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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1954
Page
13
A crowded clippings page blends fan letters defending sports journalism with Elyria High School basketball fundraising efforts. Readers praise coach Reich enbach and thank donors, while Alvin L. Berman criticizes school officials for blocking travel to the state finals. Fremont LORAIN league talks, bowling resignations, and Ashland basketball plans round out the regional sports update.
Welterweights Terry O'Malley of Parma and Gerald Fook of Wellington headline the Lincoln Park Ballroom show in Lorain on Tuesday. The pair fought a famous 1953 Golden Gloves bout in Lorain with O'Malley down twice and knocking Rook out three times. Their rematch is billed as a top attraction by matchmaker Pete DeSantis.
The sportcast lists a 10 round middleweight bout Gustav Scholz versus Al Andrews on WNBK and WJW at 10. Other top fights include John Sherrod versus Walt Sanders, Avon boy Tom Schmidt against Eugene Pratt, 1953 Cleveland bantamweight champ Buddy McKain versus Virgil Woarman, Elijah Hall versus Adolph Raminez, Gene Allen versus Rich Piwinsk, and Elyria’s Roger Dickerson against Julius Powers. Tickets on sale at local shops in Elyria and Lorain.
Oberlin College tennis gets a new mentor as Dean Holdeman replaces Lysle Butler on leave. A 10 match schedule features four lettermen led by captain Jim Pohlman with Ed Friedrichs Hartman Hessel and Bob Kahn. Last season Oberlin went 5 and 4, with key dates against Akron Fenn Muskingum Ohio Wesleyan Kenyon Case Ohio State Wooster Denison and the Ohio Conference tournament at Oberlin.
NEW LONDON The 1954 Lake land Conference football schedule, announced by league secretary Harold Stanford of Clearview, lists Sept 24 matchups including Clearview at New London and Wellington at Vermilion. October brings several key games, with Vermilion at New London and Amherst at Wellington, and November closes with Huron at Vermilion and New London at Wellington.
Enna Eagles league schedule features four matches tonight at 4:43 p.m. local time. Teams Baz, Dace, OTT and others expected to clash as action heats up.
Today's Sport Parade notes major league veterans such as Ted Williams Bob Feller Allie Reynolds Johnny Sain Walker Cooper Sal Maglie and Jackie Robinson heading toward possible swan songs in 1954 spring camps. The piece surveys aging pitchers catchers and hitters across clubs and weighs chances of comebacks and retirements this season.
Turm-To the bay-bred three year old son of Royal Charger bowed a foreleg tendon at Keeneland forcing withdrawal from the Kentucky Derby. Llangollen Farm’s Porterhouse overtakes as Future Book Derby favorite at 3 to 1 after Turm-To’s withdrawal previously rated 2 to 1.
Gustav Scholz the first German middleweight to box at Madison Square Garden in 17 years was favored to win his nationally televised 10 round debut against Al Andrews of Superior Wisconsin. Scholz relies on fast hands and a shifty style to overcome Andrews, who is noted for rapid-fire combinations and quickness but lighter punching power.
Tucson report says Cleveland Indians defeat Chicago Cubs 6 to 3 in cactus league action. Right fielder Harry Simpson sidelined by a fractured left arm until about May 10 after colliding at home plate with Turk Lown. Rookie Rudy Regalado belts two home runs, bringing his total to seven against the Cubs. Dave Pope adds a homer to break a tie in the eighth. Art Houtteman earns the win with Bob Lemon and Mike Garcia on the mound. Ernie Banks homers for Chicago.
Sunny Seven beat Jets 23 to 20 and Eight Aces defeated Spartans 10 to 9 at the Eastern Heights School gym. Marion Kozel starred for Sunny Seven with 20 points on 10 field goals, while Betty Lacey led the Jets and Sophia Traicoff Linda Holmes and Jean Filo each had four for Eight Aces and Spartans respectively. Tournament play resumes next Thursday at Eastern Heights.
The Chicago White Sox enter the season with every regular in the lineup as injuries hit AL rivals. Key stars like Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, and others are sidelined or limited, boosting Chicago’s pennant chances despite a spring injury wave across Cleveland and New York.
Albany New York State Education Commissioner Lewis A L Wilson weighed Nat Holman appeal from his ouster as head basketball coach of City College of New York Holman had been suspended 15 months and dismissed from CCNY faculty on March 4 by the New York City board of higher education Wilson has 10 days to answer Holman's appeal and oral hearings will follow
Cleveland hosts the state high school basketball finals with nearly 10,000 out of town fans arriving for the Class A and B crowns. South Ohio teams New Lexington St. Aloysius 22-4 and West- are among early contenders in the tournament opening.
Elyria UAW-CLO was eliminated from the statewide Class B Basketball Tournament, losing 72 to 46 to Zimmermann’s Diner of Akron at the Akron Community Center. Ken Logan led Elyria with 14 points in the final contest, while Frye scored 22 for Zimmermann’s after a disputed referee call led to a forfeit in an earlier tourney win.
Cleveland Browns announce eight year veteran fullback Marion Motley and Ohio State rookie Walt Klevay have signed for the 1954 season. Motley starts his ninth season with the Browns. Klevay returns from two years in the Air Force, having played for Bowling Field’s team which won the national service championship.
The Pittsburgh Hornets won their third game in a best three out of five series against the Hershey Bears, defeating them 3-0 on Hershey’s ice to take a 2-0 lead. The Cleveland Barons won Game 1 of their series with Buffalo and face the Bisons again in Buffalo Saturday.
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