Fights Eye Bursting Purses and Promoter Plans for Johnson Jeffries
Bids topped 3 3/900,000 for the Johnson Jeffries heavyweight title with a purse of 101000 and 66 2 3 percent of moving pictures. Promoters Tex Rickard and Jack Gleason lead a global bid scene as experts warn the venture hinges on film success and public interest.
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Jeffries
Johnson
Corbett-Fitzsimmons
Cearly Parfer
Jong Tan
Tex Rickard
Jack Gleason
Richard
Bret Harte
California
Guldfield
Nev. Gleason
Biggest Fights in This Country and the Receipts
List of boxing match receipts includes Nelson Gans in Goldfield at 69.75 and Jeffries Sharkey on Coney Island with 67 909, Jeffries Fitz on Coney Island at 63 000, Jeffries Corbett Frisco 62 330, Corbett McVoy New York 57 000, Britn Nelson Frisco 38 311, Corelli Sharkey New York 48.00.
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Tommy Clark
Two &Stic
Jim Coffroth
San Francisco
Tow MecCarer
Los Angeles
Eddie Graney
Gugh Mcintosh
Australia
Jack Gleason
Tex Rickard
Nevada
Johnson Jeffries Fisht
Burns-Johnson
Nelson
Gans
Goldfield
Coney Island
Jreffries
Sharkey
Jeff
Corbett
Frisco
Corbett-MccCoy
New York
Jeffries-Johnson
Nelson-Gans
Jeffries-Sharkey
Coney Islade
Jefries-Fitz
Jeffries-Corbett
Corbett-McvVoy
Britl-Nelson
Coreli-Sharkey
Barrett to Lead Fordham in 1910 Captaincy
Ed Barrett, Fordham center from Barzie, weighing 172 pounds, has been elected captain for 1910. His sensational play last season earns him All American recognition from several experts.
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Barrett
Fordham
Ed Barrett
Husky
Barzie
Oxford Cambridge Yale Harvard Meet Draws Interest
International Athletics notes growing interest in an Oxford Cambridge Harvard Yale athletic meet. The piece highlights presidents Hull and Bellerby open to participation, boosting hopes for collaboration in the planned event.
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Harvard
Oxford
Cambridge
Hull
Bellerby
Cross-Atlantic Intercollegiate Meet History and Prospects
A discussion on British and American intercollegiate racing outcomes notes possible influence from C N Jackson of Oxford on arranging meetings. Historical results show Americans leading most track events, with Britain ahead only in select distances like the 440 and 440 yard, and limited British success in jumping and throws.
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C. N. Jackson
Oxford
Harvard
Yale
America
Ketchel and Papke to Clash Again in January
Billy Papke and Stanley Ketchel, famed slagologists, plan a January bout in San Francisco. Papke claims the middleweight title and Ketchel agrees to weigh in at 164 pounds ringside. This will be their fifth meeting, with past results including Papke KOing Ketchel in 11 rounds and Ketchel winning a disputed decision in another.
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Billy Papke
Stanley Ketchel
Michigan
Jack Johnson
San Francisco
Papke
Ketehel
Ketchel
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Jamison
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