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  2. INTERNATIONAL GLOVE CONTEST.

    ON Monday night, the 27th of June, Fred Johnson, of Hackney, and George Dixon, of Boston, U.S.A., met to box to a finish, with 4-ounce gloves, in the rooms of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,148 words
  3. Athletic Doings.

    UNDER date 7th July, Ton Williams writes:--Dear SPORTSMAN,--Just a few lines to 1st you know that Tom and I are not dead yet. I have just put a month in bad, and ...

    Article : 680 words
  4. THE STEWART AND PICKUP MATCH.

    OWING to a bad foot, Edward Pickup has been unable to get into proper work for his catch-as-catch-can, for £200, with Dan Stewart. A day or two since Dr. Willmott ...

    Article : 167 words
  5. FITZROY ATHLETIC CLUB.

    THE competition in connection with the Fitzroy Athletic Club, which took place at the club's rooms on Wednesday night last, was largely patronised, and some good ...

    Article : 544 words
  6. PHEASANT BEATS. HEFFERNAN

    THERE was a moderate attendance at the Darlinghurst Hall on Tuesday night to witness the encounter between the ex-amateur of Newtown (Tom Pheasant) and Billy ...

    Article : 1,452 words
  7. SYDNEY ATHLETICS.

    OLD JIM BURGE has taken up his [?] as an impossible, an obstacle in the path the aspiring light-weight. By cable [?] have the news that "Ironbark Jim" [?] ...

    Article : 973 words
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    ALEC GREGGAINS, Who is Matched to Box Martin Costello in San Francisco on the 30th August. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 16 words
  9. THE CUMBERLAND ATHLETIC CLUB.

    THE Cumberland Athletic Club have provided a first-class programme for Thursday, 1st September. The principal combat will be between Jack M'Gowan and young ...

    Article : 164 words
  10. THE COMMOTION GYMNASIUM.

    ON the 26th inst. Jack Doh[?] the Port Melbourne amateur, and Fraser no recently boxed a draw with Burden, the Sydney amateur, after a protracted battle at the ...

    Article : 61 words
  11. CONROY TO MAKE A RECORD.

    He Can Get £25 for 6ft. 6in. FOR some time past there bas been considerable talk as to the extent of M. A. Contoy's capabilities as a high jumper. It will ...

    Article : 128 words
  12. BURDEN WILL BOX THE WINNER

    SIR,--Ned Burden has written asking me to challenge on his behalf the winner of the Fraser-Doherty match. He says that he will box the winner for the best available ...

    Article : 55 words
  13. HICKIN'S ATHLETIC HALL.

    ARE HICKIN'S Athletic Hall was very well patronised on Saturday night last, when Bill Lyndsay and Murdoch met in an eight-round contest for a purse. The ...

    Article : 278 words
  14. O'Brien to Champion.

    TOMMY O'Brien understands that Ben Champion, the Bendigo boxer, is anxious to have a go at him. If such is the case. O'Brien says he will box the Bendigo lad ...

    Article : 575 words
  15. The Bendigo Athletic Club.

    IN response to a request from the Bendigo Athletic Club, Mr. Virgoe has arranged with [?] and Jim Murphy to box in [?] September, for a £15 ...

    Article : 58 words
  16. [?]ittles.

    LAST Tuesday evening's championship matches were played in the Richmond alley, and the fact that the last four players in the competition were engaged in friendly rivalry ...

    Article : 776 words
  17. JOE GODDARD IS THE STUFF

    Real Champions are Made of. By the way (says the Licensed Victuallers' Mirror), poor overgrown Joe, the Mission Boy, has had another awkward ...

    Article : 253 words
  18. SPORT IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT.

    A GLOVE contest to a finish came off at Edenhope, in the showgrounds, on the second night of the show, between Tom Smith, of Apsley, and Mick Morissey, of Ballarat. ...

    Article : 256 words
  19. THE GAME AT DAYLESFORD.

    THERE was not a very good crowd at the Assembly Hall, Allendale, on Saturday night. The first pair to meet were young Sherty and Pallas. They put in four very ...

    Article : 305 words
  20. WHAT THE LONDON "REFEREE" THINKS

    Of Jackson's Reply to Slavin. JACKSON'S reply to Slavic's challenge for a new match is feeble and manifestly evasive. Anyone who saw the set-to between the pair ...

    Article : 303 words
  21. CAMERON TO STEWART.

    SIR.--I am agreeable to make a mat with Mr. Stewart with the hammers, shot and caber he mentioned, if Mr. Stewart Willing to have the stake £25 a-side If the ...

    Article : 77 words
  22. "Deeds, Not Words;"

    SIR,--In answer to "Deeds, Not Words." on the 26th of last month, also "Ex-Pugilist's" epistle, Paddy Ryan beat Joe Goss when the latter was fifty years of age ...

    Article : 294 words
  23. BOXING AT PORT MELBOURNE.

    A CONTEST for a tenner took place at the Freemasons' Hall, Port Melbourne, on Saturday night, between Jack Gibbs and M'Alpin. Only two rounds were boxed ...

    Article : 59 words
  24. DAN CREEDON AND TOM DUGGAN.

    AT Abe Hickin's, on Saturday night, there was some talk of Tom Duggan fighting Creedon. At the Carlton and Essendon football match the matter was also ...

    Article : 71 words
  25. Royal Athletic Hall.

    LAST Tuesday the above hall was visited by a fair number. The principal item on the bill was eight rounds between Essler and Woods. Not enough money, however, being ...

    Article : 101 words
  26. In Aid of the Unemployed.

    THE sports in aid of the [?] Fund, which was to have taken [?] Austral Running Grounds on ne[?] and Monday night, have been [?] ...

    Article : 74 words
  27. Nipper Peekes and Jim Murphy.

    A[?] tells us he has £50 to back [?]eekes against Jim Murphy for a [?] of not less than ten nor more than [?] ands. ...

    Article : 31 words
  28. Correspondence.

    WE have letters in our rack for Messrs. J. Kernshenong, Baley, W. Henderson, John Oliver, W. Rosenwa[?], John Dougharty, Esq., M.D. E. Ryan. Tom Duggan, Andy Fenally ...

    Article : 38 words
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