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Abe "The Newsboy" Hollandersky (December 3, 1887 – November 1, 1966) became the first American boxer to win the Panamanian Heavyweight Title when he defeated Jack Ortega in nine rounds in Panama City on May 30, 1913. American congressmen, Naval personnel, and canal workers were among the crowd of nearly two thousand who watched Hollandersky gain victory over an opponent who outweighed him by over thirty pounds.〔"Abe the Newsboy a Champion", ''New York Times'', pg. 8, New York, 31 May 1913.〕〔"Abe the Newsboy Wins Panamanian Title", ''Washington Herald'', pg. 5, Washington, D.C., 1 June 1913.〕 Several sources also credit him with taking the Welterweight Wrestling Championship of the World in December 1907 from Young Roeber in four hours and eighteen minutes, in New York.〔''Washington Herald'', Washington DC, 13 March 1912.〕〔''Ft. Worth Star-Telegram'', pg. 10, Fort Worth, Texas, 23 March 1915.〕 Hollandersky is reputed to have fought an unprecedented 1,039 boxing matches between 1905–18, as well as 387 wrestling matches.〔Hollandersky, Abe (1958). ''The Life Story of Abe the Newsboy, Hero of a Thousand Fights'', Published by Abraham Hollandersky, Los Angeles, p. 449.〕〔Linthicum, Jesse, A., "Sunlight on Sports", ''Baltimore Sun'', 13 January 1956.〕 The record of 1039 bouts from Hollandersky's autobiography, often stated by other sources as 1309, was featured for decades in the ''Guinness Book of World Records'', ''Ripley's Believe it or Not'', and a large number of short newspaper articles made available as Associated Press fillers.〔"The greatest number of fights in a career is 1309 by Abraham Hollandersky, alias Abe the Newsboy, in the fourteen years from 1905 to 1918. He filled in the time with 387 Wrestling bouts (1905-16)." McWhirter, Norris and Ross (1968). ''Guinness Book of World Records'', Sterling Publishing Company, New York, New York, p. 372.〕〔Ripley gave 1043 as the total number of career boxing matches in his cartoon shown in Abe's autobiography, Hollandersky, Abe (1937). ''The Life Story of Abe the Newsboy, Hero of a Thousand Fights'', Published by Abraham Hollandersky, Los Angeles, p 439.〕 == Early life == Hollandersky was born on December 3, 1887 to Charles and Celia Hollandersky in the small town of Berznick, in Northeastern Poland, then in the province of Suwalk, Russia. The frequent moralizing in his autobiography may have been a result of his mother Celia's influence as she was raised by a religious leader. According to tombstones in New London and official Polish records, Celia's father was Mowza (Moses) Finkielsztejn, a "Podskolnik", in which capacity he could fill in as a Rabbi or teach Hebrew.〔Silverman, Marlene, "Hollanderskis in the Chesterfield, CT. Farming Community", Suwalk-Lomza Interest Group, Volume 23, Numbers 3-4, June, 2014, pgs. 1-11〕 Pogroms, famine, the inability to own or purchase property, and highly limited access to public secondary education caused by Tsar Alexander III’s May Laws of 1882, encouraged the family to leave Russia. Departing Russia as a young child, Hollandersky headed to Berlin, Germany and than Manchester, England with his mother Celia and older brother Sol. Four siblings, two boys and two girls, died of starvation prior to his departure.〔Hollandersky, Abe (1958). ''The Life Story of Abe the Newsboy, Hero of a Thousand Fights'', pg. 126. Published by Abraham Hollandersky, Los Angeles.〕 Hollandersky’s father Charles had preceded him to America possibly as early as 1886. Charles, a former tailor, left Russia to find work, at some point plying his trade with his brother Falk. According to genealogist Marlene Silverman, Falk Hollandersky, Abe's Uncle, emigrated to America around 1885, first living in New York, and then arriving in New London around 1892 accompanied by his wife Sarah, whom he had previously married in Berznick in 1862. By studying family tombstones, and marriage records, Silverman also concluded that Sarah and Celia were likely sisters, daughters of assistant Rabbi Mowza (Moses) Finkielsztejn (b.c. 1812). The two sisters in turn married the Hollandersky brothers Falk and Charles.〔〔"Falk Hollandersky Passes Away At Age of 94 Years," ''New London Day'', pg. 5, New London, Connecticut, 15 October 1930〕 According to a ship's manifest, Abe, his mother Celia, and brother Sol arrived in America in 1899. The last three chapters of Hollandersky's autobiography indicated his entry into America may have been as early as 1895, but this is very likely in error.〔 An 1899 date of entry is also referenced in a letter by James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, dated November 15, 1946 and in an article in the ''Navy Times''.〔Hollandersky, Abe (1958). ''The Life Story of Abe the Newsboy, Hero of a Thousand Fights'', Published by Abraham Hollandersky, Los Angeles, pg. 472.〕〔"Navy Sponsors Testimonial Dinner", ''Navy Times'', pg. 82, 27 October 1956.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abraham Jacob Hollandersky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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