Seniors dominate inter class meet at Elyria Fair Grounds
Elyria seniors win the inter class track meet with 198 points, far ahead of sophomores 31, freshmen 19, and juniors 18. Davis earns 15 points for the seniors, with Poonissa 13 for the sophomores and multiple seniors leading in events from sprints to field events.
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Elyria
Elyria High
Fair Grounds
Dash—Davis
Dangerfield
Hauserman
Stoney
W. Smith
Davis
T. Boylan
Yara
Poonissa
Able
SW. Smith
Poenissa
K. Brown
Poonieee
Life
D. Henson
Federal A C forms in Elyria for Sunday holiday games
The Federal A C baseball club in Elyria has organized a squad to face any Class A team within 50 miles. Signed players include Morsieny Stettsinger Gordon T Sweda and Rose infield. Malik Smoky Gordon pitch ers with Titter and Bowers E catchers. Outfielders expected to join soon.
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Jelyria
A. C
Elyria
Morsieny
Stettsinger
Gordon
T. Sweda
Rose
Ield
Malik
Smoky Gordon
Titter
Bowers
Kelley’s seventh inning homer boosts Giants past Braves
Kelley hit a seventh inning home run to lift the New York Giants to a 9 4 win over the Boston Braves. It was his sixth homer of the season, part of a big day that included four base hits for the star. Boston scored in the first and later, New York added five runs across the seventh, eighth, and ninth to seal the victory.
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Elley
NEW York Giants
NEW York
Kelley
Giants
Boston ‘Braves
Bogton
Cutting Expected to Defeat Briton in British Championship
London April 29 Tennis experts favored American C. B. Cutting to beat Clarence Bruce in the British amateur court tennis final Monday for a shot at Baerline in the British amateur championship Wednesday. Cutting showed dominant form by defeating G. R. Westmacott in straight sets 6-1 6-1 6-2.
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London
C. 8
Cutting
Clarence Bruce
Baerline
G. R. Westmacott
Dodgers Rally With Ninth Straight Victory
Home runs by Griffith and Wheat in the seventh inning powered Brooklyn to a 3 to 2 win over Philadelphia at Ebbets Field. The Dodgers extended their winning streak to nine games as Brooklyn scored in the seventh and final innings to secure the victory.
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Brooklyn Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
N. Y
Griffith
Wheat
Dodgers
Philadelphia
Akron students ballot for prettiest girl as May Queen
Akron University students hold a ballot to choose the May Queen, selecting the prettiest girl to act as festival queen in a campus pageant and ceremony.
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Akron University
Ducks Draw Attention From Lake Erie Bowlers
Elyria reports the duck pins trend attracting bowlers. Jude Jones of the Galla alleys drew about twenty chalk ducks on a front window blackboard, each labeled with a duck inn player name. The humorous sketches show ducks in various poses, bringing smiles to onlookers.
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Elyria
Jude Jones
Galla
Art Ely
Duck Inn
Kelly Tops Home Run Kings in Giants Display
New York April 20 George Kelley Giants first baseman hit his sixth home run of the season to move one ahead of Babe Ruth. The bases were loaded as Kelley homered and fans expect a close race for the season with Ruth sidelined today. Kelley had briefly filled Hal Chase at first, but John McGraw kept faith in him.
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New York
George Kelley
New York Giants
Babe Ruth
Kelley
Ruth
Hal Chase
John McGraw
Tigers tame Browns as Sutherland shines on debut
The Tigers added a recruit Sutherland to quiet the Browns while fanning Sisler twice in a 1 0 win. Faber outdueled Bugby of the Indians as the White Sox won 1 0. Pirates beat the Cubs to extend their streak and Barber wowed with a one handed catch. Senators and Athletics battled to a 3 3 ten inning draw as darkness fell. Rain halted Giants vs Boston and Phillies vs Brooklyn games. Hornsby received an auto as the Cardinals fell to the Reds after Sherdell faltered in the ninth.
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Internationa
Tigers
Sutherland
Browns
Sisler
Faber
Bugby
Indians
White Sox
Pirates
Cubs
Barber
Senators
Athletics
Giants
Boston
Phillies
Brooklyn
Jagier Hornsby
Cardinals
Reds
Sherdell
Lorain High Defeats Sandusky In Track Meet
Lorain High School defeated Sandusky High School 78 to 21 at Lorain High grounds. Larry Grant broke Manfred Snow’s 1912 800 yard record with 1 minute 65 and a half seconds. Sandusky’s Kelly won the 830 yard event in 2 minutes 7.18 seconds, Lorain capturing multiple firsts and many seconds. Lorain to meet Sandusky and Fremont next Saturday at Sandusky.
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Lorain HI
Sandusky
Lorain
Lorain High
Sandusky High School
Larry Grant
Washington Avenue
Manfred Snow
Snow
Kelly
Gwarda
Fremont
Western Athletes Clean Up Penn Relays
Western athletes dominated the Penn relays at Franklin Field as twenty thousand fans braved wind and heat. Illinois won the four mile college relay, Cedar Rapids high school quartet led in interscholastic events, and Dartmouth's Earl Thompson claimed the 120 yard high hurdles in a strong showing by western programs.
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Jack Velock
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
Penn
Earl Thompson
Dartmouth
Illinois
Cedar Rapids
Dick Landon
Yale
Osborne
Iinois
Penn State
Princeton
Boston College
Redlands
Wright
Nebraska
Barron
Medford
Mass
Hutchinson
Central
Buffalo
Eddie Farrell
Brooklyn College
Paula
Grinnell
Leconey
Lafayette
Gourdin
Harvard
Courtois
New York University
Way
D. Merrik
Wisconsin
Gardiner
L. Wilder
Tilinola
Chamberlain
West Va
Alberts
Murphy
Notre Dame
Haight
Sandifer
Kansas
Shelbourne
Halsey
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Weiss
University of Iowa
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Ashton
Westminster
Syracuse University
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Farrell
le Coney
Hillis
Coxe
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Campbell
Iowa State
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Monie
Woodring
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McGinniss
Yates
Wharton
Baseball opener Between Court House Rats and LaGrange Postponed
The season opening baseball game between the Court House Rats and LaGrange at LaGrange Saturday was postponed due to muddy field conditions from earlier rain.
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Elyria
Court House Rats
LaGrange
Baseball Scores From The National And American Leagues
National League games in New York and Brooklyn produced wins for New York over Boston by nine to four and Brooklyn over Philadelphia three to two. Pittsburgh at Chicago was rained out. St Louis defeated Cincinnati three to one. In the American League Washington and Philadelphia tied six all, while Detroit beat St Louis seven six in extra innings. New York at Boston played with wet grounds.
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New York
Boston
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Fittsburgh
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Americans Sail for British Amateur Championship Under Captain Fownes
New York April 30 The Americans preparing for the British amateur championship boarded the Caronia today for Liverpool. W C Fownes Jr of Pittsburgh will lead the team to compete against English and Scottish entrants at Hoy Lake before the May 21 event. The party includes Francis Quimpet and wife Jesse Guilford Fred Wright Bobby Jones Dr Paul Hunter Ming Youlse Hiking J Wood Platt and Georges Batch with Chich Evans to join later.
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America
Liverpool
Caronia
W. C. Fownes, Jr
Pittsburgh
Hoy Lake
Francis Quimpet
Jesse Guilford
Fred Wright
Boston
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
Paul Hunter
San Francisco
Ming Youlse Hiking
J. Wood Platt
Philadelphia
Georges Batch
Cincinnati
Chich Evans
International News Service
San Caronia
Holyoke
Eng
Charles Evans Jr
Edgewater Club
Chicago
Francis Oulmet
Woodland Club
Druid Hills Club
Fred J. Wright
Albermarle Club
Los Angeles
Parker W. Whittemore
Brookline Club
Brookline
Mass
North Hills Club
F. C. Newton
W. C. Fownes Jr
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Max BR. Marston
Merion Cricket Club
Oswald Kirkby
Ainglewood Club
S. Davidson Herron
Cerman Refohatag Advances Amendment on War Trial Start
Cerman Refohatag passes the second reading of a statute amendment aiming to begin trials for 600 persons demanded by the Allies for war offenses. The measure moves closer to formal enactment as allied pressure for swift accountability continues.
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Cerman Refohatag
U S Golfers and Tennis Players Enter English Tournaments
American golfers and players listed to compete in British events across May and June. Notable names include Charles Evans Jr. and Bobby Jones with entries spanning Holyoke Boston Brookline Oakmont and Brookline clubs among others. women’s entries feature Alexa Stirling and Miss Mallory.
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U.S
England
Turnberry
Scotland
Alexa Stirling
Atlanta
Marion Hollins
Westbrook
L. J
Indians edge White Sox in 32 inning thriller
Tris Speaker's world champion Indians defeated the White Sox 4 to 3 in a 32 inning marathon at Chicago. Duster Mails pitched 11 strong innings before Kerr faltered in the 12th allowing three hits and three runs.
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Chicago
Tris Speaker
Indians
White Sox
Clevelanders
Tink Kerr
Duster Mails
Mails
Sox
Record of late innings substitutions and fielding details
Ran for Neill in twelfth. Batted for Strunk in twelfth. Ran for Mostll in twelfth. Batted for Kerr in twelfth. Ran for Yargan in twelfth. Two-base hit O Nell. Sacrifice hits Johnston 2 Gardner Mails Wood. Bases on balls off Kerr 3 off Mails 2. Struck out Kerr 7 Mails 4. Double plays Kerr to Mulligan to Sheely. Umpires Hildebrand and Evans.
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Neill
Strunk
Mostll
Kerr
Yargan
O'Nell
Johnston
Gardner
Mails
Wood
Mulligan
Sheely
Hildebrand
Evans
Ministers oppose Dempsey Carpentier bout in Jersey City
The pastors of fifty Protestant churches urged citizens to oppose the boxing match. After a meeting a resolution called for revoking the permit and protecting the city from what they described as a shameful humiliation.
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Jersey City
N. J
Motor boat beats fastest train time in New York
Gar II Jr a motor speed boat owned by Gar Wood finished a Miami to New York run. The boat’s actual running time was 43 hours 6 minutes, beating the fastest train by 24 minutes despite a shaft break near the end and dense fog.
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New York
Gar II, Jr
Miami
Fla
Gar Wood
Detroit
Columbia Yacht Club
Savannah
Morehad City
Morehead City
Hampton
Sandy Hook
Striking youths attacked after banner vandalism at plant
Three Cleveland youths aged 15 to 17 were driven from Elyria by police after being captured by pickets at the General Phonograph Co plant. They had torn down and battered a banner announcing a polishers strike in progress at the plant.
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Elyria
Harry Grafton
John Diegan
Leo Beck
Cleveland
General Phonograph Co
Tigers Tie St Louis as Veach and Blue Spark Rally
Detroit defeated St Louis 7 to 5 to complete a two game series sweep. Middleton held the Browns mostly quiet until a sixth inning rally by Young and others produced six runs for St Louis. Veach Hellman Flagnead and Blue contributed timely hits in Detroit's eighth inning rally to seal the win.
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Detroit
VYROM
ST. Louis
Tigers
Middleton
Browns
Young
St Louis
Veach
Hellman
Flagnead
Jones
Blue
Washington Noses Out Athletica For Six to Five Win
The Washington Senators defeated the Philadelphia Athletica six to five to stay ahead in the American League. Final score shows Washington scoring six runs with a late surge and Philadelphia managing five runs.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Washington Senators
Athletica
Defiance Landlord Bans Childless Occupants
W L Hutchinson of Defiance praises his East Defiance house offer to families with children, criticizing landlords who prefer childless tenants. He says his policy aims to prevent race death by neglect and promote family living.
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Defiance
W. L. Hutchinson
East Defiance
Bank clearings for week ending today total $6.26 billion
New York reports national bank clearings reaching $6,255,088,616 for the week ending today, down from $6,304,174,906 last week and $8,797,007,461 in the same week a year ago.
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New York
Eighth Inning Rally Fails for Cincinnati in Bt Louis Loss
In Bt Louis on April 80 a tense eighth inning rallied Cincinnati but produced only one run. Partie pitched effectively for the home team, limiting the Red Sega to five hits as St Louis built early leads. final score shows Cincinnati trailing and unable to overturn the deficit.
Snow Drops Hit Columbus On Wet Saturday
In Columbus on April 20 a reinforced rain hare turned to snow for several minutes around 6 o clock this morning marking the sixteenth wet Saturday of the year. Snowflakes drifted as the city awoke to a wintry episode amid ongoing unsettled spring weather.
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Columbus
Maplh Garagh Case notation 1681 of 2008
H P Maple files a case labeled 1681 of 2008 in the court system. The document lists Maple as petitioner and notes an action related to ownership or status. Proceedings are underway with no final disposition recorded in the fragment.
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H. P. Maple
Amie
Police Annual Rummage Sale Nets $62.25 for Pension Fund
Elyria police held their annual rummage sale in the public park with Colonel Dan Eason auctioneering. A varied lot of unclaimed property including bicycles and a motor cycle sold, and grab bags often contained small sums of money. The total proceeds were $62.25, below last year’s over $100.
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Elyria
Police Department
Dan Eason
Police Pension Fund
Senate debates Knox resolution on Versailles pact
Democratic and Republican senators spar over the Versailles treaty with Sen Hughes and others cited. Senator Harrison reads a manifesto signed by 31 Republicans including Hughes Hoover Root Taft Straus and Wickersham to show anti league stance. Senator Robinson notes Harding's past votes for the treaty with reservations.
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Borah
Europe
Briand
Harrison
Mississippi
Hitchcock
Nebraska
League of Nations
Harding
Hughes
Hoover
Root
Taft
Straus and Wickersham
Robinson
Akron
700 Bills Offered in State Legislature
A long list of proposed measures includes care for crippled children funding by the state and higher weekly awards for injured workers. Other actions aim to make bribery of professional baseball players a felony, fund state universities, and curb rent profiteers. Several popular bills failed to pass including licensing fishermen and legalizing Christian Science practice.
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Burke
Lorain
Donahey
Mahoning
Green
Representative Fouts
Morgan
McCoy
Emery
Defiance
Morris
Hamilton
Christian Science Dealers
Spider
Montgomery
Taylor
Huron
Adams
Culbert
Erie
Burns
Washington
Kuhns
Schrimper
Graham
Harding
Warre
Global railways face grave crisis after war
Washington reports from the Association of Railway Executives show US and European lines in deep trouble. Deficits rise in England France and Canada with January and February losses for US railroads reaching nearly 8 million dollars.
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The
Association of Railway Executives
United States
Europe
England
Association of
Railway Executives
France
Russia
Germany
Julius H. Parmalee
Automobile damaged when hit by green car at busy crossing
Dr. Max McClure of Washington avenue saw his Dart coupe badly damaged when struck by a Green Line car Saturday night at Broadway and Fourth street. He escaped injury. the car was towed to a garage. The crossing is a noted city hazard with several accidents in recent years. 15 percent of market value noted.
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Lorain
Max McClure
Washington Avenue
M. A. Braddon
Green Line
Broadway
Fourth Street
McClure
Job Printers May Strike In Several Shops On Monday
Local job printers may strike Monday as wage scales expired and two large firms refuse to sign the new agreement. Union officials say moves toward open shops are under way, while DeVeny & McCahon at 621 Broadway have signed the scale. Lorain Printing Company has not signed.
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DeVeny & McCahon
Broadway
Lorain Printing Company
Hee Net
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