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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1937
Page
5
Purdue and Michigan are rated highly in the Big Ten basketball race as the season progresses. The editor notes this second feature in a series profiling key league teams, highlighting each squad’s prospects and recent form.
Elyria pace set with three rising keglers Elyria Recreation Electro Alloys and Ridgeville Hatchery likely to represent the city at the American Bowling Congress in Chicago next year. Possible Bittner Funeral Home entry adds to local chances as alumni teams duel for glory.
United Press notes in Ohio cage results Toledo 51 Illinois Wesleyan 26 Western Reserve 58 Boston U 44. National scores Detroit 34 Nebraska 33 Illinois 33 Notre Dame 32 in overtime. Patrick McCarthy, Notre Dame football player due to graduate next June, married yesterday to Miss Margaret Mary La Plante in Toledo.
Harry Kipke, former nine year Michigan football coach, told New Orleans Rotary Club he will remain in coaching despite recent dismissal. He said offers to enter other businesses were tempting but the thrill of coaching keeps him in the profession and he hopes to be with his players again in fall. Rumors linked him to Mississippi, Mississippi State, and Penn despite his pledge to support his successor.
Petey Scalzo outpointed Cristobal Jaramillo in a lightweight bout. Eddie Alzek defeated Jimmy Murray in a welterweight clash. Al Reid beat Jack Sharkey Jr. Petey Haynes won a decision over Andre Sarillia. Several others fought on the New York card with multiple decisions.
The Y M C A Industrial Basketball League debuts its third round with three games on the floor. Key matchups feature Steel and Tubes, Inc. defending champions against Western Automatic while Fox Furnace faces Elyrian Division of Thew Shovel Co. General Industries meets Perry-Fay with both teams seeking consistency. Schedule: 7:15 General Industries vs Perry Fay, 8:15 Western Automatic vs Steel and Tubes, 9:15 Fox Furnace vs Thew Shovel.
Ohio State meets California in a near capacity Columbus Coliseum intercollegiate game viewed as OSU's first real test of the season. Harold Olsen and Nibs Price coach the rivals while St. Lawrence visits Baldwin Wallace in the other Ohio matchup. Toledo wins 12th in a row 51 to 26 over Illinois Wesleyan as Chuckovits shines with 17 points. Western Reserve beats Boston University 58 to 44 led by Kelker 19 and Scott 17.
New York December 29 WUP The second intersectional college basketball doubleheaders of the holiday week give eastern teams another chance tonight to restore prestige. Minnesota Golden Gophers, Big Ten co champions, beat Long Island University and meet unbeaten New York University. Stanford Cardinals, Pacific Conference title holders, who edged City College of New York, attempt to repeat last year's win over Long Island University after ending the Blackbird streak.
New York daily list of top baseball champions from last season. World Series champions were the New York Yankees. American and National Leagues crown went to New York rivals. Newark Bears claimed Little World Series and International League titles. Fort Worth Cats won Dixie and Texas League honors. Cedar Rapids and Elmira noted in other circuits.
New York dominated the baseball season and won the world series four games to one against the Giants. Key stars included Lefty Gomez, Joe DiMaggio, Red Ruffing, Lou Gehrig, and Bill Dickey. Billy Dean, Dizzy, and other stars faced injuries and brawls marked the season.
Two City Class A Bowling League matches loom at the Elyria Recreation alleys this evening. Elyria Hardware faces Haserodt Jewelers while Jack's Bar Lunch meets 1. T. S. Left and Right.
Alumni and Blyria High varsity basketball teams held final workouts as they prepare for the annual game at Blyria High gym. The varsity scrimmaged at 9 30 a m and grads practiced earlier. Alumni on hand included Dan Gulgin Jack Hiatt Jack Meyer Wally Forbes Bob Novak Babe Wazyniak Dick Urig Walt Borski Herb Meister. Others expected include Hugh Cross Gene Graber John Lugas Joe Scott Walter Madhock and Chuck Coen. The varsity, coached by Ralph Bauer, has shown improvement after beating Sandusky last week and aims to win for the first time in six years. A preliminary game opens at 7 with Elyria Reserves vs Grafton High.
U P staff correspondent describes a day at Santa Anita amid movie stars and racing lore as he watches races and imagines the Rose Bowl winner. He notes Hollywood sights, celebs, and a personal struggle to pick the winner before departing the country after finalizing his choice.
California led the Rose Bowl discussion with stronger early marks while Alabama showed a streak since 1935 and late-quarter heroics. Both teams prepared with workouts at Eagle Rock and Brookside Park as captains and players readied for the New Year clash.
Hollywood Fla December 29 five players tied for the lead after 36 holes in the Stollywood Beach Hotel open with two under par 138. Leaders include Johnny Revolta Horton Smits Craig Wood Frank Moore and Leonard Dodson. Several others within strokes, and Sam Snead trailed at 144 as 60 pros and 10 top amateurs advanced.
Louis, world heavyweight champion, enters barroom venture following footsteps of John L. Sullivan and Jack Dempsey. He filed today for a liquor vending license for his Brown Bomber Cafe, a fried chicken shack.
American investors protested the Mexican decree expropriating Agua Caliente a $10 million frontier resort once a gambling and celebrity haven near Tijuana. President Cardenas ordered lands and buildings used for industrial schools with owners to be reimbursed within ten years. baron Long said he would pursue U.S. government action to defend interests amid expropriation under the agrarian law limiting irrigated land to 247 acres.
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