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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
11
The Rectors, Connecticut state basketball champions, begin their season with their first practice tonight. They expect to quickly regain form that has earned them top state honors twice. Management has arranged several fine bookings and the team aims for a strong year. The Rectors wish to meet fast teams like Acco or Leko and any rivals claiming strong coaching tutelage.
Baltimore mayor says Baltimore will seize any opportunity to win a major league franchise amid ongoing feud between Ban Johnson American League groups and National League interests. He will convene the newly appointed committee to explore securing a major league berth for the city.
Alex Sullivan of the Evening World praises Louie Bogash the light welter from Bridgeport in his boxing column. He notes Bogash’s past wins over top welters and predicts strong support for his upcoming clash with Marty Cross at the Garden on Friday night the 24th.
The X. M. BH. A. will open its gymnasium in the former Eagles Mall club rooms on Madison avenue this evening with veteran paginat Andy arker in charge. The basketball team is practicing and expected to compete soon, aiming to represent the organization in all sports events.
New York Nationals announce outright release of Fred Lear, former third baseman, who played infield last season, to Milwaukee club of the American Association.
Cincinnati Reds consider St. Paul catcher Eugene Hargraves as a potential backstop for next season. St. Paul reportedly refused a 20,000 offer last year from Brooklyn, per reports filed today.
New York officials announced dates for national championship events including the national junior cross country at Cortlandt Park New York on November 23 the senior cross country at Franklin Park Boston November 21 and the national 20 mile run and seven mile walk at Glenn Park Yonkers December 6.
Dr J E Barcroft of Princeton chairs the meeting with George T Hepburn as secretary. The session will take place in the gymnasium of the College of the City of New York at Isbetree and Amsterdam Avenue at a FP M on Friday November 6.
A 25 million dollar loan arranged between Stats Councillor Gluckstadt and National City Bank of New York during Gluckstadt's visit to Copenhagen was approved by all parties. It aims to ease the dollar exchange, hindering purchases of American goods. The loan will be traded at 95 and repaid at 107 and 110 with 2.25 percent interest.
Patrons at the Plaza theatre enjoyed a memorable show arranged by Edward Riley of the Post Telegram. A large party of night boys wore multicolored jazz caps and participated with enthusiasm alongside Manager James McCarthy. Notable attendees included Albert Gillet Lawrence Verderanc Stepheny Halzunski Andrew Barzanski Louis Dacarla and Charles Norris.
Lenox juniors topped the Mohican team 13 to 6 in a brisk game. Stehle scored the lone touchdown on a zero yard run and Lapke added a 6 yard scoring dash, shaping the outcome for Lenox in the final period.
New York: plan unites tuner and subsidiary lines under American Ship and Commerce corporation. United American Lines to operate Kerr Navigation ships. Kerr Navigation stock largely owned by parent. Subsidiaries include American Hawaiian and Kawmut Steamship. Total about 468,902 deadweight tons.
Four army airplanes completed a round trip to Nome Alaska landing at Mitchells field Mineola N F were met by a fleet of thirty five airplanes over New York and escorted to the field Ross Br Hirkpatrick first to land with a mascot goat collected along the route
Geneva dispatch reports Olga, Queen Mother of Greece, leaving Lucerne for Athens to tend her gravely ill grandson King Alexander. A telegram urged immediate operation to save him. Also notes Willie Ritchie switching from boxing to golf and entering California state tournaments.
Automobile makers seek to solve housing by converting large cars into living spaces with sitting rooms kitchens and bathrooms. Couples desiring marriage find new options as mobile homes travel from suburb to town with nightly stays near city centers, offering a novel blend of travel and domestic life.
In Louisville on October 20 Elihu Root and Secretary Baker argued over the League of Nations covenant. Root, praised as a compromiser, faced criticism for a pro League stance while opposing Article X. Baker, touring with pro League independents, urged adoption of the covenant as a political fight. Also report of two escaped convicts, Stivers and Fassett, robbing Hartford men on Meriden road of cash and valuables. description matched.
A Red Cross poster recounts how miracles were achieved at a wartime hospital using only rodins as the sole available medicament after all other supplies were exhausted or destroyed. The account emphasizes improvised care during scarcity.
Dr. Bertier writes in the Deutsche Medizinsche Wochenschrift that attacks of fainting in children are rare outside home or school where help is close at hand. He argues a frightening factor is a weakening will power when a child feels safe to yield to strain.
A fragment notes that iodine was widely prescribed and claimed to cure many ailments by faith, with adherents asserting that those treated in this manner were truly cured. The passage reflects historical belief in faith based medical remedies.
Reading extracts from papers on recent speeches by Senator Harding and Governor Cox Caolline. Beardsley praised their records at a Twelfth District rally on Stratford avenue nearly 500 attended. Beardsley attacked Wilson and the league of nations and urged support for Brandegee and Alm for probate Miller praised the party as progressive and liberty minded. Miller condemned the League of Nations as artificial and warned of after election quiet on the issue. Steiber forecast Harding’s win ending autocracy and pledged support for the Republican platform with criticism of Wilson era treaties.
Obituaries and funeral notices for Mary Tracy Cornelius E Burrell Susan J Clarke Thomas Blake Frank Harvey Thomas and others. Services listed include times, locations such as Mullins Seate and Redgate funeral parlors St Luke's Church Sacred Heart Church and Mount Grove cemetery with interments in St Michael's Lakeview and Riverside. Arthur Brickley noted as Columbia University freshman with a local athletic comparison.
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