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SUNDAY MERCURY JUNE 1936 SCRAPBOOK fT'HE pages of this part of the Scrapbook of Sport are darkened bv shadows the

... SUNDAY MERCURY JUNE 1936 SCRAPBOOK fT'HE pages of this part of the Scrapbook of Sport are darkened bv shadows the period is 1915-1919 and the war guns are thundering Sportsmen were called to play a greater game in those desperate years and they played ...

Published: Sunday 14 June 1936
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
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mercury 23 SCRAPBOOK of all the sports with which the stage was from to 1914 none provided Inore thrilling ..

... mercury 23 SCRAPBOOK of all the sports with which the stage was from to 1914 none provided Inore thrilling entertainment than for sensation Succeeded sensation those eeven exciting years Epsom's assembly fepened wide when Sigporinetta won the Derby filly ...

Published: Sunday 07 June 1936
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
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SUNDAY MERCURY 28 JUNE 1936 SCRAPBOOK of SPORT like Huxley Lamont Arthur and Firpo the first man from League and

... MERCURY 28 JUNE 1936 SCRAPBOOK of SPORT like Huxley Lamont Arthur and Firpo the first man from League and the late Aubrey players as Macpherson Ian others demonstrated the sport in Argentine to make a name Punch knocked Faulkner from his retirement Smith ...

Published: Sunday 28 June 1936
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
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MERCURY JUNE - SCRAPBOOK of SPORT Big Bill Tilden HE years 1920 to 1922 were notable for the way in

... ring six rounds before Siki emerged from this slaughter cruiser-weight champion of the world success went to his In short time he barred from every town in France England would none of him Mike McTigue tore his title from him in Dublin on St Patrick’s Day ...

Published: Sunday 21 June 1936
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
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MAY 1936 SCRAPBOOK of SPORT Three of the Greatest Boxers “Ranji” First Man to Score 3000 Runs in a Season

... ferocity Fitz” the fighter’s heart and lighter's brain and won his trio of world titles at an age when most men have long up the game It was a year full interest for football world for was at this the penalty kick rule took its place among the laws of the ...

Published: Sunday 24 May 1936
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
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SUNDAY MERCURY 1936 23 SCRAPBOOK of II ”1 Born August New Soiith his fanii Bowral father’s Cootamundra on l90S this

... MERCURY 1936 23 SCRAPBOOK of II ”1 Born August New Soiith his fanii Bowral father’s Cootamundra on l90S this splendid son of Wales was taken by y when very there to work on his ayec in Walter Hammond one of most brilliant batsmen in the world He plajyed cricket ...

Published: Sunday 12 July 1936
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 3009 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

THAT HOLIDAY LINE See Page Three SCRAPBOOK OF SPORT PAGE 23 PIANOS CxaftancM Tarn Arranged List SMklnc Thsstrss ..

... diplomatic centres is that the Emperor’s departure indicates that the resistance of the world’s last black empire to the invader has ceased Palace Sacked the world was astounded yesterday when Sir Sidney Barton British Minister in Ababa revealed in messages ...

Published: Sunday 03 May 1936
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
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SUNDAY MERCURY 15 MARCH 1936 HOW FATE FOLLOWS UNLUCKIEST MAN IN THE WORLD COCK-FIGHTING AND THE LAW GROWTH AND ..

... paint It swung to fro in the wind and continually the light from it flashed into eyes “ It had the same effect on me Chinese torture dropping water on tne forehead In frenzy I hobbled from the tent wrenched down shield threw into the swamp Fate Overtook ...

Published: Sunday 15 March 1936
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
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SUNDAY MERCURY 31 MAY 1936 of tlie present century was significant for lawn tennis world The Davis Cup ..

... 1901 named James Dimmock was bom at a house not far from the Tottenham ground Twenty years later Tottenham won the Cup again and was Dimmock who scored only goal of the game Dimnjoek was into a world Soccer giants with such men flourishing as Bloomer and ...

Published: Sunday 31 May 1936
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
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MERCURY 19 JULY 1936 PBOOK of Max Baer like Corbett and Jeffries came from California John L Sullivan yielded his

... Venetian was knocked around the ring by Max Baer who like Corbett and Jeffries of old had come from California Baer won as he liked and once more the world title was in American hands The new champion was spoken of as second Jack Dempsey but disappointed ...

Published: Sunday 19 July 1936
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
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SUNDAY MERCURY 27 1936 Join HAROLD A ALBERT Mrs Mark-h won fame by flying the Atlantic from to west done

... Appearances ibis case count for everything coine gone leaning once the George But it George George the Sixth and it is a world Could world be anything else after the Atlantic aud the passenger plane a longer? Or-after Scott Guthrie to Johannesburg little more ...

Published: Sunday 27 December 1936
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 2875 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SUNDAY MERCURY RACING NOTES By MAJOR KETTLE of NEW DERBY OUTLOOK: CHESTER CUP AND “JUBILEE” NAPS ON 5 June 1850

... desperate at the Bendy ” declared the winner A of roughs travelled from Birmingham in support of Paddock blundgeoned brutally immediately the announcement was and in turn attacked gang from Nottingham was not restored until group of former champions led ...

Published: Sunday 03 May 1936
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
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