# Tommy Gillen

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Active in 1898.

## Dated facts

- 14 April 1898 to 29 April 1898: Second annual A.A.U. handball championship, Jersey City and Brooklyn clubs; Mike Egan retains the title after losing to Dr. Tommy Gillen in Brooklyn [Sources disagree] The start of the tournament is dated from an April 14, 1898 report that play was beginning that day, while the end of the range, April 29, comes from a wire report that Egan still held the title; the exact dates of the tournament are therefore not fixed. Source: [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 1 April 1898, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1898-04-01/ed-1/?sp=3)

  **Date: sources disagree.** The value from the stronger source (the lower rank number) is preferred.
  - 14 April 1898 to 29 April 1898 (preferred, source rank 2): [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 1 April 1898, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1898-04-01/ed-1/?sp=3)
  - 14 April 1898 (also given, source rank 2): [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 1 April 1898, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1898-04-01/ed-1/?sp=3)


## Sources

- [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 1 April 1898, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1898-04-01/ed-1/?sp=3)
- [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 21 April 1898, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1898-04-21/ed-1/?sp=3)
- [Worcester Morning Daily Spy (Worcester), 30 April 1898, p. 6](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn93058748/1898-04-30/ed-1/?sp=6)

## Corrections

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