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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1940
Page
5
The D and N Sandwich Shop and Nichols Funeral Home teams square off tonight at Broad Street for the Elyria Recreation All-Star League championship. About 150 fans expected as Mose Hole of Wooster speaks at the Y M C A First Annual Sports Banquet.
Notes from the spring camps show the Yankees claiming renewed spirit and readiness despite earlier reports of lagging drills. Del Baker faces a mix of headaches and smiles in Detroit while Charley Gheringer’s back limits him from likely season start. Big Boy Rowe becomes the first major leaguer to complete a spring route on the hill, and Bil McKechnie presses the Reds in chasing the pennant as Vitt’s Big Four is highlighted. Cleveland’s Johnny Allen is listed among the select pitching quartet, with Jawin Jawn’s salary issue easing.
Lorain County Table Tennis tournament moved to semi finals after third round and quarter finals. Elyria hopefuls Roy Gardner and Alex Ferrando advance in boys play while Bob Simpson defeats Nelson Chesler in a marathon match. Semi finals and finals set for Saturday night with multiple divisions still contested.
Last year's Ely ria Hardware team members are urged to attend a practice at Jefferson Diamond today at 6 o clock. Open to any other players who wish to try out.
Elyria's Steve Stefek and Lorain's Norman Riegel will headline a pro boxing card on April 23 in Lorain County's middleweight championship bout. Gussie Smallwood vs Ruel Shockley, Jimmy White vs Frankie Mucha, Don Blatchford vs Juan Tomaz, and Johnny Vondak vs Joe Mishak are also booked with tickets on sale in Lorain County.
Elyria High track opens with a triangular at Rocky River against Rocky River and Parma. Fourteen boys travel. MacBeth to race in four events with Howard in three as Vaughn lists tentative entries for sprints hurdles relays and field events.
The Elyria Recreation All-Star Bowling League finals pit D and N Sandwich Shop against Nichols Funeral Home at 8:30 tonight. D and N won the first half, Funeral Home the second. The match is games won, following a 7:30 league meeting to elect 1940-41 officers. Current officers are Vic Krugman president, George Bohn vice president, Edgar Martin secretary.
Two Elyria bowling squads fared poorly in the American Bowling Congress event in Detroit. The Rorick Insurance five posted a 2 47 total and the Blue Sky Inn team from the Elyria Recreation Class B league finished 2345. Bob Block of Blue Sky Inn led individuals with a 590 set.
Steel Shell retakes first in the American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corp League after Bench Molders win two from Pattern Shop at Elyria Recreation. Steel Shell leads by .006. Other matches see General Office over Shippers, Sand Slingers over Air Conditioners, Cranemen over Floor Molders. High team Bench Molders, 2625. high individual George Stutz Molders, 590. Women’s league: Sunbeams over Sanitary, Americans over Shorty’s Five. Sunbeams high team 1939, Moss 485 with 246 single game. Electro Alloys: Core Room over Cleaning Room Helpers, Machine Shop, Furnace two from Molders. Furnace high team 2335, Johnny Nasipek 563. Packing House Market wins Smitty’s League Handicap with 2990 pins, 474 handicap. Smitty’s Beers second.
In Detroit on April 11 eighty five-man teams travel from Los Angeles to Brockton to compete in the American Bowling Congress event. Hollywood Stars and Warner Brothers teams highlight the field with Max Stein leading the last shift as all events champion. Stein previously scored 2070 in nine games for ABC in 1937. The weekend field aims to shape five-man scoring patterns with leaders under pressure toward the May 7 finish. H and K Conklin Motor Freight of Toledo tied sixth with 2922 after opening 854 then 1021 and 1047.
Chicago Tribune sports editor Arch Ward said he turned down a 10 year offer to serve as president of the National Professional Football League at 25000 dollars per year. The proposal came from a majority of the league's ten club owners. The text also lists various consumer product rankings with quantities.
Terry, boss of the New York Giants, called the Cleveland Indians 1940 club one of the most promising he has seen. Willis Hudlin to face Hal Schumacher in the twelfth game as Carl Hubbell shaded the Indians 4-1. Loup Campbell suffered a bruise from a plate slide. Vitt will not name a captain this year.
Dizzy Dean heads to Chicago to pressure owner Phil Wrigley over alleged harassment by Gabby Hartnett. A $100 training-rule fine sparked his plan to join a barnstorming team, with Hartnett accusing Dean of unruly conduct and threatening a lasting rift.
The Polish National Alliance baseball team will practice today and tomorrow at Cascade Park at 5 30. All members of last year s team and any other players wishing to try out are requested to be on hand.
Lorain Ohio April reports ticket sales brisk for a benefit amateur boxing program at Lorain High School Auditorium Monday night. Feature bouts include Max Schindler vs Jim Brooks and George George vs Gus Mulner, with eight three round preliminaries. Proceeds go to the Lions Club Blind and Sight Saving Fund. Tickets available at Elyria M C A Wykrent's Recreation Eagles Club and Mike Kirsch Cigar Store.
The Ladies Bowling Association will meet Friday night at the Elyvia Recreation at 9 o'clock. Election of officers for the city association will take place and plans for the city tournament will be made.
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