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Tom Kennedy and Joe Jeanette (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Art Siegel said:

  "Jeremiah "Joe" Jeannette (also Jennette)(August 26, 1879 - July 2, 1958) is considered one of the best African-American heavyweight boxers of the early 20th century." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Jeanette Tom Kennedy (1885-1965) was the U.S. amateur boxing champion in 1908 who became a professional heavyweight fighter in 1911 and later had a long career in Hollywood as an actor. cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/kennedy.htm www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7901760 fimography: www.imdb.com/name/nm0448366/

Carl Morris & Eddie Sherman (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• scireformido said:

  Here's Carl's record at boxrec.com.

Dal Hawkins -- M'g'r McDonald -- Gun. Smith -- M'g'r Jim Buckley -- Young Fox (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 4 older comments, and then…
• swanq said:

  See an earlier picture of McDonald and Young Fox.
  
  Young Fox is a British boxer and McDonald his manager.

• Wystan said:

  Bain's caption does not identify the man at right.

• Wystan said:

  Another Bain/LOC photo of Ed "Gunboat" Smith, newly posted to Flickr on November 26, 2010:

• swanq said:

  Dal Hawkins appears to be an ex-boxer by 1914. See boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=10974&cat=boxer NYT of Oct 29, 1914 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70D16F73F5A15738... suggests that he had a training facility for boxers "on the Westchester Road."

• swanq said:

  boxrec.com/media/index.php/Jimmy_Buckley indicates that a Jimmy Buckley managed Ed Gunboat Smith.