Quiz: Top Athletes Who Grabbed the Headlines Early 1900s?

lumpymo · Post by **lumpymo** » 04 Jan 2005, 20:59

Jimmy Wilde? Stanley Ketchel? Buster Crabbe?

cheers M.O.

Ric · Post by **Ric** » 05 Jan 2005, 00:03

All answers since the last clue are incorrect.

Tomato-Can · Post by **Tomato-Can** » 05 Jan 2005, 00:21

Barney Ross & Glenn Cunningham?

Ric · Post by **Ric** » 05 Jan 2005, 01:35

Tomato-Can wrote:Barney Ross & Glenn Cunningham?

Cunningham is correctomundo, TC!!

1. Jack Dempsey
2. Boxer
3. Babe Ruth
4. Glenn Cunningham: http://www.kuhistory.com/proto/story.asp?id=72
5. Bill Tilden: http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0848740.html
6. Don Budge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Budge
7. Helen Wills Moody: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0748278.html

Next clue: One particular photo of #2--looking down--is among the most famous in boxing history.

lumpymo · Post by **lumpymo** » 05 Jan 2005, 22:35

Stanley Ketchel

cheers M.O.

wsbuf · Post by **wsbuf** » 06 Jan 2005, 10:14

Jack Johnson looking at Ketchell?

kevin · Post by **kevin** » 06 Jan 2005, 10:16

Kevin wrote:2 Jack Johnson

Ric has already said it's not Johnson

wsbuf · Post by **wsbuf** » 06 Jan 2005, 11:59

Jack Sharkey

Ric · Post by **Ric** » 06 Jan 2005, 17:03

All you guessers aren't giving up, are you? Do you all need another clue?

Tomato-Can · Post by **Tomato-Can** » 06 Jan 2005, 19:38

Jess Willard?

JC · Post by JC » 07 Jan 2005, 09:31

Ric wrote:
wsbuf wrote:Was the second boxer a Heavyweight or Lightweight?
Heavy

Just to check when you say here he was a Heavy do you mean he was an actual HEAVYWEIGHT on just in the heavier weight divisions?

Cheers.

Ric · Post by **Ric** » 07 Jan 2005, 13:31

A heavyweight. You folks have about named them all...except the CORRECT ONE!

Matt · Post by **Matt** » 07 Jan 2005, 14:55

Did someone say Jim Jeffries yet?

Ric · Post by **Ric** » 07 Jan 2005, 15:09

tegenm wrote:Did someone say Jim Jeffries yet?

Si!

Tomato-Can did a week ago.

Ric · Post by **Ric** » 07 Jan 2005, 16:15

OK, because I'd like to see this quiz fully resolved today, I'm gonna give a REALLY BIG clue:
If, as the AP indicates by the number of headlines he generated, this boxer was second only to Jack Dempsey in terms of popularity during the early 1900s, then one would think that many youngsters dreaming of becoming boxers themselves would adopt this boxer's name as their moniker--much like other boxers would fight as "Young Dempsey."

lumpymo · Post by **lumpymo** » 08 Jan 2005, 19:25

Before Jack Dempsey, John L Sullivan was a very popular man in the U.S.A. People would go around that met him in person saying "shake the hand that shook the hand of John L Sullivan"

cheers M.O.

Ric · Post by **Ric** » 09 Jan 2005, 11:34

Clue: He was not an American.

Tomato-Can · Post by **Tomato-Can** » 09 Jan 2005, 12:11

Georges Carpentier?

Tough quiz, Ric

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 09 Jan 2005, 12:18

Fitzsimmons?

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 09 Jan 2005, 15:23

The original Joe Wallcott?

Ric · Post by **Ric** » 10 Jan 2005, 13:21

A fresh Monday morning clue: see BoxRec Oct. 16, 1931 and remember my clue of Jan 7.

perrycarter · Post by **perrycarter** » 11 Jan 2005, 16:42

jack London?
Sam Langford?
Peter Jackson?

Ric · Post by **Ric** » 11 Jan 2005, 21:20

Tuesday evening clue: So no one bothered to do a date search to check out my last clue?? OK: here's another: He fought for the World Heavyweight Title.

wsbuf · Post by **wsbuf** » 12 Jan 2005, 00:49

Luis Firpo!!

Quiz: Top Athletes Who Grabbed the Headlines Early 1900s?

A REALLY Big Clue!