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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1926
Page
8
Whitey Oberc leads attack with four safeties as Bears topple Grays 6 2. Enzmann handles mound duties with solid work while Douglas and Vargas pace the visitors’ batting. Grays muster late offense but fail to overtake the hosts in a hard fought game at Kinsley Park.
Bridgeport 8 Providence 3. Two base hits by Shay Oberc Yordy Enzmann Thomas Kibbie. Stolen bases by Yordy Torphy Stapleton Macklin Sacrifices Enzmann 2. Double plays Stapleton Shay Stapleton Fuller Shay Stapleton Smith Thomas Torphy Fuller Stapleton. Lef t on bases Bridgeport 8 Providence 3. Enzmann 5 walks Vargas 3 Douglas 3. Hits 8 by Douglas 3. Vargas 9 in 6 moves. Losing pitcher Douglas. Vampires Robinson Brown. Time of game 2 704.
Harding High defeated Hartford High 43 in a golf match on Saturday afternoon. Captain Durman led Harding with a stellar display scoring both Harding points while Hartford's Jarbta provided their lone score. Final tally shows Harding 2 Durmati Clancy 0.
United church toppled Olivet 14 to 2 while Park Street Church nine beat Stratford M. E. at Seasole Park in Interchurch league action. Moss struck out eight for United. scores list United 14 Olivet 2 and Park Street 4 Stratford 2 with players Hafeke Bunworth Hendey Waltham Clinton Hefferon mentioned.
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Albany snapped a losing skid by defeating Hartford 12 to 8. Owen was relieved early as Hartford’s starter was removed after retiring just one in the first inning. Key hits included two-base drives by Swansboro and Phillips, with Springer earning the win and Owen charged with the loss.
Massie school nine, Dax three names, booked to meet Roxbury Prep at Cheshire on Wednesday, St Benedicts Prep at Newark on Friday, and Columbia school here on Saturday. Coach Billy aims to hedge dates with Columbia and St Benedict Prep. Silva says Strukelites, Cassidy, MacFarland, and Murphy will matriculate at Providence College in the fall.
Waterbury May 1 AP Springfield defeats Waterbury six to two in a game that marks the Braggscos third straight setback. Sensational left field work by Moore of Waterbury and Alberts of Springfield, plus Demoe and White at second, highlight the contest.
Savoy A A nine, riding four straight wins with a clean record, meets South Ends at Seaside Park on Diamond No 1 next Friday at 3 30 pm. Battery features Hike brothers for South Ends while Savoys counter with Pond Fagan and Pond catching. Savoys lineup includes Carrano Tandy Ceretella MecGraw Muniero Lynch Sime.
The Lyrica of the Northent defeated the Mohicans 17 to 6 in the season opener at Beechwood Park. Fuccella and Chatavelle each had four singles as Lyrica hitters spread the ball around muscling early runs.
Cincinnati led 4 0 until the seventh when New York tied the game and the Giants surged in the eighth for four runs. Carl Mays pitched well after the early trouble as Cincinnati musters hits from Bresler Pipp and Mays and Emmer. The final score 7 to 4.
New Haven beat Pittsfield 7 to 6 today after Loftus held the visitors to two hits through five innings. Eight New Haven hits came in the fifth and sixth, fueling the comeback while Loftus kept Pittsfield hitless until the seventh.
Central High tennis team plays Milford Prep at Milford this afternoon in a possibly altered lineup as Captain Hoffman may be ruled ineligible. The following day Central meets Warren Thirding at Seaside courts to begin the scholastic title series with Central favored for experience and skill. Players Hoff man Campana Baldwin Grace Turn Burstein listed among Centrals.
In Stamford on Friday night Gene Bryan a hard hitting colored middleweight from South Norwalk will box in the Columbus hall show. State 148 pound champ Tom Heaney is entered along with Anthony at 112 pounds a Bush Graham protege and Frank Accards a 112 pounder from Daytona bars. Johnny Huber and Angelo Verderosa also appear.
In New York on May 17, Loayza and Ngraw fought to a sensational draw in a charity Madison Square Garden program. Ruby Goldstein, 18, New York lightweight, scored a technical knockout over Tony Vacarells in a six round prelim on a card that also featured Harmon versus Zivic and Graham versus T... The event, attended by 18,000, raised funds for Catholic Ble Sisters and related causes.
The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Boston Braves 8 to 6 in the third game of the series, extending their winning streak to six. James Bottomley hit his seventh homer of the season in the seventh inning as St Louis totaled 8 runs on 12 hits while Boston managed 6 on 8 hits.
Eddie Shea was elected captain of the Post Publishing Company baseball team yesterday afternoon. Ted Stelling was named manager and Jack Walsh was named coach at the same meeting.
North American amateur boxers who took part in the Pan American boxing championship in Buenos Aires will depart for the United States next Thursday aboard the steamship Pan America. Torey declined several foreign invites while coach Captain Charles Mabutt praised the tournament and noted an invitation to return early next year to challenge Argentine champions in an open air stadium.
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