On Saturday night M[?] Costello has a spicy bill of fare for the [?] First he will serve up light rounds between Henry and Denny, the winner of the Light weight ...
Article : 150 wordsThe [?] of the Melbourne Athletic Club presents [?] busy scene afternoon and night. The members are hard as work preparing for the competitions which ...
Article : 364 wordsEven the wet weather has not stopped the boxing. It came down heavily enough on Friday afternoon, the gods know. But, for all that. the Commotion Gymnasium had some 60 ...
Article : 1,271 wordsBilly Murphy, the Australian, was matched with Holden, and the fight would probably come of last month in New York. New York, 6th May.--Joe M'Auliffe ...
Article : 2,556 wordsTuesday night last there was a big attendance as she Sydney Amateur Gymnastic Club to witness the contest to a finish between Mick Ives and Geo. M'Henzie for a purse of L25. ...
Article : 694 wordsThe management of the Centennial Elite Athletic Hall have been most unfortunate since they commenced to cater for the amusement of patrons of boxing both as regards ...
Article : 365 wordsMr J. J. Roberts, a well-known resident of Goulburn, has been for some time preparing to contest the amateur championship of Australia, under the training of ...
Article : 154 wordsDuncan C. Ross, the American athlete, Donald Dinnie and Mone Victor will appear in the various towns between Melbourne and Sydney, giving exhibitions of ...
Article : 99 wordsSIR,--I see by your last issue that Messrs Kneebone and Dinnie are out with their usual letters claiming that they want to meet me. I met both these Athletes two weeks ago ...
Article : 184 wordsThere was a big-house at the Apollo Hall on Saturday night. Young Denny, of Sydney, and Lyndsay, of South Melbourne, were the first to try conclusions, Professor Miller ...
Article : 733 wordsThe fallowing telegram was received yesterday from Albury:--"Will match a man running high jump against any Victorian for L100 a side, the match to take ...
Article : 75 wordsJoe Goddard, the Barrier champion, accompanied by Jack Marshall, left for Sydney by the afternoon express. He is in good form, and very confident that he will beat Dooley in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 310 wordsThe proprietors of the Crystal Palace. Richmond, have reluctantly to inform those pedestrians who sent in their names to the management for the Six Days' and Nights' Go-as-you ...
Article : 76 wordsTHE LITTLE FELLOW WINS IN QUICK TIME. Although making allowance for Griffo's brilliancy--which, by the way, is not accepted in some quarters--his best admirers didn't ...
Article : 319 wordsPeter Boland and Jack Slavin are training carefully for their match at the Apollo Hall next Saturday week. Boland is at Brighton with Charlie Taylor, and is getting into ...
Article : 50 wordsThere is an offer on hand in THE SPORTSMAN office to back a Melbourne amateur to box any other in Australia for a trophy ranging in value from L200 to L500. A reply can be seat ...
Article : 45 wordsAt last we are getting something definite about the Sullivan-Jackson match. Boston exchanges of the 23rd April state:--The announcement of the final offer of the ...
Article : 748 wordsThe initial championship indoor meeting in Boston, under the auspices of the Amateur Athletic Union, was held on the afternoon and evening of 12th April. About 4000 persons ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 915 wordsGriffo said he was not particular personally, and met big and little when they challenged him just to show he could fight a little. Now he would meet anyone his weight for ...
Article : 122 wordsNew York exchanges of 30th April announce that Joe M'Auliffe, the big Californian pugilist, who is 26 yrs of age, stands 6ft 3½in. and weighs 14st 4lb arrived there the previous ...
Article : 183 wordsIt is easy to prophesy that there will be a great house at the Sydney Amateur Gymnasium on Tuesday night, 24th June, when the two most prominent heavy-weights now ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 408 wordsThe rain militated against a large attendance at the Palace on Monday night. Still there was a decent cumber present. Keeley and Ryan and two others famished the preliminary ...
Article : 559 wordsSIR,--Re the so-called Chips Moore, of Port Melbourne, Seeing in this wack's edition a letter purported to be written by me. I hereby deny writing same but will box the writer, ...
Article : 60 wordsTom Tracey has informal the management of the Crystal Palace, Richmond, that he will meet Nipper Peekes with 6oz gloves in their building for a side wager of L50 and the ...
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Advertising : 69 wordsThe first contest for the Geelong Friendly Societies prizes for quoiting was played off on Saturday (says the "Times"), and resulted in a win for Mr James Heagney. There ...
Article : 101 wordsNew York exchanges of the 27th April state:--Billy Murphy, the Australian, who holds the Featlier-weight Championship of the World, called at the office of the "Police ...
Article : 122 wordsFiles from Western Australia state that W. E. Strickland has accepted the challenge of W. R. Thomas, of Torbay, to walk him two hours in the Perth Town Hall, for L20 a side. ...
Article : 121 wordsThe invasion of England by our athletes is not yet complete. In the course of a few months (writes our Sydney correspondent) a well-known lover of sport in the city is going ...
Article : 96 wordsLast week we announced that a purse of L25 had been offered for Sisson and Tut Ryan, on the request of the former. On Saturday night Jack Marshall asked us to say that ...
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Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904), Wed 18 Jun 1890, Page 2
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