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Broken Hill & the Far West · Sport

Sport, 1924

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Tennis Hone's Impressive Form in Championship Games Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 4

The best tennis yesterday in the Australian tennis championship games was shown by Hone (South Australia) in his match with Ciemenger. Hone's…

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Cricket Kelleway Standing Down for Private Reason Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 4

Kelleway, who is employed in the War Service Homes Department, says that he did not apply for leave for the New South Wales v. Victoria match…

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Sporting. Interstate Cricket Parsimony of Association Is Attacked by a Player Shlleway's Withdrawal Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 1

Kelleway's withdrawal from the coming Sheffield Shield match against Victoria has directed attention to the miserable allowances granted by the…

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BOXING (By "Left Hook.")

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 1

Bobby East meets Jack Finney at the Quadrangle on Saturday night next. He is 23 years of age, and has been fighting for the last four years…

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Victorian Racing. Meeting at Caulfield

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 3

Though weights for the Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup are not due until February 5 backers are already trying to p[?]ck the winners of the…

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Boxing English Featherweight to Sail for Australia (Reuter's Message.) London, January 22

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 4

Joe Fox has relinquished the Lonsdale featherweight bel[?] having accepted an offer from Australia for five contests. Thus the belts of every class…

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Boxing Firpo Is Offered £50,000 for Match with Wills (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, January 22

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 1

A Buenos Ayres message states that Luis Firpo has been offered by Tex Rickard £50,000 to fight Harry Wills, a negro boxer, in July. The proposal…

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Sporting. Cricket Bubb to Replace Wall in N.S.W. Second Team Sydney, Wdnesday

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 1

E. R. Bubb, of the Manly Club, has taken Wall's place in the State second eleven, which is going tO Victoria…

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White Australia. Black and Yellow Races Not Favored for Australia Advice of American Doctor Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 1

"if Australia decides to take Lord Leverhulme's advice and have negroes in the north there need be no trouble about getting them," said Dr…

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Amateur Athletics Victoria to Send Team to Compete Ln Tasmania Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 January 1924 · page 1

A special meeting of the Victorian Amateur Athletic Association Council last night rescinded the motion that as a protest against the appointment…

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BOXING (By "Left Hook")

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 4

The usual exhibitions will be given at the Quadrangle to-night by the principals engaged in the main bout on Saturday night next…

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Sporting. Boxing in America Controlled by Combine (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, January 22

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 4

A Lou[?]sville message states that charges that boxing in America 13 deminated by a powerful combine conisting of Tex Rickard Ringling,…

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Boxing French Bantam Champion Is Defeated on Points (Reuter's Message). London, January 23

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 4

Reuter's Paris correspondent reports:— "In a 20-round contest for the French bantamweight Valanger…

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Cricket Scoring Record Broken in New Zealand Matches Wellington (N.Z.), January 23

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 January 1924 · page 4

The scoring record for New Zealand was broken in the Plunket Shield match between Wellington and Otago. Wellington's two innings realised 1025. and…

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Boxing

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 3

At the Quadrangle last night the principals in the main bout for Saturday night gave exhibitions before a large crowd. Bobby East and Billy…

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TENNIS Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 1

Play in the Australasian tennis cham, pionship[?] has been suspended on ac[?] of heavy rain…

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To-day's Cricket. Barrier District League

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 1

The teams affiliated with the Barrier District League opened the second round of matches in the second half of the competition at the various…

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Boxing. Frankie Burns Defeated by German Middleweight. (Reuter's Message.) London. January 26

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 1

A message from Berlin states that Melenz, the middleweight champion of Germany, outpointed Frankie Burns, of Australia, in a 20-round bout…

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Intrnational Cricket. Australia's Prospects Against England. "Amateur Sport" Selects a Team

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 3

Melbourne. January 20. I have been asked to give my ideas of the composition of the Australian Eleven to play England at the end of…

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International Cricket. Australia's Prospects Against England. "Amateur Sport" Selects a Team. Melbourne. January 20

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 2

I have been asked to give mr ideas of the composition of the Austran Eleven to play England at the end the year. It is difficult, because many…

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