ON Saturday night Dan Creedon and Martin Costello met in the Bull and Mouth Hotel, Bourke-street. A discussion ensued oyer their recent contest. The result of ...
Article : 113 wordsBOXING is beginning to boom again in Ballarat. On Wednesday night "Starlight," the colored boxer, and Bell, the champion of the Wimmera district, met to box for a ...
Article : 368 wordsTHOUGH the Olympic Club is closed as a regular thing the Griffo-M'Carthy match will still be brought off there, the lads catting the gate money as a stake, besides the side ...
Article : 1,537 wordsThe following letters are to hand by the recent English mails:--"HOTEL METROPOLE, MONTE CARLO, FRANCE, Thursday, 4th February.--John ...
Article : 2,193 wordsTHE events of the past month here, though numerous, have not been of a high order. The performances of local talent in our midst in finish contests have failed to ...
Article : 3,732 wordsA BACKER of Val Flood has called on us to say that the latter can be backed to box Martin Costello if the Melbourne Athletic Club will give a decent purse. The side ...
Article : 65 wordsOn the 8th February, Sam Baxter, who is staying in Plymouth, forwarded to the Sportsman office articles of agreement for a match with Joe Wilson, of Leicester. The ...
Article : 88 wordsTHE principal events in the above sports are to band. As will be seen, the programme has been prepared to suit all sorts and conditions of athletes. Entries are due 6th ...
Article : 42 wordsWe have got the "tug-of-war" fever badly in Tasmania. It started at the Launceston Exhibition and then broke out at Hobart, Zeehan, and elsewhere. The ...
Article : 310 wordsTHE programme for the Bairnsdale outing contains such well-prized items as a Sheffield Handicap, of £40; a 220yds Hurdle Race, of £9; and a Mile Race, with the same ...
Article : 64 wordsYESTERDAY Mr. W. Curran showed us two handsome trophies, presented by Mr. W. R. Virgoe in order to encourage amateur boxing. One is a valuable gold watch for the winner; ...
Article : 56 wordsMR. J. N. BEADY, the hon. secretary, has sent us the programme for Easter Monday. This includes a £20 Tug-of-war, a £12 Sheffield Handicap, and a second ...
Article : 54 wordsMR. C. B. COX, the secretary of the Eight Hours' Anniversary, advertises that £200 in prizes will be offered at toe Exhibition Buildings and Grounds on the 21st April. ...
Article : 69 wordsTHERE was a large attendance at the above club on Wednesday night last, to witness the continuation of the 9st. competition. The boxing was again of an exciting nature, ...
Article : 724 wordsIn another column will be found the starts for the Victorian Railways Athletic Club sports, to be held at the Exhibition on the 26th inst. All the events have large ...
Article : 48 wordsSLAVIN and Mitchell arrived here yesterday, and were to have given their opening exhibition at night at the Opera House. At the lost moment, however, the police, acting on ...
Article : 197 wordsEASTERTIDE at Bendigo promises to be no less lively in this year of grace, 1892, than any of its predecessors. A glance at the programme in another column will show ...
Article : 57 wordsTO-NIGHT the finals of the Novice Handicap will be run off. And as the admission to the grounds is now only one shilling, there should be a goodly crowd present. On ...
Article : 45 wordsA CORRESPONDENT writing from Buen[?] Ayres, under the date 14th December las[?] says:--"The prize ring is looking up [?] South America, and bids fair to become ...
Article : 162 wordsPETER MOLONEY asks us to say that he has completed arrangements that will enable him to give more time to the duties of handicapping for country and other sports. He ...
Article : 60 wordsJOE GODDARD writes to say that he will certainly leave for 'Frisco on the 18th April, under engagement to the California Athletic Club. He goes there to box Joe M'Auliffe ...
Article : 102 wordsJACK GRAHAM has been appointed instructor to the Mildura Athletic Club, and will enter on his duties at once. He has received instructions to purchase and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 90 wordsTHE World's High Jump Record has got up an eighth of an inch. On the 5th Feb ruary last, at Wolverbampton, Joseph Dart succeeded in jumping 6ft 5½in--beati[?] ...
Article : 42 wordsIN order to try and further the proposed match between Tom Duggan and Mulholland or Mick Dunne, we on Friday wired our Sydney representative to see the latter ...
Article : 89 wordsWE have letters in our rack for W. W[?]liams, E. Corblyr W. Henderson, D. [?]Tom Isler, Sandy M'Gregor, [?] De Grasse. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 163 wordsTHE polo matches were continued o[?] Tuesday last at Newmarket, and attra[?] a large crowd. The day's sport proved mo[?] enjoyable, barring the fact that Mr. Audr[?] ...
Article : 298 wordsAN All-Comere' Handicap, of 10 sovs, will be run at the above grounds, the date for which will he fixed as soon as sufficient entries have been received. Intending peds. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 208 wordsIN connection with toe allegations made by a runner named Jones against James Robertson, the winner of the Horsham Gift at the late sports, the secretary of the ...
Article : 162 wordsTHESE sports are to be held on the local football ground on the 8th April. The programme is one that should prove attractive. Nominations are due on the 28th March, and acceptances on 6th April. ...
Article : 39 wordsTHE principal event in the athletic sports on Easter Monday will be the Sheffield Handicap, for which entries are due on the 1st April and acceptances on the 14th. ...
Article : 34 wordsTHE above sports are to be held in Biston Park on the 21st April. Elsewhere will be found the programme. Their dates are--Nominations, 4th April; handicaps, 11th; ...
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Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904), Tue 15 Mar 1892, Page 2
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