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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1921
Page
3
A basketball tournament at the Elyria YMCA features the High School team against the Faculty and a High School class team versus the Language team. Funds for a new athletic field prompted this stopgap. Games wrap up the season with music by the Girls Mandolin Club.
In Elyria on March 3 two Industrial Basketball League games at the Y M C A produced wins for Enamel Products Columbia Steel and the Whillys Overland squad. Overlands beat General Phonograph 32 to 8 with Teale top scorer for Overlands and Cock for Phonograph. In the second game Columbia Steel defeated Enamel Products 15 to 7, Erwin and Bayless led the Steel and Bayless Buckley for Enamel Products. Fouls by Buckley and G Nau noted. Koppes refereed with Horn as scorer.
Inter-city tournament at Canales alleys Tuesday night features Carroll Automobile five posting a 2609 total. Doubles see Agal and Morey clock 364 and 364 with Ritter and Straub totaling 527. Jed Morey leads singles with 602 points before a late-game dip.
In Lorain on March 8 the 20th St M E Girls basketball team edged Church of Christ in a fast game. Miss Francis Hillyer starred with three field goals and two fouls, leading her team to victory. Denmark Plans to Challenge for the Wis Cup in a bid announced by the American Lawn Tennis Association today.
Lorain March 3 High school track prospects look brighter this year as a meeting will be called this week to select varsity candidates. Washington street institution has several veterans and other strong material. Four meets planned including Alumni dual with Sandusky and Elyria. Little Big Six meet will unite league schools at Herlin, with Northeastern Ohio meet under discussion.
Lorain high school basketball team will travel to Akron on Friday to compete in the Northeastern Ohio tournament. The squad, eliminated from the state tourney at Delaware by Ohio Wesleyan, aims to rebound in two divisions, class A and class B, with the Washington Avenue team aiming for honors and a strong comeback.
In New York twelve rounds ended with a draw between Midget Smith and Martin Collins. Charlie Beecher defeated Dick Loadman on a twelve round decision. Johnny Buif beat Frankie over twelve rounds. Phil Bloom defeated Jimmy Daly in twelve rounds.
Wellington high enters the Akron tournament in the B class for the final week of the basketball season. The first team plays Thursday Friday and Saturday, with Wellington fans certain of victory. On Friday night the second team travels to Penfield to face Penfield, with many rooters planning to accompany.
Lorain notes Coach Geo Daniel will split his track squad into class A and class B to tailor coaching, elevate eager athletes, and ease freshman timidness. The move targets uncovering strong material in the freshman class and reducing early season handicaps. In New York, Joe Slecher and Stanialaus Zbyazko are set for a March 14 finish wrestling match.
LORALY March 3 No sensational scores rolled at the Inter-City Tournament last night. St Aubin's Shavers won the five-man event with 2335, Pollack and Callis led doubles with 1036, Gardiner of K of C No 2 top individual with 1596. Tournament standings show Aubin's Shavers and K of C No 1 among leaders.
Oberlin aims to close its season with a final home game against Denison University after posting ten victories. Denison remains the only team to defeat Oberlin this year as Wheeler Howard Wood Marvin Winters lead a refreshed lineup and Oberlin vows a strong finish. The squad emphasizes long-range shooting as it fights to match its best season since 1815.
Wellington High School selected Vern Peabody to represent the boys and Lucile Thompson to represent the girls in the Oratorical contest to be held in Elyria on March 25. Paul Bowser defended his middleweight title at Newark by defeating Chief Montour in a 55 minute bout with a teehold, winning the first and third falls.
A testimonial letter from Mrs Albert Southecott of Medina praising Peterson Ointment Co Buffalo for healing a long standing leg ulcer. The letter claims the ulcer measured 9 inches by 6 4? inches before treatment and that after nine dollars worth of ointment the ulcer is fully healed and the writer can walk again. Mail orders offered by the company in Buffalo.
Death notices list Mrs. Charlotte Har thay Ruggles aged 77 in Milan and August Miller aged 47 in Belle. A flock of about 45 geese drifted west over the city, with a ring necked cock pheasant hatched by Geo Betschman that refused to leave the farm, and Betschman asked W J Bascom to return the bird to the state game department. The Huron County Farm Bureau will hold a meeting here Saturday.
Follows a Thursday gathering of the Willing Workers at Mrs. Howard Beardsleys. John Bainbridge spent Monday in Cleveland visiting his sister. Frank Mason of Ridgeville works for R and RB. W A Wallington sold farm tools and stock and plans to move to Michigan. The Rev W S Stont and Mr Coats of Cleveland will visit Rev C C Maple Thursday. Several local residents will attend the M E missionary gathering in Grafton Friday. Church services are set for Sunday at the usual hour.
Elyria March 8 Business picking up in this city, says William Goldberg of the Smokehouse. More men are going to work each morning than in weeks past. Early morning sales are rising rapidly, signaling rehiring of long unemployed and brighter business mood.
Elyria reports a mistaken claim that Williston children on Prospect street suffered smallpox due to house number confusion. The family requests correction to set the record straight about the incident and clarify the erroneous report in the March 3 dispatch.
An old health ad urges readers to assess their blood health and prevent illness by taking Gude's Pepto Mangan. It claims pale, tired feelings signal low red blood cells and promotes the tonic to build resistance, noting tablets and liquid forms share value and to look for the genuine Gude's Pepto Mangan.
Miss Norva Sidwell of Matoma Kansas recounts how Cuthura cured her brother’s severe skin outbreak. She describes painful blisters, irritation, and relief after using two cakes of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment, followed by daily Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Talcum.
Amherst March 8 news mentions Mr and Mrs B F Johnson returning to Cleveland after visiting Dr and Mrs Wiseman. Harmon Lawrence recovering from injuries. Mrs Jacob Hengen ill at Hagel Street home. Mrs Bert Ganudere ill at Milan Avenue home. Hols Severe Schauer home quarantined for scarlet fever. Frances and another child ill. A baby girl born Tuesday at Washington Avenue home. Myree Saree and G Bebseffer left Cleveland yesterday. Schaetter on Main Street visiting friends in Cleveland. Mr Fay of Clyria visited Amherst. Miss Mary Kues of Elyria visited her brother Herman Kuss. Mrs Ernst Pletch of Elyria visiting son Edward Pletch on Cleveland Avenue. Norwalk March 6 Willis Brooks and Joseph Dix charged with transporting liquor.
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