased $85,000 in the first round at Denver Open on a tight Denver Country Club layout. The course was shortened from 150 to 110 yards on No 122 after protests by players and PGA supervisor Joe Black. The hole had been deemed unplayable when stretched to 150 yards for the event.
In New Brunswick New Jersey coach John Bateman praised Rutgers quarterback Bob Yaksick of Clairton for his practice performance. Yaksick a senior has spent the past two years mainly on defense but showed improved quarterback play in recent drills.
Golf legends Arnold Palmer Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus converge on Fire Stone Country Club for a six hole medal play event over two days. Top prize is 50000 with 15000 for runner up and 19000 for last place. Palmer leads with 86948, Player 44898, Nicklaus 54000 as NBC-TV plans daily telecasts and premium production for home viewers.
The Women of the Moose League at Avalon Center and the Men's A League at FW closed for the season. Roxann Bradford and Fran Sventek led with 161s for WOTM, Thom Glavis left a 47 10 split, Sonny Staples opened the season with a 600 series, and Wayne Skinner narrowly missed the 600 circle with scores around 241. VFW scores included Rot Lindstrom 216, Ernie Rachel 216, Phil Sample 207, and several 201s. The A League seeks new bowlers. contact Bob Wotus at 2738 or 54.
Archie Moore and Cassius Clay will fight in a 23 round bout at the Los Angeles Coliseum under a Coliseum Commission approved agreement. The pact after being signed yesterday provides for a rental of $10,000.
Titusville reports a $50 reward offered by Pine Creek Sportsman's Club for information leading to the capture of the person or persons who released about 400 ringnecks from a 15 by 73 foot retaining pen on the Hoffman farm near Spring Creek Road last weekend. A hole was cut in the fence and the birds scattered. two thirds were recaptured with help from Game Protector Donald Parr and state game officials.
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