Ah Wing - Revision history

Ric at 02:08, 10 November 2014

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	In June 1906, a couple of months after the devastating [http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/earthquake.html San Francisco Earthquake], Wing performed a week of exhibition bouts at the Star Theater. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19060625.2.54.6&srpos=3&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]. And in July he was mentioned in a defamation suit filed by journalist Mabel Claire Ervin ('Queen Mab'), who sued a newspaper for implying she and Wing were intimate. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19060726.2.96&srpos=26&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------] She later won that suit. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19080729.2.35&srpos=30&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--21]		In June 1906, a couple of months after the devastating [http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/earthquake.html San Francisco Earthquake], Wing performed a week of exhibition bouts at the Star Theater. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19060625.2.54.6&srpos=3&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]. And in July he was mentioned in a defamation suit filed by journalist Mabel Claire Ervin ('Queen Mab'), who sued a newspaper for implying she and Wing were intimate. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19060726.2.96&srpos=26&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------] She later won that suit. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19080729.2.35&srpos=30&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--21]

	Per the Sept. 4, 1909 ''Tacoma Daily News'' (Tacoma, WA, USA), Wing was of Chinese heritage. He had been born in Auburn, California. He started boxing at the Sacramento Athletic Club. Young Peter Jackson had been one of his sparring partners.		Per the Sept. 4, 1909 ''Tacoma Daily News'' (Tacoma, WA, USA), Wing was of Chinese heritage. He had been born in Auburn, California. He started boxing at the Sacramento Athletic Club. [[Young Peter Jackson]] had been one of his sparring partners. (See [[:File:Wing-Bishop-Jackson.jpg\|cartoon]].)

	In November he had sought the arrest of his girlfriend for allegedly stealing his diamond ring. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19091113.2.66.16&srpos=10&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]		In November he had sought the arrest of his girlfriend for allegedly stealing his diamond ring. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19091113.2.66.16&srpos=10&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]
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	In April 1910 he feared that there was a price on his head, placed by the Bing Kong tong. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19100501.2.22&srpos=2&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]		In April 1910 he feared that there was a price on his head, placed by the Bing Kong tong. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19100501.2.22&srpos=2&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]

	The November 5, 1917 ''Tacoma Tribune'' reported that Wing had died the day before at Sacramento when he fell in a barn while trying to catch pigeons.		The November 5, 1917 ''Tacoma Tribune'' reported that Wing had died the day before at Sacramento when he fell in a barn while trying to catch pigeons. For many years, Ah Wing had been the only well-known Chinese-American boxer.

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Wing, Ah}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Wing, Ah}}
	[[Category:Chinese American Boxers]]		[[Category:Chinese American Boxers]]

Ric at 02:04, 10 November 2014

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	'''Ah Wing''' was a descendent of "Ah Punch," President of the of the "Duck Lows"--a famous fighting tong of Auburn, Placer County, California. Wing was a cook by trade, and played the piano and cornet. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19000403.2.26&srpos=25&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]		'''Ah Wing''' was a descendent of "Ah Punch," President of the of the "Duck Lows"--a famous fighting tong of Auburn, Placer County, California. Wing was a cook by trade, and played the piano and cornet. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19000403.2.26&srpos=25&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]

	Wing started boxing circa 1898, and was discovered by [[Biddy Bishop]]. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19000507.2.116&srpos=54&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--41--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]		Wing started boxing circa 1898, and was discovered by [[Biddy Bishop]]. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19000405.2.124&srpos=58&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--41--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------] [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19000507.2.116&srpos=54&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--41--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]

	One newspaper report in 1903 stated that Wing was 27, which would make his birth date circa 1876.		One newspaper report in 1903 stated that Wing was 27, which would make his birth date circa 1876.

Ric: early days in 1900 (newspaper article linked)

2014-11-09T22:16:20Z

early days in 1900 (newspaper article linked)

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	<boxer>167045</boxer>		<boxer>167045</boxer>
	'''Division:''' Bantamweight<br>		'''Division:''' Bantamweight<br>
	'''Manager:''' [[Biddy Bishop]]		'''Manager:''' [[Biddy Bishop]] [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19000425.2.38.10&srpos=39&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]


	'''Ah Wing''' was a descendent of "Ah Punch," President of the of the "Duck Lows"--a famous fighting tong of Auburn, Placer County, California. Wing was a cook by trade, and played the piano and cornet. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19000403.2.26&srpos=25&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]		'''Ah Wing''' was a descendent of "Ah Punch," President of the of the "Duck Lows"--a famous fighting tong of Auburn, Placer County, California. Wing was a cook by trade, and played the piano and cornet. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19000403.2.26&srpos=25&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]

			Wing started boxing circa 1898, and was discovered by [[Biddy Bishop]]. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19000507.2.116&srpos=54&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--41--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]

	One newspaper report in 1903 stated that Wing was 27, which would make his birth date circa 1876.		One newspaper report in 1903 stated that Wing was 27, which would make his birth date circa 1876.

Ric: re: defamation suit

2014-11-09T20:01:43Z

re: defamation suit

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	'''Division:''' Bantamweight<br>		'''Division:''' Bantamweight<br>
	'''Manager:''' [[Biddy Bishop]]		'''Manager:''' [[Biddy Bishop]]


	'''Ah Wing''' was a descendent of "Ah Punch," President of the of the "Duck Lows"--a famous fighting tong of Auburn, Placer County, California. Wing was a cook by trade, and played the piano and cornet. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19000403.2.26&srpos=25&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]		'''Ah Wing''' was a descendent of "Ah Punch," President of the of the "Duck Lows"--a famous fighting tong of Auburn, Placer County, California. Wing was a cook by trade, and played the piano and cornet. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19000403.2.26&srpos=25&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]
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	One newspaper report in 1903 stated that Wing was 27, which would make his birth date circa 1876.		One newspaper report in 1903 stated that Wing was 27, which would make his birth date circa 1876.

	In June 1906, a couple of months after the devastating [http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/earthquake.html San Francisco Earthquake], Wing performed a week of exhibition bouts at the Star Theater. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19060625.2.54.6&srpos=3&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]. And in July was mentioned in a suit filed by journalist Mabel Claire Ervin ('Queen Mab'). [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19060726.2.96&srpos=26&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]		In June 1906, a couple of months after the devastating [http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/earthquake.html San Francisco Earthquake], Wing performed a week of exhibition bouts at the Star Theater. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19060625.2.54.6&srpos=3&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]. And in July he was mentioned in a defamation suit filed by journalist Mabel Claire Ervin ('Queen Mab'), who sued a newspaper for implying she and Wing were intimate. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19060726.2.96&srpos=26&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------] She later won that suit. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19080729.2.35&srpos=30&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--21]

	Per the Sept. 4, 1909 ''Tacoma Daily News'' (Tacoma, WA, USA), Wing was of Chinese heritage. He had been born in Auburn, California. He started boxing at the Sacramento Athletic Club. Young Peter Jackson had been one of his sparring partners.		Per the Sept. 4, 1909 ''Tacoma Daily News'' (Tacoma, WA, USA), Wing was of Chinese heritage. He had been born in Auburn, California. He started boxing at the Sacramento Athletic Club. Young Peter Jackson had been one of his sparring partners.

John at 19:48, 9 November 2014

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	[[file:Wing.Ah.jpg\|left\|Ah Wing ~~photo~~ (1909)]]		[[file:Wing.Ah.jpg\|left\|thumb\|200px\|Ah Wing (1909)]]
	<boxer>167045</boxer>		<boxer>167045</boxer>
	'''Division:''' Bantamweight<br>		'''Division:''' Bantamweight<br>
	'''Manager:''' [[Biddy Bishop]]		'''Manager:''' [[Biddy Bishop]]


	'''Ah Wing''' was a descendent of "Ah Punch," President of the of the "Duck Lows"--a famous fighting tong of Auburn, Placer County, California. Wing was a cook by trade, and played the piano and cornet. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19000403.2.26&srpos=25&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]		'''Ah Wing''' was a descendent of "Ah Punch," President of the of the "Duck Lows"--a famous fighting tong of Auburn, Placer County, California. Wing was a cook by trade, and played the piano and cornet. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19000403.2.26&srpos=25&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]

Ric: more stuff added

2014-11-09T19:35:05Z

more stuff added

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	[[file:Wing.Ah.jpg\|left\|Ah Wing photo (1909)]]		[[file:Wing.Ah.jpg\|left\|Ah Wing photo (1909)]]
	<boxer>167045</boxer>		<boxer>167045</boxer>
	'''Division:''' Bantamweight		'''Division:''' Bantamweight<br>
			'''Manager:''' [[Biddy Bishop]]


	One newspaper report in 1903 stated that ~~'''Ah~~ Wing~~'''~~ was 27, which would make his birth date circa 1876.		'''Ah Wing''' was a descendent of "Ah Punch," President of the of the "Duck Lows"--a famous fighting tong of Auburn, Placer County, California. Wing was a cook by trade, and played the piano and cornet. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19000403.2.26&srpos=25&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]

			One newspaper report in 1903 stated that Wing was 27, which would make his birth date circa 1876.

			In June 1906, a couple of months after the devastating [http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/earthquake.html San Francisco Earthquake], Wing performed a week of exhibition bouts at the Star Theater. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19060625.2.54.6&srpos=3&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]. And in July was mentioned in a suit filed by journalist Mabel Claire Ervin ('Queen Mab'). [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19060726.2.96&srpos=26&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--21--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]

	Per the Sept. 4, 1909 ''Tacoma Daily News'' (Tacoma, WA, USA), Wing was of Chinese heritage. He had been born in Auburn, California. He started boxing at the Sacramento Athletic Club. Young Peter Jackson had been one of his sparring partners.		Per the Sept. 4, 1909 ''Tacoma Daily News'' (Tacoma, WA, USA), Wing was of Chinese heritage. He had been born in Auburn, California. He started boxing at the Sacramento Athletic Club. Young Peter Jackson had been one of his sparring partners.

			In November he had sought the arrest of his girlfriend for allegedly stealing his diamond ring. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19091113.2.66.16&srpos=10&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]

			In January 1910 he got into a fight over a girl. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19100113.2.31.13&srpos=1&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]

			In April 1910 he feared that there was a price on his head, placed by the Bing Kong tong. [http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19100501.2.22&srpos=2&dliv=none&e=-01-1900--12-1912--en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22Ah+Wing%22------]

	The November 5, 1917 ''Tacoma Tribune'' reported that Wing had died the day before at Sacramento when he fell in a barn while trying to catch pigeons.		The November 5, 1917 ''Tacoma Tribune'' reported that Wing had died the day before at Sacramento when he fell in a barn while trying to catch pigeons.

Ric: updated a bit

2014-11-09T18:26:19Z

updated a bit

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	*One report in 1903 stated he was 27 ~~years old~~, which would make his birth date in 1876.		One newspaper report in 1903 stated that '''Ah Wing''' was 27, which would make his birth date circa 1876.
	*Per the Sept. 4, 1909 ''Tacoma Daily News'' (Tacoma, WA, USA), Wing was of Chinese heritage. He had been born in Auburn, California. He started boxing at the Sacramento Athletic Club. Young Peter Jackson had been one of his sparring partners.
	*Per the November 5, 1917 ''Tacoma Tribune'', Wing had died the day before at Sacramento when he fell in a barn while trying to catch pigeons.		Per the Sept. 4, 1909 ''Tacoma Daily News'' (Tacoma, WA, USA), Wing was of Chinese heritage. He had been born in Auburn, California. He started boxing at the Sacramento Athletic Club. Young Peter Jackson had been one of his sparring partners.

			The November 5, 1917 ''Tacoma Tribune'' reported that Wing had died the day before at Sacramento when he fell in a barn while trying to catch pigeons.

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Wing, Ah}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Wing, Ah}}
	[[Category:Chinese American Boxers]]		[[Category:Chinese American Boxers]]

Matt at 06:00, 7 March 2010

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	*Per the Sept. 4, 1909 ''Tacoma Daily News'' (Tacoma, WA, USA), Wing was of Chinese heritage. He had been born in Auburn, California. He started boxing at the Sacramento Athletic Club. Young Peter Jackson had been one of his sparring partners.		*Per the Sept. 4, 1909 ''Tacoma Daily News'' (Tacoma, WA, USA), Wing was of Chinese heritage. He had been born in Auburn, California. He started boxing at the Sacramento Athletic Club. Young Peter Jackson had been one of his sparring partners.
	*Per the November 5, 1917 ''Tacoma Tribune'', Wing had died the day before at Sacramento when he fell in a barn while trying to catch pigeons.		*Per the November 5, 1917 ''Tacoma Tribune'', Wing had died the day before at Sacramento when he fell in a barn while trying to catch pigeons.

			{{DEFAULTSORT:Wing, Ah}}
			[[Category:Chinese American Boxers]]

Rowdytimothy: Human:167045 moved to Ah Wing

2008-06-23T23:50:24Z

Human:167045 moved to Ah Wing

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Delisa at 23:23, 22 June 2008

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			*One report in 1903 stated he was 27 years old, which would make his birth date in 1876.
	*Per the Sept. 4, 1909 ''Tacoma Daily News'' (Tacoma, WA, USA), Wing was of Chinese heritage. He had been born in Auburn, California. He started boxing at the Sacramento Athletic Club. Young Peter Jackson had been one of his sparring partners.		*Per the Sept. 4, 1909 ''Tacoma Daily News'' (Tacoma, WA, USA), Wing was of Chinese heritage. He had been born in Auburn, California. He started boxing at the Sacramento Athletic Club. Young Peter Jackson had been one of his sparring partners.
	*Per the November 5, 1917 ''Tacoma Tribune'', Wing had died the day before at Sacramento when he fell in a barn while trying to catch pigeons.		*Per the November 5, 1917 ''Tacoma Tribune'', Wing had died the day before at Sacramento when he fell in a barn while trying to catch pigeons.