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  2. Dressing Room Echoes

    MANY happy returns on— May 25: A. F. Kippax (cricket); Gene Tunney (boxing). May 26: William Barwick (Tasmanian Olympic ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 413 words
  3. BOOMERANGS FOR LOS ANGELES

    RONNIE MEALING, twice Australian Olympic representative, and world's backstroke swimming record holder, who is expected to win her event at ...

    Article : 178 words
  4. POLICEMAN IS PRESIDENT

    "BERNIE" HERBERT has been one of the mainstays of the Richmond (Vic.) Football Club for many years as a big, fast, and clever follower, and ...

    Article : 214 words
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    MR. R. F. ANDERTON, business manager of the English Rugby League team is one of the most enthusiastic men in his game in either England or Australia. Secretary of Lancashire Rugby League and of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 118 words
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    MR. LYONS, of Tasmania, recently expressed the opinion that of the football codes playing in Australia, the Australian Rules game was the best. Immediately, he caused a hubbub. For those who follow Rugby Union football, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 128 words
  7. CROWDS ON SYDNEY'S "HILL"

    WHEN the English Rugby League footballers follow Jim Sullivan on to the field at Sydney Cricket Ground next Saturday, most of the burly white-jerseyed men will make their first acquaintance with Australian crowds. ...

    Article : 153 words
  8. ENGLISH TEAM LED ON FIELD BY LION

    TWENTY-TWO years ago, Jim Lomas, of Salford, led an athletic team of thirteen against New South Wales in the first game ever played in Australia by an English K.L. team to begin an intriguing chapter in sport. The ...

    Article : 172 words
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    CABLES state that the practise of women selecting the women's tennis teams to represent England is not giving satisfaction. The allegation is that the selectors are swayed by prejudice and jealousy to the detriment of the younger school of players. But surely the artist's conception of a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 60 words
  10. Carslake Grabs the Bike

    VOLCANIUS, favorite for the Granby Stakes at Newmarket (Eng.) on April 13, did not give his backers a chance to win their money. When the barrier went up Volcanius ? swerved throwing his jockey, Australian B. ...

    Article : 79 words
  11. Grand National Hope

    BREWING and breeding are the hobbies of P. Grant-Hay, the non-combine brewery proprietor, of Melbourne. Starting with prize cattle, it was not long before he broke into tho sport of kings, and has recently shown an ...

    Article : 121 words
  12. Big Tote Dividend

    MR. F. LOW, of Tasmania, now on a visit to Sydney, is a very good judge of the trotting horse. One of the Horses to curry the colors of this owner is Bosna, with whom Mr. Matson (trainer for Mr. Low) has done very ...

    Article : 119 words
  13. "Come On, Frankenstein!"

    "AMBLING" AUG. HODGSON, of Manly, is easily the most colorful figure in Sydney R.U., and what a favourable with the Village crowds? His shambling gull and seeming ferocity make him outstanding in any game. Northern ...

    Article : 111 words
  14. There was a Difference

    MR. HERB BARNARD, who won a race at Victoria Park (S.A.), tho other day with Tophand, like the Chairman of the S.A.J.C. (Mr. W. B. Carr), shows a great loyalty to Tom Kelly. Mr. Barnard goes back a long way in the ...

    Article : 220 words
  15. Rumor-tisms

    LEICHHARDT in 1840, or thereabouts, was lost on his third great journey. Had he been told to find on a dark and rainy night the Stadium that is named ...

    Article : 926 words
  16. Rivoli's Elastic Price

    "BOB" JANSEN'S record bet of £12,000 to £120, laid to a, punter at Flemington, had nothing on one laid on a smaller scale when Rivoli first appeared in, the weight for age list. in a race, also run at Flemington, the horse was ...

    Article : 154 words
  17. We've Found Hannah's Bridge!

    HANNAH'S BRIDGE has been found! It is on Coolah Creek, 7 miles from Leadville, 11 miles from Coolah, and about 250 miles from Sydney in a W.N.W. direction. Mr. K. Hobbins, of Muswellbrook, wins the 10/- prize ...

    Article : 89 words
  18. Now a Golf Expert

    MICK TERRY, trainer and coach to the Australian Olympic team, tells us that famous runner Jack Donaldson is a golf expert and salesman to the big American firm of John Wanaamaker. Donaldson was one of the ...

    Article : 188 words
  19. "Laurel and Hardy"

    BECAUSE of the calls of his job or because of years, Capt. H. B. ("Bandy") MacDonald, of the Staff Corps, does not take an active part in football any more. Which is a big loss to the Rugby Union code. For "Bandy" was ...

    Article : 186 words
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