Handball

Brighton Beach Baths handball courts

Address as printed
Brighton Beach Baths, Coney Island
Walls
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Dated facts

  • 15 May 1921 (dated from the issue it appeared in): Tribune: the Brighton Beach Baths (Coney Island) has constructed twelve 'regulation' handball courts, to be opened free to the public; 'American handball' to be revived on a pretentious scale; July tournament planned

    management of the Brighton Beach Baths has constructed twelve regulation handball courts, to be thrown open to the public without charge on Saturday, 'May 23' (as printed); a big July tournament planned with invitations to the metropolitan champions

    Source: New-York Tribune (New York), 15 May 1921, p. 20

  • 23 July 1921 to 9 October 1921 (dated from the issue it appeared in): A.A.U. outdoor handball tournaments on the Brighton Beach Baths' seaside courts, July-October 1921 (first major tournament 23 July; second from 11 September, finals 25 September; Sakman winner of singles and doubles in the first)

    first major A.A.U. handball tournament of the season started 23 July on the courts of the Brighton Beach Baths; entries led by Sakman, Curry (Metropolitan doubles holders) and Groden, Butler (national junior champions)

    second A.A.U. outdoor tournament of the year to start Sunday 11 September on the seaside courts, finals 25 September; Sakman winner of both singles and doubles in the last tourney there

    Source: New-York Tribune (New York), 23 July 1921, p. 8

  • 6 May 1922 to 10 September 1922 (dated from the issue it appeared in): A.A.U. tournaments on the 'new courts' of the Brighton Beach Baths, Coney Island, May-September 1922 (singles/doubles, New York v. Boston intercity match 29 July, invitation tournament at Manhattan Beach Baths); Murray Vernon the leading player

    first outdoor tournament of the year on the new courts at Brighton Beach, conducted by the Brighton Beach Athletic Association, from Saturday 6 May

    A.A.U. sanction obtained for another big tournament on the new courts, starting Saturday 1 July

    intercity match 29 July: New York won all six matches (four singles, two doubles) against a Boston team; New York team Sakman, Buxbaum, Schwartz, Meszaros

    first A.A.U. invitation handball tournament in the metropolitan district, Manhattan Beach Baths, sixteen players, from Sunday 10 September

    Source: The Evening World (New York), 3 May 1922, p. 23

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