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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1922
Page
2
A Temple versus I T eight teams match last evening drew a good crowd and remained tightly contested. The Temples won two of three games and now pose a challenge to rival city women bowlers for a series of games.
Elyria YMCA swimmers travel to Cleveland on Saturday to face Case School in a series of events. The team, trained since winter, aims for another victory after a prior win over Case.
Meeting of Harford Agricultural and Breeders Association at Wavre de Grace. Bowling Texas State trapshooting tournament opens at Drennan. Shooting North Carolina Stars trapshooting at Pinehurst. Beach Show Pittsburgh Kench. Gymnastics National AAU championships at New York. Boxing Canadian championships at Calgary Ontario at Toronto. Bob Moha vs Bud Gorman 10 rounds at Kenosha. Pat Moore vs Eddie Anderson 10 rounds at Davenport. Johnny Wilson vs K C Jaffe 20 rounds Hazelton. Johnny Clinton vs Tommy Leahy 10 rounds Worcester. Frankie Daly vs Bad News Eyer 10 rounds Hamilton Out.
The local Y has run swimming classes for men women and boys with a beginners group for non swimmers. With spring arriving a city-wide campaign will begin the week of May 1 to give all youths access to swimming instruction and practice at the city pool.
London April 21 The cold English spring has slowed heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey who is mostly in bed by day yet entertained at night. He received his first royal invitation from the Duke of York to present prizes at events under his auspices and is expected to accept.
In a crowded finish the Tigers loss to the Indians 5 4 after a late rally left Detroit chasing their first AL win. Cobb vows to keep fighting, while Reds slip as Cubs win opener 4 1 behind Donahue. Giants crush Dodgers 8 1 as Sherry Smith shines. Sox beat A’s 15 4 with timely hitting. Mor ridge’s mound woes help Yankees ease past Senators. Phils stay undefeated over three days. Cardinals stumble after opening loss to Pirates.
Oberlin will host the largest interclass track meet this Saturday under coach T N Metcalf. About 200 entries have been received with seniors and freshmen favored to win the first race. Varsity men may compete and the first ten places count for points. Cold weather delayed practice but over thirty players reported. only Howard and McKibbin are lost from last year’s team which finished second in the Ohio State tournament.
Oberlin will host the amateur three act Bjornson play Love and Geography by the Oberlin Women's Club literature group at Sturges Hall on Monday and Tuesday April 24 and 25. Admission is 26 cents. Cast includes Mrs H A Miller as Trzasen, Mrs Curtis as Karen, Mrs Partridge as Turman, Mrs Betts as Henning, Mrs Parsons as Malla, Mrs Koppins as Bir eet, and Miss Gardner as Helga.
Mrs W H Chapin and her daughter act as Anne the maid in a stage production whose proceeds will fund new equipment for the high school. The fundraiser highlights community support for local education.
Oberlin College today elected twenty seven new Phi Beta Kappa members from the graduating class of 1927. The list includes Alden Hayes Emery Sylvania Harold Gearhart Salem Dorothy Goetz Mansfield Howard Hageman Lorain Dorothy Pierce Oberlin Theodore Soller Youngstown Grace Spreng Toledo George Terborgh Oberlin Dorothy Whitney Cleveland.
The Graduate School of Theology at Oberlin announces four Haskell Foundation lectures by recent graduates Rev. Prof. Ernest C. Pro of Anatolia College Marsovan Turkey and Rev. Arthur C. Ryan of the American Bible Society Constantinople. Lectures scheduled in Council Hall Chapel at 4 PM on April 24, 25, 27 and 28 with topics led by Mr. Ryan and Prof. Pro covering Constantinople and Anatolia College contexts.
Over April 21 24 Oberlin reports Mrs Clarence F Swift will illustrate colored slides on Oberammergau Passion Play at First Church with music by Rebecca Burgner. The lecture, under college literary societies Rev L L S Sigma Gamma Alpha Phi, describes homes customs and religious devotions of villagers and play preparation.
Announcements report that fourteen Oberlin College students who failed the first examination on the Sermon on the Mount passed the second exam conducted recently. Each received five dollars from a fund by an anonymous donor. In the first exam they passed and earned thirty five dollars. The test required writing the sermon from memory.
April 21 Miss Bernice L. Eastman, a former Oberlin girl, was married at the home of Helen Pratt in Eagle Rock, near Los Angeles, California, on Saturday.
An advertisement asserts that swallowing drugs won’t cure catarrh and promotes Hyomei as a inhaled remedy reaching the head. It is guaranteed by C. W. Phillips.
A wedding took place with Philip Johnston of Los Angeles as groom. The ceremony was done by Dr. Patton, an Oberlin alumnus. The bride, who lived here nine years ago with her mother Mrs J. B. Eastman, has many local friends. The Johnston address is 5519 Pacific Boulevard, Huntington Park, California.
Oberlin residents and visitors are noted in a list of social items. Celia Bill of West College travels to Boston for Junior Week and plans a Washington stop on return. Other entries report relocations in Cleveland, business trips to Texas, visits to Oberlin from Lansing and Chicago, and social events including a Hi Y banquet at Purity banquet hall.
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