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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1959
Page
7
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Dodgers seize control of the NL lead with a Sunday win over the Giants as Milwaukee narrows, while Pittsburgh St. Louis and Chicago chase in the tight race. Key NL figures include Warren Giles, Johnny Podres, Sam Jones, Duke Snider, Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Stan Musial, and Vern Law amid late-season showdowns and pivotal homers and wins.
American League standings show Chicago leading with 91 wins and 53 losses and Cleveland at 87 62. Detroit 77 49 with 16 games back, New York 76 73, Baltimore 72 77, Boston 70 79, Kansas City 63 95, Washington 63 86. Weekly results list Detroit Chicago Cleveland Kansas City New York Boston Washington Baltimore. National League standings place Los Angeles 85 66, Milwaukee 82 66, San Francisco 82 67, Pittsburgh 77 72, Cincinnati 72 78, Chicago 70 78, St Louis 68 80, Philadelphia 61 88. Schedule notes and results include Milwaukee at Pittsburgh Chicago at St Louis, San Francisco at Chicago, Los Angeles at St Louis, Cincinnati at Philadelphia. Los Angeles and San Francisco split a doubleheader. Pittsburgh and Cincinnati also played long games.
Major League leaders across batting pitching and fielding with 400 at bats or more include Kuenn Detroit leading in average 356 and 192 hits alongside Kaline 325. Colavito Cleveland tops home runs 41 while Fox Chicago leads hits. Pitching shows McLish Cleveland 198 decisions but Shaw Chicago 176 saves. Stolen bases see Aparicio Chicago 54. Other leaders include Mays San Francisco 116 runs and Banks Chicago 37 RBIs.
Chicago's magic number remains two as Cleveland runs their late-season push on the road. Joe Gordon, who quit as Indians manager, stays with the club while Frak Lane weighs future choices. Cleveland wins three straight and chases a possible World Series showdown.
A federation shoot drew 121 archers from 10 clubs to Corry Archery Club near Lawrence Airport. Bob Jackson of Warren led Expert AA with 388, Dick Kinney topped Expert A with 358, and local archers dominated bowman and other divisions.
At a recent meeting the Corry Rod and Gun Club joined the Penn York Pistol League, expanding to five teams from the Pennsylvania New York region. The Corry club joins Erie’s Keystone and Troquois clubs and Jamestown and Fredonia. Practice begins tonight at 7 o'clock with new league levels planned for Teiene action and 22 caliber as well as centerfire events.
Chicago Bears claimed the Western Division crown with a 1 loss record and the Cardinals held a close second in the NFL exhibition season. The Bears eyed an undefeated preseason but lost to Cleveland 33 41 as Lou Groza kicked a 41 yard field goal late. In other games, Detroit beat Washington 31, Los Angeles edged Philadelphia, and Cleveland topped Baltimore 20 16 as Bobby Mitchell and Jim Brown starred. Ed Brown led the Bears on a late drive before Groza’s kick sealed the win for Cleveland.
LSU led by Paul Dietzel’s Bengals toppled Rice 21 to 6 in the season opener as All American Billy Canton scored a 17 yard TD in the second half. TCU and Oklahoma also won in the Southwest, while Auburn and LSU did not meet. Navy, Army, and Ohio State set early matchups.
Braddock High School opened its 1959 season with a 47 0 victory over Home stead marking its 40th straight game without a defeat Other Strands continued in northwestern Pennsylvania as Franklin Corry Warren vie for top in Section 11. Corry beat Franklin. Warren upset Corry earlier. Several area teams posted conference wins while others fought for titles with postseason implications.
Corry area jayvees travel to Titusville for the first of two road games in the home and home series as they look to improve on a 23 16 season start after an earlier varsity win. Coach Harvey joins Roger Hoover guiding players including Munn Paige McCry Fenstermacher Weis Roberts Beckwilli Loyd Mitchell Wharton in their positions.
The Atlantic Coast Conference winner race narrows as The hyo Loans co-favorites for the title. Pitt barely defeated Marmielte 21-15 while Texas Tech upset Texas A and M 20-14. Oregon beat Stanford 23-27 and Navy defeated Boston College 44-? Maryland rolled over West Virginia 27-7. Texas shut out Nebraska. Washington beat Colorado 2-12 and Penn State toppled Missouri. Arkansas stopped Tulea 280. South Carolina beat Duke 12-7. Georgia defeated Alabama.
Veteran Marty Fiveal surged from two strokes back to win the El Paso Open Golf Tournament by four strokes. Furgol, displaying his best form in two years, shot a final round of 65 to complete a 72-hole total of 273. Ernie Vossler and Jay Hebert tied for second at 275.
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