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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1946
Page
5
The Kal Derby and Preakness winner Assault, owned by King Ranch and ridden by jockeys yet unnamed, dominates early Triple Crown chatter. Lord Boswell narrows the race in the Preakness but may not meet Assault again in Belmont Stakes. Assault’s two major wins yield about $195,520 in earnings.
Idaho jockey Doug Dodson, a hungry kid with brown hair, chased the pace aboard Lord Boswell in a Maryland stakes bid. Assault outsprinted the field as Dodson lamented a late bottleneck and a near miss that left him and his horse short of victory and crowd recognition.
The Rorick Insurance girls defeated Hubbard V F W of Mahoning County 7 to 2 under Medina lights. Marge Wood pitched a two hitter with 10 strikeouts and a homer, Joyce Gildenmeister caught, as Elyria Insurance built a six run second inning to secure the victory.
Cleveland Indians manager recounts Bobby Feller's pivotal role as he notches a win in the doubleheader against the St. Louis Browns. The Browns rally in the second game, scoring four runs off four Cleveland pitchers to secure a 6 2 victory while Feller's earlier win kept Cleveland competitive in the series.
Rudy Mate shot 79 to top Cherry Ridge week end scores with Bob Birch and Dave Hendry tying for second at 62. Other totals include Jaliy Moore 94 and Duke Johnson 94, Ernie Vargo 98. In City Golf League at Cherry Ridge four matches set for Tuesday 5 pm. Elks Club vs Elyria Hardware, Couch-Uthe vs American Radiator, Timms Spring Company vs West Side Lumber, Cherry Ridge vs General Industries. Tony Palermo and Arnold Michiels led Spring Valley with 73 over par. Frank Rybareyk 76 followed. Other scores show Wilbur Saylor 78, Matt Zaleski 78, Paul Kirkpatrick 70, Nick Kors 80, Joe Cirigtiani 96.
Byron Nelson led the Houston Tournament of Champions finish with a 274 two under par 68s in the final round. Hogan and others followed as Nelson won two strokes ahead of Hogan and Snead placed third with 279. Ghezai was fourth at 281 after a 70 final card.
New York Yankees expect a season gate over two million as 580,064 already paid at the turnstiles and three quarters of the home schedule remaining. A Friday crowd of 86,180 at the final Red Sox game set a regular season record since 1932. Dodgers played three games at Ebbetts Field drawing 57,?84? fans. overall 225,950 paying fans attended the day’s games across both leagues.
Elyria High golfers, after a 16 0 loss to Sandusky, are scheduled to host Lorain High in a return match Thursday afternoon at Spring Valley. Both teams opened the season at Cherry Ridge with Elyria winning 16 0. Flynia’s four matches show one victory, two losses, and one tie. Play starts at 4 o clock.
The Finegan Sheriffs posted 2 474 in the Annual Inter-City Bowling Tournament at Marion for 25th place in the Rooster Division. Al McWilliam led with a 190 high game and 537 high series, while Oscar Powell and Ted Suttiff added strong doubles and singles marks though not placing in the tourney.
The UAW-CIQ No 971 softball team will play two games and hold a practice this week. Today they host the Col son Corporation at Roosevelt, then on Tuesday face Glenn's Lunch team of Oberlin at McKinley, both games at 5 39. A Thursday practice at McKinley is set for 4 40 and Ed Flichinger can be reached for game calls. Uniforms will be issued. Also McKinley Hukn Associates and Vic Silver Jewelers meet at McKinley diamond today at 5 44. The Polish Club softball team will play Amherst American Legion at Fans School diamond at 6. Practice at Allen School diamond set for 3 40 Tuesday. all team members should report.
Elyria High Pioneers chase third place in the Metropolitan League Western Division as they travel to Lorain for a 4 o clock contest at City Field. Lorain leads, Lincoln atop, Lakewood second, Elyria third with three wins two losses, Lorain fourth, Rocky River and Parma tied for fifth. This is the second meeting of Elyria and Lorain this season after Elyria won 11-7 at Ely Stadium. the game was postponed from last Friday and is the lone loop contest as division playoffs loom.
Yesterday's results from American and National Leagues show Cleveland defeating St Louis and Boston edging New York while Detroit topped Chicago and Philadelphia beat Washington. The Western and Southern circuits report Brooklyn over Philadelphia and Chicago over Pittsburgh, plus Toledo and Milwaukee in key matchups. Tomorrow's schedule features Cleveland at St Louis, Washington at Detroit, New York at St Louis, and night games in Cincinnati and Philadelphia with multiple league pairings listed.
Joe Chapla a WWII veteran and Purple Heart recipient pitched a near perfect game for the Packers of Tiffin, limiting the Routh Packers to no hits and one walk by Clarence Schneider who tripled and doubled. George Koscho homered and hit two singles as the winners dominated at Ridgeville diamond in a 9-0 Class AA softball feature.
The first annual City County Track and Field Meet for seventh and eighth graders will be held Tuesday afternoon at Ely Stadium. Nineteen schools participate including Elyria seven teams and entries from Amherst Avon Avon Lake East Carlisle Columbia Clearview Belden Gratton Ridgeville Elyria Township Brookside Camden. Elyria teams include Hamilton Jefferson Franklin Roosevelt Ely McKinley and Garfield. Eight events on program eight events with five track and three field events. Track events: 75 yard, 100 yard dashes, 200 yard relay for seventh grade, 440 yard relay and medley relay. Field events: high jump, broad jump, shot put. Start time moved from 2:30 to 2:00 due to many entries. Official starter: Don Meloy, assistant Elyria High track coach.
The Polish Club edged Medina’s Chatterbox Inn team 109 in the 1946 season opener at Medina. Johnny Wircenske pitched for the Polish Club with Zig Sadowski catching. Alex Petrus and Stremka scored for their teams with Petrus driving in two and Stremka adding another, as the game featured strong hitting and on field action.
Yesterday's star lefty Mickey Harris pitched a three hit 3 to 1 victory that clinched Boston's win over the Yankees in a key American League series. Boston widened its lead to five and a half games as the National League saw the Cardinals stumble in Cincinnati.
LaGrange defeated Columbia 10 to 0 in a practice tune-up as Erhart’s LaGrange squad opened the season with Anders pitching in top form. Friedl Anders whiffed 15, holding Columbia to a single hit by Martin and guiding seven LaGrange hits aided by three Columbia errors. Ten runs came off Hank Thierry and Bill Harder.
Tony Palermo of Lorain aced Valley Links No. 11 a 105 yard Par 3 at Spring Valley Country Club. He shot 38 33 78 two over par to share top honors with Arnold Michaela as the weekend event concluded. Pal ermo played in a four some with Jim Francis Burpee Geisbe and Mike Franka.
PL Philadelphia U.S. Athletics and Washington Senators double header saw AL umpire Art Passarella sustain a dislocated jaw after a foul tip struck his mask in the first inning. Physicians projected at least a month on the sidelines for the plate umpire.
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