SIR,--Referring to the interference of the authorities in boxing under Queensberry rules when it is for a stake, and one to win, I would suggest that when the articles are drawn up they ...
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Article : 169 wordsTHE complimentary entertainment tendered to the Athletic Editor of the SPORTSMAN at the Lyceum Hall on Wednesday last was a complete success. Directly the doors ...
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Article : 50 wordsAt a social gathering in this city on 17th April, to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Heenan and Sayers fight, many old reminiscences were revived and ...
Article : 798 wordsSIR,--I wish to correct a statement made by Tom Harvey in last week's SPORTSMAN, in reference to the fouls which occurred in the late glove contest between W. Farnan and T. Lees. ...
Article : 68 wordsTHERE was another crowded house at the Lyceum Hall on Monday night, when Farnan was given a benefit in recognition of the gameness he displayed in his recent glove ...
Article : 222 wordsSIR,--I hereby challenge to run T. Hayes, of Trentham, half a mile, or I will give him 10 yards in a mile, for from £10 to £50. Man and money found at All Nations' Hotel, Woodend.-- ...
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Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904), Wed 10 Jun 1885, Page 4
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