Lake Erie League opens with strong 1948 pace set by six teams
The Lake Erie League begins league play as six teams lead early with ten wins and two losses. Lakewood, Lorain, Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights stay undefeated, Elyria and Shaw split, and Elyria faces Shaker in a Friday clash at Ely Stadium. Cleveland Heights meets Lakewood Saturday with Heights favored but capable foes emerge. Lorain travels to Steubenville and Shaw hosts Cleveland John Adams as rivalry games heat up and Grove leads individual scoring with 24 points for Cleveland Heights.
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Lakewood
Lorain
Cleveland Heights
Shaker Heights
Elyria
Shaw
Cleveland
James Ford Rhodes
Parma
Cleveland Glenville
Cleveland East Tech
Akron North
Cleveland West
Cleveland South
Cuyahoga Falls
Sandusky
Toledo DeVilbiss
Cleveland East
Cleveland Callinwood
Lake Erie
Ely Stadium
Rangers
Heights Tigers
Steubenville
Big Red
Cleveland John Adams
Dayton Kiser
East Liverpool
John Adams
Glenville
Fremont
Elytia
DeVilbiss
Toledo Woodward
Mansfield
Toledo Waite
Akron West
Toledo
Woodward
Lima Central
Toledo Scott
Whiting
Ind
Grove
Erie Loop
Tigers
East Tech
Chet Grobe
Grobe
Tony Curcillo
Curcillo
Phil Hahn
Rol Horn
Bill Pennza
Ronnie Pollack
Angelo Santa Maria
Ray Retone
Bob White
Dean Brubaker
Medina
Brubaker
Oberlin
Amherst
S. W
Dave Leonhard
Fairview
Scott Minner
Rocky River
Ray Mantz
Jim Gauss
Jim McCormick
Dick Bauer
Lorain and Cleveland Heights Shaw Chess Rounds 1930s to 1940s
A fragmented OCR record lists matchups and locations such as Shaw with Cleveland Heights and Lorain across years 1935 to 1945. It mentions Lakewood, Elyria, Lorain Shaw Lakewood series and references several place names without clear results or dates. The garbled text preserves named entities and locales.
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Lorain
Elas
Shaw-Cleveland Hts
Wwe
Cleveland
Lakewood
Elyria
Shaw Flyria
Shaw Flavia
Cleveland Heights
Shaw Lorain
Shaw
Lunchmen Lead Pin Scoring With 2602 Series
Hazel's Lunch posts a 2602 series to top Elyria Moose League scoring at Olympic Recreation. Terrell Shell Or sweeps three games from Hart Construction to stay unbeaten and open a one game league lead. Gardner Jewelers leads single game with 884. George Wack 582 series for Wycoff Cleaners and Mike Macut 220 single highlight individual efforts. Hal Rothgery's 599 series tops Merchants Co League weekend totals at Olympic Recreation. Heldmyer Hardware and Bel Company split three in a row to pull even with Ruder Hardware.
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Hazel
Elyria
Moose
Olympic Recreation
Terrell Shell
Hart Construction
Gardner Jewelers
George Wack
Wycoff Cleaners
Mike Macut
Hal Rothgery
Rothgery Motors
Merchants
Heldmyer Hardware
Bel Company
Ruder Hardware
Bowling Standings and High Scores Across Local Leagues
The 600 Club leads league scoring with Stann ard Shoe Repair posting a 935 single and 2 473 series. Weisman and Novak share top single game with 232. Grassie’s Wayside Inn tops team scores at 885 single and 2 460 series. Kaye’s Cafe stays undefeated in Moose B League. Thomasson’s Chips open season with 2 440 series atop team scoring. Steve’s Barbers top single game at 836. Bill Barkacs 214 leads individuals, 556 total. Dairymen High Baller Dairy post 2 406 series in Bowling Center C League. Reliance Machines edges Western Heights for one game lead. Hotel Team tops Olympic Recreation Women with 756 single and 2 212 series. Helen Middlestetter leads with 192 and 522.
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Stannard Shoe Repair
V. Weisman
A. Novak
Grassie
Wayside Inn
Kaye
Kendall
Kelovsky
Kaye’s Cafe
Thomasson
United Polish Club League
United Polish Club
Steve
Barbers
Bill Barkacs
Dairymen High Baller Dairy
Bowling Center
Reliance Machines
Western Heights
William Mittler
Wilson
Sederis Hotel
Olympic Recreation
Lodi
Helen Middlestetter
South and West Battle Thursday for League Lead
South and West clash at Ely Stadium practice field Thursday at 4 PM to decide the league leader in Grade School football. South defeated North 25 to 0 while West beat East 7 to 0 in week one. East meets North in the other Thursday game, with the winner to tie for second place.
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Ely Stadium
South
West
Carl Hall
Downing North
Walt Adler
East
North
Liverpool Loses 6 Man Game To Perrysville
Perrysville defeats Liverpool 19 to 13 in six man football at Perrysville. Key scores come from J Carr to Brown with three Perrysville touchdowns and an extra point. Mack scores both Liverpool touchdowns and their lone extra point on runs, with two drives stalled by penalties, a fumble, and a bad center snap.
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Liverpool High School
Walles City
Perrysville
J. Carr
Brown
Mack
Liverpool
Meet Today To Form New Saddle Club
A meeting is set for today at the home of Don Fotles on Center Ridge Road to organize a saddle club for Ridgeville residents. The club welcomes men women and children and all interested parties are urged to attend at 6 20 this evening.
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New Saddle Club
Don Fotles
Center Ridge Road
Oswaniaing
Ridgeville
Cid
Best in Show at Ninth Annual All Breed Dog Show
Ch Wild Fire of Blue Key Dachshund won best in show at Lorain Coliseum in the ninth annual All Breed Dog Show hosted by Lorain County Kennel Club. Mrs Florence Brainard of Wickliffe bred and owns the dog and handled it, while Norton D Henry presented the trophy with Mrs Henry. Judge Jerome Halle of Cleveland selected the champion after evaluating group winners.
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Blue Key
Lorain Coliseum
Lorain County
Florence K. Brainard
Wickliffe
Norton D. Henry
Lorain County Kennel Club
Presi
Dent Norton
Henry
Mrs
Jerome Halle
Cleveland
Dachshund Best in Show at Lorain Kennel Club Contest
The nine annual All Breed Dog Show at Lorain Coliseum crowned H. Wild Fire of Blue Key, a two year old smooth Dachshund owned by Mrs. Florence K Brainard of Wickliffe, after six hours of judging in four rings. The champion, selected by Jerome Halle of Cleveland, has multiple prior wins including seven variety group championships. Other top winners included Erick von Liepestraum as best-trained in obedience, Duke of Geravis II among Dalmatians, and Spook of Edgewood in the Non sporting Breeds, with groups crowned across Sporting Hounds Working Terriers Toys and Non sporting.
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H. Wild Fire
Blue Key
Florence K. Brainard
Wickliffe
Lorain Coliseum
Lorain County
Lorain
Rye
New York
Wild Fire
Ch. Carrat
Sandusky Kennel Club
Erick von Liepestraum
UwLl
Mildred P. Yates
Duke of
Blue Gates
Mabel H. Farr
Florham Park
New Jersey
Try Cobb
Blackstone
Blackout
Plorence K. Brainard
Ohio
Amar
Wesley
Oscar E. Barlow
Charrin Falls
Barney
Nanja Gret
Kohlson
Albany
Annabel von Rochsburg
Blanche B. Hartman
Detroit
Michigan
King Eric von Honigsbach
Lent von Rochsburg
Duke of Gervais
J. P. Swee
Bay Village
Fran- Beth
Nina Clubs
Browns Edge Rockets 21 10 in tense AFL battle
The Cleveland Browns overcame a first half drought to beat the Chicago Rockets 21 to 10. Chicago struck early with a 74 yard touchdown drive, but Cleveland responded in the second half as Otto Graham connected on passes and Bill Boedeker grabbed a 37 yard scoring pass to seal the comeback victory amid penalties and physical play.
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Bill Boedeker
Browns
Tou
Toc
Browns Tie for Western Division Lead After Win
Groza adds extra points as Graham connects twice with Dub Jones for scores. Speedie marks Cleveland's fourth conference win, tying San Francisco for the Western Division lead. Rosters list Cleveland and Chicago players and multiple substitutions.
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Groza
Jones
Graham
Dub Jones
Browns
Cleveland
Boedeker
Brown
San Francisco
Chicago
McCarthy
King
Jensen
Ownes
Ies
Brutz
Johnson
Czaropix
Ure- Peerey
Bernhardt
Ruety
Coleman
Lamana
Negus
Prokop
Hirsch
Proctor
Livingstone
Farriss
Clarke
Simmons
Fenenbock
Perins
Lewis
Kell
Timms wins sixth Elyria Country Club title in 36-hole final
Local golf circuit reports R M Timms capturing his sixth Elyria Country Club Championship with a 7 and 6 victory over R W O'Brien after a 159 total over 36 holes. Timms added earlier wins over H D Bemis in the semi finals, and the club also notes Class C results and ongoing matches for Class B. Others posted low scores at Gloria and Spring Valley, with Timms leading weekend scoring at Elyria and multiple players taking prizes in Divot Diggers and American Radiator events.
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R. M. Timms
Elyria
R. W. O’brien
Timms
H. D. Bemis
Bemis
O'Brien
Dr. B. Myers
E. L. Pretzer
Pretzer
H. McHale
J. C. Padyva
J. Hannaford
W. B. Timms
M. A. Harrison
Gloria Country Club
Harrison
J. J. Ready
J. Walters
Elyria Country Club
F. G. Reiter
A. J. Sennes
Br. R. Adair
O. P. Moon
C. Walsh
Rev. R. A. Mensendick
J. D. Hiltebrandt
W. H. Be Vier
R. D. Oldfield
R. Pp. Wirth
Gabe Bannick
Frank Rybareyk
Divot Diggers Club
Spring Valley Country Club
Bannick
Rybareyk
Jack Tarry
al Hartzell
Five-Hit Win Gives Tribe Edge In Crucial Week
In a race labeled the most thrilling in history the Indians, Yankees and Red Sox battled toward a possible triple dead heat. Cleveland held a one game lead over both New York and Boston, who were tied for second after their three days war at Yankee Stadium as Indians sought their first pennant.
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Carl Lundquist
United Press
York
Indians
Yankees
Red Sox
Cleveland
New York
Boston
Yankee Stadium
Indians Edge Tigers as Feller Fans Nine in Detroit
Bobby Feller pitched the Indians to a 4 1 victory at Detroit, allowing five hits and no walks. Joe Gordon hit his 31st homer, Larry Doby and Allie Clark contributed runs, while Lefty Hal Newhouser fell to 12 defeats as Detroit managed a lone fourth inning run on three singles. The Yankees beat the Red Sox 6 2 in New York behind Tommy Byrne, who earned his first career win over Boston and kept a six game winning streak alive. Boston Braves clinched the NL flag with a 3 2 win over the Giants in Boston, Vern Bickford allowed two runs in the eighth after a 22 inning scoreless stretch, Ralph Branca won for the Dodgers 5 1 over the Phillies, and St Louis beat Chicago 5 2 as the Cardinals stayed within a half game of the Braves. The Pirates swept Cincinnati 8 6 and 8 5 to move into at least fourth place as the Cubs lost to St. Louis. In a routine White Sox shutout of the Browns 3 0 Randy Gumpert pitched six innings.
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Larry Doby
Feller
Newhouser
Jim Hogan
Allie Clark
Vic Wertz
Pat Mullin
Dick Wakefield
Detroit
Fell
Tommy Henrich
Yankees
Sox
Boston
Braves
N. L
Boston Braves
Giants
Bob Elliott
Vern Bickford
New York
Dodgers
Ralph Branca
Phillies
Cardinals
Cubs
Pirates
Cincinnati
Bucs
St. Louis
White Sox
Browns
Randy Gumpert
St Paul Defeats Columbus Again In Final Playoff
St Paul Saints won their second straight playoff game 2-1 over Columbus in the American Association final series. Pat McGlothin held Columbus to six hits with 11 strikeouts, while Columbus stranded 12 men to St Paul’s two. A break helped the Saints when Mo Morrali’s throw hit an infielder’s glove on a base.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Columbus
St. Paul Saints
Saint
MoMorrali
Pat McGlothin
Clarenes Beers
Saints
St. Paul's
College Grid Scores and Playoff Championship Highlight
Ohio State led Missouri 21 7 while Denison crushed Otterbein 38 1 and West Virginia upset Wooster 31 6. Xavier beat Detroit 26 as Toledo tied Miami 7 and Virginia tied Dayton 6. John Carroll fell 18 13 to Ohio Northern. Morris Varvey 19 defeated Akron. Findlay edged Western Michigan 26 6. Baldwin Wallace 20 beat Ohio Wesleyan 13. Centre 7 Marietta 6. Capital 4 118 25 98 and Art Sherman claimed third quarter playoff crown with 118 32 86.
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Ohio State
Missouri
Denison
Otterbein
West Virginia
Wooster
Kentucky
Xavier
Detroit
Toledo
Miami
Virginia
Dayton
John Carroll
Ohio Northern
Morris Varvey
Akron
Findlay
Western Michigan
Western Reserve
Rowling Green
Ohto University
Cincinnati
Hardin-Simmons
Hiram
Kenyon
Weidelberg
Ashland
Baldwin-Wallace
Ohio Wesleyan
Wilmington
Wolfton
Centre
Marietta
Muskingenim
Capital
Brookside Opens Title Defense Against Grafton
Brookside High seeks a 22nd straight win as it defends the Lorain County Six Man Scholastic Football League title. Coach Joe Hudak’s Red and Black opens against Grafton on Friday at 3 30 on their foe’s gridiron after a 46 0 victory over Lodi. Other league games include Columbia at South Amherst Thursday and Ridgeville at Avon Friday with Avon Lake over Columbia 28 24 and Avon over Grafton 26 18 in last week’s openers.
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Elyria High
Shelby
Marion Hardings
Youngstown South
Massillon
Cathedral Latin
Canton Lincoln
Brookside High
Lorain County
Joe Hudak
Grafton
Brookside
Red
Lodi
Medina County
Amherst
Columbia
South Amherst
Memorial Field
Ridgeville
Avon
Avon Lake
Elyria Reserves Open Erie League Season at Shaker Heights
Elyria High reserves head to Shaker Heights Thursday to face the Jayvees in the Lake Erie League opener. Coach Bob Bacher’s Pioneers seek a third straight win after beating Lorain 15 to 6 and Sandusky 26 to 7. Other Erie reserve games include Lorain vs Sandusky, Cleveland Heights hosting Lakewood, and Shaw versus Collinwood.
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Elyria High
Lake Erie
Shaker Heights
Shaker Heights Jayvees
Erie
Pioneers
Bob Bacher
Lorain
Sandusky
Cleveland Heights
Lakewood
Shaw
Collinwood
Major League Line Scores National League First Game
In the first game of a national league slate the scoreline shows Cincinnati 6 Pittsburgh 8 after eight innings due to darkness ending play. Batters and pitchers named include Mitaburgey Cres Grumbert Kaffenwhergee Mudler McLish Higbe Singieson Sewell Lamaze Haunham Singleran Kluttz Goon Yvars Bickford Massity Potier Salkel Branca Camparella Robert Smmons Koecheroh Semunick and others.
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National League
Chncinnasy
Mitaburgey Oo
Cres
Grumbert
Kaffenwhergee
Mudler
McLish
Higbe
Singieson Qur
Queen
Sewell
Loniparel
Woud Botacerrid
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Pittsburgh
Peveroon
Retfemsberseree
Lamaze
Haunham
Singleran Sede
Kluttz
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