CHICAGO, February 15.—"Sugar" Ray Robinson, long regarded as the best fighter of his time on a poundfor-pound basis, last night hammered Jake La Motta into a state of utter helplessness to win the middleweight ...
Article : 81 wordsDejected and blood-stained in defeat, Jake La Motta sags against the ropes as he watches the referee crown Ray Robinson middleweight champion of the world at Chicago on Wednesday night. The fight was stopped in the 13th round, with the battered La Motta virtuaily helpless.—(Radio-picture.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 49 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.— Bookmakers to-day declined to bet on the Oakleigh Plate (5½f), to be run at Caulfield on Saturday. ...
Article : 52 wordsBoatman, likely to be the shortest-priced favourite at Canterbury tomorrow, in a day marked ...
Article : 343 wordsOnly a superhuman effort to protect his reputation of never having suffered a knockdown kept La Motta ...
Article : 636 wordsAnother reason was that pre-post betting in recent weeks has gone heavily against bookmakers. ...
Article : 356 wordsADELAIDE, Thursday. —Sixteen N.S.W. fours won all three matches in the Australian bowls carnival which ...
Article : 292 wordsSAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15.—Art Larsen said to-day that the United States had a good chance ...
Article : 193 wordsFate of the Sheffield Shield, which N.S.W. has held for the past two seasons will be decided in matches which begin in Sydney and Melbourne this morning. ...
Article : 382 wordsRay Coleman battered Alfie Webster to defeat in the eighth round of their Australian ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 474 wordsAustralian welterweight champion Mickey Tollis is using sulpha drugs in an attempt to clear up a skin infection before his fight on Monday night. Tollis is to meet Ken ...
Article : 195 wordsRapid examination of fields yesterday led bookmakers to forecast that Buzmark and Dinanda would start favourites for the Flying Handicap and Frank Underwood Cup, ...
Article : 594 wordsTwo former club officials will oppose St. George Rugby League club secretary, Mr. Baden Wales, for the position at the annual meeting on February 28. ...
Article : 252 wordsLatest reports from fishing areas are:— Hawkesbury River: Catches of up to 30 sizable bream are being made at ...
Article : 486 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday. Test bowler Ian Johnson, who has had penicillin treatment for an infected foot, ...
Article : 126 wordsManly-Warringah Rugby League Club last night reelected Mr. C. White as president and Mr. Jack Munro as ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 355 wordsCHRISTCHURCH, Thursday.—Past champions were relegated to the ruck by brilliant young horses in the first ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 16 Feb 1951, Page 10
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