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  2. Broken Leg Ends Battle for Championship of England

    IN the ninth of his series of Fistic Battles Throughout the Ages, Will Lawless deals with the remarkable career of John Gully, pugilist, publican and parliamentarian, and mentions an amazing prophecy which came true. The main contest described was that between Tom Cribb and Bob Gregson, a Lancashire claimant for ...

    Article : 1,125 words
  3. BLAY’S PUNCH.

    BOBBIE BLAY continues on his winning way, his last success being against Harold Costello at Broken Hill. The Victorian won in the third round ...

    Article : 683 words
  4. GILDO AGAIN

    ONCE Sydney staged the best fistic contests on Boxing Day. It was on that morning 23 years ago the Jack Johnson took the world’s title from ...

    Article : 366 words
  5. Walked 17 Miles

    IN these days of comfort for boxing patrons it is difficult to realise that those of [?]ygone ages had to put up with hardships in ...

    Article : 121 words
  6. Double Knock-out

    WHILE a double knock-out has ended a fight, very rare [?] 50 years of glove fighting, only once did such a thing happen in ...

    Article : 79 words
  7. Picked A Treble

    JOHN GULLY had wonderful self confidence, which was borne out by the fact that early in his career he ...

    Article : 86 words
  8. RING NEWS AND GOSSIP

    AMONG the Queenslanders coming to Melbourne for the Australian amateur championships are four from the gym conducted by Pat Hill who has for a long ...

    Article : 506 words
  9. TITLE TEAM

    A SUB-COMMITTEE, consisting of Major W. T. Conder and Messrs A. C. Kay, Syd. Sherrin, T. H. Morris and H. G. Wakeling has been appointed ...

    Article : 236 words
  10. WON FIRST UP

    THE young Melbourne boxer, Jack O’Brien, started well at Perth by winning the first of the three contests for which he was engaged. Weighing ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 299 words
  11. Queenslanders On Top

    FIRST blood in the Australian 16-footers championship went to the Queensland boat, Victor, cleverly manipulated by Vic Lucas, who took the title some years ago in West Australia and has gathered in championship honors galore in his own State. The second heat will be decided today ...

    Article : 523 words
  12. Cycle and Speedway Gossip

    LATROBE ATHLETIC CLUB was favored by idea weather for the annual cycling carnival on Friday and Saturday and in spite of the general ...

    Article : 892 words
  13. TEAM SPEED RACING

    FOLLOWING the lead of the English dirt track promoters, the directors of the Exhibition Speedway have decided to commence teams’ racing from next ...

    Article : 495 words
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    Advertising : 95 words
  15. Unlucky Fosters

    FATE has dealt a severe blow to the Foster family of cyclists. A little more than a week ago Keith Foster died as ...

    Article : 174 words
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    Advertising : 72 words
  17. Amateur Championships

    The N.S.W. Cyclists’ Union have chosen the following team to take part in Australian championships at Brisbane. Half-mile one mile: H. Pethybridge, D. Gray. ...

    Article : 210 words
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