Tennis Tourney. More Finals at Double Bay
[?] of form of the country [?] who have to leave Sydney before [?] ties in the handicap [?] the final of the country…
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Golf Notes More Big Shots: Vardon's Wonderful Temperament
Two matches were played for the Leura pot during the week. The holders, Eric L. Apperly and W. C. Douglass, had to defend their title against H. W. Apperly and Judge Scholes…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Cricket. Internationals V. Inter-state Match
A cricket match, International v. Inter-State players, has been organised by the N.S.W. Cricket Association, and will be played on the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 25 and 26…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lawn Tennis Country Week: Toowoomba Wins the Final
In the ordinary course of events the country carnival would have terminated on Saturday, the players would have been free to return home, and the officials to attend to other…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Commandments of Golf All-important Two: What Vardon Says
There has never yet appeared a work which night not, perhaps with advantage, be compendiated. The principles of golf and their explanation might easily be extended into…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Swimming Ladies' Championship Carnival: Big State and Interstate Events The President's Cup
The New South Wales Ladies' Amateur Swimming Association's annual State championship carnival will take place at the Domain Baths next Saturday afternoon. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Football How Some Old Rugger Players Are Faring
Mr. Ralph Hill, of Newtown Football Club, has received a couple of letters from old comrades who are in khaki. Billy Watson, the fine forward who served in Rabaul, and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Early Days of Queensland Boxing Memories of Jack Dowridge Dawson's First Fights
In the absence of any matches of immediate interest in the Queensland boxing' ring some of the old hands are letting their memories wander to the early days of the ring in Queensland,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Canterbury Park Races La Steppe and Ulva's Isle Beaten
The Canterbury Park Races postponed from Saturday last were first announced for Monday, and then a further postponment resulted in the meeting being held yesterday. The track…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Canterbury Park Races La Steppe and Ulvas Isle Go Down
The meeting which was postponed from Saturday last was brought off yesterday. At one time rain threatened, but it held off, and the programme was played out to the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two-year-olds in America Many Breeders and Owners Favor Early Racing
Last year the American Jockey Club, Canadian Racing Association, and Kentucky State Racing Commission, adopted a rule prohibiting the racing of two-year-olds before April 1…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Totalisator. Growing in Favor. Its Effect on Racing in N.Z.
The totalisator has no end of enemies in New South Wales. There are many who can see no good in the machine, and are continually pointing out its defeats. The machine is all right…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Q'land Sport the Rain Prevents Cricket Lady Swimmers Chosen
Cricket's battle with the weather continues. Friday found the heavens opened and the rain coming down, not exactly in torrents, but in that good, soaking style which seems to be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cricket: In Aid of The War Chest Rain Prevents Play in Sydney
Matters are well in hand for the match between Internationals and Interstate teams to be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground on the 25th and 26th inst. Contests in aid of various…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Boxing News and Comment Continued From Page 8. Old Timers Differ Jack Thompson & Christie the Affair with Hicken
That well informed old-time sport, Mr. Billy Maher, of the Victorian Club, Melbourne, writing on the 10th inst., says:—"Reading On-looker's bit in your last publication relative…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →World's Boxing News and COMMENTS Edited by W. F. Corbett. Tales of the Squared Circle Queer Endings to Ring Battles Double Knock-Outs
In the Sunday New York Morning Telegraph, George T. Pardy told the following old-time tales of the squared circle: "What was probably the oddest ending fight in fistic history occurred before the old California Athletic Club during the late eighties. Sam Fitzpatrick, the man…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Athletics Notes and Gossip
What has now developed into one of, if not actually the biggest events of the year—the Police and Firemen's sports—is to take place at the Show Ground, Moore Park, on March 2…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Athletic Chat. a Wet Week-End
It is remarkable how a wet week-end put thousands of people about. Take January 12, for instance. We had a fall of several inches of rain, in the course of 24 hours. Thus all…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Boxing
There was a good attendance at the Sta[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About Boxing
All divisions of the Novice Tournament now running at Sydney Stadium are approaching the semi-final stages. Next Saturday night will practically decide the…
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