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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1955
Page
12
Elyria High coaches met new football boss Bob Barton at the States Coaches Association meeting in Columbus. Bob Hersman, on football and basketball staffs, renewed ties with Barton, old Kent State pals. Perkins Out Of Game Beal.
Nashua, Belair Stud’s star, seeks a third Derby win as he battles ten horses including Summer Tan Swaps and Racing Fool at Churchill Downs. Nashua’s odds hover near 4 to 5 with Summer Tan 2 to 1 second choice, while track conditions forecast warm humid weather and possible scattered thunderstorms.
Derby facts and figures from Louisville Kentucky list horses and odds for the Kentucky Derby race. Home jockeys and odds are noted for Flying Fury McCevary Nalin Avani Honeys Aubl, Nashua Arvuri Destity Cook, Racing Fool Moreno Swaps Shoemaker, Jean's Joe Brooks, Summer Tan Guerina.
Summary of a scattered baseball box score style recap with mentions of Mantle and Berra, pitchers Rogovas and Newcombe, teams including Kansas City and Cleveland, and notes on Derby contenders Guerin and Swaps with racing context and losing pitchers noted. The fragment blends baseball results and horse racing commentary with incomplete line items.
Northern Stock Car Racing Association opens the season at Lorain County Speedway with over 100 drivers registered and 91 car numbers assigned. Time trials start at 1 PM EDT and the opening races begin at 2 30 PM with gates at 12 30 PM. The card features four lap helmet dash four ten lap consolations and a 20 lap feature plus a fastest lap award.
Baseball standings show Cincinnati and Chicago split up top with night games including Pittsburgh at New York and Milwaukee at St Louis. Other results list Brooklyn 4 Philadelphia at Pittsburgh and Chicago at Cincinnati as week summaries. American and National League standings note New York, Washington, Detroit, Cleveland, and Boston in upcoming matchups with key pitchers and records.
Fathers players and personnel from West and South Little Leagues are asked to be on hand tomorrow after 10 a.m. to work on Lappin Field. A Sunday working party met but much work remains. Elyria senior CYO nets practice at 6 p.m. tomorrow and Tuesday at Bendix Westinghouse field. Savings Deposit Bank team of Elyria Class D Hot Stove League practices tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Ely School. All boys should report.
Brown Jug clinched the season championship in the Bowl-O-Dromeay League by winning the second and third games after dropping the first to Men's Shop at the Bowl-O-Drome. Bill Bruce led with a 43 high series and a 194 in the second game, as Brown Jug rolled a high team game of 871 in its second game. The team totaled 2510 pins, led by Jug F-896 871 852.
Turley pitched a two hitter shutting out Boston and lifting the Yankees to a fifth straight win while Score, Turley’s fellow ace, posted a dominant start. Cleveland beat Kansas City 4 1 to pull within a game of Detroit for first in the American League. Mantle homered for the Yankees. Elly Herzog homered for the Indians. Turley struck out 13 and Score recorded six walks, delivering a strong performance for both teams in a high‑stakes matchup.
State Auditor James A Rhodes announced the end of the annual Caddie Association golf tournament saying it achieved its 10 year goals. The event funded college scholarships for caddies and drew fans to celebrity golf days. The program will pass to the National Junior Chamber golf tournament as similar work continues.
Harold Johnson complained of an awful headache after an orange before his Friday bout with Julio Mederos at Philadelphia Arena. He suffered a second‑round knockout from Mederos as authorities investigate possible doping from the fruit.
Ridgeville Rangerettes won the High School Girls Division with 397.10 points at the Lorain County Track and Field Meet. Firelands High, led by Lenore and Elenore Keising, battled to 337.10 points as Ridgeville’s Judy Klammer led in events from broad jump to relay, plus the gold shoe with 1312 points. Other winners included Lenore and Elenore Keising for Firelands and Corinne Palmer of Columbia in the high jump, with multiple near-records and strong showings across archery and sprint events. Avon Lake and Columbia followed in the team standings with fractions separating scores.
The Pennsylvania Athletic Commission and Philadelphia police investigated a case surrounding a so called lucky orange given to Harold Johnson before his bout with Julio Mederos. Johnson collapsed in his corner and was ruled a second round technical knockout. Doctors says he was possibly drugged. The incident led to blood tests and a stomach analysis as investigators questioned a downtown stranger who handed the orange after Johnson weighed in. Alfred Klein witnessed the event.
Oberlin College tennis team lost 7-2 to Ohio Wesleyan here after two Oberlin wins by Norm Thorns at No 4, 6-2 6-4 and Dave Fox at No 3, 7-5 6-1. Thorns Fox doubles had a close 9-7, 3-6, 6-4 setback. Next opponent Waidenberg at Springfield this afternoon.
Charlie Krapp of Baltimore and Phil Brake of Fort Lauderdale led North Carolina at the AAU sanctioned trials in Chapel Hill. Krapp lowered the 500 yard backstroke record to 54.91 seconds and won the 500 meter backstroke in 6.219. Brake posted marks of 6.27.1 and 7.113 in the 300 yard and 300 meter butterfly events.
Ohio high school basketball tournaments drew 900,033 fans generating 651,281.05 in receipts as sport events spanned county sectional regional and state eliminations from mid February to late March. The six session Cincinnati finals averaged over 37,800 paid fans while Bowling Green led county events with 15,242 attendees and Richmond Indiana hosted the Preble County meet with 13,326.
Kentucky Derby coverage at 5 15 on WXEL and WG4AR leads a packed card that includes boxing with Bobby Gordon and Jimmy Elby and others. The report also notes a boxing related orange peel incident, Johnson's bout details, and a purse ruling for Cuban fighter Mederos.
Philadelphia star Percy Bassett announced his retirement due to an eye injury. Doctors at Wills Memorial Eye Hospital diagnosed a detached retina in the left eye ending his sling career. Bassett had recently returned from Paris and is stepping away from play.
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