When you have an opportunity, could you please contact me ?? I am interested in information about my uncle, Jack Weday. You recorded a bout that he had with Jack Lalor and I would like to know how or where you got your info so I can try and gather info on uncle Jack.
Thanks, martin

Barry, I just realized my error. I don't want to communicate with Jack Lalor, of course, I hope to communicate with the New Zealand historian.
He must have come across an article in the paper or such and I would love to read it.
thanks, martin

Wow ! I struck gold in finding you. 1. I checked out newspaperarchive.com and searched jack weday too. It returned 40 pages available. It is membership based, so I gather it is worthwhile to join at least for a month to see those articles. I couldn't see which papers the pages were from, but since y...

Thanks for the reply. If that's the case you have probably run across Jack Weday and a lot of the boxers he met. I've been looking at microfilm of the LA Times and Commercial Advertiser - Honolulu for info. I now might start in on the Salt Lake City Tribune where Jack may have been for 1898 and 1899...

1. I have been researching my great uncle's boxing records. He is Jack Weday and boxed from 1897 to 1904, 05 or 06. You have a record of him but only show 3 bouts. What do I need to do to have the matches that I have found in newspapers added ?? Mostly I only have who he fought and whether he won, l...

Jack Weday was boxing champion of the US Navy in 1897. He then went on to box in Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, Hawaii. He fought the likes of Jim Tremble, Billy Woods, Billy Gallagher, Frank Purcell, Jack Moffat, Jack Hammond, Phil Green, Jack Ortega, Scaldy Quinn, Jim Hodges, Dummy Rowan, Joe Cotton...