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From The Kalgoorlie Sun February 1907...The South Australia Sporting Club expected a large spill-over from the crowd attending the annual Carrington Stakes at Martindale Race Course so scheduled the Waddy-Mansfield championship contest for later that evening...Three thousand packed the King's Theatre at Adelaide with hundreds turned away...Part of the attraction was the news Ern Waddy was to turn his attention to British and European rings once he had disposed of Kelly Mansfield...His careless attitude nearly cost him the title when he was put on his backside in the fifth round...Waddy and Mansfield met for twelve rounds on Friday evening and for four rounds Waddy made the pace a cracker and had the mob shouting and cheering excitedly...He belted Mansfield on the jaw with fierce, well-aimed right swings several times finally culminating in a knockout in the eighth canto...Waddy was 13.3, Mansfield 13.7...Six foot four Jim Tracey improved his position in pugilistic rankings with a one-sided verdict over Alf Costello, younger brother of veteran Bill Costello...Tracey's manager is grooming him for a crack at a marquee name at Sydney Stadium this summer...Sid Neilsen and Archie Greaves, the top two challengers for the current Australasian champion, clashed at Sydney Stadium on Wednesday and put on one of the fastest heavyweight fights in years...The five thousand exuberant fans saw many wild exchanges until "The Great Dane" crashed a left hook to Greaves' head in round five opening a terrible cut over his right optic and sending him to the canvas...Two and a half minutes into the next round referee Arthur Scott called a halt and awarded the fight to Neilsen on a technical knockout...In the semi windup Albert Kid Lloyd stopped Bill Walsh in round eight, putting him down three times in two minutes...Lloyd issued a challenge to Neilsen from ringside...Tom O'Rourke's troupe of touring American boxers (Al Palzer, Jack Lester and Joe Bonds) are currently 0 for 9 since arriving on Australia's sunny shores and although O'Rourke has enriched himself, his boys have seen almost nothing for their pains...