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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1961
Page
9
Dan Devine recalls a high school coaching clinic at Kutsher's Country Club. A former Notre Dame player shares baseball anecdotes with Connie Mack and Mickey Cochrane, plus jokes about exams and a ballplayer who sketched the United States. The piece blends humor with coaching memories and sports lore.
Branch Rickey, 79, founder of baseballs farm system and longtime Pirates president, is hospitalized in Sudbury after a severe heart attack. Doctors call his condition satisfactory but say he will remain hospitalized for some time. The Pirates lost 9 5 to the Dodgers as Rickey traveled from Little Current on Manitoulin Island and anxiously followed the game by radio.
A club ranking list shows players and classes with low nets and gross scores. Notable names include Mrs Clark Smyth, Mrs Elmer Whodward, and Mr Robert Adair with various class placements and low nets across multiple clubs including Elyria and Spring Valley.
Ridgeview 9 defeated Oberlin 19 to 10 at the Lorain County Hot Stove League game. Jerry Landes earned the win for Ridgeview while Mike Smith took the loss for Oberlin. Clark Builders were mentioned in the recap.
In Elyria North league play, Hardware 9 nips Grocers 15 to 7 while Wooden's Foodway and Young's Hardware blank Ketchum's iShell Service. Sim's Gastown suffers a 12 run loss at the hands of Young's.
Bowling results list teams and scores from OWLING CENTER SMOOTHIES and RUDD'S MERSEY SUMMER leagues. Key competitors Frankie Mureau Myra Worley Bill Winterfield George Serivens post top scores with multiple teams like Magoos Boo-Boo's and Vermilion lines noted.
Butz and Riddle take first in the Ge Harrys Men s Doubles with a 10 5 score. Huddlestes, arnenical and Kellerman put up rival lines but fall short. Riddle achieves a 60 percent mark with Serijoy Riddle.
Elyria area publishes a dense Wednesday schedule across Little League and Babe Ruth leagues at multiple fields in Elyria and North Ridgeville. The listings include teams such as Audys Bowl fields, Polish Club, Union, and various sponsors with game times from 5:30 to 7:45 pm across Diamond No 3 and Rec Fields, along with notes on standings and recent results in local leagues.
In Wimbledon England fourteen Americans led by Chuck McKinley and Gardnar Mulloy reach second round in men singles. McKinley defeats Sergio Tachini while Mulloy faces Jon Douglas with five all American matches on schedule. Women’s singles feature Billie Jean Moffitt vs Yola Ramirez. Several Americans are eliminated, including Siska Scott Richey Gunderson Moore and Thomas.
West Side Lumber scored four in the first and led 11-1 after seven as Brekalbaum earned the win in the West Side Telephone game. Sam Watkins took the loss. Buswell struck out seven in the Savings Deposit tilt.
Columbia Wildcats crushed the Cubs 20 to 9 in a Class G Lorain County Hot Stove game. Jim Hobart turned in the standout moment with an unassisted triple play for the losers while Crawford won on the mound and Micky Morey slugged two homers and went 5 for 5. George Chuvalo knocked out Willi Besmanot in a Toronto bout.
LaPorte Watson Plas baseball team topped Grafton's Firemen 16-2. Winning pitcher Larry Neumeyer struck out seven. losing pitcher Dave Shively fanned six.
Engstrom struck out 12 and hit the only home run to power the Elyria Babe Ruth League Businessmen to an 11 3 win over Schlather Insurance. Allen Campbell took the loss, walked eight, and was relieved by Dave Westbrook in the second. Carl Leslie had two RBIs for the winners while Campbell drove in two for Schlather.
Lorain County Speedway promotes a packed lineup from tomorrow night through Tuesday with a $2,500 purse. The International Auto Daredevil Champions perform 32 acts including crashes and stunts alongside clown acts. Hardtop stock cars and the double feature format promise 490 entries across seven events. Dick Good of Mishawaka tops the super-modified field Saturday, with hardtops also on the program. A July 4th show adds a $2,500 purse a $1,000 fireworks display on a double-feature slate with a 25-lap semi and a five-lap main event.
North Ridgeville Town Drug leads Ridgeville Boys Baseball League with an 89 winless record. Bess and Andy's follows with 60, Pell's Sohio 53, Gardner's Hardware 33, Spitzer's Drugs 34, Andy's Bowl 34, Donnazzella 34, Holy Name 24, Buesher Hardware 14, Krebs Grocery 8.
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