Corbett's Boxing Review Forecasts Britton Title Bid
James J. Corbett reviews recent Madison Square Garden bouts led by Ed die McCoorty vs Mike Gibbons draw and discusses Willie Ritchie challenging for light weight honors, the potential raise of the weight limit, and Packey McFarland’s status with Jack Britton as a looming rival. he predicts Britton’s next clash and hints at McFarland’s possible move.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Eddie McCoorty
Mike Gibbons
Aeither
McGoorty
Gibbons
Mike
McGoorts
Mac
St. Paul
Packey McFarland
Jack Britton
Packey
Britton
McFarland
Lore defeats Coster in ten round hard bout
Johnny Lore outpoints Joe Coster in a ten round bout at Forty-fourth Street Sporting Club. Lore sent Coster to the mat twice in the third round and three times overall, while Coster's valiant rally and dazed state drew strong applause despite Lore's wide margin victory.
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Johnny Lore
Joe Coster
Brooklyn
Forty-fourth Street Sporting Club
Lore
Coster
Joe
Grogey
Bicycle Riders Hurt in Collision at Garden
New York December 7 Charlie Stein is nursing bruises after a spill in a Madison Square Garden motorcycle race with Jimmy Hunter. Stein lost control on the second mile and crashed into an upright, being thrown into the embankment and infield. He shut off power to avoid the crowd as the 1912 indoor cycling carnival opened with short races before the six day event. New Haven florist Lee H Bradley, 76, died of heart disease near his home last night.
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Jimmy Hunter
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Penn May Play Yale at Football
Reports from New Haven say the University of Pennsylvania may replace the Army on Yale’s football schedule next season. Negotiations progress, with Penn pressing for the game and Yale reportedly through with West Point. Authority notes await new football chairman’s appointment to confirm arrangements.
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Brickley Gets Honors From Fellow Townsmen
Everett Mass December 7 The brilliant Crimson halfback Charles Brickley of Everett and his brother George Everett High School captain were honored Thursday night at Foresters hall by the Everett Catholic Club with a reception and banquet. Captain Percy Wendell Harvard varsity guest. Brickley praised Wendell as unselfish and noted his sacrifices for the team. The event marked one of Everett’s greatest tributes to local gridiron stars this fall.
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Crimson
Charles Brickley
George Brickley
Foresters’ Hall
Everett Catholic Club
Yale
Percy Wendell
Harvard
Brickley Brothers
Charlies Brickley
Brickley
Princeton
Bradley
Prince
Major Leagues Preview and Trade Talks Shuffle
The International League plans to push for its annual meeting next Monday as major league attention remains split. Reports suggest Eddie Ewers enters managing duties in place of Cal, while Callahan vows trades though he hasn’t named players. George Stovall may shine with the Browns, with Baumgardner and Allison among promising young pitchers. Pirates’ low walks noted, and Charles Webb Murphy may visit Wilmington with a possible Tin ker deal chat. Joe Tinker or Miner Brown touted as potential college coaches. William J. Byron signed as an umpire by President Lynch, praised for judging balls and strikes.
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William J. Byron
Poe
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Byron
Sam Crawford Seeks Higher Pay as Detroit Teammate
Detroit Tigers outfielder Sam Crawford declares he will not play first base for the same salary and demands higher pay. He says first base is the hardest position and deserves a much larger salary, despite being willing to play anywhere Jennings assigns.
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Speaker
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Jennings
British boxing fans honor memory of Benjamin Brain
British boxing fans recall the vanished triumphs of Benjamin Brain the undefeated English heavyweight champion who died in 1797. Wreaths will honor his tomb and a faint epitaph notes a brave rise from defeat to death, as Brain’s era after beating Tom Johnson in Gotham Kent on January 17 1791 is recounted.
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England
Tom Johnson
London Docks
Harry Sellers
Johnson
Gotham
Kent
Brain
Lee Bei
Daniel Mendoza
Queal Engaged to Coach Yale Runners at Yale
Billy Queal, American ten mile professional champion, is hired to lead Yale cross country, with arrival around January 165. Yale aims to match Harvard’s pace, led by Al Shrubb who credited Crimson win at Ithaca. Queal to race Powderhall fifteen mile event on New Year’s Day, sails soon, to report by January 15.
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Johnny Mack
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Cambridge
al Shrubb
Powderhall
Scotland
Mack
Atest
Fairmounts and Tigers Prep For $100 Circus Bout
Tomorrow the Fairmounts face the Tigers at the circus lot in an afternoon match while all Fairmounts are ordered to report for 11 o'clock training at the lab. A major boxing card follows, with McAuliffe Fleming’s South Norwalk bout drawing heavy local interest and a large Bridgeport turnout anticipated.
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Pugilistic Annals Entries From Early 1900s
On this date in 1906 Abe Attell stopped Jimmy Walsh in the eighth round in Los Angeles. In 1908 Joe Jeannette outpointed Morris Harris over six rounds in Philadelphia. 1909 Jack Sullivan defeated Bill McKinnon in twelve rounds in Boston. 1911 Joe Jeannette KOed Sere Smith in the third at New York.
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Abe Attell
Jimmy Walsh
Los Angeles
Joe Jeannette
Morris Harris
Philadelis
Jack (Twin) Sullivan
Bill McKinnon
Boston
Sere Smith
New ‘Or
Fale Prep Freshmen Better Developed Than High School Additions
New Haven reports Yale Freshmen show better development from preparatory school backgrounds than from high schools. The 1916 class averages 19 years old, with heights 5 ft 1 in to 6 ft 3.6 in and weights 101 to 220 lb. Hubbard leads the class with 1,658.1 points.
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New Haven
Yale
B. W. Hubbard
Acorn A. C. main bout rumors and Yost field clash
Daily boxing gossip lists Young Dyson and Freddy Bosse as recent contenders for the Acorn A. C. main bout, with Delmont and Shea also in contention. Other notes include Washington Glee Club fans visiting Yost field for the state football title game, and rumors of Crawford to Chicago pending changes in baseball management.
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al Delmont
Joe Shea
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Bosse
New York
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Yost
Glee Club
Cobb Earns Vast Sums Per Hit in Early 1900s Baseball
The article details Ty Cobb’s pay per hit in 1912 at $39.65, with historical notes of $45.92 in 1910 and $36.29 in 1911. It traces Cobb’s career start in 1904 with Anniston and Augusta, entering the Tigers where he topped batting averages, including a peak .420 in 1911, and a long-running .361 career average.
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Welsh Eyes Ritchie or McFarland Bout in New York
New York December 7 The Garden Athletic Club opened negotiations for a ten round lightweight bout featuring Freddie Welsh of England against either Packey McFarland or Jimmy Ritchie after Ritchie’s manager demanded a ten thousand dollar guarantee. Welsh and McFarland have met three times totaling fifty five rounds with a possible January start if Welsh chooses McFarland and sails from England next week.
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Freddie Eseens
England
Packey McFarland
Ritchie
Ad Wolzgast
McFarland
Welsh
Mohicans Claim Forfeit Victory Over Burr Roads
The Mohican juniors announce they defeated Burr Roads AC by forfeit after a dispute at Circus Lot. They claim two games were played, Burr Roads left the field with three minutes remaining, and will agree to another game at Lenox Field if challenged.
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Yellow Mill rips hosts in decisive city football clash
Amateur football features a Sunday showdown at Yellow Mill Park between the Yellow Mill team from the East End and the Orioles from the East Side. Both squads are evenly matched in a hard fought contest that will decide the 30-85 pound city championship, with J Conroy listed as Yellow Mill manager.
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Local Y M C A Seeks Track Material for New Haven Meet
The Y M C A calls for athletes to form a strong indoor track squad for the New Haven dual meet on the 21st. Events include 100 yard dash, half mile, 120 yard potato race, shot put, running high jump, running broad jump, and mile relay. Possible entrants named for key events with tryouts announced and a return meet planned in Bridgeport on February 22.
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Building permits issued totaling 21652 dollars this week
The past week saw building permits valued at 21652 dollars issued to multiple builders. W W Boerum, Francis Flansburgh, Bradley, Wm Carroll, Peitzer, Thomas Arnold Co Canfield, Home Brewing Co, W Brucker, William Winter, Edward Hayes, Acme Shear Co and M A McFarland all listed for various frame garages, houses, a brick vulcanizer shop and a remodel. Personal item notes Clarence Drew, janitor, welcomes a daughter. Harvard researchers claim mice think. Cambridge Mass.
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Bombardier Wells Defeats George Rodel in London Bout
English heavyweight champion Bombardier Wells returned to London and stopped George Rodel in the second round after flooring him twice. Wells had arrived from the United States for the ring appearance and secured a knockout victory.
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Bombardier Wella
United States
George Rodel
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