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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1922
Page
16
A nostalgic sports column reflects on football highs and lows, the Notre Dame dynasty under Knute Rockne, and rival comparisons in tennis and boxing. It ponders Morvich’s fade, Tilden’s style, and a possible Dempsey Wills clash, all amid the season’s looming battles and tense expectations.
In the final twenty days of the major leagues Bush of the Yankees and Rommel of the Athletics duel for the lead in the American League. Rommel has 23 wins to 22 for Bush and Rommel has seven losses, with Athletic star likely to exceed thirty wins if on a stronger team.
Mrs. M O'Dell defeated Mrs. Whitney in a tense eighteen hole match at Bearsey Park yesterday. O'Dell won three up with four to play, securing the municipal championship in a dominant display of precision and nerve.
Carnegie Tech opens its football season here next Saturday meeting Waynesburg College on the newly installed gridiron. The game draws wide attention as Waynesburg is reported to bring a big strong team and Tech follows with a tough test against Yale in New Haven, potentially tolling injuries to star players.
Led by W Leeming Jelliffe Yale captain the New York A C relay team aims to break the 400 and 600 yard world records at the Manhattan Beach carnival. Tedford Conn Hal Vollmer Jelliffe Edward A Roddy and Charley Red Speers headline a powerful squad. trials suggest a strong push to beat the 4 51 mark held by Illinois A C.
Phil O Dowd a lanky Columbus bantam seeking a rematch with champion Joe Lynch after last year’s win at the Lexington Opera House will face Irish Johnny Curtin in a twelve round bout at the Oakland A A in Jersey City next Monday night. Curtin has recent fast form knocking out Joe Cuifford and beating Danny Edwerla and Young Montreal in three straight starts.
Cambridge Mass September 16 Harvard football practice rolls on with 124 candidates, the largest squad in the program's history. Backfield stars Owen Chutchill Coburn yet to report. Holder to miss ten days with injuries. Promising newcomers include Joe McGlone Exeter captain and Phil Theo pale Harvard freshman skipper.
Phil Glassman, manager of Lew Tendler, traveled from Philadelphia to negotiate with Garden matchmaker Flourney for a Tendler title bout against the winner of the Leonard White match in Jersey City on October 3. Glassman aims to prevent Tendler from risking a loss to Pat Moran and hints at a possible decisive bout if White defeats Leonard.
A caution against flippant beliefs and a push to study current business options. The piece compares Kimberley farmers mistaking rocks for gems and urges readers to seek opportunities close at hand. Advertising in The Post The Telegram and The Sunday Post is framed as a mine of business diamonds ready to unearth new customers.
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