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AMERICAN
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECCEBER 15, 1936
- DANIEL MENDOZA'S
EVENTFUL CAREER
(Continued "from Page 2)
For $208 Aside
A match was made for £200 aside, to be decided on's raised stage in a paddock near Newmar ket.
SPALDING "TOP-FLITE".
A Racket that's built
for
The open throat
The bout created phenomenal interest, and was patronised by the then Prince of Wales, the Dukes of York and Orleans, and most of the English nobility.
It was a bitter, battle, with the odds fructuating as first one and then the other gained the advan itage.
Victory hung in the balance when in a "dog fall." Mendoza fell with his leg doubled under him and suffered a severe ankle spraia.
The Jew was unable to cc:
makes every shot tinue, and Humphries was decla a split-second FASTER
ed victor. Naturally. Mendoza was
not satisfied, and it was now that he started, his letter-writin
The "Top-Flite" was originally designed by the world-famous W. T. Tilden and used by him in all his most famous successes.
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career.
Turned The Tables Mendoza and Humphries Cought! again, in Huntingdonshire. May 6, 1789, and this time the Jew: defeat- ed the Gentile after one hour of desperate fighting. Within a few days Humphries started to pester Mendoza for another contest
The third fight took place at Doncaster and more than 500 spec,
tators travelled all the way fro
Max JEAMTLING
Max Schmeling, of Germany, above, metsätional conqueror of Joe Louis, the Detroit "Brown Bomber" will meet James I. Braddock, the present holder, for the world's heavyweight boxing crown at the Long Island Bowl New York, on June 3, 1957.
London. The ring was pitched in CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE
the yard of an inn. The fight last- ed an hour and a half durin which 2 rounds were fought Mendoza won convincingly.
By this time Humphries was satisfied that his former pupil was his master, so he retired from the ring and entered the business of coal merchant, in which capacity he amassed a pretty fortune of £12,000, and had the satisfaction of bailing out his old oppment, several occasions. whez the minions of the debtors' prison lai
hands on him.
Proclaimed Champion.
After defeating Humphries, Mendoza w23 proclaimed cham- pion, and he embarked on a tour
IN THE LIMELIGHT
JOCK MĊAVOY ANXIOUS TO MEET
JOHN HENRY LEWIS
ST. ANDREWS BADMINTON
WIN OVER CRC
Shutes Extend The Recreio “B” Team
KOWLOON TONG “A” SECURE CLEAN SWEEPUMPA
الجامعة
All the matches in the Badmin- Lon League scheduled to he play-f id last night were decided with | the exception of the eagerly awaited Chinese Y.M.C.A, v King's
| College måtch, which has been postponed until the next meeting of the Badminton Executive Com- mittee. which has been arranged for Tuesday, December 2
Spr. L. Jordan, above, the well- known diver and water pole play- er, is also a footballer of promise and leach the Bayal Engineers' attack in the "Third Division of the Learne
W. Merritt and Yang Chen (S. and S. Home)
11-21
3-21 18-21.
Results were much as expected. In the "A" Division, a very keen tussle took place at the Chinese. Recreation Club, where the Home team were defeated by St. Ад- drew's "A" by the narrowest pos lost to N. A E Mackay and
A. Coat sible margin. Recreio "B" did lost to A. W. de Roza and well to beat the Free Lances by 6
EC Yeo sets to S.
host to E Lee and A. E. E E. LH. Shute and his son, W. Castro Shube, were the only pair to win A. Stephen and- W. Brown against the Recreio, who proved lost to Mackay and Chan
(S. and S. Home) too fast for the Free Lances at lost to Bota and Yeo King's Park, H. A. Barros, who lost to Lee and Castro...... 16-97 was partnered with N. A. Beltzao.
C. Jago and I. Baina sprained his ankle during the first
(S. and S. Home) game, but plucicily continued to lost to Mackay and Chan play. One of the most keenly con lost to Lee and Castro
lost to Roza and Yeo
tested games was the last.- one, between E. A. R. Alves and L... A.
* K. Tong “B” Too Wenk Silva, and E. L. Shate and W. At Kowloon Tong last night, the Shute, the latter pair extending Victoria Recreation Club best their opponents t5 20-23 in me Kowicon Tods “B” by 7 games to of the most exciting games seen 2 in the "B" Division: in the "A" Division.
Clean Sweep
L
5.21
21 2-$1
Ea Fook-sing and J. M. Pong (Kowloon Tong "B")
| lost to M. M. de V. Soares and
W. Lawrence
In the "B" Division, Kowloon lost to D. F. Lopes and C. N. da Tong “A” once again gave evidence Silva
of their strength, when they de-lost to A. 0. Barretto and feated the Sailors' and Soldiers' E. M. L. Soares
azy
(Kowloon
4-21
15-21
135.21
21-14
London, November 15. THE northern boxing world is buzzing like a huge hive. With Home by nine games to love. The C. D'Almada and L. A. de V. Soares THE
word even bigger events that are planned our bride
Tour "E") |lost to Soares and Lawrence .. 421 and others that are promised, the ordinary man who seeks to keep opposition were A. Stephen and W.beat Lopes and Silva pace finds himself in a bit of a haze, Liverpool and Manchester, of Brown. course, are the chief centres of activity, because they have the vast halls that can house the thousands and they have the boxers good enough to meet the bet in the world in their respective divisions.
There are some men who of the principal towns of the Bri- suffer from being too good: Sounds absurd, but it is true, Mendoza was the pioneer of the and it is no joke to the boxers concerned. One is Jock Mc- travelling boxing booth indust
tish Isles.
Joe Ward.
Bank Accounts How
It is
the
beat Earretto and Soares ... 21–7 St. Andrew's "B" were to have J. J. Alvares and K. M. Lee S
#Kowloon Tong “B”) entertained St. John's, but
4.-21 Church Hall was found to be un-lost to Soares and Lawrence
lost to Lopes and Silva...... 8-21 available and the match was finally lost to Barretto and Soares., 12-21 played at the Cathedral Hall. The Victoria Recreation Club met with St. Andrew's "B" Defeated very little opposition when oppos- At the Cathedral Hall last night, ed to Kowloon Tong juniors, al- the St. John's Club beat St. An- though D'Almada and Soares gave drew's "B" by 6 games to 3 in the a plucky display.
"B" Division:
L. E. Kirby and J. P. Dawson (St. Andrew's "B")
י
Free Lances Lose
At King's Park last night, Re best A. J. Bennist and D. Kwok
-21
Little
21-12
sion:
H. A. Barros and N. A. Beltran,
(Recreio "B")
14-21
A. §. Elias and G. A. White
-(St. Andrew's "B") lost to Bennitt and Kwok. lost to Koh and Smith 21-12 beat to Trumlett and Little M. Well and G. Ca ཐཱ།
(St. Andrew's "B")
18-21
21-3
2-21 14-21
Fowler ****
VERY BIG OFFER MADE TO
BRADDOCK
On his return to London, the Avoy, who happens to be Bri-
(Continued from Page 2) great Hebrew warrior fought and tain's middle-weight champion defeated Hooper (the Tinman) ar without finding much benefit. Gould is convinced that such a
He is on so exalted a pinnacle fight would be a financial flop.creto "B" best the Free Lances lost to R. Koh and N. Smith.. 14 21 Mendoza was invited to Windsor as a "middle" that it is a waste He is, therefore, naturally recep- by 6 games to 3 in the "A" Divi-bes S. A. Triolett and S. FL Castle, where he exhibited before of time trying to match him tive to Taylor's offer. the King (George the third) and against the other performers members of the Court. It would in that range.
Curiously, the British Boxing! The proposal, however, shouldbext J. L. Anderson and G. appear that although he earned
to be taken with a grain of salt, and lost to E. L. H. Shuto and W. large
sums of money, Mendoza Board of Control do not seem
realise
by nothing may come of it. McAvoy ought to
Shute was never free from debt.
In 1793 we find him languishing given a chance of annexing the unlikely that any fight will be debeat A. L. Fisher and K. Shute 21-14 lost to Bermitt and Kwok
B. Noronha and A. E. Xavier | lost to Koh and Smith finitely fixed between the heavy-j in the Fleet prison. On his re-cruiser's crown.
(Recreio "B") until after weight top-notchers Cruiserweight Title Please, he became a recruiting ser-
best Anderson and Fowler the interminable wrangling be lost to Shate and Shute geant of a regiment of "Fenci-
The management of Belle Vue.tween the interested parties, all of beat Fisher and Shate bles His next post was sheriff's Manchester, are anxious to stage whom need a good contest to re- E. A. R. Alres and L. A. Silva officer. He did not hold it long. McAvoy against. John Henry plenish their bank accounts:
(Recreio "B" for he objected to arresting his Lewis for the cruiser champion-
beat Anderson and Fowler J. R. Kilpatrick, the Madison lost to Shute and Shate friends.
hip of the world. To prove their Square Garden Corporation pre-beat Fisher and Shute" earnestness, a mere matter of
C.R.C. Trounced In 1795 he was in very straiten-,500 has been offered to Lewis sident, said last night: "We will take steps to stop the fight if to fight McAvoy. I hope he ac- ed circumstances, and made 2
necessary We have Braddock At Causeway Bay last, St. An-University match with the famous "Gentle cepts.
drew's "A" beat the Chinese Re Free maz" John Jackson. Like Absalom. This wonderful Lancashire-igned on a cast-iron contract."
Louis's backers are ready to creation Club by 5 games to 4 in King's College from York-sign Mendoza wore his hair long, and the praise corses
the contract immediately the “A” Division:..
Chinese ""T" in the fight with Jackson, his flow-shireman--actually
Braddock's name is on it.
W. C. Choy and P. C. Leur (CBC. St. Jahan ing locks, again like Absalom, y-weights who want to fight
lost to E. F. Fincher and E. K Tour 'A Benny Lynch for his world's title.
Key brought about his downfall.
13-21 RG jbeat S. A. Gray and A. E. P. St. Andrew's Mendoza was quite holding his They are Phil Milligan (Oldham);
Guest own with his bigger, stronger and and Peter Kane (Golborne).
They have genuine claims, and
His Hair His Downfall
Every ticket purchased is instant-issues both WIN and PLACE much younger opponent, when
boasts two
ly and automatically recorded on tickets. In other words, no mat-Jackson suddenly took a firm grip if some simple-minded person sug-
and
beat Tranlett and Little
21-11
14-21
21-18
LEAGUE TABLES TO DATE
“A” Division
21-15 20-22
P.W.L F.A. Pr Recreio A
3 3 0 25 2 6 Recreio “B
--3 3.0 16 11 6 21-1 St. Andrew's A422-17 19
Chinese B. C. ....... 4 1 3 16:19 2 Caizersity "A" 0 0 0 0 0.
21-12 S. & S. Home
A. S. BLISS CAUTIONED
beat F. A. Broadbridge and F.
V. Wang An Emergency Committee meet-S: W. Liang and T. W. One (CRC.)
lost to Fincher and Kew
K. Tong B
21-15!
4-21
21-15
Division
EASY WIN FOR H.K.C.C.
the "tote" by electrical control, ter what horse or horses a patron of the Jew's hair with one hand gests the best way out of the
8-21 it is impossible to tamper wishes to buy tickets on, he can and pounded him into insensibility difficulty is for them to meet in ing of the Hong Kong Football lost to Gray and Guest with the machine in any way. go to any machine and buy his with the other..
an eliminator the answer is: what Association was held at the Sports lost to Broadbridge and Wong 18-21 Thus the information recorded on tickets. This eliminates crowd- Mendoza offered to have his hair is your, idea in bringing that up? Club last night to consider the C. T. Tong and H. W. He (CRC) the totalisator is always up-to-the-ing at windows selling tickets on cut and fight Jackson again, but
To Meet Lynch
case of A. S. Bliss, of the Kow-lost to Fincher and Kew............. 14-21 favourite horses, minute, and accurate.
and speeds up the latter refused to consider a
loon Football Club, who was sent beat Gray and Guest ~.. Anyhow, Milligan has got When ticket selling is closed, the handling of crowds because return battle.
starts, the there is no waiting in line neces-
match with Lynch, even if it boff the field by the referee in beat Broadbridge and Guest. 21-13
K. Tong "A" Win just before a race
Mendoza's progress
downhill staged at Belle Vae to-morrow; it recent League fixture against the totalizator and ticket selling{sary.
Hong Kong F. C. After some dis-). At Wanchi last night, Kowicon now became a regular landslide. is limited to twelve rounds and is eassion it was decided that a cau-Tong "A beat the Saflora- and machines are locked by an elec-
He was imprisoned for debt stjat Sat. 2lbs. Lynch, however, i tion be administered to the play Soldiers' Home by nine games to F. Goodwin Bowls Well trical device operated from the
Twenty-eight of these machines Carlisle
a little the more consistent and the er. judges' stand. Thereafter, not a have been ordered by the Philip-
ail in the "B" Division Settled Down
more dangerous puncher, so he, single ticket, can be sold, and at pine Racing Club for its Santa the conclusion of the race, holders Ana Park track All but four of after several other distressing pri-
Old friends rallied round, and gets the vote......
The American, Freddy Miller, is paid at these will issue P5 tickets, the read speedo, a sewish per calling at Liverpool, in December exactly the dividend rate declared maining ones being for P25 tic-analetded down in a little pub and his opponent has to be found. on the "tote". The old aystem kets.
of winning tickets are
of "poco mas o menos' is a thing
28 Machines
...mbés p
in the white-chapel' road.
Draw For Third Round Of Cup
If Foran beats King, he might get Underground cables connect exch of the past, on race tracks equip ticket issuing machine to the Jewry he lived content. He died
There among his people of the job.
The following is the draw. for Chesterfield Otherwise, it might be Nel Ter-the third round of the FA Cup, Chester ped with modern electric totalisa- totalisator. When complete and
leton, Jimmy Walsh, or King. On which will take place on January Wednesday in a small house at Horseshoes recent, showing against, Gus-16-- Philippine Racing Club installed, the totalisator "works" Alley, Petticoat Lane, at the age are Argini Foran, must, stand an tors",
area mase of electric wire, of 73. motors, relay switches, and other
officials said
even-money chance against King, Manchester U. Sossed the first and one of whom Benny Sharkey and John Wolves will be installed contrivances, all of which work the greatest of Jewish prize-ring Cusick defeated. The to
DATA Bradford in the administrati building at auto afically, with the speed and
champions. Santa Ana Parke theadies pre sion of a machine gum, to tor face,ich is about 60 feet word the whims fancies of long and 15 feet in height, fronte
ancient and
ing toward the two
The ticket selling
which go with the totalisator are
alm "of the very latest type,
are marvels of ingenuity. Es
machine sels tickets on all hoes in any Tace, and each machine also
| Cardía
Brentford
INDIAN PRINCE-BOOKS EARLY Crewe or ́SOVIET BUYS WALTER GAY-
The first tickets for the 1940 „design, the The Eussian Government has Olympiád, in Tokyo have been very, simple bought Walter Gay, who ran nec- to the Manarkia of Indore
and the and to Trigo in the Derby in 1929. Indian Prince booked
dinculty This is one of the most important clean for „track “and zás
Bese purchases of bloodstock made by hoekwy, «football,
and boxi
the Soviet Governm
Arsen Doncaster Part Vale Blackpool Newcastle
Accrington
Preston
Reading Middlesboro” “Dabylon
Grimsby Huddersfeld
Plymsanth
Blackburn West Ham Autori: 175la Chelsea
Burnley"
PR
Dartford Wrexham
Southampton
In a friendly cricket match on the HKCC ground yesterday" the Club best a United Services team led by Capt. L. J. Walch by 117 FORES B.K.CC: 191 for 8 dec. (1. B. Nere 45 TA Perros 30; L£ Cochrane 4 for £8) United Services: 74 (Sárg. Lt. Kirk-
wood 31: E. Goodwin 5 for 32).
M.CC. HELD TO DRAW
Ipswich, To-day - The B ere held to a drawshere fent: day.