BY the Alameda, on Thursday morning, Billy Murphy, the New Zealander, who, after beating all before him in Australia, recently went to the States, arrived again in his old ...
Article : 246 wordsThe Melbourne Athletic Club are [?] with another good programme for next Saturday night. The following will be the items--subject of [?] to such alterations ...
Article : 117 wordsAfter such a splendid opening night it was only to be expected that Sam Masthown's California Club should have been full up on Saturday night. Among the spectators were ...
Article : 1,420 wordsNext Saturday week the amateur competition at the Apollo Hall will be commenced. It is confined to two divisions,light weights and featherweights, For the firstnamed division the ...
Article : 147 wordsOh I the fog the fox the horrible fog! Covering up each Diddle and box. Stepning the traveller's warning up spart. And sending the mud up his leg like a squirt. ...
Article : 1,605 wordsFrisco people have a big idea of M'Auliffe, and express he will give sharin a great battle. He was only a coming man where he met Jackson and shaped so well. Now he has improved ...
Article : 61 wordsWill "The Torped's" still be champion? A match even between Jnn, L. Sullivan and Jackson, or the latter and E.F. Slavin, could not cause much more interest than ...
Article : 512 wordsThe management of the Crystal Palace, Richmond, are prepared to give a purse of L25 for the above named boxer to contest at their building on Monday night, 25th August, under ...
Article : 155 wordsSince our last issue, Mick Dooley has write Peter Newton a other Date to Day that he (Dooley)is starting on with his training. He reckons that Cup week should be just about ...
Article : 104 wordsA match took place at Warrnambool on Monday week between Fred Johnson and Tom Dennett for a ten Bennett for a ten round trophy, the best of eight rounds, under Marquin of Queensberry ...
Article : 506 wordsJack Slavin asks as to say that he would like to make a match with Tut Ryan. He will be Treacy to box him in a month's time of the Melbourne Athletic Club will give, say, L50 ...
Article : 60 wordsBefore we had been evoking long, Billy says. "Oh, come and sen the belt," and presently along black case was discovered, nearly as long as the champion himself. The ...
Article : 826 wordsThe second round for the above [?] was off on Saturday night at the Darlinghurst rink the distance being one mile and a half. Only six started, namely, Campbell (winner ...
Article : 134 wordsThe attendance at the above place of amusement om Monday night was, we noted, much above the average. Again the boxing of the amateurs ...
Article : 439 wordsOn Saturday next Duncan G. Rose and Professor Miller will give an athletic entertainment at the Exhibition Theatre, Geelong. On the following Tuesday they show at the ...
Article : 123 wordsThe champion brother, 9st 6lb, is being matched against Geo. Mackenzie for a purse and side wager. ...
Article : 22 wordsTaking one thing with another, it was a little surprising to hear of Mick Dooley making up his mind to have another try at the big Barrier man. At ...
Article : 111 wordsStowell v. Horsham.--The above teams met lost Wednesday afternoon for the time for the Long Trophy. Great interest was manifested the match, as fully 2000 were ...
Article : 277 wordsLatest, advices from Frisco (writes our Sydney correspondent) confirm the report of Peter Jackson's return, Writing by last mail to Secretary Corbett, of the Athletic Club, he ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 533 wordsthen entered the ring to box off the final the Middleweight division. Both were wild at the start, but finally Duggan steadied himself, and used the left to good advantage, ...
Article : 273 wordsSIR,--In reply, to Mr King's letter in THE SPORTSMAN, dated 16th July, I wish to inform him that I am quite agreeable to make one in a sweep stake for L25 or upwards, either in a ...
Article : 121 wordsThe following are the starts for the August Handicap, which will be run off on the grounds on Saturday afternoon next. The first heat is timed for three o'clock. ...
Article : 180 wordsMeanwhile, Secretary Corbett and Messrs G. Watson, Merryman, Beliasrio, and others of the management of the Sydney Amateur Gymnastic Club, arrived in a drag. There ...
Article : 501 wordsThe committee met on Monday evening at the Beehive. The programme previously drawn up with a few minor alterations adopted. It was decided to offer Mr J. B. Watson's ...
Article : 113 wordsSIR,--In your last week's issue Ross puts blame on me for not deciding in his favor the result of the last match between himself and E. Kneebone, giving as evidence that ...
Article : 274 wordsMr Tom Curran is to receipt of the following letter, which be has kindly handed as for publication:--139 Queen's Road, Everton, Liverpool, 2nd June, 1890.--My dear old ...
Article : 206 wordsSIR,--I am very anxious a to get a match an with anyone. I with wrestle any middleweight in Australia for L25 aside. If I can't arrange with any middleweight I am willing to meet ...
Article : 64 wordsThe annual meeting of the Horsham Athletic Club was bold at the White Hart Hotel recently. Mr Doyle was in the chair, and there was a good attendance. A letter ...
Article : 299 wordsAt a meeting of the Amateur Athletic Association at Christchurch. New Zealand on 14th July, Mr Cuff brought up report of the trip of the New Zealand, athletes to Sydney. ...
Article : 318 wordsNext Monday night, at 8 o'clock, a meeting to be held at THE SPORTSMAN Office. The object to devise the best means of raising a monument the head of the grave of the late ...
Article : 59 wordsBowman's Forest, 27th July, 1890. SIR,-- Duncan Ross has just done as I told him he would--finished the match in The Sportsman. When I wanted to finish the match on the ...
Article : 168 wordsThe above club had their ran on Saturday at Oakleigh. The pack, which numbered 30, threw off at 3.30 p.m. from Monday's Oakleigh Junction Hotel. The hares (Messrs L. ...
Article : 240 wordsSIR,--At the Apollo Hall three weeks ago Tommy Williams challenged me to fight him for a purse of L10, thinking I could not raise it. But Mr. T. Jones was kind enough to put ...
Article : 207 wordsConsidering the splendid programmes Martin Costello has been providing tor his patrons lately, we were not at our placed on Saturday night to be the Apollo Hall filled in ...
Article : 700 wordsYoung Griffo then had a word to say. He was very pleased to be able to meet Murphy, and thanked his shoes that he did not go to Frisco. He would do his best to win, and if ...
Article : 53 wordsJack Slavin and Jack Barnett have been giving athletic shows at the seaport towns. On Saturday they showed Mornington, and last night at Frankston, at both places to ...
Article : 75 wordsSIR,--Could you please inform me whether anyone is willing to give a purse for anyone to box, Coilles, of Albury? If anyone is so willing I should be only too glad to box him ...
Article : 70 wordsMurphy has a great opinion of John L. Sullivan, who raid the featherweight he would meet Peter Jackson soon. Now, of course, a different complexion has been put on it. ...
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Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904), Wed 30 Jul 1890, Page 2
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