Author: S. Derby Gisclair
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476633053
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Established in 1883, the Olympic Club catered to a variety of pursuits from target shooting to billiards to boxing--the most popular sport in New Orleans, despite legal prohibitions. A revised city ordinance and a vague state statute permitting boxing sponsored by chartered athletic clubs were frequently tested at the Olympic, the epicenter of boxing in America. Between 1890 and 1894, the club's 10,000-seat arena hosted six world championship and seven national or regional title bouts. The 1892 Fistic Carnival featured three world title fights on three consecutive days, culminating in the World Heavyweight Championship between John L. Sullivan and James J. Corbett.
The Olympic Club of New Orleans
Author: S. Derby Gisclair
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476674450
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Established in 1883, the Olympic Club catered to a variety of pursuits from target shooting to billiards to boxing--the most popular sport in New Orleans, despite legal prohibitions. A revised city ordinance and a vague state statute permitting boxing sponsored by chartered athletic clubs were frequently tested at the Olympic, the epicenter of boxing in America. Between 1890 and 1894, the club's 10,000-seat arena hosted six world championship and seven national or regional title bouts. The 1892 Fistic Carnival featured three world title fights on three consecutive days, culminating in the World Heavyweight Championship between John L. Sullivan and James J. Corbett.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476674450
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Established in 1883, the Olympic Club catered to a variety of pursuits from target shooting to billiards to boxing--the most popular sport in New Orleans, despite legal prohibitions. A revised city ordinance and a vague state statute permitting boxing sponsored by chartered athletic clubs were frequently tested at the Olympic, the epicenter of boxing in America. Between 1890 and 1894, the club's 10,000-seat arena hosted six world championship and seven national or regional title bouts. The 1892 Fistic Carnival featured three world title fights on three consecutive days, culminating in the World Heavyweight Championship between John L. Sullivan and James J. Corbett.
The Olympic Club of New Orleans
Author: S. Derby Gisclair
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476633053
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Established in 1883, the Olympic Club catered to a variety of pursuits from target shooting to billiards to boxing--the most popular sport in New Orleans, despite legal prohibitions. A revised city ordinance and a vague state statute permitting boxing sponsored by chartered athletic clubs were frequently tested at the Olympic, the epicenter of boxing in America. Between 1890 and 1894, the club's 10,000-seat arena hosted six world championship and seven national or regional title bouts. The 1892 Fistic Carnival featured three world title fights on three consecutive days, culminating in the World Heavyweight Championship between John L. Sullivan and James J. Corbett.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476633053
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Established in 1883, the Olympic Club catered to a variety of pursuits from target shooting to billiards to boxing--the most popular sport in New Orleans, despite legal prohibitions. A revised city ordinance and a vague state statute permitting boxing sponsored by chartered athletic clubs were frequently tested at the Olympic, the epicenter of boxing in America. Between 1890 and 1894, the club's 10,000-seat arena hosted six world championship and seven national or regional title bouts. The 1892 Fistic Carnival featured three world title fights on three consecutive days, culminating in the World Heavyweight Championship between John L. Sullivan and James J. Corbett.
Olympic Club
Author: Olympic Club (New Orleans, La.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boxing
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boxing
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
The Rise of Sports in New Orleans
Author: Dale A. Somers
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781455611294
Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
During the nineteenth century, New Orleans won and stoutly defended a reputation for amusement and dissipation that made it distinct among American cities. Exquisite cuisine, theaters, casinos, and private clubs attracted the affluent, while gambling dens, saloons, public ballrooms, cockfights, and ten-pin alleys drew the masses. In the antebellum period, organized sports were added to the numerous diversions already available. This book, on a neglected aspect of American social life, treats an important facet of Louisiana history and shows how the growth of cities contributed to the emergence of a leisure ethic. Professor Somers explains the reasons for the rapidly growing interest in sports, their impact on the city�s social and economic life, and their effect upon race relations and the emancipation of women. In the space of some fifty years sports, moved from a minor to a major role in the city�s play habits. By the turn of the century, sports played an unprecedented part in the daily lives of New Orleanians and thousands of other Americans.
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781455611294
Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
During the nineteenth century, New Orleans won and stoutly defended a reputation for amusement and dissipation that made it distinct among American cities. Exquisite cuisine, theaters, casinos, and private clubs attracted the affluent, while gambling dens, saloons, public ballrooms, cockfights, and ten-pin alleys drew the masses. In the antebellum period, organized sports were added to the numerous diversions already available. This book, on a neglected aspect of American social life, treats an important facet of Louisiana history and shows how the growth of cities contributed to the emergence of a leisure ethic. Professor Somers explains the reasons for the rapidly growing interest in sports, their impact on the city�s social and economic life, and their effect upon race relations and the emancipation of women. In the space of some fifty years sports, moved from a minor to a major role in the city�s play habits. By the turn of the century, sports played an unprecedented part in the daily lives of New Orleanians and thousands of other Americans.
Beyond the Ring
Author: Jeffrey T. Sammons
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252061455
Category : Boxing
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Documents the ruin waiting for almost all those ill-advised enough to become professional boxers. The author confirms the legends, of crime, of swindling, of the miserable economic rewards allotted to the vast majority of fighters, and the traditional racism of the American ring.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252061455
Category : Boxing
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Documents the ruin waiting for almost all those ill-advised enough to become professional boxers. The author confirms the legends, of crime, of swindling, of the miserable economic rewards allotted to the vast majority of fighters, and the traditional racism of the American ring.
The World Almanac and Book of Facts
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
Book Description
Lists news events, population figures, and miscellaneous data of an historic, economic, scientific and social nature.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
Book Description
Lists news events, population figures, and miscellaneous data of an historic, economic, scientific and social nature.
Louisiana Reports
Author: Louisiana. Supreme Court
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana
Author: Louisiana. Supreme Court
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac ...
Nonpareil Jack Dempsey
Author: Joseph S. Page
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476677646
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Hall of Fame middleweight prizefighter John Edward Kelly, better known as Nonpareil Jack Dempsey, was one of the most popular athletes in the United States during the late 19th century. To many observers, Dempsey is one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters in ring history. Inside the ropes, he was fearless, poised, quick, agile, and had terrific punching power with both hands. His story is rich--full of amazing highs and terrible lows. He was a poor immigrant Irish boy who scaled great heights to become one of this nation's first sports celebrities. He became a household name, wealthy and popular. But much too soon, it all came crashing down. His violent profession, alcoholism, mental illness, and tuberculosis left little to recognize of the valiant hero of so many battles.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476677646
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Hall of Fame middleweight prizefighter John Edward Kelly, better known as Nonpareil Jack Dempsey, was one of the most popular athletes in the United States during the late 19th century. To many observers, Dempsey is one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters in ring history. Inside the ropes, he was fearless, poised, quick, agile, and had terrific punching power with both hands. His story is rich--full of amazing highs and terrible lows. He was a poor immigrant Irish boy who scaled great heights to become one of this nation's first sports celebrities. He became a household name, wealthy and popular. But much too soon, it all came crashing down. His violent profession, alcoholism, mental illness, and tuberculosis left little to recognize of the valiant hero of so many battles.