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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1929
Page
12
Wooster College athletics director L C cles announces a May 1 track and field program to celebrate Boyan day. Civic luncheon clubs Rotary Kiwanis and Lions have joined to sponsor the event, outlining a community driven sports observance.
Elyria High's football team continues spring practice with plans to gauge strength for next fall. Quarterback Hales is captain. promising backs include Gerhardinger Everhart, with weight gains anticipated. End men Rieber Brown Keys and line players Dilman Hunt Long face varying experience, as lightweights and heavyweights train together.
Lorain, O April 24 The Shaw High nine routed Lorain High 12 to 2 Tuesday. Clevelanders pounded ten hits off Lorain pitcher Jenkins. Shaw scored six runs in the ninth inning. Lorain’s second baseman Scheff was the lone bright spot with a late hit.
Cleveland April 24 Walter Miller pitched well for the Indians as errors by Chicago allowed three runs. Trailing 4 2 in seventh, the Indians tied it at four. Wesley Ferrell shut down the Sox the last two innings and Joey Sewell drove in the winning run with a bases loaded sacrifice fly in the ninth. Earl Averill Lew Fonseca Carl Lind and Joey Sewell led the offense with multiple hits including Lind and Sewell with two apiece and Averill’s three bagger. The Sox gathered seven hits with two by Clancy Kamm and Cissell matching two hits each.
Box score notes runs batted in by Avertll Fonseca J Sewell Reynolds Kamm Cissell. Two base hits by Clancy Tavener Jamieson Ferreall. Avertli hits a three bagger. Stolen bases by Kamm Jamieson. Sacrifices by Kerr J Sewell. Double play Tavener Lind Fonseca. Left on bases Cleveland nine Chicago seven. Walks five to Adkins five Miller five Ferrell one. Hits Miller five Ferrell one. Miller six hits in seven innings Ferrell one in two. Passed ball Autry. Winning pitcher Ferrell. Umpires Geisel Dinneen Nallin Time two hours four minutes.
United Press reports radio features for Thursday include The Master Magicians on WJZ NBC nine, Greater Washington program with Hoover and Mellon, Rapid Transit at 9:30, recording artists at 10, and Concert Bureau hour. Chronicle-Telegram ads promise results.
Thirty local amateur boxers collide in a charity show at St. Agnes Church Hall slated for about 8 p.m. main bout features Mike Boyson versus Johnny Nagy. Promoter Johnny Madhock says Johnny Kilbane and Johnny Risko will referee several bouts. The card also includes Paddy Walsh and Benny Schubert performances plus Salvator Ercolino on accordion.
Johnny Salo, a police lieutenant from Newark, solidified second place and narrowed Pete Gavuzzi’s lead as he won today’s Bunton Derby lap. The grueling 12 hour 50 minute event stretched a tight field with Paul Simpson of Burlington close behind, finishing second. Ed Gardner of Seattle placed third, while Gavuzzi held fourth and Phillip Grautville of Hamilton, Sam Richman of New York trailed the pack.
Sullivan Missouri reports seventh place as pavement pounders thrive in ideal weather. A long-distance race sees a crash halt near Vandalia when both arches failed, forcing a competitor to withdraw to Collusville. The field narrows to 28, after 1 000 miles completed today with 1 036 2 miles run since March 31. Top elapsed times list Gavuzzi leading at 157 02 357, Salo 160 33 32, Gardner 161 44 05, Umeri 175 05 01, Simpson 179 36 28, Richman 180 15 00, Granville 182 45 37, McNamara 187 01 22, Abramowitz 207 45 22, Hedeman 208 27 58, Joyce 216 8 00.
LISBON April 24 The Graf Zeppelin passed over Lisbon today on its Mediterranean cruise. Crowds gathered in the streets to view the airship circle the city at about a thousand feet. Thirty minutes after its first appearance the craft continued its tour.
Fragmentary notes describe a voyage toward the mouth of the Tagus and reference the first Bogliad opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell about 1690 written for a girls’ school.
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