Grove Tops American League in ERA at 2.81
United Press reports Robert Moses Grove of the Boston Red Sox led the American League in earned run average for 1936 with 2.81 in 35 games. The 36 year old lefty worked 253 innings, went 17–12, allowed 237 hits, struck out 130 and walked 65. This marked his seventh multiple three-run-or-below ERA season and seventh league lead in 12 years.
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George Matsik
Duquesne
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Holbrook
Ohio
Mansfield
Tim Nolan
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Elyria
Division of Conservation
Dick Kinsella
New York Giants
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Larry Doyle
Heinie Groh
Dizzy Dean
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Houston
Dizzy
Bob Feller
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Bridges
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Bump” Hadley
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Hadley
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Russ van At
Detroit
Johnny Allen
Yankees
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Grove tops American League pitchers with 2.81 ERA mark
The season shows Lefty Grove leading in ERA at 2.81 over 12 seasons with the Athletics and Red Sox, despite not leading in wins. He also totaled 130 strikeouts, signaling continued speed and effectiveness. The article surveys various baseball notes, player parries, and league stats across teams and parks.
Nassau racing season readies with famed horses in Nassau
United Press staff correspondent Henry McLemore reports Nassau racing opens at Montagu Park with Man O War and other famed horses already there. Six horses are in training as Sam Christmas, eight years old, guides visitors through stables. The boy believes the Nassau stable houses the real Man O War, unaware of elsewhere legends.
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Nassau
Montagu Park
Sam Christmas
Earle Sande
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Man O' War
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Kentucky
Amherst Eagles Defeat Waterloo Wonders 39 to 34
Amherst Eagles semi pros defeated the Waterloo Wonders 39 to 34 to hand them a second setback this season. Frank Ursic led Amherst with 16 points, while Beryl Drummond top-scored for Waterloo with 13. In the earlier game Amherst A beat Norwalk Keller News 27 to 13.
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Frank Ursic
Beryl Drummond
Norwalk
Keller News
Young and Guild
Carl Keller
Avon and Clearview Clash in County Cage League Feature
Avon High, undefeated in five league starts, meets Clearview, only loss in five tilts, in a Lorain County Class B game on Friday at Clearview floor. Avon Lake, Henrietta, and South Amherst also face stiff tests amid league leaders. Other games include Penfield at Grafton and Ridgeville at Eaton.
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Lorain
Henrietta
Avon Lake
South Amherst
Camden
Columbia
LaGrange
Penfield
Grafton
Ridgeville
Eaton
Belden
Brownhelm
Brighton
Brookside
Coal dumped during Sigma Chi fire chaos at WRU
A truck driver poured five tons of coal into a basement window on the south side of the Western Reserve University Sigma Chi house as the north side burned. He then asked what fire. Flames and fire apparatus filled the street amid the chaotic scene.
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Cleveland
Sigma Chi
Western Reserve University
The Good Mechanic's Pride in Work and Machines
The good mechanic takes an interest in his machines and in his work perhaps greater than the pride felt by the old time craftsman.
Northwestern May Be Surprise Of Big Ten
Northwestern, returning a veteran scoring lineup, appears set to challenge Illinois, Purdue, and Indiana for the Big Ten crown. McMichaels Trenkle and Smith pace a tested group with Voights and Hendr in guard roles, while A Illinois squad led by Bourdreau Nisbet and Riegel faces Combes injury at guard as conference play looms.
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United Press
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Illinois
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Purdue
Mike McMichaels
Fred Trenkle
Jean Smith
Duke Vance
Guy Mercer
Pittsburgh
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Bob Voights
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Mercer
Jake Nagode
Don Worland
Elmer Blume
Chet Gargas
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Iowa
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Minnesota
Ohio State
Doug Mills
Louie Bourdreau
Tom Nisbet
Harvey
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Bob Riegel
Mills
Wilh Henrys
Jim Vopicka
Harry Combes
Uins
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Wisconsin
Harness Racing Reigns In 1936 Most Successful Season
New York December 16 race year 1936 set records with two and a half million in purses up 25 percent from 1935 attendance rising by 50 percent yearling sales at new highs strong new blood in the sport Rosalind led with 432 378 in earnings and won seven of eight starts Hambletonian winner August 12 at Goshen New York eight hundred race meetings held nationwide 11 weeks on the grand circuit Twilight Song named champion two year old trotter and driver James Jordan led all drivers with 69 wins
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Rosalind
Goshen
N. Y
Mr. McElwyn
Gibson White
Gibson
Ben F. White
William H. Strang
Jordan
Maine
James Jordan
Lewistown
Hugh M. Parshall
Urbana
Twilicht Song
Brooklyn
Dusty Hanover
Hanover Shoe Farms
Hanover
Fail To Decide On New Phelan Contract
SEATTLE, Dec 16. University of Washington Huskies coach Jimmy Phelan may be a coach without a contract when his team meets the University of Pittsburgh in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. Graduate Manager Ray Eckman and officials conferred last night on renewal, but no decision was reached. Phelan's present contract expired after the 1936 season. The Rose Bowl is a post season game.
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Seattle
Jimmy Phelan
University of Washington Huskies
University of Pittsburgh
Ray Eckman
Phelan
Raiders Cage Hopes Take a Jolt in Openers
Elyria High faces Lorain in the Erie League opener with Glen Willis ruled ineligible due to scholastic deficiencies. Coach Roy Clymor weighs lineups as Don Taylor or another sub may start, while Ben Pfaff recovers from a knee injury and is expected to be ready Friday.
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Lorain
iGake Erie
Glen Willis
Squard
Roy Clymor
Willis
Don Tayor
Kenton
Ben Pfaff
Rival Steel And Tubes Fives In Loop Headliner
The Y M C A Industrial basketball league showcases four unbeaten teams with a full card on the Y floor. Top billing goes to a Steel and Tubes showdown versus Steel and Tubes Superior Division, while Perry Fay and Troxel face American Lace and Colson Company respectively. Other matches feature General Indus vs Timms Spring and Fox Furnace vs Western Automatic.
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Wellington Quintet Dominates Elyria Fox Furnace 59 to 40
Wellington Duff Clothiers led by Leo Grimes with 30 points defeated Elyria Fox Furnace 59 to 40 in a cage carnival game. Grimes added 13 field goals and four fouls total while Edgar Wilms added 16 points. Brown led the losers with 13 points as Wellington Hardwares beat Lorain Redeemers 25-21.
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Penfield High
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Mount Union Third School To Boycott University Of Akron
Mount Union, the third Ohio conference member, canceled two Akron basketball games for January 12 and February 16 and announced a complete end to athletic relations after Akron’s expulsion from the league. Muskingum and Wooster had taken similar steps. Kent State Toledo and Baldwin Wallace declined to act.
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Toledo
Baldwin-Wallace
Opening round games spark Lorain County Independent Cage League
Lorain County Independent Basketball League began on the local Y M C A floor with three tight games. Jack's Lunch of Elyria edged Elyria Ohio Fuel Gas 27 26 in a rough contest with Block scoring 13 for Lunches and Carr and Urig key baskets. Brighton Bucks beat Elyria Hardware 19 17 as Rhoads and Hutchings each scored eight. Grafton Sunshine Biscuits defeated Oberlin School of Commerce 16 7 led by Dunlap with five points.
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Grafton Sunshine Biscuits
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Engineers Beat Gas Room Team in Fox Furnace League
The Engineers won two of three games against the Gas Room in a Fox Furnace Company Bowling League match last night on the Temple lanes.
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Eldotread Keglers Sweep Bell Clothiers In League Match
Eldotread Supply leaders of St. John's Lutheran Bowling League kept top spot by taking two of three from the Bell Clothiers last evening at St. John's alleys. Ed Tulk led the Clothiers with 511 for high three games.
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Eldotread
St. John’s
Dismissed Tourney Manager Blames Association Politics
Miami December 16 Robert E Harlow says his firing as P G A tournament manager stems from association politics and vows to keep working as a golf agent. He reveals a 60 player petition seeks his reinstatement and threatens to form a rival organization if not restored.
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Robert E. Harlow
Nassau
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Professional Golfers’ Association
Officials Named For Rose Bowl Contest
San Francisco December 16 Herb Dana commissioner of officials for the Pacific Coast Football Conference announced the Rose Bowl game officials for the Pasadena New Year contest between the University of Washington and the University of Pittsburgh. Referee Bob Morris Seattle umpire R V Goodwin Washington Jefferson man Wheeling West Virginia head linesman George Varnell Chicago graduate sports editor of the Seattle Times Field judge W H Frissell Princeton living in Pittsburgh Pa.
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Herb Dana
Pacific Coast Football Conference
Pasadena
University of Washington
University of Pittsburgh
Bob Morris
Seattle
R. V. Goodwin
Washington and Jefferson
Wheeling
W. Va
George Varnell
University of Chicago
Wash
W. H. Frissell
Princeton
Pittsburgh, Pa
Fight Card Canceled in Youngstown O due to illness
Al Gainer New York light heavyweight is ill leading to the cancellation of his 10 round headliner with Art Sykes Elmira N Y in Youngstown Ohio tonight. The postponement halts a scheduled bout card as promoters await word on Gainer’s status.
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New York
Art Sykes
Elmira
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