McIntosh Prompts Boxing Rise in England and London Debuts
The arrival of Australian promoter Hugh McIntosh shakes up England boxing, prompting National Sporting Club reforms and brighter prospects for fair pay. The Armory Club hosts 12 round bouts featuring Sandy Ferguson versus Porky Flynn with legends like Langford and Sullivan referenced. heavyweights and prospects from New England and Fall River appear in a packed card.
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Hugh McIntosh
England
Ry Bones
Wlondon
Ths Club
John L. Sullivan
Edward VII
Prince of Walles
Peter Jackson
Frank P. Bravin
Kid Lavigne
Dick Burge
Armory Club
Sandy Férguson
Porky Flynn
Sandy
Jim Barry
Mynn
New England
Sam Langford
Jack
Janvrin Declines Major League Offer For Family Reason
Boston star schoolboy athlete flarold Janvrin announces he will not play with any major league club this season. In a letter to Manager Fred Tenney he states his family requests he does not join the big leagues this year.
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Flarold Janvrin
Boston
Chicago White Sox
Fred Tenney
Janvrin
Wellesley High Girls Defeat Alumnae In Close Bout
Wellesley High girls beat the alumnae 29 to 27 at the high school gym. Sheridan led scoring with 16 of 29 points, while Cunningham added 10 and Bishop 4 as the teams battled through 10 minute periods. Referee Carr and scorer Thomas oversaw the game.
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Wellesley High
Miss Sheridan
Wuimmorloe
Bys
Tupce Sheridan
Rccesceess SD. Bd
McMahon Jennesson
Bryant
Buell
Wyman
Wilington
Cees R. F
Cunningham
Alumnae
Sheridan
Bishop
Stone
Carr
Thomas
St John Berchmans Five Triumph Over Randolph Juniors
The St John Berchmans five defeated the Randolph Juniors 17 to 186 at Assumption School Hall East Boston last night. Most goals were thrown for the winners by Arthur and Flaherty Rueter played the best game for the Randolphs.
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St. John Berchman’s
Randolph
Assamption School Hall
East Boston
Arthur
Flaherty
Rueter
Randolph's
Pittsburg and Buffalo Boxers Draw in Akron Bout
Buck Crouse of Pittsburg and Paddy Lavin of Buffalo fought 12 rounds to a draw here this afternoon.
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Akron, C
Buck Crouse
Pittsburg
Paddy Lavin
Buffalo
Company G Trims Hyde Park Team 50 to 18
In Gloucester, January 2, Company G basketball beat Hyde Park 50 to 18 in a Bay State league game at the Armory. Swift led with 11 floor points, Crowley 6, McInnis 4, with contributions from Wallace Doran McCarty Conley Finn Renkert and Sullivan. Attendance approx 600.
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Gloucester
Company G
Hyde Park
MCI Nitta Veces
Ssa Slik
Conley Bon i
Swift
Crowley
McInnis
Wallace
Doran
McCarty
Conley
Finn
Renkert
Sullivan
Hotchkiss
Ford
Millett
Zbyszco Defeats Lemm in Two Straight Falls
Stanislaus Zbyszco the Polish wrestler defeated Swiss candidate John Lemm in Buffalo N Y this afternoon in two straight falls. The first ended in one minute 30 seconds when Lemm toppled Zbyszco but fell atop him and was stunned. In the second bout Lemm offered little resistance and was deemed unable to continue, giving Zbyszco the match.
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Buffalo
N’ Y
Stanislaus Zbyszco
John Lemm
Lemm
Zbyszco
Dillon Beats Mansfield in Pittsburg Bout for Northern Club
Jack Dillon of Indianapolis and Harry Mansfield of England fought six rounds before the Northern Club of Pittsburgh. Dillon won by a good margin, sealing the victory in the final round by knocking Mansfield all over the ring.
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Jack Dillon
Mansfield Pittsburg
Penn
Indianapolis
Harry Mansfield
England
Pittsburg
Dillon
Mansfield
O Briens New Club Opens in Philadelphia Fight Night
Jack O Brien opened the finest boxing club architecturally in America. Tony Biddle, and Mayor John E Reyburn fought in the ring to launch the event. The crowd funded the firemen relief fund after a major city fire.
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Philadelphia
Jack” O’brien
America
Tony” Biddle
Biddle
John E. Reyburn
White Man's Hope Outboxed in New Bedford Draw with Madden
Don O'Kelly known as the White Man's Hope fought Jeff Madden of Boston to a draw in a 12 round bout before 8000 fans at the New Bedford Athletic Club. O'Kelly was outboxed and marked from the punishment, bleeding above the eye and a battered nose, with Madden escaping serious harm after a strong fifth round.
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New Bedford
Don O'Kelly
Jeff Madden
Boston
New Bedford Athletic Club
Imishman
Madden
O’kelly
Tommy Ryan
O'Kelly
Flynn Stops Caponi In Ninth Round At Vernon Arena
Jim Flynn the Pueblo fireman defeated Tony Caponi of Chicago by decision in the ninth round at Vernon Arena in Los Angeles. Caponi led early with clever work and roughing, but Flynn recovered to drop Caponi three times, and referee Charley Eyton stopped the bout.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Jim Flynn
Pueblo
Tony Caponi
Chicago
Vernon Arena
Flynn
Caponi
Charley Eyton
Joe Coster Tops Tommy OToole In Philadelphia Bout
New York’s Joe Coster defeated Port Richmond’s Tommy OToole in a surprise show at the National A. Co. Coster dropped OToole twice in the third round with hard blows to the jaw and held on through the final rounds for the win. Ned Nelson of Australia battered Ralph Erne with a brutal two round sequence, flooring him once in the second.
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Philadelphia
Joe Coster
New York
Tommy O'Toole
Port Richmond
National A. Co
Coster
O’toole
Ned Nelson
Australia
Ralph Erne
Erne
Cornell Tops Yale In Final Game Of Series
Cornell defeated Yale 4 to 2 in Chicago on January 2, the third game of the series. The big Red outpaced Yale after a rough start, with Crassweller Magner and Lontrell scoring for Cornell, while Merritt added two goals for Yale.
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Chicago
Cornell
Yale
Eli
Ithacans
New Haven
Big Red
Lugt
Cain
Crassweller
Louttell
Cox Vincent
Ap Er Wikves
T. W
Harmon Schen
Dietets Oa
Merritt
Magner
Lontrell
Marx
Hennessey and
Hayes
Short National Baseball Commission Meeting Slated in Ten Minutes
Cincinnati January 2. Chairman August Herrmann said the National Baseball Commission meeting tomorrow morning will be held on Laughrey Island and should last no more than ten minutes breaking all duration records.
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Cincinnati
National Baseball Commission
August Herrmann
Laughrey Island
Commission to re elect Herrmann and Bruce at joint league meeting
The National and American league presidents will meet to re elect August Herrmann as chairman and Secretary Bruce, with Herrmann's report focusing on winter play and no action expected. A joint schedule committee meeting will overshadow the commission session.
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Herrmann
Bruce
Lynch
National League
Johnson
American League
August Herrmann
Cincinnati
16 trawlers land large fresh fish haul at T Wharf
Nineteen hundred forty pounds of haddock and cod dominate the haul from 16 trawlers docking at T Wharf yesterday. Total fresh fish reached 304,300 pounds with haddock 181,700 pounds, cod 71,900 pounds, hake 33,300 pounds, pollock 12,900 pounds and cask 4,500 pounds. Captain Frank Watts commands the Gladys Nellie with notable stock and prize prospects in groundfish. Prices cited: haddock 5.25 cents, cod 7.41-2 cents, hake 6.14-4 to 4.12 cents, pollock 5.34 cents, cask 4 cents.
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T Wharf
Flavilla
Frank Watts
Gladys & Nellie
George Perry
Warren M. Goodspeed
Haddock
Reece
Susan & Mary
Victor & Ethan
Margaret Dillon
Emily Cooney
Rose Standish
E. Prescott
Eae Matthew &. Greer
Lillian
Ib Aikatea
Leyland
Winifredian
Frederick Shephard
Liverpool
Grand Junction Docks
Boston
Avon
D. L. Rafuso
Rosario
Argentina
Point Indio
River Plate
Buenos Ayres
Mystic Wharf
Shipping News Roundup January 3 Arrival and Sailings Listed
Shipping news details arrivals and departures with a January 3 date. Vessels Washington Grundy E and numerous steamers and tugs enter and depart ports via Talbot Nacoo chee Munson Savannah and other lines. Barges to Portsmouth Lynn Gloucester and Portland are noted along with ballast runs and ship routes.
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Grundy
Port Talbot
Nacoochee
Munson
Savannah
Valley Forge
Lablich
Philadelphia
Marion
Portsmouth
Manheim
Cocalieco
Irvington
Farnham
Perth Amboy
Baronet
Lynn
Bravo
Baltic
Daniel Willard
Fitzgerald
New York
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Troy
Riverside
North America
Nelson
Ctc
Weehawken
Orion
Kemp
Piedmont
Judgins
Baltimore
Lehigh
McGoldrick
Boston
Gloucester
Baffle
Bangor
Portland
Avon
Rafuse
Rosario
Calvin Austin
St. John
N. B
Eastport
Onondaga
Jacksonville
Charleston
Howard
Newport News
James 8. Whitney
Conestoga
Brookside
Richardson
Tulpehoeken
Lykens
Cto
Suffolk
Tamanend
Rutherford
Catawissa
Draper
Paltndsinba
Beverly
Ncon
North
Mike Twin Sullivan Fails To Top Loughrey In Buffalo
Mike Twin Sullivan weighed about 150 to 155 pounds and faced Tom Young Loughrey of Philadelphia at the International Athletic Club in Buffalo. The 10 round welterweight scrap ended without a decisive winner as both men tired, leaving observers to call it an even bout and a potential misfit for a welterweight champion pursuit.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Mike
Twin
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