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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1918
Page
16
Fragmentary local sports note references the Rovers and a boys club game scheduled for Friday. Names and details are garbled, but basketball context and manager involvement are indicated amid disjointed phrases and quoted fragments.
Newport officials plan to resume invitation tennis at the Casino next August under the United States National Lawn Tennis Association. A committee of prominent tennis players will be appointed by the governing Casino committee to arrange details for the tournaments.
Bill Roper, former Princeton football star and coach, hails Princeton as a formidable eleven in wartime form. He says Camp Upton will supply 1,000 soldiers to attend the Polo Grounds game for War Work Fund proceeds, with officials McCarty Williams Andrews volunteering their services.
Bridgeport Public School Soccer League held a draw last evening at the Board of Education rooms with about 60 boys from city schools attending except ex-President R Link who was absent for other business. The first round paired Maplewood with Prevocational Prospect with Franklin and the rest of the schools receiving byes. The results outlined tomorrow’s knockout contest with Staples Madison Prospect Franklin and Prevocational Mapleswood among the noted matchups.
Harvard starts with two football games at Harvard Stadium as the Madisons travel by auto bus from Madison Avenue and Main Street at 10 30 sharp. Players listed report for practice Friday at 7 o'clock. The Princeton contingent arrives at 10 30 and will march up Sixty sixth Street to Healy's, then be conveyed to the Polo Ground by special train.
Great interest centers on Sunday at the Meadows as Bridgeport City faces an all star team from the State league. Proceeds go to United War Work, promising a large crowd and a top lineup including players like Joustan Coombes Tidmarsh and Hirst Fisher. Referee Bobby Rae will officiate with reserve officials as linesmen.
Fred Fulton of Rochester and Willie Meehan head a four round grudge bout at the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. Promoter Larry Foley stages the event with proceeds to charity. a Fulton win could lead to a rematch with Jack Dempsey.
At Peoria Nov 14 minor leaguers debated reclassifying and redistricting to compact circuits and curb salaries. Action on 1919 plans paused pending word from the American and National Leagues. Officials including Farrell Hickey and ONeill attended amid proposals for class-based city population thresholds and future Chicago meetings.
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