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PORTER AND BUTTAN SIN6H.Our Mai bourne oorrwapondent wrtU*Frod W. Porter nod Buttan Blngh mel at the offlce of your repr—anUtire oq Saturday last and appnded Ibelr algna-turea to artlclaa. w heroin It waa staled that lha couple agree to content the beat of three falls. catch-«»-catch-lt;»n, In a match for tba championship of Australia and £«©. tha Hindoo laying POTter £40 to £20 that ho could boat him. Tha avont •Ia dated for Friday waning. May 1U Porter placed tha whole of bU money to tha handa of the atakeboftder. Mr. G. Cook, while the party backing tba Hindoo made a depoalt of £10. There haa boen Inuusa rivalry, In a wraetllng connection between Porter and Clarence WebaT. Porter baa been fuming to get Weber on the mat before him. but the big follow aaye. Bah 1 What chance would you have with me 7 Well. aaya Porter, to ebow you whal chanoe I think I hare against you. 1 bam good backing to meet tba man you never could beat—Buttan Slngb and. following up thla declaration, the match with tba Australian champion waa agreed upon.GUNGA BRAHM v, 0, PORTER.Shortly after F. W. Porter and BvtU» Slngb bad ooncluded negotiations for their match. Dick Porter, who. It will be »«-racmbered. beat Delhi Nleleon for the middle-weight championship after one of the most atrenuoue conteata on reaord, came alonif with £2« for a match against Ounga Brahm. the Hindoo bar lag pro-vioualy exprenaed hla willingness to lay, Porter 2 to 1. Ounga and hla backer materialised on Monday, and promptly oover-cd Port era depoalt. The men then signed articles to try concluaiona In a match, lha best of three falla, catch-as-catch-can. under the management of the Olympic Athletic Club, on Friday. April 27. Jack Mitchell. who haa been ch«»aen to decide tha Fred Porter-Buttan Singh event, will alag act in this.
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Sydney Referee
Sydney, New South Wales, AU
Wed, Apr 04, 1906
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