East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-06-22
By Bob Keefer

In the not too distant past 1t
was generally agreed that "this is
a mans world" but that is no
longer true, especially in the field
of sports, where women now figure
prominently in athletic endeavors.
East Cleveland is not without
it's share of feminine athletes and,
with the softball season in full
swing local representatives of the
fair sex are exhibiting their dia-
mond proficiency as members of
Sandy's Delicatessen, a team en-
tered in the Inter-Park Girls
League.
The Sandy nine, which is
backed by Sanford Stromberg of
Sandy's Delicatessen at 1868 Eu-
cid ave-, made their debut in soft
ball competition last year and is
now considered one of the dis
trict's better girls teams. Man
aged by Miss Sally Payton, of 1880
Rosalind rd., the neatly-outfitted
team finished third in the six
team league in 1949 and this sea-
son is expected to be at or near
the top of the final standings.
Most of last years roster is
back again with few new ad-
ditions to the lineup being made
to bolster the attack. Probably
the most important acquisition is
the new battery composed of
Pitcher Pat Sanicky and Catcher
Pat Schill, a 16-year old Chagrin
Falls lass, both of whom played
for Stella Walsh's team last sea-
son. Other new additions are Third
Baseman Carol Brewer, Short
Center Elinor Zielinski and Left
Fielder Terry Draganic. Five East
Cleveland girls who are holdovers
from '49 are; First Baseman Mari
anne Rothhaas, 14404 Pontomac
ave-; Second Baseman Alyce De-
Mayo, 14105 Baldwin ave-; Right
Fielder Katie Davidson, 1901
Ardenall ave.; Left Fielder, Helen
Wolf, 14100 Shaw ave.; Second
Baseman, Nancy Widdowson, 1926
East Scarborough I'd, Cleveland
Heights, can be considered an East
Clevelander by adoption" since she
is a senior at Shaw. Rounding out I,
the Sandy roster are: Shortstop
Mickey Green; Center Fielder Bea
Elshaw; Center Fielder Ruth
Stevens. Marty Gaydos, who pitch
ed most of the games last year,
is temporarily out of action to de-
vote her attention to her newly |
arrived sen, but she expects to re-
join the team in August.
The Sandy girls did SO well and |
had so much fun playing softball |
last summer that they decided to
branch out into other sports. In
order to promote their intense in
terest in sports and to encourage
other girls to join them, they |
formed Sandy's club, a strictly |
feminine organization whose main
purpose is ''to promote girls sports
in East Cleveland" The girls elect
ed officers, decided to have month
ly meetings and collect dues in
order to establish a financial re-
serve for their various activities. |
Basketball
Last winter they entered the ALI
Ohio Girls Class B Basketball |
League and went to the finals in |
the playoffs before losing to the
Rangerettes by two points.
Track, too
This spring they became in
terested in track and entering the
North Eastern Ohio A.A.U. Meet |
two weeks ago, they did remark
ably we'll. Their 440-yd. relay team,
consisting of Pat Sanicky, Peggy
Cooper, Elinor Zielinski and Mari
anne Rothhaas, took first place
and will represent this district in
the National Meet in Texas on
August 25th. They have also en-
tered the Central AAU Meet in
Chicago on July Goth. Rothhaas, a |