THE best tonic Australian boxing could have at the present time would be the finding of a few men of near world’s class. This would attract public interest to the sport and act as an incentive to the younger generation to gain fame in the ring. ...
Article : 654 wordsTHE clash of heavyweights seldom fails to attract the attention of fistic patrons who expect something out of the ordinary in regard to sensational punching. The contest for the heavyweight championship of Victoria to be decided at the Melbourne Stadium on Saturday evening ...
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Article : 123 wordsThe return bout between Jack Haines, of New South Wales, and Ambrose Palmer, of Victoria, will be fought at ...
Article : 63 wordsINTERESTING and exciting was the drawn wrestling contest between Abe Coleman (14.0) and George Ko[?]sonaro (13.10½) at the Sydney Stadium on ...
Article : 494 wordsPatrons at the Fitzroy and Dudley Street Stadiums were well pleased With some of the contests last week. At Fitzroy on Friday evening there ...
Article : 180 wordsAnton Koolman the 11.0 Esthonian, won the middleweight wrestling championship of the Southern Hemisphere at the City Baths, Adelaide, on ...
Article : 85 wordsTwo short bouts composed the main part of the Leichhardt programme on Friday evening through the postponement of the ...
Article : 362 wordsDISAPPOINTMENT at the unsportsmanlike criticism of his yacht and the projected race to New Zealand by a section of Victorian yachtsmen was expressed by Commodore “Doc” Bennell, owner-skipper of the Oimara, when he returned from his 1000-mile test trip to Sydney and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,177 wordsJack Haines will face the lately-arrived Tony Tuzzolino at Rushcutter’s Bay on Saturday night. The visitor has the hall mark of George Blake, ...
Article : 86 wordsMisfortune has dogged Jimmy Sharman’s troupe of late. The first show at Beulah last week was spoilt by rain and bad roads. It proved to be ...
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Advertising : 84 wordsWith the younger generation there is no more popular boy than Abby Kay, the promising young pugilist, who is to receive his big chance on ...
Article : 97 wordsIn New York on October 13, Kid Berg, of England, outpointed Billy PetroIIe. The latter, in a previous bout, k.o.’d Berg, so the Englishman ...
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Advertising : 59 wordsAt a meeting of the Victorian Boxing Trainers’ Association, Billy McWilliam was elected secretary in succession to Billy Negus. In future all ...
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Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954), Wed 15 Oct 1930, Page 11
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