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Sport, 1913

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Boxing Day Sports Club

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 2

The committee of the above Club met on Tuesday evening at the School of Arts. Messrs J. Heriot, A. T. Jones, G. Nordberg, M. Burns. M. Wyse, H,…

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Rutherglen Racing Club

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 6

The following nominations have been received for the above races, to be held on Boxing Day:—Maiden.—Renamed, Silver Pin, Auburn…

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Boxing. Hock Keys Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 6

Hock Keys, the well-known lightweight boxer, is in the Sydney Hospital suffering from a crushed foot. While he was talking to a man who was…

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"Rules of Racing." A.j.c. Additions

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 6

On Thursday at the A.J.C. committee meeting, the following additions were made to the A.J.C. rules, of racing:—16.a.—The stewards may take…

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Sports. Gerogery Athletic Sports

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 6

The Gerogery Athletic Club has prepared an attractive programme for its sports on Boxing Day (December 26), Details are advertised in this issue…

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Boxing. Revival in Great Britain. Match for the Championship Wanted. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 December 1913 · page 4

A sporting newspaper called the "Dally Sketch" is organising a series of boxing competitions to be held in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales…

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Boxing. Jeannettes Wonderful Courage. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 4

The right between the American negro heavy weight "Sam" Langford and "Joe" Jeannette at Luna Park yesterday was noteworthy for the wonderful courage…

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Lawn Tennis. Border Challenge Trophy. Wangaratta V. Albury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 4

This match will be played on the Albury courts Boxing Day, Friday, December 26. The Wangaratta team will consist of Messrs. Juyat, McLay, Weare, and Home. They…

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Sporting. Cricket. New South Wales V. South Australia. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 4

Warm weather prevailed when the Shalfeld Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia was resumed on the Sydney cricket ground at noon to-day…

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Boxing. Fights in America. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 6

Young Fox, the English bantam weight, defeated Joe Mooney, of New York, in a 10-rounds' bout. George Rodol, the Boer heavyweight,…

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CRICKET. Balranald V. Swan Hill

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 3

On Boxing Day, at 11 o'clock, the above, tennis will meet in the first match of the second series of the D. M. Dowling trophy competition, at Swan Hill…

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Boxing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 6

Filzaimmons, the voteran hoxer at the end of a series of matches at Madison Square which was held to reveal a "white hope," said "What we have seen makes me feel It…

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Boxing. Evernden Defeats Jerome

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 25

The English welter weight, Arthur Evernden, and the Queensland aboriginal, Jerry Jerome, met at Rushcutter's Bay Stadium, Sydney, on Saturday night, in the presence…

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Chiltern Racing Club. the Entries

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 6

The following entries have been received for the New Year's Day meeting of the above club on Thursday and Friday, January I and 9:—…

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Racing a Bush Fire. an Exciting Experience. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 5

Will flames on either side of them and sle[?] blazing beneath their feet, Mr. Beit O'Callahan, son of the former Chief Commissioner of Police, and a well-known…

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Cricket. Inter-state Matches. N.S.W. Team Selected Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 6

The following players have been selected to represent New South Wales against Victoria and South Australia in Melbourne and Adelaide! Bardsley (capt.), Macartney…

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Sporting. Athletic Championships. New South Wales Team Chosen. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 6

A team he been selected to [?] New South Wales in the Australian [?] championships in by held in Melbourne, and will leave Sydney as [?] 20…

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Lawn Tennis. Davis Cup Selection

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 2

The selectors appointed by the Australasian Lawn Tennis Association to choose a team to represent Australia in contest for the Davis Cup of 1014 announce that they…

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Racing in England. Clever Horsemanship. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 2

Mr. C. Bower Ismay's Kenin, which was favorite for the Steeplechase at Kempton park yesterday, blundered at the last fence when building a load on Oakley, and 'shot E…

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World's Smallest Man. Died on Boxing Day. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 3

John White, confectioner, of Sothendon-Sea, who was the smallest man in the world, being only 21 inches in height, died on Boxing day…

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