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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1945
Page
5
Rustling Thru sports notes recap a busy week with Cleveland Heights and Lorain scoring leaders Powers and Dunne, as Elyria and nearby teams start their campaigns. The section covers opening games, season results, and staff changes including a long-time caretaker at Ely Stadium.
A 65-player golf event and 90 attendees enjoyed a members only Lobster Bake at Elyria Country Club. The day featured a blind par contest with multiple winners, club championships, and a year-end City Golf League gathering at Cherry Ridge. Notable names include A E Sones, T White, Winkeljohn, Leuk cat TT, G H H Smith, H Wilcox, Moellering, Hannaford, Roach, Minineh, and R M Tienms.
A sprawling look at early season college football across conferences. Michigan battles Indiana as Great Lakes Naval teams prep for fierce Midwest showdowns. Indiana, Illinois, Purdue, and Wisconsin face varied opponents while coast play features California, USC, and Denver in key Friday and Saturday games.
Oberlin College Navy V-12 Yeomen defeated Rochester 27 to 12 in Rochester on Saturday. It was Oberlin’s third straight win after beating Wabash 32 to 7 and Case School of Applied Science 26 to 0.
Elyria Reserves host Lorain High Reserves Thursday at Ely Stadium with a 3 44 kickoff. The game starts a seven game slate and begins a home and home series with Lorain, meeting again October 11 in Lorain. Coach Les Gast begins his second season guiding Elyria Reserves.
Elyria Moose Bowling League opens with four matches at Wykrent Recreation and Bowling Center. Buckeye Mold and Die leads with 2655 series and 916 singles. standout scorers include Andy Meesny and George Harvey. League results show Buckeye Mold and Die and other teams posting multiple wins in rough, typo-filled summaries.
The schedule lists Elks bowling matches amid garbled league names and unclear venue notes. Readable entries hint at matchups such as Supper Club versus West Sy Lumber andShaderber versus Bers Matorg with various local sponsors and teams unclear due to OCR corruption.
Eight matches are on the card this evening at the Bowling Center. Earl’s shift leads off with a 7:00 pm start as Elyria Brass faces Gord Ber Jewelers, Moose Club battles Hume.
Two Northern League teams prepare for independent games this Friday. Wellington visits Olmsted Falls while New London faces St. Marys in Sandusky, each seeking a second straight win. Wellington features I ng Woh from Loudville, 46 0, and New London beat Madison Township 6 0 in the season opener. Amherst will not open until Friday September ag, facing Lorain Reserves at Amherst.
Oberlin hosts Clearview at Morris Field to kick off the 1944 Southwestern Conference season. Wellington Fairview and Rocky River also schedule Friday games as the loop expands to six teams with Berea and Bay Village in action, while Oberlin lost 14-0 to Elyria in the opener.
Compiled list shows Elyria season records against varied opponents including Sandusky Cheverent Cleveland Heights and Lorain with scattered scores and team names. Additional items mention unions, sheriffs, beverages firms, and several local manufacturers and businesses in Elyria area.
All Lake Erie Loop teams prepare for action as Alleireuft and Sandusky square off on Friday night while Elyria travels to Sandusky for a Streaks clash after Elyria’s 13 0 opener win over Oberlin Shaw hosts Collinwood after a 26 6 season debut win Shaker Heights treks to Cuyahoga Falls and Cleveland Heights visits Ashtabula Lakewood Rangers debut at home Saturday against East Tech
Lorain reserves visit Elyria reserves on Thursday while Friday features Elyria at Sandusky with a full slate of evening matchups including Cleveland Collinwood at Shaw Cleveland Heights at Ashtabula Clearview at Oberlin New London at Sandusky St Marys Wellington at Olmsted Falls Coventry at Medina Bay Village at Rocky River Wooster at Berea Westlake at Fairview and more night games. The piece also notes a Saturday slate with Cleveland East Tech at Lakewood and reports the National Baseball Congress will meet February 14 to boost sandlot ball with word of official support from President Ray Dumont.
Teams from across states the District of Columbia and Canada progress in the world championship softball tournament at Lakewood with weekend victories. Fort Wayne Zallers defend their title with a second straight win. Toronto defeats Pittsburgh Westinghouse. Merced Air Base tops Mexico City. Rochester tops Omaha. Washington DC defeats Miami. Houston defeats Salt Lake City. Tacoma beats Phoenix. In women’s play Washington DC knocks out Brooklyn 2 to 1. Phoenix defeats Salt Lake City. Seattle beats Stamford. Toronto defeats Stamford. Jax Mails beat Chicago.
Ben Mellroy and Pete Cogan captured the 1945 Elyria City-Wide championship doubles title at Cascade Park by defeating Byron Morris and Elmer Schmitz 6-1 6-4 6-0. The new champions also earned the men’s singles crown by beating Morris. Jaggusch did not compete this year.
Washington and Chicago battles loom as remaining schedule tightens. Cubs sweep Dodgers 3-2 and 4-2 in a doubleheader, with Harry Lowrey and Don Johnson delivering key hits. Phils split with Cardinals, Giants fade in Pittsburgh, and Reds miss chance against Braves as standings stay fluid.
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