Boxing
Dave Smith, the Australian middle-weight champion, met Billy Papke. world's middle-weight champion. at the Stadium in Sydney on Monday night. Each weighed list. [?]…
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Dave Smith, the Australian middle-weight champion, met Billy Papke. world's middle-weight champion. at the Stadium in Sydney on Monday night. Each weighed list. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Though a great crowed of people from different parts of the district journeyed to the seaside yesterday. a sufficient numbers patronised the rega[?] at Morpeth, as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There were thirty two football deaths last vear in the United States—understood to be the nighest figure ever recerded. in spite of the fac[?] that certain specially deadly devices had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At Brisbane to-day Whiting, of Melbourne, defeated the aboriginal Jerry Jerome in twenty rounds on Points…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The match played on the A[?]ion Ground yesterday between Maitland and Dungog teams was won by the former by 23 runs, Dungog, in response to Maitland 165…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Over 5000 spectators watched the contest between Lang and Jack Burns. La[?] attacked strongly from the start, and led well in the first, round. In the second sound several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New South Wales and Victoria continued their match in Melbourne yesterday. Victoria had lost two wickets for 93 at the luncheon adjournment, Ransford being 33. On…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Young Wilks, of Maitland (says a writer in the "Reference) is determined to make as good as possible in the swimming world. and there are people—[?]. all bad judges,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tommy Burns evidently thinks a great deal of the heavyweight boxer, Jack Lester, whom the cable recently informed us he had unearthed in Seattle, where the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Christmas season is providing its usual crop of holiday bathing fatalities. Some of these no doubt result from recklessness and venturesomeness, some probably from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →All very interesting cricket match was played on the Paterson cricket ground on Monday between the local players and "Bendeich's team, which resulted in a win for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales and Victoria continued their match in Melbourne yesterday. New South Wales' second innings closed for 382, leaving Victoria 462 to get to win. Trumper…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hank Holiday (Boxing Day) was dull, though without rain. Hundreds of thousands of people from the north attended the football match. Fifty thousands inmates of workhouses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Sydney Sports Ground, on Monday night, Jimmie Fitzgerald proved beyond doubt that he is much too good for the professional distance men of this State. In the race set…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arthur Wilks, Maitland's promising swimmer, left for Sydney to-day, and will remain there until after the Australian carnivals. Wilks intends to strain every…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The fight between "Cyclone" Thompson, of America, and Tim Land, of Australia, took place at the Stadium, Rushcutter's Bay, last night, and caused more excitement than…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Playing for Wellington on Monday, Saunders, the one-time Victorian, secured six wickets for 61, and thus had a big hand In dismissing Auckland for 154…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following have been selected to meet the waratah Club on the park next Saturday afternoon:— Rourke, Bolt, Drew Hayes; Mrshall, McLennan, Gash, Bowden, Oakes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A serious accident occurred at the Glen lnnes races on Tuesday. Just as the horses were approaching the winning post in the Welter Handicap, Portunus fell,…
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