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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1929
Page
12
Elyria High School basketball teams prepare for a Friday night clash with Rocky River. Heavyweights seek to end a growing losing streak while bantamweights aim for another win. Both sides expect their best lineups and possibly new faces as the season unfolds.
The final round of the United Cribbage League starts Friday at the United Cigar Store with Smith holding a six game lead over runners up. Five players sit within five games of each other as Ready meets Copas Cook draws Smith Richwine faces Pfeiffer Steglen plays Davies and Siebert battles Engelbach.
Low in Ash Warren Lump Kennedy Koal Ko. Phone 2477.
In class B bowling action last night, winners achieved clean sweeps. Brown Barbers took three from Hudson Essex, Finegan Bakers beat Quality Cleaners three games and earned three more on a Fox Furnace forfeit, Haserodt Diamonds defeated Brown Barbers and Armco Association in three, and Gala Barbers swept Hudson Essex five.
New York Yankees secretary and GM Edward G. Barrow predicts the American League pennant for 1920 with New York leading the standings. He also rates his all time teams and Greatest Players, listing Wagner Cobb Ruth and Speaker as top figures and naming Hal Chase LaJoie Collins and others in the lineup. He also weighs boxing cards with recent bout results and potential welterweight matchups.
Former Reds outfielder Greasy Neale will join the St. Louis Cardinals as Billy Southworth’s first lieutenant for the 1929 pennant drive. He will leave his Virginia football duties early in the season, remaining at Virginia later in a reduced advisory role, with strong support from Southworth and Branch Rickey.
New York report notes Paolino the Basque heavyweight and Tom Heener both reluctant to meet Akron rubber worker K. C. Christner. Matchmaker Tom McArdle offered February terms in Madison Square Garden. managers Harvey and Mayer differ on terms, with Paolino likely if Mayer concedes.
Gus Sonnenberg, claiming the heavyweight wrestling title after beating Strangler Lewis, defeated Charley Hanson in two straight falls in Kansas City. Headlocks sealed the first fall after 42 minutes 5 seconds, the second in 14 seconds.
A rundown of prime radio offerings for the week includes the Palmolive Hour on WEAF at 9:30 p m The Cabin Door on WJZ at 9 30 p m The Kols ter Orchestra and The Continentals on WOR and WJZ around 10 p m and the Night Club Romance program on the WOR network at 10 30 p m Copyright 1929 United Press listing the stations and times for these features.
Kansas representatives plan to send a strong delegation to Washington for Vice President-elect Curtis's inauguration. James H Edmondson, Topeka Chamber of Commerce president, leads the Kansas National Inaugural Committee organizing three special trains. Trains depart from Kansas City to Chicago over the Santa Fe route. A secretary will be appointed March 1 to manage arrangements.
Even school children are playing bridge now. A London mother says entertaining is easy with tea or dinner and a few bridge tables. The craze is said to be even more popular in Germany where people reportedly play in the mornings.
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