Boxing News and Racing Notes From Brooklyn to Chicago
A broad wire reports Tommy Ryan begins training at Jeffries quarters for a May 28 bout with McCoy in Chicago. Ted Gardner retires from boxing amid disputes with promoter Tom O Rourke. The Horton law cases in New York set sport amid legal shifts as promoters push contests before September. Me Coy and Ryan near terms for a Chicago fight with a $6000 purse. Other items cover racing, riders abroad, and League of American Wheelmen efforts for good roads planks at party platforms.
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New York
Tommy
Sryan
Jeffries Quarters
McGoy
Oniceo
Ryan
Tanibus
Meade
Ilegal
Gothen
Kid Mettoy
Tommy Ryan
Lown
McCoy
Syracuse Ladiel
Aldo
Agaist
Maspeth Wegel
Sid
Maspeth
League of American Eelmen
Offccrs
H. B. Fullerton
Brooklyn
Baseball Gossip Review on Double Umpire Debate and Brooklyn Standings
President Freedman advocates returning to two umpires as the game speeds up. The piece recounts a balk incident in Brooklyn New York and analyzes team form, pitching depth, and speed differences between left and right handed batters, noting Brooklyn’s strong offense and evolving pitching as the season opens.
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Andrew Freedman
New York Club
New York
van Haaltren
Kennedy
Emslie
van Tultren
Davis
Emsle
Van
Brooklyn
Hanlon
Enquirer
Notable Wheelmen Seek Match With Jimmy Michael
After Jimmy Michael returns to cycling, leading riders McDuffee Gibson and Star seek a high profile match. The piece notes renewed interest and competition among top racers.
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Jimmy
Michael
McDuffee
Gibson
Star
Anaconda Pace Leads Fast American Mile Effort
Horses and horsemen report Anaconda pacing the fastest mile in the United States this year at Pleasanton track driven by John Blue. He split 1:07 at half and finished in 60 seconds, producing confidence he may reach the two minute mark this season. Admiral Dewey, a gray pacing gelding, sold for stockyards sale with a promising prospectus. Prices at the Tichenor sale in New York averaged over $700 per head for 100 horses, reflecting tight supply and rising demand driven by a large British purchase order for cavalry and artillery horses for South Africa. The deal, to be fulfilled in Chicago Louisville and Buffalo, marks the largest single order of its kind in the U.S. history.
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McFarland
Stevens
Eddie Bald
Newhouse
Kimble
Stone
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Kiser
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Harding
Cabanne
B.C. Hausman
Anaconda
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Pleasanton
John Blue
Admiral Dewey
Tichenor
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Fiss, Doerré& Carroll
Charlea “Board of Trade
Smith
Lieut. Gibson
Louisyjie
Journal
A. Featherstone
Mr. Keene
Featherstone
Gibson
Keene
Charcornac
Hankow
China
Cor, New York Journal
Chichou
Yangtse
Chang Chi
Tung
Wu-Chang
Chicou
Kiang
Heaven
An Expensive Vagary Lite at the Milliner's Window
A speaker laments bad luck as his mob tries to escape and shatters a plate glass window. He ruefully notes the window was filled with spring bonnets, wondering why it chose a milliner's display over a jeweler's or cutlery shop.
Bee in Ear Ends a Chicago Hog Broker Tale
Chicago broker John Geisler had a bee remain in his left ear for 28 years after a farm accident in Kansas. A doctor finally removed the preserved insect, and Geisler regained full hearing. The mummified bee will be kept in a glass case.
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Chicago
John Geisler
Geisler
Kansas
Hself
Mr. Geisler
Baldwin City
Kun
Mr. Gessler
Mr. Bee
Peoria Street
Remarkable Mastodon Fossils Found in Death Valley Claim
A Los Angeles attorney holds a mining claim based on three mastodon tusks and bones found by a prospector in Death Valley. The site reveals three tusked skeletons buried together in mud with a swamp history, suggesting elephants perished in quicksand long ago. The bones will be excavated and mounted, potentially as valuable as a publicized find.
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Los Angeles
Cal. Cor
New York
Sut
Sergie Parla
Deat Valley
Dearie Valley
California
Rocky Mountains
Wirenga
Ann
Drunken Johnstown Man Tossed Dynamite Pack Showed Danger
Edward Stanton of the Twelfth Ward in Johnstown faced a risky scene on Clinton Street when he carried a package containing exogen pounds of dynamite. A crowd gathered as police intervened and a sergeant opened the parcel, revealing the dangerous contents and prompting fear for the public and nearby mine workers. Authorities questioned what might have happened if the device had been used.
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Johnstown
Penn
Col
Pittsburg
Edward Stanton
Twelfth Ward
Thin City
Stanton
Clinton Street
Pwckige
Central
Affehs
Jose
Clineton Street
The Woman of Today and the Savage Bachelor Banter
A playful dialogue contrasts the youthful boarder and the savage bachelor on women’s wants. The boarder claims awareness is rising, while the bachelor quips that women always crave what they cannot obtain, reflecting early 20th century gender norms.
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Tadianapolia Press
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promised as Ideal Spring Medicine
A testimonial style endorsement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla clears cobwebs in the system during spring. It purports to purify blood, renovate the body, aid kidneys and liver, strengthen the stomach, and steady nerves, with a speaker noting improved sleep and vitality.
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Hood
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