General Cable News. Swimming the Rapids of Niagara
LONDON, Saturday.--Wood, a native of Australia, has expressed his intention of shortly attempting to swim the rapids below Niagara Falls…
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ATHLETICS The Garrington Handicap
The above handicap, which was to have been run to-night, has been postponed until to-morrow (Tuesday)…
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The continuous rain having put the Tennyson tracks under water, Mr. Slowgrove has been compelled to revert to his previous intention of running off the final…
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No fewer than 85 entries were received last evening at the Natatorium for the various events of the Enterprise Club competition, which takes place in above…
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Those old opponents, Jem Burge and George Dawson, have been matched to box 50 rounds with 4OZ gloves for L100 a side in 12 weeks. The match is to take place in…
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LONDON, February 3.—The international football dispute has been settled…
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The following matches were played on Saturday:— Petersham Albion and Burwood Kingston played at Petersham, and the match resulted in an easy win for the former by eight wickets and 24 runs. Scores:…
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Mick Dooley, the heavyweight pugilist, authorises us to state that he is willing to fight Joe Goddard, the Barrier champion in Melbourne, provided that a purse of 250…
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Should the rain clear the annual races will no doubt be a great success, as there are a great number of sporting men and racehorses at present in town…
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The International Football dispute has been settled…
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One Mile Walking Championship. Morshead and M'Laren at 4.30 p.m., to-morrow meet at the Carrington Grounds in a one mile walking contest for the…
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Our Newcastle correspondent wires:-- Running in connection with Moroney's Amateur Handicap has been postponed till March 1…
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Lovers of swimming are promised a treat to-night at the Natatorium, Pitt-street, when the Sydney Enterprise Swimming Club hold their annual championship meeting end natatorial exhibition. The…
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Our Melbourne correspondent wires :--The following are the handicaps in connection with the Geelong handicap and intercolonial half-mile race, Western…
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Those old opponents, Jem Burge and George Dawson, have been matched to box 50 rounds with 40z. gloves for L100 a side in 12 weeks. The match is to take place in…
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Our Newcastle correspondent wires:-- The boxing match between Vipen and O'Grady has been indefinitely postponed owing to the latter having sprained his…
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We are requested to state that there will not be any match on the Association Cricket Ground to-day. The ground will therefore be available for practice. The following players have been selected to practice…
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With the unsettled state of the weather and the fact that heavy threatening clouds bong over the metropolis on Saturday it was wonderful to observe the large…
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