Chicago Daily News Almanac and Political Register

PUGILISM.

Following is a list of the most noteworthy ring battles since 1882, the heavyweight championship contests being the first given:

Winner.

Loser.

Date.
Feb. 7. 1882..........John L. Sullivan...... Paddy Ryan...
July 8, 1889.. .......John L. Sullivan...... Jake Kilrain.........
Bob Fitzsimmons..... Jack Dempsey
James J. Corbett...... John L. Sullivan..
James J. Corbett...... Charles Mitchell...
.Bob Fitzsimmons..... Peter Maher..

Jan. 14. 1891. Sept. 7. 1892.

Jan. 25, 1896..

Place.

..Mississippi City.. .Richburg. Miss......... New Orleans, La.... New Orleans, La.. Jacksonville, Fla.. .Mexico

March 17. 1897.......Bob Fitzsimmons..... James J. Corbett......Carson City, Nev.

Feb. 21. 1896.

June 9. 1899..

Nov. 3. 1899.. Nov. 15, 1901.. July 25, 1902.. Aug. 14, 1903.. Aug. 26. 1904. July 4, 1907.. July 17, 1907.

Feb. 10, 1908..

Sept. 9, 1909..

...James J. Jeffries...... Bob Fitzsimmons.....Coney Island, N. Y. ...James J. Jeffries...... Thomas J. Sharkey... Coney Island, N. Y. ...James J. Jeffries...... Gus Ruhlin.... .......San Francisco, Cal. ..James J. Jeffries...... Bob Fitzsimmons..... San Francisco, Cal.. ..James J. Jeffries...... James J. Corbett...... San Francisco, Cal.. James J. Jeffries.. Jack Monroe...... .San Francisco, Cal. ....Tommy Burns......

Jack Johnson...... Tommy Burns.....

Dec. 26, 1908..........Jack Johnson..

Bill Squires..

Rounds.

.13

.21

.14

.11

.10

..Bob Fitzsimmons...... Jack Palmer..

Tommy Burns..

Al Kaufman..

San Francisco. Cal.. .Philadelphia, Pa... .London, England Sydney, N. S. W.. San Francisco, Cal.

.14

.10

Sept. 24. 1922. March 12. 1923. March 17, 1923.. May 12, 1923.. May 12, 1923.. July 4. 1923 July 12, 1923.. Sept. 14. 1923. Oct. 1. 1923. Feb. 24, 1924. March 7, 1924. May 31, 1924.. July 24, 1924. Aug. 9. 1924 Sept. 11, 1924. April 30. 1901. May 31, 1901.. Nov. 28, 1901. Feb. 22, 1902. May 23, 1902. March 31, 1903.. July 4, 1903. Nov. 25. 1903.. Feb. 29. 1904. March 25, 1904..

Georges Carpentier... Jersey City, N. J...

Johnny Wilson....... Cleveland, O.

Bryan Downey. ... Johnny Wilson... ..Jersey City, N. J.. ...Georges Carpentier....George Cook

.....Tom Gibbons

..Georges Carpentier....Ted Lewis

...Battling Siki ......Georges Carpentier....Paris, France

.Luis Angel Firpo... Bill Brennan

Mike McTigue

London, England New York, N. Y. ..London. England

.15

Battling Siki

New York, N. Y. Dublin, Ireland

Luis Angel Firpo... Jack McAuliffe II..... New York, N. Y.

Jess Willard

Jack Dempsey

.Luis Angel Firpo... Jess Willard

Jack Dempsey

Luis Firpo

...Georges Carpentier.. Joe Beckett

Luis A. Firpo..
Luis A. Firpo....
..Tom Gibbons..
.Gene Tunney
Tom Gibbons..
.Harry Wills..

Terry

.Farmer Lodge.. Erminio Spalla Georges Carpentier . Georges Carpentier ...Jack Bloomfield.. .Luis Firpo..

McGovern......Oscar Gardner......

Terry McGovern.. Aurelio Herrera..

Young Corbett... Terry McGovern..

Young Corbett..

.Terry McGovern. ..Dave Sullivan......

Kid Broad...

San Francisco, Cal. Buffalo, N. Y.

. San Francisco, Cal.. San Francisco, Cal..

.Jimmy Britt........... Young Corbett......... San Francisco, Cal....

Sept. 7, 1908........

Sept. 9. 1908..

Jan. 15, 1909.

Feb. 19, 1909. Feb. 22, 1909. March 26, 1909.. May 29, 1909.. July 5, 1909.. Feb. 22, 1910.. Feb. 26. 1911. July 4, 1911. Sept. 20, 1911.. Jan. 11, 1912. Jan. 22, 1912.... Feb. 3, 1912.

Joe Gans..

Jimmy Britt.......
Joe Gans..

Loser.
Eddie Hanlon...
Young Corbett...
Jimmy Britt...
Battling Nelson..
Kid Herman..
Battling Nelson..
.Jimmy Britt..

Rudolph Unholz.. Battling Nelson....
Packey McFarland....Jimmy Britt....
.Stanley Ketchel........ Billy Papke...
Battling Nelson........ Joe Gans..

Place.

San Francisco, Cal..
San Francisco, Cal..
Colma. Cal.
Goldfield, Nev....
Tonopah, Nev..
San Francisco, Cal.
San Francisco, Cal.
Los Angeles, Cal...
San Francisco, Cal..
Milwaukee, Wis..
San Francisco, Cal.

Billy Papke............Stanley Ketchel.......Los Angeles, Cal.. .....Battling Nelson....

Feb. 14, 1912...
Feb. 18, 1912.
Feb. 22, 1912.
March 15, 1912....
April 26, 1912.....
July 4, 1912..
Oct. 23, 1912.
March 7, 1913....
April 19, 1913...
July 4, 1913

Joe Gans..

.Packey McFarland....Dick Hyland.
Jem Driscoll.

Abe Attell.
.Johnny Summers.....Jimmy Britt..
.Stanley Ketchel........Jack O'Brien...
..Battling Nelson........Dick Hyland..
.Stanley Ketchel..... Billy Papke..
..Ad Wolgast.. ..........Battling Nelson......
.Johnny Coulon...... Frankie Conley.
Ad Wolgast...........Owen Moran.........
Matt Wells..

Johnny Coulon...
Johnny Coulon....
..Johnny Coulon....

San Francisco, Cal..
New York. N. Y.
London, England
New York, N. Y.
San Francisco, Cal.
San Francisco, Cal..
San Francisco, Cal..
New Orleans, La.
San Francisco, Cal..
New York, N. Y..
George Kitson......... South Bend, Ind.
Harry Forbes..........Kenosha, Wis.
.Frank Conley..........Los Angeles, Cal......

..Abe Attell

Packey McFarland.. Eddie Murphy.
...Johnny Coulon........Frankie Burns..
Johnny Kilbane.. ..Abe Attell..
Packey McFarland...Kid Burns..
Packey McFarland...Matt Wells..
.Ad Wolgast...
Joe Rivers..
Georges Carpentier...

March 12, 1914......
April 17, 1914.

May 26, 1914.

June 9, 1914..
July 7, 1914.
Jan. 21. 1915.
Feb. 25, 1915.
March 2, 1915.
March 11, 1915..
Sept. 10, 1915.
Sept. 11, 1915.
Feb. 7, 1916..
April 24, 1916.....
April 24, 1916.
Aug. 1, 1916..
Sept. 4. 1916..

Jan. 16. 1917..
April 19, 1917...
May 28, 1917..
July 25, 1917..
April 28, 1919....
Dec. 6. 1919.
Jan. 29, 1920.
Mar. 12. 1920.
July 5. 1920..
Sept. 25, 1920.
Dec. 22, 1920
Jan. 13, 1921.
Jan. 14, 1921..
Feb. 7, 1921..
July 25, 1921.
Sept. 17, 1921.
Sept. 24. 1921
July 4, 1922.
July 10, 1922.
July 27, 1922.
Aug. 5, 1922...
Nov. 1, 1922.
May 29, 1923.
June 2. 1923.
June 18, 1923.
July 23, 1923.
July 26, 1923.
March 6. 1924.
March 21, 1924.

Billy Papke..

..Ad Wolgast.

Packey McFarland... Jack Britton..
T. Murphy...
Willie Ritchie..
Willie Ritchie..
Willie Ritchie.
Charley White.
Kid Williams.
.Freddie Welsh.
Mike Gibbons.
Freddie Welsh.
Mike Gibbons..
Willie Ritchie.

Johnny Ertle.

South Bend, Ind.

....

.Los Angeles. Cal.
Kenosha, Wis..
New York, N. Y.
.Los Angeles, Cal..
Paris. France
.New York, N. Y....
San Francisco, Cal..
San Francisco, Cal..
.......Milwaukee. Wis..
......San Francisco. Cal...
.......Milwaukee, Wis..

..Joe Rivers.
Ad Wolgast.
.Tom Murphy.
Willie Ritchie..
Johnny Coulon..
Willie Ritchie.
Jimmy Clabby.
Charley White....
Eddie McGoorty.
Freddie Welsh.....
Kid Williams..

†Packey McFarland...Mike Gibbons.

tKid Williams.
Ever Hammer..
Jack Britton..
..Johnny O'Leary.
Freddie Welsh..
+Richie Mitchell.
Benny Leonard..
Benny Leonard.
Benny Leonard..
Benny Leonard..
Jack Sharkey.
Jimmy Wilde.
Jimmy Wilde.
Benny Leonard.
Benny Leonard.
Joe Lynch..
Pete Herman.
Benny Leonard..

.. Jack Britton..

Pete Herman.
Johnny Kilbane.
Johnny Buff..
.Bennie Leonard
Joe Lynch
.Bennie Leonard
.Bennie Leonard
Mickey Walker
Bennie Leonard
Eugene Criqui
Pancho Villa
Bennie Leonard

Johnny Dundee

..Bud Taylor.

.Kid Herman.
Freddie Welsh.
..Ted Lewis..

Ever Hammer.
.Charley White..
Freddie Welsh.
Richie Mitchell..
Freddie Welsh....
Johnny Kilbane..
Willie Ritchie..
Jimmy Wilde..
Mike Ertle.

.Los Angeles, Cal..

.10

.20

.10

.20

..10

.20

.17

.10

ALMANAC AND YEAR-BOOK FOR 1925.

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS.

Year. Team and city.

Score.

.1841-1849 1910-Cosmos, Chicago...
.1849-1853 1911-Flenners, Chicago..

2,880

2.924

.1853-1857

John C. Heenan

.1857-1863

1912-Brunswick All Stars, New York...2.904 1913-Flor de Knispels, St. Paul..

3,006

Joe Coburn

1863-1865

James Dunn

1865-1866

1914-Monko Clubs, New Haven.. 1915-Barry-Kettelers, Chicago.

2,944

2.907

Mike McCool

.1866-1869

1916-Commodore Barrys, Chicago

2,905

Tom Allen ..............

1917-Birk Brothers, Chicago..

.3.061

.1869-1876

Joe Goss

..1876-1880

1918-Aquillas, St. Paul...

.3.022

Paddy Ryan....

.1880-1882

1919-Athearn Hotels, Oshkosh.

.2.992

John L. Sullivan..

...1882-1889

1920-Brucks No. 1, Chicago.

3,096

James J. Corbett

.1892-1897

1921-Saunders, Toronto..

.3,066

1922-Lincoln Lifes, Fort Wayne..

.2.998

1897-1899

1899-1905

1905-1906

.1908-1908

1915-1918 .1919

Robert Fitzsimmons

James J. Jeffries..
Marvin Hart

Tommy Burns

Jack Johnson ...... Jess Willard.

Jack Dempsey

BOWLING.

AMERICAN BOWLING CONGRESS. Leading winners in the twenty-fourth annual tournament of the American Bowling congress held in Chicago, Ill., Feb. 23-March 27, 1924: Five-Man Teams. Score. Prize. .3.044 $1,000 3,041 950

Herb's Indians. Cleveland..
Mineralites, Chicago

1,164 .1.254

1906-Hamilton-Husey, Philadelphia. 1907-Richter-Bigley, Louisville. 1908-Kiene-Chalmers, Chicago. Cincinnati. ..1,231 1909-Schwoegler brothers, Madison, Wis.1,304 1910-Daiker-Wetterman, 1911-Hartley-Seiler, East Liverpool, 0.1.246 1912-Owen-Sutton, Louisville, Ky. 1913-Schultz-Koster, Newark, N. J....1,291 1914-Negley-Van Ness, Newark.

1923-Nelson-Mitchells, Milwaukee.......3.129

1924-Herb's Indians. Cleveland

.3,014

Two-Man Teams.

1908-1915 1901-Voorhees Starr, New York.

.1,203

1902-McLean-Steers, Chicago.

1,237

1903-Collins-Selbach, Columbus.

1.227

1904-Kraus-Spies,

Washington.

1,184

1905-Stretch-Rolfe,

Chicago.

1,213

.1,268

.1,259

.1,245

Arrow Oil No. 2. Cleveland..

2.975

850

..1,297

Brodt and Cronin, Elmhurst.

2.974

800

1916-Thoma-Marino. Chicago.

.1,297

Durkee Motors, Kansas City..

2.972

750

1917-Satorius-Holzschuh, Peoria, Ill...1,346

Grennan Cakes Sales. Detroit...

.2.960

700

1918-Steers-Thoma, Chicago.

1,335

Dandy Firsts. Chicago..

2.956

650

1919-Kallusch-Barnes, Rochester

.1.305

Birk's Beverages. Chicago.

2.949

600

1920-Erickson-Krems, Chicago

.1.301

Schueneman's No. 2, Chicago...2,948

550

1921-Kallusch-Schieman, Rochester.

.1.314

Two-Man Teams.

1922-Spinella-Spinella, New York...

.1,336

1923-Daw-Wilson,

Milwaukee....................

.1,358

C. and H. Thoma, Chicago...

.1,380

500 1924-C. and T. Thoma, Chicago..

..1,380

Vantine-Buck, Tarentum, Pa...

1,335

490

Lange-Schwoegler, Madison

.1.328

480

Singles.

Secord-Lewis, Denver.

1.326

470

Year. Bowler and city.

Score.

Dingwell-Scribner, Detroit

..1.307

460 1901-Frank H. Brill, Chicago..

.648

Dolan-Hill, Minneapolis

.1,304

450

Volz-Brautigam. Chicago

1,303

440

Eisele-Cohen, Passaic

1.301

430

1902-Fred Strong, Chicago.. 1903-David A. Jones, Milwaukee. 1904-Martin Kern, St. Louis.

Smallwood-Pletcher. Akron

1.299

420

1905-C. Anderson, St. Paul.

651

Colbeck-Rice, Chicago

.1.296

410

1906-Frank T. Favour, Oshkosh.

669

Singles.

1907-M. Levey. Indianapolis.

624

1908-A. Wengler, Chicago.

.699

H. Smyers, Pittsburgh

A. Ludvigson, Chicago F. Kair, Chicago

W. Freitag, Chicago

S. Fazy, Chicago

G. Esping, Chicago

300 1909-Larry Sutton, Rochester, N. Y 1910-Thomas Haley, Detroit.

691

705

1911-J. Blouin, Chicago.

681

727

263

1912-Larry Sutton, Rochester. N. Y. 1913-F. Peterson, Columbus, O.

679

.693

H. Vanderhaar, Chicago

722

239

1914-William Miller, Detroit.

675

1915-W. H. Pierce, Pueblo, Col.

711

1916-Sam Schliman, Toronto.

685

H. Morbach, Chicago

707 203

1917-Otto Kallusch, Rochester, N. Y.

698

M. Loftus, Albany, N. Y.

706

191

1918-C. Styles, Detroit.

702

All Events.

1919-H. Cavan. Pittsburgh..

718

155

1920-J. Shaw, Chicago.

713

W. Colbeck, Chicago

.1.955

145

1921-Fred S. Smith, Detroit.

702

Osler, Jacksonville

.1.953

140

W. Martin. Cleveland F. Chalcraft. Buffalo Shea, Fort Wayne Kartheiser, Chicago T. Owen, Louisville Smith, Milwaukee F. Thoma, Chicago

Championship Records.

1922-W. Lundgren, Chicago. 1923-C. Baumgarten, Cincinnati. 130 1924-H. Smyers, Pittsburgh 125 All Events (9 Games). 120 1901-Frank H. Brill, Chicago. 115 1902-John Koster, New York. 110 1903-Fred Strong, Chicago. 105 1904-Martin Kern, St. Louis. 1905-J. G. Reilly, Chicago.

Five-Man Teams.

1906-J. T. Leacock, Indianapolis.

.1,794

1907-Harry Ellis, Grand Rapids

1.767

Score.

1901-Standards. Chicago.

1908-R. Crabe, East Liverpool, O

.1,910

.2.720

1902-Fidelias, New York.

1909-James Blouin, Chicago.

.1.909

.2.792

1910-Thomas Haley, Detroit.

1.961

1903-O'Learys, Chicago.

.2.819

1904-Ansons,

Chicago.

.2.737

1905-Gunthers No. 2, Chicago.

2.795

1906-Centurys No. 1, Chicago.

.2.794

1907-Furniture Citys. Grand Rapids...2.775

1908-Bonds. Columbus, O.

2,927

1909-Lipmans, Chicago.

2,962

1911-James Smith, Buffalo. 1912-P. Sutton, Louisville. 1913-E. Herrman, Cleveland. 1914-William Miller, Detroit. 1915-Mattie Faetz, Chicago. 1916-Frank Thoma, Chicago. 1917-Henry Miller, Detroit.

Score.

.660

.675

695

717

Score. Year. Bowler and city. 1,952 1920-J. Williams, La Crosse. 1.933 1921-W. Heerman, Chicago.. ..1.915 1922-J. Brick, St. Paul... .1,909 1923-K. G. Scipel, Omaha.. .1.999 1924-Oscar Swanson, Minneapolis, Minn..704 2.019 Officers of I. B. A., 1924-1925: President, James G. Raine, Minneapolis: first vice-president. D. A. Luby, Chicago; second vice-president, Matt Blau, Milwaukee; secretary, T. J. Gronewold, St. Paul; treasurer, John L. Rounds, St. Paul, Minn.

1921-Archie Schieman, Rochester..
1922-B. Spinella, New York.
1923-W. J. Knox, Philadelphia..
1924-A. Weber, Elizabeth, N. J. .... ..1.975
Officers of the American Bowling congress
1924-1925: President, C. C. Ryan, Kenosha,
Wis.: secretary, A. L. Langtry. 175 2d street,
Milwaukee, Wis.; treasurer, F. L. Pasdeloup,
Chicago, Ill.

INTERNATIONAL BOWLING ASSOCIATION.
The International Bowling association tour-
nament of 1924 was held in St. Paul, Minn..
Feb. 9-17 inclusive. Event winners to date:
Five-Man Teams.

Year. Team and city.
1903-Acmes, St. Paul.
1904-Capitols, St. Paul.
1905-Courts, St. Paul.
1906-Capitols, St. Paul.

ILLINOIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. Illinois Bowling association was held in ChiThe twenty-sixth annual tournament of the cago, April 15-May 20, 1924. Record of winners to date: Five-Man Teams. Year. Team and city.

Score.

2,726

1898-Interclub league, Chicago.

.2.425

2.694

1899-Interclub league, Chicago.

.2.581

2,820

1900-Chicago league, Chicago.

.2.574

2,746

1901-Chicago league, Chicago.