Cleveland Indians sale and coaching rumors in 1940s era sports
The column discusses Cleveland Indians potential sale to Bill Veeck and his plans to boost performance, plus evolving coaching candidacies at Shaw High School. It notes Veeck’s belief the team could become a pennant contender and questions about profit-focused management under Alva Bradley. Mentions coaching changes at Shaw High and Canton Lincoln, with Ferrall’s salary dispute and Barberton appointment.
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Cleveland Ehib
Alva Bradley
Bradley
John Sherwin, Jr
Indians
Detroit Tigers
Bill Veeck
Veeck
Milwaukee Club
American Association
Milwaukee
Ana
Profi
Hetl
Destrait
Shaw
Bhew High School
Jeft
Paul Hoernemann
Clarence Campbell
East Cleveland
Heidelberg College
Hoernemann
New Philadelphia High
Clarence Uptegrat
Bill Kidd
New Philadelphia
Elytin High
Celease
Board of Education
Sluin High
Tiffin
Shaw High
Hoornemann
Junius
Junie) Ferrall
Canton Lincoln High School
Ferrall
Canton
Canton Lincoln
Esse Agon
Barberton
Harry Strovel
Bellevue
Congressman's warning fights Mike Jacobs over title bout fate
New York era boxing turmoil centers on promoter Mike Jacobs after the Louis Conn bout. Rep Donald O’Toole vows a $100000 libel suit, seeks to bar Jacobs from mails, claiming extortion. Louis and Conn collect purses as Jacobs plans another title defense with Maurielio or Walcott as opponent.
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Jack Cuddy
United Press
EW York
WUR
Flasco
Yankee Stadium
Mike Jacobs
Loo
Washington
Donald O'Poole
N.Y O'Toole
Jacobs
Jacobse
O'Toole
New York
Jacobs i5
New York Boxing Commission
Lewis
Conn
Louis
Yonkers
Tami Maurielio
Bronx
Jersey
Joe Walcot
Camden
Breadon Meets Mexican Officials Over Cardinal Scramble
Cardinal owner Sam Breadon conferred with Mexican League President Jorge Pasquel in Mexico City about team upheaval and star players. Breadon denied plans to resign or extend talks, then observed a game where Nuevo Laredo beat the Mesaco City Reds as he prepared to return to St. Louis.
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UPV
T Sam Breadon
Cardinals
St. Lons
Jorge Panpuel
Pasquel
Breadon
Linehvon
Bath Park
Pred Martin
Nuevo Lareda
Mesaco City Reds
Tess
Brown Bonran Plays Hard to Predict Season Change
Jacobs noted that Brown Bonran may alter plans this year as expectations for the team remain unsettled.
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Jacobs
Elyria Legion Hosts Medina In Sunday Game
Elyria American Legion faces Medina Sunday at Cascade Park diamond seeking a third win in five league starts. Elyria owns two wins and two losses in Medina League play, with Ginales tallies of three and two for 600. Other Sunday matches include LaGrange at Litchfield, Columbia at Valley City, and Erhart at Grafton.
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Elyria
American Legion
Rirymothé Tarain-Mecdina
Medina
Cascade Park
Clicui
Elyris
Lo Rains
Ginales
LaGrange
Litchfield
Columbia
Valley City
Erhart
Grafton
Cascade Game Off After Park Diamond Damage
Laet Sunday saw Caende Park's diamond damaged prompting Cascade to cancel or delay a scheduled game. Medina may host contests in the league's second half while Erhart tops the standings with five straight wins. Latchfield trails with four losses and LaGrange sits third with three and one. Columbia and Valley City languish at the bottom with multiple defeats.
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Caende Park
Laet
Syndas
Bern
Medina
Erhart
Latchfield
LaGrange
Phave
Elyma
Grattan
Wosisth
Columbia
Valley City
Columba
Fage
Amherst Legion Whips Foundry For 6th Straight Win
Amherst Legion routs Foundry to extend unbeaten streak as Tomy Sitoa drives the offense and Bou Varga Deedes covers the field. In the other game Amherst Eagles beat Chaur Ane Meta Ay with Gon Sohartin Mais earning the win and Tartan Kompg driving in key runs.
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Amherst Legion Whips Foundry
Amherst American Legion
Amherst
Seagate
Newion
Cf Strait
Bob Stiwald
Wag Othe Gunning Oinger
Ding
Elant
Bou Varga Deedes
Tomy Sitoa
Amherst Eagles
Chaur- Ane Meta
Legion Teams In Round Robin Play For County Honors
Legion teams from Larain County begin a round robin home and away series of six games per team to decide county honors. Teams entered include Elsa Begien Wane Lomond Taysen Bie Darwin Regu Gold and SOMber din Locals Flay. The schedule opens this weekend with two games, games set for Saturday and Sunday at 3 o'clock, featuring Elytha Lege jon Bite and Peyton Hh.
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American Legion
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Tawny
Tepresauling
Lagan County
Thas Sect
Toderament
Pat Maanisfield
Elsa Begien Wane
Lomond Taysen
Darwin Regu
Somber Din
Elytha
Jon Bite
Peyton
Rly Stadium
Ohebbor Stalin
Unclear text heavy with OCR errors from sports notes
Fragmented lines describe multiple teams, games, and events with many unreadable names. Mentions of football style matchups, practices, and “under the lights” games appear, but key entities and outcomes are obscured by errors and jumbled phrases.
Vets Edge Associates Capture First Half Softball Title
The Vets, led by Clem Monske, edged Hatin Associates 1-0 at Oberlin Road Field to clinch the first half crown in the City Softball League. Pitching duel between Johnny Wirvenske and Mike Bodnar ended after eight innings on an error, with Vets securing the victory as key plays by Lee Morse and Gene Cross produced the decisive run. Elyria Foundry defeated Warshaw Chemical 9-5 in Industrial League action as two other games were postponed. Two more Industrial League contests are set for Berlin Roadfield tonight with General Industries seeking a share of top honors.
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Clem Monske
Toyo
Blanking Hatin Associates
Oberlin Road
Vets
Johnny Wirvenske
The
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Associates
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Lea Tal Dern
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Liting
Lee Morse
Idrove
Eddie Gawlick
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Morse
Andy Suett
Felix Klimezak
Russ Koehn
Gene Cross
Koehn
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Rid
Cross Tub
Wircenske
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Dehorn
Stethi
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Snetty
A. Mika
Hodnav
F&oman
Mavse
Joe Holusho
Elyria Foundry
Warshaw Chemical
Chermenl
Elyrni Fontes
Don Tanden
al Ures
Frank
Te Ziclatel
Harshaw Chemiecat
Wasatis
Bes
Threy Ham
Western Automatic
General Industries
General Ini
Chitecol Corporation
Western Vutuniitie
Colson Corporation
Indians Sale Due Saturday Amid Manager Speculation
Speculation swirls on the Cleveland Indians sale to a syndicate led by Bill Vevekoff Marty Grabiner and including Rob Hope. Alva Bradley reports a 17-stock holder meeting Saturday with the sale likely and personnel changes planned including replacing Bradley as president and keeping Lou Boudreau as a player. Jimmy Dykes tipped as manager successor. Joe McCarthy possibility discussed.
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Cleveland
U.P
Cleveland Indians
Indians
Syndiense
Biull Vevekoff
Marty Grabiner
Rob Hope
Alva Bradley
Veeck
May Quits Tennis Commission Post in City
The City Tenors Commission reduced to seven as Frank May resigns at City Hall meeting. Byron Morris becomes president, replacing Mayo on the committee for intercity matches. First round matches postponed by weather. schedules aim to complete by Sunday with results reported to Walt Michel or Metles.
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Frank May
Caty Hall
Byron Morris
Comission
Mayo
Aests
Walt Michel
Metles
Sumles
Simpson
Luis
Vincent
Spencer
Berthoff
Suhr
Wooly Urnige
Stevenson
Berthoff Gaines
Nevins-Hubbell
Keeping Up With The Majors Minors
A concise item noting ongoing news about major and minor league events, with focus on notable names and emerging trends. The fragmentary text references teams and series activity, signaling coverage of sports or organizational moves affecting both levels.
Jewelers Dominate Spencer in Easy 12-3 Win
Jewelers trounced Spencer by 12 to 3 last night at Spencer. Pitched by Ren Grebe, Spencer allowed ten Jewelers hits while Cary Liewgue led the offense with timely RBI and steady defense. Final score reflected Jewelers control throughout the game.
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Jewelers
Spencer
Amlkag
ABE
Yin Vie Suger Jewelers
Spencer Miavetants
Bane
Phat Liefer
Cary Liewgue
Ren Grebe
Colevunt
Dan Sawoohy
Sahay Andrews
Vasiva
Harty
Dewey
Debden
Tate
Neptune
Fragmentary OCR Notice From Local Paper
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Edwards Hit Gives Indians 9th Inning Win
In Cleveland, Edwards drove in the decisive run in the ninth to lift the Indians to a 4-3 victory over the Washington Senators. The game featured Hob Feller starting for Cleveland and Tex Hughson for Boston, as the Red Sox and Indians pursued momentum in a tense night matchup.
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Edwards
Indians
Cleveland
Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Stadium
Joe Cronin
Red Sox
Tex Hughson
George Case
Washington Senators
Washington Abr
M. Ola
Vernon
Loller
Hesnolds
Mack
Krakauskos
Swinning
Havre
Washington
Hogan Demaret Lead At Inverness Invitational
Ben Hogan and Jimmy Demaret led the Inverness Invitational best ball with a 32 41 63 for 18 holes. They topped Lawson Littily and Lloyd Mangeum by four, after a strong round that featured eight birdies.
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O.lloyd
Marngrain
Lawson Littily
Inverness
Mangeum
Little
Texas
Ben Hogan
Jimmy Demaret
Wogan
Demaret
Byrd
Harrison
Local Fairways Quarterfinals Near Elyna Club Finish
The first flight of the June Flight at Elyna Country Club advances to the quarterfinals with four matches set to finish by Sunday. In city league action Nehi Beverages defeated Elke Chub 4-1 and American Radiator beat West Side Lumber 4-1 at Cherry Ridge, while Western Autovistic beat Pfaudler Company 3-2 and Coach-Uthe edged U.S. Auto mane 3-2. Joe Tomashesky of Pfaudler posted 38 for nine holes, top indi vidual scorer.
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Elyna Country Club
Timms
O. N. Minnich
H.R. Selby
C. Heinrichs
H. D. Bemis
F. H Roach
B. B. Bittner
W. B. Timms
Nehi Beverages
Elke Chub
American Radiator
West Side Lumber
Cherry Ridge
Western Autovistic
Pfaudler Company
Uthe
U.S. Automanie
Joe Tomashesky
Tristam Team Beats Oberlin Legion 2-1 Under Lights
Tristam edged Oberlin American Legion 2-1 in a night game at Oberlin. Kirby allowed five hits with strong infield support. Solovaes was hit for six safeties. Oberlin scored in the first on Champion's double and Bosle’s single, then Tristam answered on a seventh inning run driven by Duane and Steve Karby.
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Joe Karby
Steve Hulovacs
Clay Pristuma
Oberlin American Legion
Oberlin
Kirby
Errayress
Solovaes
Champion
Bosle
Bat Hare
Club Tristam
Hingary
Duane Singted
Steve Karby
Boyle
Obrvlin
Witt Ke Wath
Joe Gallo
Club Vristum
Zoldak Of Browns Blanks Red Sox With Four Hits
Brooklyn-born Sam Zoldak shut out the Red Sox in St Louis with four hits allowed as he led the Browns to a victory while the pennant race tightened. Hal Trosky's three-run double highlighted the White Sox win over the Yankees, and Dizzy Trout notched his seventh victory in Detroit's 9 2 win over the Athletics.
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Browns Blanks
Red Sox
Carl
Abbots Field
Mickey Harris
Queena Village
N. Y
Dodgers
Sam Zoldak
St. Louis
Dodger Scnuts
Yankons
Anatan
Chicago
White Sox
Spud Chandler
Hal Trosky
Bill Dietrich
Charley Keller
Floyd Hevens
Yankees
Tigers
Detroit
Eddie Lake
Hank Greenberg
Hobby Swift
Dizzy Trout
Athletics
Trout
Hank Edwards
George Case
Cleveland
Cardinals
Boston
Braves
Cardinal
Brooklyn
Kirby Higbe
Nick Strincevich
Pirates
Philadelphia
Yankee
Sunday Deadline For Signing Players In League
City and Industrial Softball League managers were warned that Sunday is the deadline for signing players for the balance of the 1946 season. New players must be signed by 7 30 p m Sunday before the first game at the Oberlin Road field. Sunday games open the second half schedule.
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D. W.tritbey
Elyria Recreation Board
Oberlin Road
Mather Joins Hamilton High as New Football Coach
Salem Ohio reports Charles V. Mather, coach of the undefeated Leetonia High School football team, has accepted the gridiron duties at Hamilton High School today.
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Charles V. Mather
Leetonia
Hamilton High School
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