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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1921
Page
7
Belmont Park entries list for multiple races with horses, weights, and odds, followed by Pittsfield and Albany baseball scores and Boston Braves game notes. Includes race details for first through sixth events, plus afternoon professional baseball results and upcoming games.
The report covers multi city games with 18 innings in Albany Reading and morning matchups in Newark Jersey City and Buffalo. Players Clarke Manning Swartz Joanso and others feature for Newark and Jersey City lineups while Syracuse and Buffalo teams post marked scores. The narrative shifts to a track meet with Trinity, Holy Cross and Dartmouth results and notes crowd attendance, vehicle and airshow observations alongside motor cars and a prewar display.
Race results from Louisville and Belmont include multiple races with claiming purses from 1300 to 7700, distances from four and a half furlongs to one mile and a quarter. Notable runners include You Need, Taylor, Honor Man, Duncan, Distinction, Marjorie Hynes, and Comedie D armour among others, with trainers and odds listed across seven races and the Belmont program notes.
Jack Dempsey completed a six round sparring session watched by a large crowd at the oceanfront arena. Williams absorbed heavy punches as Dempsey opened a cut near Williams eye. Renault and Lea Houck then faced him, with Dempsey landing left hooks and body shots, wearing protective eye plaster and full fighting tights as rain fell. A motorist hit his dog Hemingway but the champ rescued the animal, which recovered to return to camp.
In the morning games the American Association matches included Thlefo beating Columbus 6 to 3, with Columbus edging TAedga 8 to 4 in the second game. Minneapolis defeated Milwaukee 17 to 3 in their morning contest, while Paul recorded nine runs in the second game. Kansas City and Louisville posted uneven results with their matched innings and second games, reflecting a day of high scoring and mixed outcomes.
William Tilden, American champ, defeated Rugheh Player Crawl in a tough second round match 6-27 1-4 7-5. Rodzianko the Russian beat J ED Jones in five sets. Tilden and Mrs. Mallory fell in mixed doubles to Holman and Baines of England 6-1.
Tom Milton wins the auto sweepstakes in a conservative yet decisive race. Ralph De Palma faces tough luck after equipment failures. Milton’s win totals about 20 thousand dollars in prize money. Louis Chevrolet and Tom Aller provide support as De Palma struggles with broken parts and misfortune.
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