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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1944
Page
7
The readable text shows scattered references to pullets and poultry items, trade terms, and names such as gaber winney and Michey U. with unclear associations. Mentions of Maine Russet and 500 Wick em wands appear, but most content is garbled. The fragment hints at a local auction or sale context with several incomplete lines.
A scrambled set of sports notes mentions Hralde winning the American Association pennant, Milwaukee Brewers and minor league figures, and various personalities like Paul Brown and Don Dun. It weaves in training reports, broadcasting plans, and eclectic results, with scattered references to teams, leagues, and events lacking cohesive context.
Hiltsburgh, Sept. 14 Arthur Rooney president of the Pittsburgh Steelers Professional Football Club starts his 12th NFL season as the Steelers and Chicago Cardinals open their home schedule next Monday evening against the Washington Redskins in the lone night game of the season. Four Sunday games follow at Forbes Field beginning with the Cleveland Rams under new coach Alarion Donelli. The New York Giants visit October 1, Detroit Lions November 6, and the season ends at home December 3 against the Chicago Bears.
Benny McCombr of Flint knocked out Johnny Finnazo of Baltimore. Billy Adame of Buffalo outpointed Johnny Bewer of Cleveland over three rounds.
Pirates won 7-3 and 10-5 to take the season series from the Cardinals for the first time since 1940, extending St Louis’ skid to 10 straight losses to Pittsburgh. Hopp, Sanders, O'Dea homered for the Cardinals. Barrett and Dahlgren connected for the Pirates. Rain washed out several AL games including Yankees vs Athletics and Phillies vs Giants, keeping Detroit idle.
National League standings show St. Louis leading with 95 wins and a .699 percentage, Pittsburgh at .600, Cincinnati at .556, and New York at .470. Yesterday's games: Cincinnati 4 at Chicago 2, Pittsburgh 7 at 10, St. Louis 3 at, rain postponed others. Today's schedule lists Cincinnati at Chicago, Boston at Brooklyn, Philadelphia at New York.
The Rocky Mountain region braces for a lively postwar season as military service teams rise beside Colorado College Colorado and other colleges. Led by Superbombers from Second Army Air Force and pilots from Randolph Field, the circuit features major players like Dobbs Sewell Evans Laniewski Bendren Susceff and others in a round robin across cities including Denver Spokane and Chicago.
Pittsburgh dispatch Sept 1 reports the first annual meeting of the United States Football League set for Chicago on September 30. Temporary President Roland D Payne says plans for 1945 operation will be formulated as 10 franchises are issued to clubs from New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Akron Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago Los Angeles and Honolulu.
Erie County Athletic Association officials and coaches met in Erie to elect officers for another year. President Westlake Edinboro Vice President Yost Lawrence Park and secretary treasurer Hauck Fairview were reaffirmed. Discussion on 1944 45 basketball classing against enrollment was held with Albion opposing a Class A only layout. No action taken yet. The association also planned two football trophies for division champions and possible county ride playoff proceeds determine trophy source. Corry was represented by AD Jack Tinea.
Sept 14 three ivy league candidates joined Coach Geomme Munger's University of Pennsylvania squad, boosting the year’s total to 67. Newcomers include William Smedberg from Greensboro NC who played freshman football at Duke, Marion M Walling Jr from Fort Worth Texas who played at North Texas Teachers, and Glenn Engeling of Albion Idaho who was a fullback at Idaho State Norm.
The journal will carry a complete football schedule of major colleges and service teams, listing opponents, home teams, and last season scores. Several games are noted for Saturday, but most colleges begin play around September 23 or the following weekend.
Bucknell prepares for the Muhlenberg opener with a faster lighter team. The Bisons will average about 181 pounds while Muhlenberg’s line runs around 185. Bucknell features a diminutive back, Tony Diolio, from Bridgeport, listed at 5 feet 4 inches and 137 pounds.
Detroit Tigers appear best bet to win the American League pennant says Connie Mack. He praises Tiger pitching duo Donny Trout and Hal Newhouser and notes Oakland’s owner expects surprises from the Browns and Yankees, but insists the A’s won’t win the pennant.
Memphis pitchers, led by Pete Gray who plays with one arm, defeated Nashville 7 to 6 in twelve innings as Gray achieved five hits including a triple double and three singles. The crowd saw a notable display from the Los Angeles born player whose story inspired his young fan Nelson Gary Jr.
The Falcons claimed the Governor's Cup by sweeping three from Batavia and four from Lockport to reach seven straight playoff wins. Right fielder Barney Hearn delivered a decisive two-run triple as Jamestown topped Lockport 4-2 in the final. Batavia and Hornell were earlier opponents.
The Camp Reynolds military police team lost 19 to 2 to the Cleveland Indians in an exhibition game. Tribe right-hander Paul Calvert limited the soldiers to five hits. Roy Cullenbine homered and doubled as part of a 21-run attack highlighted by strong Tribe hitting.
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