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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1920
Page
6
A scrambled 1920 baseball score highlights Waterbury overpowering Bridgeport 3 to 1 at Waterbury’s Newfield Park. The scorecard details numerous players, outs, hits, errors, and assists, with sparse legible names and positions amid a puzzling, partially legible report.
Crack welter Summers is matched to fight 12 rounds with Louis Bogash at the open air arena on State Street Monday night. Summers recently kayoed Harry Martone and is seen as a dangerous foe for Bogash as local fans recall earlier battles.
Crisp Bingles Hartford punished two pitchers at Springfield yesterday and had little difficulty in piling up the score. Jock Hutchinson of Chicago won the open golf championship of the Western Golf association yesterday with a total of 293 strokes for the 72 holes. He finished one stroke under Barnes of St. Louis, who held the title for three years. Chief Bender gave Albany only three hits yesterday and all three of them were made by outfielder Tamm. Eight pitchers worked in the Pitts field Worcester double-header yesterday which was divided between them. Bancroft's triple in the sixth inning gave the Giants a victory over the Cubs at New York yesterday. Pitcher Luque held Philadelphia to three hits yesterday at Philadelphia, and Cincinnati easily won. Although the score was led three times, it took Pittsburgh 10 innings to beat Brooklyn, to 5 yesterday. Watson won his fourth consecutive victory for Boston when he gave St. Louis only four. Second baseman Pratt made his first error since July, 1919, at Detroit yesterday when Babe Ruth got the only run with a homer for the Yanks. Bunching hits in the third inning gave the Red Sox three runs and victory at Chicago yesterday. I see Three singles in a row in the ninth inning gave St. Louis one run and victory over Washington yesterday. Gus Maeser, a catcher, from New York, N. J., has joined the Hartford team. He picked up a couple of hits yesterday. Only 5,000 turned out to see the Yanks and Tigers play at Detroit yesterday and the Yanks thought they were playing to the bleachers.
The article reports that Ray Grimes, a premier Eastern League first baseman, is eyed for promotion to the majors by both the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers. President Clark P. Lane Jr. of Bridgeport notes no bidding has occurred, though both clubs are interested. It also mentions Join Collins and Heisman at first for the White Sox and Tigers respectively, plus scout Andy Coakley visiting Waterbury and Newfield Park to assess teams.
Great Barrington Mass Aug 6 John T L Hubbard of Brooklawn Bridgeport was eliminated in the championship by H P Harrington Metacomet 4 and 3 Kerr of Greenwich remains the sole Metropolitan golfer in the semi finals after a late rally will meet Farrington of Provid today.
Careful, a two year old filly from Wrack and Mindful, added to her laurels by winning the Schuylerville stakes at Saratoga. Carrying 127 pounds, she led from the break to beat P A Clark’s Nancy Lee while Believe Idle Hour, ridden by Edward R. Bradley, bolted early but the result remained unchanged for the winner.
The Yankees plan a new baseball park to seat 100000 fans after selecting a site a year ago and abandoning the initial ground due to inability to build a stand over 60000. Baseball’s revival prompted the Colonels to seek a larger venue and expect to begin construction this fall.
Babe Ruth hit his thirty ninth home run of the season at Navin Field as Detroit beat New York 7 to 1. Ruth led off the second inning with a line drive off Ehman that bounced over the wall and fence, counted as a home run despite not clearing the stockade.
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