Games and Sports
Abstracts: 12
Abstracts
979
Cleveland Morning Leader, 2 August 1864
(ed; 18 inches)
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979 - L Aug. 2; ed: 2/1 - "There has been no better symptom of a healthy
growth of public opinion than the progress which has been made within
the few years past in the cultivation of athletic games."
The time has come when people are beginning to realize that a strong
healthy athletic body is just as important as a cultivated mind. It is
impossible for a strong mind to function properly if attached to a puny,
weak body. -
Within the past ten years much interest has been shown on the question
of making sound minds in sound bodies. Sich progress has been made, that
all schools, whether high school, academy, or college, are decidedly
behind the times without some physical education.
Ball playing is fast becoming one of the fire arts in many educational
institutions in the east. To be a good baseball or cricket player, is
to enjoy honors equal to those bestowed on a valedictorian.
Provisions should be made in Cleveland enabling women and girls to
learn swimming. "If we could have our views realized, we should have
bathing houses on the lake shore to enable all classes to learn the art
of swimming. Let us, as a people, encourage athlctic games and sports."
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Billiards -*- (18)
Index terms:
*Games & Sports
980
Cleveland Morning Leader, 25 January 1864
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980 - L. Jan. 25:4/2 - Wizeman's billiard saloon in the Empire billiard
*00ms on the south side of Superior, at the foot of Bank st., is the
largest saloon in the city and is well fitted up with all requisites for
the game. It contains the finest carom game in the city. (2)
Index terms:
Bank st.; *Billiards; Empire billiard rooms; Wizeman's biiliard saloon
981
Cleveland Morning Leader, 15 January 1864
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981 - L. Jan. 15:4/4 - Phil Tieman of the LEADER was dispatched to Cin-
cinnati to write about an amateur billiard game. His article has a play-
by-play description of the game.
Players' names are not mentioned. - (11)
Index terms:
Cincinnati, O.; Cleveland LEADER; Tieman, Phil
982
Cleveland Morning Leader, 10 February 1864
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982 - L. Feb. 10:4/2 - A billiard match was played between Mr. Finch and
Mr. Britton at Wallace McGrath's rooms. They played 1,000 points; Finch
won by 115 points. Mr. Finch gained advantage at the beginning of the
game and held it. (2)
Index terms:
Britton (billiard player); Finch; McGrath, Wallace
983
Cleveland Morning Leader, 12 February 1864
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983 - L. Feb. 12:4/2 - The billiard match in McGrath's saloon between Mr.
Coon and Mr. Frink, 500 points carom, for $500, was won by Mr. Coon by *
157 points. Mr. Coon's largest run was 57, and Mr. Frink's 25. (2)
Index terms:
Coon; Frink; McGrath, Wallace
984
Cleveland Morning Leader, 15 February 1864
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984 - L. Feb. 15:2/2 - In the billiard match between Messrs. Frink and
Britton, 500 points, for $250 a side, at Wizeman's billiard saloon, Mr.
Britton wcm by over 100 points. (2)
Index terms:
Britton (billiard player); Frink; Wizeman's biiliard saloon
985
Cleveland Morning Leader, 5 March 1864
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985 - L. Mar. 5:2/1 - A billiard match was held between Messrs. Coon and
Frink, 1,000 points carom. Mr. Frink won by 417 points. Mr. Coon's
largest run was 67, and Mr. Frink's 55. (1)
Index terms:
Coon; Frink
986
Cleveland Morning Leader, 12 March 1864
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986 - L. Mar. 12:4/2 - Charlie Frink, well-known billiard player in Cleve-
land, made a run of 515 points on Wizeman's carom table, beginning the
run while playing a regular game. (1)
Index terms:
Frink; Wizeman's biiliard saloon
987
Cleveland Morning Leader, 24 March 1864
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987 - L. Mar. 24:4/2 - A billiard match, 500 points carom, $500 up, came
off at Wizeman's saloon yesterday between Mr. Frink and a Pittsburgh
gentleman. Mr. Frink won by 210 points. (1)
Index terms:
Frink; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Wizeman's biiliard saloon
988
Cleveland Morning Leader, 25 March 1864
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988 - L. Mar. 25:4/4 - A billiard match was held at McGrath's rooms on
Superior st. between Frank Parker of Chicago and John Coon of Cleve-
land. The match was for $300 a side, 1,000 points carom. It was won by
Mr. Parker by 140 points. (3)
Index terms:
Chicago, Ill.; Coon; McGrath, Wallace; Parker, Frank (Chicago)
989
Cleveland Morning Leader, 4 April 1864
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989 - L. Apr. 4:4/5 - A match of billiards between John Coon of Cleveland
and Frank Parker of Chicago was won by Parker by 150 points. The time
of the game was two hours and a half. The highest run of Mr. Parker was
118, and of Mr. Coon, 69. (5)
Index terms:
Chicago, Ill.; Coon; Parker, Frank (Chicago)
990
Cleveland Morning Leader, 6 May 1864
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990 - L. May 6:4/2 - The billiard match yesterday at Wizeman's saloon be-
tween Nicholas Foster of Columbus and Charles Frink of Cleveland was won
by Mr. Foster. The game was 500 points carom, for $200. (2)
Index terms:
Columbus, O.; Foster, Nicholas (Columbus, O.); Frink; Wizeman's biiliard saloon