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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1920
Page
7
The Brooklyn Dodgers prepare at Flatback, awaiting the Indians for the opening game of the 1920 World Series. Manager Wilbert Robinson debates pitcher choice, with Grimes, Smith, or Marquard among options, as weather promises fair conditions and crowds surge for reserved seats.
Manager Neville of the local polo squad plans a key match against Fall River at the Casino to shake the race for first with New Bedford. New Bedford forced Lowell to five periods before losing 7 to 6 as Davies scored the deciding goal. Bridgeport dominated Worcester at home and meets Lowell next at the Casino. Mechanica head to Providence tonight then return tomorrow to host Fall River with Worcester visiting Wednesday and Lowell set for a Casino showdown Saturday.
Fifteen leading Philadelphia area women hockey players will sail for Great Britain on the Corona October 42. They will face North East South and West teams and play in Scotland with possible stops at Oxford and Cambridge. Tour runs November 4 to 23 with Elizabeth Cheston captaining and Gertrude Hearne and Mrs Bradford Fraley serving as chaperones and players.
Guy Nickalls arrives from England to take command of Yale rowing for the fall season. He coached Yale in 1914 1915 1916 and 1919 and inherits the program after the death of Charles Courtney the Cornet. The fall regatta on November 6 will mark the season's end.
The Danbury Fair promises an overseas grand stand attraction lineup with six Tasmanian goats performing acrobatics, Jitsu wrestling from Japan, the Gaudemuts’ comedy animals, and a NY Hippodrome act. Other acts include the Rianos, the Yoskaris trio, Adale’s skating bear, and Raymond the clown with daily musical entertainment by Elizabeth Roderich. Lieut. Chadwick to perform exhibitions each afternoon alongside regular race programs and truck features.
National League results feature Philadelphia 4 New York 5 in 10 innings and Pittsburgh 4 Chicago 3 with St Louis and Cincinnati also winning. American League entries list Cleveland, Chicago, New York, St Louis, Boston, and Detroit with mixed tallies. American Association games include Louisville, Milwaukee, Toledo, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Columbus with varied battery pairings and late-night call.
Windsor Ontario October 4 Man of War the 1908 Do you mean the three year old entrant in the prospective 75000 championship match race of one mile and a quarter Sir Turton will be his four year old opponent to be decided at Kenilworth Park Windsor Ontario on October 7 has been the most sought for horse ever bred on the American continent. A son of Fair Play Colin s great three year old rival in 1908 and Hahubah she a daughter of Rock Sand and Merry Token and a product of Major August Belmont s burial stud which is demolished in the Blue Grass of Kentucky Man of War fetched a beggarly 6000 when the Belmont yearlings were sold under the hammer in the paddocks of the Saratoga race course in August 1918. The owner has refused 400000 for the horse.
Bridgeport weigh in completed as Carbone and O Dowd prepare for a 12 round main event at the Casino. Al Jennings presents a stacked card with three additional bouts including Patsy Bogash versus Young Dyson, Hall vs Luby, and Mulligan versus Devine, all expected for strong action tonight.
New York October 4 Brooklyn and Cleveland split infield skills with Brooklyn showing edge in flash and teamwork. Koneteky outshines Wheeler Johnson as a faster a ball handler while Johnston and Kilduff offer mixed hitting and fielding. Olson at short ages Cleveland’s advantage but Gardner and Johnston present strong offenses. Cleveland leans on pitching while Brooklyn plays tighter defense and baserunning, leaving Brooklyn with a slight overall edge on paper.
Boston Teed Sox beat Bigelow Hartford 7 to 1 in an exhibition. Gary Fortune formerly with the Red Sox pitched poorly and was replaced by Pat Shea who had been bought by the New York Giants. Also in Waterbury New England welterweight champion Louis Bogash knocked out Tony Marto in the 12 round bout.
Promoter lists the program with a 12 round main event Mike O Dowd facing Frank Carbone. Semi final remains Patsy Bogash versus Young Dyson in 10 rounds. Preliminaries include Joe Hall versus Young Luby and Young Mulligan against Mickey Devine. Referee Young McAuliffe timer Michael F O Connor and announcer Jack McGee. Mrs Mary Craw of Liberty listed as attendee.
Connecticut Lace Works blanked Bridgeport Rovers 6 to 0 in a league tie of leading batters across two circuits. A meeting is set at the Board of Recreation offices in Bridgeport to organize a factory soccer league, inviting all interested. New Haven report notes Babe Ruth absent as the New York Americans beat New Haven in an exhibition, with four major leaguers aboard for New Haven. Joe Murphy, Bridgeport High and Notre Dame links, earns a Notre Dame Freshman letter and possible second varsity spot.
Records show since 1905 the American League has won more series and games than the National League while the NL holds a higher runs total. Fifteen series have produced 86 games with 44 AL wins to 40 NL wins and a 284 to 273 runs advantage for the AL.
In Norwalk the International Textiles soccer team defeated the Bridgeport Rovers 2 to 0. Bridgeport missed Braithwaite due to a prior injury, and the game featured clean play and constant action. The Rovers lineup included Holt Holden Hodennnost Throp Woods Ball Mor stin Mohar Walker and Mcdonald. The Singers beat Rosebuds 6 to 1 at Newfield Park securing the city championship. Pete Wilson pitched for the Singers with Ostrowski struggling. Stratford was beaten 39 to 0 at Waterbury with Forst shining for the hosts amid several missing Stratford players.
The Bridgeport Times will reproduce the World Series baseball games on an electric score board in front of the office on Wairfield avenue. Play by play and every detail of progress will be shown with two wires from the field supplying all information. The first game tomorrow begins promptly at 2 oclock.
Sam Driver, manager of Larry Williams, turned back his boxing permit for October 12 to the Boxing Commission after Walnut Athletic Club bid for the permit. Williams is slated to box on October 9 in Houston against an unnamed old man, then October 14 in Battle Creek against Harry Greb, with a November Madison Square Garden bout vs Kaye Brennan under Tex Rickard. The Walnut Club seeks the permit for three 12 round bouts headlined by Johnny Mary Ann Allen versus Young Tector of New York, with Matchmaker Mike Healey listed as applicant and James Crossman as the real promoter. Crossman is expected to gain a financial stake if the permit is granted.
Frank Kramer delivered a brilliant performance in a one mile match cycle at the Newark Velodrome yesterday afternoon defeating former American champion Rey Raton and Dutch rider Peter Moes in a three heat race. Kramer won the first heat, lost the second, and clinched the final to take the match.
Coach Barrett selects 25 players from fifty at St Joes T I & B scrimmage for the society squad to challenge for the championship. Eddie Campbell elected manager with Frank Dixon as assistant. captain to be chosen Tuesday night during signal practice.
Yale used its old style line plunging to crush Carnegie Tech 44 100 in the opening game at the bowl. Fumbles aided Carnegie's defeat while Yale backfield Kempton Aldrich Kernan and Webb showed power but lacked a sustaining surge after contact.
The curtain falls on the 1920 major league pennant races amid closeness and a final scandal. Dodgers beat the Braves in an uphill finish as Cleveland clinched the pennant though they lost their last game. Babe Ruth’s home run feats stand out in a record attendance year. Stratford High opened with a 7 0 win over Bristol and will meet West Haven next Saturday. Milford All Stars fell 3 1 to Elm City Colored Giants as Cannon Ball Smith fanned 11 with three hits allowed. Powell struck out 19 for Milford.
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