1886
Aug 14 Sam McDonald Rockaway Beach, NY D 3
-Police intervened
Aug 29 -Jester lost a boat race to Samuel Schultz at Rockaway Beach, NY
(The course was 2 3/4 miles from Eldert's Dock to the Seaside Dock
and back)
Sep 3 -Jester was scheduled to race a boat against Thomas Kinsey for $250
Sep 4 Frank Allen Rockaway Beach, NY WF 9
Oct 11 Dan Custy Rockaway Beach, NY L 6
-Reports vary - "LK 6" - "LT 6" - "L 5" - "L 3";
Some sources report "Long Island City, NY";
Some sources report 10/09/1886
Nov Paddy Smith SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
1887
Jan 17 Jack Murray Brooklyn, NY KO 3
-Some sources report 01/15/1887
1889
Mar 1 -Jester refereed the Charles O'Neil-William Symmonds bout at Brooklyn, NY
Apr -Jester was called the Lightweight Champion of Ohio
Apr 24 Gordon Hughestown, Pa LK 5
May 10 Harry Umlah near Falls, Pa WF 10
-Some sources report "Buttermilk Falls, Pa"
(near Pittston, Pa on a bank of the Susquehanna);
Some sources report "L 10"
Jun 25 Harry Umlah Binghamton, NY L 6
-Police intervened
Sep 23 -Jester was located now in Wilkes-Barre, Pa; He set up a gymnasium there
1890
Jul 15 E. Marsolis W 3
1891
Oct 28 Harry Cortright Wilkes-Barre, Pa KO 9
-Some sources report "Harry Court"
1892
May 3 McCarthy Wilkes-Barre, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
Some sources report "Apr 1892";
Some sources report that the fight did not take place
Dec 3 -Jester wanted to fight Johnny Reagan at 142 lbs
1893
Apr 25 Tom Clark Nanticoke, Pa KO 15
1894
Oct 25 Billy Dacey Nanticoke, Pa ND 10
-Jester lasted and claimed the win
Undated (prior to March 3 1895)
Thomas Cavanaugh Wilkes-Barre, Pa L 8
1895
Apr "Australian" Billy Smith Eddy, NM LK 6
May 23 Harry Cortright Binghamton, NY KO 3
Jul Jimmy Kennard near Binghamton, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
1898
Mar 7 -Jester is described as a teacher of boxing and physical culture
and giver of messages; He brought suit against the Elvira (NY)
Telegram for saying he had deserted his wife and was living in
luxury while she was suffering untold agony of mind and body
Jul 1 Tom Sharkey Middletown, NY EX 2
-Some sources report "LK 1" but it appears this was an exhibition
match; It was part of Louis Jester's vaudeville show; The bout
lasted for "two half-minute rounds;" Mr. Jester lost over $100
by the venture and had the public patronized the show, a good
performance would have been given (see the Middletown (NY)
Daily Argus, July 2 1898)
*** The Following Bout Is Reported But Not Confirmed ***
1898
May 31 Tom Sharkey Middletown, NY LK 1
*** Photo Provided By William Schutte ***
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis,
Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
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