Pete Block remembered as beloved Elyria coach and friend
Harold W Block known as Pete Block 57 of Elyria died July 20 in a crash when a station wagon hit a Penn Central freight train. He was longtime Elyria High School coach and Perkins Junior High principal with strong ties to Sandusky and Kelleys Island. A memorial scholastic fund is set up by Kelleys Island friends.
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Harold W
Pete) Block
Erie County
Penn Central Railroad
Pete
Elyrian
Perkins
Sandusky
Hamilton
Elyria High
Findlay College
Elyria
EHS
Albert Nolan
Chick) Smith
Ohio Athletic Conference
Findlay
Grafton High
Grafton
Jefferson Junior High
Jefferson
Ike Trubey
Johnny Cabas
Bill Coyer
Les Gast
Ralph
Tuff) Bauer
Bauer
Block
Tus
Sixth Streeters
Kent State University
Public Schools
Tuff Bauer
Cage
Buddy
Navy
Tuff
Air Force
Kelleys Island
Dale Reichenbach
Florence Mansell
George B. Miraben
Florence
Flo
Flossie
Ohio Edison
Tennyson Guyer
Marathon Oil Company
Ohio
Huron
Allen Brian
Eric Chrysler-Plymouth Agency
Sanduskian
Black
Brian
Ada Block
Eleventh St
Harry J
Louise) Mansell
Denison Ave
Mansell
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Robert Schwartz
Leroy Davis
FBI
Cleveland
Kelleys
Leo Goldner
Edward J. Vieland
William H Gillies
Clearview
Jack Storm
Lakewood
Farm labor builds hall of fame arms in baseball lore
Four stars credit farm work for skills with the bat and on the mound. Walter Johnson Grover Cleveland Alexander Bob Feller Dizzy Dean Ed Roush and the Waner brothers all credited farming or farm life with strengthening their arms and stamina. Pirates catcher Jerry May and others recall haying and field chores helped their throwing and batting, linking rural labor to major league success.
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Pittsburgh
Walter Johnson
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Bob Feller
Dizzy Dean
Ed Roush
Waner Brothers
Cooperstown
Jerry May
Pittsburgh Pirates
Staunton
American Legion
May
Bill Mazeroski
Rush Run
Ohio
Bill
Elroy Face
Pirates
Harvey Haddix
Milwaukee
Vienna
Haddix
Kansas
Washington Senators
Feller
van Meter Town
Cleveland Indians
Louis Cardinals
Dizzy
Paul
Nebraska
Grover Cleveland
Alexander
Phils
Lloyd Waner
Harrah
Okla
Lloyd
Phillies Manager Uses Plus Chart to Track Plays
Philadelphia skipper Frank Lucchesi keeps an 18 by 20 inch plus chart at Connie Mack Stadium listing every Phillies player. He marks a plus for standout plays and an X for patience, praising Don Money Devon Johnson and Tony Taylor for multiple pluses as the team battles injuries and rises in the NL East.
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New York
UPI
Frank Lucchesi
Philadelphia Phillies
Connie Mack Stadium
Phillies
Lucchesi
Don Money
Devon Johnson
Tony Taylor
Byron Browne
Lucches
Phils
Rockies
Luccesy
Dodgers
Cubs
Elyma Junior Olympics Diving Meet At North Recreation Pool
Results list from the 1970 Elyma Junior Olympics Diving Meet held Friday at the North Recreation pool. Readable names and placements include multiple athletes and groups such as Sand, WY Cray, Parkes, Tang Chork, and Dianne VDeane, with various event notes and ages.
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North Recreation
Sard
Ger Robie Na Macs
Aon Lakains
Women bowlers plan seminar at Stones Lanes
The Elwha Women’s Bowling Association will hold a workshop Thursday at 7 30 pm at Stones Lanes. Forty one women bowlers are invited and league secretaries and presidents are urged to attend.
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Elwha Womens Bowline Association
Iil
Stones ¢ Lanes
Modell plans exhibition game despite players strike
Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell said the team may play an exhibition with the Los Angeles Rams next Friday even if the players strike remains unresolved. He noted no Browns veterans have arrived at camp, 31 players are present, and two free agents were signed as contingency measures.
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Cleveland
UPI
Cleveland Browns
Art Modell
Browns
Los Angeles Rams
Modell
Modellum
Jerry Murphy
den Kanon Bat Modell
Gambino Preaches Against Drugs to At Risk Youth
Vincent Gambino, a former heavyweight with two legs lost to drug abuse, spoke to 35 ex-addicts and youths aged 15 to 22 at Project Return. He urged abstinence, warning marijuana leads to harder drugs and describing his own life ruined by addiction. He emphasized the cost to his family and health and urged kids to listen to his cautionary tale.
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New York
UPI
Vincent
Jimmy
Gambino
Buerger
Jimmy Gambino
Project Return
MOD
March On Drugs Corps
Greenwich Village
Rocky Marciano
Madison Square Garden
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Jim Smith
Jim
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Hostatier
P Marshall Juls
Katherine Ross
Agnes Cordrey
Gladys Richards
Pat Marshall
Spring Valley Country Club Women's League
Robi Vaughan
George Hudak
Miss Sands Hadaway
H Bubert
Harry Lash
Chiff Miller
Frank Dilworth
Ed Legros
Fred Ortner
Harold Ackmann
Don Pennell
Arthur Nemes
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Daniel Clark
John White
Harm Lash
Jesse Bond
Philadelphia
Gris
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Arn Lokarre
Bae Ov
Fortune
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Lucas
Jone Deceder Sand
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Roberts
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Rams
Los Angeles Times
the Times
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Cord Body
Emergs
Femney S$ Auto Center
Midway Malls
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