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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1920
Page
7
In Brooklyn on a summer day the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Dodgers 3 to 5 after a tightly fought game. The Pirates pulled ahead with a decisive rally in the tenth inning, aided by a bases on balls as fans rose to cheer the comeback and secure the win.
Saratoga results note pace stakes for two year olds with Gearre Waves leading, Sunny Days finishing near top, Turner and Weiner among others. Second race steeplechase lists Malden four year olds up to about Two ay Tog, Archioiti noted. Third race details Pricesfield handicap selling over about a mile and four, Ballsolur and Callunan prominent, other entries listed with weights and scratches.
Jersey City hosts a cluttered league card with teams Baltimore Toronto Rochester Syracuse and Reading featuring players Carlson Gills Freitag Ryan Divine Karpp Cotter Quinn Carlson Casey and others in mixed results and scores noted across the segment.
Avon A C invites any team to compete Sunday August 8 at Avon Park. Call Stratford 197 from 7 to 9 p m for details and to enter.
Hartford defeats Springfield 7 to 1 with 19 hits led by Barry four hits and Kane two doubles. Batting details include Rudolph, Harter, Neher, and Pick up driving in runs. Pitching notes list Tense and Sherman combining in a 3:12 game. jealously line appears as filler.
A fragmented retrospective notes economic shifts from private ownership of head meat to government rail measures. It mentions private ownership success, bottlenecks at depots, rising freight costs, and a five percent to twenty percent rate escalation under different schemes. Timetables and pamphlets will carry the five day warning and rail rate notices, with intercity property valuation cited at about twenty billion.
Chicago struggled in a hard fought game as Mew Fark delivered erratic play and the team pushed for a late lead but could not overtake the Hubites. Boston figures into the report with scattered game notes.
In Worcester Massachusetts the Worcester team beat Pittsfield 13 10 8 in game one and Pittsfield won game two 9 3. Keifer and Tillman led pitching and hitting for Worcester and Pittsfield with Adams Belanger Murray King and Callaghan delivering key hits. Both games featured base hits by Murray Belanger Hiller and others, with pitchers including Keifer McQuade Snover Bish and Bach. The doubleheader ended 1 1 with Worcester taking the first and Pittsfield the second.
The American Olympic track team trains aboard a ship en route to Antwerp. A rough crossing delayed morning drills with slippery decks, but afternoon calisthenics proceeded. Land sighting is expected tomorrow, raising anticipation to begin onshore work at the Yatsyern training site.
Seabright New Jersey August 5 Tenis semi final round at Seabright Town Tennis and Cricket and 4 Fy tson At ivasnburn West Side Tennis club Willis Davis of San Francisco won the men's singles No 10 Washburn progressed by defeating Dean Mathey of New York in three sets 2-1 6-2 6-? Davis beat Roland Roberts of San Francisco 6-2 6-3 Miss Heanor Tennant of Los Angeles Soles and Miss Marion Zinderstein of Boston won in the women’s singles semi finals Edith Sigour of Boston was defeated 6-2 6-0 by Tennant. Tennant used chop stroke and fast rallies.
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