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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1952
Page
2
The 1951 52 Lake Erie League runner up Euclid Panthers host Euclid Heights on the home court as both teams seek a key win to secure a state tournament berth. Euclid holds 1 and five losses but is a dangerous foe on its own floor.
Baseball notes from New York recount Gil Hodges 40 homers and 103 RBIs for Brooklyn, with manager Chuck Dressen defending his bunt and shift to right field strategy. The column also lists Hodges’ high strikeout count, Dodgers’ fifth replacement for Don Newcombe, and a miscellany of birthdays, horse racing tips, memorial memory, badminton, and Masters tournament remarks.
Elyria area youth basketball opened the YMCA County Amateur Championship with four Class B and C games. United Polish Club edged Walkimar Drugs 44-41 while Les Gast Insurance beat Lorain West Heights 39-38. West Side Boys Club led LaGrange Baptist 49-33 and Elyria Unknowns defeated South Amherst Quarrytowners 43-31.
The notice lists multiple Tuesday and Friday matchups across classes with times in the evening for Belden Merchants, Toggery Shop, Amvels Post 47, Columbia Ballroom, Loraine, Huszt's Cafe, and others. It includes semifinals on March 20 6:00 and 9:10 and finals on March 25 7:00 for various divisions, with teams such as Elyria Dairies, Avon St. Mary's, U.A.W.C. Local 101, Grafton Merchants, and Lake Erie Canes.
Art Houtteman starts three innings for the Detroit Tigers in an exhibition opener against the Philadelphia Phillies marking his first competitive work since 1950 army service. Ted Gray and Dizzy Trout to follow. Karl Drews to start for the Phillies.
Ohio State leads the Big Ten championships with 70 points, doubling Michigan State and Michigan. Jack Taylor set new conference and intercollegiate records by winning the 200-yard backstroke in 2:07.2, while Ford Kenno of Hawaii set another conference mark in the 220-yard freestyle. Dick Cleveland won the 50-yard freestyle as Ohio State swept the 400-yard freestyle with a school record 3:25.4.
A beneficiary basketball program at Elyria Catholic High School will raise funds for a Blooper League season. The 8:30 game features United Polish Club City Class B versus United Polish Club Old Timers the Hangmen, with an earlier 7:30 matchup between Holy Cross Crusaders and St Agnes 8th Grade.
Spencer Invitational finals set with Class B clash Marshallville vs Brunswick at 8 and Class A final Akron Borden Autos against Canton Road Furniture at 9. Semis: Marshallville 70 Orrville 66. Brunswick 50 Rittman 48. Borden Autos 79 Cuyahoga Stamping 76. Canton Road Furniture beat Huszti's Cafe of Lorain to reach final.
Spring exhibition openers begin nationwide as managers size up rosters and rookies. Casey Stengel searches for DiMaggio replacement. Dodgers seek Newcombe successor. Giants plan to cover center field and second base as Willie Mays heads to the armed forces. optimism dominates despite gaps and shifts.
The Board of Trustees of Western Reserve University approved the conference policy aimed at purifying and policing college athletics and placing member universities on an equal basis.
In Ohio state basketball tourneys Columbus East and Grand Rapids suffered overtime defeats. Aquinas edged East 23-21 on a buzzer shot by Dick Barkley, while Gibsonburg toppled Grand Rapids 57-56 after Larry Arndt foul shot with 24 seconds left. Other regionals saw Middletown and Stivers reach finals, Nelsonville ending Cincinnati’s run, Massillon beating Minerva, and Canton Lehman set to face Massillon.
Tonight at 7:30 Cleveland West faces Cleveland John Marshall and at 9:00 Maple Heights meets Cleveland St. Ignatius. Winners advance to the Regional Class A Tournament at Berear.
Clarence Francis of Wellsville scorched the nets for 54 points as Wellsville outpaced Barnesville 96 58 in the St Clairsville Class A district, giving Wellsville its 23rd win in 24. The Bengals meet Steubenville in the finals after Akron North edged Akron St 41 39 to end the Kent district action.
The 7:00 Canfield faces Sebring, 8:00 Olmsted Falls vs North Lima, 9:00 Independence plays Waynesburg. Winners advance to the Regional Class B Tournament at Canton.
Ned Randall of North drove in for a goal with two seconds left to clinch the championship as West Milton, 18-0, crushed Springfield Public 40-33. Milton’s Bill and Char Fox combined for 24 points to lift Miamisburg 58-38 over Urbana, and Central Catholic defeated Sandusky 84-55 to reach regionals. Cincinnati Withrow defeated Roger Bacon 49-44 in the Queen City class A tourney.
Dayton Middletown edged Dayton Roosevelt 53 to 43 while Wellsville routed Barnesville 96 to 58. Cincinnati Withrow lost to Roger Beacon 39 to 44 as overtime occurred in Columbus Aquinas battles East 21 to 23.
Des Moines Iowa Johnny Bright, Negro halfback from Drake University, said he spurned the Philadelphia Eagles for a Canadian pro club in Calgary Alberta. He chose the terms offered by the Calgary club as too fabulous to turn down.
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