Where boxing began on the West Side of Cleveland. This article from the August 4th, 1894 edition of the Plain Dealer announces the first annual "field day" held by the Club which a decade later taught Johnny Kilbane how to box. Eighteen years after its first annual field day, the Club received national attention when its most famous St. Malachi student, Johnny Kilbane, won the featherweight boxing championship in 1912. | Source: Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library, Special CollectionsDownload Original File
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Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library, Special Collections
