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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1931
Page
5
OACH Chick Smith’s Elyria High football squad completes a week of drills at Ely Stadium in prep for the Big game with Cleveland Heights. Most players are fit, but Wood hip, Koehn knee, Wernert arm, and Jackson knee injuries limit some activity. Kaminski remains unready to start.
The 1931 Lake Erie League begins with Saturday’s lineup including Shaw at Lakewood and Lorain at Rocky River. Elyria, after a win, has lost three straight, while Heights aims to rebound against Collinwood and prepare a strong lineup with Rudolph back and Baines at fullback. The Heights host, with Triplett and Gleason on the line and Coniam at quarterback, will kick off at 2 20 pm following a preliminary junior contest at 1 pm by officials Carr, Jones, Green.
In St Louis the sixth game of the World Series at Sportsman Park features the Philadelphia Athletics defending the title against the St Louis Cardinals. John Leonard Pepper Martin leads the Cardinals aided by Paul Derringer and Frank Frisch as manager Clarence Street hails a potential fifth win in the series. If Street’s club wins, no game is scheduled tomorrow.
Professional roller races announced for Paladium skating rink on Broad Street tomorrow night at 10 p.m. Detroit rider Amos Bell, Mid-Western champion, will race Nick Bradie in a series of match events along with amateur contests. Regular sessions run nightly 7:45 to 10:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. A Grand Masquerade Skating Carnival is planned for Thursday, October 29.
The Braves Bay Shires and POSTOX Ost announce a purchase totaling $14,000. They acquire Art Shires as the first beneficiary of the Milwaukee Brew and form a colonial player union with the Chicago White Box. Catcher Al Bool is included in the deal.
In New York Joe Sekyra is favored to repeat his 1928 light heavyweight victory over James J. Braddock in their Madison Square Garden bout. Sekyra’s momentum is rising while Braddock’s form has lagged. Also today the Sharp Grocer Midgets face Mud Heng at Hamilton Field at 4 p.m.
In Thomasville Georgia on October 9 1931 the Rev Robt White rector of St Thomas Episcopal helped John Leonard Pepper Martin the 1931 World Series hero reach the St Louis Cardinals training camp at Bradenton Florida White lent money to cover his fine after Martin rode freight trains from Oklahoma to Thomasville and later financed a ticket to Bradenton thanking the clergyman in May for the loan and kindness
In Cleveland отк, Nickolette Lorain faces Steve Mullner of Cleveland in a six round lightweight bout at the Equestrium Boxing Show with Jack Thompson of Pittsburgh handling the cash. The card also lists Nickolette Lorain against Mullner in a preliminary encounter.
Sun Beau the turf king bowed out after capturing the Hawthorne Gold Cup for the third straight time. He led most of the race, finishing ahead of Mat e C. C. Bostwick’s top three year old, boosting his total earnings to 376,000. Willis Sharpe Kilmer’s Virginia breeding plans await the champion as he retires to pasture.
Cincinnati brief notes on Ged Brown potential start for UC against Depauw. Rex Burke may return for Ohio University at Denison. Ohio Wesleyan heads to Syracuse for a Saturday intersectional game. Kent State loses guard Kermit Taylor to a leg tendon injury.
Elyria Lighties meet Heights Tiger cubs in a preliminary at Ely Stadium tomorrow after noon. Coach Roy Clymer undecided on starters with two evenly matched teams. likely to field Gleason Miers Dedsier Cavagna Kiely Hutchings Adamson Dunstan Herold Bedoes.
Rochester wins four straight games after St Paul Saints seize early lead. Aided by four Red Wing errors in each game and weak Rochester pitching, St Paul wins 9 to 3 and 9 to 5 in back to back games to trim the series deficit to two games to one.
Notre Dame and Northwestern meet at Soldiers Field in a charity game that caps their 31 year rivalry. About 100000 expected to witness the midwest grid spectacle with a chance to affect the 1931 National Championship and Notre Dame's bid for a 21st straight victory.
Ohio State, representing the Western Conference, faces Vanderbilt in Ohio Stadium with nearly 40,000 fans expected. OSU's lineup is listed with Cramer at quarterback and a strong backfield, while injuries threaten several starters. Both teams anticipate using the forward pass as rain looms and officials for the game are named.
Elyria to beat Heights Lorain to beat Rocky River Lakewood to beat Shaw Ohio State to beat Vanderbilt Northwestern to beat Notre Dame John Carroll to beat Case Hillsdale to beat Oberlin Cincinnati to beat DePauw Dartmouth to beat Holy Cross Heidelberg to beat Otterbein Michigan to beat Chicago Ohio University to beat Denison Harvard to beat New Hampshire Miami to beat Wabash Carnegie Tech to beat Georgia Tech Pittsburgh to beat West Virginia Stanford to beat Minnesota Princeton to beat Brown Purdue to beat Illinois Army to beat Michigan State Georgia to beat Yale Navy to beat Maryland Ohio Wesleyan to beat Texas A M Baldwin Wallace to beat Hiram
The Pittsburgh National League club dismissed Jewel Ens as manager after a season of unmet expectations. President Barney Dreyfuss announced the firing, with the Pirates finishing fifth after a late rally. George Gibson, a former manager, was tipped as successor though no appointment was announced.
Mercuries hold a practice at Gate School at 6 o clock as they prep for the Sunila clash with Sen iot Streckhs. Coach Gen Rainey calls all players to be present and ready for the season’s opening tilt.
A group of Ohio State track stars and alumni competition for spots on the 1932 Olympic team includes George Simpson the Buckeye bullet and Dick Rockaway, both former champions. Also contending are Tete Rasmus of Ashtabula, Joe Ashelin, Jack Welter, Jesse Farglas, Donn, Rupe Reethamidz, John Wonsowicz, and Ralston Russell Pomeroy, among others from Ohio State and nearby.
On Sunday Roosevelt School makes its first appearance at the sea venue. The Ambent Independent team will meet them in a 3 p m kickoff. All players are asked to depart for practice at 6 m at Roosevelt field.
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