SIR.--With regard in the Jackon-Slavin and the Jackson Goddard negotiations, I regret very much being compelled to take up a position opposed to Mr. Sweet individually, or the ...
Article : 2,543 words[?]ANDING the rain on Friday nigh there was a very fair attendance at the Melbourne Athletic Club. In addition to the presentation of pr[?] to the sucessful ...
Article : 578 wordsW[?] the expectation of seeing a good contest a large member of spectators put in an appearance at the Apollo Hall on Saturday night. Jim Hall, who has been getting away ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 696 wordsJIM HALL, called on us yesterday with reference to Mick Dooley being dubbed Middle-weight Champion. Hall says he fails to see it. If Dooley will come to 11st 41b, the ...
Article : 95 wordsThe topic of the hour is, of course, the Burge-Dawson contest. It will be remembered that the police, who were present (actuated, no doubt, by the outcry of the religious bodies), ...
Article : 855 wordsTire latest news from England regarding Champion Slavin is that he contemplates entering a libel action against "Pendragon," of the Referee. That writer hinted very ...
Article : 138 wordsNEW YORK exchanges of the 15th October state that J. L. Sullivan will fight the winner of the proposed Peter Jackson-Frank Slavin content. T. Lumley, editor of the Illustrated ...
Article : 253 wordsThe annual meeting of the above club was held on the 20th ult. Present--Mr. Thecop[?] Goulden (president) in the chair, aud Messrs[?] Taylor, Cuming, T. Y. Smith, Perrottet ...
Article : 214 wordsto be bold on the Melbourne Cricket Ground next Saturday, promise to be the most successful yet held. The entries, which closed last week, are quite up to the average, there being over ...
Article : 206 wordsNext Saturday night, at the Apollo Hall, Abe Willis and young Macgowan are to box the best of eight rounds. Both are clever, honest lads, and should furnish a capital ...
Article : 76 wordsAN athletic sports meeting, under the patronage of the Foresters, Hibernian, and St. Andrew's Societies, will beheld in the Melbourne Exhibition Buildings and grounds on ...
Article : 183 wordsTHE Melbourne Town Hall promisee to bo very busy on Wednesday night, 10th December, when a "Grand Exhibition of Gymnastics and Assault-at-Arme" is to be given. This has ...
Article : 294 wordsJOE GODDARD is anxious to meet Joe Choynski for a substantial stake and a purse, or a puree alone. His £25 deposit is still with THE SPORTSMAN. ...
Article : 128 wordsFor the above sports a capital programme has boon prepared. The principal item is the New Year's Day Handicap, of £10, open to all, 125yds. Nominations are due 18th December; ...
Article : 40 wordsOn Boxing Day the Clunes folke purpose to give £75 away in prizes. Of this £10 goes to the Boring Day Handicap, 130 and 300 yards. There are other events with good ...
Article : 41 wordsHEARING of the boxing abilities of Medam Lorengo,now travelling the shows,I will box her, or any woman in Australia, under 8st., for points, under the Marquis of ...
Article : 93 wordsMr. Robert Gow, secretary to the Melbourne Caledonian Society, is early in the field with his programme for the 26th January. And a capital list of events the committee has ...
Article : 134 wordsIN Brisbane last night Goo. Powell Tasker in a boxing match for £100, after rounds. ...
Article : 28 wordsSIR,--Having Been in roar last issue an account of the fight between J. Slattery, Latrobe, and G. Kerrison, of Launceston, I may tell you the match was for £40 and the ...
Article : 67 wordsJACK CASHEN has covered Jack Perryma[?] deposit of £2 for a match at Greeco-Rom[?] the bort of three falls. He will meet Perr[?] man at the SPORTSMAN office next Tuesday ...
Article : 42 wordsFor the Bicycle and Athletic sports on New Year's Day £100 in prizes will be given away. The Intercolonial Bicycle Handicap alone is worth £50, while there is a variety of other ...
Article : 60 wordsIN a three-inch ad. our readers are asked to "Look out" for the above sports. The £25 attached to the Grand Handicap gives some idea of the value of the prizes. Nominations ...
Article : 50 wordsYESTERDAY Mr. Morrison, the secretary, wired:-- Intending competitors are reminded that entries close on Monday next for the Bend[?]go Athletic Club sports. ...
Article : 25 wordsTHE Broken Hill Athletic Club are giving £40 for Leahy to wrestle Harry Pearce. Carroll and Murphy box next Monday. ...
Article : 31 wordsLondon Sporting Truth says:--Murphy's friends are not averse to backing him against Griffo again. Murphy has owned up that be was not in A1 condition on the day of the ...
Article : 165 wordsIn a 20-mile walking match at Carrington Grounds (Sydney) on Saturday, M;Inerney beat J. Ewin by 600yds in 3hrs 13min, ...
Article : 27 wordsSIR,--I saw in your issue, the SPORTSMAN before last, a purse was offered for Abe Willis and Collis. I am willing to fight Willis for a reasonable purse, and a side-wager of £50. I ...
Article : 71 wordsThe committee of the Sandhurst Gymnasium root on Thursday evening to make arrangements for the new quarter, which commenced on Monday last. It was arranged that during ...
Article : 179 wordsMR. JOHN PRICE, the secretary, has forwarded the extended programme. There are seventeen well-prized events, the Sheffield Handicap carrying £20 and the Professional ...
Article : 36 wordsAt the Crystal Palace, on' Monday night next Jim Rodgers and Jack Ferryman box the, beet of eight rounds, one to win, for gate receipts, all to go to the winner after expenses ...
Article : 90 wordsFor their Boxing Day sports the Murchison folk offer £90 in prizes. The biggest slice of this, 30 sore, goes to the Murchison Handicap. Entries close on the 10th December. ...
Article : 34 wordsOUR S.A. correspondent writes:--Murphy, the champion feather-weight, is located with M'Laughlin, and giving boxing lessons. On Saturday, at an entertainment at Garner's ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 86 wordsParticulars of the above sports arc given elsewhere. They should be as successful as ever, judging by the attractive programme set forth. Those desirous of having a most ...
Article : 78 wordsMr. L. D. WILLIAMS, the secretary, has forwarded the programme of the Tarnagulla Annual Fete. Tins shows 130yds Sheffield, Quarter Mile, Half Mile, and Mile Races, ...
Article : 40 wordsAn addition has been made to the programme of the Tungamah annual sports New Year's Day. This is in the shape off Quarter Mile, with a five guinea prize. ...
Article : 44 wordsMR. PHILLIPS, secretaw[?] to the above society, wires us to draw [?]ial attention to the feat that entries dose on the 6th December. The prizes are valuable ones. ...
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Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904), Wed 3 Dec 1890, Page 2
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