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Newspaper
Chicago Eagle
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1920
Page
2
Boxers turn to golf as winter training, with Charlie White credited for reshaping his fighting style. Notables on the links include Jimmy Wilde Benny Leonard Mike Gibbons Jack Dempsey Georges Carpentier Richie and Pinkie Mitchell.
English racing enters a boom as Newmarket increases stakes by ten thousand dollars, adding to ten thousand previously and five thousand to eight thousand. Claimed moves aim to raise values across major events. Epsom and Doncaster expected to follow with Derby Oaks and St Leger boosts amid London press praise.
The report notes Manager Moran signing Aubup Floguiiiia to a contract with Cinema Nationids for seasons 1 and Wee. It mentions English soccer players contending for the Cup annually from 1872 until wartime, with the Boosh cup symbolizing football supremacy and the Wanderers, Rhodhurn Rovers, and Aston Villa having multiple wins.
In a St Paul Toledo game Duke Duncan argued a call after a sliding dive, claiming a hit by pitch and disputing umpire Murray on a fair catch. The sequence led to controversy as Duncan, praised for a prior hero moment, denied the umpire’s ruling and questioned catches, illustrating volatile player gratitude.
A collection of sports notes mentions Harry Vardon's golf, Jack Dempsey boxing, Naval Academy squads coached by professionals, Princeton and Harvard clashing at Cambridge on November 6, and the University of Pennsylvania backing many sports. It notes yacht building by Nat G. Herresthal, Miss Mary Browne skipping eastern matches, Frank Kramer’s long pro career, an 800 mile endurance horse race from Fort Ethan Allen to Camp Devens, Mano War’s measurement details, Edward Horenmans’ visit, Freddie Welsh’s comeback, New York City’s upcoming velodrome, and historic Davis Cup wins by Australasia Ragland and the U S. plus global contenders.
Giants new fathers Art Nehf and Rube Renton join Ivan Olson in veteran company. Babe Ruth dominates Yankees praise while Harry Donovan shifts from Akron to Syracuse. Various trades and signings ripple through the leagues, naming Tex Rickard’s recruit and sale of Curtis Walker to the Giants for 7000 dollars. Mentions of Grover Alexander, Louis ville no hit feats, McGraw’s Giants clashing with Reds, and several minor league movements fill this bustling note.
Sam Rice of the Washington team handed Roger Peckinpaugh a fungo bat saying it could help hit fungoes. Peck used it in the game and earned a three bagger and two doubles while Rice joked there were no hits in the forest the bat was cut from. Rice later avoided answering whether any other Washington player wished to discard a fungo bat.
Nineteen states pass PE laws. Harvard Yale rowing begun in 1852. West Virginia makes wrestling a minor sport. Vienna derby draws large crowd. Johns Hopkins to seat 10,500 for football. U S Davis Cup team sails for New Zealand Nov 10. Eleven stakes in Metropolitan Jockey Club fall meet at Jamaica. Thanksgiving opens 100 days of Havana racing. Pimlico adds $40,000 futurity stake. Virginia vs Rutgers Oct 23. Harvard then Princeton Oct 30. Yale to seat 68,000 for Harvard game Nov 20. Elwell stable bought by Lloyd Gentry. Dempsey seeks rivals. offers to meet any two heavyweight contenders. Peter the Great, 2074, to feed on hothouse oats next winter. Continental and National field trials to be held on 1,000,000 acre reserve near Lortsboro, Ala. Charley White claims vs Benny Leonard. seeks rematch.
Otis Harris argues contract jumpers threaten baseball as players chase immediate enrichment. Texas League hit hard with jumpers, three teams broken or crippled, blacklists ineffective. War between organized baseball and independents widens, owners uneasy as rebuilding slows.
Chick Gandil former Red Sox first baseman who opened 1920 in the Independent Idaho league has retired from baseball for the season and may quit permanently.
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