Croll's Gardens - Revision history

Ric at 23:50, 6 January 2020

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	Source: 1 March 1914 ''Salt Lake Tribune'' wire report [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045396/1914-03-01/ed-1/seq-40/]		Source: 1 March 1914 ''Salt Lake Tribune'' wire report [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045396/1914-03-01/ed-1/seq-40/]

			See also, Croll Building: [https://noehill.com/alameda/cal0954.asp]

Ric at 21:57, 12 June 2014

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	'''Croll's Gardens''', at ~~Alemeda~~, California, near San Francisco, had been a popular boxing training camp from the late 1800s to about 1910 or so.		'''Croll's Gardens''', at Alameda, California, near San Francisco, had been a popular boxing training camp from the late 1800s to about 1910 or so.

	Thirty years earlier it had been known as Neptune Gardens--a popular Sunday getaway for San Franciscans. Neptune Gardens featured water fountains, skating rinks, shooting galleries, dancing pavilions and ice-cold beer. In time, however, it fell into disrepair, until only a few stables and a garish structure known as the Wigwam remained.		Thirty years earlier it had been known as Neptune Gardens--a popular Sunday getaway for San Franciscans. Neptune Gardens featured water fountains, skating rinks, shooting galleries, dancing pavilions and ice-cold beer. In time, however, it fell into disrepair, until only a few stables and a garish structure known as the Wigwam remained.

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'''Croll's Gardens''', at Alemeda, California, near San Francisco, had been a popular boxing training camp from the late 1800s to about 1910 or so.

Thirty years earlier it had been known as Neptune Gardens--a popular Sunday getaway for San Franciscans. Neptune Gardens featured water fountains, skating rinks, shooting galleries, dancing pavilions and ice-cold beer. In time, however, it fell into disrepair, until only a few stables and a garish structure known as the Wigwam remained.

Mr. Croll took it over and created a boxing training camp. Many well-known boxers trained there, including: [[James J. Corbett]], [[Bob Fitzsimmons]], [[Nonpareil Jack Dempsey]], [[Joe Gans]], [[Peter Jackson]], [[Joe Walcott]], [[Paddy Duffy]], [[Tommy Ryan]], [[Hugo Kelly]], [[Abe Attell]] and [[George Dixon]].

By early 1914, however, Croll's Gardens too was no more.

Source: 1 March 1914 ''Salt Lake Tribune'' wire report [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045396/1914-03-01/ed-1/seq-40/]