Contrary to expectations, only a fair crowd went to the Sydney Stadium on last Saturday night, when the ex-featherweight champion of England, Johny Curley, and Aides, the Filipine, met in the main event, which traversed the full journey at a monotonous rate, and ended in a points' decision for ...
Article : 713 wordsTom Heeney carried the fight to Jack Delaney on Thursday night. He worried him so persistently in the earlier rounds, that he won the decision at the end of the fifteen rounds battle at Madison Square Garden. The Melton-Thurhon contest, at Sidney Stadium, on Wednesday night, was exceptionally fine. It ended in a points victory for ...
Article : 1,388 wordsThe huge negro, George Godfrey, is evidently no world-beater at present. He went ten rounds with Paolini Uzeudum, the Spanish ...
Article : 399 wordsIn the fifth round of a one-sided battle at Leichhardt an Tuesday night last week, Juck Paul, of New Zealand, scored a technical ...
Article : 630 wordsTom Heeney's rise in boxing is a romance. When he fought in Sydney Tom was admired as a strong, rugged, honest battler. He has retained these qualities, and built upon them more virile fighting powers. His ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 49 wordsThough nothing of great importance was included in the programme, a fair crowd attended at McHugh's Leichhardt Stadium last Friday ...
Article : 811 wordsThe conversation drifted to days gone by and Billy Gibson said that right to-day there wore twenty or thirty heavies who could easily pass as first rate men in the good old days. "The competition kills them off to-day." chirped Bill. "A man has to ...
Article : 489 wordsVARIOUS reports relative to the fight by Billy Grime against Babby Garcia have filtered through from New York. Evidently there was a screw loose among ...
Article : 237 wordsTIME flies Only a little while back Ivan Laffineur, the gritty Frenchman, tackled Tiger Payne in the Sydney ring, and after getting a biffing, was hit ...
Article : 178 wordsTHOSE who knew the old Alfred Griffo will get a kick out of the following yarn that John Doyle told us the other night (writes "Tod"). ...
Article : 377 wordsJACK SHARKEY and Johnny Risko will meet in battle next Monday, at Madison Square Garden. When this match and that between Heeney and Delaney were made, the idea was that the winners would meet in April ...
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Advertising : 75 wordsAN Englishman beat a Frenchman, fairly and squarely, and in such a way that the Frenchman had only the credit of his courage. In a boxing contest ...
Article : 207 wordsThe special cable to Sydney "Sun" on Saturday relates ideas floating about New York just now. The atmosphere in American pugilism ...
Article : 388 wordsFrom the first round of tho Melbourne clash on Saturday, between the durable Scotchman, Tommy McInnes, and Gordon Kiely, described as the Wonthaggi wonder, It was evident that one or the other was sure to win on a foul. Val. Quirk, the referee, was too lenient, yet was forced to declare ...
Article : 559 wordsTHAT there is always a public for a match between boxers with pretensions to class was again made clear at The Ring (London), on January 23 ...
Article : 243 wordsTeddy Baldock has signed a contract to appear in a revue boxing some with Jimmy Wilde, and the tour will extend over the batter part of a year. These ...
Article : 120 wordsThe powerful New Zealander Nelson McKnight, writes from San Francisco:—"I am sending you the result of my last fight." (The report merely ...
Article : 89 wordsThere are many attractive features in connection with next Saturday night" contest at the Sydney Stadium. Perhaps the chief will be the presence of ...
Article : 95 wordsOPPORTUNITY for that return match with Knute Hanson, said to be the heart's desire of Phil Scott, was now offered him in England. ...
Article : 150 wordsThe amateur tourney promoted by the St. Joseph Club, at Lennox-street. Newtown, will be continued to-night, with the following heats to be decided: Flyweight.—A. Shears v. S. ...
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Referee (Sydney, NSW : 1886 - 1939), Wed 7 Mar 1928, Page 10
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