Ohio moves to three-class system. old marks reassigned
After a full review the Ohio High School Athletic Association reshaped the state scholastic record book to fit the three class structure. Former Class AA records become Class AAA, old Class A marks are reassigned by school size, and fifteen records are secured for the May 28-29 Columbus meet. The board also rejected Lincoln High’s bid to shorten football contact drills to two days of practice.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Chronicle-Telegram
Association
Harold Meyer
Uve
Canton Lincoln High
Lou Venditti
Venditti
Football Coaches Association
Shortest homer sparks three Indians clash in RFK mud
In a chaotic fourth inning at RFK Stadium a fly ball by Tom McCraw triggered a three player collision as Cleveland’s Lowenstein Pinson and Heidemann chased the ball. Pinson suffered an eight stitch jaw cut, while Lowenstein and Heidemann were later treated for leg injuries. The Indians won 6-3 over Washington as Dunning earned the win and Harrelson hit a third inning homer.
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Washington
Cleveland
Senators
Tom McCraw
Lovnsta Harrah Cami
Unser
Pinson McCraw
Hinton
Howard
Nettles Mincher
Fosse Fay
Pinson
Foster Hinton
Lowenstein
Harrelson
McCraw
Casanova
Foster
Dunning
Hennigan
Bosman
Gogolewsk
Shellenback
Daneksi Pina
Janeski
R Foster
Dunning Howard
Gogolewski
Indians Lose Loader After Left Field Collision At RFK
A chaotic play in Washington’s Robert F. Kennedy Stadium left Indians players Jack Heidemann Vada Pinson and John Lowenstein injured after a fly ball collision in left-center. Tug McCraw rounded for a home run as Lowenstein was carried off with support.
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Lowenstein
Heidemann
Doctors Hospital
Pinson
Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Washington
Jack Heidemann
Vada Pinson
Middie
John Lowenstein
Tug McCraw
Indians
Jim Warfield
Sam McDowell
Lorain Westlake and Padua Amherst Reach District Semis
In the Lorain Class AAA District Baseball Tournament semifinals Lorain hosts Westlake at Admiral King and Parma Padua meets Amherst at George Daniel Field. Winners advance to Friday’s final for a spot in the Cleveland Regional with home field decided by the semifinal results.
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Lorain
Westlake
Parma
Padua
Amherst
George Daniel Field
Cleveland
Admiral King
George Daniel
Haynes hurls two hitter as Middies blank Elyria
Midview pitcher Bill Haynes allowed only two hits as Elyria was shut out 3-0. Elyria had previously defeated Midview 4-2, dropping to nine losses in 19 games. Dennis Donich collected two singles. The Pioneers face North Olmsted next before a Buckeye Conference clash with Lorain.
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Haynes
Elyria
Grafton
Midview
Bill Haynes
Middies
Pioneers
North Olmsted
Lorain
Buckeye
Dennis Donich
Mammuinga
Tom Daly
Midview Elyria Ab Rhaberh
Bohannon
Kelsey
Simon
Martin
Barbee
Hornbeck
Garwich
Kubuski
Denich
Clapham
Craig
Lilley
Smith
Balagh
Meme
Alltop
Haney
Mammungal
Ted Munchak Buys Greensboro Hockey Club
Ted Munchak a Rome Georgia carpet tycoon bought the Greensboro Hockey Club in the Eastern Hockey League for an estimated seventy to eighty thousand dollars. Haynes pitched well for Midview and earned the win with strong control though the game featured aggressive base running and two runs scored by Harley Alltop and Skip Hornbeck.
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Greensboro
UPT
Ted Munchak
Rome. Ga
Friday
Greensboro Hockey Club
Haynes
Midview
Ed Kubusks
Curt Balogh
Harley Alltop
Rod Mammunga
Alltop
Muiddies
Skip Hornbeck
Kubuski
Decathlon coaches to meet at Chronicle Telegram sports department
An all area track coaches meeting is set for tomorrow at 8 pm in the Chronicle Telegram sports department. The session aims to organize this year’s Decathlon and schedule events for the June 3 and 4 classic, with emphasis on timing judging and scoring roles by all available coaches.
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Chronicle - Telegram
Boxing benefit show cancelled in Elyria area
Boxing benefit event at Little League West for Elyria Little League baseball was cancelled this morning. Promoter Joe Gentile cited reasons beyond control and urged ticket buyers to seek refunds through Gentile at 122-0079 or the original point of purchase.
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Little League West
Elyria
Joe Gentile
Gentile
Local netters eye two wins to reach state tennis meet
Oberlin sectional winners head to Palma for district tennis action. Friday singles at Parma Heights feature Jeff Pleska versus Claude Johnson with the survivor meeting Tom Meigs or Chuck Wilmore. Upper and lower bracket doubles include Randy Gainer Bob Messaros and teams from Boardman and Elyria.
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Oberlin
Palma
Parma Heights
Parma Normandy
Jeff Pleska
Chuck Wilmore
Meigs
Warren Western Reserve
Wilmore
Brush
Mike Kennedy
Rocky River
Larry Welch
Cleveland
East Tech
Admiral King
Frank Babel
Stew Conway
St Ignatius
Jim Levy
Jim DeLanis
Trateh
Vic Diamond
Chris Moore
John Marshall
Niles
Budd
Lorain
Chris Meluch
Glenn Temasic
Lawrence Pitts
Will Adams
John Dister
Larry Good
Westlake
Lakewoods
Chris Chabek
Craig Aiken
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Ken Harrelson
Steve Dunning
Phil Hennigan
Alvin Dark
Ted Williams
Rfk Stadium
Jim Beery
C-T
Elvira
Martin Mammninga Daly
Crag
RBI
Daly
Brad Smith
Rob Thomas
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