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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1925
Page
15
A humorous, tangled set of notes about local bowlers and friends. Names like Chas Sutter, Wetmore, Taylor Sr, and Buddie appear amid playful jabs about pins and drives. The piece reads as a colloquial table talk on team fortunes, quirks, and light competition in a small-town bowling scene.
Fragmented notes describe bowlers with quirky traits and team dynamics. Mentions include Yop Herman avoiding radios, Voxel chasing consistency, Calhoni preferring drives as lunch, Bannon questioning pin boy firings, Sadter smiling after a win, Spider resisting coat removal, HH Gainey missing a game, Tomaske’s noisy starts, Foskowski as a blunt roller, Cobb seeking better scores, Joe Six awaiting New Years date, Kisco’s coal smoke, and Luras building toward a 300 score to boost averages.
Fragmented lines praise and jibe about bowlers like Kohout Mansell Connell and Walter, with playful boasts about pins and scores. A curious Christmas cheer and vehicle parable thread through references to a Graves prize and a team’s varied fortunes.
New England teams including Yale, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine, Connecticut Aggies, and Massachusetts prepare for a demanding schedule. Maine, coached by Fred M. Brice, eyes a strong frontline. New Hampshire and UMass boast veteran depth. Connecticut Aggies face a rugged slate with key tests against Norwich and Rhode Island as the league builds toward a crowded, home-focused season.
New Cubs manager Joe McCarthy, armed with Wrigley’s money, targets minor leaguers to transform the team from hitless has-beens. He signs Jon Welly, Frank O'Doul, and Tack Wilson, arguing brains can develop stars even if money can’t buy them.
Tommy Campbell former Yale track captain is training to regain peak speed for indoor meets in February and March. Once feared as a premier half miler, he defeated Britain’s Olympic champion Hudd in 1921 and hopes to challenge for top honors again. He studies law at Columbia and hails from a notable athletic family with brothers who also excelled in track and other sports.
Boston era notes a forecast for the East West grid match with star players from the Olympic club and leading colleges. West team features Bailey and several Olympic players. expected to showcase passing by Muller Imlay and strong kickers Garbisch Nisbet and Patrick.
Fragmented interview text discusses fame and success with courting and return questions. Mentions a movie queen and reflections on public life. Missing clear names, dates, or places due to garbled OCR. The piece hints at constitutional themes but preserves no concrete event or outcome.
Race cards list six furlong first prize results and entries for several races. Notable runners include Li i 19-50 with 9.80 odds, Rosedale and Pichon in money positions, and multiple entries across six events with times, odds, and “also ran” notes. Key horses include Falcon, Mortensen, Panstar, Cynter, The Vintner, Lounger, Morning Cloud, Nurmi, Ocean Current, The Poet, Bolivar Bond, Marsdale, and several others with accompanying jockeys and time data.
Race card summaries from Havana track show results across seven races all for $600 to $1,200 purses. Notable finishes include Lady 196 at 5-1-4, Uncle Abe 115 at 2-17-10 with time 1 13 3-5, and Going Winnipeg Pegasus Sporrt toppling in the six furlong event with a 1 17 3-5 time. Also ran lists accompany each race with horse names and jockeys.
A jagged race card notes multiple entries at AinUrmond and Saint Nicholas handicap events. Miss Aaltha, Wallis, Lady Abbott Lee, and others race in the first event for older mares with claiming, time around d:08. Also listed are two more races with details on weights, entrants, and purses, including Missouri Boy and Moon Raker in miscellaneous stakes.
A detailed race card lists horses and wagers for six events at New Orleans. Entries include First Lace and Second Rach with claiming conditions and numerous entries such as Hally Nuisance, Little Hetty, Drummond, Martha Moore, and Rocking. The afternoon card shows Thoroughbreds racing three to three year olds plus, with distances from six furlongs to a mile and a sixteenth and assorted allowances and handicaps.
A jolting racetrack card lists multiple races with varied purses from 600 to 705 dollars. Entries include three year olds and up, fillies and mares, and allowances across six furlongs to a mile plus. Weather is clear and track slow with several unnamed or malformed entries and notes.
Race list shows mixed entries across ages and weights with many misread names and numbers. Notable entries include Wonder 108 Dan ropa 213 Irish King 107 and China ose 103 among others in a Four and a Half Furlongs event with purses around 700 to 800 dollars and various stakes.
Paris reports a financial crisis suggestion urging French peasants to unlock hoarded gold to pay taxes. The piece notes peasants pay almost no taxes while a town storekeeper earns 200,000 francs gross with 66,000 francs profit, versus 66,000 francs profit for a farmer with little tax. It imagines a revolution if taxes rise.
The National Bureau of Economic Research estimates per capita incomes for all 48 states for 1909 with figures expected to remain similar for the near present. New York leads in average annual income per inhabitant while western states occupy high ranks, and New England shows strength with Massachusetts near the top. The lower end tends to cluster in the southern and midwestern states as rapid commercial and industrial growth continues.
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