Handball

Carl Haedge

Active 1920 to 1923

Competition results

Dated facts

  • 7 April 1920 to 9 April 1920 (dated from the issue it appeared in): A.A.U. warns its associations off the Detroit A.C.'s unsanctioned 'junior national championship' handball tournament; Carl Haedge beat William Sackman in the Detroit national invitational singles final (9 Apr)

    A.A.U. notice (7 Apr) discouraging athletes from a junior national championship handball tournament by the Detroit A.C. not sanctioned by the A.A.U.; the club ordered to cancel or forfeit the national water polo championship

    Dr Carl Haedge of St. Paul became 'the new national singles handball champion' (invitational) by beating William Sackman of New York in the Detroit final on Friday 9 April

    Source: New-York Tribune (New York), 8 April 1920, p. 12

  • 22 March 1921 to 25 March 1921 (dated from the issue it appeared in): A.A.U. national handball championships at Detroit: Dr Carl Haedge (St. Paul) retained the senior singles title over William Sackman, 14-21, 21-16, 21-12

    senior doubles final 26 Mar: Stanley Spiegel and Wilfred Asselin (Detroit) beat Max Gold and Maynard Laswell (Los Angeles) 21-14, 21-20

    Haedge beat Sackman 14-21, 21-16, 21-12 on 25 March 1921; 'Haedge won the championship from Sackman a year ago' (the April 1920 Detroit invitational)

    Source: Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls), 27 March 1921, p. 11

  • 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

  • 19 March 1923 to 24 March 1923 (dated from the issue it appeared in): A.A.U. national handball championships at the St. Paul Athletic Club: Joe 'Red' Murray (Olympic Club, San Francisco) beat Maynard Laswell for the singles; holder Art Schinner eliminated; scores reported two ways Sources disagree

    Newspapers reported the scores of the 1923 national singles final in two different ways; this entry follows the Associated Press dispatch from St. Paul.

    Schinner (Milwaukee, national champion) beat George Sudheimer of St. Paul 21-?, 21-9 in the first round on 19 March

    Murray won the national singles title on 24 March over Maynard Laswell of Los Angeles, 21-9, 20-21, 21-6, having beaten 1922 champion Schinner, Haedge and a Baltimore player

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

    Source: The Omaha Morning Bee (Omaha), 20 March 1923, p. 11

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