INDEX
- Advertisement, a typical, of a hundred years ago, [59].
- Albert Hall contests—
- Burns v. Beckett, [155];
- Carpentier v. Cook, [189-92].
- All India Championship, 1909, [174].
- Amateur Boxing Association rules, [203].
- American Union rules, [146].
- Amphitheatre, Broughton’s, [3], [4], [6].
- Andover, [68].
- Angle, Mr., decision in the Jackson-Slavin fight, [126].
- Appleby in Warwickshire, [86].
- Apreece, Sir Thomas, umpire to Mendoza, [16-17];
- timekeeper in Cribb v. Molineux, [46].
- Aston, Mr. Harvey, [17].
- Attitudes, [86].
- Banbury, [7].
- Barclay, Captain, referee, [37];
- Tom Cribb trained by, [41-42], [52-54].
- Bare-knuckle fighting, nature of, [60-61].
- Bartholomew, Jack, Jem Belcher and, [24].
- Basham, Johnny, [194].
- Beckett, Joe, Broughton compared with, [3];
- and Tommy Burns, [154-57];
- and Bombardier Wells,
- [170-76];
- and Pat O’Keefe, [172];
- and Carpentier, [173], [183];
- and Frank Goddard, [173];
- and Eddie McGoorty, [173];
- and Dick Smith, [173].
- Belcher, Jem, Broughton compared with, [4];
- early fights, [23-25];
- Joe Berks and, [25];
- accident to, [25-26];
- and Hen Pearce, [26-29];
- and Tom Cribb, [30-33], [41-43], [74], [92];
- reputation of, [85-86];
- and Tom Sayers, [108];
- character, [171].
- —— Tom, [52];
- seconds Neate, [64], [68-69];
- seconds Langan, [76-77].
- Bell’s Life in London, articles quoted, [80], [82];
- presentation to the editor, [84-85];
- report of Bendigo v. Burke, [86];
- Bendigo v. Caunt, [96];
- Langham v. Sayers, [99].
- Bendigo and Deaf Burke, [85-87];
- the Champion belt, [93];
- and Ben Caunt, [93-97];
- character, [97-98].
- Berkeley, Colonel, referee, [73].
- Berks, Joe, and Jem Belcher, [25], [27];
- and Hen Pearce, [26].
- Birdham Bridge, the Langan v. Spring contest, [75-76].
- Bittoon, Isaac, Tom Jones and, [24-25].
- Blyth, near Doncaster, [26].
- Boots, [59].
- Borrow, George, on Jack Randall, cited, [60];
- on Tom Spring, [68].
- Bowker, Joe, [194].
- Boxers and Their Battles, “Thormanby,” quoted, [49].
- Boxing, English style, [194];
- the science of, [171];
- necessity for “character” in the boxer, [171];
- thoughts on modern, [201-4].
- “Boy Jim,” [25].
- Bradyl, Mr., [14].
- Brain, Big Ben, [8].
- Britton, Jem Belcher and, [24].
- Brompton cemetery, John Jackson buried, [22].
- Broughton, John, and Slack, [3-6].
- Broughton’s Rules, [13].
- Burke, Deaf, and Simon Byrne, [80-84], [201];
- Bendigo and, [85-87];
- and Nick Ward, [93].
- Burns, Tommy, and Jack Johnson, [147-53];
- style, [150-51];
- and Joe Beckett, [154-57];
- his commercialism, [178].
- Byrne, Simon, and Deaf Burke, [80-84], [201].
- Byron, sparring with Jackson, [21-22].
- California Athletic Club, [121].
- Cannon, Tom, and Deaf Burke, [83].
- Carpentier, Georges, and George Cook, [38], [189-92];
- a genuine champion, [148];
- and Bombardier Wells, [163-69];
- appearance, [170];
- “character,” [171];
- and Beckett, [173], [183];
- methods, [174];
- account of, [176];
- and Jeff Smith, [176], [178-82];
- and Frank Klaus, [178];
- and Papke, [178];
- and Battling Levinsky, [183];
- and Dick Smith, [183];
- and Jack Dempsey, [183-88], [192];
- war service, [183].
- Carson City, Nevada, Fitzsimmons v. Corbett contest, [135].
- Castle Tavern, Holborn, taken by Tom Spring, [78].
- Caunt, Ben, and Bendigo, [85-86], [93-97];
- Nat Langham trained by, [99].
- “Charlemagne” and Jerry Driscoll, [176].
- Choynski, Joe, Corbett and, [128];
- Fitzsimmons and, [133];
- Jefferies and, [139].
- Church, [59].
- Clarence, Duke of (afterwards William IV.), [30].
- Clinches, the English tradition regarding, [139-40].
- Clohessey, Private, and Bombardier Wells, [164].
- Cock, the, Epping, [12].
- “Colour line,” Sullivan and the, [128].
- Combe, Mr., umpire to Humphries, [16].
- “Commercialism,” [154-55].
- Coney Island Athletic Club, Jefferies v. Fitzsimmons contest, [139-43].
- Cook, George, and Carpentier, [38], [189-92].
- Cooper, Gipsy, Tom Hickman and, [64].
- Copthall Common, [46], [53].
- Corbett, James J., and Peter Jackson, [121-22];
- and John L. Sullivan, [127-32];
- and Robert Fitzsimmons, [133-38].
- Cornhill Magazine, article by Thackeray on the Sayers v. Heenan contest, [114].
- Corri, Mr. Eugene, Thirty Years a Boxing Referee, quoted, on Peter Jackson, [122-25];
- referee in Wilde v. Mansfield, [199-200].
- Crawley Downs, Jack Randall v. Ned Turner contest, [60].
- Crawley, Peter, Tom Hickman and, [64].
- Creedon, Dan, and Fitzsimmons, [133].
- Cribb, Tom, and Jem Belcher, [30-33], [41-43], [74], [92];
- supports John Gulley, [35];
- Gregson’s lines in honour of, [40];
- and Molineux, [44], [46-54], [68], [75];
- a remark of, [61];
- seconds Spring, [68], [73], [75-77].
- Crookham Common, Yankee Sullivan v. Hammer Lane contest, [87].
- Crosby, near Liverpool, [94].
- Crouch, Abe, and Tom Sayers, [99].
- Cumberland, Duke of, patron of Broughton, [5-6].
- Curphey, Jack, and Bombardier Wells, [173].
- Curtis, Dick, seconds Deaf Burke, [81], [83].
- Customs of the Ring, [95].
- Daily Oracle and Advertiser, [21].
- Davis, Tom, and Hammer Lane, [92].
- Deaths, accidental, [80-84].
- Deerhurst, Lord, [73].
- Dempsey, Jack, and Fitzsimmons, [133], [183];
- —— (The new), and Jess Willard, [162], [183];
- and Georges Carpentier, [183-88], [192].
- Descamps, M., manager to Georges Carpentier, [168];
- gymnasium of, [176-78];
- intervention in the Carpentier v. Jeff Smith contest, [181];
- power of, [192].
- Dieppe, Carpentier v. Klaus, contest at, [178].
- Dixson, W. Wilmott, see “Thormanby.”
- Don river, [17].
- Doncaster, [17].
- Doyle, Sir A. Conan, Rodney Stone, [25].
- Driscoll, Jem, style, [154], [157], [199];
- winner of the Lonsdale belt, [194];
- and Spike Robson, [194-97];
- and Jean Poésy, [197-98].
- —— Jerry, and Charlemagne, [176].
- Dunstable volunteers called out, [36].
- Eales, [59].
- Edinburgh Star, The, [54].
- Egan, Pierce, quoted, on Perrins and Johnson, [8-9];
- on the Humphries-Mendoza contest, [14];
- on the rules of 1795, [20];
- on the “Lancashire” method, [38];
- on Gregson, [39];
- on Cribb v. Molineux, [46-50].
- “English attitude,” the, [69].
- English Heavy-Weight Championship held by Bombardier Wells, [164].
- Epsom racecourse, the, [41].
- Farnborough, Heenan v. Sayers contest, [108].
- Fearby and Belcher, [25], [27].
- Fewterel of Birmingham, [19].
- Figg, [3].
- Fight, The, Hazlitt, [64].
- “Fight,” use of the term condemned, [126], note.
- Film, the, and Boxing, [149].
- Finchley Common, [24].
- Fisher, [59].
- Fistiania, or the Oracle of the Ring, cited, [3].
- Fitzsimmons, Mrs., [136].
- —— Robert, and James J. Corbett, [133-38];
- and James J. Jefferies, [139-46], [160];
- character, [171].
- Fives Court, St. Martin’s Street, [59].
- “Fly-Weight Champion of the World,” Jimmy Wilde’s title, [199-200].
- Foley, Larry, [121].
- Fouls, [91], [113];
- Bendigo and Caunt, [85-86].
- French Flying Corps, [183].
- French, the, as boxers, [109].
- From Pit Boy to Champion Boxer, Lucas, [177].
- Gamble, Andrew, and Jem Belcher, [24].
- Gaynor, Tom, [81].
- Ghent Exhibition, Carpentier v. Wells match, [165-66].
- Gibbons, Bill, second to Gulley, [37];
- to Molineux, [53].
- Goddard, Frank, and Joe Beckett, [172-73].
- Goodricke, Sir H., [73].
- Grain, Isle of, [103].
- Grant, Jack, and Tom Sayers, [99].
- Gregson, Bob, and John Gulley, [35-39];
- personality, [39-40].
- Gulley, John, and Hen Pearce, [26], [34-35];
- and Bob Gregson, [35-39];
- seconds Cribb, [46], [53].
- Hague, Iron, [164].
- Hailsham, [34].
- Hall, Jem, and Fitzsimmons, [133].
- Hamilton, Colonel, [17].
- Hampton Court, [30].
- Hannan, seconds Bendigo, [97].
- Harmer, Harry, [59];
- seconds Neate, [64], [68].
- Hart, Marvin, and Tommy Burns, [148].
- Hatfield, Caunt trained at, [94].
- Hayes, Bill, [103].
- Hazlitt, William, The Fight, [64];
- description of Neate v. Hickman, [65].
- “Heavy-Weight,” Times article on the Heenan-Sayers match, [116-17].
- Heenan, John, Tom Sayers and, [107-17].
- Hertford Assizes, trial on death of Simon Byrne, [84].
- —— Police, warrant to apprehend Tom Sayers, [107].
- Hickman, Tom, [59];
- Bill Neate and, [64-67].
- Hinkley Downs, [68].
- Holborn Stadium, Joe Beckett v. Wells match, [172];
- Jimmy Wilde v. Alf Mansfield, [199-200].
- Hole in the Wall, Chancery Lane, [63].
- Holt, [59].
- Home Office, intervention in the proposed Wells v. Johnson match, [164].
- Hornchurch, [19].
- Hounslow Races, [4].
- Hudson, Josh, [59];
- seconds Langham, [73].
- Humphries, Richard, [57];
- and Daniel Mendoza, 1787, [12-14];
- 1789, [15-16];
- 1790, [17-19].
- Hungerford, [64].
- Hurley Bottom, near Maidenhead, [25].
- India, Championship held by Wells, [164].
- Ingleston, George, [19].
- Jackson, John, second to Humphries, [17];
- and Mendoza, [19-20];
- a letter to Mendoza, [21];
- rooms at Old Bond Street, [21-22], [52];
- keeps time in Belcher v. Cribb, [30];
- superintending the ring, [46], [53], [70], [76].
- —— Peter, reputation, [45], [149], [151], [158];
- and Frank Slavin, [121-26];
- and James Corbett, [121-22].
- Jefferies, James J., methods, [134];
- and Robert Fitzsimmons, [139-46];
- and Jack Johnson, [158-62].
- Jews among the boxers of England, [12].
- Johnson, Jack, reputation, [44], [85];
- and Tommy Burns, [147-53];
- and James J. Jefferies, [158-62].
- —— Tom, and Isaac Perrins, [7-11];
- second to Humphries, [13], [16], [17];
- to Mendoza, [17];
- his figure, [26];
- and Tom Sayers, [108];
- character, [171].
- “Jolly Butchers,” Wardour St., [26].
- Jones, Paddington, and Jem Belcher, [24];
- seconds Molineux, [46].
- —— Tom, and Isaac Bittoon, [24-25].
- Journee, Paul, and Wells, [173].
- Keene, Alec, seconds Tom Sayers, [99], [101].
- Kilrain, Jake, and Sullivan, [128-30].
- Klaus, Frank, and Carpentier, [178].
- Lane, Hammer, and Yankee Sullivan, [87-92];
- and Tom Davis, [92].
- Langan, Jack and Tom Spring, [72-78];
- generosity of, [78-79].
- Langham, Nat, and Tom Sayers, [99-103].
- Ledoux, Charles, [194].
- Lee, Harry, and Mendoza, [20].
- —— Tancy, [194].
- Lens, colliers of, and Carpentier, [165-66], [176].
- Levinsky, Battling, and Carpentier, [183].
- Longford, Lord, backer of Bendigo, [98].
- Lonsdale Belt, Pat O’Keefe the winner, [167];
- won by Jem Driscoll, [194].
- Lonsdale, Lord, on the use of the word “Fight,” [126], note.
- Lucas, F. H., From Pit Boy to Champion Boxer, [177].
- “Lying on,” art of, [155].
- Macdonald, Jack, seconds Perry [103].
- Mace, Jem, [121];
- competition organised by, [133].
- McGoorty, Eddie, and Beckett, [173];
- and Bombardier Wells, [173].
- McKay, death of, [80].
- Maher, Peter, [133].
- Mahoney, Packey, [166].
- Mansfield, Alf, and Jimmy Wilde, [199-200].
- Martin, Jack, and Jack Randall, [62-63].
- Mendoza, Daniel, [57];
- and Richard Humphries, [12-19];
- and John Jackson, [19-20];
- and Harry Lee, [20];
- and Tom Owen, [21].
- Miles, Henry Downs, Pugilistica, by, [49].
- Mitchell, Charley, seconds Kilrain, [130].
- Moir, Gunner, and Tommy Burns, [148-49];
- and Bombardier Wells, [167].
- Molineux and Tom Cribb, [40], [44], [46-54], [68], [75];
- history of, [45-46].
- Molyneux, and Hammer Lane, [88].
- Monte Video, boxing in, [202].
- Moulsey Hurst, [30].
- “Mouth fighting,” [145-46], [151-54].
- “Mufflers,” [34].
- National Sporting Club contests:
- Frank Slavin v. Peter Jackson, [121-26];
- a private meeting with Fitzsimmons, [134];
- Wells v. Iron Hague, [164];
- Wells v. Packey Mahoney, [166];
- Carpentier v. Wells, [167];
- Jem Driscoll contests, [194], [197-98].
- Neate, Bill, and Tom Hickman, [64-67];
- and Tom Spring, [68-71];
- manner of, [95].
- New Jersey, U.S.A., Jack Dempsey v. Carpentier, [184].
- New Orleans, Sullivan v. Corbett, [128-29].
- Newbury in Berkshire, Neate v. Hickman, [64].
- Nichols, George, and Tom Cribb, [30].
- Nigger, the, in Boxing, [44-45].
- No Man’s Land, Hertfordshire, Deaf Burke v. Simon Byrne, [80].
- No-Decision contests, [146].
- Northumberland, Duke of, and Bill Richmond, [46].
- Nosworthy, [59].
- “Nottingham Lambs” support Bendigo, [96-97].
- Nottingham Steeplechases, 1840, [93].
- Odiham in Hampshire, [12].
- O’Keefe, Pat, and Bombardier Wells, [167];
- and Joe Beckett, [172].
- Old Bond Street, Jackson’s rooms, [21-22].
- “Old K Legs,” nickname of the Tipton Slasher, [103].
- Old Swan Stairs, [7].
- Oliver, Tom, seconds Jack Randall, [59-60];
- and Tom Hickman, [64].
- Olympia, Joe Beckett v. Bombardier Wells, [173-75].
- O’Neill, Colonel, Langan’s backer, [76-77].
- Osbaldiston, Squire, referee in Bendigo v. Caunt, [95], [97].
- Owen, Tom, [59];
- and Mendoza, [21];
- seconds Ned Turner, [60].
- Painter, Ned, seconds Spring, [68], [73], [76];
- referee in Sullivan v. Lane, [91].
- Palmer, Pedlar, [194].
- Papke, and Carpentier, [178].
- Parish, [59].
- Parker, Tass, Bendigo’s challenge, [93];
- and the Tipton Slasher, [102];
- seconds William Perry, [103].
- Pearce, Henry, and Jem Belcher, [26-29];
- and John Gulley, [34], [36].
- Perrins, Isaac, [103];
- and Tom Johnson, [7-11].
- Perry, William, see Slasher, the Tipton.
- Pinckney, Mr., [45].
- Plimmer, Billy, [194].
- Plough Inn, Carey Street, [34].
- Poésy, Jean, and Jem Driscoll, [192-98];
- and Digger Stanley, [198].
- Pontefract, [34].
- Prize money, amount in 1789, [7-8].
- Prize-Ring, the, and modern Boxing, [201-4].
- Punch, lines by Thackeray on the Sayers-Heenan contest, [114-16];
- on the boxer’s appearance, [171].
- Pugilistic Benevolent Association, revised Rules of the Ring, [204-8].
- Pugilistica, Miles, quoted, [49].
- Randall, Jack, [59];
- and Ned Turner, [60-62];
- and Jack Martin, [62-63].
- Reeves, Harry, and Bombardier Wells, [173].
- Referee, action regarding “breaking,” [139-40];
- duty of the, [156].
- Reno in Nevada, Jefferies v. Johnson, [158-62].
- Reynolds, Tom, seconds Langan, [73-75];
- complaint of, [75].
- Richmond, Bill, and Tom Cribb, [30];
- supports Bob Gregson, [35];
- seconds Molineux, [44-46], [49-50], [52-53];
- seconds Ned Turner, [59-60].
- Ring, broken in the Langan v. Spring contest, [73].
- Robertson, Colonel Archibald, [107-8].
- Robson, Spike, and Jem Driscoll, [194-97].
- Rodney Stone, Conan Doyle, [25].
- Ruhlin, Gus, [139].
- Rules of the American Union, [146].
- Rules of the Ring, [96], [204-8];
- English, regarding hitting in holds, [139-40].
- Rushcutter’s Bay, Sydney, Tommy Burns v. Jack Johnson, [150].
- St. Martin’s Street, the racquets court, [25].
- Sampson, [59].
- San Francisco, Jefferies v. Fitzsimmons, [143].
- Savate, La, decay of, [176].
- Sawbridgeworth, [56].
- Say and Sele, Lord, backs Jem Belcher, [30].
- Sayers, Tom, [53];
- and Nat Langham, [99-101];
- and the Tipton Slasher, [102];
- warrant for his arrest, [107-8];
- and the Benicia Boy, [107-17];
- character, [171].
- Scholfield, J., [51].
- Scroggins, Jack, and Ned Turner, [55-59].
- Seabright, Sir John, [37].
- Sellinger Cup Week, 1790, [17].
- Shelton, Tom, [59];
- seconds Hickman, [64].
- Shepperton, Turner v. Sayers, [58].
- Six Mile Bottom, near Newmarket, [35].
- Slack, Jack, and Broughton, [3-6];
- Jem Belcher his grandson, [23].
- Slasher, the Tipton (William Perry), and Tom Sayers, [102].
- Slavin, Frank, and Peter Jackson, [121-26].
- Smith, Dick, and Joe Beckett, [172-73];
- and Carpentier, [183].
- —— Jeff, and Georges Carpentier, [176], [178-82].
- Spring, Tom, [59];
- Broughton compared with, [4];
- seconds Hickman, [64], [66];
- and Bill Neate, [68-71];
- and Jack Langan, [72-78];
- death of, [79];
- seconds Simon Byrne, [81-84];
- attitude, [86];
- interest in Caunt, [94], [96];
- character, [171].
- Stanley, Digger, and Jean Poésy, [198].
- Stewart, Mr., [25].
- Stilton in Huntingdon, [15].
- Stock Exchange, gift to Molineux, [50].
- Sullivan, John L., [135];
- James J. Corbett and, [127-32].
- —— Yankee, and Hammer Lane, [88-92].
- Summers, Johnny, [194].
- Sutfield Green, Oxford, Bendigo v. Caunt, [94].
- Swift, Owen, and Hammer Lane, [87];
- action of, [106].
- Thackeray, W. M., articles in the Cornhill Magazine and Punch on the Sayers-Heenan match, [114-16].
- Thirty Years a Boxing Referee, Eugene Corri, [122].
- Thistleton Gap, [51].
- Thompson, John, [85], [93].
- —— William, see Bendigo.
- —— Mrs., [94].
- “Thormanby,” pen-name of W. Wilmott Dixson, [52];
- on Molineux, [45];
- Boxers and their Battles, quoted, [49], [52];
- generosity of, [78-79];
- on Bendigo’s arrest, [85], [93], [98].
- Thornton, Mr., [15].
- Thurtell, [64].
- Times, The, letter from Molineux to Cribb, [51];
- notice regarding Tom Sayers’s fight, [107];
- on the Heenan-Sayers contest, [111];
- article by “Heavy-Weight,” [116-17];
- report of Deaf Burke’s trial, [201].
- Townley, Arthur, and Bombardier Wells, [173].
- Turner, Ned, and Jack Scroggins, [55-59];
- and Jack Randall, [60-62].
- Turners, the three, [59].
- Union Arms, Panton Street, [54].
- Ward, Jem, the Championship held by, [68], [80];
- seconds Simon Byrne, [81], [82], [84];
- seconds Bendigo, [87], [97];
- gives the Champion’s belt to Bendigo, [93].
- —— Joe, seconds Gulley, [37];
- seconds Cribb, [46], [49-50], [53].
- —— Nick, and Ben Caunt, [93].
- Warr, Bill, [24].
- Weare, Mr., backs Bill Neate, [64].
- Wells, Bombardier, and Georges Carpentier, [163-69];
- character, [163-64];
- appearance, [170];
- and Joe Beckett, [170-76];
- and Arthur Townley, [173];
- and Eddie McGoorty, [173];
- and Harry Reeves, [173];
- and Jack Curphey, [173];
- and Paul Journee, [173].
- Whitaker, [59].
- White, seconds Jack Randall, [60].
- “White hope,” a search for, [158-59], [164].
- Wilde, Jimmy, Fly-Weight Champion of the World, [198-200];
- and Alf Mansfield, [199-200].
- Willard, Jess, and Jack Johnson, [162];
- and Jack Dempsey, [183].
- Winnings, amount in 1750, [6].
- Winter, see Spring, Tom.
- Women at the Albert Hall, [190].
- Worcester Racecourse, Spring v. Langan, [72-73].
- “World’s Championship,” the phrase, [121];
- holders in 1915 and after, [162];
- Sullivan’s title, [128];
- World’s Middle-Weight Championship held by Robert Fitzsimmons, [133];
- the Heavy-Weight Championship won by Tommy Burns, [148].
GLASGOW: W. COLLINS SONS AND CO. LTD.