Notre Dame Coach Leahy Visited Elyria Ahead Of Navy Game
Notre Dame athletic director and coach Frank Leahy visited Elyria as the Irish prepared for a home game schedule. He denied rumors of moving the Notre Dame Navy game from its planned site and discussed past Cleveland biennial appearances and Army football relations. The feature also notes Elyria Pioneer basketball prospects and local boxing notes including Simpson's no-show in Golden Gloves.
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Thatunday
Elyria
Notre
Dane
Frank Lealy
Ohio
Fighting Irish
Lealy
Notre Dame
Cleveland Stadium
Leahy
Cleveland
Nelpe Baume
Soldier Field
Chicago
New York
South Bend
Navy
Annaprils
Notre Dame Army
Army
Earl Blaik
Blaik
Bilyria
Lakewood
Pioneers
Lake Erie
Lorain County playoff set for Columbia and Belden
The Southeastern Division playoff for the Lorain County Class BC Scholastic Basketball League pits Columbia against Belden tonight at Lorain arena. Both teams finished the regular season 7-1. Belden won their first meeting 89-56 in Columbia, while Columbia captured a late-season 64-50 win at Belden. Columbia carries a stronger overall record with 8 wins and 3 losses to Belden’s 5 wins and 5 losses. Preliminary game at 7:40 p.m. followed by the main contest at 8:47 p.m.
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Lorain County
Lorain High School
Colubia
Belden
Columbia
Columbia Carters Tories
Heleier
Await Athletic Board Action on Wes Foster Bid
Ohio State officials press to sign Wes Foster as Paul Bixler successor. Athletic board must approve. meeting may be delayed due to travel and private interests of members. Larkins and John offered Fur umf staff control and policy power, while Colgate lure influenced Fesler’s decision path.
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Columbus
Richard C. Larkins
Wesley Foster
Ohio State
Larkina
L. Wy &J. John
Fesler
Pittsburgh
Paul Bixler
Foster
Latkins
Larkins
SM. John
Buckeye
Bixler
Colgate
Bach Mollenkopf
Ohio High School Football Coachers’ Association
Mack
Ther
Mollenkoepf
Toledo
Waite
Association
Paul Brown
Ohio
University of Pittsburgh
Secon
Ohio State University
Paul Orlando Bixler
Colgate University
Lenn W. St. Hn
Richard Larkins
Ohio Post
St. John
Two Southwestern Conference Tilts Slated This Week
Two Southwestern Conference tilts are listed for Friday night. Wellington travels to Werea while Rocky River visits Fairview. The Oberlin at Clearview game was postponed with no new date set due to venue rules in Lorain County. Amherst hosts Lorain County clubs in a sectional meeting agenda.
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Wellington
Werea
Rocky River
Fairview
Oberlin
Clippers
Amherst
Ammerst Bay
Spencer Invitational Basketball Tournament Plans Made
Spencer American Legion Post will sponsor the return of the Spencer Invitational Basketball Tournament with dates February 24 26 27 March 3 and 5 in two divisions open to amateur teams Tournament manager is Walter Bullman and entries are handled by him Entries must be submitted by February 19 and pairings will be announced February 20.
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Spencer American Legion Post
Pairugs
Walter Bullman
Mey
Greenberg Plans To Retire From Baseball
Hank Greenberg, once the home run leader for 1946, announced retirement to pursue jobs beyond baseball. The 86 year old outfielder stated salary was not the issue as he weighed other positions while Pittsburgh offered over 70 thousand dollars. the Pirates highlighted his desire to keep options outside the game. Greenberg said he loves the sport but feels there is more good baseball ahead in a non-playing role, expressing gratitude to Pirates fans and noting his respect for Pittsburgh officials.
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U. S
Oscar Fraley
United Press
EW York
Hank Greenberg
Hank
Greenberg
Detroit
America
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh
Tigers
New York Yankees
New York
Black Sox
Milton Richman
United Press Sporta
W.P
Detroit Tigers
Arst Kase Han
Pat Contenet
Pittsburgh Athletic Company
Pik McKinney
The
Pirates
Tiger
Trank
Yasburgh Baseball Writers
Hank P
Uns
MecKinniy
Nea
Bank
al Vie
Reese Says He's Not A Holdout
Brooklyn shortstop Reese told reporters he has not agreed on a salary with Branch Rickey and will not be held out. He stated he and Rickey had not yet reached terms and that the holdout label is inaccurate. Reese joined the Louisville Colonels of the American Association in 194d, after stints with the Dodgers.
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Louisville
Harold
Peo
Yret
Reese
Brooklyn
Branch Rickes
Rickey
Dethver
Louisville Colonels
American Association
Eam
Dodgers
Amherst and Wellington to clash in busy week of Northern League action
Amherst faces Clearview on Tuesday and Lorain St. Marys on Friday as Amherst and Wellington of the Northern League compete in regular schedule games. New London begins Medina County Class B tournament play Tuesday at Norwalk High, meeting Greenwich, with New London outcomes shaping potential matches against New Haven or Fairfield later in the week.
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Amherst
Wellington
New London
Cleary
Lorain St. Marys
St. Marys Court
Berea
Norwalk
Medina County
Tuesay
Greenwich
New Haven
Fairfield
Wakeman
Townsend
Wildcats
Unclear historic cage schedule text from Amherst area
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple teams and venues such as Amherst Mansfield Bellevue Baudusky Vermilion Birmingham and Cleveland areas with scattered venue names. The text appears to be a timetable of games across leagues but contains numerous misspellings and garbled names, preventing a coherent event extraction.
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Amherst
Lara
Mansfield
Bellevue
Baudusky
West Side Rebels Cage League Result Summary
In a D cage league report the West Side Rebels defeated Waaps 1 Yowth Bra Ga Geiters. Svishere contributed in the game, with unclear details on scoring and lineups.
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West Side
Amherst Streak Snapped by Sandusky St. Marys 49 41
Amherst High saw its 10 game winning streak end on Sandusky St. Marys’ home floor as the Bay City quintet edged the Comets 49 to 41. St. Marys improved to 12 wins in 14, while Amherst fell to 14-? with a rough final period, outscored 20-8 after leading 40-31.
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Amherst High
Comets
Sandusky St. Mary’s
Sandusky
Amherst
St. Mary's
Bay City Quint
Ihe
Vermilion
Gibsonburg
Greg Gerhart
St. Macy's
Kerry Pritfie
Sandusky ST. Mary
Ambers Teart
Nessier
Aastroma
Gerhart
Arne
Tendel's
Bryant
Bcoverdall
Geiger
Booster Club Plans Bus Trip to Cleveland Arena Friday
The Elyria Booster Club will sponsor charter buses to Cleveland Arena Friday for Elyria High students to attend Lake Erie League Night. Students sign up at the high school for round trip fare of 75 cents. The Student Council cooperates. 66 have signed up so far. chaperones are provided per bus.
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Elyria Booster Club
Elyria High School
Elyria High
Cleveland Arena
Cleveland
LaGrange vs Auditors in B League Tonight
Three First Division games are on the Jefferson School Hour card with LaGrange facing the Auditors in the feature at 9. LaGrange holds second-half momentum with two wins, while the Auditors split two games in the second half. Other matchups include Kipton Merchants versus American Radiator at 7 and Charlie’s Machine Shop against Halmes Delivery at 8.
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Jefferson School
Las Grange Sheldon Sohio Service
Albert Auditors
LaGrange
Auditors
Haige
LaGrange Auditors
Kipton Merchants
Charlie's Machine Shop
Camden Highs trounce Townsend 47 to 29 in varsity game
Camden High's cagers defeated Townsend 47 to 29 on Saturday evening on the Camden floor. Johnny Kerkes sub scored 13 points to lead Camden. Thiry-zer tied with Kerkes for high for Townsend with 13. In the preliminary, Camden Reserves beat Townsend Reserves 19 to 9.
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Johnny Kerkes
Camden Highs
Cagers
Townsend
Camden
Thiry-zer
Kerkes
Camdenag Townsend
Shuvskey
Bhepp
Myers
Hahn
Dordan Reo
Dralion D. Waite
Ealing
Hanes
Watte
BO Judge
Ie Tad
A Cainarn
Pioneers To Oppose In Lake Erie League Night
Elyria High School’s Pioneers clash with Shaker Heights Red Raiders in a three game Lake Erie League card at the Arena Friday at 7. Cleveland Heights leads the standings with Lakewood and Shaw Lorain games shaping the title race. Johnny Krusz and Vic Janowicz pace Elyria’s scoring while Moe Savransky Dick Kretch and Herb Schneider back Shaw’s attack. Bands from six schools will perform a pregame concert, with remaining tickets at Day’s Hardware Music Store and the Bell Company through Wednesday.
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Pioneers
Shaker Heights
Red Raiders
Cleveland Arena
Lake Erie
Euclid Avenue
Lakewood
Raiders
Lorain
Shaw
Elyria
Bellevue
Don Hawk
Big Lake Baie
Elyria High School
Erie
Lake Eire
Tigers
Cleveland Heights
Lewood
Rangers
Kiyria
Cardinals
Shaw High
Hie Loop
Steelmen
Staow
Ceut
Afroplace
Johnny Krusz
Vic Janowicz
Moe Savransky
Dick Kretch
Herb Schneider
Johnny Yuhas
Ranger
Ken Retber
George Simonovich
Hardware and Music Store
Bell Company
Lorain Class B Basketball Drawings Set For Tuesday
Lorain County Class B tournament preparations begin with drawings for 15 teams. Coaches from the league and Clearview will meet Tuesday at 4 PM in the Lorain County superintendent of schools office of C A Gibbens to finalize pairings for the week long event.
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Lorain County
Lorain
Clearview
Larain County
Superintendent of Schools
C. A. Gibbens
Birmingham Edges Akron Team in close 47 46 win
The Birmingham Firemen defeated the Akron Polish-American Club 47 to 46 on Birmingham High School floor. Joe Varsa starred with top scoring, while Wiszynski and Slevisky each had 12 for Akron. Br team, Birmingham Firemen, beat Beighton Exp’s 59 to 80 in the curtain-raiser. Ross Fleming led with 27. Next Sunday they face Ashland Garber Printers at 3.30, with the B team against Milton’s Jewelers of Elyria at 2.00.
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Birmingham Firemen
Edaing
Akron
Birmingham High School
Joe Varsa
Firemen
Johnny Hertlinger
Wiszynski
Slevisky
Cavers
Beighton Exp's
Ross Fleming
Ashland Garber Printers
Milton's Jewelers of
Elyria
Biral AM Akron Pol
KT G. FT
Boehter
Wiseynaki
Artrelk Fob
Urveki Ho
Heyssinger
Sadewskie
Birmingham
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Fred Jones
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S. E
Athletic Board
Wes Foster
Spencer Tourney
Frashman
Ligern Panthers Wildcats
Jone
Lorain St. Mary's
Cage
Bes
Cedar Street
Marsh & Son
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City Cab
East Ave
United Service Motors
DELCO
Thompson
Carter
Autorite
Pont
Yale
Kamm
Broad St
Cedar
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