The Ten-stone Competition for Amateurs teas commenced at the Apollo Athletic Hall on Saturday nighty, and provided some good boxing. The first prize was a handsome gold ...
Article : 905 wordsOn Thursday, night, at the Victoria Hall, a complimentary send off was tendered to F. P. Slavin, the champion boxer of Australia, who left for Adelaide on Saturday to catch the ...
Article : 817 wordsAn amusing sprint race was run the other day (writes our Sydney correspondent) between two well-known but no longer juvenile members of the ring. One, who is rather on the ...
Article : 139 wordsConsequent upon a challenge thrown out by Jack Slavin in brother of F. P. Slavin), Molloy, the well-known boxer, met him at Foley's on Saturday night for a small stake, 20 ...
Article : 1,039 wordsWork is proceeding vigorously in connection with the International Athletic Tournament be brought off in Adelaide in November. The tournament is under the patronage of the ...
Article : 538 wordsMr Joseph Thompson has evidently grown tired of letting his forfeit money lie in the London Sportsman office. Mitchell is in America with Kilrain, who is matched to fight ...
Article : 1,609 wordsHimself a through athlete, not only in the practical but also theoretical sense, Mr. Nelson's visit to Melbourne and Syfney, and his impressions on what we saw while there in ...
Article : 803 wordsSIR,--I take this, my first opportunity, of thanking you for the kind remarks you had inserted in THE SPORTSMAN re my accident. It was only last week my mother, who is down ...
Article : 399 wordsSIR,--I have been instructed by the commits toe of the Thomas Testimonial Fund to inform you that the time for closing testimonial lists has been extended until the 27th inst., after ...
Article : 65 wordsThe above sports are to be held on Mr E. O'Dwyer's ground on the 10th July. Else where will be found the particulars of the programme. The Forbes Handicap and the ...
Article : 74 wordsWe have received a perfect sheaf of letters endorsing and applauding our strictures on the Downie-Fogarty boxing contest. We have, however, room only for the following:--Sir,-- ...
Article : 717 wordsIn connection with this important event fixed to take place a few months hence, the following appears in the "Pegasus" column of the News of the World:-- "When O'Connor ...
Article : 1,087 wordsThe following articles will give all the information of the Weight-throwing match between Kneebone and M'Hardy. The former is well known in Victorian athletic circles, while ...
Article : 370 wordsUnder date 10th June, Mr Dunn, the hon. sec of the Wentworth Pedestrian Club writes:-- I here with enclose a report of a foot race meeting that was held by the Wentworth ...
Article : 279 wordsSIR.--Permit me apace in your columns to say a few words in answer to J. E. Nelsons letter, which appeared in your issue of the 19th inst. First of all he says that I seem to have taken my ...
Article : 734 wordsThe following are the articles for the Go-as-you-please match Rayner and Hackford. As will be seen, the match may be changed into a sweepstakes:-- ...
Article : 329 wordsOn Monday evening a complimentary benefit was tendered to Jem Rogers at the Apollo Athletic Hall, which was kindly lent for the occasion by the proprietors (Messrs. Costello ...
Article : 550 wordsThe athletic prions at Bahgallah passed off will. The handicap was won by M'Cabe, was Grant second, in the hurdles Spring, with 12 yards start, was first and ...
Article : 45 wordsThe above club held their usual half-yearly meeting on 24th May, when they ran off their Seventh Grand Sheffield Handicap with other events. There hung a great number of ...
Article : 611 wordsSIR,--Noticing a short article in your paper of 5th June re Mr T. D. M'Kay, of the world renowned Burlington route of San Francisco, I take the liberty of enclosing you a letter sent ...
Article : 348 wordsAt Dan Abbott's hall, Albury, on Friday night last, a match took place for a purse between Dawson and Collins. It result d in a victory for Collins in three rounds, after some ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Six Days' Go-as-you-please at Madison Square Gardens, which finished on Saturday, 12th May, was won by Dan Hetty, who did the 550 miles in 141 hours 54 min. He gets ...
Article : 56 wordsOnly a few weeks ago a small army of wrestlers, Graeco-Roman, catch-at-catch-can, and collar and-elbow, invaded Boston. They made quite a lively commotion, and ...
Article : 204 wordsHarry Mace had a benefit at the Wellington Hall, Collingwood, on Thursday last. The attendance, however, was only limited. A good programme was provided, there being in ...
Article : 217 wordsElsewhere will be found a comprehensive programme of the proposed Victoria Athletic Association. They intend offering L250 in prizes. L150 of this is to be allotted their ...
Article : 155 wordsDuring an interval in the football match between New South Wales and the New Zealand team on Saturday, a mile handicap, contested by 19 amateurs, was got off, and ...
Article : 100 wordsA Wangaratta exchange says:--The long-talked of match between R. Hill and D. Cowan, for L20 aside, came off at Carboor on Friday evening. Notwithstanding the ...
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Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904), Wed 26 Jun 1889, Page 4
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