COMPARED with the fireworks of the little preliminary fellows, Smedley and Melville, the top-line bout proved to be what might almost be termed a tame affair. The styles of Al Romero and Ron Richards did not blend harmoniously. Richards is primarily a counter-puncher, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 950 wordsIT was in the nature of a coincidence that, on the evening the printing presses were reeling off the last issue of "The Referee" containing an informative article on the subject of a Boxing Commission for Australia,the question was being discussed in Brisbane at a conference ...
Article : 481 wordsWE belong to a race of pilgrims. We love to wander over the ground which horses and great men of old have hallowed by their presence. ...
Article : 659 wordsGEORGE SMEDLEY and Don Melville, lilliputian ring warriors, proved to be the "big men" of the bill at the Sydney Stadium ...
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Article : 171 wordsDILLY DIBLEY, one-time first-class boxer in the Gaiety days, has unfortunately fallen on bad times. Billy knew how to fight, but now has been ...
Article : 128 wordsANOTHER letter comes from Jack Hutcheson, globe-trotting lover of the art of the padded mit. He was in Berlin enjoying German hospitality and ...
Article : 706 wordsHERB. SMITH, selected by Hughie Dwyer from the Sydney preliminary created a favorable impression in his first main bout at ...
Article : 424 wordsGEORGE ELLIOTT (9.2), State featherweight champion, outpointed the Australian bantamweight champion, Micky Miller (8.8½), in a ...
Article : 211 wordsPAT McHUGH has signed Mickey Miller and "Spider" Roach for a bout for the featherweight, championship of ...
Article : 83 wordsTOM LURICH (15.5) defeated. Johnny Woods (15.3) at Sydney Stadium on Saturday night, when the latter was unable to commence ...
Article : 165 wordsTO give, wrestling one more chance of taking on in a big way in Melbourne, Stadiums Ltd., reopened West Melbourne stadium last Saturday night, but results ...
Article : 175 wordsNICK DNEPROVSKY (15.0) and Billy Meeska (14.9) wrestled in an exciting contest at Leichhardt Stadium last Saturday night, when Meeske ...
Article : 140 wordsSLAMMING and whanging, here, there, and everywhere,' Pletro Spagnola, 13.4, Italian by birth and Australian by adoption, stopped Jim Berg ...
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Advertising : 102 wordsEXCELLENT entries have been received for the 1936 amateur boxing and wrestling championship of N.S.W. ...
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