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Title:Sailor Burke, Boxing, from Mecca & Hassan Champion Athlete and Prize Fighter collection, 1910
Publisher:Hassan Cigarettes (American)
Date:1910
Medium:Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions:Sheet: 2 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. (7.3 x 6.4 cm)
Classifications:Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line:The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
Object Number:63.350.247.218.66
Inscription: Printed on recto: Sailor Burke Printed on verso: SAILOR BURKE, the Middleweight, was born/in Brooklyn, October 7, 1884. His first fight of/importance was with Peter Maher in 1906. Since/that time he has met nearly every man of import-/ance is his class. The flollowing is list of his/most important battels:/Decision Rounds/1906, Mar. 27--Won, Peter Maher, New York...2/1906, May 18--Won, Jim Donovan, New York...5/1906, May 21--Won, Joe Grim, Brooklyn...3/1906, Sept. 11--Lost, Hugo Kelly, Chelsea...5/1906, Sept. 27--Won, Charley Sinclair, N.Y....2/1906, Oct. 18--Won, Jim Scanlon, Haverhill...3/1906, Nov. 26--Won, Charley O'Rourke, Valley Falls...4/1907, May 28--Won, Dave Holly, Bridgeport...3/1907, June 13--Lost, Johnny Carroll, N.Y....2/1907, July 17--Won, Jack Robinson, New York...4/1907, Sept. 12--No decision, Jack Johnson, Bridgeport...6/1908, May 9--Won, Kid Griffin, New York...3/1908, May 18--No decision, Fred Bradley, New York...6/1908, June 30--Won, Jim Savage, New York...3/1908, Aug. 18--No decision, Billy Papke, New York...6/1908, Nov. 24--Won, Joe Thomas, Boston...12/1909, Aug 13--Lost, Willie Lewis, New York...6/HASSAN CORK TIP CIGARETTES/The Oriental Smoke/THE LARGEST SELLING BRAND OF CIGARETTES IN AMERICA./FACTORY No.649 1st DIST. N.Y.
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