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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1935
Page
12
In Oaks California news, Jackson Wall Paper and Elyria Hardwares win opening bowling matches as the Bay City area scene features local teams in the second half City Bowling League. Baer Louis chatter, college hoops notes, and New Year predictions fill the column.
Readable lines show team matchups and scores including Moulton Candies beating Bakers 8 to 2, Coca Colas defeating Sver Tox, and Reidy 321s list. Schedule notes list matches for Thursday January 2 and standings with teams such as Moulton Candies and Bakers. several names and partial scores appear, but many items are garbled.
The Elyria Lumber team defeated the Coca Colas in a St Johns Lutheran Bowling League match at the school alleys last evening, winning two of three games. Hoehn led with 488 for the high three-game total and a 200-plus high single. Other notable scores from West Lexis Teachers and Southstern College associates were listed among the readable lineups.
Spencer Opute 31-A features an unusual three game carnival on Tuesday January 7 with Spencer and Penfield teams, all players over 30 and with no prior basketball experience, in a grudge affair. Spectators will see costumes from bathing suits to dresses, opening with Spencer Merchants Reserves vs American Taco Co and the main game pairing Spencer Merchants and Hershey Chocolates of Cleveland, composed of former East High stars.
A fragmented Hy United Press recap lists runners and scores from a college track meet. Notable results include Geneyr Colest and Baker posting times and placements while teams from Neb College and Harvard compete, with score details partially readable as Toledo and Indiana teams appear in the scrambled text.
Hi Speeds Amherst head a New Year’s cage carnival on the YMCA floor. The Fly1ra MCA event features Hi Speeds vs Amherst Business Men in a rematch from a 37 28 overtime win for Amherst. Included are Lorne Libert Dave Robertson and others, with Stella Walsh on the Cleveland sith roster and a second game featuring Kleins Glivvia Guenin Pretzels girls.
In San Francisco the East team appears stronger with a wealth of power in the backfield and a light but fast line, while the West relies on a heavy line and several top players. A 60,000 crowd is expected for the Shrine charity game. rain could hurt Western hopes.
Last evening the Ladies Shuffleboard League at Neady Cigar Parlors saw Team 6 defeat Team 1 4 to 1, Team 4 beat Team 2 32, and Team 3 overcome Team 5 32. Monday’s schedule lists Team 1 versus Team 4, Team 2 against Team 5, and Team 3 versus Team 6.
Southern Methodist, 10-7 favorite, faces Stanford in the Rose Bowl with 90,000 expected crowd. Rain feared but players expect to handle wet conditions. key matchups include SMU stars Bobby Grayson and Truman Spain against Stanford’s Bob Reynolds and Wetsel. Coaches Matty Bell and Tiny Thornhill predict victory as lines and passing attacks key the outcome.
Henry Supfr profiles the 1936 sports calendar with boxing title fates, Olympics plans in Germany, and top tennis golf and baseball prospects. It notes James J Briddoch and Joe Toms in the light heavy division, Tewis versus McAvoy, and Chambre’s titles, while predicting winter games in Garmisch Partenkirchen and Berlin, US track and field hopes, and the Brewers’ baseball rivals including the Cubs and Cardinals.
Ray P. Watts, coach of Baldwin Wallace’s 1933 Ohio Conference football champions, is named University of Toledo head football coach and director of athletics starting July 1 at a four thousand dollar annual salary for four years. He will oversee spring practice and choose his staff, succeeding David Connelly who moves to intramural athletics and PE.
Johnny Goanach and Croase Whitted named managers of two Cincinnati bees farm clubs. One will lead the Macon team in the Sally League, the other will be the Reds representative on the Piedmont League. Gooch to be playing manager, Whitted a bench pilot, with final assignments by General Manager Larry MacPhail after review.
Elyria High Red Raiders travel for a three game road stretch starting with Sandusky’s Blue Streaks on the junior high floor. Sandusky, led by Beilstein and Whittaker, hopes to slow Elyria’s attack with glass backboards and a home-court edge in Bay City. The Streaks last season won the Puchere League and sit at two wins in three games this year.
The Orang Bowl features De Wiss and Catholic University football squads in a showdown seen as a test of which team earns the breaks. Ole Miss coach Ed Walker and Catholic coach Dutch Bergman call it a toss up with limited certainty on the winner as 3,000 of 12,500 seats may be unused at kickoff.
The 1936 Miami Biltmore Cup tennis event opens today on the American Riviera with a field headlined by Bitsy Grant defending the Col Henry L Doherty trophy from Coral Gables. Challengers include Sidney B Wood Gilbert Hall Marcel Rainville Ricardo Morales and Frank Guernsey. Also noted are Syracuse football co captains Jontes and Perrault as top college players earning honors.
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