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Sport, 1939

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Bee Racing Latest Craze In U.S.A. WASHINGTON, Sunday. Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 3

Bee races ate expected to take on with the public after the first "Bee Derby," held at Trenton, New Jersey, to-day. Two Irvington High School boys released…

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Cricket Test Delayed by Rain. Gibb Among tbe Runs. CAPETOWN, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 11

Rain prevented play until 3.30 p.m. on the first day of the second test between England and South Africa at Capetown to-day. England had scored…

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Crowds at King's Cross for New Year Revelry — Governor-general at Jamboree — Shield Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 10

New Year's Eve revellers took charge of the King's Cross area on Saturday at midnight and completely disorganised traffic. The above picture shows a section of the dense crowd. D. Tallon, the Queensland wicket-keeper, stumped two New South Wales batsmen and caught four in the Sheffield Shield…

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Two Centuries for Paddington Close Contest in Colts' Cricket Balmain One Run Behind In Poidevin-Gray Shield Jeffery Takes 7-17

The Sun · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 10

Close matches were a feature of the. fourth round of the Poidevin-Gray cricket competition today. University, after" dismissing Manly for 87, was…

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Racing Sensations

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 1

ONLY four horses started in the Hurdle Race at Randwick yesterday. Two fell one being killed…

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Marathon By Tennis Player

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 12

R. Hunt yesterday played 135 games in the Seaside tournament at Manly. He was one of the first players…

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BOXING. Ossie Stewart Challenged. Sabatino Willing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 13

Ossie Stewart, the coloured American middleweight boxer, has been challenged by the Puerto Rican, Atillio Sabatino, who is willing to meet Stewart on January 16…

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Page Seven the World of Boxing

Daily News · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 7

HONOR of staging the first big fight of the year looks like going to Leichhardt. George Jones introduces "Kingfish" Dixon on Tuesday night next. The negro meets Ron McLaughlan…

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Nebraska Racing Home in Welter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 11

NEARING THE POST in the Flying Welter at Randwick yesterday with Nebraska (No. 7), the winner, leading from Royal Ensign (No. 4), second…

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Speedway Racing. Australian Selectors' Task

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 13

The Speedway Control Board is faced with [?] difficult task in selecting the Australian motor cycle speedway team to meet england in the first test match at the Sports Ground on Saturday…

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Surf Carnival. Stirring Boat Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 13

There were many exciting incidents at the South Curl Curl Surf Club's carnival yesterday although the element of danger was not great. Nearly every boat race provided a capsize or a…

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Cricket on Hands and Knees

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 20

Comical scene of frenzied activity in the slips during Queensland's Sheffield Shield innings yesterday, when Cheelham (right) and a young New South…

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Racing Revival. Totalisator Investments. Big Randwick Increase

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 13

Attendances over the Christmas and New Year race meetings at Randwick indicate solid progress in racing since the introduction of legislation to stifle the competition from…

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This Racing Game: Mare's 1000 Miles Float Trip

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 19

After a journey of more than 1000 miles by float, the Brisbane mare, Millie's Hope, is expected to reach Melbourne to-day…

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Racing Driver Killed. Speeding Car Hits Posts. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 9

When his car clashed successively into three posts while travelling at more than 80 miles an hour, Verney Scott Leach, about 27. single, workshop…

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Lawn Tennis. County of Cumberland Championships. Sidwell Beats Lindo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 15

The County of Cumberland championships, except for a few events were concluded at Pratten Park, Ashfield, yesterday. The surprise of the day was the victory of W. Sidwell…

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Americain Tennis. Grant Beats Mako. New York, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 13

B. M. Grant beat Gene Mako 6-0, 6-1, 6-2 in the final of the Sugarbowl tournament, in which all the leading American players took part…

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Cumberland Tennis Title Olive Stebbing Has Her First Big Win

Daily News · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 8

MISS OLIVE STEBBING, winner of the County of Cumberland singles title yesterday, has made remarkable progress since arriving in Australia three years ago…

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Two Collapse at Randwick Races Tinned Food Blamed For Poisoning

Daily News · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 2

Suffering from food poisoning, James Green, 49, and his son, James, 20, of Rainbow Street, Kingsford, were admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday…

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Smart Summer Fashions At Holiday Races Frivolous Note in Head-gear

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 8

Fashion's only concession to frivolity at Tattersall's meeting at Randwick yesterday was the millinery worn by women punters…

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