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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1951
Page
4
The Elyria Pioneers chase the 1950-51 Lake Erie League title and must win four remaining league games to force a share, with Cleveland Heights likely to clinch the championship. Elyria’s schedule favors Heights and features tough home losses and a pivotal clash against Shaw.
Lorain County Class B Scholastic Basketball League nears end this week with 11 league games on the slate. Eastern Division has six games and Western five. Tuesday features four league contests and one independent game, all previously postponed. Friday hosts seven tilts and Saturday one.
Brookside and Eaton rescheduled their Eastern Division Lorain County Class B League game for Tuesday night at Eaton. If no more postponements occur, the 1950 51 B League schedule should wrap up by Friday night.
The schedule lists Eastern and Western Division games including Avon Lake Avon Ridgeville Brookside Gratton Columbia Eaton South Amherst and Belden Camden Brownhelm Henrietta Brighton LaGrange with a separate independent game in Birmingham Erie County. Avon Lake and Brownhelm lead their divisions with no title changes expected this week. Saturday features Grafton vs Belden as an independent tilt. Lorain County officials plan draws for the Class B tournament at Oberlin College fieldhouse February 14 16 21 and 23. Four county qualifiers join Amherst Wellington Oberlin Lorain St Marys and Medina County teams for a total of 11 in regional play with three advancing to the Kent District.
The schedule lists Tuesday games for Medina at Clearview Columbia at Avon Lake Avon at Grafton Brookside at Eaton LaGrange at Henriette Brighton at Penfield Brownhelm at Preminghen New London at Savann Cleveland Lutheran at North Olmsted Elyria Catholic at Gilmour Academy Lorain St Marys at Lakewood St Edwards Shaw at Western Reserve Academy Bath Richfield at Liverpool Spencer at Congress Fripar Shaker Heights at Ilyria Westlake at the Catholic Lorain at Sha Lakewood at Cleveland Heights Clearview at Amherst Oberlin at Rocky River Medina at Fairview Avon Lake at Avon Ridgeville at Brookside Grafton at Columbia Eaton at South Amherst Camden at Belden Brobhem at Henrietta Wakeman at Townsend New London at Haron Westfield at Liverpool Spencer at Hinckley North Olmsted at Olmsted Falls SATURDAT Elyria at Wooster College Freshmen Amherst at Sandusky St Marys Vermilion at Wellington Belden at Gratton Lakewood at Euclid Lakeside at Huron
Ed Bembower topped the weekly trapshoot at Elyria Country Club with 19 of 25 targets. Joe Ot ten followed with 17 and Harry Bemis had 12. Another shoot is set for 12 o clock next Sunday.
The article surveys managers and executives including Marty Marion Leo Durocher Warren Giles Red Rolfe and Charles DeWitt on how a stepped-up military draft might affect teams like the Braves Cardinals Tigers and Giants. Marion forecasts strong spring staffing while DeWitt remains optimistic and Rolfe laments losses.
The regular eight matches in the Bowling Center Class B League are set for tonight across two shifts. Early shift features Schits Beer versus Beiter Line, Bittner Fenral Home versus Smith Construction, Stand and Beers Friendship Club, Etrica Fence and Implement versus Pabst Bine RDbon. Late shift includes Grmna TR versus Royal Cate, Finegan Sheriffs versus Lorain Countr eavatine, Olesen Company versus Lorain County Speedway, Harvey's versus Lehman Cartage.
The Southwestern Conference race centers on Amherst Wellington and Rocky River with Fairview as a mathematical outsider. River faces three home games including Oberlin Amherst and Fairview while Amherst plays four games, three at home and one key road test against River. Wellington counts three games left including a tough Amherst road game as its main obstacle.
Belden High's five rolled to an eighth win in 16 games, outscoring Liverpool High 65 to 46 at home. Forward Billy Goodman led with 14 field goals and five free throws for 33 points. Liverpool, hampered by the loss, fell to 13 wins in 15 outings. In the earlier jayvee game, Liverpool reserves defeated Belden 34 to 18.
Ohio State 84 Purdue 72. Ohio Wesleyan 64 Denison 48. West Virginia 94 Miami 59. Marietta 66 Wittenberg 61. Dayton 67 Toledo 56. Oberlin 86 Rochester 64. Cincinnati 69 Duquesne 54. Michigan 67 Western Reserve 49. Findlay 7 Wilmington Muskingum 94 Capital 47. Bowling Green 84 Kent State 65. Ohio U 72 Cedarrille 63.
Columbia High hosts a Wednesday twin bill with the Redjackets facing Northern Garage of Elyria City Class B at 7 30 p m and the Class A Columbia Ballroom combining meeting Lakewood Better Businessmen in the feature at 8 30 p m.
South Amherst and Penfield match in Lorain County Class B was canceled due to cold weather and hazardous travel conditions. With the regular season near end, a reschedule seems unlikely.
Oberlin College Yeomen crush Rochester 86 to 64 to set a school single game scoring record. Kuusela leads with 29 points and Shults adds 27 as Oberlin dominates all four quarters. The win improves to 6-3 while Rochester drops to 5-10 with three road games upcoming this week.
Elyria Catholic High School defeated Lakewood St Edward's 59 to 37 on the home floor. Lynn Rader led with 16 points while Kaminski added 10 and Janowicz 11 as the Panthers built a large halftime margin and cruised to a win. The reserves also won 41 to 19 in the preliminary.
Panthers dominated the Y M C A floor 72 to 27 to clinch the first half championship with an eight win and one loss start. Tigers, Bulldogs, Lions and Bears also played Saturday with Tigers over Bulldogs 53 to 40 and Lions over Bears 57 to 30.
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