WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1928.
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Sport Columns
TITLE BOXING.
OPEN AIR CONTEST IN
LONDON.
HILL-BROWN,
London, Yesterday. One of the few of London's world
title boxing matches will be decided in the open air at Clapton Stadium to-morrow when the British and European dyweight champion, Johnny Hill, meets the American, Newsboy Brown over 15 rounds.
This contest will be preceded by a Baldock-Johnny Brown fight over 15 rounds at 8st 6 lbe-Reuter.
BRITISH FIGHTERS.
BOXERS PAST AND PRESENT.
like most of the English heavy weights, he may not be quite as tough around the ribs and jaw a a fighter needs to ba.
So Heaney, the Australian, will carry a lot of British backing, and the Irish have an interest in him, too. He's an Irish as Tunney: rio less. Heeney was just a tramp picked him up when he came to heavyweight, until Charlie Harvey this country from England, where he had several fights but didn't get money enough to go home.
Harvey had a lot of trouble get- ting Heeney a chance here, but when, he did, Heeney made good. He learned a lot about American fighting from Harvey, and in his matches. He's a rugged, enduring fellow, hard to beat, but so far not dangerous, because he hasn't much of a punch. In this he's like a lot of others in his class.
Tex Rickard has taken the punch out of fighting. Before Rickard [By Robert Edgren.)
came along as a promoter, fight Tom Heeney is a novelty among ing had some of the earmarks of British heavyweights; to date theya aport. At least a few fighters haven't had to dust off his should fought because they liked it. Tex
put as much money er-bladea after a light.
into boxing A glance at the line of English that the fighters all became busi- champlons may be interesting. ness men, and a business man There was Palmer. He came over doesn't take risks. To trade to be licked by Jack Twin Sullivan. punches and give every effort to Bombardier Wells was a magnific winning with a knock-out, a fight ent boxer and a scientific hard hiter has to take risks, and that's no ter, but his ability to absorb sound business method. The other punishment was not so marked as fellow may land first.' In this in other equally famous fighters, Rickard era, being knocked out He came to challenge Johnson, and means being knocked out of the big first fought. Al Pulzer, the big money. Minnesota farmer. Wells nearly Take the garrulous gob, Jack annihilated Palzer for round or Sharkey, as an instance. Sharkey two and then was hit a couple of was headed straight into the mil- times and knocked out. Gunboat lion dollar class when ho was Smith was knocked out easily by knocked out by Jack Dempsey In Tommy Burns, when Tommy knock the bout to decide who'll fight | ed out the champions of Austra- Tunney at Chicago. So Sharkey lia, England and Ireland to make has become a poor pauper worth his claim good to the world's only a couple of hundred thou- championship.
gand, and when he fights he has THE MIGHT OF “IRON" HAGUE. Į to take whatever Tex offers instead England once had what looked of altting back and demanding his like a real fighting heavyweight in own termė. Ian Hague, called "Iron" Hague.
TAKING NO RISKS. This bird wasn't named after the An example of the business man place where they make peace boxer la Armand Emanuel, of San treaties. He was a whale of a man Francisco. Armand was a good and would easily be the best amateur
he fought for heavyweight prospect in sight it medals. After being ballyhood on the scene to-day. He knocked like a world's champion for a out all the best English heavy-year past, and piling, up a row of weights in from one to five rounds, decision wins over all the unknown flattening champion Moir in aham fighters that could be dug
from out-of-the-way corners The National Sporting Club, help pad his record, he was match- sensing at last a chance to sea aned against old Mike M'Tigue. English heavyweight world's cham- It was figured that old Mike plon, sent to America, for the would be soft picking. Mike hay toughest opponent that could be ing been rather easily knocked out found-the idea being that Hague by middle-weight Mickey Walker, might as well go right to the top and having otherwise shown signs without wasting time frittering of pugilistic disintegration. Mike about among
the second raters. Unfortunately for Hague, Sam Langford was easily persuaded to take a trip to England.
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Sir,-On behalf of the East China Baseball Team, I am directed to ex-Bank, wire heartiest and most sincere thanks Bank, 30 days' sight press through your columns our Bank, on demand ... 2/-1/16 to the following named individuals Bank, 4 months aight 2/- and associations for their kind hos-Credits, pitality:
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On Bombay... entertained lavishly far beyond our Wire.... hopes of ever repaying them in the On demand same full measure. However, we shall endeavour to do our very best by making every preparation to Wire welcome the South China Dragons | On demand when they visit us in Shanghai next summer.
Owing to unforeseen circum- stances and to our limited time of stay in Hong Kong, we regret ex- ceedingly that we were unable to play the Filipino Baseball Club. We. hope that in the near future we may have the opportunity to cross bats with them.
We wish to
express again our, deepest appreciation to the parties concerned for their many kind nesses shown towards us during our sojourn in Hong Kong.
Cordially Yours, East China Baseball Team.
W. Y. CHAI,
Captain.
Aug. 29, 1928.
AQUATIC SPORTS.
THE K.D.R.C. HOLD THEIR MEETING.
On Monday afternoon, the Kow- loon Dock Recreation Club beach at Taiwan was the scene of enjoyable and successful aquatic sports held by the Small Units of the South China Command,
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LONDON EXCHANGES.
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The events were keenly contested, and 'some exciting finjakes were wit- nessed. At the conclusion, the prizes .were distributed by Mrs. Copenhagen Wyatt, wife of Colonel Wyatt, who
Oslo performed the ceremony
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Cheers were heartily given for Mra. Wyatt the Officers and or- ganisers of the sports.
The following were the results :----- 50 Yards Race:-1, S/Sgt. Blackmore (R.A.0.C.); 2, Lieut. Martin (R.E.) Time: 20.2/5 secs. followed Armand for ten rounds Throwing the Polo Ball:-1, without inducing Armand to for- S/Sgt. Rivett (R.E.); 2, Cpl. Crow- get for a moment that all was croft (R.A.S.C.). strictly business.
Veterans' Race:-1, C. 8. M. Kennard (R.E.); 2, Q. M. S. Mor- ragan (R.A.P.C.).
,100 Yards Race:-1, Lieut. I think the National Sporting
Toby Irwin, the best western Martin (RE); Cpl. Lees (R. A Club rather underestimated Sam, referae, said he should have| M. C.). Times: 1 min. 94.2/3 who was then, in 1909, absolutely thrown both men out of the ring Recs. the best fighting heavyweight in for their punk showing, but after the world. Jack Johnson was letting it go to the end of the tenth champion, having beaten Tommy round called it a "draw," because Burns in Australia the year before, neither had done anything to earn but he wouldn't fight.Sam, because a decision.-"Topical Times." he knew Sam could beat him. In fact, looking back over the liat of champions, there isn't one. Sam Langford couldn't have fought on fairly even terma, èxcept Jeffries and Dempsey at their best, yet he never held a championship because he never had a chance to fight for
one,
BASEBALL.
SHANGHAI CHINESE WIN INTERPORT.
The Shanghai Chinese baseballera yesterday won the Cup presented by To show how good "Iron" Hague Sir Shou-son Chow, defeating for was, he carried the fight right to the second time the local South Sam, traded smash for smash, and China team by 9 runs to five. South knocked Sam flat on his back for China at the first meeting, heat the a nine count in the, first round. visitors. Line-up: Sam got up
with the realisation S.C. "Dragona" that he wasn't fighting a "aucker," Tom Chinn stalled and fought a defensive R. Shim battle until he found the aure W. Sling opening he wanted in the fourth S. L. Lee round, and then battered Hague | D. Chinn down again and again until Tan S. S. Lee was helpless, and the bout was Fung stopped.
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BRITISH AND IRISH BACKING. June
Shanghai
1b Chang tỉ. Toang Zb. Char
P. Troy 1.1. Loo
Abe Liu
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8.8. Kim r.f. Woo
St. Chen
Since Bombardier Wells there Score by inning have been no very good English
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
Diving:-1, Lieut. Martin (RE.); 2, L/Cpl. Funnell (R. A. S.C.).
Plunge:-1, C. S. M. Kennard (R.E.); 2, Sgt. Bent (R.E.). ·
Lighted Candle Race:-1, Sgt. Rimmell (R.E.); 2, Spr. Williams (R.E.).
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The text of the bill presented to the House of Commons to make bat- 60 Yards Back Race:-1, Sgm.ter provision for the defence of poor Baldwin; 2, Private Davies. Time: persons charged with an offence 32.1/5 десь.
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