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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1959
Page
6
Elyria Pioneers enter the second round as a top target after a strong start. With the regular season half over Elyria remains unbeaten, ranked second by AP and third by UPI, heightening coaching tensions statewide.
Cleveland Barons rally with three third period goals to topple Buffalo 63 in a key AHL clash. Goalie Les Binkley starred for Cleveland after a late arrival, helping the Barons tie Hershey for second, one point behind the league leader.
Ed Kubuski, Midview coach, arrived as PTA speaker at Columbia High School to find officials mistaking him for the speaker. He scouted the postponed Columbia-Avon Lake game while Western Reserve coach Eddie Finnigan spoke on athletics. In other notes, Elyria star Steve Cecil left Fremont Hess squad for breaking training rules, Oberlin’s Ben Linders earned a 1958 All American Soccer second team nod, and NFL voting named Gino Marchetti as outstanding lineman. George Day, Elyria elder, aims for a 100 mile club on YMCA indoor track, having completed three miles.
Friday features Elyria Catholic aiming to rebound at Lorain after a St Marys upset in Elyria. Other Friday picks include Buckeye Conference wins for Elyria over Findlay and Lorain over Fremont Ross, plus several regional results and Saturday projections.
East region results show Army beating Yale 74 to 57 and Pennsylvania topping Columbia 87 to 74. Vermont defeats Union 85 to 65, LaSalle 79 over Syracuse 71, and Holy Cross 80 A Assumption 47. Midwest includes Akron 93 over Western Reserve 52 and Case Tech 73 over Wooster 63. Southwest features Trinity Texas 61 over Texas A and I 57 and Wittenberg 92 over Denison 52. Portland 71 over Portland State 50.
The NCAA Rules Committee approved widening goal posts to 24 feet apart and increasing the crossbar by 4 feet 10 inches to aid field goals and conversions. They also eased substitution rules allowing one player to enter on dead-ball times and increased timeouts per half from four to five to reduce clock stoppages. A distance penalty cap was set at one half the distance to goal.
Elyria coach Dale Reichenbach fields his top trio Sam Davis Bill Minkowski and Walt Rock with guards Jim Guest and Bill Gast as possible starters. Findlay led by Hugh Davis 39 points and Tom Lear adds ten in recent games as the two teams meet after a 7 p.m reserve contest.
North Carolina Tar Heels stunned second-ranked North Carolina State 72 68 in overtime at Raleigh to seize the ACC lead. Coach Frank McGuire praised his team as they moved to 10 wins in 11 starts while State dropped to 11 2. At Winston Salem Wake Forest defeated South Carolina 85 58 led by George Ritchie with 18 points.
Sonny Ray edged Roque Maravilla by decision in Chicago after a single clean right hand in the 10th frame. Maravilla was knocked down for a nine count and remained dazed for eight rounds, while Ray fought cautiously late to preserve the decision.
Ed Molketin of North Olmsted returns to racing for the first time since a summer injury at Ashland Speedway. He drives Bud Schneerer’s No. 39 micro midget while Schneerer recovers from a broken arm. The program features 15 events and three 20 lap features, with racing at 8:30 p.m.
Avon Lake High built a 12 point first period lead and held on to beat Columbia 68 56. Kaswell scored 23 points while Kliner added 17 Becker 14 and Whit ney 11 for the Shoremen as Columbia’s Solamies and Dreger each scored 15. Keyse fouled out with four minutes left.
Wellington bowling results show Chuck Freeman with 551 and 213, Wilson Insurance 2 538, Wellington Implement 862. Pearl and Cane's Tavern leads the league at 9 1, while Marguerite Dorin tops the Wednesday Afternoon League with 173 and 434 and Liz Beauty Shop posts 722 and 2142.
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