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Cap · 12-04-2016, 04:24 PM

Clipped from the Halifax Chronicle...John L Sullivan suffers a bad cut in round 3 and is forced to retire inside the distance against George Godfrey despite being ahead in the eyes of most visiting Boston fans...Godfrey's rooters are jubilant and carry their man from the ring escorted by local constables...Sullivan accuses New York referee John Eckhardt of being paid off by parties unknown to decide in favour of the negro battler...Wins on card at Hazard's Pavilion sets up likely match between Bakersfield's Irish Jerrry Quarry and "The Mission Boy" Big Joe McAuliffe...Louisiana's Lionel "The Train" Butler racks up another win and joins the ranks of the world's best heavyweights...Bob Armstrong can't seem to chalk up two wins in a row as he loses a rough one to Yank Kenny...young Denver Ed Martin bites off more than he can chew when he takes on John Klondike Haynes in the latter's hometown...Frank Childs finally gets a decisive win over Patsy Cardiff...In the space of two weeks Hank Griffin beats Charlie Mitchell and Kid McCoy and signs to fight the best available contender for promoter Harry Kline..

12-04-2016, 04:24 PM	#67
Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 7,776 Blog Entries: 4	Clipped from the Halifax Chronicle...John L Sullivan suffers a bad cut in round 3 and is forced to retire inside the distance against George Godfrey despite being ahead in the eyes of most visiting Boston fans...Godfrey's rooters are jubilant and carry their man from the ring escorted by local constables...Sullivan accuses New York referee John Eckhardt of being paid off by parties unknown to decide in favour of the negro battler...Wins on card at Hazard's Pavilion sets up likely match between Bakersfield's Irish Jerrry Quarry and "The Mission Boy" Big Joe McAuliffe...Louisiana's Lionel "The Train" Butler racks up another win and joins the ranks of the world's best heavyweights...Bob Armstrong can't seem to chalk up two wins in a row as he loses a rough one to Yank Kenny...young Denver Ed Martin bites off more than he can chew when he takes on John Klondike Haynes in the latter's hometown...Frank Childs finally gets a decisive win over Patsy Cardiff...In the space of two weeks Hank Griffin beats Charlie Mitchell and Kid McCoy and signs to fight the best available contender for promoter Harry Kline.. Attached Images __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.." Last edited by Cap; 12-06-2016 at 12:19 PM.