Bernard McQuade

Active in 1876

Dated facts

22 February 1876 (dated from the issue it appeared in): New York handball and racket players elect a provisional committee (Metropolitan Committee) at McQuade's court to hold an international tournament and form a permanent national organization to supervise the game
chair James [Dunn], vice chair Denis Burns, treasurer P. J. Meagher, secretary Bernard McQuade; permanent national organization to be announced within a fortnight; tournament Easter Monday 17 April, later postponed to 1 June
Source: The New York Herald (New York), 5 March 1876, p. 6