THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 3, 1937.
EDDIE PHILLIPS WINS BUT
DISAPPOINTS
PLUCKY YOUNG SOUTH AFRICAN BEATEN
(By HAROLD LEWIS)
London, November 4. SOME half-hearted booing greeted the decision of Mr. Barrington Dalby at Harringay Arena last night when he held up the hand of Eddie Phillips, the London heavyweight, as the winner on points of his 12-rounds fight with Arno Kolblin, champion of Germany, a tall, guardsman type of boxer.
The boos were directed not so much against the verdict, though there must have been many who thought differently, as against the general display of Phillips.
There were hopes in some quarters that Phillips, with his undoubted cleverness, his fast, dead- ly punch, and his reputation as the man who three times beat Tommy Farr, might emerge in the heavyweight class as the new, promising British heavyweight for whom promoters are constantly searching
Nothing that Phillips did last} night in this second-class affair held out the slightest hope. Near ly everything he did, in fact, made one writhe with impatience. GERMAN DOWN
Kolbin was a very ordinary sort of fighter an upstanding, ortho- dox boxer with a clumsy delivery, plenty of pluck and little imagina- tion. He was above the Staal class, but never showed the slightest ten- dency towards danger to his oppon- ent. He was moderately fast, but
had little idea of planting a solid punch.
For two rounds Phillips boxed well in his usual tentative fashion, with a strained expression on his face and all the various tricks of Then, -nervousness betraying him.
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HARVEY AND FOORD MAY BE MATCHED
London, November 14. As it is unlikely that Tommy Farr will box in this country for 12 months, plans are being made to create interest and fights among the other British heavy-weig and yesterday Wembley were tiating for a fight betwee former champions, Len Ha Ben Foord.
This would probably in December-there is not be any boxing at W month--but the date wou on other proposed especially the one whi porarily fallen thr John Henry Lewis McAvoy.
in the third round, a smashing short) mamETE FERREZTUTAKSE VAYETEGUIRNAK right to the jaw put the German down.
himself into a last rally. Kolbin ask- ed for nothing better, and this round, contained the one and only exchange of real punches.
For the most part, the fight con- ¡sisted of shuffing, clinching and missing. Phillips has had some bad fights during his career, but I feel bound to say that he has never dis- appointed me so much as he did last night.
"NERVES!
It is probably not his fault. He was not afraid of Kolblin, but be suffered more than usual from that chronic state of nerves which is apt to seize him and cramp him, physi- cally and mentally.
The heavy-weight fight between Al Delaney, of Canada, and Norman Baines, of Catford, was, as I antici
It Opated, a thoroughly bad match.
was not helped by the fact that efforts. They were worse than use Delaney injured his right hand less.
FINE BLOW This was a fine blow with a rather
CHRONIC HABIT extraordinary effect, for Kolblin He developed a chronic habit of walked a step, stood still, and then ducking his head and screwing his collapsed to his knees. It happened eyes tight as he led with a punch, towards the end of the round, a round ducking so low at times that once
Delaney weighed a pound over 13st and Baines 16st, and this disparity was somtehing that Dalaney could
never overcome.
Delaney won on points with the greatest of ease. Baines was knock-
giant strength and his rugged de- fence he was able to avoid a knock- out
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which Kolblin had been winning. his head actually struck his opponed about considerably, but with his
One fully expected the finish inent just above the knee. the next round. All that occurred, The crowd, very sympathetic however, was a shuffling, half-hearted first towards Phillips, a clean, boxe attack by Phillips, with two rather at all times and one with great po He was puzzled by his lighter and WANTED WILL SWAP desperate attempts to repeat the tentialities, became restless an damaging punch of the preceding patient. They thought they saw round
German, with his stolid methods, gradually stealing the fight. thought so, too.
LACKING IN CONFIDENCE. Phillips has lacked confidence all his boxing life; but it was amazing, PHILLIPS'S EYEBROW CUT
In the 11th round Phillips's left mortifying to see him at this per- iod, with the fight for the taking, eye-brow was badly cut, and he be unable to quell his instinctive feel-lcame so distraught, and wild that it ings of dire
deverer opponent, yet his experience, especially in holds, prevented Del- Janey from landing one really good punch. The crowd disliked this fight, which was not surprising.
LEIBBRANDT UNLUCKY -
Roby Leibbrandt, heavyweight champion of South Africa, and Jim wilde, of Swansea, put up a great fight which was, in fact, the most Kolblin stirred himself to some ef-exciting and best match of the even It was Koblin, in fact, who car-fort in that direction, and punishing Wide received the verdict on ried the fight for the next few ed Phillips at times
points from Mr. Wilfred Smith, a
in and Caution, unable to step seemed he might be knocked
rounds, and he was never again. The last round was good in its verdict which aroused much anger the slightest danger. At times, way, for Phillips, perhaps thinking among the crowd, who thought the Phillips repeated his "desperation" that the issue was in doubt, flung young South African had won.
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