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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1932
Page
3
Richwines beat Haserodts to tighten the soft ball race as Ely Stadium prepares for a city-wide tennis series. The first event, a mixed doubles tournament, begins Wednesday July 27 with more events to follow.
Fragmentary OCR mentions singles doubles and mixed doubles events with a junior tourney and partner references. Details are unclear and no names, dates, or places are readable for a complete card.
The Elyria Board of Education sponsors the tennis tourney with Roy Clymer in charge. Entries for the main tourney must be in by 8 P M tonight and additional events run July 39 to August 1 through August ? with noon deadlines. Defending champs include Frank Hoover and the team Howenstine Martin, plus Rosetta Dyer in women’s singles, with competition from Pearl Tutthill. Junior singles run August 8 to 20 open to high school and grade school players. entries due by 12 noon August 4. Entry blanks available at Ely Stadium Y M C A or Chronicle Telegram Sports Editor. Prizes donated by local merchants.
In Ely Stadium the second half of the Stadium softball league opened with Clark's Service defeating Holy Cross 10 to 9 after a seven-run seventh inning. St Agnes beat Paliska Truckers 4 to 3. Tonight the National division features De Molays vs Holy Cross Juniors and Hyria Hardware vs Dunn Chevrolets.
The County Garage snitball team defeated Dall Motors 1-0 last night at Riverview Park. Gard ner pitched five hits allowed while teammates rapped 20 safeties off Bill Kirby. Key moments included Mole hitting a home run and Chapla making a spectacular shoe string catch to deny Marty Huebner.
The document lists midseason schedules across two divisions with pairings such as Odd Fellows vs Browns and Clark's Service vs St. Agnes. It details match dates from July 24 through August 12, including Diamond No. 1 and Diamond No. 2 designations and multiple cross matches among Odd Fellows Holy Cross St Agnes Browns Elyria Hardware Dunn Chevrolets Cubs DeMolays Unknowns and others.
Standings follow yesterdays results across Philadelphia New York Detroit at St Louis both games were rained out Only games scheduled list DeMolars versus Cobs Dall Motors ODONACAm H 5 County Garage 1 039330 percent 1720 Montreal 4 Rochester 3 Jersey City 5 Baltimore 2 Buffalo 7 Toronto 2 Only games scheduled
In a key city softball clash on Hamilton diamond Joe Zlatkowski allowed only three safeties as the Richwines defeated undefeated Haserodt Jewelers 5 to 2. The loss tightens the race for second place with Guthrie Grocers, Richwines, Merchants, and Haserodts all contending. The Grocers routed Krugman Transits 18 to 1, Merchants beat Abookira Merchants 5 to 5, and Day's Hardware defeated Crawford Clothiers 12 to 8. The first round of the second half finished as Haserodt Jewelers showed surprising pace heading into a tight stretch.
The Odd Fellows prevailed 11 to 9 in eleven innings at Cascade Park Diamond. Pass pitched for the winners, allowing nineteen hits but muffed hitting in key chances. Weller pitched for the DeMolars, giving up fourteen hits as the losing team stranded runners in late frames.
Jimmy Foxx went hitless in one at bat. Babe Ruth singled as pinch hitter driving in two runs. Lou Gehrig hit a home run and a single in four at bats accounting for three runs. Simmons went hitless in five plate appearances. Bill Terry was idle.
Ridgeville C July 23 The Ridgeville Little Giants a hard ball team have an open date on their schedule for next Sunday and seek a game with any Lorain County class team Elyria St Agnes and Motor Express teams are asked to take notice Managers should call Merrill Walker 30bs
The Guerin Pretzels defeated the Carpenter Barbers 14 to 10 at Cascade Park last evening. Barbers committed several errors aiding the Pretzels offense. Clawson led the winners with four hits while Bill and Alex Reisz each had three for the losers.
Minneapolis Millers, leading the American Association, were upset 8 to 3 by Kansas City in a night game. Indianapolis Club, in second, failed to seize the moment, losing 5-0 to Columbus with Bud Parmalee pitching a five-hit shutout. Louisville beat Toledo 4-3, while Milwaukee at St. Paul was washed out.
Minor league baseball faces one of its worst financial years with only 13 leagues remaining. Several circuits disbanded or shrunk, notably the Arizona League and Eastern, Three-Eye, Cotton States, and Southeastern Leagues. The American, Pacific Coast and International Leagues strive for solvency as attendance shifts and fire damage bite.
Wakeman Red Caps and Lorain Pennzoils meet in a Tri-County league playoff to decide the first half champion after both finished 4-1. Lorain seeks a third win this season over Wakeman as pitching battles loom and the AmHerst field holds no play.
Dayton Club defeats Erie 9 to 6 in Central League action as Fort Wayne builds its lead. Erie’s loss follows a separate 8 to 7 win by Hoosiers over Youngstown. Teams set to meet again today.
Cleveland flyweight Babe Triscaro, undefeated in 14 pro starts, faces Willi Davies of Charleroi Pa in a six round bout in Cleveland. Winner could earn a title shot against Midget Wolgast. Semi finals feature Jackie Purvis of Indianapolis and Jack December of Cleveland, welterweights.
Waldo Crowder of Kirtland Cleveland tops the Westbrook Country Club qualifier with 8 under par 136, setting a course record and leading 31 starters toward the PGA tourney in St Paul. Leonard Schmurtz and Art Smith follow. Myles, Sargent, and Shute also placed on the Ohio team while Bob Randall withdrew after 18 holes.
Cleveland trails the Yankees by nine and a half games as the Indians host the leaders in a pivotal four game set on home turf. Oral Hildebrand is expected to start for Cleveland against Danny MacFayden, part of a 19 game home stretch that may shake up the standings.
Elyria baseball fans will watch the opening game in Cleveland Stadium next Sunday between the Indians and Athletics. A reserved bloc for Elyria supporters will be led by Jerry Ferguson, former American Legion commander, with multiple Ohio city delegations attending. Elyrians should reserve seats at Mase Wilder's Cigar Store on Broad Street by Thursday if possible.
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