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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1948
Page
7
Fragmented OCR text references rent values and housing terms with unclear details. It mentions addresses or streets, adult occupancy, and possible dates or rates, but the legibility is too poor to extract concrete names, places, organizations, or outcomes.
The Erie County Sportsmen's League hosts its annual field meet at Wattsbury Pair Growards today with a two day trap shoot sponsored by the Washington Gun Club drawing shooters from across the eastern states. The Presque Isle Beagle Club rabbit trial opens at 8:30 a.m. with two classes and free admission plus parking. In baseball news Boston Braves capture the National League pennant as Ralph Kiner Stan Musial and Johnny Mize vie for home run honors with Musial leading in several batting stats while Kiner and Mize close behind. NFL section previews matchups including Bears at Packers and Steelers at Redskins as the season opens with wide open races and uncertain outcomes.
There will be no skeet shoot at the Corry Rod and Gun Club range east of Columbus tomorrow morning due to the Erie County Sportsmen's meet at Wattsburg and an auction shoot at Falconer. Corry gardeners will attend one of the two events, necessitating cancellation of the local shoot. Similar Sunday morning skeet shoots are expected to resume October 3.
Associated Press notes Batting Bill Johnson of the Yankees hit a pinch hit three run homer to boost a 9-6 victory over the Red Sox as New York pushes toward the pennant. Harry Brecheen pitched for St Louis in a four run triumph over Chicago. Also listed are boxing results from Miami and Mexico City.
The New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 8-6 while the Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 4-3, leaving three teams tied atop the standings with seven games to play. Jack Kramer faces Allie Reynolds in today’s rematch as Gene Bearden and Virgil Trucks duel in Detroit. Billy Johnson and Bobby Brown led the Yankees with strong hitting, including Brown’s three extra-base hits and a key homer. Hutchinson, Wakefield, and Wertz starred for Detroit, with Wertz delivering a pivotal two-run double. In other AL action, the White Sox edged the Browns 4-3 in St Louis. The NL saw Brecheen shut down the Cubs 4-1 as St Louis stayed in contention, and Cincinnati edged Pittsburgh 4-3.
Corry High Beavers defeated North East 14 0 in a hard fought game at Gray Field scoring two first half touchdowns. Key plays featured Crawford, Long, Pitts and Elston with strong defense stifling North East in the second half as Elston recovered multiple fumbles and Jim Ottaway played solidly on defense. Next Friday Corry visits Johnsonburg in another bruising contest.
Helen Shoppe upsets Heiman's, wins two games, while Bliss Cleaners claim a one game lead. Connie's and Topp's split, Cobnie's blank Prane Furniture. Helen Shoppe led with 525, 672, 628 counts. Rosalind Hopkins paced Teague with 116, 174, 134.
Summary of National League results including St Louis 4 Civics 1 and Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 3. Chicago Cardinals beat Philadelphia 21-14 in season opener with key backs Tripp Christman Goldberg and Harder. game marred by incident leading to a death in the dressing room. Also notes American League scores and tomorrow schedules with multiple matchups.
Cincinnati Reds beat Pittsburgh 4 to 3 to eliminate the Pirates from the National League title race. Bobby Adams drove in three Reds runs as Herman Webthaler failed to gain a decision after exiting in the seventh. Ostermachler suffered the defeat as a raucous crowd watched a season finale that ended with a wild play near the plate.
Historic batting and power leaders listed with totals for runs batted in, hits, doubles, triples, home runs and strikeouts. Notable figures include Musial of St. Louis leading multiple categories, DiMaggio of New York and Mize of Detroit, with other leaders spanning Ashburn Dillinger and Feller among the season’s top performers.
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