Ely Stadium summer program reports strong attendance and activity
An Ely Stadium summary shows total attendance of 5494 with an average of 138 daily as the summer program ran from June 22 under Supervisor A N Smith and Miss Marian Kemble. Activities covered baseball, softball, tennis, horseshoes, and youth leagues, with 15 leagues and multiple tournaments boosting participation and medals awarded by The Chronicle Telegram.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Comiskey Ends 72 Years In Baseball Leadership
Charlen A Comiskey of Chicago owner of the White Sox died at 72. Born August 15, 1859 in Chicago, he pitched, managed, and owned for 54 years. He played for the St Louis Browns starting in 18 2, managed their pennant wins, later led the Cincinnati Reds for three years, helped organize the American League in 1900, and presided over the White Sox to pennants in 1901 1906 1917 1919 and world championships in 1906 and 1917.
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Campolo Trains For Schaaf Bout Aug 27
New York Aug 15 Campolo began training for a bout with Ernie Schaaf at Ebbsis field Aug 27 after Madison Square Garden objections. The Argentine fighter is also scheduled to meet Charley Retzlaff of Duluth Minn at the Polo grounds Sept 3 if he defeats Schaaf.
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National and American Association Baseball Scores Summary
National results show New York 2 Pittsburgh 1 St Louis 4 Brooklyn 8 Philadelphia 14 Chicago 4 Boston 1 3 Cincinnati 0 1 National Games today Pittsburgh at Philadelphia twice Chicago at Boston St Louis at New York Cincinnati at Brooklyn American Association standings show results for Columbus and Minneapolis with mixed outputs and unclear win losses due to OCR errors and broken text
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Colorful Polo Leader Lacey to Quit After 1931 Season
United Press reports Henry McLemore details Lewis Lawrence Lacey, famed Teager frame polo star, announcing retirement at end of 1931 due to age. At 44 he cites strain of high goal polo and decades of wear, noting his 33 years in global play including representing England and Argentina in international matches.
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Greenwich Team Meets Bittners
The Grafton Bittners travel to Greenwich Sunday to face the City team. Ford Hastings will pitch for the Hittners with Warshall behind the plate. Final workout Wednesday set the lineup with Figler, Wackin, Spreer, Kolinski, Hastines, Hopkins or Waller, Baker or Bement, Is, Marshall and Malone among reserves.
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Bement
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Malone
Bittner
Clapp
Lefty Norman
Indians Clinch Stadium Crown With 6-3 Win Over Tigers
The Indians defeated the Western Heights Tigers 6-3 in the Stadium League title playoff to claim the season championship. Jim Brown pitched well with solid fielding as the Indians built leads in each half, aided by home runs from Yarbo and Yucka. The crowd of about 600 witnessed the season finale with the Tigers scoring twice in the first half and once more in the sixth.
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Indians Rout Yankees For Two in Cleveland Tilt
Cleveland dominates a twin bill with 13-7 and 9-1 wins over the New York Yankees. Averill Gehrig Ruth and Montague star with five double plays set records in the nightcap as Cleveland totaling 23 runs across the two games. Pitcher Rhodes and Ruffing suffer blue as Weave r and Hudlin hold the visitors to nine total hits. Seven innings by Rhodes and Weaver see the final scores settle with Cleveland claiming the series.
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Five Elyria Teams To Play At Home Sunday
Elyria baseball fans will have local action at Cascade Park Hamilton Field and Roosevelt Field with five Elyria teams at home and one game in Lorain. The Merchants aim for a fifth straight win against Spencer of Medina County, Banville to start on the mound, and the Mudhens face the Furnitures with Jones on the mound. The Maroons meet the Subway Barbers in Lorain, while the Eagles travel to Lorain to face the Nativities led by Al Sharpe. Other C and L League games include North Olmstead at West View and North Eaton at Olmstead Falls.
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Saints Defeat Colonels 3-2 in Afternoon Showdown
In Columbus on August 15 the league leaders St Paul beat Louisville 3 to 2 while Indianapolis moved a half game closer by sweeping Minnesota 6 to 3 and 7 to 5. Seven Minnesota errors aided the night win, Koenecke homered with a man aboard and Sigafoos hit a bases loaded triple. Kansas City split a doubleheader with Columbus 9 to 5 and 6 to 10, and Del Wetherell debut helped Toledo beat Milwaukee 13 to 6.
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Five Arrested In Raid At Dog Track
Sheriff led deputies into the Springdale track stands at Hamilton as the first race was about to start and arrested five people including Frank Farney general manager on gambling charges. The rac ing continued afterward with no betting, authorities said.
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New York Fight Night Results at Dushman Oval
United Press reports Barney Baker, 170, from New England defeated Artie Rodenbach, 184, of New York. A Southampton bout ended in a draw between Jimmy Sullivan, New York, and Tracey of Newark, New Jersey.
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Elyria Horseshoe Title Secured By Yarsa In 1991 Meet
Frank Yarsa clinches the Elyria city horseshoe title for 1991 as he holds a nine win lead with one game left. Four pitchers tied for second place will vie tonight for the silver medal. Yarsa meets Arthur Moelk in the final game. Contenders reduced from 18 entries to 12 as two dropouts.
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John Denman
Ed Gehl
Semifinals Set For Citywide Tennis Tourney Contests
Semifinals in the City Wide Singles Tennis Tournament are scheduled today at Ely Stadium. Frank Hoover faces Jay Hawenstine while Dave Horan meets Eddie Seward for a place in the final.
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Cardinals Win as Indians Idle in Major League Action
New York report notes the Cardinals beat the Athletics in spirit of a busy four game set while Cleveland planned to host Lownie Waehs thampon as thetour continued. St Louis rallied with five runs in the eighth and added four more on the mound to sweep the series, with Young Moores returning in relief. Elsewhere Ray Benge dazzled Philadelphia in a 14 to 4 win over Chicago, and Ed Brandt with Wille Sherdel dominated Reds as Boston swept Cincinnati. Philadelphia idle, Senators drop Chicago 5 to 4, St Louis defeats Boston 12 to 2 behind Dick Coffman.
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Boxer Arrested On Vote Charge In Athens
Alf Dundee, former featherweight title contender, was detained by Athens authorities on illegal voting charges. Prosecutor John W Bolin said Dundee, a recent arrival from Mens, voted in a primary and did not meet residency requirements. He was held to the county grand jury after pleading not guilty.
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Cubs and White Sox Plan Benefit Game
Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox, ranked third in the National League and fifth in the American League respectively, will meet in a September 9 charity game. All proceeds will go to Gov. Emerson's relief and unemployment fund.
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New London Wildcats Defeat Ashland Outfit in Tight Ball Game
On August 15 the New London Wildcats beat the Faultless Rubber team of Ashland 11 to 7 on the home diamond. Sackett pitched five innings for New London, allowing four walks and thirteen hits. Humphrey finished with a single and a walk as Ashland led 7 11. The next game is set for August 17 in Ashland against Garber Publishing, with a return date August 24 at the YMCA field in Ashland.
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Ohio Youth Winner Of Rogue Tourney
Lakeside August 15 Karel Slatmyer Jr Lakewood and Paul Hastings Oberlin will meet today to decide the northern Ohio boys tennis championship. In the semi finals yesterday Slatmyer defeated George C Steinmann Jr Sandusky 6 4 4 6 64 and Hastings beat Charles Terry Elyria 6 2 26 6 1
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Californian Favored For Junior Net Title
Culver Indiana August 15 Jay Cohn of Santa Monica California was favored to win the national junior tennis title from Jack Lynch of Taft California Cohn reached the final by beating William Doeg of Santa Monica 6 1 6 4 Lynch moved on by defeating Henry Holden of Houston Texas 2 6 6 4 10 8 10 in yesterday s semi finals
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