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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1934
Page
5
Elyria trio earns All Lake Erie League honors as Ohio State guard Monahan is named to United Press All America eleven. The announcement highlights a backfield of speed and power in a mythical 1940s lineup crafted by United Press.
United Press All America selections name Hutson of Alabama as captain and list second team stars from Minnesota Syracuse Notre Dame and Stanford. The writeup lauds Grayson and Monahan among others, praises guards Monahan and Grayson, and notes strong end play and stellar guards as the era’s best.
Wresting headlines from Jeffries Milan highlight a Rialto Theatre card headlined by Dan Verne McLain of Hamilton. Les Fishbaugh, Newark Shoe Cobbler, meets Johnny Stote, New York welterweight, with Stote giving up eight to ten pounds. The program features upsets and strong undercards as promoters push for a marquee night in Oxford.
New York November 2 Jack Medica Seattle swimming flash led all American amateur record breaking during 1934 with 24 new marks In all American athletes broke 158 records in swimming track and field competition and other sports The Amateur Athletic Union will pass on the list at its annual convention in Miami December 7 9 Performances In 1934 tapped 1923 by a wide margin Lenore Kight and Holm Jarrett each set swimming marks and broke seven records
Bob Olin is hailed as the new light heavyweight world champion amid a boxing furor in New York. Officials suspend veteran judge Harold Barnes and referee Danny Ridge as the boxing commission probes potential gambling influence and questions the three judge scoring system. Olin’s rising popularity draws offers from fighters and even a motorman on the Third Avenue elevated, while he aims to face Wax Baer next.
Francis A. Schmidt football coach at Ohio State University will be the principal speaker at the annual Elyria Lorain football banquet. The banquet will be held in the Elyria High School cafeteria on Monday evening December 4 with Sam Walaman, head coach at Western Reserve University, listed as the chief speaker.
Amherst Hardware, last season's Lorain County semi pro champions, meet Elyria Hi Speed Gas tonight at Amherst High School. A preliminary game joins Amherst Merchants and Elyria Somers Insurance. both teams travel from Elyria Y at 7 00.
The I. T. 8 Rubber Company leads City Bowling League facing Welsh Funeral Home in the feature loop match at Knights of Columbus alleys this evening. Inter-City Coals meets Colgen Company in the other scheduled tilt.
The South End colored All-Stars issued a challenge to the South End A C for a Sunday game to decide the city lightweight grid championship. The A C team defeated the Elyria Country Club Caddies last Sunday and claims the title. The manager should contact Stewart Devonshire at Jackson's pool room on Oberlin road.
The article recalls Hobart College football woes with a bleak 1920s history and Knox College football championship lore on Thanksgiving Day 1929. It also notes Johnny Stote ranked welterweight, upcoming wrestling bout with Les Fishbaugh, and high school officiating and a banquet in Elyria Lorain with various local figures and questions about Strangler Lewis finishing holds.
Chicago, Nov 27 United Press staff notes Ohio State as pre season favorite for the 1935 Big Ten title. Minnesota dominates conference scoring while OSU shows strong defense. Lind All-American Gil Lund leads Minnesota, Laws, now with the Packers, was MVP last year. Illinois’ flying trapeze idea is praised and parodied. Minnesota, Michigan, Northwestern, Purdue, Fordham tie into a broad intercollegiate picture with potential games in Dallas and New York.
The Elyria Merchants girls basketball team travels to Cleveland to face St. Matthews Lutheran at the St. Matthews gym on West 25th and Scranton Road. Team members depart at 8 and the game is set for 9 o'clock, aiming for the Greater Cleveland Lutheran sharettle.
Jack Meyer left halfback was chosen as grid captain by the Elyria High School team at a recent meeting. Meyer, popular on the squad, will be a senior next year and was praised for strong play and fitness this season. Jim Schumar was elected honorary captain for 1934 and led in several Elyria games, including Lorain.
The Columbia Club retained second place in the St John's Lutheran bowling league by winning two of three from Held Transfers last evening. Walt Zander rolled 547 for high series and Roy Weld hit 203 for high single.
Ohio Wesleyan sophomore John Turley topped the 1934 scoring list with 92 points including ten touchdowns four field goals and twenty PATs. Wooster’s Don Karper was second with 60 points followed by Dick Heckin of Ohio State Hube Foster and Hd Jenkins of Denison tied for third with 48 each. Regis Monahan of Ohio State led in PATs with 22. Turley was second with 20.
Three players from Lorain, Elyria, and Cleveland Heights, plus one each from Lakewood and Shaw, headline the 1934 Chronicle Telegram All Lake Erie League eleven. Kramer and Maiden earn second eleven spots, with Lorain’s Half and Kushinski among the unanimous picks.
The Chronicle Telegram presents the 1934 All Lake Erie League lineup featuring key teams and players from the region. Details highlight league standings and notable performers shaping the season.
The first and second all-league teams feature Elyria players Hugh Cross Ralph Nichols and Orion Lee on the first unit with Lorain Lorain’s Howard Fields and Paul Kramer among top picks. Kuehle Shiach, Struck, Pettit and Nichols anchor guard to center roles as centers, ends and backs highlight a 22-man squad with Kramer as the standout backfield.
New York Navy. 27. In joint meetings here last night Roland Harriman and David M Look both of New York were re elected leaders of harness racing groups Harriman was re elected president of the Trotting Horse Club of America and of the American Trotting Register Association Look was re elected president and treasurer of the American Association of Trotting Horse Breeders The 40th annual Old Glory sale of trotters and pacers began here today.
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