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George Rooke, out of the Cleverest Pugilists of a Generation Ago—Liv€d In Newburgh for Many YearsUooim Rookr who III the da) K of Jft in Mttt o nittl J«e Gohs was rt'ggrded a« otic of (ho clincreat of box *rx among the KtmlHh tnlddie weights* died M till it y hi St Barnabas Hoypftal, Newark Death was due to aeompHea?Ion of dtaeasi**.Rook. was for a number of years a r of Newbmfts and for lonn’time worked in a machine shop llr jtaught boxing and instructed many ylt; ting men of the e.ty m the manlylift, Jplpl' p:y -fi'VTRook, was at one (Into the middleweight champion He was one of the cleverest boxers of his day. At oar* I(into ho was boxing* Inatntctnr atWest point \\ air i'm re he won jseveral important lights* Ho was to j nail y matched h r a champion ship J fight at Nlt; w Orb ana. The night bo for. the hafih Rook,* made a tour of ?he town. H. wa* in no condition, to tight and bis opponent quickly puthim out* His friends gradually bfhim after this defeat* He lost hDplace at West Print and from that time his farm* a a fighter waned. , Juek Rooke, a hrotner of George.fotignt two hours with Joe floss in j Hnrland before his seconds threw up. p ■ •.•, Hi-, contest taking place*innham lu ttt same ring aa.jml in wh eh Sayers nici Bret? e, , (b orge H Mike cattle to An^eriea ji,out tw-e* itN H e yean ago, and on *f bo- earl) emiteOs here was again !dm L. Bel Ivan Its the Howatrl thrimnim, R«»st» n i bm was In me, JIHL Sullivan knocked Rooke jin in the s cond round, the b od | iklnr p’.tee two rn»n bs after H ullan bed be-: lew5. |Hooke was c* ...pMathMriy unknown ► toe younger getteraihn of fig litersrid sp ri re bn! a gen« i *t.ion jgo wa a s ar m pugilist. e in* ;es. He be men bin lt;\ t *r as a boxer h* n a l id la HngUnd and worked\h way to the ?ep by hard Knocks.a I n ! of -ti Mace Hie [?nou . .trad t box. r. He and Mae*, avehd all evrr the world with at reus k \ mg exbb ittoat. Tht y jrnie a m deal c f money but i?**nt a ; me d, us 11 eame. Many ofeke, iigut'i w*tv with bare ickl-'N an I wo re bloody affairs. Hisf?t fight is said to have been withkiddy Ryan in Chicago. Itooke jtookc conducted a physical cut* ,* itsidltuto in Nlt; wark flt; r a mini of years. Ho was sixty two r, ,.f age. Hooke and his fatr»H ved from Newburgh to Newark »ut the years ago.
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Middletown Orange County Times
Middletown, New York, US
Fri, Nov 04, 1904
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