Speedway season opens with warmup day at Lorain County Speedway
The NOSGRA sanctioned track near South Amherst held a warmup day as drivers tested the quarter mile dirt oval ahead of NASCAR’s 11th season. About 14 cars and their crews attended, with qualifying to run faster this season using a multiple clock system. Notables include Don Gardner and Gary Myles racing the number 93 in black and white.
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Ohio
Stock Car Racing Association
the Speedway
Nascar
Oval
South Amherst
Nosgra
Don Gardner
Gary Myles
Norm Lawl
Cleveland
Myles
Gardner
Sawl
Speedway
Bil Homeier
C. C. Prather
Arcadia
Cal
Tiger Under
Dick Seymour Jr
Dad
Seymour Sr
Oberlin Lacrosse Dominates Kenyon In Big Conference Win
Oberlin College lacrosse coach Cliff Stevenson led the Yeomen to a 13 3 victory over Kenyon, scoring five goals in seven minutes. Bob Hobbs led with four goals, Dick Baker added four assists, and Oberlin’s Bill Webster and Herb Dresser scored twice each. Kenyon managed three goals in the first and one in the second period. Oberlin faces Denison next midweek.
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Cliff Stevenson
Oberlin College Lacrosse
Kenyon
Mth
Bob Hobbs
Yeomen
Dick Baker
Bill Webster
Herb Dresser
Oberlin
Webster
Bill Cheney
John Witty
Gene Rostow
Dave Dill
Joe Horn
Ed Brown
Hodge Hodgson
Don Hobler
The
Lords
Women Earn Key Bowling Honors In Elyria League Action
In Elyria bowling over the weekend Harriet Greenholtz led with a 528 series in the Jolly 32 League at Bowl-O-Crome while Isabel Smith tallied 173 182 and 148 in Stoney's Mixed League at Rainbow Lanes. Dukes Shoes defeated Tarry Lanes 2 0 in the Tarry Tavern All City League roll off for the season championship. Gib Henke posted a two game 186 234 120. Rice and Gereke won Stoney's Mixed League crown and Prohaska Brill captured the second half in the Jolly 32 League. Strikers claimed the Rudy's Juniors League second half title with an 18 9 record. The Tarry Lanes Bowlerettes held its mother daughter and father daughter tournament with Beth Dukeman and her mother winning 204 pins over average. Joyce Kratchen and her father were runner up 169 over.
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Harriet Greenholtz
Isabel Smith
Greenholtz
Bowl-O-Crome
Smith
Stoney
Rainbow Lanes
Dukes Shoes
Tarry Lanes
Tarry Tavern
Ducke’s
Gib Henke
Rice
Gereke
Mohney
Worley
Prohaska
Brill
Strikers
Beth Dukeman
Joyce Kratchen
Dally 32 League results and player standings mixed
Harriet Greenholtz scores 526 in Stoney's Mixed League. Isabel Smith posts 503. Local bowling standings show steady scores and competitive lanes.
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Dally
Harriet Greenholtz
Lorain to Host Ohio Hot Stove League Finals
The double elimination state finals of the Ohio Hot Stove Baseball League will run August 6 7 and 13 14 in Lorain. Regional winners from Akron Lorain Canton North and Kent Ravenna advance to the tournament following yesterday’s Wooster organizational meeting.
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Wooster
Akron
Lorain
Canton North
Kent-Ravenna
High School Sports Schedule Highlights District Events
The schedule lists baseball games including Firelands vs Brookside at City Field Lorain and Lorain County Class 4 title bouts Keystone at Buckeye. Tennis features Ignatius at Elyria and Lorain at Sandusky. Golf includes Midview at Elyria Catholic and Elyria at Fremont with multiple track meets across regional venues.
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City Field
Lorain
Lorain County
Keystone
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Cleveland
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Midview
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Ridgeville
Avon Lake
Clague Park
Westlake
Amherst
Ziska
Sandusky
Elvria Catholic
Oberlin
Fremont
Clearview
Vermillon
Bay Ang Avon
Columbia
Elvria
Eir Ridgeville
Mid Amherst
Avon Golf
Oberna
Rocky River
View
Wellington
Mickey
Lakewood
Ebbets Field Cornerstone Sent To Hall of Fame
The cornerstone of Ebbets Field the Dodgers home for 45 years is en route to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown New York by courtesy for National League President Warren Giles.
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UPI
Ebbets Field
Dodgers
Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
N.Y
National League
Warren Giles
Capital Tops Oberlin College in Baseball Donnybrook
Capital University shut down Oberlin College 2 to 4 in a spring baseball game as Oberlin rallied late but fell short. Dick Bearse drove in a run with a sixth inning triple and Jeff Price plus Bill Guererra worked on the mound in relief. Bob Smythe hit .429 for Oberlin and Bob Clark added nine stolen bases as Akron looms next for the Yeomen.
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Columbus
Yeomen
Akron
Bob Smythe
Bob Clark
Mulroy Patty Win Nice Doubles Title
Gardnar Mulroy of Coral Gables and Budge Patty of Los Angeles and Paris won the Nice tournament men's doubles by defeating Jean Noel Grinda and Jean-Claude Nolinari of France 6-4 6-3 3-4 1-6 9-7 in a much delayed final.
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Nice
France
UPI
Gardnar Mulroy
Coral Gables
Fla
Budge Patty
Los Angeles
Paris
Jean Noel Grinda
Jean - Claude Nolinari
Sheppard Car Wins Feature Race In Mt Vernon
Fran Sheppard of Elyria led car No. 77 to first in the feature race at Mt Vernon in an eight event stock car program. Bud Spradlin also from Elyria finished second in the first consolation and second heat. Sheppard won the first heat. No qualifying times neared Bob Zvosee’s 20.34 second track record.
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MT. Vernon
Fran Sheppard
Elyria
Bud Spradlin
Sheppard
Bob Zvosee
Hungary Qualifies for 1960 Olympic Soccer Competition
Hungary advanced to the 1960 Olympic football tournament by beating Czechoslovakia 2 to 1 in Budapest on Sunday.
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Budapest
UPI
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
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