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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1948
Page
3
Two annual handicap bowling tournaments begin in Elyria this evening the 12th annual men’s event with 126 teams 1 2 man team entries and 324 singles and the 9th annual women’s event with 22 teams 37 doubles and 68 singles both venues Olympic Recreation and Bowling Center host rounds with 7 and 9 pm shifts.
Grinders secured the Perry-Fer League second half championship at Olympic Recreation on Saturday. They led by one game going into the final program and posted a 2,543 series, best in the league, sweeping Acme Gridleys three straight games. Cinders had an 875 single game and Don Gurney pitched.
In Elyria and nearby leagues, Robertson Shell topped Knowles Sniezek in a playoff for the season championship with a 2 729 team series and Ed Ekim leading individuals with a 605 series. Ray Firestone earned single game honors with 215 for Drilling Department while Louis Baraskai had a 205 game and 568 series in the same program. Krebs Sunoco Service won the Olympic Recreation Women’s League second-half title and will meet first-half champ Supper Club in a rolloff for the season championship after Service edged Inter City Machine Tool. The weekend also saw a 957 single game and a 2 422 series by Odd Fellows in Bowling Center League play, with Thelma Murphy posting three 157 games for a 471 total and Joyce Gildenmeister adding a 230 to lead individual scoring.
New York Yankees open the defense of the American League pennant against the Boston Red Sox with unanimous belief the Sox are their chief challenge. Joe DiMaggio notes Boston power, DiMaggio’s arm feels better, Keller near full recovery, and players warn Detroit and Cleveland could factor if injuries arise. Durocher says Cardinals loom in the NL while Yankees aim to prove class in the league as Spring training ends and Play Ball begins.
Nova WS.W.8. met with Mrs. Mary Lacy on Thursday evening. Twenty one members answered roll call with a Scripture verse about prepare. Committees were named for the Mother-Daughter banquet in May. The group voted to donate $5 to the American Red Cross.
In the United Press poll, 63 writers favor the New York Yankees to repeat in the American League and 42 pick the St. Louis Cardinals to win the National League and meet in the 1948 World Series. Other top choices include the Boston Red Sox and Boston Braves.
About 50 members and guests attended the Sportsman's Club of the Magyar Evangelical and Reformed Church banquet at the Cozy Corner in Larain. Past officers Paul Olah Louis Ignatz Louis Peters and Walter Sabo were introduced with new officers Sam Nagy president Elmer Tamaska vice president Peters secretary and Sabo treasurer. Olah served as toastmaster and Rev L G Novak gave the opening prayer.
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