McGovern hailed as bigger faster and stronger claim
The piece questions claims that Terry McGovern is revived physically and mentally, noting medical opinions on boxing decline and critiquing writers who predict an upset of Nelson. It also surveys Boston baseball attendance, Olympic selection issues, and missing athletes like Sheridan Sheppard Coe and college stars facing alibi or leave-of-absence hurdles.
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Terry McGovern
New York
Werry
George Dixon
McGovern
Terry
Nelson
Tommy Murphy
Murphy
Erry
Brooklyn
New Yorker
Neil
Tenney
James E. Sullivan
Athens
Julian W. Curtiss
Wesley W. Coe
Martin Sheridan
Melville Sheppard
Michigan
Coe
BE. B. Parsons
Yale
J. D. Lightbody
University of Chicago
Baseball attendance for 1905 by league and teams
The 1905 baseball season saw over 6.0 billion paid admissions across major leagues. The American League drew about 385 thousand more than the National League and gained roughly 26 to 27 thousand in total attendance from 1904. National League attendance fell by about 40 thousand. Chicago led as the top baseball town with the White Sox at 687,419 admissions, surpassing the Giants by over 100,000 due to Sunday crowds in Chicago.
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Philadelphia
White Sox
Giants
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Gossip of the boxers and Charlestown boxing plans
A crowd of local boxing men visited the Hawthorne Club in Charlestown and praised Honey Mellody ahead of his 15 round bout with Terry Martin at Chelsea. Machinations around Burns Jeffries and a heavyweight claim, plus plans for Middlesex A A Cambridge boxing, loom as fans expect exciting matchups.
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Hawthorne
Charlestown
Honey Mellody
Terry Martin
Chelsea
Mellody
Martin
Mickey Farrissey
Jerry Gaines
Cambridge
Jimmy Hanlon
Jack Flanagan
Tommy Burns
Marvin Hart
Tommy
Jeffries
Hart
Burns
O’brien
Middlesex A. A
Young Kirby
Lawrence
New England
Boston
Carr
Herman
East Boston Edges Roxbury H 18 to 12 for 1906 Title
Jim Crowley of East Boston scored the winning basket in the final minute at Roxbury, giving the Noddle Islanders an 18 to 12 victory and clinching the 1906 league championship. The game was the tightest in the series, tying three times. Roxbury beat East Boston 9 to 6 in the other match between second teams.
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Jim Crowley
East Boston
Roxbury High
Roxbury
Noddle Islanders
Ship
Roxbury High Opens With Narrow Boston Loss
In a 20 minute half game Roxbury High led by O Rourke Crowley Heath Sheridan and McCarthy scored for Roxbury Wish. Boston won 72 with goals from floor by O Rourke Crowley Heath Sheridan and McCarthy while Crowley Heath McCarthy added fouls. Referee Mulhern supervised.
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Roxbury High
O'Rourke
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East Boston High to meet Yale freshmen today
East Boston High meets Yale freshmen this afternoon at the East Boston High Gym. Yale fresh men, known for speed, pose a tough, fast challenge for the schoolboys in this anticipated clash.
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East Boston High
YALE
Shawmut Furniture Bowls Top G W Bent in Close Match
The Shawmut Furniture Company bowlers defeated the G W Bent Company team on Wednesday evening. Shawmut totaled 1296 across three strings while Bent scored 1286 in a tight contest.
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Shawmut Furniture Company
G. W. Bent Company
Shawmuts
Bents
Langford Dominates Temple in Chelsea Bout
Sam Langford outboxed Larry Temple of Pittsburg at Chelsea, defeating him by knockout after Temple endured a heavy cold and travel fatigue. The bout lasted seven rounds with Temple knocked down four times before the referee stopped the final round at 2 minutes 22 seconds.
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Larry Temple
Pittsburg
Sam Langford
Chelsea
Cambridge
Langford
Temple
Marfit Mlaherry
Bobby Burns
Jerry Cunningham
Johnny Shea
Mike Wall
Shea
Young McDonald
Jimmy Briggs
Gus Ross
South Boston
Harvard Men Row in Ice on the Charles
Harvard crews forced to break through ice on the Charles River to reach the water. The article lists varsity and second eight lineups with names including Bacon, Richards, Emmons, Tappan, Flint, Blagden, Wiggin and Arnold among others.
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Harvard
Charles
Varsity
Illey
Guild
R. Bacon
Richardson
Glass
Emmons
Tappan
Bow
Flint
Cox
Blagden
Ball
Corbett
Richards
Montgomery
Mellors
Warren
LT. Bacon
Wiggin
Arnold
Battered to Death in Brutal Boxing Bout
Frankie Neil defeated Henry Tenny in a San Francisco prize fight that ended with Tenny dying next morning from cerebral hemorrhage after a long, punishing battle. Referee and crowd pressed for no quit but the bout continued through the final rounds despite signs of defeat.
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Frankie Neil
Henry Tenny
San Francisco
Tenny
Neil
Billy Roche
Roche
Harry Tenny
Mingor Schitz
Cossack
Tenney
Israel Tennebaum
Interstate Baseball League Forms In Brockton Area
The Interstate Baseball League includes Brockton Attleboro North Attleboro Pawtucket Woonsocket and Taunton. Teams will play three games weekly for four clubs and two for Attleboro and North Attleboro. John W. Collins is president and James H. Reilly is secretary in a unified paid-salaries plan.
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Attleboro
North Attleboro
Pawtucket
Woonsocket
O'Taunton
Taunton
John W. Collins
League
James H. Reilly
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