Blayney Sets Miami Track Record in Half Mile
Ex Elyria High athlete Bob Blayney, a Miami University freshman, shattered a school record in the half mile with a 1 58.9 time. The Miami freshman squad is hailed as the university’s strongest yearling group to date, per local sports column.
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Miami
Elyria High
Bob Blayney
Crimson
Miami University
Oxford
McCarthy
Yankees
William Meyer
New Orleans
Carl W. Wagner
Elyria Recreation Board
Ferguson State
Columbus
Wagner
Columbus Boys
Bittner Funeral Home
Carl
Bird
Monarchs
Clem Monske
Vic Silver
Overlin's ascent from journeyman to middleweight champion
HIS CORNER reflects on Ken Overlin, a 17 year ring veteran with 173 fights and a reputation for hard drinking. Once written off after a Cleveland TV appearance, he shocked many by defeating Ceferino Garcia to claim the world title.
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Ken Overlin
Ring Wanderer
Overlin
Cleveland News
Ceferino Garcia
Garcia
Three Elyria softball leagues open next week
Carl W. Wagner announces that Elyria Recreation Board will sponsor three softball leagues with 16 teams. Class A five teams, Industrial six teams, Old Timers four teams. Games start next week at Fairgrounds and school diamonds.
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Carl W. Wagner
Elyria Recreation Board
Recreation Board
Bittner Funeral Home
Vic Silver Jewelers
Standard Cleaners
General Industries
Bone Radio Service
Tennis Club Hosts Decoration Day Rapid-Fire Doubles
The Elyria Tennis Club schedules its annual Decoration Day Rapid-Fire Doubles Tournament at the Hamilton Street courts. Play begins at 9:30 am and is open to the public with pairings decided on site.
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Elyria Tennis Club
Hamilton Street
Jimmy Demaret In Exhibition Here Tuesday
Local golf fans will get a preview of the National Open at Canterbury with an exhibition at Elyria Country Club on Tuesday June 4 at 2 pm. Demaret from Houston leads the Harry Vardon Trophy standings and will likely team with Clark Black against Billy Burke and Tony Penna.
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Canterbury Country Club
Jimmy Demaret
Tony Penna
Billy Burke
Clark Black
Elyria Country Club
Jimmy
Houston
Tex
Harry Vardon
Demaret
Black
Elyria
Burke
Penna
Denver
Marfield
Manakik
Cleveland
Worthingston Ball Company
Jack Black
Bill Kerr
Merchants and Lorain Team Set for Doubleheader
The Elsha Merchants and Chick Dairy nine of Lorain clash in a Cascade Park double header tomorrow afternoon. The opener starts at 1 o’clock. The Merchants hold a practice at Cascade today at 5 30, with Manager Tom Fowers asking all players to attend.
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Elsha Merchants
Chick Dairy Nine
Lorain
Cascade Park
Merchants
Cascade
Tom Fowers
Cleaners Open Season In Lakewood Class A
The Standard Cleaners open Lakewood Class A with a 7 PM game against Peninsular Steels at Lakewood Elks Field. Cleaners players should meet at the store at 6 PM for departure.
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Cleaners
Lakewood
Standard Cleaners
Peninsular Steels
P N A Plans Game With Grafton Motors Tomorrow
The Polish National Alliance baseball team will travel to Grafton tomorrow for a 2 30 p m game against Grafton Rothgery Motors. Local players depart at 1 p m. P N A practices at Cascade Park today 5 30 p m and tomorrow 10 a m.
Chip or Ken Up Shots by Jack and Clark Black
Clark Black shares a golf instruction lesson on the chip shot or Ken up shot using a 5 or 7 iron. He notes modern equipment and practice tips from a Purdue clinic, advising a flat stance, crisp contact, and rolling flight to match distance and finishing by holeing out without gimmies.
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Jack
Clark Black
Elyria Country Club
Purdue University
Clark
Jerry Travers
Hardware and Funeral Home Clash See Three Games This Week
Elyria Hardware baseball teams schedule three games this week facing Nichols Funeral Home of LaGrange twice and the local American Legion Juniors at Ely Stadium Sunday. Doubleheader tomorrow includes 10:00 am and 2:00 pm starts with Ehike and Bender sharing mound duties. Bernie Fobes Ozie Forbes from Case and Bob Yanke from John Carroll join the squad. three veterans will arrive in June.
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Elyria Hardware
Nichols Funeral
LaGrange
American Legion
Ely Stadium
Wille
Ehike
Bender
Bill Ehike
Frank Bender
Harry Forbes
Ehlke
Legion
Wellington Merchants
Bruins
Cleveland
Tommorrow
Bernie Fobes
Ozie Forbes
Case School of Applied Science
Bob Yanke
John Carroll University
Doug Birch
Les Drage
Jack Refenning
Miami University
Ralph Bauer
Carlisle Inn Tops Hungarian Reforms 7-1 in Hamilton
The Carlisle Inn defeated the Hungarian Reforms 7 to 1 yesterday in Hamilton. Klimczak and Rowe pitched for the winners. Rowe hit a homer in the third inning.
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Carlisle Inn
Hamilton
Klimczak
Rowe
Elyria Merchants to Hold Practice at Cascade Park
Manager Tom Powers calls all players to attend today and Friday practice at Cascade Park starting 5 30 PM.
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Elyria Merchants
Cascade Park
Tom Powers
Vic Silver's Jewelers Meet Rone Radio in Rooseevlt Diamond Game
Vic Silver's Jewelers and Rone Radio Service clash tonight at six o'clock in Rooseevlt to decide the Rooseevlt diamond title on the schedule.
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Bittner Funeral Home
Vic Silver
Standard Cleaners
Rone Radio
Vic Sitiver's
General Industries
Viciiver’s
Rene Radin
Rene Radio
Vic Silver's
Jewelers
Rone
Rooseevlt
LaGrange White Eagles
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LaGrange
A. Karpinski
Termes
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H. E. FP
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T. Zalenski
Emer Karpinski
Busick
Ad. Karpinski
Yaresh
Esas
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Carmen
H. E
Henkes
EL Jaiewiec
Liz Willis
Usdiay
Henke
Hume Run Terres
Balis
Sodiich
A. Karpirski
Meetings Scheduled For Senior Loop and Youth Baseball
Two baseball meetings are planned for Friday evening at the M C A. The first at 7 30 p m targets all Senior Loop managers with Pete Bennick Elyria baseball commissioner urging full attendance for season schedules. At 8 p m managers and boys aged 11 to 14 years old may join a short session about forming a league.
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Pete Bennick
Elyria
Labor Union and Read Jewelers Clash Over McKinley Diamond Game
The American Federation of Labor Local 19343 will meet Read Jewelers tonight for a scheduled 6 o'clock game at the McKinley diamond.
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American Federation of Labor
Read Jewelers
McKinley
Local golf events tee off with multiple cups and mixed play
Elyria Country Club hosts the Low Gross and Low Net cups with defending leaders Wallace Bower and C. H. Price aiming to extend or secure cups. Paul Gentzel the prior winner, with entries possible tomorrow. Spring Valley hosts FLAG and Bandy mixed foursomes, while Elyria ladies race to qualify for June Flight on Thursday.
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Wallace Bower
C. H. Price
Paul Gentzel
Spring Valley
Syria Country Club
Howard Barbour
L. B. Fauver
Correl Smith
Walter Ayres
J. F. Rollings
Clinton Krantz
City Sickers Edge Elyria High Softball Clash Loss
The Country Boys defeated the City Sickers 8 to 5 at Jefferson. Marty Turon and Bill Pappay formed the battery for the Country Boys, with Red Bauer pitching and Les Page catching for the Slickers.
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City Sickers
Elyria High
Jefferson
Marty Turon
Bill Pappay
Red Bauer
Les Page
Lanier Blanks Cubs in Cardinal 5-0 Shutout
Ray Blades sees pitching plan work as Max Lanier becomes the first Cardinal pitcher to go the distance this season with a 5-0 win over the Cubs. Lanier allowed four hits and earned the rout, part of a day when the Cardinals rely on starters to complete games amid staff uncertainties.
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York
Ray Blades
St. Louis Cardinal
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Blades
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Denton
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Bill McGee
Reds
McGee
Bees
Warneke
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Max Butcher
Pittsburgh
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Pirates
Junior Thompson
Fred Fitzsimmons
Brooklyn Dodgers
Philadelphia Phillies
Brooklyn
Boston Red Sox
Indians
Philadelphia Athletics
Yanks
Senators
Bill Dickey
Hudson
Joe Gordon
Detroit
Cleveland
Charlie Gehringer
Tigers
Tribe
al Benton
Browns
Indy 500 Field Set With 33 Drivers for 500 Mile Race
Indianapolis May 29. The 28th Indianapolis 500 pace car and 33 drivers are ready for the race to a $20,000 purse. Rex Mays led qualifying at 127.850 mph, Wilbur Shaw seeks to match Lou Meyer with a third win, and veteran Eddie Rickenbacker outlined rules for safe speed.
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Vic
Viccy
Cappy Johnson
Gene Myers
Jonesboro
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Waterloo
Rex Mays
Indianapolis
Wilbur Shaw
United Press
Ndianapolis
Ind
U.P
Eddie Rickenbacker
Kentucky
Derby
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Calif
Rene le Begue
France
Shaw
Wilbur
Louis Meyer
Lou
Play at Roosevelt Ends Short as Bittner and Jacobs Meet
The Bittner Funeral Home team and Jacobs Meats scheduled to clash at Roosevelt in a planned game. Readiness notes indicate the matchup as a community sports event with local teams hosting at the Roosevelt venue.
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Bittner Funeral Home
Jacobs Meats
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