Boxing Night in Sydney was very wet. But George Cook's reappearance in the Australian ring opposed to "Tiger" Payne, the American middle. weight, with a name as a knocker-out, filled the big ...
Article : 2,105 wordsBilly Grime is undoubtedly the best mini in Australia in the feather and lightweight classes. His cleverness is uncanny these, days. But in tackling Butcher for the welterweight crown Grime is up against two problems—one a left-handed boxer, and the other a weightier and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 495 wordsMATTERS were much mixed, again at Brisbane Stadium on Friday night, when an Xmas Eve programme took the place of the usual week-end arrangement. ...
Article : 187 wordsBert Laws, bantam champion of Ireland, was beaten in his first effort in Australia, in a 15-round contest, at the Sydney Stadium on Wednesday night, ...
Article : 410 wordsLAST Monday, Boxing Day, tens the 18th anniversary of the Burns-Johnson fight, in which a white man and a black man were concerned for the heavy-weight championship of the world. Monday night the contest was for the heavyweight championship of Australia—the contestants again being a white man ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 778 wordsTHE original programme for the Leichhardt Stadium on Thursday was two 15-round contests, but, owing to Jim Roland Dwyer meeting with an accident while training, ha ...
Article : 363 wordsNORMAN GILLESPIE, one of the most promising boxers in the State, was unfortunate In his bout with Peter Jackson, at Melbourne Stadium, on Wednesday, as a wound ...
Article : 532 wordsBefore January is out we may hear of a battle for the world flyweight championship in New York, between Elky Clarke the best man in Europe at the weights, ...
Article : 429 wordsWith three finals of the £500 Tourney, to be staged at. Newcastle Stadium to-night, in addition to a re-fight of the welterweight semi-final, between Bill Courtridge and Tom Harris, ...
Article : 180 wordsTo-night the last boxing events at the Sydney Stadium for 1926 are fitting to the occasion. A very fine programme will give a kick to a prosperous year. It will take the form of ...
Article : 142 wordsThe Radford-Taylor fight, to take place at Leichbardt. has been postponed a week owing to the holidays. They, are a well-matched pair, with the ...
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Advertising : 356 wordsTHAT the public will always pay to see good boxing no better evidence was Required than the size of the attendance at The Ring. on November 15, where the noted colored ...
Article : 242 wordsGone Tunney had an nnenviahle experience on Sunday. HE fell through the ice of the frozen Mooschead Lake, and, had. assistance not boon at band, ...
Article : 193 wordsMr. Billy Bernheim, sports editor of the "Redhead" Oakland. Cal.) writes me: "Tommy Cello was recently beaten by Luis (KId') Kaplan, former featherweight champion, in New ...
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Advertising : 68 wordsIt has been arranged that in his first fight, Moore, Patsy Burke's American middleweight, will face Billy Edwards, of Newcastle, and middleweight ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 94 wordsLast week I answered a question concerning Tuck Johnson's height, giving it as 6ft 0½in. On Thursday a reader called to state that the sable hern was ...
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Referee (Sydney, NSW : 1886 - 1939), Wed 29 Dec 1926, Page 10
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