Bridgeport Returns To Home Ball Yard
Bridgeport returns to Newfield Park to start a six game home stretch as the club, four th in the league, seeks to recover from a nine game span with eight losses. A new batter, Bona Buers, joined the lineup after Springfield edged the team in a tight contest.
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Bridgeport
Springfield
Newfield Park
Hartford
Vieman
Pittsfield
Albany
Walsh
Kelly
Bona Buers
Roy Grimes
Gongales
Grimes Faces Long Shot for Giants Break In
Baseball chatter notes Roy Grimes may struggle to break into the New York Giants lineup after being purchased from Bridgeport. Brady of Pittsfield is preferred, and a new infielder may be needed as Grimes heals a finger injury from Worcester.
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Roy Grimes
Bridgeport
New York Giants
Giants
Brady
Pittsfield
Grimes
Worcester Gamn
Legal Terms Might Coax Writers Out
A writ issued in Bridgeport Connecticut in July 1920 summons the Newswriters Baseball team of Bridgeport Fairfield County to Seaside Park for a mock legal baseball game. The document cites excuses about courts closing for summer and asserts a playful legal battle over exhibition and victory with names such as Danny Doe and John Doe signing as authorities.
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Seaside Park
Fairfield
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Connecicut
Spaulding
A. D
Danny Doe
John Doe
Richard Roe
Superior Court
Fairfield County
Duckpin Officials Decide On Match In Naugatuck
Connecticut Duckpin officials set Eddie Anderson of Nawagatuck against Fred Toller in a rescheduled match after a stoppage in the third frame last week due to unsportsmanlike crowd behavior in Naugatuck. Albany plans to appoint a commission to supervise looting under the Walker law upon Governor Smith's return from the West Coast.
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Connecticut
Albany
Smith
Pacific Coast
Empire City Derby At Yonkers Sets Top Weight for Wildair
The Empire City Derby at Yonkers features three year olds racing a mile and a furlong. H P Whitneys Wildair carries top weight of 125 pounds, while challengers Gladiator Irish Dream Donnacena and Sea Mint must concede. Official handicapper arranged weights for a very good race.
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Yonkers Course
H. P. Whitney
Wildair
Gladiator
Irish Dream
Donnacena
Sea Mint
Knights drop baseball plans for basketball season
In New Haven the Knights of Columbus in session abandon baseball league plans for the year citing late season. They expect athletic activity to start with basketball this fall and winter. St Louis Browns sign a pitching find Lefty Bayne who beat the New York maulers yesterday.
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Knights of Columbus
New Haven
St. Louis Browns
Bayne
New York Maulers
Hiller
Pittsfield
Callaghan
Worcester
George Weiss
Steel League
Meredith Fights Way To Front In Senior Championship
Cambridge Massachusetts July Ted Meredith shared honors in trial heats for the 440 yard and other events at Harvard Stadium. He won the second heat of the 440 yard and qualified for the semi finals amid rousing spectator cheers and officials rooting for him.
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Cambridge
Mass
Ted Meredith
Ted
Charles W. Paddock
Harl Eby
Loren Murchison
Harvard Stadium
Meredith
Cials
American League race tightens with Sox gains
The White Sox won twice in Washington while the Yankees and Indians faltered, narrowing the AL standings. A six game stretch over four days begins this afternoon to decide second place, with the Indians facing doubleheaders ahead in Boston against the Red Sox.
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White Sox
Washington
Yankees
Clevelands
Sox
Indians
Boston
Red Sox
Evans Beats Jones One Up In Memphis Final
Announced today in Memphis Jenn Evans of Chicago meets Clarence Wolff of St Louis in the Western Golf Association amateur championship final at Memphis Country Club. Evans edged Robby Jones of Atlanta 1 up in the semi finals while Wolff defeated Henry Wenzler of Memphis 2 up and 1 to play to reach the final.
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Memphis
Jenn
Annex Evans
Chicago
Clarence Wolff
St. Louis
Memphis Country Club
Western Golf Association
Evans
Robby Jones
Atlanta
Wolff
Henry Wenzler
Speaker Threatens To Oust Sisler From AL Lead
Chicago July 17 Tris Speaker threatens to oust George Sisler from the American League batting leadership. Speaker rose from fourth to second in a week with eighteen hits in eight games, lifting his average from .385 to .403 while Sisler sits at .400. Joe Jackson trails at .398 as Babe Ruth slips to .352 while leading scorings with 82. Bayrs tops the National League at .403 for Boston. Hornsby hits .560 in 81 games. Max Carey leads in steals with 32 as Smith New York hits .338 and Kenesky Brooklyn posts .329.
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Chicago
Tris Speaker
George Sisler
Speaker
Sisler
Joe Jackson
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Rice
Washington
Weaver
E. Collins
Milan
Meusel
New York
Hendryx
Boston
Erickson
Jacobson
St. Louis
Felsch
Johaston
Cleveland
Chapman
Elmer Smith Veland
McInnis
Cobb
Detroit
Bayrs
Roger Hornsby
Bostonian
Cy Williams
Philadelphia
Max Carey
Pittsburgh
Smith
Kenetchy
Brooklyn
Roush
Cincinnati
Twombley
Groh
Nicholson
Hollacher
Myers
Remembering Wilsons Fight With John L
A veteran fan recalls Tug Wilson and Ashman’s 38 year old upset of John L Sullivan in New York. The lighter, clever Britons forced Sullivan to rely on defense against a tactical foe, illustrating how rapid footwork and precision outmatched raw power in that classic contest.
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John L
Sullivan
Tug Wilson
Onng Ashman
New York
Paddy Ryan
Wilden
Brown Rookie Beats Yankees at Polo Grounds 5 to 2
St Louis Browns pitcher Bil Bayne, a Tulsa left-hander, silenced the Yankees as New York went hitless until the seventh inning. Babe Ruth failed to reach his hoped home run record, settling for a single. The Browns won the game 5 to 2, securing three wins in the series. Christopher Mathewson arrives at Saranac Lake for nervous breakdown treatment with Dr. E N Packard and will stay through the summer.
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St Louis Browns
Bil Bayne
Tulsa
Okla
Yanks
Polo Grounds
Huggins
St. Louis
Bayne
Pratt
New York
Babe Ruth
Babe
Saranac Lake
Christopher Mathewson
E. N. Packard
Mathewson
Eastern League Scoreboard From Springfield Worcester and Hartford
In Springfield R H Springfield 6 31 0 0 Bridgeport 2 2 11 1 Batteries Bohn Wilder Len neon Skiff. In Worcester Worcester 3 6 16 4 Albany 6 4 11 1 Batteries Cokey Tyler Horn O Neil. In Hartford Waterbury 6 12 6 Hartford 8 0 10 8 Batteries Seaman Shinault Sloan Kelly. In Pittsfield New Haven 0 6 0 0 Pittsfield 3 0 0 0 Batteries Brown Nagie Sno ver Smith.
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Sprin
Po. A
Becker
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Silva
Naughton
Ai Duffy
If. Rice
Wilder
Bohn
A. Emerick
Rf Brackett
Ray Grimes
Wz Skiff
C. Martin
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Lai
K. Grimes
Lennon
E. Walsh
Bridgeport
Si May Grimes
Skiff
Sacrifices
Rice
Brackett
Balle
McLaughlin
R. Hel
Bohn and Wilder
Lenneon
Worcester
Albany
Cokey and Tyler
Horn
O'Neil
Hartford
Waterbury
Seaman and Shinault
Sloan and Kelly
Pittsfiel
New Haven
Pittsfield
Tree Sa
Brown and Nagie
Snover and Smith
Ferguson Wins Tilt In Wallingford Ring Bout
Ferguson a Connecticut middleweight defeated Vince Coffey of Kingston N C last night in the Armory A A bout. Coffey, once a strong puncher, showed a tame performance as Ferguson used reach and left jabs to control the four round decision. Shea beat Hall in a hard fought contest, while Mickey Travers bested Terry O Connor. The Young Lady and Leo Johnson faced off with Johnson seeking revenge as Bones defeated Barney the Young Old Man.
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Wallingford
Vines Coffey
Kingston
N. C
Armory
A. A
Coffey
Mike McCabe
Ferguson
Tommy Shea
Jos Hall
Shea
Hall
Youngs Halls
Mickey Travers
New Haven
Terry O'Connor
Hartford
Mickey
O’connor
Leo Johnson
Akorn
Johnson
Gambler's Cane Kept Peter Maher From Championship
In 1920 Peter Maher, famed Irish champion, was prevented from a title by gambler Bud Renault who tapped the gong with a silver-topped cane during a Fitzsimmons bout. The article recalls Maher's hard punch and a career ending near miss, with Renault’s wager and the ensuing controversy noted.
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Peter Maher
Ed. Hughes
Bud Renault
Maher
Fitzsimmons
Jeffries
McCoy
Jack Dempsey
Bob Fussimmons
Ireland
John Madden
Peter
Alt Bowmen
John L. Sullivan
Madden
America
Maher Wallop
Jim Corbett
Tings
Bob Fitzsimmons
Fitz
Robert the Red
Sharkey
Ruhlin
Ammons
Renault
Horiental
Thompson Feature Service
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