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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1918
Page
8
Bridgeport section reports Ray Keating set to pitch for the Elks club at Newfield Park on Sunday. Racing results from Bay Ridge and other local tracks are listed with horses, odds, times, and payouts, including multiple races at Bay Shore and Havre de Grace.
Derby lodge teams from New Haven Waterbury Hartford New Britain and Derby plan a benefit baseball game at Newfield park this Sunday. Ray Keating and Dick Mackey will pitch for Derby and Bridgeport’s Bill Powers may relieve. Proceeds go to the Red Cross amid a large local turnout and expected strong support from Derby officials and valley fans.
William L Kopf renowned Cincinnati shortstop is drafted for the National Army and to report October 10 at Cup Greenleaf Ga. The Avon team of Stratford plays September 29 at Avon Park with 3 PM kickoff. A list of players reports for practice on Sunday and Friday nights and Sept. 29 at 10 AM. Also listed are racing entries and Aqueduct entries for September 25 with multiple horses and races noted.
Local boxing enthusiasts anticipate a Romington Arms Athletic Association event on Friday night at their clubrooms on Boston and Seaview avenues. Eddie Stanton stands in for Jeff Regan to face Young Thomas. Young Brown trains for a clash with Eam mering Howie of Providence. the McMahon Burns bout draws attention. Brooks and Munroe prepare for their match. a large female attendance is anticipated.
Walter Kallstrom to direct WY. M. G. C. A. wrestlers this season with a 8 o'clock meeting at the Y M C A tomorrow. Dr. Robert Strang heads a new physical donation effort aided by R J Strang Grasson Korin Thetis Nancy Snow Louis Nancy. Leaders hold weekly meetings for theory and practice under Strang and Grasson. Action is the motto to energize workers against the Hun. Andy Parker to referee Mike O Connor to time.
Bridgeport Public School Soccer league set to begin on October 5 at the Y M C A rooms after a move from the Hos department. Ten schools intend to enter, with Read and Maplewood hoped to join. A no-tolerance rule on deliberate stoppages was adopted and teams will play two games each Saturday to finish the schedule before winter. Lincoln versus Shel…
Harvard Yale and Princeton athletic chiefs plan talks in Cambridge within days to discuss intercollegiate athletics for the season. The government enlistment of students in ROTC and naval units may affect fall plans, with about 700 Cambridge students potentially forming an informal team if capable. A league schedule and opening-game grounds will be announced after more schools enter.
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