Umpires Fear Boxer Ball Team Trainers
Professional fighters enter baseball training as umpires fear changes. Ike O’Neil Weir trains Boston players and the New York Nationals seek Battling Nelson. Connolly leads a plan for an Umpires Mutual Protective Association with a winter jiu jitsu push.
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Ike O'Neil Weir
Belfast
New York Nationals
Battling Nelson
Joe Kelley
Scrappy Reds
Jim Jeffries
George Dixon
Griffith
New York Americans
Tom Sharkey
Pacific Coast
Kid McCoy
Philadelphia
Joe Grim
Quaker City
Connolly
Silk O’loughlin
Bob Emslie
Umpires’ Mutual Protective Association
Pennsylvania
Harvard
Ike Weir
Harvard Football Stars Shift to Track Team
Four Harvard football players led by Captain Hurley join the track program with John Graham pushing for sprint and weight events. Brill Squires Parker Sperry Hanley Schoenfuss Pierce Owenson are among others preparing under possibly new coaches with a mass meeting drawing 125 candidates in the union. Coach Garcelon praised the new material and urged hard work to beat Yale next spring.
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Hurley. Brill
Harvard
Pach
John Graham
Owenson
Graham
Garcelon
Yale
Autoist Wallace Skips Central America Trip After Earthquake
William Wallace, Boston autoist, planned to stay five to six months in Central America but postponed his voyage after an earthquake in Costa Rica damaged 40 miles of railroad. Awaiting repairs, he may set new speed records at Ormond with his Fiat raced in prior Vanderbilt Cup and Eagle Rock events. the car was moved to Jacksonville by another Wallace vehicle for shipment.
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Boston
Mr. Wallace
Ormond
Costa Rica
Wallace
Fiat
Eagle Rock
Britt Cleared $33 500 in 1904
San Francisco reports Jimmy Britt earned 33500 in 1904 from a March 25 bout with Young Corbett 9500. a October match with Gans 7500. a win over Nelson last month 8500. a 12 week theatrical tour about 6000. and betting totals around 2000.
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San Francisco
Jimmy Britt
Young Corbett
Gans
Nelson
Baseball talk and trade chatter from the season ahead
Al Buckenberger praised as a needed manager for Rochester style recovery in baseball. Detroit pitcher Thomas praised by Wyatt Lee as a strong future against young arms. Collins considers Hughes likely to join the Boston club. Selee to Los Angeles. Stroh named Boston catcher with high hopes. Smith comments on snow unlikely to stop a hunt for success. Collins wagers up to a million on his team’s prospects. California season suggestion of year round play.
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al Buckenberger
H. G. Merrill
Wilkesbarre
Pennsylvania
Rochester
Buck
Detroit
Thomas
Minneapolis
Wyatt Lee
Washington
Lee
Jimmy Collins
Tom Hughes
Hughes
Collins
Collings
Boston
Chicago Nationals
Dogin
Frank Selee
Ers
Los Angeles
John Foster
New York Telegram
Boston Nationals
Stroh
Clark Griffith
Langham
California
Gossip of the Boxers February Rivalries and Fights
Boxing news outlines Nelson’s hunting trip and Britt’s pursuit of Jabez White while Corbett avoids a fight. Corbett trains with Tom Jenkins as Carkeek looms for the world title in San Francisco on Jan 10. Johnny Lynch faces Albert Delmont at River Point next Tuesday after a Cambridge draw last fall. The Gloucester A C card on Jan 16 features Lynch and Sullivan, and the Cambridge A A hosts Bryson vs Sullivan with Flaherty tipped to challenge Bryson in a 10 round main.
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Britt
Jabez White
Corbett
Young Corbett
Tom Jenkins
Carkeek
San Francisco
Johnny Lynch
Cambridge
Albert Delmont
River Point
R. I
Lynch
Delmont
Union Club
Medford
Gloucester A. C
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Ralph Kelley
Ione Kid Carter
Chelsea
Jimmy Burke
Lawrence
John A. Sullivan
Gloucester
Fred Bryson
Waltham
Martin Flaherty
Lowell
Cambridge A. A
Flaherty
Bryson
Jimmy Briggs
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