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  2. Athletic Doings.

    [?] National ...

    Article : 368 words
  3. BENEFIT TO MR. CORBET.

    AT Cougue Anharium, Sydney, on Saturday afternoon there was a big crowd of the public and the boys to do honor to Mr. W. F. Corbett, secretary of the Sydney Amateur ...

    Article : 124 words
  4. AMATEUR RECORD BROKEN.

    AT the Last-street Swimming Club Gale Manchester, on 29th October, W. Evans, of Manchester, the Amatour Champion at all [?]rices up to huff's ratle [?] 200yds in ...

    Article : 58 words
  5. OVER THE CABLES.

    THE cable int[?]igence during the last week is to the effect that the trial ad Slavin and M'Anlike's has been continued and confident, the july [?]of acquittal ...

    Article : 845 words
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    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 581 words
  7. ABOUT THE WORLD'S BOXERS.

    THE following appears in "Cur Sportfollo" in the London Incensed Victualler' Mirror:--"Every body in agreed on the fact that Slavin is about the best man out at the present day, ...

    Article : 1,098 words
  8. THE NATIONAL FETE.

    IN another column will be found the extended programme of events to be brought off on the 26th January, the data of the National holiday. The Australian Natives' Association are ...

    Article : 137 words
  9. A MILE SPIN FOR LIFE.

    A ST. ARNAUD FRIEND sends us the following very readable sketch:--One of the most keenly-contested foot races witnessed in is St. Arnaud district took place about four years ...

    Article : 791 words
  10. There be Giants in These Days.

    THE following are the feats performed at the Aquarium, London:--Cyclops, first to walk on, is heavily-built man of 16st, standing 5ft 6in, with a chest measurement of 50in, his ...

    Article : 496 words
  11. MURPHY AT BROKEN HILL.

    IN a letter from Broken Hill Murphy tells how he beat Carroll easily in four rounds. The local people made the latter a strong faezorite, laying 3 to I bo htm. He had over ...

    Article : 252 words
  12. What Tracey Will Do.

    SIR,--As Tom Williams has undertaken to knock me out in eight rounds, I am willing to back myself for £10 (a aide wager) that he cannot. No matter if he does or not, if he ...

    Article : 215 words
  13. THE MELBOURNE ATHLETIC CLUB.

    THERE was a capital attendance in the gymnasium of the Melbourne Athletic Club on Friday night. And they had their reward in the shape of one of the best programmes yet ...

    Article : 822 words
  14. AT THE APOLLO HALL.

    THERE was a fair attendance at the Apollo Hall on Saturday night, when Jim Hall undertook to stop "Starlight" in eight rounds. Considerable interest attached to this match, ...

    Article : 702 words
  15. Mr. Mick Tier Homeward Bound.

    FOUR months ago a batch of Australian despatches arrived at the London Sportsman office addressed "Mr. L. M. Tier." The staff of the paper named were at once interested ...

    Article : 567 words
  16. Ed. Smith and George Godfrey.

    WRITING of the prospects of this fight, the Police Gazette says .--He (Smith) possesses the bull-deg grit and vindictiveness so necessary in a prize fighter, and he is a terrific hard ...

    Article : 254 words
  17. BOXING IN SYDNEY.

    (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THE decision in Burge and Dawson has set things agoing again, and there will be no lack of fun now. ...

    Article : 454 words
  18. AUSTRALIAN BOXERS IN AMERICA.

    OUR San Francisco correspondent s letter is to hand. This week we have only space for a few items of direct Australian imprest. Billy Smith, the Australian middle-weight ...

    Article : 236 words
  19. The Oddfellows' Gala.

    NEW Year's Day is the date and the Friendly Societies' Gardens the place chosen for the Oddfellows' Gala. One hundred prizes, of the aggregate value of £850, are offered in an art ...

    Article : 59 words
  20. The Laupiston Annual Sports

    will, as usual, be held in Messrs. Crymble and Middlemiss' paddock on Boxing Day. There are some twelve events on the programme, each of which is an improvement to that ...

    Article : 67 words
  21. Ballarat College Sports.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 456 words
  22. Doings in Inverness.

    WE are indebted to Mr. W. P. Macgregor for the Inverness Courier of 19th September. This contains a report of the Northern meeting. From this we take the following ...

    Article : 124 words
  23. ROSS IN NEW ZEALAND.

    THE Argus' Dunedin correspondent wrote:--"A number of members of the 'Otago Caledonian Society subscribed a purse of 50 sovereigns for another match at wrestling ...

    Article : 232 words
  24. WILLIAMSON'S HANDICAP.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 263 words
  25. Daylesford Catholic Annual Sports.

    THE above sports are set down for Friday 2nd January, in public park. Elsewhere will be found a list of the events, for which entries close on the 19th December; also ...

    Article : 49 words
  26. St. Francis Xavier's College.

    THE speech day of the above college was held at Kew last Thursday. Included in the programme were several athletic events executed by the collegians under the direction ...

    Article : 128 words
  27. Maffra Sports.

    THERE sports are to be held on Boxing Day. Messrs. French and "Smillman, the joint secretaries, have forwarded the programme, the principal item of which is the ...

    Article : 42 words
  28. THE REYNOLDS MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION BELT.

    IT has been finally decided that the competition for the Reynolds Middleweight Champion Belt of Australia shall commence on Saturday, 17th. January, at the Apollo ...

    Article : 242 words
  29. Bruthen Athletic Club.

    MR. G. F. KRICK, hon. sec. of the Bruthen Athletic Club, is making a bold bid for public favor on the 26th January. Look at the programme he sends along, and you will find ...

    Article : 61 words
  30. Holy Ghost College, Ballarat.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 279 words
  31. Macedon Athletic Club.

    THE annual sports of the above club are to be held on the local cricket aud recreation ground on Monday, 26th January. Mr. Thos. W. Scott, the secretary, has prepared a good ...

    Article : 55 words
  32. Bendigo Athletic Club.

    IN our advertising columns will be noticed the handicap for the different events of the above club's sports on Boxing Day and Saturday, 26th and 27th December. A meeting of ...

    Article : 166 words
  33. Sports at the Exhibition, New Year's Day.

    THE above sports promise to be a great success, as some of the leading athletes have already entered. The programme consists of a Sheffield Handicap, 20 sovs; Bicycle Race, ...

    Article : 94 words
  34. A Millionaire Boxer.

    SAN FRANCISCO exchanges states--John D. Spreckels, a son of the Sugar King, and himself a millionaire, had a friendly, but mum the less lively, "set to" with James Corbett, the ...

    Article : 182 words
  35. Brief Interesting Items.

    CLEAR the road for a wedding. Jim Hall, the middleweight champion, is to be married to-night. The lady is full of good looks and gaiety. May they be happy! Seed us a ...

    Article : 160 words
  36. Affairs in Adelaide.

    OUR correspondent writes:--The "noble art" is in abeyance here at present. Billy Murphy has returned from Broken Hill, but he and "Mac" have a difference about ...

    Article : 50 words
  37. Catholic Picnic, Warehousemen's Cricket Ground.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 127 words
  38. Complimentary Entertainment to Mr. J. E. Donegan.

    THROUGH a difference with the Licensing Act Mr. Donegan has recently been put to considerable expense in the matter of law costs. The athletes of Melbourne have ...

    Article : 68 words
  39. Removing Disqualifications.

    THE committee of the Flemington Running Grounds have decided to give those runners who were disqualified during the year a Christmas box aa thusly:--They will forgive ...

    Article : 46 words
  40. Eaglehawk Athletic Sports.

    YESTERDAY a wire came to hand to the effect that entries have been extended to 20th December for the Sheffield Handicap, Half-mile, Quarter-mile, Hurdle Race, and ...

    Article : 35 words
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