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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1928
Page
4
Elyria High School arena hosts a decisive Lake Erie league contest against Lakewood with Wilton Bercer the standout for Elyria and Stevens for Lakewood. Both teams seek strong showing as the preliminary weighs the lightweights at 7 and the main game at 8.
Mrs. Ferda Ott and two daughters Mirth and Esther spent Monday evening in Elyria with relatives. Mrs. Arthur Powers was an Elyria shopper. Mrs. George Corr and her little daughter returned to Oberlin after visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Gorr. Mrs. Henry Garland shopped in Amherst Wednesday.
The program packed with close results as Columbia Steel beat Amer American Lace 71 to 32 in the opener while Falcon Knight edged Perri eo in a dramatic finish. Fox Furnace toppled Troxel l 49 to 20 and Laurder with Penfound led the winners with steady scoring.
Black Gold the famous horse that drew 75,000 at Churchill Downs in 1892 collapsed in the Saline Handicap in New Orleans yesterday. He broke a leg, was knocked down, rose with a dangling limb, and failed to rise again. He was euthanized minutes later.
Jack Reynolds failed to defend his title against Russell Vis in a wrestling bout in Columbus. Vis suffered his first pro loss as the match featured first and third falls. In other action Cincinnati beat Wesleyan to lead the Ohio Conference race with Mount Union and Kenyon. Toots Mondt won a Texas wrestling match in Dallas in straight falls over Nick Welkom Evensville. Oscar Felsch, ex-Chicago White Sox, fined 200 for liquor law violations in Milwaukee. Chicago Blackhawks edged Detroit 2 0 in a hockey game. Cubs and Pirates scheduled an April 2 exhibition in Phoenix. Johnny McCoy defeated Trip Limbaco in San Francisco. End note mentions football centuries in England and Harry Heilmann leading batting honors.
Swimmers from West High Cleveland travel to Elyria Friday for the interscholastic runins season opener at the M. C. A. pool. Coach W. L. Vaughn fields 14 material with veterans Churchill Goodspeed Ralph Hicirler Ralph Brecknock Harold Burns and John Whitney returning. Events include 40 yard freestyle 100 yard freestyle medley relay diving 40 yard breast and back strokes and a 190 yard relay.
The Ex-High team will play Elyria Falcon Knights tonight at 7 at the school gym in Amherst. Also noted are Ladies Dime Society activities and a string of local visits and shopping stops by Amherst residents.
Dr J Wallace Petty of Pittsburgh First Baptist will give the second Mead-Swing lecture with two talks around Feb 24 his topic not yet announced. Nobel laureate Prof G H Compton of Chicago Physics returns in March to discuss X rays. J Lewis Browne, author of This Believing World, speaks Feb 29 in Finner Chapel at 11 30 am on his book. Oberlin plays Western Reserve in Cleveland Saturday in third conference basketball game.
Miss Edith Robinson elected to represent American Bond & Mortgage Co in Wellington to continue work formerly done by her late brother W C Robinson. Miss C M Stolpman will partner with Miss Robinson in the enterprise.
Local society items include meetings, visits, and theater outings in North Olmsted. Mrs Lewis W. Lamb notes gatherings at the Wellington Sorosis and church events. Other items mention visits to Elyria, wintering guests in Wellington, and a history play at Butternut Ridge school. A London music festival quote and art prints are also referenced.
Two men believed to be bandits who robbed a Sidney filling station and escaped a trap at Prima Ohio were captured in Toledo. Patrolman Berning stopped a car with a Kentucky plate and found a second license in the vehicle. The men’s names were not released and police suspect the car was stolen in Lima. The getaway car was later found disabled in Lima according to police reports.
Rory DeForest, recently ousted as Point Place chief of police, was liberated today after his arrest on a charge of defrauding an inn keeper. He was taken into custody on a warrant by Mrs. A. F. Neiss following a drive by citizens alleging abuse of authority by DeForest and two deputies.
Arthur Hand, arraigned Wednesday, seeks to represent himself in the case tied to the Gallon robbery. He plans to adopt George tactics used in a trial and has borrowed law books from prosecutor Louis B. Mreeer as he studies his strategy.
A London tip of £250 to a caddie five years ago by Walter Hagan remains a noted record in English golf links and is still cited in discussions on tipping.
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