Maulers Battle Ends as Goddard KO’s Maher in Brutal Bout
In Brooklyn on December 8 at the Coney Island Athletic Club Goddard knocked out Maher in three rounds in a savage slugfest. The fight drew eight thousand spectators as both men battered each other with little technique, Goddard’s weight advantage and relentless aggression proving decisive.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Coney Island Athletic Club
Goddard
Maher
Coney Island Club
Greggains
Costello
Prize Fight Night Draws 8000 Fans In New York Arena
Eight thousand spectators filled a New York arena where fans cheered every notable participant led by Jim Hall and Bob Fitzsimmons. Bar ney Mullins beat Jerry Sullivan in a 10 round bout for 500 dollars while Peter Maher defeated Joe Goddard of Australia in a brisk, bloodied exchange with Maher winning the decisive round as the crowd roared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hall
Bob Fitzsimmons
Captain Williams
Crescent Club
New Orleans
Phil Dwyer
Snapper” Garrison
William E. Harding
Sheriff Courtney
Brooklyn
Dominick McCaffrey
Joe Choynski
Mike Donovan
Dan Murphy
Boston
Joe Lannan
Barney Mullins
New York
Jerry Sullivan
Mullins
Sulivan
Joe Goddard
Australia
Peter Maher
Ireland
Goddard
Maher
Holter
Maier
Jack McVey
Philadelphia
Martin Costello
Buffalo
Tom Clarke
Coney Island
Joe McGrath
Dublin
Jack Sheehan
Jim Gibbons
Paterson
Bill Madden
Alexander Gregzavis
J. Morris
John P. Eckhardt
Bob Stall
Barrier Champion Joe Goddard Famed Rough Fighter of 19th Century
Joe Goddard of Plymouth New South Wales born November 26 1862 rose to fame as a savage puncher and tough middleweight. His notable bouts included Ned Ryan Peter Jackson Joe Choynski Jack Ashton and Joe McAuliffe. A police intervene halted a recent contest as Goddard pressed his opponent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Goddard
Plymouth
New South Wales
Ned Ryan
Goddard
Ryan
Peter Jackson
Jack Burke
Charley Mitchell
John L. Sullivan
Frank Slavin
Joe Choynski
Jack Ashton
Sullivan
United States
Joe McAuliffe
South
Ihe
Godard
Maher's string of victims in boxing career
Peter Maher born 1868 in Galway Ireland rose as Irish boxing champion. He began pro career in Dublin against Jim Doherty where police halted a sixth round bout. Maher defeated Bubble Davis in Philadelphia and scored decisive knockouts against Daly Fallon Woolls Lynch Smith Sailor Brown and others. His famed clash with Bob Fitzsimmons remains a highlight of his career.
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Peter Maher
County Galway
Ireland
Maher
Jim Doherty
Dublin
Gus Lambert
Canada
Pelican Club
Trishman
Bubble Davis
Ariel Club
Philadelphia
Jim Daly
Jack Fallon
Brooklyn
Fred Woolls
Tom Lynch
Jack Smith
Sailor Brown
Bob Fitzsimmons
Hall Fitzsimmons Bout At 160 Pounds Proposed
Jim Hall accepts a bout with Bob Fitzsimmons for an $80,000 purse on the condition the fight be at 160 pounds. The Coney Island Club has not approached Hall yet, while Fitzsimmons remains confident and has telegrammed Bay St. Louis about a training cottage. Professor James H. Kelly opens the Senate Boxing Academy in Lynn, trainer Martin Murphy endorses him. A match between Martin Flaherty and James Scully is rumored for the Metropolitan Club in Providence. Billy Meyers signs to fight Dick Burge in New Orleans for $5000, with Johnny Murphy yet to confirm a sign-up.
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Jim Hall
Bob Fitzsimmons
Noel
Coney Island
Hall
Judge Newton
Fitzsimmons
Bay St. Louis
Jmes H. Kelly
Te California Athletic Club
Senate Boxing Academy
Lynn
Senate Bxing Academy
Clane
Black, Market
Monroe
Martin Flaherty
James Scully
Metropole
Pividence
John H. Smith
Chicago
Billy Meyers
Lready
Dick Burge
New Orleans
Illinois
Streitor
Bye
Arles
Johnny Mrphy
Murphy
Creed and Hath Fight Fifty Rounds in
In Buffalo Newark featherweight Tommy Creed of the Downtown Athletic Club and Mickey Hath of Brooklyn battled fifty rounds with no knockout. Police intervened near the fiftieth, with Haugh awarded the decision. a draw was likely if not for police action. Daly and Skeily backed Haugh, Reed, and McTiernan supported Creed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrao
Tommy Creed
Featherweig
Downtown
Newark City
Mickey Hath
Brooklyn
Buffalo Athletic Cluhere
Haugh
Jim Daly
JK Skeily
One Eagle
McTiernan
Reed
Amateur Entries Open for A A U Championships
The notice invites all amateurs to enter the championships. Entry is not restricted to members of A U clubs. anyone can compete. The wording emphasizes inclusivity and questions the folly of limiting participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Holkes
Urs
Clever Dawson defeats Doc OConnell in twenty rounds
George Dawson the Australian welterweight beat Doc O Connell of Boston in twenty rounds at the California Athletic Club San Francisco. A $3000 purse with $250 to the loser highlighted the bout. Daw son dominated early and finished with a sharp upper cut to end the fight.
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San Francisco
George Dawson
Doc” O'Connell
Boston
California Athletic Club
O’connell
Annual B A A Carnival Promises Record Meet
Winter forecast from athletic writer notes the Crimson and Blue rivalry may renew with Harvard and Yale fielding four men each in a special 54 second quarter race. The program includes clashes among Bloss Harding Donohoe Lewellyn Jewett and teams from Manhattan and New York clubs Amherst and Dartmouth, Worcester and Suffolk clubs. Boxing entries surge with Moran from Hartford and other contenders as preliminaries may be held in Music Hall. Carlton Club formed to bowl Brookline street Monday. featherweight Andrew Flaherty seeks weight for the championships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Cornish
Crimson
Blue
Harvard
Yale
Merrill
Pinkham
Bloss
Harding
Donohoe
Lewellyn
Jewett
Gloucesters
Acorns
Manhattan
New York
Amherst
Dartmouth
Worcester Athletic Club
Suffolk Athletic Club
Music Hall
Hartford
Frank Moran
Columbia Cycle Club
Tom Pettitt
Will Pettitt
B.A. A
Carlton Club
Brookline Street
Andrew Flaherty
Flaherty
Chelsea Athletic Club to buy central Chelsea clubhouse
An enthusiastic meeting of Chelsea Athletic Association members presided by Hon A B Champlin decided to purchase a centrally located clubhouse at 254 Broadway Chelsea. Shares at 10 each will be issued. the club will offer boxing fencing gymnastics and baths with bowling alleys in the basement and a large upstairs hall. A further meeting is set for next Thursday and all members pledged financial support.
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Chelsea Athletic Association
Broadway
Chelsea
A. B. Champlin
THAT FICKLE MARE
The National Trotting Association board heard evidence in the W H Clark case over the mare Old Maid trotted out of class under the aliases Bessie C Essie C and Rose W Perrine. The horse was barred at 2 21% in New York City and later raced in New England and Canada in lower classes under fake names. The committee considered whether Old Maid and Bessie C are the same horse.
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New York
Board of Review
National Trotting Association
W. H. Clark
Burlington
Montreal
Old Maid
Bessie C
New England
Canada
Essie C
Rose W. Perrine
Horse start private race results from Guttenburg NJ track
Special to the Post reports six furlong to one and a half mile races at Guttenburg Gloucester NJ. Hesperus Blacklock Early Blossom Ecarte Thorndale tote betting prices list winners and times for each race with finish order and payouts.
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Guttenburg
N. J
Hesperus
Common Sense
Blacklock
Lillie K
Luray
Early Blossom
Fenelon
Vardee
Ahrens
Vespasian
Helen
Ecarte
St John
St. Luke
St Luke
Thorndale
Lithbert
Eph
Bet- Ling
Fede
Oto
Gloucester Racing Results Show Close Finishes Across Six Furlong Races
Special to the Post from Gloucester New Jersey reports results for six races at five to seven furlongs. Winners include Acilojam, Plevmar, Lillie B, Belisarius, Great Guns, and Cant Tell with times and betting odds listed. multiple second and third place finishers named alongside race details and participant names.
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Gloucester
N. J
Acilojam
Oberlin
Sue Ryder
Plevmar
Drummer
Lillie B
Silence
Majella
Belisarius
Drizzle
Vocalite
Great Guns
Lonely
Richal
Blackburn
Rhino
Congress
Harry Russell
Marty B
Owen Golden
Apollo
King Solomon
Buddhist
Keystone
Arizona
Tioga
Calculus
Jersey
Crocus
Harry Hipskson
Orphan
Tube Rose
Lindsay
Mindon
Martel
Oedan
Mirthwood
Glenall
Darling
Paola
Inversippell
Brevier
Samaritan
Judge Nelson
Esau
Mianora
Hettie
Secret
Cener
Leo Brigel
Forest
Jardine
Schuylsill
Rafter
James A
Ralph
Spartacus
Macgregor
Treadway
Shaksere
Roy
Beck
Slumber
Madge
Overdale
Kilkenny
Shamrock
Mulligan
Deer Lodge
Glenmound
Frejols
Ino
Racers and Jockeys Stir Chicago Prospects Next Year
The report notes flat races for jumpers with Evarte winning again and Shamrock debated as stronger than public belief. Taral to ride at 115 pounds minimum next year. Jockeys like Garrison Hamilton Taral expected in Chicago for expo year. Pettingill visits Gloucester then West in two weeks.
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Evarte
St. John
St. Luke
Ack Dowd
Sir Matthew
Shamrock
Taral
Chicago
Whist Tournament Planned Between Yacht Clubs
A whist tournament is set between South Boston and Mosquito Fleet yacht clubs. The first meeting will be Monday night at the Mosquito Fleet House, foot of K street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
Mosquito Fleet Yacht Clubs
Mosquito Fleet House
K Street
Oxford bowlers defeat Review Club by 153 pins
The Review Club players struggled in the match against the Oxfords of Lynn on the Reviews' alleys at Chelsea, losing by 153 pins. King excelled for the Oxfords in last evening's inter club bowling set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxfords
Lynn
Chelsea
King
Jamaica Club defeats Allstons on Green Street alleys
The Jamaica Club beat the Allstons 2196 to 2157 in a match on Green street last evening. Scott of the Jamaicas rolled a three string total of 512 to lead the winners. It stayed close throughout, with momentum shifting but the Jamaicas fashioned the final margin for the victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica Club
Allstons
Green Street
Scott
Jamaicas
Waverleys Top Melrose Club by Near Hundred Pins
At Hyde Park the Waverleys defeated the Melrose Athletic Club bowlers by nearly 100 pins. Hall led with a 200 on the first string. Final score: Wa wee 2305, Melrose Athletic Club unknown total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
Waverleys
Melrose Athletic Club
Hall
Wawee
Polo Pointers In Local Hockey Standings Report
The Walthams have won all home games and lost away. Brocktons have six victories all in their rink. Pawtuckets show strong play with smooth, roughness-free skating. Goaltenders are performing well. Brocktons and Walthams meet again, with Providence and Brocktons set to clash later. The Shoemakers defeat Providences noisily in recent matchups.
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Walthams
Brocktons
Pawtuckets
Lations
Epen
Fred Doe
Frank Selee
Cotter
Chelseas
Providence
Pawtucket
Newcombe
Leyion
Furbush
Turnbull
Providences
Shoemakers
McGunnigle
Lawyer Winkley Denies Blackmail Claim in Richardson Suit
John N. Winkley says Mrs. Susan Richardson sought $15,000 to blackmail him after a jury awarded $15,000 against him in a suit over the alleged entrapment of her daughter Alice Etta Richardson who died after an 1891 operation. The case, tried in Charlestown, involved testimonies from Mrs Tallman and others, with Winkley vowing to appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John N. Winkley
Susan R. Richardson
Winkley
Main Street
Charlestown
Winkley & Maddox
Rutherford Avenue
Mrs. Tallman
Nonunion at Brookline Walker House Stirs Building Trades
Walking Delegate J G Clinkard of the Building Trades Council called out all carpenters at work on the Walker House in Brookline yesterday. Several non union men were at work, and it is expected the matter will be settled today.
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J. G. Clinkard
Building Trades Council
Walker House
Brookline
Stonington Line Announces New Steamers and Schedule
Express train leaves Park Square Station at 6 30 p m for New York arriving 6 00 a m, enabling early connections. New steel steamers Maine and New Hampshire now on commission with tickets and state. price cited as 310 dollars for the Stonington Line to New York.
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Park Square Station
New York
Maine
New Hampshire
Fourteen Injured As Fog Delays Central Trains in Jersey City
In Jersey City on December 8 a fogbound sequence of three Central Railroad of New Jersey trains led to a major wreck. The Long Branch train rear collided with the Somerville express, embedding its locomotive in the rear car and injuring fourteen passengers. Among the injured are Julia Gilroy of Elizabeth and Orlando Demarest of New York, with others from Plainfield, Matawan, Bound Brook and New York. Rescue crews and citizens aided victims as travel was disrupted until 2:30 PM.
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Jersey City
N. J
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Danforth Avenue
Engieer Wolverton
Washington
Wolverton
Ambulance Corps
Julia Gilroy
Washington Street
Elizabeth
Jersey City Hospital
George Lawson
North Broad Street
W. F. Martrn
Penn Street
Brooklyn
E. D
C. J. Joseph
Hazelton
Penn
Orlando Demarest
Barrow Street
New York
E. E. Bunyan
Plainfield
M. J
W. Parker
S. M. Washfield
Louis Zeltner
Suffolk Street
T. J. Mumer
D. H. Brown
Matawan
James Ross
Bound Brook
Martin
Cigar Makers Vote for License At Election
The cigar makers voted for a license at the coming election following promises from the Boston Liquor Dealers' Association and the Boxton Bartenders' Association to sell union cigars. A Commercial Hall meeting was addressed by prominent labor agitators. Pants Makers' Unions 12 and 41 won a victory in a dispute with Pants Contractors' Union. A settlement with Contractor 8 Schwartz of 44 Sudbury Street requires weekly wages, union labor, and compliance with the 58 hour law. workers will return to work this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Liquor Dealers’ Association
Boxton Bartenders’ Association
Commercial Hall
Schwartz
No. 44
Sudbury Street
Theatrical posters debate and tower inspection notes
At the last Common Council meeting an order urged the mayor to enforce street display ordinances on Sabbath mornings for theater posters. Inspector Damrell reported on the Old South Church tower, finding a slightly defective foundation but no imminent danger. The council also discussed park police staffing and a proposed sanitary station funding in Ward 23.
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Common Council
Board of Police
Camrell
New Old South Church
Boylston
Dartmouth
Damrell
Board of Health
Livermore
Board of Park Commissioners
Council
Parker
Keenan
Board of Aldermen
West Roxbury
Finance Committee
Committee On Finance
Woolen manufacturers listed as contributors to Republican fund
The New York World lists wool, cotton, and mill companies from Massachusetts New Hampshire and Rhode Island that contributed to a Republican corruption fund. Massachusetts firms named include Ballardvale Mills Andover Crossley Mills Barre and many others. Providence manufacturers were assessed thirty thousand dollars. Fall River singly faced twenty five thousand with local agent Frank Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Boston Home Market Club
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Ballardvale Mills
Andover
Crossley Mills
Barre
Caryville Mills
Bellingham
Merchants’ Woollen Company
Norfolk Mills
Dedham
Merrimack Woollen Mills
Dracut
Jesse Eddy Company
Fall River
Norfolk Woollen Company
Ray Woollen Company
F. B. Ray
Ray Farbrie Company
Franklin
Everett Woollen Company
Great Barerington
Groveland Mills
Groveland
Jefferson Manufacturing Company
Holden, Beebe, Wetber & Co
Holyoke
Prospect Mill
Phillips & Kunhardt
Tower, Wing & Co
Washington Mills
Wright Manufacturing Company
Lawrence
Rockdale Mills
Batcostar Belvidere Company
L. W. Faulkner & Sons
Sterling Mills
Lowel
Assabet Manufacturing Company
Maynard
Crane & Waters Company
Eagle Mill
Millebury
R. M. & Theodore Reynolds
Monson
Oneko Mill
New Bedford
Nonantum Worsted Company
Newton
North Andover Mills
North Andover
Woodside Mills
Northborough
J. Chase & Sons
Oxford
Plymouth Woollen Company
Plymouth
Cordaville Woolen Company
Southborough
Gilbert Company
Ware
Stretton Mills
Stow
Altna Mills
Watertown
Warren Woollen Company
Warren
Abbot Worsted Mills
Westeford
Bay State Worsted Company
Jamesville Mills
Fox Mill
Worcester Woollen Mill Company
Worcester
New Hampshire
Hillsborough Manufacturing Company
Manchester Mills
Devonshire Mills
Waumbeck Company
Cocheco Manfacturing Company
Gonic Company
Ashuelot
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Fife
Buxcuan
Doc’ O'Connell
Ored
Dawson
O'Connell
Sust
Chelsea's Athletic Club
Tragk
Padudge Talk
Pettingill
Jimmy McLaughlin
Roby Park
Caldwell
Rowe
Total
Brown
Kimball
Ees Ceves
Davis
MacDonald
Ague
Breed
Kinmball
Barnes
Shi Ae Davis
Iking
Mac Vona
Spratne
Kimball Li
Slade
Jos
Browne
Mane
I MacDonald
Sprat
Sla
Foye
MR. Winkley
Stonington Line
Bath
Banun Bone
Cleveland
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
New Old South
Pullman Limited
NEW York and New England Railroad
New York & Northern Railway
Manhattan Elevated Railway
Summer Street
One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Street
Fifty-third Street
Barton
Gy Kendall
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