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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1955
Page
20
Hilltoppers edge Elyria Dairies 6-5 at Lexington Ave Field in four innings. Knights beat Elyria Motors 5-2 behind Clair Althiede’s three hits and strong pitching. Alan Bacher provided key power at the plate for the Knights.
Elyria Dairies battles Hilltoppers, lifting the Knights to a 6 4 win behind strong pitching from Lawrence who went the distance while fanning five. Renz and Flood paced Elyria Dairies with three and two hits respectively, with non stop action through the later innings.
Columbia Broadcasting System will show five top Big Ten football games on regional basis next fall including Iowa at Ohio State on Nov 12. Buckeye fans will view two telecasts. Ohio State at Stanford on Oct 1 will be nationally televised. Regional basketball telecasts begin December. Five standout games listed: Sept 24 Washington at Minnesota, Oct 8 Wisconsin at Purdue, Oct 22 Michigan at Minnesota, Nov 5 Wisconsin at Northwestern, Nov 12 Iowa at Ohio State.
Indianapolis veteran driver Paul Russo escaped injury when his damaged car crashed into the wall during a 300 mile race practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Officials said a back wheel locked, sending the car into the wall and then into the infield, and it likely cannot be repaired in time for final qualifications. Russo had been clocked at about 132 mph during the session.
The first annual City Women's Association Champion of Champions banquet was held last night at Spring Valley with a full house. Elyria Junior bear champions both boys and girls received cuff link sets and bracelets as awards. Carbin, Wachsberger, and Frankel presented trophies. Carbin stood for the league sponsor Elks Club.
Sportsweekly notes list Indians at Detroit with WEOL and WERE at 3. Boxing features Gil Turner versus Ramon Fuentes on WYAM and WNBK at 10. Belmont Park feature slated for 4 15 AM. Ascot final program highlights Bowl-O-Drome juniors league plans with Elks Club joining Sagles sponsors.
Eagles move into sole first place in Little League West with an 84 win over West Point Cities Service at Lappin field. Gary Squire had three hits in four at bats, powering three first inning runs and more. West Point hitters Larry Gould Chuck Lewicki and Bill Jackson each had two hits. West Point pitcher Dick Duroke allowed 13 hits and nine strikeouts in five innings. Bob Bastic finished the game. VFW 1079 beat Elyria Lions 3-1 behind Alan Zaleski who allowed five hits while fanning nine. Norm Tilberg pitched well for Elyria.
Barbara Romack, 22, from Sacramento, faced Jessie Valentine in the British Women’s Open at Portrush. Despite a tendon injury and a 46-hole final, Romack did not use the ailment as an alibi as Valentine, a former champion, allowed her to win only four holes.
Paul Minnich of Elyria topped the field in the Cleveland District Golf Association Inter-Club Qualifier at Oakwood. Elyria CC finished two behind Manakiki and Beechmont with 936 total after 36 holes, and will start match play at Westwood next Thursday at 1:30 p.m.
Toggery Boystown defeated Ely Furniture 7-4 while Fraternal Order of Police and Lorain County Excavators battled to an eight inning 6 6 tie at Elyria Catholic High. Varga homered for the Police and Kaminski doubled for the Excavators as Hays fanned 13 over 6 2 3 innings.
The state track meet moves up a quarter week to avoid conflict with the Big Ten meet. Favorites in Class A include Mansfield and East Tech with Barberton’s Glenn Davis a former standout. Class B features Xenia Woodrow Wilson and Nevada. Preliminaries begin today with finals Saturday, including broad jump and the one mile relay.
The American Legion No. 1 Bowling League held its annual banquet at the Legion Home with a chicken dinner for 12 teams. Keno Kubuski MC'd the after dinner presentations and awarded the championship trophy to captain Dick Lehman and sponsor Royce Goldcamp of Welsh Goldcamp Funeral Home. Ralph Terrell earned high game 256, Earl Snodgrass season high 645, Mike Tradosevich low game 68, and Joe Meeker presided over the financial report before officers were elected Gene Miller president Jack Refenning vice president Bob DeLloyd secretary treasurer.
Los Angeles report teran relinquished boxing after a third round KO in Hollywood. The flyweight title hopeful, once a narcotics user, quit publicly amid suspicions he stayed down on a counter punch. He canceled his comeback and said the count is over.
Benedictine faces Lincoln in an All Cleveland regional final that will choose one of four to advance to the state baseball finals in Columbus next week. Benedictine, undefeated, beat Akron East 30 Thursday for its 12th straight win as Ted Budzik allowed six hits while Lincoln beat Ashtabula 40.
National and American League boxes show the latest scores with player abbreviations and brief notes on decisions. Johnson is tagged with the loss as pitchers and line scores appear truncated amid wire-fed game summaries.
The piece argues that real courage is universal, citing Don Cockell's beating by Rocky Marciano as an example while noting many feats of endurance in war, sport, and daily life. It contends money did not drive true bravery and recalls other boxing names and teams in a broad moral reflection.
Max Jalowiec shot 34 for nine holes to lead the Cherry Ridge City Golf League at Cherry Ridge. John Neving posted 37 and Norm Herschelman 39. Elyria Dairienr beat Timms Divot Diggers TM 24, Elyria Foundry defeated Meister Co 3, Western & Southern Insurance topped Elyria Merchants 7 to 3, and West Side Lumber beat Fey Insurance 5 to 4. Prize winners for low and high on par three holes were Roy Krugman and Dick Youngblood. Blue Division standings show West Side Lumber 24, Elyria Foundry 21, Schneider's Heating 15, Elyria Dables 15, Timmins Divot Diggers 14, Elyria Merchants 14, Fey Insurance 12, Cherry Ridge 11. White Division standings list United Polish Club 20, Midway Drive-In 16, Club Triastam 15, Timms Turtriders 13, Western & Southern Insurance 13, Meister Co. 11, Elyria Hardware 10, General Motors 8.
The United States and Britain contest the Walker Cup at St Andrews with the U S team facing the prospect of losing the trophy for a second time since its inception. U S players Lee, Billy Campbell of Huntington, W Va and eight teammates prepare as Harvie Ward and Don Cherry tee off for the opening rounds amid a tight schedule of foursomes and singles.
Buzz Fazio of Detroit won the fifth annual Masters bowling crown at the American Bowling Congress Tournament with a 770 to 768 victory over Chicago's Joe Kristof. Fazio, undefeated in double elimination, needed two strikes and six pins in the final frame and secured two strikes for the win. Kristof reached the finals by defeating Dick Hoover of Akron.
Henry Ransom of St Andrews leads the field in the $20,000 Kansas City Open with a seven under par 65. He sits two strokes ahead of six rivals tied at 67 after Thursday's opening round.
Cleveland up front reports the Thistle Down track will employ a film patrol for its 44 day opening, recording each race step for stewards to review fouls and inspections. The system aims to improve race integrity and accountability.
New York UP reports Chicago White Sox slugger Minnie Minoso was hit on the head by a Bob Grim pitch and briefly hospitalized. GM Frank Lane lauded Minoso for playing through danger, noting few players would have persisted after near-injury. Minoso expected to rejoin the Sox in Chicago Friday night. x rays showed a fracture but no serious harm.
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