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Many Fighters Counted Out This Year In Boxing
New York reports a grim year as many prominent boxers managers and trainers died. John L. Sullivan led a list of names including Billy Madden Charley Mitchell Terry McGovern George LaBlanche Jim Stewart Matty Baldwin Billy Layton Clarence Forbes Al Thomas Terry Martin Tommy Mowatt Dick OBrien Battling Jim Johnson Joe Tuber Eddie Campi Tex Tate Mike Donovan and others across 1890s to 1910s.
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New York
John L. Sullivan
America
West Abington
Mass
Jim Corbett
New Orleans
Sullivan
Billy” Madden
Madden
Jack McAuliffe
Jack Dempsey
Charley Mitchell
Brighton
England
Mitchell
John J. Sullivan
Chantilly
France
Corbett
Terry McGovern
Brooklyn
McGovern
Palmer
George Dixon
Kid Broad
Eddie Santry
Frank Erne
Jim Stewart
Camp Dix
Matty Baldwin
New England
Charlestown
Billy” Layton
Little Rock
Ark
Clarence Forbes
Chicago
Illinois State Hospital
Elgin
al Thomas
Ameri
Camp Dodge
Terry Martin
Philadelphia
Martin
Elizabeth
N. J
Tommy Mowatt
Dick O’brien
Lewiston
Battling Jim Johnson
Lowell