Review of billiard year shows Hoppe's work best
In 1906 professional billiards flourished, centered in New York. William Hoppe captured the 181 and 182 titles, set world records, and posted top averages. Sutton dominated 182 play with high runs and multiple grand averages, while Schaefer, Cure, and Cutler posted notable showings amid a busy year of tours, tournaments, and exhibitions across New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
France
America
William Hoppe
Maurice Vignaux
Mc Urky
Paris
Philadelphia
Chicago
Trenton
Albert Cutler
Boston
Harry Cine
al Taylor
Tom Gallagher
Edward McLaughlin
Frank Hoppe
Charles Peterson
St. Louis
Jacob Schaefer
George Slossen
George Sutton
Orlando Morningstar
Willema Hoppe
Louis Cure
Branve
Cutler
W Hoppe
Sutton
Slosson
Schaefer
Gallagher
Cline
Cue
Daly's Academy
Hoppe
Vignaux
Faris Hoppe
Frank Ives
Hop Pe
Cutter
Taylor
McLaughlin
Peterson
McLauchii
W. Hoppe
Bilard
Hopper
Flo
Ives
Vignary Slosson
Tex
Siasson
Cura Trice
Mornrzstir
Schiefe
Yigard
Cod
Harpe
Son
Bovedu
William
Hopps
Jake Schaefer
Nate George Slosson
Cure
Morningstar
Jake
Button
Wizard
Schuffer
Wiz
Sut
Cura
Atlantic
Hoppa
Breason
Brooklyn
Greater New York
Cling
Gallaghe
Schaefe
Daly's
Janewary
Harry Cline
F. Hoppa
Metropolitan
Cine
F. Hoppe
F Hoppe
Demarest
Gardner
Pope Ture
Noted prize fights of hours and seconds history
A historical survey recounts long prize bouts under London and Queensberry rules. It details brutal welter and heavyweight clashes, notable venues like Canal Street Arena and Olympic Club, Bowen, Sullivan, Corbett, Abbott, Lavigne, and McPartland, plus era struggles, crowd chaos, and record purses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Andy Bowen
New Orleans
Jack Burke
Texas
Canal Street Arena
Olympic Club
Canal Street
John Sullivan
James J. Corbett
Bowen
Kid Lavigne
Jack Skelly
George Dixon
Jack McAuliffe
Billy Meyers
Lavigne
Queensbury
Lavagne
McEvoy
Stanton Abbott
England
Abbott
John Dufty
Cunningham
Louisiana
Jack Everhardt
Everhardt
Everhardt-Bowen
Fraf
Gerhardt
Barrett
Kld
McPartland
St. Bernard Athletic Club
Hogan's Riley
John Duffy
Queensberry
Matty Matthews
Heracles Athletic Club
Myrtle Avenue
Broadway
Matthews
Sullivan
Kilrain
Richbury, Miss
Peter Jackson
Australia
Jim Corbett
Olympic Athletic Club
San Francisco
George Siddons
Eddie Pierce
Coney Island Athletic Club
Perce
George Dizon
Pierce
Frank Erne
Terry McGovern
Madison Square Garden
Daly-Abbott
Jack Daly
Wilmington
Jackson Cry
Jackson City
Daly
Philadelphia
Abbatila
Lawyers and Doctors’ Club
Providence
Maspeth
Long Island
Walcott
Corbett
Ue Olympic Club
Hunting and Fishing Revival of Rabbit Trails in District
A resurgence of hunting with sticks and hounds returns as a response to a new strict law on shooting in the District. In Brightwood and nearby suburbs, mornings show runners and their dogs along open courses up to a mile long, with rabbits plentiful and chases ongoing. Local residents fear overrun numbers unless bars are lowered or other extinction methods are found.
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Brightwood
New Car Barna
Fourteenth Street
Franklin Square
Walter S. Harban
Capital City
Woodmont Gap
Upper
Potomac
Sir Johns Run
Richard Bright
Bill Sterritt
N. O. Messenger
Scott Tannern
James Willett
Dorsey Clagett
James M. Green
Henry Stewart
Berlah Wilkins
Hfe
Baltirmore
Washington
North Carolina
Liberals
World champion wrestler Gotch rejects professional sport
From Kanu City Star: Frank Gotch denounces the wrestling business and his world title, stating he will quit when it stops paying big money. He notes wealth, acres of land, and a clean lifestyle, while recalling his first money match in Humboldt Iowa where he won with a decisive strangle hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanu City
Frank Gotch
Gotch
Fred Beell
Tam
Humboldt
Iowa
Marshall Greene
Opry House
Lil
Dan McLeod
Livermore Lodge
Carl
Dawson
City
Alaska
Farmer Burns
Rab Swanson Burns
Bomanga Creek
Vincent White
Phen
Bear Creek
Swanson
Bonanza
Bonanza Boys
Frank Gatch
Bonangs Creek
Bonanza Creek
Otch
Hoe
Five of the earliest and longest ring battles
A collection of historic boxing and wrestling notes outlines long duration matches in Britain, Ireland, Australia, and the United States, including Fights by Madden Hayes in England and Kelly Smith in Melbourne, plus a famous 1825 Cheshire bout. It also recounts Dawson Creek mining bouts and social scenes around wrestling and sport in early American districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Jacob Hye
Thomas Beaxley
Berwick
Jack
Patrick
Jack O'Neill
Eugland
London
Salea
Edenbridge
Mike Madden
Bill Hayes
Jenger
Melbourne
Australia
James Kelly
Jonathan Smith
Jack Jones
Patsy Tunney
Cheshire
England
World Tour of All American Baseball Players 1888
A long historical piece recounts the 1888 circumnavigation by the Chicago and All American baseball teams led by A. G. Spalding and Leigh P. Lynch. It covers their 17 games in the U.S. and abroad, stops in Honolulu, Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Colombo, Cairo, Rome, London, and more, and notes royal honors, public receptions, and the tour’s lasting impact on baseball’s popularity worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cubs
Cuba
John McGrew
Antilles
A. G. Spalding
Leigh P. Lynch
Australia
Antipodes
A. G Spalding
Chicago
Adrian C. Anson
Tener
Baldwin
Daly
Anson
Pfeffer
Burns
Whiliamson
Sullivan
Jimmy Ryan
Pettit
Jola Ward
Healy
Indianapolis
Crane
New York
Earle
Duluth
Carrol
Pittsburg
Manning
Kansas City
Wood
Philadelphia
Fogarty
Tom Brown
Washington
Ed Hanlon
Detroit
George Wright
America
San Francisco
al Spalding
Chicagos
St .Paul
Brochion
Haverly
San Francisco i
St St. Paul
Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Omaha
Hastings
Denver
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Honolulu
King Kalakaua
Tom
Homelulu
Auckland
New Zealand
Sydney
New South Wales
Tralia
Americas
Melbourne
Adelaide
Jimmy
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Ifo
Colombo
Ceylon
Jouney
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Cairo
Egypt
Rome
Paris
London
Bandisi
Italy
Naples
Florence
Paria
England
Mth
Juollant
Bristol
Tayton
Sheffela Ch
Bradford
Atlantic
Queenstown
Ireland
Delmonics's
Baltimore
Boston
Buffalo
Cleveland
Palmer Houe
Sandwich Islands
Baseball Globe Trotters
Bicyclers Dismount City Ordinance Sparks Debate
Walla Walla enforces a bicycle ordinance limiting riding on sidewalks and near women and children, with a clause urging riders to dismount and keep twenty feet from others. The text appears garbled and includes age references and spacing errors.
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Walla Walla
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J. R Marshall
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George R. Bready
Fort Kelly
George Alfred Townsend
Antietam Battlefield
Bolivar Heights
Snake den Club
Aditation
James Brashears
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William Wagner
Hursting
Woodmen Lodge
Reynolds
McLeod
James Morrison
Florida
W. Woods White
Togesh
Mr. White
May Sylvester
A. A. Birney
George Henderson
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March of Civilization
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Game and Fish Protective
Sixteenth Street
H M_ Brown
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Harban
Pacific Coast
McKim
W. R. Turner
Lotvine
Healeh
Norfolk
Sporsmen
Joseph Hunter
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