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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1945
Page
6
Elyria High School’s basketball history is highlighted by a 1945-46 season build. Coach Gast and stars like Joe Polk and Felix lead a youthful squad toward an ambitious record, after district and regional runs and a look ahead to Lorain High and Amherst games.
Rival Army and Navy teams prepare for a huge Saturday showdown in Philadelphia before a crowd near 100000. The Cadets seek to cement a claim as a premier all-time team after a 26 point spread, with national titles already decided in many conferences as Indiana, Michigan, Missouri and others crowned champions and Rose Bowl contenders shaping the late season landscape.
A fragmentary 1944 report via Oscar Fraley from United Press details Oberlin College football, mentioning Mae Halfback and a 16 cent donation, with references to a South Beach-style Marine presence and a landing ball incident. The piece notes unnamed figures in Texas and references a weight near 170 pounds.
Blye Eagles Pioneers, defending champions who posted eight wins and two losses last season, travel to face the Tigera of Thakally in the season opener. Coach Lea Gast plans to start Wygere at forward with Bahn, Hengartner, Pruski, and Bruck likely in the starting five as Elyria High aims to build on a strong 18-4 record from Mig ria High history. Four lettermen from Mansfield provide veteran depth as the squad awaits early-season tests amid inexperience.
Fragmentary notes show several Lake Erie League teams in action. Mentions include Regula Ollie Cline Johnny Glasses cock Dick Burton and Elyria with three other LEL teams. Upcoming games list Amherst Cleveland Heights Shaker Heights Euclid Central and Cleveland.
Brave Trucking took three straight from Supper Glid Sunday to extend their lead in the Elyria Moose Bowling League. Lorait Glass, Hart Construction, and other teams won multiple games as night club leaders shifted. George Knipper led Trucking with 693 series and Bud Doane and Data Johnson each had 214 in a top single.
A fragment filled schedule lists matches at Wekrent Recreation this evening with teams Powers and Dawley versus Ete sok Cleyning and Cherry Ridge versus Elyria Brass and Brunge. Other bouts include Firestone Store versus Ready Cigars Perkins Motors versus Farmer's Sory scale shift and more unclear pairings.
Ten games in Lorain County Class B League are set this week with six league matchups. Tuesday features LaGrange at Liverpool Medina County, Belden at Brookside, and Avon versus Brownhelm. Friday showcases six league games including Avon Lake at Brookside, Avon at Ridgeville, Camden at Brighton, Henrietta at South Amherst, Grafton at Columbia, and Belden at LaGrange. An independent Eaton visits Brownhelm and Lorain St Marys hosts Alumni in another notable Friday tilt.
The eight matches stay on the Evening card in the Bowling Center Class B League. Early shift at 7 includes Romeo Pump vs Knowles and Snlczek, Gardner Jewelers vs Olsen Manufacturing, Elyria Braks and Bronze vs Monnse Club, Postoffice vs Bendix-Westinghouse. Late shift features Nehi Beverages vs Elyria Manufacturing, Broad Street Grill vs Finnegan Sheriffs, M B S A Labor Union vs General Industries, Lorain Glass vs Home Tavern.
Indiana claims champion status with George Taliaferro and Pete Pihos among the candidates while Ohio State places three on the first team. Purdue and Northwestern earn two berths each, Michigan has one. The 1845 all Big Ten football selections include Mortis and Klusszewski at ends, Thomas and Hughes at tackle, Lecture and Arming at guards, Watts at center, Pihos and Cody as backs, and Cline at fullback.
In the American Hockey League, the St. Louis Flyers defeated the Cleveland Barons 3 to 1, with goals in each period. The win keeps the standings steady after a three game slate that also saw the New Haven Eagles upset the Indianapolis Cups and Providence Reds post a 6 to 2 victory over the Buffalo Bisons.
The Eagles beat the Redskins 16 to 0, tying Philadelphia and Washington for the Eastern Division lead with two games left. New York Giants loom, with Philadelphia facing New York and Boston while Washington meets Pittsburgh and New York. Packers beat the Giants 23 to 14 as Bears trounced Pittsburgh 28 to 7.
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