Showing posts with label boxing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boxing. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Two Knock Outs at Ridgewood

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New York, 1895 Two hotly contested glove fights were decided at Ridgewood on Saturday night. Jimmy Black of New York and Dan Casey of Brookl...
Friday, June 6, 2008

The Welcome Prize Fighters

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New York, 1895 Dick Phelan Knocks Out Barney Lynch in the Eleventh Round. Quite a large crowd of sporting men saw the finish fight on Saturd...
Friday, May 23, 2008

Still Another Prize Fight

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New York, 1895 To Which District Attorney Noble's Attention is Called. On February 1st THE FARMER said in an editorial: "The police...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

A Sunday Prize Fight

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New York, 1895 Will District Attorney Noble Inquire Into This? About 300 sporting men from Greenpoint and South Brooklyn ploughed their way ...
Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Ye Gods! What'd John L. Have Said to Hair Curling and Brow Arching?

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(Click the graphic for better view.) 1920 My dears, you should see that pompadour! And that isn't half of it. He's having his eyebro...

U. S. Boxers to Sail for France

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1920 Frenchmen who are keen to see their boxers stand up against those from the United States will have further opportunities to do so, for ...

He's Willing Now

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1920 But Champion Is a Late Late, Says Georgia Poet. The following was received by the sporting editor of The Saturday Blade from Atlanta, G...
Saturday, July 14, 2007

Harry Potter, Colored Loiterer, Still in Jail

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Excerpt from court news, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1916 The drunks let go this morning were Walter Kelsey, Dan McMuller and John Starr, the latte...
Friday, July 6, 2007

Mine Fire Burns 25 Years

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1915 Blaze Thought Conquered, Rages in Remote Gangways HAZELTON, Pa., Dec. 16. — The Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Company is fighting a mi...
Monday, June 25, 2007

The Reunion Is Over

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From the Leon, Iowa, area, date unknown, circa 1900 It Was the Best and Most Successful Reunion Ever Held — People Were All Well Satisfied T...
Sunday, June 24, 2007

The Greatest Fighter

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1920 Jack Dempsey of pugilistic fame has been acclaimed by many as "the world's greatest fighter." He is scheduled to meet Geo...
Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Funnygraphs — "He Fell Unconscientious"

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1900 McAisy — I do be seein' that Misther Hardin' has quit findin' out things. O'Deer — But whin did he ever begin? It was t...
Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Fighters Seek to Settle Grudge Over Woman in Ring

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1896 Britt and Lawler Indulge in a Fist Fight All on Account of a Woman San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 18. — It took twenty-eight rounds of desp...
Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Paid $1,500 to Clear Jack Dempsey, Wife Confesses

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1920 Paid $1,500 to Clear Jack Dempsey, Wife Confesses to a Federal Jury LOS ANGELES, Cal. — A statement to the Federal Grand Jury in this c...
Sunday, April 8, 2007

George Washington Meets Fast-Talking Modern Man

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Anaconda, Montana, 1914-- Some Observations by the Wanderer What would the immortal George Washington say if he came to Butte for a day? The...
Friday, April 6, 2007

Gentleman Jack O'Brien, Great Fighter, Interviewed

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1920-- GENTLEMAN JACK O'BRIEN, WHO IS APPEARING AT THE PALACE THEATRE, GIVES A LENGTHY INTERVIEW ON RING BATTLES OF NOTE Former Champion...
Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Boxing News: The Vader White Hope Loses in First Round

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Centralia, Washington, 1913 ---------- FARMER AND SWAIN BOUT CALLED DRAW Frank Farmer, of Kapowskin, and Joe Swain, of Portland, fought six ...
Monday, March 26, 2007

Jeffries Says He Will Re-enter Ring

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Announcement Throws Theater Crowd Into Tumult. New York, April 21 - "I will fight Mr. Jack Johnson. I will defend my title as undefea...
Sunday, March 25, 2007

Jeff Debates With a Minister In Open Ring at Minneapolis

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NEW YORK, July 24. - "Big Jim" Jeffries, who is preparing to wrest the title of world's champion pugilist from the black brow ...
Friday, March 16, 2007

KING TUT LOSES TO LOPE TENORIO ON FOUL IN FIRST

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Minneapolis Lightweight Piles Up Lead. CHICAGO (AP) – King Tut of Minneapolis, formidable challenger for the world's lightweight champio...