Last Saturday saw tho A.R.C. Grand National Meeting, opened at Victoria Park. Beautiful weather prevailed, and there was a largo attendance. Not so large however, ...
Article : 1,564 wordsThe following account of what would appear to be perhaps Griffo's last big fight is taken from an American exchang:— Joe Gans, of Baltimore, won a fine victory ...
Article : 1,366 wordsIt was while living in Ohio, "doing the best he could." and and not enough of that to indicate that he was going to cut a big swath in this world's affairs, that it dawned upon ...
Article : 989 wordsAnd now they say that a rich Chicago, widow has become enamored of Tom Sharkey and wants to marry him; Will wonders never cease ? ...
Article : 1,056 wordsAccording to the following clipping from one of our Yaukee exchanges, Fltzsimmons and Ruhlin fought for a gate percentage. NEW YORK, July 17.—The twenty-five ...
Article : 366 wordsAt the Golden Gate Hall on Saturday night, before an attendance that must have numbered fully 700, Charley Frost and Monty Andrews supplied a buttle which, for ...
Article : 643 wordsWe wanted, something like, the M'Coll Arthurs fight to Hit the game, however slightly, out of the mire it has fallen into through the many peculiar (a mild term, ...
Article : 658 wordsThe bill at the Metropolitan Hall, Ultima, to-night, promises well in the way of exciting work. Those two gluttons for punishment and heavy-hitting heavy-weights, Joe ...
Article : 75 wordsThe Victoria Hall was well patronised on Saturday night, when Young Duggan (Prahran) and Whitehead met in a fifteen rounds contest. The affair proved very ...
Article : 263 wordsNEW YORK, July 16.—Of all the human fighting machines that were ever loaned into a ring to latten the faces of champions and raise red weits on their ribs this ...
Article : 702 wordsPrior to the mill Tom Ball and Tot Hig-gains had a four rounds' spar. They went at it briskly, and provided lots of fun. ...
Article : 29 wordsJoe Cullen, accompanied by his trainer, Charlie Morris, left for Sydney on Saturday night lo fulfil, his engagement with Tim Noian. Joe, although not a ...
Article : 44 wordsUnder date August 14 Billy M'Kell writes me from Broken Hill as follows:—- "Dear 'Amateur,'—Just a few lines to let you know how things are Well, they ...
Article : 184 wordsMick [?] will put a good. programme forward on Saturday, night next. The pair to provide the fun will be Jack Willis and Smith. Both are real rough 'uns, and ...
Article : 42 wordsThe newly-formed Gaiety Athletic Club, Castlereagh-street, is to be formally opened to-morrow night, when the occasion will be marked by a first-class smoke ...
Article : 162 wordsMicko Walsh and Mick .M'Carthy are in motive training for their coming contest, which takes place in five weeks time. Mac has taken a big contract on, viz., to stop ...
Article : 43 wordsA match has been arranged between Jack M'Gowan and Pater Murphy. ...
Article : 14 wordsA BLOODY war and quick promotion was the fayorite Army toast in the peppery old Peninsular days, when men fought for the mere love of fighting, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 2,207 wordsPeter Jackson continues to improve, rapidly, and, barring what little traces of sclatlen are left, feels now as well as ever he did in his life, which is marvellous. all ...
Article : 78 wordsBill Jennings was the recipient of n well-deserved and thumping big benefit at the Golden Gate Hall on Monday night. Upwards of 600 people were present. Besides a ...
Article : 112 wordsSays a Yankee paper:—"Ono-eyed Conolly is at the Bellevue Hospital, registered as an athlete, 49 years old,'closest friends of Tom O'Rourke. Connolly is suffering ...
Article : 136 wordsJack Matthews, of the Metropolitan A.C. had a letter yesterday from, the crack colored pugilist Plate, now in Melbourne, to the offect that he would be prepared to ...
Article : 71 wordsThe two colored pug[?]ists, Starlight and Ike stewart, are to box the best of 20 rounds at the Golden Gate Hall on, Saturday night. This will be Starlight's first ...
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Referee (Sydney, NSW : 1886 - 1939), Wed 22 Aug 1900, Page 7
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