At the Gaiety on Saturday night Harry Punch and Robbo made things hum to an extraordinary lively tune, and had the onlooking crowd at top tension from end to ...
Article : 633 wordsThree or four days after his arrival in Australia a few weeks ago. Al. Neill sat alongside me in my den, and Tim Hegarty was with him. We chatted about things in ...
Article : 1,476 words"I was deliberately robbed of my fight with Jimmy Britt. I have not learned all the particulars of the plot as yet, but I have enough evidence to declare ...
Article : 512 wordsThe boxing content last evening between Squires and Starlight attracted a fair house. Everyone is convinced now that Starlight has lost his attractiveness, but it must also ...
Article : 330 wordsA fair crowd attended at the Gaiety on Monday night, when old-timer Bill jennings (whose [?] gory struggle with the late Herb. Mc[?] in Melbourne never will ...
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Advertising : 707 wordsI am told that when fixing up their last match. Hock Keys wanted a purse and Monty Andrews preferred lighting for a percentage of the house, and as neither ...
Article : 2,366 words"I assure you, Mr. 'Amateur'(and if I was on my dying bed this moment, I'd say the same) that the blow which I went down to last Tuesday night was foul as ...
Article : 223 wordsArthur Kelly and Sam Cooney, who a fortnight ago put up such a good fight at the theatre, met again in a twenty rounds' match last night. Kelly gave his weight ...
Article : 285 wordsBob [?]ner and Bob Rollo are matched to fight at the National, but there is no side bet—Rollo took his £20 (lodged with me last Tuesday) down on Friday ...
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Article : 92 wordsChewy Williams and Joe Thomas have signed to box the best of twenty rounds at West Wallsend on Friday night, the 13th inst. The match was made at Billy ...
Article : 770 wordsMr. Cook of the Queen[?]ury Athletic Club, Melbourne, writes:—Dear 'Amateur,—Herewith please find articles for a match in Melbourne between [?]elson and ...
Article : 192 wordsThere is some likelihood of a big American invasion of boxing to Australia [?] long—that is, if anything near fair encouragement be forthcoming on this side. ...
Article : 377 wordsThis explain itself:— "Dear 'Amateur,'—I have, to again request you to convey, through your columns, my thanks to the Sydney sports, who extended ...
Article : 149 wordsPeter Felix informed me yesterday that Squires success, over Starlight in Melbourne on Monday night made everything clear for the match between the tall black ...
Article : 72 wordsLast night Dan Creedon wired me from Melbourne:—"Will box the winner of the Neill-Thompson fight in Melbourne for any amount he likes."—(Signed) DAN ...
Article : 54 wordsA London correspondent, writing by the last mail, says:— The present situation in wrestling circles is sufficiently ludicrous, there being any ...
Article : 172 wordsThere was a great crowd at the Golden Gate Athletic Hall on Saturday night, when the second round of the Est [?]b novice boxing tournament was completed, and the ...
Article : 149 words"Dear 'Amateur,'—I, the undersigned, wish to challenge (through your valuables paper) Ike Stewart. I am prepared to meet Stewart under the following conditions, viz., ...
Article : 158 wordsOn Friday morning George Johns and Ted Nelson, accompanied by several friends, met at the "Referce" office, and clinched a match for £50 aside, with the ...
Article : 140 words"Sir,—I saw in your newspaper a small paragraph headed, 'Waltzing Championship,' stating that Walter Strange, who was recently defeated by Craswell, wants to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 87 wordsAt the Galety on Saturday night next Morris and O'Brien (sailors aboard H.M.S. Euryalus) are to contest the best of 20 rounds. This pair, it is said, have fought ...
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Referee (Sydney, NSW : 1886 - 1939), Wed 4 May 1904, Page 7
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