Bob Miller, the Britisher, who defeated Johnny Pilkington on points at Sydney Stadium on Friday night. He was a surprise for the American, who stung him, only to find him fighting back hard, with the tenacity that is an ingredient of champions in all games ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 56 wordsOne was reminded on Friday, when Al. Bourke tackled Hughie Dwyer, of the first fight Les Darcy had at the Sydney Stadium. He was a new hand, unfinished, but full of fight, tough, and in his teens. He was up against a finished, experienced, hard-headed boxer in Fritz ...
Article : 1,189 wordsNEAR and FAR ENGLISH BOXER'S DEATH: Remaining unconscious for four days Dick Roughley, of Barnsly, who was knocked out in his fight with Clarke ...
Article : 619 wordsA sea of faces, reminiscent of pre-greyhound years, greeted spectators at the Sydney Stadium on Monday night, when Walter Miller, of America, defeated John Kilonis, the Greek champion, in eight torrid ten-minute sessions of wrestling ...
Article : 947 wordsIN reply to the question as to who was the greatest of all heavyweights, Eddie Graney, one of the best of American judges ...
Article : 239 wordsJackie Pilkington, of U.S.A., is a dapper boxer, quick and clever, with sting in his punches. He started against Bob Miller, the English boxer, in the latter's first Australian contest as though he would obliterate the latest visitor very summarily. Miller was attacked with ...
Article : 994 wordsBis houses will be recorded on Wednesday nights at the Sydney Stadium when the bill of fare is worth while. This was shown at ...
Article : 576 wordsThe mixed programme at the Sydney Stadium attracted a poor attendance on Saturday night. Billy Melton, who recently won a points ...
Article : 409 wordsOn Friday night at the Leichhardt Stadium, where a Sydney v. Newcastle programme was staged, the lads from the North fared badly, being beaten in all but ...
Article : 241 wordsIT has been decided by the New York Boxing Commission that in future lights, gum-guards, previously forbidden, may be used. The age limit is advanced ...
Article : 157 wordsThere was a mixed bill of boxing on Saturday in plate of the Billy Harms and Count Frattini match, which had been advertised but postponed. Wally Tullipan, of Queensland, and Dick Elmour, of France, were billed for a 15 two-minute round contest. Tullipan weighed 11.9¾ ...
Article : 585 wordsT. A. DORGAN, one of America's greatest sports writers, and a clever cartoonist, who is known over the world as "Tad," states that want of the right ...
Article : 361 wordsA LITTLE while back Tiger Flowers lost the middleweight championship of the world to Mickey Walker, though the decision gave rise to biting comments in many American newspapers. To-day the negro is dead. He succumbed on Wednesday, in New ...
Article : 125 words"SUNNY JIM WILLIAMS, is being boomed by his manager, Walk Miller. He has the following gust in a new American journal called the "Knockout ...
Article : 169 wordsThis is what blatant Luis Firpo had to say before leaving the Argentine for America on yet another trip. "I can beat Jack Dempsey, and the ...
Article : 210 wordsA big house at Leichhardt Stadium on Tuesday witnessed a very fine programme of boxing and Vaudeville. In the main item, a 12-round contest, Jim Hyde beat ...
Article : 521 wordsAT the Newcastle Stadium next Friday night. Tommy Fairhall and Billy Davey (Cessnock) will meet over the usual long-distance course ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 95 wordsIN the main event at the Sydney Stadium to-night, a pair of husky welters, in Billy Richards, of Sydney, and Jack Carroll, of Melbourne, will be the principals. By his ...
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