# Oliver Drew

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Active 1902 to 1908.

## Dated facts

- 22 May 1902: Oliver Drew (Ireland) beat Mike Egan 4 games to 3 at Jersey City, first of a planned best-of-15 series 'for the championship of the world', $250 a side Source: [Waterbury Democrat (Waterbury), 8 May 1902, p. 7](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn93053725/1902-05-08/ed-1/?sp=7) (OCR lines 790-795)
- 30 January 1904: Oliver Drew and Mike Egan matched again for the world's championship, $250 a side, best of 15, seven games at Egan's court on 17 Mar and the rest at Tarrant's court on 20 Mar; later postponed to April Source: [Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury), 30 January 1904, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn93053726/1904-01-30/ed-1/?sp=9) (OCR lines 654)
- 12 January 1905 to 27 January 1905: Oliver Drew beat Francisco Y. Ordoizoiti (France and Spain) at Tarrant's court, Jersey City, for the 'international handball championship' (begun 12 Jan, won 27 Jan); straight handball against the French game of 'reves' Source: [Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury), 13 January 1905, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn93053726/1905-01-13/ed-1/?sp=9) (OCR lines 195)
- 1 April 1906: Oliver Drew, 'fast coming to be recognized as the champion handball player of the world', beat John Howes and Jack Flaherty 2 games to 1 at Tarrant's court; James Dunne Jr., who had twice beaten Drew, beat P. J. Corby at the Brooklyn court Source: [Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury), 2 April 1906, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn93053726/1906-04-02/ed-1/?sp=9) (OCR lines 758-770)
- 9 November 1906: Chicago's Charles Schuttler and Thomas Lee beat Oliver Drew ('the national champion') and John Egan, and Daniel Shea, in the opening tournament of the new Cincinnati gymnasium courts, called 'the greatest handball tournament ever held in this country' Source: [The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis), 10 November 1906, p. 8](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045366/1906-11-10/ed-1/?sp=8) (OCR lines 364-372)
- 28 November 1907: Oliver Drew, 'world's champion', engaged as handball instructor by the Illinois Athletic Club, Chicago Source: [The San Antonio Light (San Antonio), 28 November 1907, p. 6](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86090330/1907-11-28/ed-1/?sp=6) (OCR lines 688)
- July 1908: Martin J. Carney (County Mayo, late of Philadelphia, now of Chicago) beat Oliver Drew, 'the handball champion of the world', at Chambers' court, Chicago, and claimed the title Source: [The Washington Times (Washington, D.C.), 31 July 1908, p. 10](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026749/1908-07-31/ed-1/?sp=10) (OCR lines 592-600)

## Sources

- [Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury), 30 January 1904, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn93053726/1904-01-30/ed-1/?sp=9) (OCR lines 654)
- [Waterbury Democrat (Waterbury), 8 May 1902, p. 7](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn93053725/1902-05-08/ed-1/?sp=7) (OCR lines 790-795)
- [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 23 May 1902, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1902-05-23/ed-1/?sp=3) (OCR lines 595-665)
- [The Sun (New York), 29 February 1904, p. 10](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1904-02-29/ed-1/?sp=10) (OCR lines 825)
- [Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury), 13 January 1905, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn93053726/1905-01-13/ed-1/?sp=9) (OCR lines 195)
- [The Sun (New York), 13 January 1905, p. 8](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1905-01-13/ed-1/?sp=8) (OCR lines 637)
- [Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury), 28 January 1905, p. 5](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn93053726/1905-01-28/ed-1/?sp=5) (OCR lines 262-273)
- [Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury), 2 April 1906, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn93053726/1906-04-02/ed-1/?sp=9) (OCR lines 758-770)
- [The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis), 10 November 1906, p. 8](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045366/1906-11-10/ed-1/?sp=8) (OCR lines 364-372)
- [The San Antonio Light (San Antonio), 28 November 1907, p. 6](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86090330/1907-11-28/ed-1/?sp=6) (OCR lines 688)
- [The Washington Times (Washington, D.C.), 31 July 1908, p. 10](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026749/1908-07-31/ed-1/?sp=10) (OCR lines 592-600)
- [Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury), 14 September 1908, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn93053726/1908-09-14/ed-1/?sp=9) (OCR lines 981-1000)

## Corrections

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