BEFORE leaving for America in 1893, Griffo had more than 70 real fights. He is supposed by many to have been horn at “The Rocks,” Miller’s Point, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 916 wordsAUSTRALIANS of the featherweight division were, up to a comparatively recent date, the equal of the world’s best, while two of their number never had an equal. Griffo was unanimously voted the cleverest boxer the world has known, while Billy Murphy, though but 2lb. above our present flyweight limit, ...
Article : 86 wordsSOME first class sport has been provided at the State amateur boxing and wrestling championships, while the attendances have been particularly good ...
Article : 304 wordsYOUNG STRIBLING has had his last contest In Australia. His next opponent will be Don McCor-Kindale, at Johannesburg. ...
Article : 74 wordsSYDNEY is likely to see a good international fight when Ambrose Palmer meets Clyde Chastain next Monday week. As the Australian champion has ...
Article : 187 wordsAT Rushcuttecs Bay on Monday, Tiger Payne (132) outpointed Bob Thornton (11.8). The Sydney boxer found the handicap too severe. He rarely attacked, ...
Article : 97 wordsPARTICULARS of the passing of Vic. Rowe are supplied by J. T. Clarke, Railway Gates, Albury, as follow:— “Solar Plexus” recently mentioned that ...
Article : 76 wordsAFTER making playthings of other American feathers, Griffo faced the champion lightweight of that country, Jack McAuliffe, and beat his much heavier opponent decisively, but he received nothing in return, because of a wrong decision. ...
Article : 94 wordsDAVE SMITH is just as keen on boxing as ever, and is ready to give the game a hand. Writing from Bahno[?]d Beach. Sydney he says:— ...
Article : 139 wordsWHETHER Bill McAlister (8.6) delivered a low punch to bring disqualification against Dick O’Connor (8.7) at Fitzroy on Friday is problematical. One ...
Article : 213 wordsIN a match fixed for the Melbourne Stadium on Derby night. Bonny Muir, the Melbourne wrestler, is to meet Bull Montana, the American screen artist. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 187 wordsTHE British Board of Boxing Control which recently deposed Al Foreman, lightweight champion, has adopted the same course in regard to Ned Tarleton. ...
Article : 84 wordsBANTAM champion Ern Evans gained a points decision over Young Gildo after twelve two-minute rounds at Leichhardt on Friday. The title-holder showed good ...
Article : 105 wordsJIMMY SHARMAN’S troupe will be at Bendigo Show today (Wednesday) and Thursday, and Rochester on Saturday. He reports having seen some decent ...
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Advertising : 54 wordsJACK HAINES, former middleweight champion, is to open a Melbourne branch of his Sydney gymnasium and physical culture school by the end of the ...
Article : 43 wordsPROMINENT enthusiasts in the Kerang district who have become alarmed at the way the laws of the Fisheries and Game Department are being fluoted, have ...
Article : 442 wordsCHAPTER THREE. UP to this time I had boxed with youngsters of practically my own age and experience. He was a finished ...
Article : 1,080 wordsFRED HENKEBERRY (11.2) gained a points decision over Jimmy Pearce (11.5 [?]) at Newcastle on Saturday. With the Chastain-Palmer contest disposed of. ...
Article : 127 wordsThe author has sketched his boyhood days, when the Hudson River was his swimmin’ hole, enlivened often with impromptu scraps, until ...
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Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954), Wed 12 Oct 1932, Page 9
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