35 Facts About Eddie Santry

Eddie Santry lost his title on February 1,1900, to one of America's greatest boxers, the Brooklyn featherweight Terry McGovern in a fifth-round technical knockout at Tattersall's in Chicago before an impressive crowd of 15,000.

Eddie Santry was managed by Ted Murphy for most of his career.

Eddie Santry was a boxing pupil of Harry Gilmore of Chicago, who taught Chicago boxers Tommy White and 1901 World Bantamweight Champion Harry Forbes.

Eddie Santry began his professional boxing career around 1895 in the Chicago area where he won six of his first seven fights by knockout.

Eddie Santry fought three boxers who would hold world championships and an impressive contender in 1898; Solly Smith to a six-round draw in Chicago, George Dixon in a twenty-round loss in New York's Lenox Club, Jewish New York featherweight contender Joe Bernstein in a twenty-round loss on points in New York's Lenox Club and Australian featherweight champion Torpedo Billy Murphy in an impressive fourth-round knockout win in St Louis, Missouri.

On October 10,1899, Eddie Santry overtook the world title defeating Ben Jordan at the Lenox Club in New York in a sixteenth of twenty-round knockout.

Eddie Santry claimed that Jordan so frequently changed his style of boxing, it was difficult to predict his movements.

Eddie Santry claimed the World Featherweight Championship after his knockout of Ben Jordan, but his title was not universally recognized at the time.

Eddie Santry lost his title on February 1,1900, to the great Terry McGovern in a fifth-round technical knockout at Tattersall's in Chicago.

Eddie Santry rose at the count of ten but referee Siler called the bout to prevent him from any further punishment.

Once McGovern defeated Eddie Santry, he reunited the Featherweight Title, and gained recognition in both the British empire, and the United States as a World Champion.

Eddie Santry followed his loss of the title with two important battles against World Featherweight contender Oscar Gardner, losing in a fifth-round knockout at the Music Hall in Louisville, Kentucky on May 3,1900, and then winning in a twenty-round newspaper decision at Convention Hall in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 6.

Eddie Santry was thought to have had a lead in points when the blow was delivered.

Eddie Santry had an advantage in height and though he tired in round twelve, he had more energy by the twentieth, when the bout ended with a referee decision in his favor.

On July 23,1900, Eddie Santry married Miss Helen Marr of Chicago at the Hotel Majestic in Hammond, Indiana.

Around November 8,1900, Eddie Santry's knee was badly injured while sparring with Californian and Middleweight Champion Tommy Ryan who had several bouts in Chicago that month.

Eddie Santry resumed his training by early January but lost to Jack McClelland, in a four-round knockout on January 29,1901.

Eddie Santry lost again to the great Young Corbett II in a second-round knockout in Denver, Colorado, on April 12,1901.

Eddie Santry would act as a sparring partner to Corbett by the Spring of 1902.

Eddie Santry slipped to the floor from a blow, and Olsen struck him before he had time to rise to his knees.

Eddie Santry fought Tommy Sullivan three times in April and May 1902, with a win by disqualification, and a no contest in Chicago, followed by a loss in a third knockout in St Louis, Missouri.

Eddie Santry had two wins against Maurice Sayers at the end of 1903 and early 1904.

Eddie Santry later claimed he had led significantly in points throughout the bout and had been the victim of a knockout punch by Herrera while he was distracted.

Eddie Santry had continued to train, running as much as five miles according to one source, and hitting the bag, even during this period of gradual decline in his boxing career.

Eddie Santry fought Jack Cordell in San Francisco California on November 29,1904, and lost in a ten-round points decision, which was unpopular with much of the crowd.

Nelson believed he had been defrauded out of receipts for his fights against Young Corbett and Jimmy Britt in San Francisco by Eddie Santry who had already left for the East coast with Nelson's manager Ted Murphy.

Eddie Santry was released on his own recognizance on Christmas Day, 1904 after claiming his innocence, and Murphy was released on bail claiming he had fully intended to compensate Nelson for the money owned him.

Eddie Santry was back to boxing with a knockout of Jack Parry in eleven rounds in Boston, the following April 10,1905.

Eddie Santry fought less frequently for the next seven years, until his last bout with Jack Ryan on May 12,1911, which he won in a fourth-round knockout in South Bend, Indiana.

Eddie Santry worked during this period and later refereeing fights in several locations, including Gary, Hammond, and Fort Wayne Indiana, as well as Davenport, Iowa.

Eddie Santry retired from competitive prize fighting around 1911, but stayed active in the sport as a referee, and may have continued to act as a trainer or cornerman for boxers at times.

Eddie Santry had previously held a position in the County building.

Eddie Santry served for several years in the State Legislature and helped to sponsor a bill to administer legalized boxing in Illinois which he had submitted by 1915 as a member of the assembly.

Eddie Santry lost a run for Illinois State Representative in late 1918, causing him a great deal of disappointment, and according to a few sources, a "nervous breakdown".

Eddie Santry had suffered from both emotional distress, and an illness for a year before his death.