NEW YORK, 18th June. -- Will Sullivan and Slavin meet? Of all the men who were present at the contest between Slavin and Kilrain on Tuesday night none watched it ...
Article : 987 wordsAT the Olympic Club on Saturday night, Pablo, the elder, knocked out White after three rounds of pretty good slogging. Jack Barnitt, Sullivan's manager, stepped into the ring and ...
Article : 222 wordsTHE fifth Grand Handicap of £100, commenced last Monday night, was continued on the following night and concluded on "Wednesday night. The attendance was good on the ...
Article : 645 words"DON'T prophesy till you know" is a good maxim. Another we've lately been learning is " Don't heed the cablegram results of American and English boxing matches till ...
Article : 619 wordsTED PRITCHARD beat Jem Smith in ten minutes, is the tenor of the first cable message received since our last issue. Turn over old files, and it will make you laugh to read, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 773 wordsCALIFORNIA ATHLETIC CLUB ROOMS, 24th June. -- Matters pugilistic outside of the Kilrain-Slavin match, and the singing of Willis and Dixon for 28th July, have been ...
Article : 2,706 wordsTOM WILLIAMS, who is to box Ben Seth at the club on the 17th inst., has returned to Melbourne from Mr. Buckley's station. Narrapumclap, in company with Tom Burrows. ...
Article : 304 wordsLAST week we published a telegram from Albury to the effect that Jack Macgowan of South Melbourne and Jack Reis (a pupil of Dan Albott), had boxed an eight-round draw. ...
Article : 176 wordsAFTER the contest between Tom Duggan and Tom Tracey at the Crystal Palace on Monday week in which Duggan obtained the refere[?]'s decision. Tracey serv[?] Mr. Dougharty with ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 76 wordsTHERE is some talk of Joe Choynski going to South Africa before he returns to "Frisco Woolf Bendoff proved that there was plenty of money there for a boring match on the ...
Article : 189 wordsNOTWITHSTANDING that the contest between Harry Duggan and H. Sinnott, which took place on Saturday night, was arranged at the last moment, there was a large attendance to ...
Article : 131 wordsTHERE was a fair attendance at the Crystal Palace last night. Jim Rogers and Alee Rogers opened proceedings with an exhibition. Then came the first bout of the feather-weight ...
Article : 604 wordsWE seem now farther off than ever of keeping boxing alive here. But as the proverb runs the darkest hour is always just before the dawn, and I hope this will not prove the ...
Article : 448 wordsCERTAIN misguided people, who did not see either of the encounters between Griffo and Murphy, and who judge by misleading accounts and comments, flatter themselves by ...
Article : 290 wordsIF John L. Sullivan were no better as a boxer than he is in drama or comedy it would be easy to pick a man to beat him. But he has a reputation in the ring, and though, ...
Article : 229 wordsCARRINGTON HANDICAPS. -- In the Nursery T. Parnell (29½) won from J. M'Mahon (29); P. Barnes (29¼). The professional event went to J. Donohue ...
Article : 95 wordsTHOUGH we all wanted Willis to win, and were di-appointed at the result, no one who has followed the game can be very much surprised. Willis was a good lad certainly, ...
Article : 211 wordsLUKE and Morrissey met at the Skating Rink on Monday night. Luke weighed 10st 13lb, and Morrissey 9st 10lb. Morrissey was suffering from an injured right hand, and for ...
Article : 132 wordsDUNCAN C. Ross and Donald Dinnie showed at the Oval, Brisbane, on the 25th ult. The following is taken from the report : -- "In the competition for throwing a 56lb weight for ...
Article : 168 wordsThe swiftest and hottest contest over boxed on the Barrier came off to-night at the Skating Rink between Coates and Doody, two local light-weights, for a purse of £35, put up by ...
Article : 350 wordsTo-morrow evening the first heats of the ten and eleven stone competitions will be boxed. The prizes are well worth trying for. The winner of each heat will receive one ...
Article : 81 wordsAs George Powell would not accept a purse of £75 offered by the Sydney Gymnastic Club for he and chid Ryan the club will get Jim Murphy (Billy's brother) to take his ...
Article : 55 wordsLAWRENCE, of Footscray, called upon us on Monday afternoon. He wants to have a content with either Jim Wood or Wright. He will also undertake to stop "Yaukee" in ...
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Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904), Tue 4 Aug 1891, Page 2
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