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James B. Connolly is one of the nine American athletes who won prlze-s and laurel wreaths In the recent Olympian games in Athens.Jim Connolly, as he is known, is well known in Savannah, where he lived for five or six years, and, though Boston claims him as her own, it might be said that he is a 'Savannah boy.Connolly is an all around athlete of no mean ability. Several years ago he heldJ. B. Connolly, winner of the Hop, Step and Jump atAthens.the hop step and Jump championship of the world. This is the event that he won in the Olympian games.Hu ring his residence in Savannah, Connolly was a prominent figure in local ath-letdos. He was on several football teams and participated in bicycle races and field sports of all kinds.i-ast fall he left Savannah and went to Harvard college to study eleotrkral engineering. Personally; Connolly is one of The Pleasantest of fellows and hte friends In Savannah were delighted to hear of his fcucceM.The Pastime Athletic Club will have an * ntertainraent Tuesday evening, when Haul .Rapport and Andrew Wylie will box ; 11 rounds for a decision. Rapport is a nr,-pound featherweight, and is said to he very clever with the gloves. Wylie, who H better known locally as little Scotty, ‘he sailor, is a good man, and the exhib:* tion will doubtless be interesting. There «ill he one of two preliminary bouts, one r,f which will be between Kid Norton and Hilly Veronee.
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Savannah Morning News
Savannah, Georgia, US
Sun, Apr 19, 1896
Page 17
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