Christner Faces Real Test Tonight In Madison Square Garden
New York February 22 heavyweight contender Myers Christner of Akron Ohio meets Basque Paulino Uzcdun in a scheduled 10 round bout at Madison Square Garden Christner seeks a win to join the top contenders for the vacant heavyweight title Paulino favored at 8 to 5 both fighters boast strong knockout records with Christner owning 31 knockouts in 42 bouts and Paulino 24 in 41 both men have never been stopped and the winner would move closer to the title race
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Three Boys Cage Leagues At Tomorrow At Y M C A
Nine games will be played in three boys leagues at the Y M C A Saturday afternoon led by Franklin and McKinley meeting in the Grammar School league opener at 1 39 and Washington school versus Washington rooms 238 in the English Grade league. Franklin and Hamilton lead the Grade School standings with four wins five games. Gates undefeated in the Eighth Grade. Methodists atop Junior Church with three wins and one loss.
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Thursday Night Basketball Scores From Local Games
Mount Gaion edged Muaskinram 28 to 21 while Joniata defeated Amesiian University 76 to 0. Toledo beat Bluffton 32 to 27. Buss led Lazarus 19 to 15 in Igiris. Wilmington topped the University of Dayton 25 to 22.
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Amesiian University
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Lazarus
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Ohio Northern Tops Capital In Narrow 41 37 Victory
In Ada Ohio on February 22 Ohio Northern overwhelmed Capital 41 to 37 in a tight battle. Northern led by Jacobi Long and Kattman with twelve points each while Reideweser topped the winners with eighteen as Capital suffered a third loss in ten games.
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Sharkey Stribling Bout Nears With Big Gate Receipts
Miami Beach February reports big interest for the Sharkey versus Stribling boxing clash. Sharkey weighs about ten pounds more than Stribling who is down to 181 pounds. Referee Lou Masnolia approved for a fair second man in the ring as both camps push workouts ahead of next Wednesday night.
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Elyria Bantams Edge Shaw Lights 20 18 Thriller
Elyria Bantams edged Shaw Lights 20 18 in a tense gym clash. Burley led Elyria with seven points, Earley top Shaw with six as the teams traded runs and fouls through a tight second half.
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Shaw
Elyria High Swimmers Fall Short Against Shaw in Close Meet
Elyria lost to Shaw 29 to 28 in a Lake Erie league swim at the YMCA pool yesterday. Tom Moody led Elyria with 11 points, winning the 100 yard backstroke and 220 free style, and placing in other events. Goecke and Eldridge also scored for Elyria, while Shaw's strong depth pulled them to a narrow victory.
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Northway and Saunders Dominate Time Trials
Northway clocks 3-10.6 to win first, Saunders takes second with 5 points, while third place earns 3 points. Time 3-10.6 marked as the event metric in this standings summary.
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Saunders
Endurance Hoofer Seeks Board of Trade Backing
Local marathoner Charles Elkins plans to court backers within 48 hours to finance his entry into the second annual coast to coast foot race. He will seek aid from the Board of Trade tonight as he trains, pounding the ice covered streets and logging long runs to stay in trim.
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Board of Trade Aid
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West Avenue
Williams ties world record in Canadian games sprint
Toronto February 22 Canadian Olympic sprint champion Peter Williams interrupted a U S tour to equal the world record for sixty yards at the annual Canadian games in Toronto. Williams covered the distance in 6.0 seconds in the final heat, after a disappointing semi final loss to G D Powell of Toronto.
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Akron May Lat to Dade Ball Rancho Akron Feb 22
Akron Ohio Feb 22 Unless a buyer for the Akron Baseball Club in the Central League is forthcoming within a week its franchise will be declared void and South Bend admitted as the sixth team in the circuit officials announced meeting here yesterday executives of five clubs holding franchises in the league heard John McCloskey Akron manager explain the club's situation. McCloskey said he was negotiating with Ike Sabloski of Dallas Texas present owner who is willing to sell his holdings. Efforts are being made to get a syndicate of Akron men to operate the ballpark and purchase the franchise. The five teams granted renewals of franchises are Davion Spherefeld and Canton Ohio Erie Pa and Fort Wayne Ind. The season will open either April 23 or 25 contingent upon adoption of six or nine same swing and close September. The teams will carry out a straight schedule of 140 games this year. A post season series will be arranged if possible between the champions of the Central and Thres leagues. Each club representative at yesterday's meeting was given three tentative schedules the one to be followed to be determined by a mail sale. Salary limits and rookie rules were among other subjects discussed. The league which was organized last year is expected to meet with approval of baseball fans and executives are looking forward to the approaching season with optimism. With the exception of Erie and Sprayfield all the teams are owned by outside capital in most cases being used as a seasoning camp for major and strong league organizations. The St Louis Cardinals will back Fort Wayne Louisville the Dayton Flyers recently dropped by the Cards and Nashville will support Canton.
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Lezzue
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McCloskey
Ike Sabloski
Dallas
Teas
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Sprayfield
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Louiisville
Dayton Fiyers
Nashville
Carton
Wellington Cages Avon Lake In Oberlin OT Loss
Amherst High fell to Wellington High 27 to 23 in overtime after a 25 all tie at the Oberlin gym in the first round of the country tournament. Avon Lake beat Herrietta 29 to 25 and Wellington will face Avon Lake Friday at E. H. S. gym in the second round of the county tournament.
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Avon Lake
Toledo Beats Bluffton In Narrow 35 27 Victory
Toledo defeated Bluffton 35 to 27 here last night with Smith scoring 13 points and Williams leading Bluffton with eight field goals. Ohio State hosts Purdue in a Big Ten clash. Stretch Murphy appears for OSU in his first appearance this season. A dog sled race in Quebec notes Dupuis leading after the first lap as Seppala trails.
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Finish Time Report Reveals Race Result Details
Three hours twenty-two minutes and forty-two seconds marked the lead time. In second place Seppalla arrived with dogs finishing in six minutes and eigh-
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Enthusiasm Reigns At Elyria County High School Tourney
Youthful excitement filled Elyria as eight boys basketball games were set at Elyria High School on Sixth Street. The county tournament unfolds with winners advancing to a larger district event later, games scheduled this afternoon tonight and tomorrow morning and final tomorrow afternoon.
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Sixth Street
Foul Shooting Contest Opens With County Tourney
A boys and girls team foul shooting contest opens with the county high school boys basketball tournament at Elyria High School. The event starts Saturday at 9 30 a m with teams of two boys and two girls from each Wish school. Elimination will determine the final winner.
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O Donnells Prep For Tilt At Cage Carnival
O Donnells Elr rians complete final practice for tonight’s showdown with Canton K of C at the Y M C A floor. Ex college men and Lorain Lion veterans form a strong lineup as three game series closes. DeMolay, Colonial Sweet Shop, and Peerless Oils versus Eaton A C highlight the schedule.
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Emile St. Goddard Drives Event But Team Fatigued
In a closely contested race Emile St. Goddard, a three time winner of the event, started strong but his team showed fatigue at the finish after yesterday's grind. The leader pulled ahead by mere seconds with a final time around 3 29, leaving St. Goddard in pursuit.
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Removal of curious wind towers marks ship test milestone
Removal of wind towers that drove the steamship Baden Baden and the replacement with a practical Diesel engine signals the retirement of the Fletther rotors as a commercial test.
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Shaw Defeats Elyria 57 to 21 on Elys iia Floor
Shaw led from start to finish scoring 57 while Elyria managed 21. Duncan hit four baskets in the first half followed by Pelz with three. Elbert paced Elyria with seven points, while Robertson added five and Griffiths stood out on defense.
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Cleat Kauffman Loses to Joe Banaski in Columbus wrestling
Cleat Kauffman won the first fall but then was defeated by Oklahoma cowboy Joe Banaski in two falls to one at Columbus last night. Banaski claimed the second fall with a slam in 17 minutes and 4 seconds and the third in 7 minutes and 25 seconds with a fling tackle. Gentle John Kilonis teamed with Alexander and Ray Carpenter as they defeated Gus Kallio in the other two matches.
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Joe Banaski
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John Kilonis
Alexander
Ray Carpenter
Gus Kallio
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