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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1919
Page
10
Dr Hall and Bryan led the city championship at Brooklawn Country Club with Hall defeating Bryan in straight sets to push into the semifinals. Bennett and Wheeler advanced in singles and teamed Hawley to win a doubles thriller as pace and precision drove the event.
In men singles second round Dr R Warren Hall defeated Gregory Bryan 6 1 and 0 2. F M Bennett beat Godfrey Aveidlich 6 1 6 2. John Wilson defeated J W Wheeler 2 6 6 2 6 4. In women singles third round Esther Gerrish beat Mrs Walter Wheeler 1 3 6 2. Myrtle Bowers beat Miss Beatrice Gooflell 6 2 4 6 2. Alice Chapman beat Mrs Louis Snyder 6 3 6 2. In doubles first round Hawley and Bennett defeated Macy Wheeler and Fred Wosdick 11 6 6 etc. Matches today begin at 9 o'clock with Court No 1 Hall vs Clifton Weidlich Helen Wheeler vs Alicia Chapman Court No 2 Buckingham and Bryan vs Waernsar Anderson and R R Fay Hawley vs Bennett Court No 3 John Wheeler Sr and John Wheeler Jr vs John Wilson and Edward Brown Clifton and Godfrey Welditch vs George Poster and George Catlin.
Toledo reports catcher Dennis Murphy of the Toledo American Association team is in hospital with a fractured skull after being struck by a pitch from Dan Graner during Sunday's Toledo St. Paul game. Murphy, who was recently acquired by the New York Americans, walked off the field after the incident.
National League results and injuries headline a day of doubleheaders. Max Flack sprained an ankle while attempting to score in the Chicago vs New York game and was carried from the field, ruled out for some time. Chicago won the first game 4 1, while New York took the second 7 4, with Mar din and Necht handling pitching duties and Robertson delivering a late double for Chicago. In Pittsburgh, the Pirates split a doubleheader with Boston, winning 6-3 in the first and 8-1 in the second, aided by strong pitching and key errors by Boston.
Philadelphia with six recruit players beat Detroit today 4 to 3. Cobb's hitting was responsible for all the Tigers runs in a game marked by Leonard and Welsh in support.
Pittsfield Mass Sept U The misinterpretation of a telegram from Birmingham led Pittsfield officials to announce Fortune and Devine were sold to the Giants. Fortune and Devine were actually sold to the Boston Americans while Johnny Bates was sent to the Giants.
Conrad Ef Lashar son of Thomas Lashar of Fairfield won his third consecutive Brooklawn Country Club Junior golf championship defeating G M Wheeler 2 to 1 in the final. Lashar also stars in Datt's prep school golf, first winning the event in 1916 and adding titles in 1917 and yesterday.
Yale earned two singles and two doubles wins at Merion in the Intercollegiate tournament. Garland and N. Hawks beat Cornell pair Fisher and Hanley 6-2 6-4 in doubles, while Reid and Holt fell to Yale’s other doubles team. Singles saw Garland defeat Harvard captain G W Holm, and Hawks topple Princeton’s H S Isaltenbach in a thrilling upset, setting up semis Garland vs Reid and Hawks vs W Dudley Swarthmore.
After ten days of delays promoter Jack Menny unveils a boxing carnival at the Casino Friday featuring Touls Bogash vs Churile Pitts ten rounds and Battling Yanez vs Red Alfon. Other matches include Tiddie Trembly vs Joe Woods and Young O Connell vs Jyh Barey with officials and posters misprinted on Ed die Meade and Frank Braithwaite.
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