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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1959
Page
15
Front page staff photo note features Bob Daniels, Bil Kluc, Lou Rotanda, John Verbeck with Ketchum and Moore identified among the Christmas card lineup.
Cuban slugger Florentine Fernandez accepted a welterweight title fight with Don Jo Gan at Madison Square Garden on February 1 after taunting Filipina Rocky Kalingo. Fernandez spoke to Garden matchmaker Teddy Brenner at ringside, who promised to consider the match.
The Chronicle Telegram sports staff sends holiday wishes and highlights the regional sports scene. Notes on Elyria and Oberlin teams, basketball hopefuls, boxing prospects, and local athletic figures are sprinkled with seasonal cheer and humor.
Promoters announced options on five June dates at Yankee Stadium for the Ingemar Johnsson Floyd Patterson heavyweight title fight. Roy M. Cohn said the optioned dates include June 2 13 and 74 with rain dates and a possible June 1 or June 33 tentative. Cohn and associates plan to meet Johnasson and advisor Erwin Ahiduis in Gothenburg Sweden after a Paris stop.
Gargasz and Eldridge vie for top spot as Dear View and Vermilion teams push within the leading scoring pack. Gargasz adds five points Friday for the Clippers while Eldridge dominates for the Settlers, with multiple teammates reaching double figures as the season progresses.
Elyria High travels to Massillon to face Coach Greenwood's Tigers after a four game start for Elyria and a five game Massillon streak. Massillon led by Terry Lucanski with 17.4 ppg while Elyria's Bill Gast has 109 points in six games as both teams seek decisive conference wins.
A compilation of high school and college basketball results with Avon Lake 82 Wellington 43 and numerous other games including Celina 53 Macron 3, St Henry 81 Mendon 33, Withrow 60 Cincinnati, Toledo Libbey 72, Toledo Central Catholic 6, and Oklahoma 35 New Mexico 83 among scattered scorers and venues across the region.
Barney Warms to 666 led Terry Tevern Home League action at Elyria lanes with a 288 second game and a 2, 26 first game for a 566 series total. Jim Corcoran Traxler Bob Goode and Don Kubuski posted other high marks across leagues including 600s and mid season tournaments. Betty Sailer led Rainbow Lanes women’s league with a 237 second game, as Elyria Stellon’s page and other league leaders crowned first half titles.
Schedule lists New Mexico at Mavier Cinema and Tennessee Tech at Evansville Indiana with unclear venues and dates. The fragment mentions teams Garces, Witttenberts, and Scasrettarest in a cryptic order. Event details are incomplete but indicate upcoming college basketball matchups.
Pro football amid heavy betting in Baltimore prompts talk of bodyguards for Johnny Unitas before next Sunday's rematch with the Giants. Keith Molesworth notes insurance against millions in play while highlighting Unitas value and Giants defensive plans.
Anderson ralled a 582 series to lead individual totals in the Wellington Business Bowling League at Perky Lanes. Don Gehringer added a 716 game. Pearl & Roy's Teaver led with a 2239 three game total as Wellington Lumber rolled 22,388 in series.
Ola pro Tod Sloan, 32, scored his 200th NHL goal as the Chicago Black Hawks beat the New York Rangers 2 0 at Madison Square Garden. Sloan expressed surprise and said he might return next year for another shot at the record.
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