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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1924
Page
9
Aug 28 LaGrange hosts Tellings of Cleveland for a homecoming game. LaGrange wins 6 to 3 with Webb pitching well for LaGrange and Hoffman on the mound for Tellings. Tanings and Draegerr finish the game.
The Wilder Cigars will skip River View Park Sunday for a trip to Dover to face a tough opponent. They have no game on Labor Day and seek a first class team for that date.
Wilders Cigar store hosts a Friday night banquet at Albers Villa for the Wa Wilder ball team. Five players with the lowest batting averages from last Sunday will buy the dinner, starting at 6 30.
Cleveland crowds await a ten round bout at Olympic Arena featuring Gail Tremene and Bud Taslors. Taylor is the favorite in betting pools and Tremaine had been quoted at even money to win as a capacity crowd is expected tonight.
Everts Toons Racing slated in Saratoga and Chicago with meetings in Ottawa Readville and Caspar while golf, tennis, shooting and boxing events unfold from Victoria to Seattle and Dayton to Cleveland including Carl Tremaine vs Bud Taylor in a ten round boxing bout in Cleveland.
Dell Savage reports Elyria gridiron squad under new coach Paul Beele training at Y camp on Vermilion River. First practice focuses on rudiments with two-week camp, daily routines include football drills, road work, and blackboard talks. Squad housed in Mohicans Senecas and Wyandottes lodges. outlook mixed due to rebuilding line but returning backup players bolster prospects for 1924 season.
Cleveland Aug 28 Loren May of Akron rode a 20 game winning streak in the Ohio State horse pitching tournament at Lakewood Citizens Park with only three games remaining. He was slated to meet his brother Alvin Masvodiv in the final rounds.
The Yankees secured Frank Walker outfielder from the Rocky Mi Virginia league club for 11000. Walker, club manager and owner, sold himself to the AL champions and will pocket the funds. game details list Herrington and Quin as pitchers, with 16 strikeouts for Herrington and 13 for Quin.
Oberlin played a close Recreation League doubleheader with Quan Quing and Herrington each pitching. Quinn’s lineup posted four runs on 25 hits while Herrington’s squad showed strong hitting and solid defense as the nightcap fell to Quinn’s team. The action featured two base hits and key defensive plays as both sides battled through late innings.
New York Aug 28 great speed from Young Stribling clashes with Paul Berlenbach power as a six round draw unfolds in the arena. Stribling led early on but Berlenbach’s hard punches unsettled him in later rounds. Bridgeport Aug 28 Jack Delaney stops Frank Moody in six of a 12 round bout as Moody’s corner throws in the towel following a knockdown.
Coveleshie soup bone subdued the Yankees 1 to 0 in a tight game. The letter beat Shaute 5 to 4 as the southpaw took the loss. Cleveland held its league lead after a close win over the Browns. The Browns beat the Senators 8 to 6 in eleven innings. Five pitchers worked early in the slate.
The article notes Lillian Harrison, Argentine swimmer, training to swim from Europe to England despite engine trouble. It highlights Frankie Genaro as a formidable opponent for Pancho Villa, with details of their recent weigh in and Curtin match. It also mentions Adam Walsh returning to Notre Dame football and Yankees pennant race notes with Huggins and Pennock.
The report notes the Cubs breaking their backs with Isringing at Allan Sotheron’s spit ters and the Cardinals winning 3 to 0. It mentions Eddie Anderson the Wyoming featherweight set for a ten round bout in Davenport on Labor Day and other sport curiosities from boxing to golf.
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