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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1921
Page
5
Elyria bowlers led visiting delegations at the Sandusky tournament. Weller and Schmittgen lead doubles with 1241, Maddock and Heimbach stand eighth at 1154, Baum holds fifth in singles with 604. No Lorain bowler earned prize money.
The Nationals beat the Yankees as Sam Rice delivered a decisive home run. Luque kept the Cubs scoreless after the first. Reds rallied in the seventh for a victory. Powell Cruise and McQuillen homered in Philadelphia as the Braves routed the Phillies. Speaker used 23 players in a strategic win over Ty Cobb. Indians erased a four run lead with an eighth inning rally to celebrate their first pennant. Dick Kerr drove in two runs in the third as the Browns bested Chicago. Witt doubled and Perkins singled in the ninth to lift the A's past Boston. George Burns muffed a Brooklyn fly, and the Dodgers capitalized to beat New York.
Wellington notes the state game farm will set 2000 pheasant eggs weekly starting tomorrow until 15000 eggs are incubated. The farm, long regarded as among the state's most successful game stations, will be used exclusively for pheasants with all other animals removed eventually.
Miss Alexa Stirling, the women’s golf champion, leaves for Liverpool after a London stopover. She plans a rest in Liverpool before traveling to Scotland to practice at Turnberry ahead of the British women's championship.
Carl Mackey former coach of Sandusky High football and basketball says players drank and smoked and refused to train prompting his resignation. School board will investigate Mackey’s claims as to the drinking and smoking at the school.
Tex Rickard has taken a six months lease on a site for the Deampsey Carpentier bout known as thirty acres. He plans a summer series of championship fights in the arena estimated at 125000 dollars. A large work crew is already on the site in Jersey City.
Lorain golf, once seen as an old person’s pastime, now attracts hundreds of enthusiasts including business people. The sport’s popularity has increased social and competitive activity with plans for a summer tournament schedule and inter city matches.
Jack Sharkey won a judges decision over Benny Cos ter in a 15 round bout in New York. Mel Coogan beat Shamus O'Brien on a foul aim in the ninth round. Classified ads touted as effective.
Yesterday in the majors American League games saw Cleveland 9 Detroit 8. Washington 5 New York 4. Philadelphia 2 Boston 1. St Louis 3 Chicago 1. National League Cincinnati 5 Chicago 3. Boston 10 Philadelphia 6. Today matchups include Detroit at Cleveland and St Louis at New York among others.
Milwaukee April 27 Rocky Kansas, a probable lightweight title challenger, failed to impress in an ten round bout with Johnny Dundee. Observers say Dundee dominated the fight, leaving Kansas somewhat below par as a title hopeful.
An Exchange Telegraph despatch from Geneva reports German and French communists meeting secretly in Switzerland to plan revolutionary disorders for May 1. The planners allegedly framed a program for an outbreak.
George Herman Ruth known as the Babe faced a speeding charge in traffic court after allegedly traveling 27 mph on Broadway last Wednesday. Magistrate Frederick House imposed a $25 fine, Ruth paid promptly, and then pushed through the crowd to his car.
Cleveland attorney Philip I. Weiss was arrested at his East Cleveland home on bribery charges tied to an Norwalk indictment. Norwalk officials say Weiss offered to pay P. H. Mason to withhold testimony in a December diamond heist trial involving seven Cleveland youths.
Washington reports the Commerce Department is studying a plan to publish fair price lists as a consumers guide to commodity costs. Secretary Hoover said retail prices remain unreasonably high in many lines while wholesale cuts do not fully reach shoppers. He cites woolen foods as an example and stresses no interference with business, only accurate manufacturing cost determinations for broad public use.
Representatives of the Findlay Chamber of Commerce appeal to Adjutant General Florence for assistance in establishing an armory in Findlay.
Ed Roush, the Red centerfielder, has signed his 1921 contract and will join the team in St. Louis on Saturday. Rhubarb leaves are warned as poisonous to many people. Pasture renewal can be aided by applying acid phosphate and limestone as specified.
The National Conference of Labor Women opens in Manchester with calls to withdraw troops from Ireland and to establish a local authority responsibility for order. Resolutions urge immediate elections, Home Rule guarantees, and broader peace treaty revisions including reopens with Germany and relief of sanctions.
Miss Belle Skinner of New York sails to France to supervise the reconstruction of Hatton chapel, a project expected to span about two years. She has been named a member of the French Legion of Honor for war relief work. Her brother William Skinner, a wealthy silk merchant, is said to finance the rebuilding.
Senator La Follette denounces British policy in Ireland as unlawful and immoral, warning it rests on falsehood and greed and could threaten the Irish people. The remarks were delivered during a Senate debate on the Irish question.
Fifty Lorain county wool growers bought 160 shares in the state wool warehouse at Columbus securing a 23 to 24 cent per pound rate for insurance storage and selling. The county expects over 200000 pounds from first shearings and will pool wool with cars set to load at county points for shipment to Columbus.
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