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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1907
Page
7
An editorial argues brains matter in baseball as players have mere fractions of a second to react and must improvise when plays change. It notes that modern baseball has become a science with predetermined routes and pitches, yet agile thinking and quick decisions separate stars from rest.
The roller rink hosts a Monday night wrestling card headlined by Alex Swanson of New York City versus Gordon of Oberlin. Swanson is a proven record holder while Gordon, a former Oberlin football player, has shown strong potential. Also tapped are Oyama and Ito, Javanese Jiujitsu champions, in a no holds barred exhibition. Additional preliminaries feature John Lute and an Oberlin unknown, with Cal Harris promoting a nationally known wrestling and boxing event.
The Grand Circle stewards fixed the 1507 schedule with twelve entries. Detroit opens the circuit, followed by Cleveland Buffalo and others from July to September. Ohio bred trotter Kim 2:15%4 by Elyria, raced last season by P.O. Shank, will not run on the speedway but appear at Boston matinees next summer.
Cincinnati ag sTesation faces poor outlook as a large outfield signing and weak pitching join heavy expectations. Fans expect multiple defeats. unlikely they will finish on top when the season ends. Also notes the daily Elyria departure times at 6:45 am and 1 pm except Sundays.
A. R. and G. E. Warner of Wellington Stock Farm Wellington Q sold the five year old trotting stallion Noggin 2:27 by Poteen 2:1214 to Mich el Bros of Columbus Ohio for a high actor.
Manager Majoie of the Cleveland league team has ordered players to spend much time indoors playing base ball to harden their muscles for the spring season. Fans betting on Cleveland to win the 1906 championship doubt the benefit if the team fails to perform when the critical moment arrives.
Several well known city players seek spots for the coming season. Ruedy Wiggins, released by Waterloo, has offers from Elyria and the Quincy Three-I league, with Elyria favored. Al Weimar signs with Mansfield in the O and P league. Ernest Anklam leaves Waterloo to pursue business. Diebolt and Paumeister seek Wilkes-Barre in the New York state league. Hiner remains unsigned while other names wander through tentative moves.
Oberlin College basketball defeated Ohio State in Columbus yesterday by a 19 to 15 score after trailing at halftime. Oberlin rallied in the second half to overcome a 15 point first half deficit.
Lorain High School edged Elyria High School in a spirited Lincoln gym contest before about 260 spectators. Stang and Culberson led Lorain with strong play while Allen and Hart carried the Elyria effort. Tunington starred in the final half with smart blocks as Elyria faces Glenville next Friday.
Mention of Rube Waddell and Tommy Cochrane as Giants rivals, Dan Shay challenging Cochrane for second station job, and base running training for collegiate players. Weary fan remark on dull times mixed with season plans, including Old Cy Young’s contract and Boston Americans. Also notes on Southern league admissions, C P league vote against expansion, and Chicago baseball squad tryouts with 135 candidates.
The famed billiards player Hoppe, known as the wonder of the table, failed in his first match. In New Orleans, he played at a Dilliard parlor with his father nearby because Willie was too young to travel alone. After several games, Willie staked $10 and lost.
Addie Joss star pitcher for the Cleveland team spends winter in Toledo working as a sports writer for the Toledo Summy paper. His columns draw strong interest from fans in northwestern Ohio where his views on pennant hopes for a losing team are noted for honesty and candor.
The Friends of Terry raised about 5000 dollars at a New York City benefit for Terre Govern, a frail patient in poor physical and financial shape. The event drew many sportsmen and theatrical figures, with George Cohan serving as trustee and donor. The article also promotes a digestive aid, claiming Kodol For Indigestion helps digest food and rests the stomach.
Secretary Brassele of the Athletic Park Company proposes Elyria join both the C. and S. W. and L. S. E. trolley leagues to secure 14 towns for schedules. He argues transport savings and Sunday play in towns like Mansfield Ashland Bucyrus Massillon Lorain Sandusky Vermilion would boost profits and ensure success, with scheduling as the main hurdle.
A Northeastern Ohio tale recalls the Sigma team signee Bugs McKenzie who agreed to pitch for Jefferson at Geneva but vanished before the game. Carroll started in his stead and was hammered 13 to 6 as Geneva fans traveled from miles away, leaving Jefferson in a disappointing aftermath and a disrupted plan for a return match.
Youngstown may join a proposed Southern Indians baseball league as dissatisfaction with the current circuit grows. Talks surround Youngstown leaving the O. & P. league, following President Charles Morion being chosen, angering Marty Hogan who seeks a berth in the Central league.
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