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].

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