Gloomy Gus laments King Connie Bermuda trip woes
Gloomy Gus writes to the Dill Pickle Editor fearing Connie will miss Bridgeport sports events while on a Bermuda junket. He questions future plans, mocks endorsements, and predicts Bridgeport’s sports scene suffering as Connie departs.
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King Connie
Bermuda
Gus
Bridgeport
Isea
Louis
Bermudey Flands
Marcel Fowtch
Nobel Nashion
Geo Dryers
Konney
Enny
Burmudey Famoushiy
Green Lawyne
Steve
Maryly
Boxing card in Boston scraps amid injuries and flops
The Bogash Reed debate and multiple boxing bouts are cancelled or unsettled. Lou Bogash’s hand injury from a recent scrap forces the cancellation of the Dec 23 Arena of Boston bout, paired with Patsy Bogash who is sidelined by grippe. Other bouts at Pioneer Sporting and Jamaica Sporting Club faces reshuffling with opponents swapped and new matches planned at Madison Square Garden and Holyoke.
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Lou Bogash
Pat Reed
Arena of
Boston
Bogash
Patsy Bogash
Lou
Dan Cupid
Patsy
Tommy Staiioton
Pioneer Sporting
Imby
Luby
Jamaica Sporting Club
Brooklyn
Jack Stark
Yale and Penn face off as hockey opens in Philadelphia
Philadelphia hosts the intercollegiate ice hockey opener with Yale against the University of Pennsylvania. Tomorrow night Yale meets the Quaker City team. Hartford notes Trinity College announces a 22 game baseball schedule for next season including a Southern trip, first since 1915.
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Philadelphia
Yale
University of Pennsylvania
Elis
Quaker City
Hartford
Trinity College
World Series cut to seven games in NY November Dec 16
Giants and Yankees faced a nine game stretch last year but owners reduced to seven games to avoid surpassing the $900 233 attendance mark. The highest single day attendance was 36,509 with a revenue of 119 007 on Oct 7. Also notes a local basketball game set for tomorrow at The Farm between University School and Junior Chamber of Commerce with lineups listed.
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New York
Giants
Yankees
Yanks
BIG Cage
University School
Frank Taberski
Ralph Greenleaf
Frank A.dwyer
Brooklyn
Tabersk
Greenleaf
Taberski
Dwyer
Lone Man Fights Off Angry Bull Near Nauvoo Farm
On a farm near Nauvoo a lone man, Carl Marzolf, used a pitchfork to fend off an angry bull while Miss Agatha Wellner and a neighbor watched. After dodging and a tense struggle, Marzolf drove the fork into the animal and saved the woman. In Philadelphia, Penn State College of Optometry faculty election for athletics was removed and students granted permission to form an athletic association.
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Nauvoo
Carl Marzoli
Marzolf
Agatha Wellner
Fnally
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania State College of Optometry
Skating Prodigy Raymond Murray Dominates Circuit
Skating king Raymond Murray, an 11 year old schoolboy phenom, has racked up an unbeaten record this year. Critics say no rival has matched his speed and consistency in top events.
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Raymond Murray
Murray
Moore Beats Buff in Milwaukee Newspaper Verdict
Receipts for the Johnny He-Pa Moore fight in Milwaukee totalled 16,200 with Buff earning 6,000 and Moore about 2,600. The newspaper decision awarded to Moore followed ten lively rounds though his dancing and style did not please the crowd. Raff scored a hard third round blow but faded in the later rounds.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Johnny He-Pa
Moore
Buff
Raff
Pat
Billiard Stars Here Tomorrow in Bridgeport
Tomorrow afternoon and evening Bridgeport billiard fans can see Walker Cochran and Belgian champion Edouard Horemans in two 400 point matches at Joe Thackwray's National Billiard Academy on Broad Street. Start times are 3 and 8 with seating for 600. both players are familiar figures in local circles.
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Bridgeport Biliard
Walker Cochran
Edouard Horemans
Joe Thackwray
National Billard Academy
Broad Street
Cochran
Horemans
Bridgeport
Chicago
Jake Schaefer, Jr
Willie Hoppe
Fighting moose slain by hunter in Jackson Hole region
Cody Wyoming reports Old Slocum a famed moose, shot by R W Everett of Pine Forest North Carolina. The monster moose fell after a heart shot, his pelt to be mounted. In Illinois Ham Crow fined 26.25 for shooting a red headed woodpecker.
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Cody
Wyo
Iing Forest
Everett
Springfield
Ill
Wi- Ham Crow
Roadhollar
Crow
Mohicans Invade Basketball Field in Debut Season
The Mohican basketball team organized for its first season aims to bid for court honors. Manager Thomas Roche says he is ready to schedule games with local teams. Team members include W McKeon W Crawley B Lockhart T Roche F Pfeiffer Jimmy Fanning P Lacher and captain Jack Smith.
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Mohican
Thomas Roche
Mohicams
W- McKeon
W. Crawley
B. Lockhart
T. Roche
F. Pfeiffer
Jimmy Fanning
P. Lacher
Jack Smith
College captains and previews dominate scattered sports notes
ORONO Maine Raymond Lange of Kennebunk elected captain of the University of Maine football team for 1822. Philadelphia William Tilden and Vincent Richards to play an indoor exhibition at the University of Pennsylvania on fan 20. Richmond Virginia League team purchase by Richmond club. New York City College swimming to meet Princeton in intercollegiate meet and water polo at CCNY pool. Philadelphia Penn relay team to sail for London March 20 return April 22 for races with Oxford and Cambridge. Easton Alfred Tracey of Flushing elected captain Lafayette College cross country. Cambridge Harvard shell construction begun for next fall boat race guided by Bill Lutz and coaches. Lewiston William W. Guiney of Biddeford elected captain Bates College football 1922. Advertise In The Times.
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Philadelphia
William Tilden
Vincent Richards
New York
Te University, of Pennsylvania
City College
Princeton University
Philadlephia
University of Pennsylvania
Oxford
Cambridge
Pennsylvania
London
Easton
Alfred Tracey
Wlushing
L. J
Lafayette College
Mass
Harvard
University Boathouse
Bill Lutz
Amateurism Section Dominates Tennis Association Session
New York December 16 Amateurism dominates the opening of the United States Lawn Tennis Association annual meeting. Committees on amateur settlement and seeded draw confer to report to the executive committee. Officials seek to curb use of players names in advertising and restrict players from writing articles about tournaments.
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New York
United States Lawn Tennis Association
Clancy Elected Captain of Kacey Quintet Knights
Richard Clancy was elected captain of the Knights of Columbus State League bowling team last night. The first game will be played Monday night at Norwalk and all members are invited to attend. Plans were discussed for forming a clap league with about six teams later on.
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Richard Clancy
Knights of Columbus
Norwalk
Ankd
Allen Gets Bout At Broadway Club In Brooklyn Match
Terry Lee is signed for the start bout at the Broadway Sporting Club in Brooklyn on December 26. Allen faces Howard McRae, among New York City's fastest lightweight fighters.
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Terry Lee
Johnny “Red” Allen
Broadway Sporting Club
Brooklyn
Allen
Howard McRae
New York
Ed Walsh Named Umpire In Major League Baseball
New York reports Ed Walsh, former Bridgeport manager and famed spitball artist, nominated as an American League umpire. Also noted are college basketball clash Yale vs NYU at 22d Regiment Armory, NYU seeking revenge after last year's Violet win, and boxing buzz as O Dowd Gibbons fight draws St Paul interest with 20,000 watchers. A bantamweight title bid looms as Farese offers Buff $30,000 to defend against Buff within 30 days. failure to accept prompts title claims.
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Bo Walsh
ST. Paul
O'Dowd
Gibbons
Bogash
Buff
New York
Leo P. Fisnn
Harold Farese
Lew Diamond
Johnny Buf
Herold Farese
Perese
Flynn
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Manson
Stegner
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Raymond Lange
Kennebunk
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