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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1953
Page
11
The Elyria boxing card is set for Palladeum starting at 8 15 tonight. Co promoters Harry Day and Earl Kehl fear a poor door sale may end the season and possibly halt future shows after the Nov 19 effort nearly broke even. Day notes last show was strong and tonight should be similar.
A veteran New York doctor argues that lung capacity and heart health determine athletic longevity, not leg strength. He cites countless autopsies showing lung issues in athletes and notes endurance stars often have high lung capacity with low resting heart rates, while speed fades with weakened cardio. The piece surveys boxing cards and notable fighters as illustrations of the lung theory in action.
Tuesday games include Catholic at Cleveland Benedictine, Lorain at Clearview, Vermilion at Oberlin, Rocky River at Berea, Columbia at Avon, Avon Lake at Grafton, South Amherst at Brookside, Ridgeville at Eston, Troy Ruggles at Camden, LaGrange at Leroy, Sullivan at Spencer, Cleveland Lutheran at North Olmsted. Wednesday features Lorain at St Marys Gilmour Academy and Friday Norwalk at Elyria, Elyria Catholic at St John Cantius, Amherst at New London, Fairview at Clearview, Medina at Oberlin, Wellington at Rocky River, Lorain St Marys at Cleveland John Hey, Rockaide at Columbia, South Amherst at Avon, Eaton at Avon Lake, LaGrange at Birmingham, Henrietta at Brownhelm, Ridgaville at Grafton, Vermilion at Norwalk St Paul, Wakeman at Greenwich, Buckeye at Leroy, North Royalton at Olmsted Falls, Spencer at Lodi. Saturday includes yria at Fremont Ross, Cleveland John Marshall at Lorain, Brownhelm at Huron.
Lanes Women's State League hosts four matches at nine o'clock tonight. Pairings include Bauer Dalry versus Team No 5, Clad ve Pouse of Beauty, Car y's Vile versus Tarry Tavern, and Don Mus a Combo versus Merchants AY tAPHIVE.
Ohio State University basketball travels to St Louis to oppose St Louis University after an opening 93 to 78 win over Butler. The Bucks look to deliver another strong performance as they meet a tougher opponent.
New York report says the Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox announced a winter league trade midweek. Outfielder Jackie Jensen moves to Boston while Tom Umphlett and pitcher Nels Lehman head to Washington in exchange for several players and other assets.
Akron defeated Oberlin 64 to 55 in a close Ohio Conference game at Oberlin Field House. Les Adams led Akron with 16 points while Don Linden paced Oberlin with 46 points as Akron evened its record at 1-1. Oberlin jayvees won 40-35.
The Big Ten opens its four day winter meeting in Chicago with plans to lift the ban on Michigan State for past aid to athletes from an unsanctioned booster group. Commissioner Wilson notes satisfactory progress under probation and discusses aid policy and game telecasting.
Paddy DeMarco won a 10 round unanimous decision over Carlos Chavez in Brooklyn Eastern Parkway Arena. The bout drew about 1 000 fans as DeMarco admitted being off form after his manager’s death and promised a stronger showing against Ralph Dupas in New Orleans on January 2.
New York official NCAA service bureau statistics show Ohio State halfback Bobby Watkins ranked 15th in national scoring for 1953. He scored 66 points from 14 touchdowns.
The United Polish Club League bowls at 7 pm at Stoney's Rainbow Lanes with six matches on the slate. Pairings include United Polish Club vs Dobrowski Meets Thomasson's Chins vs Les Gast Insurance Steve's Barber Shop vs Toggery Shop Royal Cater Co 4s Plas Construction B & B Food Market vs Gibby's Place Granite Concrete Block vs Reser Service.
Fight results list multiple bouts with winners by knockout or stoppage. Pad dy DeMarco of Brooklyn defeated Carlos Chavez in New York by points after 10 rounds. Bobby Courchesne of Chicopee knocked out Dom Amarossa of New York in two rounds. Oscar Lorrey stopped Tommy Emerds of Los Angeles in five rounds in South Gate California.
Six matches in the C League bowlers contest pairings include Hobby Shop versus B Yates Ballberg and Wests Texaco against IE O. Larson Andry meets Elyria Moose. Men's Shop faces Meta Weld while Heldmyer Hardware plays Gochenour Texaco and Ohio Fuel Co challenges Brown Jug.
Toronto right-hander Donald Johnson led the International League with the best earned run average, despite his team finishing fifth. Johnson pitched 243 innings and allowed an average of 2.67 earned runs per frame, according to league statistics released today. Ottawa's Bot Trice, who joined the Philadelphia Athletics late, led the league with 21 wins and 10 losses.
Joe Tomsic led with a 628 series after games of 205 and 266, helping the Bowling Center team to top honors in Monday night action. His 266 second game highlighted the performance before a 157 finish.
The best single game of the night went to an unnamed bowler while Carl Henke of Production scored 623 and George Stoudt of Engineering 620 in the Bendix Westinghouse Office League at Tarry Tavern. Bowling Center led with a 2,860 team series and 1,029 high single. Louise Skrup led women with a 484 for Les Strokes in Bowl-O-Crome Basement League.
The Giants face the Cubs at 7. The Yankees meet the Braves at 7 45. The Indians play the Dodgers at 8 30. The Pirates are idle.
The Fairview Scarlet Warriors defeated Bay 95 to 65 at Fairview gym in an independent game. Ron Spisak scored 24 points and Dick Kinkopf led with 22 as Bay reserves won 46 38.
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