Handball

Bill Ranft

Active 1920 to 1922

Competition results

Dated facts

  • 22 May 1920 to 29 May 1920 (dated from the issue it appeared in): A.A.U. national handball championships at the Los Angeles Athletic Club: Max Gold beat George Klawitter in the singles final; holder Bill Ranft lost in the semi-final

    A.A.U. national singles and doubles handball championships to be decided on the Los Angeles A.C. courts 22-29 May; announced by F. W. Rubien, chairman of the national A.A.U. championship committee

    semi-final: Bill Ranft, national singles champion, lost to George Klawitter of the same club (scores OCR-damaged)

    final (29 May): Max Gold, Los Angeles A.C., won the A.A.U. national singles championship over George Klawitter in two straight games, 21-7 and 21-4 (OCR '217 and 51 4')

    Source: New-York Tribune (New York), 25 April 1920, p. 19

  • 20 March 1922 to 25 March 1922 (dated from the issue it appeared in): A.A.U. national handball championships at the Milwaukee Athletic Club: Art Schinner beat William Sakman for the singles; Gold and Laswell (Los Angeles) won the senior doubles; format reported as four-wall (preview) and one-wall (year review) Sources disagree

    The newspapers disagree on the form of the 1922 championship: a March preview called it the national four-wall championship, but a December review said the doubles, like the singles, was played at one wall.

    senior singles: A. J. Schinner of Milwaukee beat William Sakman of New York, two games to one (Schinner lost the first game)

    senior doubles: Max Gold and Maynard Laswell of Los Angeles beat Sakman and Eddie Groden 21-12, 18-21, 21-16

    holder Dr Carl Haedge (St. Paul) lost to Schinner in the fourth round, 13-21, 21-20, 21-14

    preview calls the event the national 'four wall handball championship tournament', opening at the Milwaukee Athletic Club on Monday 20 March

    Tribune's 24 Dec review says the doubles title 'like the singles, was played at one wall'

    Detail: sources disagree. The value from the stronger source (the lower rank number) is preferred.

    Source: The New York Herald (New York), 26 March 1922, p. 56

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