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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1920
Page
4
Miss Naome Malone becomes engaged to Rube Marquard the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher while reports note Mrs. Robinson wife of the club manager was photographed at the park. Rube and Blossom Seeley have divorced.
The Columbus six-wing program opens the grand circuit meeting with $16,000 in purses across four races. The feature is the 2:14 trot with PM Manning as a likely favorite driven by Murphy. Also highlighted is the futurity for three year olds with a $6,000 purse and other events including a 2:06 trot in the Capitol City with $3,000 in purses.
In the American League section, Plyd M L Pet Veland leads with 142 points and 90 assists, totaling 634. York follows with 146 points and 89 assists, at 610. Washington reports 139 points and 62 assists, 446. Delphia records 142 points and 46 assists, 324.
Pitcher Dutch Ruether, a key starter for the Cincinnati Reds, faced a late season skid due to conditioning but refocused to boost the club’s drive for the pennant. He posted nineteen wins to six losses last year, with a strong record in opening series and a reputation for resilience after meeting his fines and choosing to knuckle down.
The report notes Ruether’s uncertain comeback with the Reds and suggests he would have won more games had he remained in form. It traces his career from birth in 1893, through St Vincent College, and time with Pirates, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Vancouver, Salt Lake, Spokane, and Portland before joining the Cubs and then the Reds in 1917, with a wartime army draft interrupting his progress.
Governor Cox, the Democratic presidential hopeful, holds a packed Southern California schedule with five speeches planned for today. He will visit Long Beach, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino, addressing city clubs, a luncheon of club women, and the Southern California Editorial Association as he winds down his California campaign before heading to Arizona.
Turkish nationalist forces in southern Asia Minor press the French occupation, besieging Adana and shelling Tarsus with German guns. In Adana, 2,000 daily meals reached from aid workers as convoys fail to reach Mersina. French supply runs push on, with 40 Armenians hanged for earlier attacks. fighting persists near Adana, Mersina, and Tarsus despite French military diplomacy.
A speaker denounced certain newspapers as suppressing his campaign news, accusing them of switching from a league of nations advocacy to silence Cox. He claimed media bias and called out reactionaries for undermining public discussion.
Charles Ray has acquired the motion picture rights to Charly Van Loan's Saturday Evening Post tale Scrap Iron, announced by Ray's manager Richard Wallis. The story centers on a young man drawn by circumstances into a hawker role and is said to suit Ray well for his next film after Nineteen and Physiss, in production for First National release.
G Williams agronomist at the Ohio Department notes farmers should select seed corn at cutting time. Early maturing ears ripen late season and are safest for seed. The earliest killing frost in Ohio often falls in early October, giving corn a chance to mature. September frost could ruin the crop for seed.
A local patent style pitch recounts a quick eye remedy using witch hazel camphor and Lagoptik eye wash. A girl with strained eyes improves after a single application and her mother, troubled by eye pains, sees relief within a week. The ad promises a free bottle and aluminum eye cup from Eberts Drug Store and other leading druggists.
Lorain police seek help to locate Elizabeth Millar fourteen who vanished from Huonell area. Chronicle Telegram reports authorities ask public to provide any information leading to her safe return.
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