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Elect Gottfried President Of Cleveland Raceways Inc IncCRANWOOD CRANWOOD PARK Warrensville Heights Ohio June 9 At a meeting of the board of directors of the Cleveland Race ways Inc Henry Gotterfried prominent local attorney and sportsman was elected president of that organization The Cleve ¬ land Raceways owns and operates Gran wood currently in the first week of a 35 day running race meeting and is engaged in rebuilding Thistle Downs where a fall meeting starts on September 11 11Gottfried Gottfried said following his election We plan to give Cleveland the best in racing and plan to have a major league race track for lake city fans The new modern grand ¬ stand now being built and the 25000 Ohio Derby scheduled for renewal this fall are our two major steps towards that desired goal goalGottfried Gottfried succeeds Gary C Boshamer as president of the Cleveland Raceways fol ¬ lowing the sale of thejatters holding to M B Lesnick of Baltimore The Cleveland attorney steps up from a former post as treasurer Louis Pondfield remains vice president and general manager and Lesnick becomes secretary and treasurer
