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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1921
Page
12
Elyria reports the Court House Rats will start its twelfth season with a strong line up. The club has won Twilight League championships for the last two seasons and aims to join the Lorain County Baseball League. A Booster Dance at Elk's Hall on Friday night April 1 seeks funds for uniforms.
Vincent Richards S Howard Voshell Frank T Anderson and other top indoor players progress past the first round as the annual national indoor singles continues at the Seventh Regiment Armory. Doubles start Wednesday with William T. Tilden II defending the title with partner Richards.
Milan March 28. The Milan club may stage the final game of a three game series at Oberlin instead of Norwalk if plans mature. The Sandusky team favors Oberlin, but arrangements remain incomplete as each side has won one game.
Lorain will host at least two Double A caliber teams this season. The K. of P. nine, a top local outfit, features star players from Cleveland and Elyria with local standouts Sanborn Maiden Clark Troxel Sammy and Johnny Jenk ing. Lefty Dombroski from Detroit headlines pitching for the Clothiers with local stars Hecker Craft Suby. The Haley Krohmer squad opens the slate against Marion Massillon and St Nicholas of South Lorain with May 1 camp in Berea.
Boxing history review traces Chandler and early greats like Fitzsimmons and Dempsey, then critiques Johnny Wilson and Mika O Dowd. The piece argues the middleweight division has regressed since the Chandler era, noting Wilson’s shortcomings and O Dowd’s struggles against him. It lists champions from Chandler onward, highlighting the changing quality of the weight class.
Lorain will host indoor baseball as an outdoor sport this summer marking its first appearance on local fields. The sport has thrived in gyms citywide, with multiple leagues forming including the City League featuring Bill's Barbers Pont Canales Bowlera Bob's Pressers and the Metzger and Robinson group. Church League teams may join in a separate interleague lineup.
Old Pluvius dampened the Lorain All-Star soccer team’s Sunday schedule as rain forced both Lorain and Bohemian squads to shelter. The Bohemian Cleveland eleven, slated as strong opposition, may reschedule for next Sunday. The Lorain club plans to host top Cleveland and British talent later, with matches already set against Cleveland teams and Akron clubs.
A garbled advert claims Ohio physician Dr Edwards has treated many women over seven years with olive tablets labeled as a 'well-known vegetable liver regulator.' The copy suggests these tablets cure numerous ailments by improving digestion and bowels.
Robert Marquard seven son of pitcher Rube Marquard is staying with relatives in Lorain after the Brooklyn Nationals released him following involvement in world series ticket scalping in Cleveland last fall. His divorced mother resides in Akron. The boy hopes to become a pitcher like his father and believes his dad will pitch for the Cincinnati Reds this year, a claim not verified.
Baltimore’s Andy Chaney will challenge Johnny Kilbane for the featherweight crown in Cleveland this summer. Eddie Meade, Chaney’s manager, said Kilbane’s side signed the articles with Tommy Ginty of Cleveland. The 15 round title bout will go to a decision with date to be announced.
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