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Matt: Redirected page to Biddy Bishop

2011-07-25T21:09:11Z

Redirected page to Biddy Bishop

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	~~<human>17506</human>~~		#REDIRECT [[Biddy Bishop]]
	~~As a youngster, his older brother preferred to call him Billy (after his middle name) rather than George.~~
	~~His younger sister could not pronounce "Billy" and called him "~~Biddy."
	~~That's how he got his nickname.~~
	~~Dec. 21, 1916 TACOMA DAILY NEWS~~
	~~Biddy later became a well-known and well-respected referee and promoter in the Seattle-Tacoma area, starting in the 1910s.~~
	~~By 1914 he was the Sporting Editor of the TACOMA DAILY NEWS.~~
	~~He quit that job in late 1916, after 11 years, to manage Billy Weeks.~~
	~~They both then moved to the Ohio area, where Bishop became a popular promoter and manager.~~
	~~Sometimes said to be George Washington Bishop.~~

	~~Per the Dec. 19, 1918 TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE, Bishop moved to Spokane from San Francisco soon after the great 1906 earthquake.~~
	~~While in Spokane he met Jack Kearns, champion Jack Dempsey's future manager.~~
	~~Kearns was driving a horse team at this time.~~
	Bishop ~~and Kearns joined forces to start a newspaper.~~
	~~The paper folded after only two editions were published.~~
	~~Kearns then went on to manage Kid Scaler.~~
	~~Kearns then moved to Vancouver, B.C., where he hooked up with Fighting Dick Hyland.~~
	~~From there, Kearns went to San Francisco where he took over the helm of Fighting Billy Murray.~~
	~~They went to Australia, where Kearns had Joe Bonds sent over to fight.~~
	~~When he returned to San Francisco, Jack Curley turned over to Kearns management of "an obscure boxer in Salt Lake City."~~
	~~_________________________~~
	~~At one point he was an umpire for the Texas Baseball League.~~
	~~Exact date of birth unknown.~~
	~~Died of a heart attack in San Francisco.~~
	~~Survived by his sister Bessie Evans of Oakland, CA.~~

	~~{{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Biddy}}~~
	~~[[Category:Promoters~~]]

Matt at 21:07, 25 July 2011

2011-07-25T21:07:41Z

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	As a youngster, his older brother preferred to call him Billy (after his middle name) rather than George.		As a youngster, his older brother preferred to call him Billy (after his middle name) rather than George.
	His younger sister could not pronounce "Billy" and called him "Biddy."		His younger sister could not pronounce "Billy" and called him "Biddy."
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	Died of a heart attack in San Francisco.		Died of a heart attack in San Francisco.
	Survived by his sister Bessie Evans of Oakland, CA.		Survived by his sister Bessie Evans of Oakland, CA.

			{{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Biddy}}
			[[Category:Promoters]]

John: Boxer:Biddy Bishop:017506 moved to Human:17506: Pagemove by bot

2007-08-17T20:57:58Z

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Unknown user at 00:00, 1 January 2005

2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

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As a youngster, his older brother preferred to call him Billy (after his middle name) rather than George.
His younger sister could not pronounce "Billy" and called him "Biddy."
That's how he got his nickname.
Dec. 21, 1916 TACOMA DAILY NEWS
Biddy later became a well-known and well-respected referee and promoter in the Seattle-Tacoma area, starting in the 1910s.
By 1914 he was the Sporting Editor of the TACOMA DAILY NEWS.
He quit that job in late 1916, after 11 years, to manage Billy Weeks.
They both then moved to the Ohio area, where Bishop became a popular promoter and manager.
Sometimes said to be George Washington Bishop.

Per the Dec. 19, 1918 TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE, Bishop moved to Spokane from San Francisco soon after the great 1906 earthquake.
While in Spokane he met Jack Kearns, champion Jack Dempsey's future manager.
Kearns was driving a horse team at this time.
Bishop and Kearns joined forces to start a newspaper.
The paper folded after only two editions were published.
Kearns then went on to manage Kid Scaler.
Kearns then moved to Vancouver, B.C., where he hooked up with Fighting Dick Hyland.
From there, Kearns went to San Francisco where he took over the helm of Fighting Billy Murray.
They went to Australia, where Kearns had Joe Bonds sent over to fight.
When he returned to San Francisco, Jack Curley turned over to Kearns management of "an obscure boxer in Salt Lake City."
_________________________
At one point he was an umpire for the Texas Baseball League.
Exact date of birth unknown.
Died of a heart attack in San Francisco.
Survived by his sister Bessie Evans of Oakland, CA.