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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1922
Page
10
The Shamrock football club plans to form a team for the coming season and seeks to elect a new team and business manager tonight at the club. Dooley requests all New Orleans players and seeks tryouts on October 18 reporting to a meet. names Tom Gibbons and Harry Greb mentioned as potential attendees.
Sept 15 Misa Alexa Esting of New York and Atlant and Mrs W A Gavin of England will meet tomorrow in the final round for the Canadian women's championship at the Huntercombe club. In the semi finals this afternoon Stirling defeated Miss Sydney Peppler of Toronto one up while Mrs Gavin beat Miss Joyce Hiutton of Toronto three and one.
The Park City Factory League concluded with General Electric sweeping a pennant, four straight wins including one by forfeit. Fred Jeebish of Bridgeport Brass was the leading hitter and Bill Brazig led fielding, while Joe Clark of GE topped the runs and the league had a close base stealing tie.
Fragmentary score lines show Mewark and Jersey City games disrupted by rain with multiple oddly formatted player names. Postponements affect Rochester Toronto and Buraquan Buffalo as weather halts play.
Dean McClenahan of Princeton Athletic council announced that Ralph Gilroy of Haverhill Massachusetts will not be reinstated to athletic eligibility at Princeton University. Gilroy, famed Tiger football captain, will not compete this season and is set to graduate in June.
Renny Leonard and Charlie White will meet for the world's championship at Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City on October 1, moved from October 6. The change was agreed by both boxers with Tex Richard pushing for an earlier date to avoid cold weather, and to align with the world title series contingent on New York teams' pennant outcome.
Los Angeles reports heavyweight wrestler Wiadek Abyacko will depart for the East for a series of matches following his bout with Italian champion Ranate Gardial on September 20, announced today.
Bridgeport Bicycle Dealers Association stages a track meet at Ledside Park with riders from New York New Jersey and Connecticut in sprint and handicap events. Names listed include A Weegman C H Rahn C Norman Jos Chawley Willam Canfield Eugen Askelm Ernest Weed F J Donnelley J Rosenthal A Dela vecchio F Shaughnessey J Dashowits A Evérard A Ragay and more. Officials include T F McCormack Hy Pack H Leopold D Aronson P V Gahan and others. The meet begins at 2 pm with over fifty prizes announced.
Bridgeport beat Pittsfield 3 to 2 while Hartford topped Albany 6 to 2. Waterbury led New Haven 4 to 4 through 16 innings when called for darkness. Springfield swept Worcester 8 to 2 in the first game and Worcester won 7 to 4 in the second. Today's games feature Bridgeport at Hartford Waterbury at Worcester Albany at Springfield and New Haven at Pittsfield.
Major league slate features Boston at Chicago and New York at St. Touts in the National League alongside Philadelphia at Cleveland. Washington at Deprott also listed as part of the urban schedule as a regional note.
Cleveland announces the purchase of pitcher Gray from the Fort Worth team in the Texas League. President B O Barnard says Gray will join the Indians after the interleague series between Port Worth and Mobile.
New Brunswick September 1 Rutgers football squad of forty five in uniform conducted a vigorous season workout. Coach Sanford used his crow's nest to view drills as four assistant coaches aided. Veterans practiced forward pass work while new players learned taking dummy. A further batch expected today, squad may reach one hundred next week.
Pittsburgh announces the purchase of pitcher William Hughes from the Rochester club of the International League. He will report to training camp next spring. Hughes has a winning record this season with both relief and starting roles.
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