Gans Ready to Fight Nelson Again Says He Will Dictate Terms
From Duluth where he is touring, world lightweight champion Joe Gans issues a telegram promising to fight Battling Nelson again. He insists he will control terms, will not bow to Nolan, and names Minneapolis and St Paul as next stops. He asserts he will not weigh 130 1 2 pounds again and must defend after Britt bout.
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Joe Gans
Bly Nolan
Nelson
Nolan
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Goldfield
Siler
Jimmy Britt
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Joe Gang
Tex Rickard
John R. Robinson
New York Telegraph
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Robinson
Billy Nolan
Gans
Controversy and side notes swirl around Goldfield fight
The article sketches the Nelson Gans bout aftermath with family links to Battling Nelson, Texas Rickard plans, and a possible rematch versus the colored challenger. It also notes Joe Gans supporters and a disputed ninth inning ball call in a Buffalo Jersey City game affecting Murray’s at bat.
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Goldfield
Sefon
Battling Nelson
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Jersey City
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Moran
Dr. Bull
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George
Louisville Roads Run Daily On State Fair Track
Events of the week include daily Louisville races at the Kentucky State Fair venue Churchill Downs and a fall Brooklyn Jockey Club meeting at Gravesend. Ontario hosts a continuation of the fall meeting at Woodbine Park. Columbus opens the eighth week of the Grand Circuit harness racing.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
New York
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Gravesend
Toronto
Ontario Jockey Club
Woodbine Park
Columbus
Boxing card set for Tuesday in three cities
Boxing events scheduled Tuesday at Chelsea Massachusetts feature Kid Goodman facing Aurelia Herrera. In Davenport Iowa Steve Kenny meets Joe Galligar and in Lake Linden Michigan Jack Phares faces Art Alford. Primary elections will be held in New York by both the Democratic.
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Davenport
Steve Kenny
Joe Galligar
Lake Linden
Mich
Jack Phares
Art Alford
New York
Republican campaign and racing notes from a busy week
William J. Bryan tours the South and speaks in Atlanta. Seventeen candidates vie for the Vanderbilt Cup team on Long Island with the top five advancing. New Hampshire Republicans name five gubernatorial contenders led by Winston Churchill. Various boxing and racing matchups occur from Trinidad to Philadelphia. Taft and Bajeron visit Cuba to decide Cuba’s future amid US influence.
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America
Long Island
Anish
New Hampshire
Concord
Winston Churchill
Mackinac Island a Popular Inland Resort Reachable by D and C Line
Advert describes Mackinac Island as a favored inland resort with cool breezes and fishing, accessible four times weekly by D and C Coast Line steamers from Cleveland Toledo and Detroit. Encourages sending a two cent stamp for a booklet titled In Fairyland from Detroit Navigation Co.
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D. & C. Coast Line
Cleveland
Toledo
Detroit
Mackinac
Fairyland
D & Gc, Navigation CO
Mivh
Crescens the Greatest Trotter Gased for Period End
The piece lauds Crescens the famed trotter at Galesburg showing a 2 18 mile after a long career. It recalls a 2 05 record reported as 1 59 3 4 and details the colt's rough start, including an injury and dramatic early life.
Cresceus the Wonder Trotting Horse At 3 Years Old
The text extols Cresceus the trotting horse with feats of arithmetic on a blackboard and coin retrieval, plus a dramatic barn rescue. It tracks his 3-year-old performance across July and August with multiple heat wins and record-like times, culminating in a famed 4-year-old season at Columbus grand circuit, where he set or equaled several world records and dwarfed contemporary 3-year-olds.
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Galesburg
Crescens
Allion
Wichita
Kan
Ohio
Mabel
George Ketcham
Toledo
Ketcham
Moe
Col
Fred
Springfield
Minnie McGregor
Circleville
Columbus
Real Cresceus
Gay Bingen
Ed Custer
Cochato
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Chelsea, Mass
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Frong Again
Lucy Stovall
Tilton
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William J. Bryan
Atlanta
Trinidad, Colu
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Jimmy Kane
Bridgeport, Conn
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Jimmy Briggs
Appleton, Wis
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Kid Herrick
Haverhill
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Philadelphia
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Young Erne
Harry Edels
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