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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1920
Page
11
bridgeport and new haven began a four game series at newdicks park with hopes to lead the league for the next two at least. hartford won a game yesterday at newfield park by 9 to 4, slipping into second place as the series continued with the unruly sluggers on display.
London June 7 trustees of enemy property in Berlin notified Gerald Watson secretary of the Royal London Yacht Club at Cowes that they have instructed the Norddeutscher Yacht Club at Hamburg to return the International Silver Challenge cup won by Herr Sanders at Kiel in 1914 just before the war. The trophy has been in Hamburg Yachting Club custody and Watson has applied for its return.
Christy Mathewson and Charles H. Ebbets were subpoenaed to testify in Cincinnati in the Lee Magee suit against the Chicago Cubs. Matty is already there. Eb bets left for the champions' home. Magee played briefly for the Robins before moving to the Cubs in a Kilduff trade. Baseball game notes follow with Lennon charged with the loss and Ells on duty.
Promoter Jack Curley may stage the Levinsky Carpentier bout in New York at the Velodrome to showcase a fifteen round decision. Carpentier European light heavyweight champion could claim world honors by outpointing Levinsky, with potential follow up against Dempsey for the heavyweight title.
In Portland, Johnny Sheppard of England will face Benny Leonard, world lightweight champion, in a ten round no decision bout on June 1. The boxing commission also signed Mike O'Dowd and Battling Ortesa for a ten round decision rout on June 2 in Oakland.
Babe Ruth leads the Yankees with 36 runs batted in to date, averaging nearly a run per day and topping Derril Pratt by 13 runs despite Ruth playing six fewer games than his nearest rival. The accompanying column lists the full RBI totals for the club.
A Rhodes Scholar from California star, Graven, joined Oxford University to defeat the Queen's Club tennis team six matches to three. With 5B. E. Henry as partner, Graven won all three round robin doubles matches, including a tight opening 11-13 14-12 6-2 triumph over Anson and Portlock, then beating McNair and Gardner 6-2 6-2 and Brown and Maitland 6-3 7-5.
Boston June 1 Gov Coolidge signed a bill to legalize ten round boxing bouts in Massachusetts. Decisions require two judges or a referee if judging is split. Clubs must lease their venue for at least a year and all involved must be state licensed. Five percent of gross receipts from bouts go to the state.
The Yankees led the American League pennant chase briefly as heavy hitting surged at the Polo Grounds. Cleveland defeated St. Louis to keep pace while Tris Speaker’s Indians swept the Browns, and a 30,000 crowd watched two decisive Yankee outbursts that halted the game in two innings with Babe Ruth remaining a strong hitting presence.
Lee Fohl, former Cleveland manager, signs with the St. Louis American League club to coach and scout in Melbourne Australia. Federal government subscribes a thousand pounds to the Olympic team. Babe Ruth hits a long drive to center field with Pipp on second and a fence-bound triple amid Harlem field crowds.
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