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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1934
Page
9
Rival teams of Butner and Motor Express prepare for tomorrow’s matchup as Detroit Yankees headlines warn of big crowd chaos at Yankee Stadium. Editor William Ritt notes missed bargains and front office missteps cost the Yankees key hurlers Wesley Ferrell and Alvin Crowder, shaping pennant hopes amid crowd-pleasing doubleheader fever.
The Taylor Funeral Home secured at least a tie for the second half YMCA Junior League title by beating Haury and Bauer Grocers 6-5 at Hamilton Diamond. Two games remain for the Funeral Home against Sears Roebuck and Marbath Coals, with an automatic win if Sears Roebuck remains disbanded. In other results Resar Motors forfeited to Gulf Oils, and Sears Roebuck forfeited to Marbach Coals.
The West Side Old Timers and Crack Smart Set colored teams meet Sunday at 130 at the Roosevelt diamond. Probables: Old Timers Arvay P Saegert 1B Strinka 3B Potrak LF Messaros SS Shepherd CF Coan RF Yurka 2B. Smart Set E Harrington P Bowan 3B C Quinn 1B E Green 2B W Lordon C F Yarba LF Yarba CF Gordon RF.
The Richwine Stars girls team holds a crucial practice Monday at the American Lace Company diamond. The session runs at 6 o clock and players H Hess B Washburn and J Roth are asked to take notice.
The Bittner Funeral Home led the West Side League in a 7 to win over Sears-Roebuck as Walt Boreski allowed two hits. The victory left Bittners atop the second half standings while Sears drops to fourth. The round robin to decide the second half champion begins Monday with Western Automatics vs Dobrowski Meats and Bittners vs Sears-Roebuck.
Elsha Hardwares defeated West Side Speeds 21 to 4 on Hazel Street Diamond. Buck Jones and Duckie Goods on formed the winning battery while Ernie Thomas and Joe Zlatkowski pitched and Kayden caught for the Gas team. The winners crossed the plate with thirteen or fewer in the fourth inning.
The Cedar Vale sandlot team from Kansas, which played in a Wichita state tournament, features Clay Smith Sr as the top catcher and 16-year-old Clay Smith Jr as the right handed mound ace, forming the club's standout duo.
City wide net drawings for the 1924 city vice tennis singles tournament will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Eigste diti courts after noon. Entries close at the time of drawings. Club officials disclosed plans to withhold semi finals in city wide doubles until the week of August 27. In consolation rounds, Brogan and Travers beat Leim and Dehm. Ter i and Buswell defeated Abbe and Gehl. Freal and Eaman beat Lenman. Levers beat first local consolation match. play proceeds with Peters vs Johnson and Seman, and various quarter and semifinal pairings listed. Elyria Tennis Club returns tomorrow for intercity with Norwalk at Stadium courts. Youngstown, Labor Day, and Sandusky dates follow.
The ladies championship qualifying round at Spring Valley was announced with match play set to begin Tuesday. Invitations and results from Spring Valley, Lakewood, Berea, and Columbus included top honors in low gross, low net, and low putts across classes A and C, with notable players from Moll Bauch to Clark Black coordinating first round pairings and matches scheduled for today and tomorrow.
Tigers blanked the Yankees for the 14th consecutive victory as they pieced together three hits and 11 strikeouts. ED COLEMAN starred for the Athletics with three homers in four trips driving in five runs.
New York Yankees finish behind eight ball in crucial series with Detroit after a rough two-game set. El Gomez hurled for Detroit as Linwood Rowe stranded Yankee threats. Detroit widened its edge to five and a half games while the Yankees slumped.
Cleaners hold a half game lead in the Heights League after a 9 8 win over Merchants. Pitcher Ray Thompson scattered seven safeties and kept Merchants scoreless until the final inning. Elyria Hardware troubled last place Moasyer and Dillman Garage in another late game as Petrak powered a 9 8 victory.
Chicago reports that Dean, the St Louis Cardinals pitcher under suspension, returned to St Louis to await a hearing before Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Landis and Dean conferred, and a hearing on Dean’s plea regarding his failure to accompany the club on an exhibition trip to Detroit was set for Monday at the Park Plaza Hotel.
American players dominate the semifinals of the women's tennis championship as Helen Hull Jacobs faces Caroline Babcock and Sarah Palfrey meets Dorothy Andrus. Jacobs beat Evian Ryan 6 4 4 1, Palfrey beat Freda James 8 3 6 1, Babcock edged Kay Stammers 1 7 2 6 4, Andrus defeated Baroness Maud er 6 1 6 4.
Lorain J K Coffees from Lorain County will enter the district softball tournament at Harmony Field in Fremont on August 18. Three counties compete for a state finals berth in Akron next week. Drawings to determine pairings will be held Monday night before games begin.
At Lakeside on August 16 Blair Nunamaker of Cleveland defended champion status as he widened his lead in the Ohio Open Horseshoe Tournament. Mission Tornert of West Men SField trails in second with 44 victories and five defeats, while Harry Colling of Toledo sits third with 42 wins and multiple losses.
Carlisle AC3 and LaGrange K-70s schedule a doubleheader at Carlisle diamond tomorrow afternoon. First game starts at 2 o'clock.
Youngstown Ohio reports the Canfield Fair will host running races for the first time in history. The fair runs September 1 to 3 with six races daily and pari mutuel betting allowed. Also notes United Dry Cleaners in Grafton schedule a Monday game with State Farm.
Managers of North Olmsted Elyria Lorain Ly on Tailors Bittner Funeral Home and Elkria Motor Express in the Tri-County baseball league will convene Monday evening at the YMCA. Rudy Ebinger of Lorain league secretary announced the gathering to discuss the forthcoming N B tournament in which the Tri-County League winner will be eligible to participate.
Indians and A s schedule a double header with players listed for both teams. Highlights include Hildebrand Bolton Harris Myer Sacrifice plays and multiple base hits. Washington and Cleveland touch bases, with bases on balls and strikeouts noted for pitchers.
Lorain County Class B league action centers on Oakwood Park with Lorain Coffees leading at 3-0 and Oberlin chasing in a possible four way top tie. Feature game pits City Cabs against Butner Funeral Homes at Els Stadium followed by Lorain Mathews Funeral Home versus Billville and Elvi Wadolf Lagers meeting Kipton with likely pitching by Havard.
Resar Motors defeated City Street Old-Timers 2-1 on the American Legion diamond last night. Cashner pitched and Wircenske caught for the winners in a hard fought game.
Two local Tri County League teams, Bittner Funeral Home and Motor Express, meet at Cascade Park as both carry four wins and one loss. Vince for Lorain backs Express as Yucka faces him. lineups stay similar. Four other league games also scheduled with Tailors, North Olmsted, Amherst, and Sandusky on the slate.
Johnny Soja hurled a shutout as Medina team beat Dan Ham colored team 4-0 at River View Park. Soja allowed only three safe blows and the visiting squad struggled to score in last evening’s game.
Nears record Lynwood Kane the sensational Detroit Tigers right-hand ace defeated the New York Yankees 2 0 to stretch his winning streak to fourteen consecutive games and move within two of the American League mark of sixteen tied by Walter Johnson Joe Wood and Bob Grove.
Yesterday's results show New York 12 over Pittsburgh 3 3 3, Boston 3 over Chicago 2, Brooklyn 12 over Cincinnati 4, St Louis 12 over Philadelphia 2, and Toronto misprints. Today’s fixtures include New York at Cyrus, Brooklyn at Portland, Boston at St Louis, and Philadelphia at Chicago. Yesterday’s totals list Japan's Twelve, Cohors 8 Paul 3, Muwachee and Indianapolis, with Minneapolis at St Paul and Los Angeles at Kansas City on the slate.
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