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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1940
Page
4
Russ Davies reports the U M C A High School Basketball League clash where the Bell Panthers edged the Indians 90 to 19 amid a controversial second half moment. A double foul led to a mistaken free throw from Johnny Sheldon at the wrong basket before play resumed.
Woolf predicts Quenema to win the Kentucky Derby with Insco Lass as backup if the favorite falters. The piece notes Woolf’s Lawrin victory in 1938 and details local notes on Elyria Recreation Board attendance, including 2,204 participants in January and 1,115 in basketball leagues. It also mentions Sandor Glancz and Jimmy McClure to headline exhibition matches in Cleveland and J. B. Johnson's boast about a 228 score at Elyria alleys ahead of Thursday’s OPAA teams event.
Former Elyria High athlete Lyon Heinzerling now works for AP in Stockholm after brief postings in Helsinki and Copenhagen. The piece notes the peripatetic career of the foreign correspondent and hints at renewed conflict in the region, tying two recent wars to his postings and suggesting readers beware spills of war news from the Swedish capital.
Elyria High’s basketball team, 4 wins and 12 losses, will compete in the Northeastern Sectional tournament at Goodyear gym Akron. Athletic Director Roy B Clymer and Coach Ralph Bauer will enter the Crimson in the Akron sectional February 28 29 and March 1 and 4 with drawings at the Akron YMCA February 25. Winners advance to the Kent State district meet March 6 7 8. The Crimson previously beat Oberlin Shaker Heights Lorain and Lakewood.
Elyrian Clowson who captained Ohio State’s baseball team has accepted the acting manager post for the Gloversville Johnstown team in the Canadian American League. He will manage until regular manager Steve Wersxel arrives from Yale coaching duties. Freshmen Gustav Kilian and Heinz Vopel, noted six day bike titlists, are back in the U S after athletes and performers are exempt from military service in Germany. The county league sees upsets as teams jockey for the county tournament next week. Bull Sudro and John Buckley return from Florida with no reports of big catches.
A Smith College dean criticizes the publicity push by colleges via athletics, noting the heavy money spent to cultivate star athletes for national attention. She argues that sports generate wide notice while costly campaigns offset academic aims, contrasting with a professor claiming kissing as a health measure.
Hialeah Park reports its strongest tourist season since 1931 with betting wickets handling 15 percent more money than last year and an eight percent rise in customers. Mutuels chief Mortimer M Mahony cites an average handle of 460000 versus 394000 a year ago, and last Saturday’s top handle hit 716444, nearly 200000 more than the prior year.
Wykrent's Recreation remains in first in the All City League after sweeping West Side Lumber, extending lead over Electra Alloys who beat Neh. Bat Thing Gas Team posts 3001 series led by Joe Ardo's 665, taking third place. Other results include Read Jewelers and Pixley Wreckers sweeps, Flyers take top in Colson Corp League, and Rex Automatics led by 2324 high team in Ohio Fuel League. Shippers maintain lead in Wester Automatic League with two wins, while St Johns Lutheran League saw Grugel of the Shoes pace with 1610.
The Standard Cleaners lost 29-28 to league-leading Dutch Grille on Lakewood High Court in a Lakewood Class A league game. Both Alex Miko and Wilson tied for game scoring honors with nine points each. key stars Wu' bur Coven listed for the Cleaners.
New York dated notice says the Cincinnati Reds will open defense of their National League title against the Chicago Cubs in Cincinnati on April 16. Opening series includes three Cubs games and a second home series in Cincinnati on April 19 against Pittsburgh and St Louis. The schedule offers a 13 game home stand starting April 27 against Pittsburgh, Arrowk ton, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, the first home night game on June 5 versus New York, and the All Star game in St Louis on July 9.
Lorain’s Kohlmver Hardware beat South Amherst Firemen 23 to 22 in a tight game. Barlaric of the Hardwares and Albop of the Firemen led scorers with seven points each amid a hard fought, low scoring affair.
General Industries and Western Automatic clash in Elyria Industrial Loop cage games as Proudle and Couch Uthe 4 turn in strong showings.
The Elyria Class B Basketball Teague returns with two games on the Jefferson Junior High floor. Ridgeville St Peter’s faces MCA at 7:15, and Elyria Aces meet Home Coals in the second game. An independent affair has Albert Auditors opposing Litchfield Town at 9.
Heavyweight champion Joe Louis trains for his ninth title defense against Arturo Godoy at Madison Square Garden on Friday night. Promoter Mike Jacobs says the bout could be a sell-out exceeding 100000 dollars, while Tony Galento doubts Louis’s punch power and predicts a loss. Jacobs plans to announce Louis tenth defense location and date tonight.
In Vermilion last night Worthington Dry Cleaners lost 37 33 to the Martin Pontiacs as Doyle Hutton led the Cleaners with 12 points while Boehler and Kennedy scored 12 and 10 for the Pontiacs. The Albert Auditors were beaten 38 24 by Alta Lou with no further detail available.
Henrietta High cagers upset Eaton High 39-28 in Lorain County Class B league action at Henrietta floor. Ken Altmiller led Henrietta with 17 points, Lewis Kothe added 14, while Bob Rothel paced Eaton with 11. Eaton’s 28 marked their season low. Preliminary game: Eaton reserves beat Henrietta reserves 14-10. Brownhelm beat LaGrange 43-33 with 25 by Bull Kneisel. LaGrange Reserves won 30-25 in the opener.
A collage of college and scholastic basketball results lists scores for multiple teams. Notable showings include Cincinnati Elder 44 over Cincinnati Wrehrow 25 and Marshall 61 defeating Naster 47, with several overtime and close games across Ohio including Mount Union 44 Otterbein 41 and Western Reserve 61 over Kent State 40.
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