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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1948
Page
2
Elyria High faces shifting seasons with star coaches moving, Massillon’s rise and fall under Mather, and a late Friday press box dispute as Elyria battles rivalries and uneven schedules. The piece threads Pap Brown lineage and local school clashes with Amherst Clearview and Perry lineage, plus Brubaker and Grob highlights.
Oberlin College's eleven bounced back from a 21 0 defeat by Cho Wesleyan to win 13 6 over Hamilton College at Hamilton. Dick Johnson scored both Oberlin touchdowns, on a kickoff return and a 40 yard reverse. Addison added the extra point. Hamilton scored in the final period as Cap Ance DiGregorio capped a 3 yard run. Oberlin hosts Denison next Saturday.
Fremont St Josephs High eleven earned its fourth straight win by routing Lorain St Marys 18 to 0 on Sunday. Joe Young and Rodenh haus er earned TDs with T Ackerman contributing. St Marys faced its fourth loss of the season as Lorain's offense struggled to score.
Liverpool High School six man football rallied in the fourth quarter to edge Sharon 13-12 in Medina County league play at Abbesville. Dick Mack scored early for Liverpool and broke 66 yards for another six points while Lawrence added the extra point to seal the comeback and the team’s second league win in five starts.
A local Polish Club softball teams clash in a small league game amid mixed standings. Players from both squads compete on a windy afternoon, with notable effort shown by pitchers and fielders as they seek a favorable result.
Ben Hogan, the Hershey, Pennsylvania golfer, won the Glendale Open in Glendale, California, earning 2459 dollars and signaling plans to skip further competitive golf until the 1949 Los Angeles Open. Hogan leads Lloyd Mangrum for the 1948 money title with 334 the current earnings gap and Mangrum plans to play the Miami Open in December to chase the top money prize. Hogan set a Oakmont course record with an eight under par 64 in the final round to finish 275 for the 72 holes, two strokes ahead of Mangrum.
Fragmented OCR reads suggest a college grid results snippet with team names and scores like Oberlin, Poly, Carrol, and others. The readable portions indicate a game context and partial player or team mentions, but the lines are garbled and not fully clear.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to list a schedule at a center with names and phrases. It references Teague and Maeomatehes with unclear context, plus phrases about paving, Wade and Home. The unreadable rows limit clarity but indicate planned events or meetings at a local venue.
The Lorain County Scholastic Six-Man League game between South Amherst Cavaliers and Avon Lake Shoremen is reset for Monday night October 25 at 8 under Avon Lake Field lights. Avon Lake leads with two wins and no losses. South Amherst has two wins in three starts this season.
Cooper, once a major league pitching star, was picked up at his Norwood home and admitted cashing $300 in worthless checks. He was released on promise to surrender in St. Louis to face a charge of passing bad checks and to sign a contract with an unnamed baseball club to make the checks good.
Elyria reserves travel to Ely Stadium for a 4 pm Lake Erie League game against Cleveland Heights. Elyria aims to raise its league record above .500 after splitting two league games, needing a win over an undefeated opponent. Heights opened league play 12-12 with Lakewood, then beat Lorain 21-12, sharing the top spot with Shaker Heights as they Weds.
South Center faces West Center and South in a key Grade School Football League showdown at Ely Stadium. South Center seeks a fifth straight league win to clinch the 1948 title after a 30-7 victory over South earlier. North meets East in the other game. North won 12-6 in their first meeting.
The Detroit Red Wings crushed the New York Rangers 7 to 0 at Olympia Stadium to seize the league lead. Chuck Rayner faced 49 shots and stopped 7. Harry Lumley earned the shutout with 27 saves as injuries hobbled the Rangers. There were no other league games last night.
Oberlin College’s soccer team defeated the University of Chicago 5-1 in the opening Saturday match. The Maroons also suffered a season opener loss to Wheaton College, dropping to 0-2.
Saturday and Friday grid of high school and college football games across Ohio and nearby areas. Matches include Elyria at Cleveland Heights, Oberlin at Wellington, Norwalk at Willard, Canton McKinley at Steubenville, and many others with venue notes and some resumptions.
Elyria Highs Pioneers travel to Cleveland Heights Hosford Stadium for a Lake Erie League game. Heights entered 4–1, led by coach Howard Baughman with veteran players from the 1947 Tigers, aiming to extend a three game losing streak for Elyria.
In a Lake Erie League clash Elyria hosts Cleveland Heights as the Tigers head into the battle led by backs Clyde Mart Al Grove Al Greenberg Ronnie Pollack and Mickey Joseph on offense with linemen Gene Oberst Bob Sipser Bull Edwards Dick Shaw and Truman Smith anchoring. Heights a heavy outfit faces a big Lakewood side as Grove Pollack and Mart pace the scoring with four touchdowns each for Heights. Other Erie teams Shaw Lorain Lakewood and Shaker Heights travel for road tests as kickoff Friday night at Cleveland Heights is scheduled for 8 o'clock.
Brookside and South Amherst clash Friday at Brookside, Brookside owning a 24 game win streak and 4 straight this season. Avon Lake meets Avon at night, Avon Lake undefeated in two games while Avon won two of three league games. Grafton hosts Ridgeville in an afternoon tilt, both last place with three and four game losing streaks.
Season records show Elyria opponents with scores against various teams including Toledo DeVilbiss Sandusky Fremont and Youngstown, highlighting multiple games and outcomes across 1920s style matchups with Cleveland Heights Lorain and Lakewood also appearing in the matrix. The data lists opponents, scores and occasional misread spellings, indicating a compiled season ledger rather than a single game report.
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