Cap's New and Improved Alternate Universe

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From the Detroit Tribune...Supporters of Hank Griffin have questioned the verdict of referee Billy Roche giving the win and American Boxing Association title to James J Corbett...Roche scored rounds 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11 and 12 for Corbett and 1, 3, 6, 7, 10 for Griffin with none even though many at ringside remarked that several rounds, including ones for Corbett, were extremely close...There were no knockdowns...Mexican Pete Everett upset the oddsmakers in New York with a 3rd round kayo of Patsy Cardiff the favourite going in...The International Boxing Union has declared that any world champion who successfully defends his title three times will be allowed to keep the IBU championship belt permanently and a new one will be awarded to the man who finally defeats him...

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From the Coaltown Gazette's morning edition...Coaltown promoter Leo Roberts was none too pleased with the outcomes of his co-features...Many fans still talking about the war fought between Tom Sharkey and Joe Goddard in Minneapolis the other night...Goddard's camp spreading rumours that their man was poisoned by gamblers prior to the bout...Sharkey came close to being disqualified for the second time this year because of repeated low blows and use of his head...Hank Griffin has instructed his manager not to file a protest over Billy Roche's handling of the fight with Corbett...

[hawk360]

Nice League! You have obviously put a lot of work into it. Love the newspaper clippings. How do you do them?

[Cap]

I use LibreOffice but you could use Excel too.

Cap

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From the Chicago Daily News Morning Extra...It appears John L Sullivan has delayed his "Grand Western Tour" to accept a lucrative offer to box 10 rounds with Canada's George Godfrey at Halifax, Canada...Kid McCoy received a wire aboard the steamship Noranda while crossing the Atlantic of a proposal to meet Hank Griffin for a limited round decision bout at Chicago...Klondike Haynes of this city is negotiating with Denver Ed Martin for a gloved contest at Tattersall's Arena sometime next month...Frank Childs and Patsy Cardiff have been matched again despite Cardiff having bested the local man twice previously...

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Excerpt from the Toronto Telegram Morning edition...When James Corbett waffled on the terms set by George Chuvalo to meet him for the title Phila. Jack O'Brien jumped on a flyer of the New York-Pennsylvania line to Toronto and happily signed the articles of agreement...Referee John Eckhardt gave O'Brien five rounds, Chuvalo only three and scored rounds 4, 6 and 9 even...Most experts at ringside had O'Brien ahead 8 rounds to 3 going into the 12th...O'Brien took home almost $1,800 as the loser's end of the purse and $500 from the gate receipts...

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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..

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From the December 1891 issue of Mitt Slingers Magazine...Peter Jackson and Bob Fitzsimmons are both in training camp in Los Angeles preparing for their championship contest next month...Perhaps yielding to pressure from the international sporting press the IBU has mandated that George Chuvalo the NABF champion and James Corbett the ABA champion must meet to decide who will get the next crack at the world championship ....The championship committee however, has added this could be altered if Fitzsimmons emerges the winner against Jackson...Tom Sharkey is angling for a fight with either Phila. Jack O'Brien or newcomer Gus Ruhlin...George Godfrey, after recent wins over Frank Slavin and John L Sullivan, is said to be wondering what he has to do to get a match with one of the top contenders...For his part, Sullivan is complaining in the pages of the Boston Globe that he should be ranked much higher by the IBU considering he has wins over three men currently included in the prestigious Top Ten.

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Typical penny poster advertising a pugilistic contest (See a previous post), in this case between two notable California prize fighters in a pivotal match-up...McAuliffe is a heavy favourite going in but Quarry is a tough proposition with dynamite in both hands...McAuliffe holds wins over Jake Kilrain, Frank Childs, Patsy Cardiff, Joe Lannon, Kallie Knoetze, Steve O'Donnell, Frank Slavin and Mexican Pete Everett...Quarry has wins over Joe Kennedy, Utah Jack Davis, Joe Lannon, Bob Armstrong, Joe Choynski and Frank Slavin...

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From the Los Angeles Chronicle...(I half-expected McAuliffe to pull off a win again.)

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Clipped from the December issue of Mitt Slingers Magazine...Jackson is a heavy favourite at almost 3 to 1 in most betting parlours...special trains have been laid on to bring in sports from all over the west coast...The Sydney Mail has sent a reporter to cover the fight as have papers from London, Paris, Berlin and Stockholm...Most major US dailies will have men on site to send back wire reports as rounds progress..There is talk of Tom Sharkey meeting Gus Ruhlin on the undercard...Interest in the main event has been such that the Olympic Club may charge as much as $75 for a ringside seat...It is reliably rumoured that several wealthy sports including "Diamond Jim Brady" himself, have pooled contributions to increase the fight's purse to at least $24,000...

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Clipping from the Los Angeles Herald...Fitzsimmons responds to a report that Jackson will weigh in the neighbourhood of 13 stone 13 pounds (195) or more than two full stone than Fitz's current weight...Peter Jackson was not available for comment amid rumours that the champion was injured during training stunts at his camp in Oakland...some scandal mongers have spread stories of Jackson being seen at local sporting houses suffering from abuse of the grape...

[Waltercito]

Great universe, Cap. This must be a lot of work. Very nicely done, a great read.

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Cover of December issue of Mitt-Slingers Magazine...Contains articles discussing various merits of the two combatants as well as brief biographies and their complete detailed ring records...Also a fanciful article imagining current boxers pitted against past greats...Includes No.11 in a continuing series of posters of popular fighters and a cartoon by that new fellow Tad Dorgan...

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Clipped from the Los Angeles Herald...Peter Jackson and Bob Fitzsimmons split purse of $20,000 seventy-five percent to the winner and both take a small cut of the gate receipts...Most newspaper scribblers at ringside are of the opinion after the fact that Fitz gave away too much weight...As Fitzsimmons is carted away by his seconds Tom Sharkey jumps into the ring and issues a challenge to Jackson...The California representative of the IBU declares Jackson must defend against the winner of the scheduled fight between George Chuvalo and James J Corbett...The American Boxing Association demands James J Corbett defend his title against their leading contender within three months or relinquish the belt...

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Kallie Knoetze loses two rounds on fouls and the referee's decision making Bakari Olokun the new South Afrikan heavyweight champion...

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From the Detroit Tribune late edition...Listing every significant heavyweight battle in the previous month and a half...Joe Beckett of England and Jack Munroe of Canada enter the IBU's rankings for the first time...Gus Ruhlin the so-called Akron Giant wins the Pacific Northwest championship on a blatant foul by Fred Russell...Kallie Knoetze fails to press the attack and loses a decision and the South Afrikan title to young Bakari Olokun ...On the undercard Corrie Sanders stops Fred McMullen number one contender for the South Afrikan championship...Peter Maher stuns the crowd at the Boston Arena by steam-rolling Seattle's heavyweight sensation Larry Frazier in one round...In an exhibition for charity George Chuvalo demolishes a hulking circus freak named Tyson Fury in just thirty seconds...

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Excerpt from the Los Angeles Herald...The article went on to discuss the merits of youngsters Marvin Hart, James Jeffries, Jack Munroe, Jack Johnson, Sandy Ferguson, Denver Ed Martin and others...Tattersall's in Chicago announced a proposed match between local lads Frank Childs and Klondike Haynes for a purse of $300...Joe Kennedy is said to be matched with Bob Armstrong for a ten round contest on the coast...Joe Choynski and Big Bill Morrison have signed articles for a return go in the next few weeks following their unsatisfactory draw at Hazard's Pavilion last month...

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From the January 1892 issue of Mitt Slingers Magazine....The EBU has stripped Tom Sharkey of his title and set up an elimination match between Eire's George Gardiner, victor over Jack Root, and Roberto Damiani of Italy who recently defeated Irish Jack Burke...

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From the pages of the Montreal Star....Plenty of action following the exciting Jackson-Fitzsimmons fight...Sailor Tom Sharkey took on John L Sullivan a second time and sent him sprawling on his hindquarters to be counted out...Jimmy Bivins easily outpointed Big Joe McAuliffe in front of a hostile crowd and appears set to meet young Gerald Quarry of Bakersfield...At Hazard's Pavilion Mexican Pete Everett stopped rough Fred Russell in 4 fast rounds despite the latter's questionable tactics...