John L Sullivan Still Draws Crowds Years After Title Loss
The aging boxing icon John L Sullivan remains a drawing card in public life, earning about $600 weekly plus transit, with $450 after expenses. He is praised for honesty and square sportsmanship, maintaining popularity despite retirement. Also mentioned are anecdotes about baseball past and Michigan athletics efforts near New York.
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Corbett
Jol L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Frank Hall
Otb
Mall
Gortier
Jim Corbett
Kid McCoy Faces Vanderbilt Cup Entry as Driver
Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy announces he will pilot a racing car for the Vanderbilt Cup next year. He claims mechanial skill and nerve, plans eighteen months of training, and says he is done with boxing though public interest remains high.
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Norman Selby
Kid McCoy
Selby
Republic
McCoy
Vanderbilt
Oldfield
Jong Timne
Ragged Aphorisms and Fragments From a Wandering Page
A crowded collection of quips and mock essays. Humorous musings on life honesty and editors, stray lines about Longfellow, flying machines, Germans, and social mores. The text drifts through jokes, editor feuds, and miscellaneous reflections with cryptic phrases and misprinted words. It reads like a newspaper page fragment of aphorisms and stray anecdotes.
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Sulette
Cupid
Indiana
Longfellow
Harvard Football Policy and Recovery After 1905 Reforms
Edward Parry a western college man contemplates turning pro wrestler while Harvard football faces a policy continuation question. The piece notes graduates and freshmen were debarred, mass play promoted, and a new system evolving to sustain progress, with Parry drawing on wrestling as a potential future sport.
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Heron
Anon
Pattey
Harvard
Edward Parry
University of Chicago
Parry
Wrestling
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