# Jersey City Handball Court

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- Address as printed: 223 Mercer street, Jersey City
- Built: 29 August 1893

## Dated facts

- 29 August 1893: John Egan's new handball court at 223 Mercer Street, Jersey City, opens with Phil Casey, Lawlor, Delaney, McQuade and others invited Source: [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 29 August 1893, p. 4](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1893-08-29/ed-1/?sp=4) (OCR lines 156-163)
- 7 January 1897 to 8 January 1897: First A.A.U. national amateur handball championship, Jersey City; Michael J. Egan wins [Sources disagree] Newspaper reports of the first A.A.U. championship give either 7 January 1897 (the preliminary round) or 7 and 8 January (preliminary round and final). Source: [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 9 January 1897, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1897-01-09/ed-1/?sp=3) (OCR lines 805-815)

  **Date: sources disagree.** The value from the stronger source (the lower rank number) is preferred.
  - 7 January 1897 to 8 January 1897 (preferred, source rank 2): [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 9 January 1897, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1897-01-09/ed-1/?sp=3) (OCR lines 805-815)
  - 7 January 1897 (also given, source rank 2): [Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 8 January 1897, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1897-01-08/ed-1/?sp=9) (OCR lines 352-356)

- 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)

- 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)

## Sources

- [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 29 August 1893, p. 4](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1893-08-29/ed-1/?sp=4) (OCR lines 156-163)
- [New York Journal (New York), 8 January 1897, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024350/1897-01-08/ed-1/?sp=9) (OCR lines 23)
- [The Sun (New York), 3 September 1893, p. 8](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1893-09-03/ed-2/?sp=8) (OCR lines 540-546)
- [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 9 January 1897, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1897-01-09/ed-1/?sp=3) (OCR lines 805-815)
- [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)
- [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)

## Corrections

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