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uh; i“‘ 1 , 1947 WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY“ 26-, 1947 STEEL CITY PRESS LUCKY STRIKE BOWLING AI.I..E‘l'5 B League STEEL CITY A. C. DEFEATS IAAC STEEIMEN DROP T0 SEVENTH PLACE IN FRONIIER |.‘EAGllE,M LOSE T0 l0C|(POR'l', 60-50 REMEMBER WHEN Won I18 Before in capacity crowd at Luella- wanna High School gym last Sat. night, the Steel (‘ily AC (lc-fumed the I Am An Ann-limn (‘luli to win the first gnnw of tho uvo-out-oh Llm-0 sari:-.-. for Ronsvvvlt B League clunnpionsliip. The boys from i0W(‘l' Ridge Rd. jumped off to an >‘.('von point lend early in the gmnu. However. the IAAC out tlw lead of Lhuir oppon~ ants due mainly to tho :u:L'nrzu-y of Leo Palm-y‘< sot shots 'l‘h(- .scor¢- at lmlftixnv was tied at 16-16. The ('.lnim'c>'. of rho Stm-.lmen’s winning the p::nm- \\'(‘I.‘(‘ hurt groan ly when Kllkolt-(til \\':1% l.'jL‘(‘1t‘(i for fivv fouls out-ly in the Lliinl quar- ter. “is lumnnuitx-<, Lulm nml 3[)ulI}:0, who in-tlul M-n and q.]cv('n points ;'v~pucl.vii-ly. played :1 ln'il- liant gnnw at nfl‘vn~¢- and (i('f(\lSL‘ to help pull :uv:1y from tho (‘lub- mcn. The [inn] .~0nn- rend Sh-1-I City A(‘ 31 and the I Am An American (\lul) 26. L00 l‘ax1,~,u-y nvltod six pninls for the losers, while his In-orlior, Efllil‘, had a louil of five points. Lost 21 22 WITH JIMMY TOBIN, JR I nglmm Grill \Vnsliing'L‘nn Allvys . . -17 Whucky 44 Klnvoons 'I‘avcrn . . . . :11 Kuwiks Grill . . . . . . . ~l‘1 Lulliers Grill . . . . . . . 38 Ridge Optical . . . . . . 37 Ridge Cafe . . . . . . . . 3-1 (‘.:u'ls T1|VL‘.)'l'l . . . . . . . 32 Ridge Road Grill . . . . 30 l.uck_v Strike . . . . . . . 21. lllusdvll P. O. . . . . . . 2 Faculty ’l)irec.lor of Athletics Fri. night at I.:wliawamm High School gym the Steelnu-n just about eliminated them-elves from -the Niagara F‘l'0lll.l('1' League play- offs by losing to the third place Lochport team. The loss, the first in ten years to the Lockport five on the local court‘, dropped the Stuelmen to s0VL'.nl,ll position in league .--.tamlim:.«:. Loclcport'v. cent:-r, Bill Reid, was the star of the high .~‘('.oriug ‘fray 1:0-cotxiiliiig for 19 of his Leam'.~. 60 point,~.. R('l(l'$ hook ~l1ol' wax hold in ('lieck lhru lllr fine Ili'rl'll~lVl' \\(|ll\ of Lacl\a\\auna’< (‘hum-h ',l‘li11-L-,L.x during Lhe narly pail‘ of the game, but after 'l‘liri-I-l.~ had ll(‘(]1lll'(!(l four p(-r.~'onal fouls, Rt-id opened up and could not he stopped. Geno Zadzilka opened the scor- ing‘ with a perf'oc!. layup from a tipoff play, and the local lads main- tained a lead of from Lwo-Lo-five points un-Lil midway III the second quarto:-. Then Reid tool‘ over, and a series of hook sliols and Lip-ins gave the visitors a 26-.1x edge at. the half way mark. On four quick ba-ekets Lockport spurted to start the law half while the SL4-elmen were only acquiring oue‘point on a free throw. Three set shots by Tomasik put Lacka- wanua back in the ball game and the hometown boys, following their custom in recent games. began clos- ing the gap. This time, however. they had far too much to do, for the \vinne1's matched them basket‘ for basket. In spite of the yeoman work of Zadzilka the visitors were not to be denied, and Lackawanna sustained ils eighth loss in 12 starts, 60-50. lily ‘Harry Doherly You hitched a ride to the fairgrounds and jumped a fence to avoid the necessity of a ticket but you wound up behind the eight ball because the barrier you chose to get over was the enclosure around the pig pen . . . Jimmy Goodrich lived on Parkview Ave. and did his training in the Police Gym . . . \Red\ Sorach always started his paper peddling in a hurry but a ball game somewhere along his route would always slow him down . . . Joey Gallagher started blasting his way to Brooklyn in a game against the local ‘high school. Playing for South Park on the old Memorial diamond, he parked‘ a pitch half-way down Center Street . . . The late Chief Gilson and Jimmy Tobin Sr. put on a “Mutt and Jeff\ boxing act . . . Mickey Hanley had his fling behind the footlights as an end man in a minstrel show . . . Emedia Chiachia displayed a fine tenor voice in the some show . . . The pals of Chief Gilson made him the toast of New York. Knowing of his resemblance to Jess Willard they took him to Jack Dempsey’s Restaurant and then pass- ed the word around that the dethroned champ was paying a call on the Manassa Mauler. It was sometime before the chief discov- ered why the diners besieged him for his autograph . . . Marty Ryan's store became a scene of confusion each day as all the newsboys gathered for their quota of papers . . . ‘ ORTS eugue urv pvt - H ‘i'1‘\‘V Since Hm C League Won . . . . . . . . 19 Lost 20 y Sing‘... no in 2'- led. .‘\: u’ Dum Polski Kuwiks . . . . . . «'s\v:\yku.~‘. . . . . liluo Bur . . . . . Little Hu1'1(-m . Rulnnd Wildcats :\1urty's Grill . \':u)m'u-l\‘Iut:1|c . Lulu: Erin . . . . (.:nrs1«i’s . . . . .. \\'uu(ll:1wn . . . . lh'1ll's .. . . . . . . night In H ~h---. t(:.nn~ On 1, I. v\'1-I‘. I (III(' \\\nn St. Hyncinlhs Y. (‘lulu 56 Lost 13 Strmlt A1-t Nmgurax Lub Andy Rusevelyn who weighed 130 (soaking wet) could push the 200 pounders around with ease . . . Steve Ryszka played a lot of football for the Orientals . . . Pete Scahill was the medalist in the W. N. Y. Junior golf tourney and a few years later his brother Joe repeated . . . In 1927 Stanley Barrett had an elegant car complete with victrola, ‘heater, pillows, ash tray, and cuspidar . . . Jim and Butch Scahill COOllu{l. their first ear of corn and pot of clam chowder . . . The clerks in Fidler-Wicks always presented the kiddies with an enormous bag of candy when the bill was paid on paydoys . . . Brownie May was the kid who rescued your golf ball from the So. Park Lily Pond. . . You could enjoy three hours of Pedro or Bridge and then dance for three hours all for 35 cents at the Memorial Hall and if you were lucky you also took home a big prize . . , Gerard Jackson greeted you with a cry of \PAH-PUH\ at the Ridge Rd. — So. Pork intersection . . . \Hizzoner” Mike Hughes would say that there were other teams, but only one REAL BALL TEAM, the Minooka Blues , . . Jimmie Fennie was the crooner with the Canisius College Glee Club . . . Doc Harrity and Doc O'Connor were pitching rivals . . . ~’nn 1 Al 3 -) Ru Grill . . . . . . . . 36 lkuwdons . . . . . . . . . . :36 Szczopaulski Rust. . . . 31 St. Michael's . . . . . . . 31 38 D0l10WiC1\' . . . . . . . . . . 30 39 Abbott Hotel . . . . . . 28 41 Farmers Inn . . . . . . . . 28 41 Santiago Truck . . . . 27 42 Rich's............ 21 48 Won Lost Bethlehem Mechanical League Tho next and probable deciding game will be played this evening at the Roosevelt School gym. GLABS BEAT VETS, ON TOP IN LEAGUE on I 3 3 Masons . . . Foundry . lute Shop . 59 . 57 . 56 Struct. Repair . . . . . . 38 34 Machine Shop . . . . . . 33 39 Carpenter Shop . . . . -‘I1 41 Yard Dept. . . . . . . . . 2'7 45 Locomotive Shop . . . . 26 46 Police Dept. . . . . . . . . 25 4'7 Pattern Shop . . . . . . 23 49 Foundry Jrs. 11 61 Glah Post is leading City Basket- ball League by (l(-{eating Veterans 37-34. The Veterans held the Glab Post to a tie at the final whistle. The extra period proved disastrous for the Vets as Glalfs won sprang ahead with Bill “Bump's\ Melvin scoring 17 points. In League 11. the IAAC downed the undvfezxtod Phoenix 33-19. J. Wojtan sunk six lmskots and :1 foul shot to score 13 points [or IAAC. E If your name is listed in the Steel (‘ily Press with the words \tickets” atter it, stop at the Press Office, 19 Inghnm Avcn, for two tickets to Shea’s Lackzxwxmnn. As college students Doc Fisher and Doc A. Twist operated a hot dog stand at So. Park and Mcl(inley . . . a little later and a block away, Harry Doherty held sway as the man in white at on outdoor milk shake emporium . . . Jack Joynt's Restaurant consist- ed of an Army tent, a counter, candy, ice cream, and the best hot dog in town . . . You satisfied your craving for sodas at the foun- tain in the rear of Jim Redmc-nd's tobacco store . . . (N.B:-the drug stores only handled drugs) . . . Ed Reed's dad thrilled the kiddies with stories of pioneers . . . Tiny Kaney held the record for the swim across Smoke's Creek . . . Bill (teacher) Osborne was given honor- able mention on a W.N.Y. all star hoop assembly—his brother John drew down praises as the coach of the High School thespians . . . Tommy Bodkin was the \Winchell\ of the town with his newspaper 29 <9 28 0 21. 7 18 4| Next Fri. .91-comlmlnco Kenmore phlys hero to fini.~h.Lhe League .=‘chodu]c. Tum. Mill‘. 4, war ~eo.omI m((-(7- im: lu-l\\:~in ()l.V .uu| l.;u.l\.l\\.l1.lI.'1 luk(:.~. pl.uu- :1’ Nu Hugh Srhnu] gym. SIGNS PIANS SOFTBAll TEAM Jon 1\'I|:~U<‘}_I.|, pmmimnl luvénn (':\\'mW and -yn-1t.~m..n. plank tn cu- t.¢‘-nr a mnlmll t1~.|In in tho (‘ny Sonlxztll 1.1-ngm l.ln‘~ rmningg ~l'£l- stml. Hi~ dirt’-(‘I sum i< Ln fivlrl :1 winning: rumhEn:n.inn Ln mnuwlo with tho flm‘-~t t¢!a\Im in I.aul\:1- wanna. . . . Bill Sweeney was a boy soprano with the Basilica Choir . . . You took your rhovies at the Savoy, Happy Hour, The Family or the A. 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