[citation needed] Because of a loss of public interest in boxing, the two McMahons expanded their affairs in 1911, founding the New York Lincoln Giants, a black baseball team, which played at Olympic Field in Harlem.

[4] After 1915, Jess anchored in Long Island, where he became the first McMahon to promote professional wrestling, at the Freeport Municipal Stadium.

[5] The wrestling wars led McMahon to ally himself with another independent faction, captained by Carlos Louis Henriquez.

[6] The formation of "the Trust" calmed the New York territory enough to allow McMahon access to a larger pool of wrestlers.

[1] A perpetual force in Northeastern sports, McMahon may be more remembered for his spell as matchmaker at the Garden than for his 20 years as a wrestling promoter.

[1] Upon his death, his second son, Vincent, took over the business, eventually creating the World Wide Wrestling Federation promotion, known today as WWE.