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Water Polo riot at 1932 Los Angeles OlympicsA page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, reporting on a riot at the water polo during the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games
The Prize Fight, 1814 and 1914Depictions of the Prize Fight, of 1814 (above) and of 1914 (below). In the earlier version there is as much fighting in the crowd as there is in the boxing ring. Date: July 1914
The RefereePeople You See. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)
Olympics / 1920 / FootballFootball match between Belgium and Czechoslovakia: tossing the coin Date: 1920
Little Games for the Holidays - Bouncing the BeechumA curious game invented by Heath Robinson whereby a tiny ball or beechum is sprung into the air by the hefty use of a mallet while a number of public school boys wait to catch it with nets poised
But, Please, I was told to mark him by FougasseHumorous colour illustration by Kenneth Cyril Bird (pseudonym: Fougasse), showing an overly large rugby player being admonished by the referee for (accidentally) hurting another player
Knock Out at a Boxing Match, c. 1896Engraving showing the end of a boxing match, c.1896. On the left, the beaten boxer lies on the ground, as the referee, in top hat, enters the ring to call the end of the match
Wrestlers with refereeJapanese wrestlers with referee
Football for GirlsWomens football : the referee with her whistle about to start the game
Criqui V Ledoux 1922A punishing left hook sends Ledoux to the canvas and gives victory to Criqui
