Boxing. Buck Crouse v. Dave Smith. Australian Badly Beaten. Sydney
Buck Crouse (America) 12-2½, outfought Dave Smith (Australia), 11-10½, at the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night. The contest commenced…
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Sport, 1916
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C.r.j.c. Meeting. First Day's Races. Notes and Anticipations
All roads and rails will lead to Grafton on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. For some time past the word carnival has been the most common in the vocabulary of the…
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The match between Lang Murray and Ike Jacobs will take place in Jasper's Pantomime tent to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. There will be two preliminaries, and…
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Grafton is full of visitors, and there is an air of expectancy and a spirit of carnival abroad that cannot be denied. To the racing man, and even the moderate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boxing. World's Championship. Willard Matched Again
Jess Wiillard the world's heavyweight champion, who is travelling with a circus at a r salary of £100 a night, will defend his title, against…
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The following nominations (subject to nominations from other secretaries) were received yesterday afternoon for the undermentioned events in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bowls. Grafton Bowling Club. Match with Sidney Players
As stated in last issue, several of the Sydney "knuts." who are patronising the Grafton races this week, arrived by car from Glen Innes on…
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At 9 o'clock this morning the preliminaries to the Ike Jacobs v. Lang Murray contest will take place. The match proper is exciting some interest, and a large attendance is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Notes on the Racing
Speculation began early in the day on the Newmarket. La Balfour was always a warm favorite, and the general public nibbled at him all the time. In addition to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On the Truck. the Racing Track
One thing which struck me on the Grafton Racecourse--after I had admired the wonderful work which has been done in the shape of improvements--was the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boxing. Jacobs-murray Fight
The much boomed fight between Ike Jacobs and Lang Murray took place yesterday, and was a very disappointing contest. It was generally conceded that Murray, with his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sporting. Boxing. Murray v. Jacobs. a One-sided Combat
The much-discussed fight between Lang Murray, heavyweight champion of the North Coast, and Ike Jacobs, the Syrian champion, eventuated in the…
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Mr. W. F. Corbett, the well-known-Sydney boxing writer,"'The Amateur," has severed his connection with the "Sun," and again joined the "Referee"-"Sunday Times"…
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The fight between Dave Meekin and Lang Murray, which took place in Jasper's panto-mine tent in Market Square on Saturday morning, proved a fairly big attraction to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bowls. Grafton Bowling Club. "Knuts" Beat "Knarks."
The "Knuts" from the metropolis met two rinks of Grafton players in their third contest and won by the narrow majority of one. In one of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boxing. Kay Defeats Uren. a Lively Contest. Sydney
Fred Kay, 10-5, defeated Tommy Uren, 10-5 12, on points in 20 rounds at the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night. It was mostly a contest of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton L.v.j. Club. Annual Meeting. Big Attendance and Good Racing
Committee: Mr. W. H. Clark (chairman), Mr. F. Loy ((treasurer), Messrs. T. Willan, C. J. Beaton, A. E. Durrington, L. Durrington, A. Eggins, H. Seller, W. Zietseh, M…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters to the Editor. the War and the Races
Sir.--I must use the old gag and say, I wish to intude on an inch or two of your valuable space to express my sentiments in connection with the lack of loyalty and…
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A fund to provide 100 motor ears for service at the front had been started in England just before the last mail left. At a meeting held at the London National Sport…
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"Jack High" writes in the "Sun" as follows:-- The laws of the game contain provision for challenging unstamped or…
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