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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1929
Page
8
Charley Pyle eyes a new trans continental run starting next Sunday from New York. Runners will travel routes via US Highways 49 66 75 78 and 1 to Los Angeles with about 125 starters. Entry fee 200 per man and potential prize money 60 000 plus vaudeville revenue and side ventures.
County schools plan spring athletic schedules issued by KEI Maller assistant county superintendent. Five schools Brookside Eaton Avon Avon Lake La HrAnke seek tennis matches playground ball and baseball for boys and girls. No county athletic committee schedule this spring as few schools indicate participation. A girls playground ball tournament will be held during Health Day at the county fair grounds.
New York Americans meet St. Louis Nationals at Avon Park Florida. Boston Americans face Indiana polis at Bradenton. Brooklyn Nationals play Boston Nationals at St. Petersburg. Pittsburgh Nationals meet Port at Santa Ana California.
Chicago March 26 A Chicago Hebrew and a California Negro meet tonight for the world welterweight championship in a bout expected to spark the Midwest’s great year. Jackie Fields and Jack Thompson, both non titleholders, vie for the belt Dundee vacated, with a 5000 diamond belt prize posted by promoter Kim Mullen. Fields favors boxing and points, while Thompson possesses power and a strong punching threat.
The Fremont fight show is postponed from tonight to Monday night April 1. Main event star Georgie Siddens was halted Thursday by Frankie Garcia, prompting the promoter to cancel the original main bout between Siddens and Mickey Doyle. Semi finals include Ali Taylor versus Young Irish in six rounds. ticket validity extends to the rescheduled card.
The Elyria Y M C A Juniors in Class C were among eight teams to reach the second elimination round at the County Amateur Basketball Tournament held at the Y M C A. Other Class C survivors include the Oberlin Comrades and Lorain Congregationalists, while Class B survivors are the Lorain Comets, Avon Lake O Bur Deans, Lorain Tigers and Lorain Ohio Sea Juniors. Semi finals set for April 2 with finals on April 3 at the Y M C A.
Baseball news from multiple spring camps reports Los Angeles beat Detroit 15 2 in Phoenix and Cubs beat Detroit 3 5 in Los Angeles thanks to Hack Wilson s home run with bases loaded. Pirates split a doubleheader in San Francisco with Seals 9 7 loss and 6 2 win. Browns recruit Herb Cobb impressed in Palm Beach while Senators beat Reds 4 2 in Tampa. Yankees coach focus on Lyn Lary as they prepare for Avon Park and Phillies edge Red Sox 7 6 in 10 innings in Winter Haven.
Champaign March 25. The twelfth annual University of Illinois relay carnival, billed as the greatest indoor meet, draws 700 athletes from 75 schools. New 320 yard high hurdles shuttle relay debuts along with nine relays and ten events. Notable entrants include Ohio State Notre Dame Minnesota Wisconsin and Illinois stars led by sprint ace Jack Bilder and hurdler Dwight Kane.
Members of the Minn-O club press toward a May first target for distance swimming. Five active swimmers are listed C Wagner T Moody W Liggett G Baker and C Niederhauser with a plan to grow to ten or twelve by May first. Nine of sixteen members hold some Life Saving award and all must pass YMCA and Master Swimmers tests to become active. Distances range from 40 miles for Moody and Niederhauser to 3 1 2 miles for Williams.
Arthur Kasal and James Mitchell of St Paul Minn led doubles with a 1326 total while Charley Trucks of Philadelphia tied for second in all events by 674 in the five man event as leaders list shows C Trucks among top all events and singles leaders across the tournament in Chicago and Detroit and Saginaw clubs. The Giants extended their win streak to nine by beating the White Sox in San Antonio with all around and relay events set for afternoon and evening sessions and trophies awarded to top teams and individuals.
William A Ely funds Charles Eskins in the second annual trans continental foot race from New York to the Pacific coast. Eskins, 41, trained through winter on long runs, aims to win the $60,000 prize with Mrs Eskins and their 13 year old aboard for support. The race starts Easter Sunday in New York, with a field including Mike Toyce and Joyce, and prize money totals $60,000 for first place.
Northeastern Ohio League results show Goodyears defeating Shamrocks 5 to 1 in Division AAA and Cleveland United defeating Tellings 1 to 0 in Division AA.
La Salle Institute of Chicago captured the national Catholic basketball championship by winning the Loyola University finals 25 to 16 over St. Stanislaus of Bay St. Louis Miss. Twenty seconds? No. The event featured 32 teams with Spalding Institute Peoria taking third after beating Decatur Indiana Catholic High School 24 to 14. Dayton Stivers, state champions, faced a ban from Chicago participation by the State Athletic Association after a four to two vote citing inability to allow travel to the national tournament.
Frank Wellman of Findlay set an intercity singles record with a 27 pin non score in Bucyrus. The Gaston Tailors of Sandusky posted a 3038 team score to establish a new five man team record in the same event.
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