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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1939
Page
14
A patchwork of sports chatter covers imagined ninth inning decisions by King and Dickey, Dean’s spring path with the Giants, Johnny Eckler plan, long named bowler Butch, and local bowling circuits. Indians 1939 marks, Whizzer White, Notre Dame intersectionals, Sandusky High football shakeups, and Wooster coaching lore wrap with society notes.
The Elyzia Merchants lightweight football team holds important practice at Cascade Park Gridiron tonight and tomorrow at five o clock. Players Ad Rainey Gene Graber Zig Kash Sayle Mahl Hanson and Dale Sprague are asked to report. Sunday they will travel to Canton to face Canton South End Merchants, one of two Canton squads they beat here last season.
In a St Johns Lutheran Bowling League event at St Johns School alleys, the Coca Colas won two of three games against Held Transfer. Held Transfer's top bowler posted a 502 series, while list figures show strong scores from Coca Colas players including trial entries and series totals across multiple lines.
Elyria High School athletics manager Carl L. Smith announced advance ticket sales for the Elyria Lorain football classic to begin Saturday with sales at Day's Hardware and Mike Kirsch cigar store. Reserved seats are 1, general admission 0.49, student 0.25, gate 0.05. game set for November 1 at Ely Stadium.
The Lorain County Fish and Game Association meets at the British Empire Hall on Middle Avenue at 8 o clock. Members urged to attend as key business and committee reports are read. Members without the new leased property booklet may obtain a copy at the meeting. Two reels of motion pictures titled Singing Reels and From Factory To Field will be shown.
NDY Tremaine, popular light heavy, returns to Second Street hall for a semi final with Nenoff the Bulgarian Lion. The bout opens a card at Elyria Sports Club with Mephisto vs Chin Lee to follow and a 8 30 PM start, featuring two best of three falls.
Elyria High faces Lakewood in an Erie League opener at Ely Stadium with regular ends Fetherd Buterbaugh and Bill Singleton possibly out. Buterbaugh sprained ankle. Singleton knee injury flares in practice. Starting plans shift if unavailable while Echko may return at backfield. six players dropped for missing practice. Lakewood underrated but veteran with 14 lettermen.
Four matches are on schedule at Elyria Rec recreation alleys. Save-With-Us Stations faces I To Left and Right, D and N Sandwich Shop takes on Ridge Tool, Tarry Tavern meets Nichols Funeral Home, and Elyria Recreation squares off with Rorick Insurance.
West Side Bulldogs schedule an important practice at Jefferson Field at 6 o’clock reporting players weighing 150 to 180 pounds for trials. Coach Cy Jewell calls attention to Powell Prohaska Kerchick and Kief with page 19 noting additional sport content.
New York 2 Cincinnati 1 as Monte Pearson battles Bucky Walters in a tense fall classic. Joe McCarthy relies on Pearson while Bull Walters and Red Ruffing excel. Charlie Keller belts a key triple, and Dickey delivers the winning clutch hit for the Yankees.
The Chronicle Telegram requests Chuck Hupp to telephone the Sports Desk on Friday afternoon before 6 o clock to discuss a forthcoming sports item. The call is sought to confirm details for an upcoming edition.
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