# James Fitzgerald

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Also printed as James Fitzpatrick (Sun and Jersey City News, 1897-01-21)

Active 1899 to 1905.

## Roles

- Champion: handball champion of Ireland Source: [The Sun (New York), 21 January 1897, p. 4](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1897-01-21/ed-1/?sp=4)

## Dated facts

- 9 July 1899: James Fitzgerald of Brooklyn, backed by Alderman Dunne for $1,000, challenges Mike Egan, former three-year amateur champion turned professional Source: [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 10 July 1899, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1899-07-10/ed-1/?sp=3)
- 25 November 1901: Mike Egan of Jersey City challenges Jim Fitzgerald (Denver/San Francisco; 'Irish champion') for $1,000 a side; both claim the championship; no match reported by Dec 1901 Source: [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 25 November 1901, p. 4](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1901-11-25/ed-1/?sp=4) (OCR lines 271-274)
- 27 March 1904 to 3 April 1904: Mike Egan beat James Fitzgerald at the Olympic Club, San Francisco, 6 games to 1 on 27 Mar and 2 of 3 on 3 Apr (8 of 15 needed), billed the handball championship of the world; gate nearly $800 Source: [The San Francisco Call (San Francisco), 24 March 1904, p. 10](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85066387/1904-03-24/ed-1/?sp=10) (OCR lines 138-172)
- 17 March 1905: Mike Egan, 'the world's champion', in early tuberculosis; Olympic Club directors gave him a purse; benefit handball games at the Olympic Club (Dunne Jr. and Hampton v. Fitzgerald and Cory) on 19 Mar Source: [Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury), 18 March 1905, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn93053726/1905-03-18/ed-1/?sp=9) (OCR lines 481-501)

## Sources

- [Worcester Morning Daily Spy (Worcester), 5 July 1897, p. 5](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn93058748/1897-07-05/ed-1/?sp=5) (OCR lines 249-251)
- [The Sun (New York), 21 January 1897, p. 4](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1897-01-21/ed-1/?sp=4)
- [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 10 July 1899, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1899-07-10/ed-1/?sp=3)
- [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 25 November 1901, p. 4](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1901-11-25/ed-1/?sp=4) (OCR lines 271-274)
- [New-York Tribune (New York), 25 November 1901, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1901-11-25/ed-1/?sp=9) (OCR lines 429-433)
- [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 9 December 1901, p. 4](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1901-12-09/ed-1/?sp=4) (OCR lines 350)
- [The San Francisco Call (San Francisco), 24 March 1904, p. 10](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85066387/1904-03-24/ed-1/?sp=10) (OCR lines 138-172)
- [Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury), 28 March 1904, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn93053726/1904-03-28/ed-1/?sp=9) (OCR lines 150-165)
- [The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis), 4 April 1904, p. 8](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045366/1904-04-04/ed-1/?sp=8) (OCR lines 408)
- [The San Francisco Call (San Francisco), 4 April 1904, p. 11](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85066387/1904-04-04/ed-1/?sp=11) (OCR lines 185-190)
- [Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury), 18 March 1905, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn93053726/1905-03-18/ed-1/?sp=9) (OCR lines 481-501)
- [The San Francisco Call (San Francisco), 19 March 1905, p. 45](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85066387/1905-03-19/ed-1/?sp=45) (OCR lines 173-190)

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