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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1923
Page
13
The Simpson Motors defeated the Moose at the Gala alleys in three close games. I Maddock was high man of the evening as teammates rolled consistently.
Akron bowler Ede led the team as they defeated the Eagles at Gala Alleys. Root stood out for the Eagles, but Akron’s superior bowling carried the win.
Racing includes Jefferson Parish Fair Association in New Orleans Cuba American Jockey Club in Havana Tijuana Jockey Club in Tijuana Billiards feature Willie Hoppe against Welker Cochran for the world 18.2 balkline title in Chicago Boxing match Young Stribling versus Dave Rosenbarg in Newark postponed.
Five veterans of last year’s Martins Ferry basketball squad plus Cadiz Harrison county and Canton and Defiance high school teams are preparing for winter play. Napoleon Defiance relations restored with a potential football rematch next fall. Amherst opens season against Lorain. Willie Hoppe leads billiards near a world title with Cochran in pursuit.
The Chicago White Sox sign Johnny Evers as coach under Frank Chance reviving the Tinker to Evers to Chance infield glory. The famed double play trio powered the Cubs to three consecutive National League pennants from 1906 to 1908.
Rochester column reports Mrs. E R Ledyard recovering, funeral attendances for W Zgell and Mrs H Bonney, visits by Nina Irish and Harvey Bonney, and 80 plus dollars raised at a Harmonian sacisi bazaar. Also mentions community visits by Watry Stebbins, H Rieske, and Wiles family, plus local travel to Wellington and Cleveland.
Miss May Davis of Philadelphia is, so far as known, the only woman cotton broker competing successfully with men. In about five months in business she has sold upward of 70 000 bales of cotton.
The Ridgeville Grange held a Christmas program in the town hall with singing recitations and a visit from Santa Claus who handed out gifts. Older attendees received simple presents and helpers signed a petition urged by the Grange and Ohio Farm Bureau Federation for lower taxes and less legislation.
Boxing results from New York Philadelphia Detroit and Youngstown show wins and knockouts for Britton Kaplan Fitzsimmons White McCarthy Yanks Wilson and others. A wrestling note reports Ed Lewis defending the world heavyweight title in Chicago with a second fall over Zikman.
The record notes use of the hen lock for both falls with a fret timing of 55 minutes and 15 seconds in total. The second timing measures 15 seconds. Details focus on sequence lengths and durations of the two falls.
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