FIGHTERS READY FOR THE RING LENOX CARNIVAL PROMISES McCOY SHARKEY BOUT
The Lenox Club plans a two night carnival at the Ice Palace New York with a twenty round McCoy vs Sharkey main event on Tuesday. Monday features Oscar Gardner and Dave Sullivan, while George Dixon and Pluto meet on Jan 17. Weigh ins, training details, and betting odds frame a heavyweight era with Sharkey aiming for pace and McCoy edging toward the middleweight limit.
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Lenox Club
Ice Palace
One Hundred and Sixth Street
Lexington Avenue
New York
Kid McCoy
Tom Sharkey
Oscar Gardner
Dave Sullivan
George Dixon
Pluto
Boston
Pestonian
Gardner
Dixon
Rotchford
Sammy Kelly
Sullivan
Dave
Paddy Sullivan
McCoy and Sharkey Fight Preview Sparks Debate
Boxing fans debate who holds the edge as McCoy and Sharkey near ring readiness. McCoy is expected to use feints, long range jabs, and footwork to frustrate Sharkey, while Sharkey’s backers cite Corbett fights as proof of his speed. The bout promises a fast, uncertainties until mid distance.
Sharkey and McCoy Fight Compared By Analysts
Observers note Sharkey has grown in discipline under Tom O Rourke and is strong but muscle bound, while McCoy brings youth height reach skill and steadiness. The bout could favor McCoy in a limited round contest despite Sharkey’s power and aggressive style.
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Sharkey
Tom O'Rourke
Corbett
Jim
McCoy
Contra
Betting activity near zero as few wagers placed on McCoy
With betting limited, the most notable aspect is McCoy receiving only a handful of bets so far. No substantial action or sizable wagers have emerged, leaving the market quiet and largely unbet.
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McCoy
Dixon Pluto bout postponed for Jan 17 conditioning
The Dixon versus Pluto fight is set aside for January 17 due to time for conditioning. Pluto, the Australian, is known for draws with Griffo and a four round loss to Abe Willis in Sydney. Dixon stopped Willis in five rounds, leading experts to expect Pluto has little chance against the champion.
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George Dixon
Joe Brown
Pluto
Griffo
Abe Willis
Sydney
Dixon
Willis
Ingraham's Bowling Sets Amateur League Mark
Ingraham's grand rolling leads Charlestown to a big win at Arlington over boat club men. Old Dorchester loses at home to Newtowne, two of three. Newtowne led early, with Charlestown ahead in aggregates. In three games Ingraham tallied 633 pins, topping Legate's season record by 2. He had one miss, two breaks, and fourteen strikes.
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Boston and Vicinity
Charlestown
Arlington
Boat Club
Old Dorchester
Newtowne
Ingraham
Athletic Team for Paris From Chicago A A
The Chicago A A plans sending a strong Western athletic squad to the Paris Exposition in 1900 Olympian games despite uncertain federal support. The move may spark a clash with the New York A C as both groups aim to represent the East and West. Notable names include Kraezlein Henneman Rush Jarvis Ewry and Townsend.
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Chicago
Henneman
Rush
Kraezlein
Jarvis
Princeton
Ewry
Townsend
Brooklyn Handicap Entries Show Wide Field for 10000 Prize
Early weights announced by the Brooklyn Jockey Club list many entrants for the Brooklyn Handicap a one mile and a quarter race of 10000 dollars with weights to be posted in February. The Broadway Stakes for three year olds also follows with a long list of names including Diminutive Filigrane Kingdom Knight of Silver and Kinley Mack among others.
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New York
Brooklyn
Diminutive
Ethelbert
E. Come
Frohsinn
Filigrane
General Mort Gary
Glenheim
Great Neck
Golden Buckle
Glengar
Greatland
Hilee
His Lordship
Harmonica
Jack Point
Kingdom
Knight of Silver
Kinley Mack
King Barleycorn
Little Saint
Lady Lindsey
Manlius
Mr. Phinizy
Miller
Matanza
Macleod of Dare
Marblehead
Mallakwa
Ordeal
Oliver Mce
Ornamental
Owihee
Rhinelander
Rusher
Sir Hubert
Sanford
Satin Slipper
the Rose
Ways and Means
Western League meeting to settle eighth city in circuit
Milwaukee Jan 6 President Ian Johnson announced a league meeting will be held in Chicago Jan 16 to settle the eighth city. Toronto is not expected to be chosen. Cleveland is the probable selection. Cleveland would join Western League after current club moves to St Louis.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Ian Johnson
Chicago
Toronto
Columbus
Cleveland
St. Louis
Won't Cut League Circuit Says Van der Horst
Harry Van der Horst of the Baltimore club declares the National League cannot be reduced to eight clubs before 1901 without unanimous league consent or purchase. He and Abell of Brooklyn will not consent or vote for buying out clubs, and he rejects Brush Hart and Robison’s proposed legislation to reduce.
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Baltimore
Harry van der Horst
Baltimore Club
Abell
Brooklyn Club
Messrs. Brush, Hart and
Robison
Sharkey vs McCoy match odds stir boxing talk
The piece notes Sharkey's form and odds at 10 to 90 with heavyweights faced, including Corbett Fitzsimmons Choynski, and details McCoy's limited rise to top weight class. It discusses regional bias favoring McCoy's western roots and lists major cities where he gained prominence.
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Sharkey
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Choynski
Jeffries
McCoy
Fitz
Tommy” Ryan
Dan’ Creedon
Opening of the Allen Gymnasium Opens to Public
The Allen Gymnasium for men will be formally opened to the public on Saturday evening. Located at St Botolph and Garrison streets it is described as admirably adapted for use and fully equipped. H J Boos serves as physical director.
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Allen
St. Botolph
Garrison Streets
H. J. Boos
Keel Plate Patterns Shown From Herreshoff Yard Muster
Patterns for a ship keel plate were viewed at Herreshoff yard and sent to Bridgeport. The bow section measured a little over eleven feet, the stern section a little over ten feet, totaling about twenty two feet in length. The widest part of the plate was about twenty inches, located near its center.
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Bristol
R. I
Seelupust
Sveerm
Herreshoffs
Bridgeport
Ney
Seawanhaka Challenge Delay Claim Comes Up
J W Taylor president of the Inland Sake Yachting Association writes the Royal St Lawrence Yacht Club to assert the Seawanhaka challenge was filed three days late claiming right to sail for the Seawanhaka cup despite Oyster Bay club being accepted as challenger for summer racing.
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Montreal
Tnland Sake Vachting Association
Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club
Seawanhaka Club of
Oyster Bay
Lange rules out trade to club in interview
San Francisco report quotes Bill Lange, Chicago center fielder turned racebook hobbyist, stating players can be traded but he will claim his share on the home stretch. He says he has no objections to New York or other teams of equal standing, but insists he would not be traded if it happens.
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Sharkey
McCoy
Avordupois
Joe” Goddard
Lenox A. C
Bob” Armstrong
Armstrong
Cincinnati
Kid
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Choynski
Fitzsimmons
Goddard
Australian Smith
Ted White
National Sporting Club
England
Great Britain
Ireland
South Africa
George Forbes
Asbury Park
Bill Lange
Chicago
Lansing to Live With Severe Brain Injury From Chicago Fight
Louisville report says Tom Lansing, once a sparring partner of James J. Vorbett and a noted middleweight, is likely to be an imbecile for life after a blow from Jack Root in a Chicago bout a month earlier.
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Louisville
Tom Lansing
James J. Vorbett
Lansing
Jack Root
Chicago
Manchester Aldermen Grant Boxing License for Jan 20 Card
The Board of Aldermen of Manchester New Hampshire has granted a license to the Pas time Athletic Club to hold boxing exhibitions and athletic entertainments. The card for January 20 features Patsy Sweeney versus Jack Frazier in twelve rounds and Bob Montgomery versus George Gardner in ten rounds.
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Board of Aldermen of
Manchester
N. H
Pastime Athletic Club
Patsy Sweeney
Jack Frazier
Bob Montgomery
George Gardner
Bunker Hill Camping Club to Dedicate New Hall
The Bunker Hill Camping Club will dedicate its new hall at 2 Bunker Hill Street next Tuesday night. The program includes dedicatory exercises a banquet and a vaudeville show.
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Bunker Hill
Mercantile League Matches Highlight Looming Wins
In the Mercantile League last night H Traiser & Co won all three from Lowell Arms Co after close contests. Dennison Manufacturing Co took two of three from John P Squire Co. Team scores show Traiger’s squad and Dennison’s entries posting the top totals across the event.
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Jamaica
A. A
Dickerman
Foster
Gordon
J. A. A . Tis Owlers
H. R. Coe
Foster Tsie Neus'els
R. T. Coe
Mercantile League
H. Traiser & Co
Lowell Arms Company
Dennison Manufacturing Company
John P. Squire Co
H. Traiger, & Co
Tis
Cisechees
John P. Low Bel & CO
Dennison Meg. Co
Sha & Co. Oss
Counterfeit $5 Bills Suspect Sought in East Boston
Government officials and police seek a young man about 25, 5 feet 6 inches with a dark mustache wearing a long black overcoat who has been passing counterfeit $5 bills on storekeepers. His latest victim is Myer Frank of 225 London Street, East Boston.
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Myer Frank
London Street
East
Boston
New steamer Admiral Farragut leaves Port Antonio
The ship sails at 3 p m on its first voyage under Captain Anderson formerly of the Belvidere. It carries 16 750 banana bunches 5 bags of coconuts 2950 barrels and 125 boxes of oranges on board.
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Farragut
Port Antonio
Anderson
Belvidere
Retirement of Worchester rower G H Lewis ends era
Charles H Lewis of Worchester, famed senior amateur single scull champion of New England and with Edward H Ten Eyck holder of multiple championships, retires from competition. He cites training fatigue and unreciprocated glory, a blow to Wachusett Boat Club and a loss to national rowing circles after a rapid rise since 1896.
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Charles H Lewis
Worcester
New England
Edward H. Ten Eyck
Lewis
Wachusett Boat Club
America
Ten Eyck
Frank J. Kerns
Wachusetts
Boston
Kerns
Charles River
Tom Joyce
Springfield
Lake Quinsigamond
Mr. Lewis
Philadelphia
Buco
Fad. Schulze
Pawtucket
Providence B. Co
Ned Ten Eyck
Sweepstakes proposed for twenty four hour race in Madison Square Garden
Frank Waller proposes a sweepstakes with $50 or $100 bets for riders expected to finish the twenty four hour race to be started in Madison Square Garden tomorrow night. John Wanamaker will sell bicycles next year after signing aWaltham contract. George Shackley bought Humber factory parts, likely to ship to England if operation not started. The Miller Waller five mile match was cancelled due to pacemaker strike. Governor Roosevelt has been gifted a Canadian wooden frame bicycle by friends. Chief Consul Elliott nears final list of Massachusetts division L A W standing committees, awaiting acceptance letters.
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Frank Waller
Madison Square Garden
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Waltham
George Shackley
Westboro
England
New York
Roosevelt
Consul Elliott
Massachusetts
Kennedy and Malvey Box to Draw in Buffalo Bout
At the Olympic Club in Buffalo on January 5 a small crowd watched three bouts. The main event featured Tommy Kennedy and Jack Malvey, both local lightweights, boxing twenty rounds to a draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Olympic Club
Tommy Kennedy
Jack Malvey
Medford Bowlers Beat Riverdales in Low-Scoring Match
The Medford bowlers won two of three games against the Riverdales of Newton in the Circuit League tonight. Scores ran very low and the match drew little interest.
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Medford
Riverdales
Newton
Newton Winter Tennis Club Cancels Court This Year
The Newton Winter Tennis Club announces there will be no winter tennis at Newtown this year due to insufficient member interest. A Bray's Hall court will remain unused and the matter will be reconsidered next winter. The club hopes for greater participation in the future.
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Newton
Bray’s Hall
Hampshire Franklin Hampden Society Discusses Park Purchase
At the Hampshire Franklin and Hampden Agricultural Society annual meeting in Northampton on January 5, a committee was formed to study buying the Northampton Driving Park. The property carries about $3000 in encumbrances, which the society plans to offer to the Driving Park Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
The
Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden Agricultural Society
Driving Park Association
National Sporting Club Resolutions Seek Cleaner Boxing
London January 5 report notes rules said to be adopted by the National Sporting Club to promote clean boxing. Proposed changes include rounds shortened to two minutes with a one minute rest and contests to be conducted with six ounce gloves.
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London
National Sporting Club
Malden High Cancels Ice Polo Games With Woburn High
Malden High School ice polo team cancels scheduled games against Woburn High due to insufficient facilities to host matches.
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Malden
Malden High School
Woburn High School
Entries Close for Boston A A Cross Country Run
Entries for Saturday's Boston Athletic Association cross-country event close today. John Graham of Exeter Street is listed among expected entrants.
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Boston A. A
John Graham
Exeter Street
Sugarman Defeats Kelly in Murray & Irwin Billiards
Benny Sugarman outpointed Ed Kelly 100 to 89 in last night’s Murray and Irwin billiard tourney amid an excited crowd. Manheimer and Greenwood will play tonight.
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Sugarman
Kelly
Benny Sugarman
Ed Kelly
Rooters
Manheimer
Greenwood
Riverside Boat Club Smoke Talk At Cambridgeport Clubhouse
The Riverside Boat Club held a smoke talk at its Albro street clubhouse in Cambridgeport last night. The star bout between Jack Sullivan and Patee Sweeney was stopped before the first round due to Sweeney's clear superiority. Other bouts included McArthur vs Coppinger cut short, Sharkey vs Sullivan, Daly vs Dixon’s sparring exhibition, Haile vs Brennan, and Bellfield Walcott debuting against Young Springer in a friendly card with weight and skill advantages noted.
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Riverside Boat Club
Albro Street
Cambridgeport
Star Boat
Jack Sullivan
Roan
A. C
California
Patee, Sweeney
Manchester
N. H
Sweeney
the McArthur
Joe Coppinger
Coppinger
Young Sharkey
John Twin Sullivan
Sharkey
Sun Ashe
George Dixon
Indy Daly
Daly
Spike Haile
Bill Brennan
Bellfield Walcott
Joe
Young Springer
Walcott Resigns Listing A Massive Simultaneous Chess Bout
G H Walcott faced thirty boards at the Young Men’s Christian Union in Boston last night winning seventeen games drawing eleven and losing two. The display equals famous exhibitions by Blackburn Pillsbury and Janowski and compares with Paris thirty-one boards and Blackburne in London.
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Boston
Young Men’s Christian Union
G. H. Walcott
Blackburn
Pillsbury
Janowski
Father Bill's Figures In O'Connor Contract Talk
New Orleans correspondent states California horseman Janat-W P Burch seeks to release jockey Winnie O'Connor from Father Bill Daly’s three year contract for 10000 dollars. Burch claims the rider could become a top lightweight with better horses, noting Daly’s poor stock has hampered his progress and Westerners may pursue an Eastern stable for him.
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New Orleans
Janat
W. P. Burch
Vof
Winnie”’ O’connor
Bill’ Daly
Daly
O'Connor
Burch
Winnie
Harvard to Hire Flannagan for Lacrosse and Hammer Practice
Harvard forms lacrosse league with Columbia and Cornell and plans games in New York on May 12 and 15. John Flannagan, the world champion hammer thrower, will coach Harvard players, supplementing Hennen, who has shown strong throws. Hockey schedule largely canceled as BATVAIS team barred from Yale Brown Penn Cornell league.
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New York
Harvard
Columbia
Cornell
Cambridge
Soldiers Field
F. H. Purrington
F. B. Taylor
C. F. Curley
N. P. Breed
E. R. Fay
Harvard Athletic Committee
John Flannagan
Hennen
Flannagan
Yale
Batvais
Brown
Pennsylvania
Plymouth Polo Defeats Taunton In Fast 10-7 Contest
Plymouth polo team visited Taunton and won 10 to 7 in a fast game praised as among the season’s best in the local rink. Four attendees saw a well played match with fine moves from both sides. Separately, the Hotel Plaza on Columbus Avenue opened with crowded offices and parlors, lauded for upscale furnishings and refined detailing by C E Oswood Co, marking a noted local lodging upgrade.
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Taunton
Plymouth
Magee
Daly
Seeeeeh
Nicholson
Mercer Dope
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