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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1925
Page
17
New Haven Sept 14 Yale football to open drills with nearly forty candidates reporting to coach Tad Jones for initial drill. Smaller number than usual. details outline secret practice plans, bowl expectations, and roster shifts including Joss eligibility and potential coaching changes.
Sept. 14 Herb McQuaid right handed pitcher of the St Paul American Association club was sold today to the New York Yankees for an unannounced number of players and cash. He sat out most of this season but won twelve games and lost four.
CHICAGO. Sept. 14 The title world series between Louisville, American Association winner, and Baltimore, International League winner, will open in Louisville September 30. Four games are scheduled in Louisville on September 30 and October 13, with an open date October 2. After Louisville, the other four games move to Baltimore, where the series likely opens October 6, a day before the world series starts.
Washington officials raced to foil a potential fraud after a hotel dishwasher displayed what looked like valid World Series tickets. Club leaders and city detectives met to destroy the engraved tickets and prevent circulation, amid questions about the dishwasher’s access and a patent office connection.
Boston on September 14 recalled six players from the minor leagues. Outfielder Tom Jenkins from Danville Three TI League shortstop Jimmy Deggin third baseman Bud Connolly and pitcher Howard Wiltse from Mobile Southern League H M Welch from Flint Mid-Ontario League and Joe Kiefer from Jersey City International League will report at once.
Colgate football on track with about forty five players reporting in fine shape for the opening game against Canising College and major schedule including Princeton Lafayette Michigan State Syracuse and Brown. Summer work has left many hardened and tanned for the gridiron and several former stars coaching this past week.
Princeton coach Bill Roper warns only 36 candidates report for early practice. Backfield strength looks good with veteran backs, but ends were lost to graduation and new ends must be formed from the backfield. Four coaches will train the squad as Princeton plans early drills and field lighting for evening practices.
Washington and Jefferson College opens the football season with veterans likely filling most positions. The Presidents host Geneva College on September 26 in a storied rivalry enhanced by Bo McMillan coaching Geneva and star Bill Amos returning to the lineup after academic ineligibility last year.
Williams Town September 14 Williams football under coach Doug Lawson successor to Percy Wendell conducts preliminary workouts for the coming season. Lawson works to uncover two new backs and a pair of attenders along with backfield depth amid graduation of a dozen lettermen. The squad shows strength on the line and wings but backfield uncertainty persists. Assistants Vic Kennard and Joe Filage raid, former Harvard players, assist.
Edouard Mascart the 22 year old European featherweight champion lands in New York aboard the French liner Suffern with his bride after a Paris marriage on August 10 He weighs 126 pounds and plans to box Johnny Dundee at Coney Island on October 5 and Eddie Cannonball Martin in Brooklyn on October 12.
Charley Schmidt former Major League catcher and current Pacific Coast League umpire has endured thirty broken fingers on his right hand across twenty four years behind the plate, reflecting a long career marked by repeated injuries.
Jack Zivic of Pittsburgh welterweight scored a judges decision over Basil Galano of New Orleans in an 11 round bout at Queensboro Stadium. Zivic weighed 141 pounds while Galano weighed 138 4 4.
In Pittsburgh, the Pirates beat Brooklyn 4 to 3 to stop a four game losing streak on their Western trip. Cantrell struggled, Ehrhardt relieved and allowed a two run lead in the fifth. Aldridge earned his seventh straight win as five hits in the eighth inning produced three more runs.
Sam Jones dominated Philadelphia by allowing only two singles as the Yankees beat the Athletics 1 to 0 to split the six game series. Red Holt of the Jersey City Skeeters delivered the lone hit for the Athletics, while a seventh inning single by Holt stood as the only offense. Jones’s fielding lapse on a sixth inning play briefly credited Lochrane with a run, but the decisive run came on a lone early tally.
Maryland tracks kick off September racing with total purses of 160000 and three added money races of 15000 each, highlighting the season on the state’s premier racecourses.
The J H nine will play the Lutherans of East Port Chester next Sunday afternoon at 30 o'clock. The Lutherans are champions of the Inter State Church league and a fast game is expected. Reports for practice are requested from listed players.
New York. Supreme Court Justice Strong finds Hugh McQuillan guilty of contempt for failing to pay alimony. He must pay $400 immediately and $352 next Monday, with further $500 monthly alimony during divorce proceedings. McQuillan claims no funds due to salary suspension and asserts his wife is not in need of funds.
Forest Hills reports show William T. Tilden, 24, of Philadelphia, defeated Carl Fischer 9-7 6-0 7-5 in straight sets as the defending national tennis champion. Kinsey impressed by Fukuda before prevailing, while several foreign players defaulted or were eliminated. Tomorrow’s matches include Lacoste versus Hunter and Johnston against Deturenne.
Williamsport and York will clash Thursday in Williamsport to begin a five game playoff tied at four in the season with the two teams holding the same winning percentage. The AP report notes the matchup as the first two games of the series.
The 19 round light heavyweight bout between Ernie Owens of Los Angeles and Ad Stone of Philadelphia, planned for East Chicago, was postponed to next Monday night due to rain after being delayed by weather from last Friday.
Jack Maher headlines Harvard as regular berth candidate under Coach Fisher. Cambridge reports detail a strengthened staff, new assistants Daly Leary and Tierney, plus extended spring work shaping a larger squad. Harvard eyes a tough slate with Yale Brown Dartmouth Princeton and Yale results looming.
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