MR. EVANS, of the Referee, has been tiring for some time past to arrange a match between Dan Creedon and "Pheasant," who lately beat Hefferaan, and ...
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Article : 666 wordsPETERSEN is wroth with Flo[?] statements the latter has [?] his merits as a boxer. L[?] called and left a £20 [?] ...
Article : 65 wordsTHE Gymnasium [?] be well filled on [?] when Jack [?] box the best of ten[?] ...
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Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904), Tue 23 Aug 1892, Page 2
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