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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1974
Page
8
United Press International reports the NFL strike stretches on with sparse weekend exhibition crowds driving owners to claim $3.4 million in lost revenue. Veterans crossing picket lines climb to 311 with 87 starters, while attendance totals show 280,513 fans for 11 games.
12 year old Jerry Schloesser of Norwalk was named the MVP in Bleile's Senior Division Lefty Grove League. He batted .266 this season yet won the award for courage as he battles emphysema. He played 18 innings, started two final games and valued team support despite health limits. Jerry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Schloesser.
At McGuan Park the Lefty Grove League held Senior Junior and tee ball all star games. In the Senior Division Team A defeated Team B 5 Tim Amato and Bob Osborn led with a double and a single apiece. Junior Division saw Team B rout Team A 8 3 led by Dave Rospert triple and single. Tee ball game ended with Team B defeating Team A 15 11.
Milwaukee snaps a five game skid by toppling Cleveland 8-3 in the nightcap after losing 4-3 in the opener. Don Money homered twice and drove in the go ahead run as Milwaukee, seven games behind Boston, faces a pivotal four game set with the Red Sox. Kevin Kobel earned the win in relief for the Indians, while Gaylord Perry took the defeat.
Orioles fall to Tigers as Cuellar suffers loss and Detter shines. Yankees edge Red Sox 9 8 with Dempsey relief. Bay-area matchups highlight late scores while Houston toppled by Dodgers 7 2. Pitching leaders Tiant and Messersmith atop list. daily RBI leaders include Schmidt Bench and Burroughs.
Bobby Stelter edged Todd Gibson on lap 95 to win $2,000 in the Fourth Annual Supermodified Classic at Sandusky International Speedway. Track leader Bobby Bell took second, with Gibson third and Marvin Carman fourth. only nine of 24 starters finished on the same lap. Stelter’s victory secures a starting spot in Oswego Labor Day Race.
In Elyria over the weekend three area slow pitch squads earned state berths. Open Division final saw Schlessman Leeds beat Willard Pullman Inn 25 to 10 as Leeds hit 11 homers led by Seder Bryant and Bartlome with two each. Industrial Division crowned Tappan 7 to 6 over Norwalk Furniture II after a top of the eighth rally. Willard and Bennett Electric plus Willard Merchants exited in A Division.
Bob Pleso 22 of Ocala Fla died after his motorcycle crashed on the hood of the 28th car while trying to jump 30 cars to beat a 171 foot record at a Phenix City track. Photographer Santiago Rivera 30 of Columbus Ga was struck and hospitalized with a possible fractured hip. Witnesses said Pleso left the ramp at about 95 mph and appeared to lose speed in the air.
Norwalk High senior Lyle Fisher won titles at the Sandusky and Mansfield tournaments over the weekend. Fisher earned a forfeit win, then topped Vermilion’s Bill White 5-3, and won by default against Tony Jones after leading 5-3. Mason of Edison also won at Sandusky by defeating Rick Hunter of New London. Norwalk athletes Curt Eberly and Ron Johnson competed at Sandusky, with Eberly taking third at Mansfield.
Lakewood beat Chillicothe 6-3 in the Norwalk Veterans of Foreign Wars Baseball Tournament final. Both teams won close semifinal scrambles Saturday at Soldiers Home Sandusky. Chillicothe edged Norwalk 4-3 and Lakewood defeated Mansfield 5-4 to reach the championship at VFW Park after venue changes due to wet grounds at McGuan Park.
At Baldwin Wallace College in Berea the Norwalk Firelands Track Club ended its season fourth among 13 teams with 21 points. Ann Heckelman led with a shot put win and top marks in discus and javelin while two club records fell in relays and sprints. Edison High holds varsity and freshman football golf and cross country exams on August 13 at 9 a.m.
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