McCoy Favored Over Choynski In Big Fight Talk
Prominent boxing figures weigh in on the rumored bout between McCoy and Choynski. Corbett predicts a close contest with McCoy likely to win on points if in shape. Holland backs McCoy in fifteen rounds, Vendig makes McCoy a heavy favorite, and Brady and Gray foresee a ten to twelve round win for McCoy. Considine and Wakeley also praise McCoy’s chances, asserting he could defeat any man in his weight class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choynski
Corbett
McCoy
Jim Corbett
Dave Holland
Joe Vendig
Billy Gray
Billy Brady
George Considine
Sharkey
Jim Wakeley
Passing of a Unique Character in the Pugilistic Arena
Joe Goddard, Australian slugger and noted power puncher, retires after a defeat by Gus Ruhlin. He will settle in Phenixville and enjoys substantial wealth from properties in Australia, South Africa, and California. A veteran of hard-fought battles, Goddard’s decline is set against a backdrop of tales of Sullivan era comparisons and looming potential Maher Ruhlin bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Goddard
Goddard
Australia
John L. Sullivan
Peter Maher
Gus Ruhlin
Joe
Army of
South Africa
California
McCoy Choynski Bout Headed by Sullivan as Referee in San Francisco
In San Francisco tonight Kid McCoy faces Joe Choynski in a twenty round bout. John L. Sullivan is named referee. McCoy, fighting after his loss to Sharkey, expresses confidence and notes improved form on the Pacific coast.
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San Francisco
Kid McCoy
Sharkey
Joe Choynski
Choyneki
McCoy
Pacific
John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
San Joaquin Valley
Richburg
Jake Kilrain
Choynski
Brady and Julian Accept Coney Island Fight Bid
William A Brady and Martin Julian on behalf of Jim Jeffries and Bob Fitzsimmons accept a bid for a two round heavyweight contest at Coney Island Athletic Club. The May 26 bout carries a $20,000 purse and a shared picture privilege among the two fighters and the club. George Siler of Chicago is named referee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William A. Brady
Martin Julian
Jim Jeffries
Bob Fitzsimmons
Coney Island Athletic Club
Brady
George Siler
Chicago
Lewiston Title Fight Ends In Draw Between Brown and Scott
Allie Brown of Lewiston and Frank Scott of Boston fought ten rounds to a draw at the Casino Club in Lewiston. The bout was clean and lively with Brown favored slightly by observers. About five hundred spectators watched as Dennis Dunn refereed.
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Lewiston
Allie Brown
Frank Scott
Boston
Brown
Dennis Dunn
Australian boxer Young Griffo declared insane in Chicago
Albert Griffiths known as Young Griffo was found insane by a jury of physicians in Chicago and sent to Jefferson Asylum with little hope of recovery.
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Chicago
Albert Griffiths
Young Griffo
Jefferson Asylum
Boxing Gossip Signals East Showdown Likely at Coney Island
Brady and Julian accept $20,000 from the Coney Island Club for a planned match with photo rights split three ways among principals and club. Jeffries dreams of beating Fitzsimmons and is courting Sharkey, while McGovern debuts on stage in Brooklyn. Future bouts include McCoy vs Sharkey, Handler vs OBrien, and Bernstein vs Sullivan as boxing buzz heats in Brooklyn and New York venues.
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Brady
Julian
Jeffries
Fitzsimmons
Coney Island
Tammany
New York City
Fitz
Sharkey
San Francisco
Terry McGovern
Brooklyn
McGovern
George Monroe
Fleetwood
Kid McCoy
Tom Sharkey
Lenox Athletic Club
Billy Braves
McCoy
Tom O'Rourke
O’rourke
Baltimore
Immy Handler
Dick O'Brien
Boston
Broadway Athletic Club
Handler
and Walsh
Harry Fisher
Crac Brooklyn
O’brien
New Dor
Mandir
Newark
Abe Bernstein
Dave Sullivan
Greenwood Athletic Club
Jin
Mer
Ney
Betore Siddons
Agnter
Charley Minor
New York
George Dixon
Minor
Duffy Malt Whiskey Promoted for Cough Relief
Medicinal claim urges use of Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey for colds and coughs. Advises against experimenting with a cold and offers pamphlet from Duffy Malt Whiskey Co. Rochester NY.
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Duffy's Pure
Duffy
Duffy Malt Whiskey Coo
Rochester, N. Y
Boxing chatter hints at bets and comebacks across New England
The column notes heavy betting on the Choynski McCoy fight with notable wagers in Boston New York and San Francisco. It mentions Minor preparing to beat Siddons and Keely asserting the bout did not occur. It reports marriages refusals and re entries including Kid Carleton returning to featherweight action at 115 pounds for the best purse offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Keely
Salem
Corbett
P. S
Spike Sullivan
Lavigne
George Frasier
Sam Myers
Cambridge
Spike Haley
Harry Page
Kid Carleton
New England
Carleton
Liverpool
England
Wilfred Thompson
Dead Heat in Liverpool Spring Cup at Aintree
Lord William Beresford's Grodno and Lord Derby's Crestfallen dead heated for the Liverpool spring cup at Ain-tree near Liverpool on March 23. Chubb took third as nine horses ran. Ted Sloan rode Grodno and Sam Loates rode Crestfallen in a dramatic final stride finish.
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London
Lord William Beresford
Grodno
Gamin
Gelorgian
Chillington
Stocklock
Aintree
Liverpool
Ted’’ Sloan
Sam
Loates
Crestfallen
Chubb
New England A A U May Move Championship Date
Athletic notes discuss shifting the New England championship to June from August to aid summer training. The plan aims to boost enthusiasm among college and school athletes who train in the evening. The piece also suggests hosting interscholastic and national events near Boston and proposes a Boston Latin versus English High dual meet at Charlesbank to boost local interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England A.A. U
New England
Boston
Worcester Oval
Worcester
Boston Latin
English High
Charlesbank
Newton High
Brookline High
Roxbury Latin
No Cross Country Run by B A A Abandoned for Lack of Entries
The B A A canceled its cross country event scheduled for next Saturday due to only five entries, short of the required ten. National champion Wright plans to run in New York with Pastime A C on Sunday, as does Marathon star McLennan, leaving the club to stage a 25 mile Marathon on Patriots Day April 19 from Ashland to Exeter Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
New York
A. C
R. A. McLennan
Marathon Fame
Ashland
Exeter Street
Meagher to Return Diamond Sculls Trophy for Regatta
Worcester March 23 John H Meagher president Wachusett Boat Club will return the diamond sculls won by Edward H Ten Eyck at the Harlem River regatta last Memorial Day. Ten Eyck must win thrice to gain permanent possession. Meagher posted 300 dollars bond for safe return and the trophy will go to Fred Wilmer president Harlem River Association.
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Worcester
John H. Meagher
Wachusett Boat Club
Edward H. Ten Eyck
Ten ‘Wyck
Meagher
The
Wachusetts
Harlem River Association
Fred Wilmer
Unclear Fragments Hint at Local Ad or Club Notice
Fragmentary OCR passage hints at a recreation or medicinal product ad and a club name, mentioning hom fernal use and absolutely pure whiskey in a historical context. No stable entities or events are identifiable from the readable text.
Boston champions begin spring training in Durham
Eleven players plus manager Selee arrive in Durham to start workouts at Trinity College grounds. Frisbie shines in field work. Streit and Kuhns show limited infield batting as others adapt to new gym and planned double sessions. Selee notes pleasant trip, good weather, and plans to acclimate with games starting next week versus Trinity and Lafayette College.
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Durham
N. C
Boston
Selee
Charles Frisbee
Alden
Carolina
New York
Washington
Captain Duffy
James Collins
Jim Stafford
Charles Stahl
Oscar Streit
Charles Hickman
Fred Klobedanz
Charles Kuhns
George Yeager
Victor Willis
Trinity College Nine
Kilgo
W. P. Few
Harvard
South
Frisbie
Streit
Kuhns
Bostons
Trinity College
Lafayette College
Trinity
Robert Lowe
Martin Bergen
Charles Nichols
Edward Lewis
Hanover the famed stallion Hanover is euthanized
The 14 year old American thoroughbred Hanover by Hindoo and Bourbon Belle was put to death by chloroform in Lexington Kentucky. Gangrene from racing nerve damage made destruction necessary. Milton Young rejected offers of 65 000 and 75 000 dollars. Hanover sired Hamburg Halma Ben Holliday and The Commoner and led winning sires for the last three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Hanover
Hindoo
Bourbon Belle
Milton Young
Hamburg
Halma
Ben Holliday
Commoner
Hartford Futurity for 1902 foals announced
Charter Oak Park in Hartford announces an 8-year-old $10,000 trotting Futurity for foals of 1899 to be trotted in 1902. The Hartford Futurity is described as the most liberal event yet opened with a first payment of $5 and total nomination cost of $50 for each entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Charter Oak Park Management
First grand ball and cake walk for championship belt
JL Robinson hosts the first grand ball and cake walk at Puritan Hall on Washington Street tonight. Dancing runs from 8 to 10 with newspaper men judging the aspirants for cake walk honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JL. Robinson
Puritan Hall
Washinton Street
Army Mobilization Quip At Algonquin Dinner
A fragment from a Boston March 22 1899 report notes a colonel at the Algonquin Dinner urging military mobilization and joking about an aut ta mobile remark to honor a general. The text includes garbled phrases and names such as Manaral ABUTS SR and Fen Maen Wi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Pee Fen Maen
Rau
Boston
Raube
Bicycle Clubhouse Closed Amid Financial Troubles
Huntington Club's clubhouse at Washington and Brookline streets has shut down after about a year of operation. Managing Director R. E. Butterfield cites tired directors and ongoing losses of roughly $40 weekly, with license expiry May 1 and potential reorganization planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington Club
R. E. Butterfield
Washington and
Brookline Streets
Century Road Club
Metropolitan Wheelmen
East Brookline Street
State Centurion Knights
Aaron Wolfson
Co. G. Percival
Joe Downey
House of Representatives
Frost
L. A
Charles Miller
Victor Breyer
Paris
Miller
Gerlach
Count de Chesseloup-Loubat
Teuff, Teuff” Brigade
East Weymouth Polo Triumph Over Taunton 14 to 4
East Weymouth defeated Taunton 14 to 4 in polo. Taunton player Jones was injured in the first period and retired. Rush es Daly led with 12 while Gay had 9, Fuller stopped 47, Miller 28. Referee Hatch, timer White, attendance 300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Weymouth
Taunton
Jones
Tauntons
Daly
Gay
Rockland Defeats Plymouth 9 to 5 In Narrow Hockey Victory
In Rockland Plymouth Fall 9 to 5 with Murphy and Fitzgerald starring for Rockland and Wood Nicholson and Mercer for Plymouth. Rushes Murphy 8 Nicholson 6. Cashman $2 Wood 45. Referee Blanchard Timer Breckenridge. Attendance 400.
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Rockland
Plymouth
Farrell
Murphy
Fitzgerald
Wood
Nicholson
Mercer
Steps
Cashman
Blanchard
Breckenridge
Boston YMCA Athlete Aims at One Hand Dumbbell World Record
John Y. Smith of the Boston Y M C A, pupil of Oscar Matthes, plans to break the world amateur record for lifting a heavy dumbbell with one hand to arm’s length overhead next Tuesday evening. German F. Hoffman supervises the event with trainer Matthes, the 110 pound world champion lifter. Harvard’s Dr. Sargent is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Y. Smith
Boston Y. M. C. Union
Oscar Matthes
German F. Hoffman
Matthes
Dr. Sargent
Harvard
Marblehead Accepts Navy Gun From Cuban Siege
Captain B H McCalla of the Marblehead offered a brass field piece captured from Caya del Toro. Secretary of the Navy John D Long wrote that the department cannot present the gun to Marblehead but will place it in its keeping for an indefinite period. The offer was unanimously accepted and a committee to receive the piece was named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marblehead
B. H. McCalla
Cuban
Caya del Toro
Henry C. Sparhawk
Board of Selectmen
John D. Long
Navy
Chinaman Arrests Probed in Paterson Case of Young Girls
Paterson New Jersey police rounded up about forty Chinese men on charges of improper conduct with young girls led by testimonies from Lizzie Becker aged 14 and Jennie Nanta aged 13. The girls as well as other youths implicated numerous local Chinese men, and have been jailed for a week on parental complaints of wayward behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paterson
N. J
Lizzie Becker
Jennie Nanta
Chickatawut Club Dinner Hearings Support for McKinley Policy
The Chickatawbut Club dined at Youngs with speeches by President Charles A Young Rev Edward E Roberts Dorchester ex President Edward Payson Jackson and Inland Revenue Geary. Roberts urged support for McKinley in Philippines policy. He predicted Aguinaldo would surrender soon and praise the administration. Forty members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickatawbut Club
Young’s
Charles A. Young
Edward E. Roberts
Dorchester
Edward Payson Jackson
Inland Revenue Geary
Mr. Roberts
McKinley
Philippines
Spain
Swamp Root Promises Free Trials and Health claims
An advertisement extols Swamp Root as a century’s medical miracle for kidney liver and bladder diseases. It offers free sample bottles to readers of the Boston Daily Post and promises a booklet of testimonials, while noting affordable bottle options at druggists in Binghamton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Boston ‘Daily Post
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Hutchinson Murderer John Moore Admits Crime
John Moore, the Hutchinson murderer, signed a statement describing his act of killing his five children with a hatchet and knife before burning the house. He cites a quarrel with his wife and a suspected mental spell over two to three days, claiming he does not recall using the weapon. He says he loved his children and preferred death over leaving them to his wife’s kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M’pherson
Kan
John Moore
Moore
Replies to Gen Collins at Forty second Massachusetts Regiment dinner
At the annual meeting of the Forty second Massachusetts Regiment Association at the United States Hotel Rev Stephen H Roblin answered General Collins question about loyalty to the Union Jack He spoke of his English birth American adoption and expansionist views His remarks praised Deweys Cavite victory and praised Anglo Saxon alliance The officers were elected with Col Benjamin B Lovell as president and Major Hyles as retiring chief About 100 members attended including many officers and Worthy Fellows
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forty-second Massachusetts Regiment Association
United States
Stephen H. Roblin
Second Universalist Church
Columbus Avenue
A. A. Miner
P. A. Collins
Roblin
Collins
Roeblings
Holland
The
Hudson
Reynolds
England
Canada
Ireland
Dewey
Cavite
America
Council of the Nations of the World
Europe
Colone
Benjamin
Lovell
George M. Figlie
George A. J. Colgan
Xh Hunt
H. C. Drummond
B. F. Thomas
I. Courtney
A. Ford
G. M. Roberta
C. W. H. Sanborn
A. P. Loomis
Chauncey Sawyer
Hyles
Pevey Foundry Plans 10 Percent Wage Increase
Lowell March 2 Pevey Foundry Company votes to raise wages by 10 percent for its workers. The new pay scale takes effect April 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
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Phenixville
Penn
Ed Smith
Denver
Dreamland
New Orleans
Old Joe
van Buskirk
Maher
Ruhlin
Gus
Rublin
Mgoy
Orzett
Kid Mm’coy
Boyle Bros
Young Griffo Insane
Tod Sloan
Athletic Notes
Durham, N. C
Manaral
Winchester
Old Belfry
Boston Athletic Association
F Reed
W. Reed
Peabody
Gilmore
Wardwell Ee Eee
Hutchinson Eene
Legate We Ee Er
Erene Ee
Plymouths
World OF Sport
Gen. Collins
Mr. Roblin
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