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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1925
Page
9
Oberlin claims the YMCA Industrial League title with a hard fought win over Fox Furnace, as Moon Leahy emerges as high point scorer and future captain, while Leahy’s teammates face graduation and ineligibility challenges. The final featured a packed arena, a tight battle, and top notch play from Columbia Steel and Fox Furnace in a dramatic season finale.
Willie Ditola of the Finish American Athletic Club New York set a new world indoor record for the three and a quarter mile run with 15 28 2 5. Uso Frigerio of Italy set a 5 500 meter walk record with 25 21 1 4. Paavo Nurmi failed to beat his own 7 45 3 5 mark in the one and three quarter miles with 8 03 6. Appleby scored ten points in a high run record in class A 18 2 amateur championship while Chicago’s Ierey Collins shares the former mark of 154 points. Willie Hoppe trailed Jake Schaeffer 1577 to 1418 in a 4000 point balkline billiards match in Boston.
Various racing and social club meetings listed from Miami to Havana and Tia Juana. American Bowling Congress annual tournament in Buffalo. Canton Kennel Club show in Ohio. AAU basketball championship in Kansas City and Tennessee high school tourney in Nashville. Kid Kaplan faces Johnny Farr in 104 rounds in Oakland.
Reporting from Orlando to Shreveport details spring training games and lineups. Rixey Donohue and Brady pitched in a 5 2 win as Bressler and Walker homered. Ruth sidelined by a fractured finger while Braves Yankees exhib. games prep. Pitcher Doyle Heinis Manush holdout and Cubs through camp. Regulars shuffled positions and rosters across venues.
Guthrie, an Elyria High School alum and potential Olympic prospect, defeated Ohio State captain Larry Snyder in the 0 yard high hurdles at Public Hall Cleveland. Garner Woods of Butler and Arthur Dorner also placed, with Guthrie’s form drawing interest ahead of the Cleveland Athletic Club meet on March 21.
The Moose bowlers defended their reputation by taking two of three games against Bob Huston's All Stars at Gala Lanes. They won on total pins, led early by an easy first game, narrowly escaped in the second, while the final stanza went to the All Stars. Final scores show Moose 1076 1619 8892934 and All Stars 912 1013 9542579.
The ad touts Haley's M O Magnesium Oil as a cure for stomach and intestinal ills and a general health booster. It claims to relieve symptoms like belching and dark tastes, promises skin improvements, and sells a family size bottle for $1.00 via Haley MO Company in Indianapolis.
Cleveland scene reports two Tellings Ice Cream semi pro teams for summer. Dark ovario’s Triple A outfit plus a Lorain Tellings squad managed by Joe Green, using Lorain field. Season opens April 12 with Lorain amateurs April 19. Green retains much of last year’s roster including Pertz Teske Hoffman Moran Hudec O’Dea Glaser Dodson Eiben Vince Lisyd Dunkel. Potential Lorain adds include Howard Ross Nikolette Seneff. Also Genesee Valley A C signs Jack Renault to fight Leo Gates on March 16.
Tampa March 11 George Sisler, once baseball’s top hitter, appears set for a comeback after a season away. He says his sight has improved and his back came stronger this spring. He warns against overclaiming and notes the ball feels different when hit solidly. The Browns faced mixed fortunes in recent years, with Sisler’s illness affecting pennant chances. The European ice hockey title went to Czecho-Slovakia, beating Austria, Switzerland, and Belgium.
Open round of the County Basketball Tournament for Class A begins tonight at the Lorain YMCA floor. Twenty four teams from Belden Wellington Lorain Avon Lake and Elyria compete with seven nightly games listed from 7 PM through 9 15 PM including Wellington Jr Bar dens General Phonograph Oilers Belden Arrow Lorain Mercuries Pfaudler Co Lorain St Nicholas Methodist Avon Lake Independents Lorain Service.
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