The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-27
Local Sporting Field Bristes With Activity During 1922
AMATEURS HAD BANNER YEAR
 IN SPORTDOM
By CHICK CREATION.


 in Bridgeport was a banner one Trac ok and field, swimming, baseball and boxing all enjoyed a splendid year. Perhaps the high lights of the waning year can be aDportioned in this wise: The greatest swimming l carnival in the history of local aquatics in which little Miss Gertrude i Eder1e of New York vanquished Hilda James. English cnampIon mer- maid in the 220 yard national AA.U- championship in a. thrilling race; the monster Labor Day track and field meet held under the auspices of the American Legion which was product i've Of the best track and field sport ever seen hereabOuts, the chief event being the sensational performance of the Bridgeport 4. c. girls relay team which ran 440 yards in one minute and 59 seconds, ecffpsing the record formerly held by the University of California girls; the croWnIng of tho Soundviews as baseball champions of the city, the team having a clean slate of victories until the last game of the season; and the clean up made by Captain Max Bau1rl's troupe of amateur boxers of the medal hunt CTS sporting the colors of New Haven, Stamford. Meriden and other places around the state.
 Swimming.
 About the biggest event of the year was the swimming meet at Seaside Park last August, sponsored bv the |. s. Life Savers Corps It was ore of the most novel spectacIes in local sport Over 1000 people in automo- piles and standing on the sands bray ed the steady deluge of rain which prevailed during the entire program, The outstanding feature Of the meet was the 220 yard national A. A. U trude Ederle and Frances Cooney of fNew York, and Miss TItIda James. of Liverpool, England. and champion women swimmer of Europe were the competitors ar1a the front the victer after a brilliant race; with John BuI1's representative trailing her and Miss Cooney, third Anna Baum, flying the colors of the Bridgeport Board of Recreation and John Anderson competing for the O. s. Life Savers Corps, were the aquatic performers both of them winning nearly all honors ,n their respective classes rr>...
 Track 9f --
 The main features in track were the sensational rise. of girl athletes and the exploits of the Bridgeport Athletic club ..-
 In the short. period of less than ten months the Bridgeport A C.a7gi1l5 have developedain one of the strong est female teams in the country. The relay team lowered the former Unit ed states record for 440 yards held by the University of California. girls ln race with the Vancour Club of Q New Y ork at the American Legion ", h. anftes bested the locals mark in a su bSiquent race.
 Florence Evans Bridgeport High school student, established, a worlds record for the S80 yard walk in the first women's3 sanctioned meet ever held in the United States at the City College Stadium. New York, last Sep tember.
 The B. A. c. boys team with the largest number of athletes in the state under it's banner, romped off with point victory after point victory in meets all over the state .A~ The, cream of athftes in the l. N,1tnaee, cream of athletes in the Nutmeg competition. ,a ---r-, ,.,s
 Baseball 4-~ -. Never before in local sports annals Eas there been such great interest displayed in amateur baseball Ac- cordlng to Board of Recreation esti- mates more than 1o0f000 fans have witnessed Seaside games alone ..s-
 The SoundvieWs won the champion ship of the City League after win ming eight games in a row and drop plLg fd Ihe. nnai- The Soundviews de tended their honors against the Hall Community team, winner of the Ju- nior City championship. The Sound- views were much older than their Jun1or rivals in age and baseball ex- perlence, no great trouble in taking the measure of, the younger team -- The Board of Recreation league and other leagues engineereda by the Re
 1DOShiN e1ll "CA1t ONHI tue top in quality of play and -attendances The Hillsides coppedz the flag in, the Junior Recreation league.
 Boxing
 Amateur boxing was one sport whcih did not draw so well. although some top notch mitt. carnivaIs- have been held here by Captain Max Baum and his associates. Captain Baun1's team whipped everything in the state, including boxers from Stamford, New Haven and Meriden.
 +Lenny Castle, welterweight Steve Smith, featherweight and Johnny Ma son, bantamweight, turned in the best records of the season. Mason and Smith both deserted the simon pure ranks for the more lucrative field of professional endeaVor. Both look promising.