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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1924

Page

9

White Sox Set 3000 Mile Spring Training Trek

Chicago's 1924 White Sox plan a 3000 mile spring training tour from March 2 to opening day, with 23 exhibition games mainly against major league clubs. Two squads depart for Winter Haven February 29, then March 6, as Harry Grabiner lists dates. The trip features pitchers Grimes and Grimes to tune lineup, rookies pushed to prove, and plans to work Vogel at infield, with Charley Hollacher among infielders and staff scouring for new talent.

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Yale Teams To Have One Busy Day This Week

Niw Haven January 11 Yale athletic schedule tightens as exams start February 2 delaying practices. Varsity basketball and hockey seek wins with Princeton and Penn State on slate. Freshman hockey faces Tasers and a busy practice day planned around crowded campus calendar.

YALE NIW Haven Yale Avill Rday Trott An Umi Fogarty Princeton Tigers Westic Luarl Nent Schouh Ape Oelock Whenk Hongaye Freshmigt Teak Sin Prince

Hobbtaell Named Manager for 1924 International League Club

Leading major league coverage reports Rich ard Dick Hobbtaell will manage the Charlotte eink in the South Atlantic League for 1924. The unions note he has played 71 seasons in league play, with Cincinnati and The Sox.

Richard Dick) Hobbtaell Charlotte Eink Seaabas Beer Si Teading International Seague Club Unaion Millieee Ots

Inter Town Court Series Opens Saturday in Fairfield

Fans look to a five game town championship between Fairfield Legion Five and Southport Firemen with game two set for Firemen's Hall in Southport next Tuesday. Both teams boast strong records with Legions twelve straight wins and Firemen nine, drawing large local crowds and strong backing from supporters in Fairfield and Southport.

Fairfield Sherman Hall Legios Tig Five Fairfield Center Southport Firemen Firemen‘s Southport Fang Hoth Legion Firemen Putnams Bridgeport Pats Legionaires Whitey Strouse Tegion Legion Big Five Bridgeport Knights of Columbus John Grills A. C Agui Tas Sacred Heart Sthe Cane

The Sportlight By Grantland Rice Vacation Notice

Grantland Rice notes his travel over 16 000 miles and more than 900 000 words in last year s sports dispatches. He announces a two week vacation for The Sportlight during early February to rest before an even busier 1924 schedule.

Matt Wire Montana Bermuda Chiegge Florida Besing Aunie

Waddell in another trickster boxing tale vivid

The report recounts Rube Waddell in a tale about boxing moguls led by H Sedgewick Muldoon as a proposed big gun figure, with Firpo receiving a lucrative offer. It covers a famous 1900s scene where Waddell impressed fans, a Boston Red Sox clash, and Connie Mack’s whiskey detour tale. It notes Muldoon’s challenged clout and several boxing governance opinions.

Rube Waddell H. Sedgewick Muldoon Firpo Hans Wagner Walter Johnson Christy Mathewson Grover Alexander Cy Young Waddel Waddell Boston Red Sox Athletics Freddy Parent Freddy Boston Connie Mack Lke Wanick

Sacraments to Play Southport in Blessed Sacrament Hall

The Blessed Sacrament and Southport Firemen basketball teams clash Thursday night in Blessed Sacrament hall. A lively contest is anticipated as Southport arrives with a short schedule and a lineup featuring Burns Muls Burns Mills and Delmore.

Blessed Sacrament Southport Firemen

Wills Visits Kin in New Haven

Harry Wills the pupilist stopped in New Haven on his way to Hartford and met Mosey King of the Connecticut Boxing Commission at Yale Symposia. He displayed x ray photographs showing fractures in two hand bones and announced plans for an official x ray follow up for the commission.

Viepo Buenos Aires Associated Firpo Tex Rickard Hire Harry Wilts Jack Dempsey Nue Hugh Gartland New York Kirpe Wills Newark Firpe Richard Dempsey Willy Uberty Rickard New Haven Harry Wills Hartford Mosey King Yale Sympasum State Boxing Commission

Referee Fatally Shot After Boxing Feud Escalates

Dave Miller, a boxing referee, was shot and fatally wounded outside a theater after a fight between Leonard and Mitchell sparked a riot. Miller and one of his brothers were attacked as the crowd spilled into the sidewalk. Miller described hearing two gunshots and realizing he had been struck in the side.

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Navy to Row All Crew Races at Home

Navy plans to host all crew races at home with varsity and second varsity squads entered. The schedule includes Princeton in May and Byracuye in late spring, with varsity and plebe crews competing in Philadelphia events such as the American Henley and Olympic tryouts in June.

NAVY Annapolis Searat Varsity Saul Princeton Areity Byracuye Naval Academy Philadelphia Varsity

Phillies Sign Shortstop Prospect Barney Helgeth

The Philadelphia Phillies announced by manager Art Fletcher that Barney Helgeth, a shortstop prospect formerly with St Joseph in the Western League, has signed. He will face stiff competition within the infield for the shortstop position or utility spot during the season.

Phillies Art Pletcher Barney Helgeth St. Joseph

Whitney Tops 1924 Futurity Turf Nominations at Lexington

Whitney stable of New York leads turfmen with nineteen entries for the 1934 Futurity for two year olds, amounting to a field of 257 nominees when nominations closed July 1, 1922. The event at Lexington will run about six furlongs with a $20,000 value, 70 percent to the winner and weight allowances as listed. John E. Madden ranks second with seventeen entries, followed by several notable owners and Kentucky-based stables in the top counts.

Lexington Jan John E. Madden Whitney Stable E. KR. Bradley J N. Camden Versailles Willis Sharpe Kilmer Binghamton N. Y Gifford A. Cochran New York Hal Price Headley John TD Hertz Chicago Monfort and

Jesse James Belt and Bank Robbery Tale

A first person reminiscence links Jesse James to gun belts and temperance attitude while recounting train robbery myths and youthful temptations. The narrator recalls gang lore, the Ford betrayal, and how outlaw romance influenced young cowboys into crime before a Missouri reform.

Pal James Wang Crawford Foster Harely Foster Vour Bank Luskity T Wichita Falls Billy Newberry Matt Shaw Newt Gibson Jesse Jimes

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