Oliver Drew

Active 1902 to 1908

Dated facts

22 May 1902 (dated from the issue it appeared in): 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
conditions: best eight in fifteen games, $250 a side, 22 and 30 May, 223 Mercer St
Drew won the series of seven games 4-3; game scores printed
Source: Waterbury Democrat (Waterbury), 8 May 1902, p. 7
30 January 1904 (dated from the issue it appeared in): 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
articles: $250 a side, best of fifteen games, first seven at Egan's court 17 Mar, remainder at Tarrant's 20 Mar
match postponed until April
Source: Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury), 30 January 1904, p. 9
12 January 1905 to 27 January 1905 (dated from the issue it appeared in): 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'
match begun 12 Jan at Tarrant's court, Jersey City, Drew v. Ordoizoiti, 'international' championship
rules: straight handball, the Spaniard allowed to catch the ball (OCR 'cat' - reading not image-checked)
Drew won the match on 27 Jan; Drew played straight handball against the French game of reves
Source: Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury), 13 January 1905, p. 9
1 April 1906 (dated from the issue it appeared in): 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
Drew beat Howes and Flaherty two games to one at Tarrant's court, Jersey City, on 1 Apr ('yesterday' in the 2 Apr issue)
Dunne Jr. 'twice defeated Oliver Drew' (dates not given)
Source: Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury), 2 April 1906, p. 9
9 November 1906 (dated from the issue it appeared in): 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'
tournament opened the new courts of the Cincinnati gymnasium on 9 Nov; Chicago pair won afternoon and evening
Chicago pair beat Drew 'the national champion' and John Egan of Jersey City, and Daniel Shea of New York
Source: The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis), 10 November 1906, p. 8
28 November 1907 (dated from the issue it appeared in): Oliver Drew, 'world's champion', engaged as handball instructor by the Illinois Athletic Club, Chicago
Drew secured as instructor by the Illinois Athletic Club
Source: The San Antonio Light (San Antonio), 28 November 1907, p. 6
July 1908 (dated from the issue it appeared in): 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
Carney beat Drew at Chambers' court, Chicago, five games to four (first half: Drew won four)
Carney had long held the title champion of Philadelphia; in the US about fourteen years; willing to play for the world's title
Source: The Washington Times (Washington, D.C.), 31 July 1908, p. 10

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