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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1955
Page
10
Bill Barton, new Elyria High School football coach, wants a three bedroom house to rent for his family of four. He is staying in Wadsworth at 137 East Good Avenue and hopes to hear of available housing soon after meeting Elyria candidates yesterday.
Football chatter shifts to Cicero Illinois where Bill Coyer begins as head coach at Morton High. The new role presents a challenge he eagerly embraces and aims to lift the program with focus and energy.
English Spanish magazine Welcome devotes April edition to Pan American Games coverage in Mexico City. It lists track and field baseball basketball boxing wrestling horsemanship swimming diving and more with results from 1951 and 1955. Subscribers can order by sending one dollar to Rolland Publications in Mexico D F.
Ohio college players secured pro contracts for next season. Johnny Horan from Dayton signed with Fort Wayne and Jack Twynan from Cincinnati signed with Rochester, underscoring strong local talent moving to the professional level.
United Press reports a chaotic Major League wrap with American League scores. Washington tops Cleveland 4-3 in a nine inning battle highlighted by Lemon and Hegan, Mantle drives in a homer for the Yankees in a 9-2 win over Chicago, and Baltimore edges Detroit 7-3. Notes on Detroit trading Terry Sawhuck and Kaline’s rise frame a season teeming with intrigue.
The record notes a baseball summary referencing the 1955 Indians with words like place, games behind, and games ahead of second place, alongside a 1954 line about Pleo and Pet. The fragment catalogs standings and trends across two seasons, highlighting gaps to the leader and positions within the league.
Detroit star goalie Terry Sawchuk, a three time Vezina Trophy winner, was traded to the Boston Bruins in a four for four deal that reshapes the Detroit lineup. The move, initially set for Sunday release, was reported by a Detroit newspaper.
Fort Wayne Indiana reports the ABC Tournament nears its end with winners in all divisions largely set. Pfeiffer's Beer of Detroit appears to lead team totals at 3136 pins and Eddie Gerzine of Milwaukee tops doubles with 1365 pins while Fred Bujack of Detroit leads all events at 1933 pins. Buckeye Bottling Cleveland trails the field with 2737 pins. Ed Markulis of Cuyahoga Falls is third in all events at 1960 pins with Jim Telfer of Detroit second at 1964.
Washington at Cleveland game on WEOL and WERE at 1:80 and 4. Bowling segment features Fazious with Paul Krumske on WEWS at 7:30. Early Monday horse racing from This We Down on WDOK at 4:30.
Three Elyria area golfers compete Monday in the Northern Ohio Open 36 hole qualifier for the National Open at Pine Ridge. Joe Van Memo Zaleski and Rudy Mate of Oberlin Golf Club join others from Lakewood Lyndhurst Mogadore Canterbury and Mayfield Heights with tee times 9 12 a m and 2 12 p m. Top four finishers advance to the National Open in San Francisco.
Two racing programs are planned at Lorain County Speedway this weekend with stocks tonight at 7:30 time trials and the first of nine races at 8:30. Midget racing follows tomorrow with time trials at 1 p.m. The events mark a new feature for the area.
Cleveland trails Chicago by a 34 game margin as the Indians struggle for offense. McDermott again shut down Cleveland and the Yankees, riding a hot run of 14 wins in 16, seek a four game series split with Chicago. Al Lopez and Bobby Avila were among the bright spots but the lineup needs stronger hitting to gain ground.
Lorain County Excavating beat Elyna Furniture 11 to 2 in the National Division at Elyria Catholic High School diamonds. Toggery Boystown added two runs late in their game. A 2:30 p.m. midget race opens the afternoon program featuring Buddy Martin of Kent, Mike Nemer, and Carl Drexler among about 30 entries, with John Bodnar racing an Offenhauser.
British Open champion Peter Thomson heads the field into the fourth round at Deepdale, as Elyria High and 15 prep teams compete in the second annual San-jup Invitational Golf Tournament for 54 holes at Plum Brook Country Club. Marty Furgol, Willoughby, and strong favorite Shave Jr lead a field with several noted players, while standings show wide competition among divisions and clubs across Lorain County.
In a lopsided Madison Square Garden win, Eddie Young led Toggery Boystown with two hits and a decisive performance by winning pitcher Sandy Fishman. Nick Aussio walked five and scored the decisive run, while Carl Plato and Ricky Pond contributed two hits each to power the victory.
Conrad and Slater led a double for Slater as Cleveland limited Nationals to six hits but gave up a long ball. Vernon homered for Washington in the fourth with Sievers driving in a run in the seventh. Lemon worked the mound for Cleveland, facing McDermott, while Slater edged Cleveland through holes in the final rounds.
The major league baseball pension plan committee met in Cleveland and hired two firms to aid in the pension setup. Retirement Plans Francis Stuart Jr. of Spencer Indiana and White Wellington of New York were named for legal and advisory work as committee members and players discussed modifications to the program.
LaGrange Lions defeated Avon Lake Trawler Trucking 5-3 in an independent baseball game at Cascade Park. Gordie Freeman earned the win with a four hit effort. Al Cagle totaled a triple double and single. Lome Flatt added a double and single. Charlie Bingelli homered for Traxler Trucking.
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