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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1931
Page
11
Howard Barbour defeated Leonard Tufford 1 up in a 36 hole final to capture the Elyria Country Club amateur championship. Barbour shot 73 in the final round to set a course record, overcoming a four down deficit after the first eighteen.
Carl Scheibel of 248 Spruce Street earned second place after a playoff defeating W E Schwan and Clyde Ryan 50 42 at Ely Stadium. Fred Yarsa won the title with 10 victories and one defeat and will receive two gold medals. Final standings list several players with varied records through the event.
The Maroons lost 76 to 76 to the Subway Barbers of Lorain yesterday at Roosevelt School Field. Errors hurt the locals as Yuck and Douglas led their hits, each going 2 for 3 and 3 for 4 respectively. Next Sunday the Maroons face West Park at Ely Stadium.
The White Sox defeated the Red Sox 40 to 29 in a junior game played yesterday. C. Saxo starred for the winners with strong hitting each inning.
The second half schedule in the City Soft Ball League features the Rich Wines Krugman Transit versus Roosevelt Field, with the Transit challengers needing a win to threaten the Motors for the second half title. Detroit Motors hold seven wins and one loss, while Ice Cream Men are at six and one. Other games see Western Automatic versus Pfaudler at Hamilton and Ohio Fuel Gas facing the 155s at McKinley.
Albert E Hastings of Los Angeles repeated as American glider champion at Elmira New York after a 7 hour 30 minute endurance flight the best of the meet Officials named J H Bud Stickler second with 7.255 hours and Franklin K Isard third with 6 03 The distance event was won by Martin Schempp of Pittsburgh with 15 miles Hawley Bow Tus of Leray New York was second with 12 miles Hastings also led the altitude event at 3130 feet.
Felix Danevich the former three mile champion swimmer leads Lorain Elyria relay teams entered in the Northeastern Ohio district championship at Cleveland Heights Friday night August 21. Pfeiffer seeks deadline changes for Lorain County champion entry and a county joust occurs Wednesday in Lorain as Hart Jewelers remains unchallenged for the county A A U championship.
Mischka Meats of Amherst defeated Western Heights Tigers 9 to 0 at Riverview Park. Art Thomas pitched eight scoreless innings with no runs allowed and contributed at the plate as a key two way player.
First round matches in the City-Wide Doubles Tennis Tourney start at 6:00 p m at Ely Stadium. Pairings include Day Passmore versus Denman Rudin McPherson Cheevers v Horan Finegan Guth Conrad v Maddock Henderson Harper MI Harper v Sharke Horan Wentz Flaondove Aldndge Davis Howenstine Martin v Mahl Long Brown Ehlert v Tanger field Seward Dunstan Hupp v Hoover Smith.
Philadelphia Arhetiss overcome Cleveland Indians 6 to 4 in a four game series opener at League Park. Cochrane and Janer key two run blows as Cannally struggles. Mahaffey wins for the Macks with Walberg, Montague and Morgan among hitters.
In Cincinnati four players Ellis Flax Art Schroeder Byron Huffman and Albert Halverstadt moved into the fourth round of the Ohio Valley tennis championships at Hyde Park. Today also saw opening rounds in girls singles and men s doubles. In Dayton Eddie Shea will face Pete Sarmiento in a ten round featherweight bout at UD Stadium on Aug 24. Mike Dundee meets Spug Meyers on the same card.
The City Motors softball team will play the Motor Express Wednesday night at McKinley Field starting at 6 15. The announcement notes 329 Catholic orphans asylums in the country.
In a tight BE’y Stadium matchup, the Furnitures edged the Mudhens 9 to 7. Storm led the Furnitures with three hits in five trips, including a decisive home run to center, while Heath went 4 for 5 for the Mudhens. Long earned the win, Jones the loss, in a two hour fourteen minute game with 12 Furnitures left on base and 10 Mudhens stranded.
Babe Ruth, aging and leaner at forty, leads both leagues with 33 home runs and trails Al Simmons by four points in batting. He hit his 33rd homer as the Yankees beat Detroit 9 6, while speculation grows on contract renewal and double honors in the coming season.
Frank Hoover will meet Dave Horan this afternoon at Ely stadium for the Cin Wide tennis final. Hoover beat Jay Howenstine 6 1 6 2 3 6 2 in the semis while Horan defeated Ed Seward 6 2 4 3 6 3. The match is set to start at 4 30 local time.
Hamman hurled superbly as Greenwich shut out Crafton Bittners 6 to 0. Keyser, Terman and Wertz led Greenwich with timely hits while Hastings lasted for Crafton. Playing notes and box scores show Greenwich pulling away with a 6 run surge late.
WIGGINS Colo William Beard a rancher believes he holds the oldest and among the loudest drums in the world. The drum was crafted around 1870 by James Denny a Civil War veteran cabinet maker using cherry wood a deer skin head and deer hide wrapped ends. It measures thirty six inches across the top and two feet deep and remains in Beard’s possession with a sonorous tone.
Spencer Neer edged the Merchants 7 to 6 in a tense contest with late heroics and solid hitting. Key players included Lin Linn Rohola Tang for Spencer and Stanton for the Merchants, while pitchers Biddinger Banville Guyer and Smith combined for a tight duel. The game featured home runs, stolen bases, and strategic base on balls as both sides issued chances until the final out.
R P LeDuke of Cleveland joined the Hole in One Club at Spring Valley after holing out on Number 1 with a mashie niblick. L A Walch and C L Mills tied for first in the blind par tourney at Spring Valley while A mixed four ball ladies event at Elyria CC saw Mrs J P Brooks and Howard Barbour win with 195 16 179.
North Olmsted defeated West View 6-1 behind Harry Schultz who fanned ten and allowed three hits. West View retains a one game lead in the C and L circuit despite the loss as Elyria AC split a pair with Business Men.
A scattered slate of scores shows American teams with mixed results including Detroit, Chicago, Boston, New York and St Louis. Women's action features Washington at St Louis and New York at Detroit with other matchups listed for today.
The Eagles baseball trip to Lorain yesterday ended in failure as Lorain natives did not appear for the scheduled City Field tilt. Next Sunday the third men travel to Amherst for a game with Mischka Meats.
A brief note outlines Julius Caesar adopting a gold standard for the Roman Empire. The fragmentary text mentions Maeikea Srnaeaein in an unclear context alongside the historical reference.
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