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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1960
Page
2
A note compares 5278 golf hole in ones in 1959 with 425 300 games in bowling from the 1958-59 ABC season. It asks which sport reaches perfection more often while noting limits in reporting and other sports' pursuit of peak performance.
Barber, the 43 year old Los Angeles teaching pro, captured $2800 first prize at the Yorba Linda Open. He beat Billy Maxwell by one stroke after a 13 foot birdie putt on the final greens. Maxwell earned $1900 tied for second with Harry Weetman and Tom Nieporte.
Midview hosts Clearview in a non league battle as the Clippers and Middies duel for an undefeated record. Key players include Gargasz Kane and Owens for Clearview, and Burgess Stacey Crowell for Midview, with captains named for each game.
Chicago reports the Big Ten will hold a special meeting of faculty representatives and athletic directors to vote again on the Rose Bowl contract and discuss possible platoon football. The session will decide if the invitation counts as a sufficient change to resubmit to member faculties amid the Pacific Coast schools push.
Minnesota, under coach Kundla in his first season, beat Illinois 77-?0 to seize third place in the Big Ten as Ray Cronk led with 29 points and Ron Johnson added 18. The Gophers, 10-2 in 12 games this season, rallied after halftime to pull away in Minneapolis.
Dayton Roosevelt leads the United Press International Class AA Ohio high school basketball ratings with 152 points and 12 first place votes. Cleveland East Tech follows as runner up with 124 points and one first place vote, as Salem, Canton Timken, Ashland, Portsmouth, Springfield, Xenia, Lakewood and Marietta round out the top ten.
Floyd Olsen rolled a 372 series to top the Monday Non-Handicap League at Perky Lanes. Leonard Davidson posted a 209 high game while Whitney Shell achieved an 867 team single and Stacey's Men's Wear won team honors with 2.544. Whitney leads the league at 8-4. Dick Scott had 349 for top amateur league series and Bob Stewart 204 high game as Nehi Bottling led with 827 and 2.447. Parsons Dairy owns a 16-8 mark.
Former Illinois and Cleveland Browns quarterback Tommy O'Connell resigns as Drake University head coach, leaving Feb. 1 to pursue pro football options. He notes he will announce his plans soon and is considering several opportunities, likely in the new American Football League.
The Chicago Cardinals announced the signing of Jack Dean Atchasor today, adding a new player to their roster.
Oberlin College basketball, 7-1 overall, 3-1 in the conference, travels to Denison and Mt. Union after a 82-73 win over Kenyon. Denison features top scorers Jerry Weddell and Tom Edwards and rebound leaders. Mt. Union has Dave Brubaker and Bob McMaster scoring 15.3 each. Oberlin’s Merrill Shanks leads with 18.9 points and 10.8 boards. Ron Jacobs and Neil Good add double-digit scoring.
NFL owners inch toward choosing Austin Gunsel as commissioner with support leaning to him after Marshall Leahy stated if he held the post the office would move to San Francisco. Leahy cited family reasons and opposed relocation, while other contenders include Edwin Anderson Paul Brown and Don Kellett as owners plan to vote and consider franchise admissions.
Cleveland General Manager Frank Lane works through seven remaining unsigned contracts as the Indians push to finalize the 1960 roster. Rocky Colavito remains unsigned along with Russ Nixon John Romano Jim Baxes Gary Bell Jim Perry and Norm Cash. Bubba Phillips recently joined the club from Chicago and Leo Kiely is expected to be a summer reliever after a White Sox trade.
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