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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1952
Page
7
The April 23 1952 Elyria Chronicle Telegram item notes events in Elyria Ohio. Local columns report community happenings and brief notices from Wednesday edition.
Imes, head athletic coach at Eaton High School, will leave at end of this school year after a three year tenure. His teams posted 44 victories and 19 defeats overall, with a 29-13 Eastern Division record in Lorain County Class B play and a 15-6 mark in the Brown Bombers’ league. The Bombers won the 1950 county tournament and had runnerup finishes and sectional play exploits through 1951-52. Imes guided a 1949-50 lineup that won county and later sectional honors before a first-round district loss, with Eaton’s 19 team earning the second-best showing under his leadership.
Philadelphia first baseman Ferris Fain, returning from a string of 22 hitless at bats, went two for two against the Yankees to lift his season average to .087. The 1951 batting champion has a known temper but showed relief and quiet humor as teammates cheered his comeback.
Clearview High announces nine track athletes in five events for the Ohio Relays at Ohio Wesleyan University. The mile relay team features Monagon Teaman Bloom Caco as top scorers, with entrants in distance medley shuttle hurdles half mile and high jump. possible lineup changes could move Buckholz to the mile and shift Monagon to the half mile.
Cleveland receives Maurice Harris a 34 year old left hander from Washington after waiver purchase for $10,000. Harris posted a 6 8 record with the Nationals last season and has a 56 71 major league mark with time for Boston and Washington.
The Lehman Johnson Realtors baseball team will practice Thursday at Cascade Park. The drill starts at 6 o'clock and all team members and candidates are asked to report.
American League standings show Cleveland leading with 87 wins and St Louis at 76. Yesterday's results include St Louis 8 Cleveland 3 and Boston 10 Washington 5. Tonight's games feature Cleveland at St Louis and New York at Boston among others. National League and American Association also list current records and last night results. In the International League Montreal leads with 4 2 while Ottawa is 0 5 without games played.
Ten candidates, including three regulars from Elyria High, pursued places on the Pioneers tennis team under coach Louis Kolopus. The group, with first-stringers Jim McCord Worth Fauver and Bob Walker, trains seven days a week ahead of a five-match schedule starting May 1 at Ely Stadium and other Cleveland area venues.
Elyria High's Pioneers open 1952 home schedule at Ely Stadium against Euclid in a Lake Erie League game. Coach Bob Ringer will start Bill Yosa on the mound, with Dick Kosco moving to left field. The lineup remains similar to the Heights game except Paul Simis shifts to right field and Jim Rutter sits. The Parma game was postponed. Parma will visit next week after a pre district playoff.
Fred F. Saigh Jr. president of the St. Louis Cardinals faces a federal indictment on five counts of income tax evasion. He is accused of signing false personal returns and underpaying taxes for 1946 and 1947, and of falsely listing Cardinals corporate income for 1948, reducing taxes owed.
Oberlin College golf team opened the season with a 1014 to 114 victory over Hendersberg College. Dick Erickson led the team with 79 while Bob McDougal and Paul Warner each added three pars. McDougal 80 Seiler 81 Warner 83. Next, Oberlin faces Denison Friday in Granville.
Oberlin High plans an 18 man delegation for the Ohio Wesleyan Relays at Delaware Saturday. Coach Boyd Robinson will enter 7 track and 4 field events with athletes including Konicek Ellis Swann Kimmey Edwards Holden and Bryant in multiple relays and field events.
Elyria High School Pioneers set to clash with Lorain and Berea in a three team meet on Thursday at 4 PM on the Lorain track. Elyria enters as the favorite after a 63 55 win over Sandusky while Lorain lost 69 12 48 14 to Sandusky in their lone appearance. The outcome against two opponents remains undecided and will be decided tomorrow on the track.
The Savings Deposit and Trust team of Class E will be coached by John McPherson for the coming season. The first practice session is scheduled for 6:00 on Thursday at the American Legion diamond on Poplar Street, with last year’s eligible players and any new tryouts invited to attend.
Cleveland overwhelmed the Indians 8 to 3 behind Tommy Byrne pitching for a second straight complete game. Al Rosen homered, triple, and double, while Leo Thomas and Marty Marion drove multiple hits as the Browns pace the league. Dodgers, Cubs, Reds win. St . Louis, Boston early signs of a busy day in baseball.
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