Johnson Ketchel fight analysis and Boston boxing notes
The piece reviews the Johnson Ketchel bout with emphasis on Johnson’s technique and weaknesses. It notes Ketchel’s haymaker punches and Johnson’s defensive strategy, including a near defeat in the last round. Also highlights Boston boxing buzz around Jimmy Walsh O'Toole, Bellew, and Nelson Hyland fight pictures and upcoming matchups with Wolgast and Edels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Walsh
Boston
Armory Club
Jimmy
Tommy O’toole
Philadelphia
George Alger
Cambridge
Max Baker
Eddie Shevlin
Roxbury
Tommy Bergen
Lewiston
Mike Cunningham
Welch Defeats Summers for English Lightweight Title
Freddie Welch defeated Johnny Summers in a 20 round championship bout at the National Sporting Club London securing the English lightweight title. Welch pressed from the start and finished stronger, with Lord Lonsdale presenting a gold and diamond belt to the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Freddie Welch
Johnny Summers
England
Welch
Lord Lonsdale
National Sporting Club
Whitney Wins Clear Decision in National A C Bout
Kyle Whitney defeats Billy Rolfe by wide margin at the National A C meeting in South Boston last night. Rolfe absorbs a brutal beating but shows stamina to last through 12 rounds. Prelims include Quinlan over Moir Moris over Gaines and Munroe versus Brennan in six rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Rolfe
Kyle Whitney
National A. C
South Boston
Rolfe
Whitney
Post Breaks All Records in Boston Bowling Meet
The Boston Post set multiple league marks against North Shore on Boston alleys rolling 2917 team total 694 by Jimmy Puffer and 27 single from Puffer. Post also had 1048 second string and swept four points. Emerson team won three of four from Roslindale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Post
North Shore
Boston
Jimmy Puffer
Puffer
Hmerson
Roslindale
Calumet Wins Three Of Four In Amateur Boston Prn League
Calumet took three of four points on its home lanes against B A A, winning the first two games. B A A captured the last game, but Winchester club edged ahead by 17 pins in total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet
Winchester Club
How the Jackstraw Game Is Played
The Jackstraws, ancient game found in China and Egypt, are pushed into a heap and each piece is removed one by one with a wire hook without disturbing others. The Sunday Post set features shapes like snakes wands axes swords arrows and bats, each counting a different score value for players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Egypt
Sunday Post
Sudbury and Elite alleys bowling totals summary
Alley results show multiple scores with totals at Sudbury and Elite alleys. Entries list teams like Am. Net & Twine Co and Puritan with scores ranging mid 400s and phone-like numbers, including addresses on Summer Street and Milk Street Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudbury
Duparquet
Net & Twine Co
Markava
Sccvesessseeeee
Milk Strees
Advertising Agency Moves Offices and Builds Clients List
A cartoon notice from the C. Brewer Smith Advertising Agency announces its move from 84 State Street to the Lawrence building at 85 Devonshire Street. The agency touts campaigns for United Drug Company Harvard Brewing Company White Cross Foot Powder Company and others and notes copy staff writing local ads for Riker Jaynes Drug Stores Union Hat Company and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Brewer Smith Advertising Agency
State Street
Lawrence Building
Devonshire Street
Hill
Thomas W. Lawson
United Drug Company
Harvard Brewing Company
White Cross Foot Powder
Johnson Beats Ketchel In Boston Fight Highlights
The Boston crowd saw Johnson dominant Ketchel from the seventh round, with a sharp left jab and a right uppercut shaping the outcome. The article notes Johnson as the master and applauds Ketchel’s brave showing while predicting future matchups and praising boxing fans. It also mentions college athletics chatter, including Talbot leaving Cornell for Penn State and Yale planning for Harvard, with fan anticipation around upcoming intercollegiate clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson-Ketchel
Boston
Johnson
Jeffries
Jeffries Rooter
Ketchel
Stanley
Lee Talbot
Cornell
Penn State College
Ithacan
Unclear fragmentary sports betting notes and queries
A jumble of sports and boxing questions from a newspaper page. Mentions Pug Hoyer Malden 92-5 seconds for 100 and a claim Boston Rovers are New England’s best, plus betting on Saturday games and a Boxing writers’ address on Exeter Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pug
Hoyer
Malden
Boston Rovers
New England
Bays Fall River Rovers
Ot Geen
Exeter Street
Rutter
Laturday
Waterfront wharf scenes as fleets bring mixed fish cargoes
The Waldson L. Stream arrived from Quera Bank with four swordfish and 13,000 pounds of halibut and 3500 pounds of cod, while the pier hosted three more groundfish fares and a total 673,500 pounds of fish including haddock, cod, hake, and pollock. Steamship Numidian and Ivernia arrivals add passengers and cargo. fruit steamer San Jose discharged 30,000 stems of bananas. Leyland liner Bohemian due next week with cabin passengers and 2000 tons of cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldson L. Stream
Frank Stream
T Wharf
Quera Bank
Gloucester
Thomas
Carroll
Lochinvar
Mary E. Codney
Yarmouth
Halifax
Allan Line
Thomas Moor
Mystic Wharf
Glasgow
Moville
Warren Line
Sagamore
Alexander Fenton
Liverpool
F. W. Harding
Waukesha
Wis
Harding
Almeria
Ivernia
Thomas Potter
Queenstown
Boston Light
Potter
San Jose
Aga Davison
Long Wharf
August Barthel
Station 2
James F., Dooley
Charles Yearley
Otto Frye
Andrew Folsom
Boston
William Robinson
Minneapolis
Neil McCullum
Landsman
Shipping News Miniature Almanac From November
Shipping notes list arrivals and passages of ships and steamers from multiple ports. Entries include United States cruiser New York and several British and continental vessels with departure and arrival details and tug movements around late October to November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Wood
New Orleans
Hampton Roads
Canspic
Carter
Genoa
Naples
Almeria
Gibraltar
Ponta del Gada
Moor
Glasgow
Moville
San Jose
Davison
Port. Simon
Sagamore
Fenton
Liverpool
Halifax
Br.),’ Ellis,"Walifax
Malden
Smith
Baltimore
City of Macon
Dreyer
Savannah
Chippewa
Chichester
Jacksonville
Brunswick
Charleston
Nantucket
Dizer
Newport News
Suga’ Paoli
McGoldrick
Portland
Stock notices for several issues and dates
American Stogie Company offers 1 percent preferred as of December 1. Mobile Electric Company declares quarterly preferred at 112 percent with record date November 3 and payment November 16. Whitman Mills lists $2.50 with record date Nov 3 and payment Nov 15. Crown Reserve Mining Company posts quarterly 6 percent preferred dated January 15 with record December 31 and extra 9 percent preferred dated January 15 with record December 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Stogie Company
Mobile Electric Company
Whitman Mills
Crown Reserve Mining Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bill Bailey
Langford
BY Bill Bailey
American Music Hall
Sam Langford
Chelsea
Lew Powell
California
Jim Coffroth
Nelson
Ad Wolgast
San Francisco
Billy Delaney
Jim Jeffries
Jeff
Delaney
Battling Nelson
Columbia
Harry Edels
Willie Riley
Summers
Ee North Ne
Ti Tileston
Watson
Harris
Morrison
Foster
Ambrose
Kenney
Pierce
Anshelm
Fisher Danhoffer
Gramer
Hurlburt
Young
Battalanal
Simson
Mather
Pennanera
T. B.A. Ae
Bond
Hutchinson
Caldwell
Rooney
Weed
Murray
Stevenson
Fuller
Herman
Legate
Newspaper League
ODD Fellows’ League
Adams Square
Globe
New Boston
America
Mt. Auburn
Ee Et Eee
Crystal Bay
Tremont Ae Ee
Siloam
Eveetee Neptune
Eee
Ewes
Washington
Everett
Pleasant
Marketmen’s League
A Hanley Co
J. F. Clark Co
Togan & Johnson
Park Sausage
Boston Beef Co
Tee Ee
L. Mangini Co
Central Market
A. D. W. Teomgls
Mao
Adams-Chapin
John P. Squire
N. Y
N. H
General Office
Jackstraw
THE
Boston Sunday Post
Greater Boston
Sudbury Industrial League
Commonwealth Trust CO
C. Brew
ST. BosTron
Ketuur
George Bonhag
Duffey
Talbot
Moakley
Yale
Harvard
Blue
West Point
Brown
Army
Radnor
South Amboy
Plymouth
Hansen
Astral
Tucker
Bangor
8. O. Co
B. F. Williams
Sandwigh
Mass
Tacony
Wallace
Ardmore
Nanticoke
Wayne
Rosalie Belliveau
Belliveau
Grand Turk
F. S
Hottensia
Willie T. Maxwell
Port Simon
Priscilla
St. John
Arthur J. Parker
Valdare
Bear River
N. S
Lewis
Louisburg
C. B
Hattie Muriel
Dorchester
N. B
Wind
S. W
Governor Cobb
Eastport
Ontario
Massachusetts
Lehigh
Perth Amboy
Eckley
Brait
Black Bird
George's Creek
Portsmouth
New Haven
S. 0. Co
R. R
Port Johnson
Catawissa
Cacoosing
Pocopsop
Salem
Maple Hill
Mars
Suffolk
Knickerbocker
Brewer
Lenape
Thomaston
Neshaminy
Paxtang
F. C. Hersey
Dora
Lynn
James Woolley
Robesonia
Thos F. Carroll
Pollock Doo
Viking
Racie
N. A. Rowe
Typatinus Taos
Olivia Sears
Margaret Eenee
Conqueror Ae
St. Tr
M. Thompson
M. Goodspeed
Victor and
Ethan
Mary T Fallon
Nunan
E. Cooney
Eva Avina
Wee
Mabel E. Leavitt
Esther Gray
Mabel Bryson
James and
Esther
Shipping News
Chicago
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!