Queensland Coursing. War Princess' Runaway Win
WAR PRINCESS, having her first start, made poodles of a field of maiden performers at the Hedley Park Coursing Club's recent meeting and…
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Teachers at Cricket
The City and Suburban Cricket Association's team to play the Teachers' at Centennial Park today, starting at 10.30 a.m. is: C. R. Swan, H. Waghorn. H. E…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →What McIntosh Did For Boxing
ONE of my Christmas Eve encounters was with Hugh D. McIntosh, the Australian who transformed British boxing from a somewhat hole-and-corner affair into the society function it is to-day. He reminded me that it is thirty years since he took heavyweight title fighting by…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Brown Baroness Retires From Racing
THERE are few things more aggravating for an owner or trainer than to have a brilliant galloper that is always likely to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Picked the Right Races
GILLTOWN and Nebraska were dually engaged at Moorefield on Saturday, and their respective trainers, L. P. O'Sullivan and R…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →University Cricket Melbourne
Melbourne beat Sydney by one wicket in the inter-'Varsity cricket match to-day. The ninth Melbourne wicket fell…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Back Again To Canberra And Golf
HOLIDAY'S over, Canberra's Civil Service population is gradually drifting back and the old faces were once again in evidence at Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Retiring Soon This Racing Game Stewards' Chief
Chairman of the A.J.C. stipendiary stewards (Mr. G. Williams) will retire, it is understood, at the end of…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →The Glove Parade An Editorial Review of World Boxing
MR. STAN KIDD writes from Cloncurry, Queensland. Says Stan: "Your recent reference to Sid Godfrey, his punching power, and his K.O. of the Belgian, Arthur Wynn, brought back memories…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Boxing Match Much at Stake. Lesnevicli and Alabama Kid
Gus Lcsnevich is in line for an elimination match to seek a new light-heavyweight champion, owing to the expected retirement of John Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Still at the Top Playing Bowls For 25 Years
R. ("Bobby") JONES (Adelaide) has triumphed for the third time In recent years in the South Australian singles title…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Surprise Win in Tennis Bathurst Defeats Wollongong
Final preliminary rounds of the men's and women's A grade teams' matches were played at the Country tennis carnival at Rushcutters Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →The Player and His Bowls Changes Wrought By Time
A PLAYER'S material, whether it be a bat, a billiard cue, a golf stick, or a tennis racquet, should be his first consideration. It mostly is. All the experts in big sport have their pets, which "money would not buy"— perhaps?…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →New Forbes Cricket Ground. Forbes
Reconstructed at a cost of more than £4,000, the Forbes Cricket Ground, which has been re-named Spooner Sports Oval, is to be officially opened on Wednesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miss Coyne Heads N.s.w. Tennis Grading
Miss Thelma Coyne heads the State women's grading list for 1938 issued by the New South Wales selectors (Mrs. R. T. Conway. Misses D. Dingle, and H…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →The Boxing Game As It Strikes Me (By W. J. AHEARNE)
ROYCE McGRATH, of Wagga, was K.O.'d by Allen Westbury (Newcastle) in round 10 of a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tennis Teams' Ordeal. Country Carnival Matches. Scone Women Successful
While country tennis players have often been subjected to sultry conditions, it is doubtful if they have ever been asked to compete under more…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Jim Donald Looks at 1939 J Nald Big Season For Australian Boxing Fans Banner Year In Boxing Promised High-grade Overseas Stars to Test Australians
1939 IN AUSTRALIAN BOXING may be outstanding. The number of imported boxers now in this country is great. Their class is good. When these men are fighting Australians, the contests should be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sport in Its Cradle— No. 7 "GOLF, Good Walk Spoiled,"
DESPITE Mr. Gladstone's view that golf was a "good walk spoiled," the game has attained an extraordinary popularity throughout the world in recent years, and no longer is it purely a Scottish game…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →They've Racing No Matter What Time Of Day, Gallops Are Seen
SOME trainers will go to lengths to try to put one over the books, and none can blame them in a sense, but it is a plan that doesn't work. IF it succeeds once in ten times it is a miracle. A habit by some of the regulars is that of "smoking" away to "quiet" outer suburban tracks for a fast gallop…
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