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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1928
Page
18
Jaz Tork reports that Jack Sharkey meets Tom Gee in a scheduled bout at Madison Square Garden tonight. Odds favor Sharkey, who fears a late change could push him toward a summer title heat at Yankee Stadium.
Belden Blus and Whites host Ridgeville Reserves at Henrietta gym tonight at eight. Crowd expected lively with zeen and drinks.
Buckeye Association basketball opens its campaign tomorrow as Cincinnati meets Miami at Oxford while Wittenberg faces Denison at Springfield and Wesleyan tangles with Ohio University at Athens. The Cincinnati–Miami game is seen as the season’s marquee clash with Bearcats riding a four-game win streak but favored by the Wolverines. Wesleyan’s strong form boosts hopes of a Buckeye title bid, and Wittenberg–Denison offers a critical home crowd test for the Tigers.
St Louis January 15 The report of a plot to kill or cripple Rogers Hornsby over betting debts is dismissed by Hornsby as hokum and propaganda. He says the sensational dispatch and price offered to gangsters are baseless, and notes he still pursues a formal statement to reveal the truth in a box car letters. Hornsby also brands the claim of a Giants owner led trade to Boston as a possible pretext to harm him.
The annals recount the first big move in pugilism at Goldfield Nebo September 3 1906 when Joe Gans and Battling Nelson met for the lightweight title and a purse of 1 834 000 promoter Tex Hickard backed the event. It hints Rickard later promoted fights yielding million dollar purses and mentions Dutch East Indies rail mileage 2600 miles vs private lines 1800 miles.
Ridgeville Hi hosts Medina Hi in a doubleheader at Ridgeville gym with boys and girls teams clashing. Medina enters strong, fresh from district finals run last year, boasting five wins this season against Akron opponents. Girls game regarded as unknown. officials Bon Moore set for 8:00 pm tip.
Spencer Tigers win over Lorain Lincolns as manager McCourt seeks away games. Ohio trains experts expand state agricultural statistics program with multiple Ohio statisticians taking prominent roles in Washington Cleveland Chicago and rubber industry research.
Ridgeville Community Basketball suffered a 34 to 11 loss to Oberlin Business College as the Eaton team trailed the regulars. Bingham led Oberlin with seven baskets while Richards sparked Grafton Rothgarts’ comeback in the second half. Fairview Firemen and Olmsted Grange also posted wins in the uneven slate of games.
Temple University Philadelphia posted a surprising football showing after starting the sport three years ago. Mrs. W B Scott, an Englishwoman, won a French trophy as the fastest woman auto driver, reaching 124 miles per hour for three laps at Brooklands, second fastest ever. The Old Glory sale for harness horses heads New York in late November as the world’s leading speed sale for over 30 years. The International Skating Union of America splits into separate US and Canadian bodies. Belgium raises postulates rates. Bengal reports 2139 cholera deaths in one week.
Tenns Champs of the Future was served to 15 members. Jobs Strohmeter, W. Baith and E Baker attended the Good Roads convention at the Cleveland Public Auditorium. A prayer meeting is set for 7 30 this evening at the Methodist church led by Rev B A Peet. A W Rah and J R Mueller depart on a motor trip to Florida for about three weeks stopping in Orlando and Miami.
The Lorain County Federation of Evangelical Women’s Unions met at St John’s Evangelical in Amherst with 122 attendees from Elyria Oberlin Amherst and surrounding areas. Sessions featured talks on Mission Work in India and a Holy Land trip, plus musical numbers and social gatherings. Local clubs and church groups planned future activities including a play fundraiser and new officer elections. A district spelling contest in Amherst is slated for January 28 as Brownhelm bands host district events and the high school council reports strong athletic-boosting work.
Mrs John Wohlever entertained the St Ann's Sewing Society at her Mill Street home Thursday afternoon. The event was devoted to sewing with a social period and luncheon following the session.
Three boys basketball leagues start at the Y M C A gym with play continuing Saturdays through mid March. Grammar School League features five teams, Eighth Grade with nine teams, and Junior Church League with eleven teams. Tomorrow's schedule lists matchups in each league with times from 12 30 to 5 30.
A Siberia based experiment by Professor Ferdinando Cazzamanni is described as building a line device able to record human thought. The story notes frozen mil and a stick as a bandie for carrying the setup. The Chronicle Valegram Want Page at Paya mentions the device to photograph psychic mass from the brain.
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