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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1922
Page
15
El Dorado Ark May 3 J H Ganzel once manager of the Kansas City American Association club who is in the off business here declined to become manager of the Atlanta Southern Association team after Charlie Frank resigned Ganzel formerly owned the Rochester N Y baseball club
In a state athletic commission ruling, Lew McFarland of the Sporting Club was suspended for sixty days following a bout. The commission also announced the censure of Mel Congan of Brooklyn lightweight and Wille Kohile a Speal, with details limited by the report.
Roderick McNeil was elected president of the New Park City baseball league formed Thursday at the Stratfield Hotel. The six teams include Karm Terminal, Bridgeport Brass, Warner Bros, A. W. Burritt Lumber, Holmes and Edwards, and General Electric. Official prizes will honor top pitcher, hitter, and fielder with batting and holding awards.
Work began Monday on the University of Pennsylvania’s new stadium in Philadelphia. The project will replace the old Frankilin Fishd stands with a modern concrete U shaped structure costing about 725000 and seating 50000. It aims to be ready for the football game on September 30.
May 5 report from New York notes Mike Gibbons, Sr. will not allow his five boxing sons to fight. Mike Gibbons Jr. remains a spectator as his father faces Mike O'Dowd in a twelve pound match at Queansboro Stadium Saturday. The family trains at John O'Reilly's gym and despite early teens, Jr. shows boxing skill while his father insists his sons will not enter the ring.
Boston May 6 James Connolly of Georgetown Intercollegiate mile champion and Harold C Cute of the Boston Athletic Association national indoor 1000 yards champions will meet in a mile race at the American Legion games in Washington Saturday Cutlin was to have run a relay member but agreed to meet Connolly Sustain Boston AA will send a one mile relay team to the games Earl Dudley Chris OLeary Joe Sullivan and Ray Robertson participate
San Francisco May 1. Pine Bodie outfielder will appear with Vernon of the Pacific Coast League when it plays San Francisco here next week. Bodie, formerly with the New York Yankees, was sold to Boston and suspended by Baseball Commissioner Land after we declined to report. He will be eligible to play on May 12.
Tomorrow finds a full slate of amateur matches across multiple parks. Red Sox play Groans Farms at Bedford Oval, White Pines meet Sheltons at Beardsley Park, and Stratford All-Stars face Beachstreet Tysiers at Paradise Green. Local clubs Crashees, Verley A Cye, and others also appear on varied fields.
Chicago May 5 Jole Ray and Ray Watson meet again after Watson beat Ray by two yards in Drake Relays. A return race was invited by A A Stagg director of athletics at the University of Chicago for the inter scholastic meet on May 27.
Five Harvard track stars will miss the Crimson meet with MIT on Saturday due to injuries. Hurdler Dick Whitney, pole vaulter Harry Daigig, quarter miler Richard Chute, sprinter Vinton Chapin, and miler Warren Eston are sidelined. Chapin is out for the season with tendon trouble from football. The others expect to report in time for the Harvard Yale meet next week.
London May 5 Georges Carpentier European heavyweight champion training for his bout with Ted Lewis on May 11 made no plans for a bout in America. High manager Francois Descamps told the Associated Press that reports of Carpentier going to the United States to defend his title were untrue.
Over seventy five riders are expected for the Brooklewy Wheel Club races at Seaside Park tomorrow afternoon led by Olympic champion Frank Small. James Crowley Paul Burealer and Harry Read join a strong field with five events on the program including open and handicap divisions. Prizes of 34 awards have been donated with several riders set to receive two prizes.
A Rutgers College charter dating April 21, 1879, the oldest known college athletic charter, was unearthed in Middle Rox county records. Granted under a 1876 New Jersey law, it covered baseball and promoted pall playing and other physical exercise. A new incorporation is now being prepared.
Newark officials discuss plans with Jack France of Los Angeles to construct the world’s largest and fastest speedway at Port Newark. A proposed site measures 3,600 by 200 feet with a mile and a half track and two massive stands for 100,000 spectators, plus parking for 40,000 autos.
Johnny Weissmuller, dubbed the human hydroplane, aims to break multiple records. The Illinois Athletic Club swimmer will travel to Honolulu for a match against the Hawaiian swimmer next month after today arranging the trip. He earlier shattered the world 100 major record by swimming 53 3 1 in Culver Military Academy’s 120 foot pool.
Georges Carpentier faces Ted Lovwis in London on May 11 at the Arena to win back prestige and earn a challenge to the Greb-Tunney light heavyweight winner. Predictions split, with Carpentier seen as favorite by odds, while Lewis backers expect a knockout by four rounds. Dempsey declined to comment.
New York May 5 The Metropolitan Jockey Club track at Jamaica holds a rich slate as future fixtures loom though Pimlico and Churchill Downs host the Preakness and Derby next week. The next Jamaica stake is the Kings County Handicap a one mile and a sixteenth test with 1500 added run Saturday. Features include Garden City Montauk Spring Olympic Arizona Colorado Excelsior Highland Nam bow Rosedale Stuyvesant Montana Youthful Long Beach Southampton and Greenfield attracting top thoroughbreds even without the Preakness or Derby action.
Yale and Harvard appear to have ceded any real stake in the championship relays at the Penn Relays. A record crowd at Franklin Field saw no Harvard team in the main events, and Yale and Harvard have not secured a victory in the standard relays for life years. Tom Campbell led the Elia to the Gramilé title in 1921, Harvard’s last win coming in the one mile race in 1918. Bill Bingham and Westmore Wilcox once outran Ted Mere dith in a famed trio at 3 minutes 19 seconds.
Milford Central Grammar School will send 469 pupils under Elmer Holbeck to the YMCA field and track meet at Choate Preparatory School in Wallingford. The team, confident for prizes, lists entrants including Pinky Smith and a full roster of Grammar School stars.
New York May 1 W C Fownes Jr of Oakmont Country club Pittsburgh will captain the American golf team for the Walker Cup match against England and Ireland The team selection was announced by a committee of the United States Golf Association Fownes led the American contingent in England last year helping the team win the match though the Americans fell short in the championship Fownes defeated Chick Evans the former national champion in the early rounds of that event The 19 xeteer date and county venue details are noted in the report
The American Irish track team decided at the New York Athletic Club to sail the George Washington on July 15 for the Thailitecan gates revival in Dublin, commencing August 6. The group announced three track entries and six swimming entries, plus a new decathlon championship, with John McCormack pledging to present a trophy.
May 5 New York reports claim Argentina roiled by the Firpo versus Italian Jack Derapsey match set for May 13 at Ebbets Field. A transmission error caused South American papers to announce Firpo against Jack Dempsey for the heavyweight title, triggering numerous messages to Ebbets Field and to Dave Driscoll in Brooklyn.
New York May 5 The Giants plan to recall Frank Frinch which would likely end Johnny Rawlings lengthy major league run He was praised by Yankees analysts as an ordinary player but his defense and clutch October contributions helped Baker in the World Series and his value to the team is acknowledged
The strong St Mary's Hine hopes to book a game with any 14 year old team in the city or state for the coming Sunday. War saints call Noble 348% any evening from 8 to 9 p.m. William Pascoe, manager.
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