Jersey City Handball Court

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

Dated facts

29 August 1893 (dated from the issue it appeared in): 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
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).
first A.A.U. championship / first amateur championship held in America
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
- 7 January 1897 also given, source rank 2: Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 8 January 1897, p. 9
Source: The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 9 January 1897, p. 3
14 April 1898 to 29 April 1898 (dated from the issue it appeared in): 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.
Egan's only defeat (Gillen, Brooklyn); still wins on games
Egan holds the title, wins by default at Casey's court on 29 April
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
- 14 April 1898 also given, source rank 2: The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 1 April 1898, p. 3
Source: The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 1 April 1898, p. 3
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

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