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  2. Don Thomson’s Golf Come-Back Where Other Cracks Fail

    FOR the amateur-professional 30 holes scratch event which marked the final day of the Kingston Heath open meeting, there lined up an impressively talented entry from both camps. Dull and calm conditions, with the wonderful championship course in great order, made practically ideal conditions for scoring. Yet Don Thomson, professional at the London Stores, was the only ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. LINKS CLASSICS

    ALTHOUGH golf is in Australia and other countries played the whole year round. there is a “peak” period of the season, when the major classics of the game the world over are played. Summer is the season proper in Britain and America, while winter is our time of important ...

    Article : 617 words
  4. DAVIS CUP TEST

    AUSTRALIA’S opponents for the Davis Cup t[?]e. to be played at Philadelphia on May 27, will be America. Supposing that America plays the same team as that which has done service against Canada and Mexico in previous ties this year, the opposition that the Australians will face ...

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  5. VICTORIAN DEBACLE

    AS was generally expected in Sydney. New South Wales overwhelmed Victoria both in the men’s and women’s tennis contests winning the former by [?] rubbers to three, while the southern women won but three sets. Outstanding in the two days’ carnival was the brilliant play of J. N. Purcell. ...

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  6. PROS. ON TOUR

    CHARLIE CONNERS and W. J. Fowter who recently set out on a playing reaching and lecturing tour of the country Paris of Victoria, are well satisfied with ...

    Article : 162 words
  7. PENNANT GAMES

    ON Saturday there will begin the round of match for the senior and junior V.G.A. pennants. To be played on the course of the first-named clubs, the initial ...

    Article : 272 words
  8. BOB FITZSIMMONS WAS FIRST CHAMPION OF THE WORLD WON TITLE BY STOPPING CORBETT

    IN THE 26th article of the series, Fights Throughout the Ages, “Solar Plexus” discounts the claim that James J. Corbett was champion of the world, and points out that the best he could do was to meet Fitzsimmons to decide the rightful champion. Corbett was knocked out. Av comparison of Corbett’s career with that of some Australian contemporaries also whittles away the ...

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  9. GRIME AGAIN

    COMPARED with his featherweight days, Billy Grime, at 10.5, appeared quite a porcine specimen when he appeared over 15 rounds against Kid Maitland ...

    Article : 245 words
  10. HONORS EASY

    THOUGH Bobby Delaney and Bobby Blay finished with honors easy [?] cording to referee Joe Wallis, at the Sydney Stadium on Monday, the ...

    Article : 467 words
  11. WOMEN IN SPORT

    THE New South Wales women’s [?] had their [?]cond successive victory in the Australian women’s four-oared championship at Brisbane on Saturday. They ...

    Article : 262 words
  12. HANDICAP HONORS

    FROM every angle the 1932 open meeting at Kingston Heath was admir[?]oly [?]andied and most successful. Plans perf[?]ly laid ensured the smooth running of ...

    Article : 268 words
  13. Cowardly Blow

    WHEN Corbett was stopped by Fitzsimmons in 1897 he was not able to take his defeat in a sportsmanlike manner. When he ...

    Article : 76 words
  14. Lightweight Championship

    WRITING from Sydney, Ike Kutner claims that Hughie Mehegan never vacated the lightweight title by going to England. ...

    Article : 119 words
  15. Brighton Bouts

    INTERESTING programmes are put on each Thursday night at Brighton, where attendance are good. In the main event last week Paddy Shannon (9.2) was too ...

    Article : 141 words
  16. New Rule On Fouls

    THE unfortunate ending to the last two contests at Sydney Stadium. when a foul caused stoppage in each case, has caused Mr. H. D. McIntosh ...

    Article : 173 words
  17. Stewart About Again

    RUFUS STEWART, after some weeks in hospital is out and about again. He says that all the f[?]uid has gone from his knee. He is feeling very well and now ...

    Article : 28 words
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