THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 1, 1938
HOUGH HERO-WORSHIP MYSTIFIES
TURNS DEFEAT
INTO VICTORY
WITH ONE PUNCH
PACKED HOUSE CHEERS
WIN OVER LAURIOT
(By HAROLD LEWIS)
London, January 25.
FRANK HOUGH, the extraordinarily popular Battersea boxer, again drew over 8,000 people to the Empress Stadium, Earl's Court and many hundreds more who failed to gain admission-to see him win a very hard, exciting fight on points by
An exciting action scene from the Army Seven-a-side Rugby Tour- nament held last. Wednesday. (“Mail” photo).
a narrow margin against Marcel Lauriot, light VANA NEW TABLE TENNIS
heavyweight champion of France.
THE
WHEN HOUGH SENT LAURIOT CRASHING TO FLOOR IN THE SEVENTH ROUND THE CHEERING WAS OF
CHAMPION
OHUMIL VANA, an 18-year-old Czechoslovakian, became table
THAT ALL-OBLITERATING BLUR WHICH DEAFENS ONE Bennis champion of the world on Saturday when, in the final of AND WELL-NIGH NUMBS THE BRAIN: 'AND WHEN THE LINGERING DOUBTS AS TO HIS VICTORY WERE SET AT the men's singles at Wembley, he defeated the 19-year-old Austrian, REST BY THE HOLDING ALOFT OF HOUGH'S GLOVE BY MR. Richard Bergmann, holder of the title, by 3 games to 1. MOSS DEYONG, THE REFEREE, THE ROAR WAS - EVEN: WORSE AND MORE PROLONGED,
The hero-worship of Hough mystifies ring-side amateur psy- chologists, but it was plain enough during this fight to see the little instinctive sportsmanlike tricks which have rendeared him to the crowd.
He was hit low twice, but never complained and boxed on. ** The referee cautioned the Frenchman on each occasion. His boxing was all-action, though some, includ- ing myself, might quibble as to its quality in some respects.
CONGRATULATED. OPPONENT
Once, in the ninth round, when Lauriot fought his way out of trouble cleverly and pluckily, Hough congratulated him as they broke apart,,„by tapping him on the shoulder. At the end of that round, someone from the members' en closure shouted to him to have one more go."
Lauriot's knees banged on the floor, and he was in bad shape when he got up.
However, Hough, though cool in looking for a vital opening, fell into
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his bad habit of cuffing hen that chance came, and Lauriot recover- ed and fought strongly at the end. He turned round and answered There could have been only a small with a cheery grin. "Righto! I'll margin in favour of Hough.
go all out”
The fuss he made of Lauriot
when the fight was over was ob-PETER KANE'S
viously spontaneous. His friend-
liness was simply oozing from him, PLANS AS A
and he literally helped the crowd
to cheer his beaten opponent.
Hough is a patently modest chap
BANTAM-WEIGHT
and none of these incidents could To Meet Lynch Again
possibly be construed as playing to the gallery. He is just naturally a happy-go-lucky young man exceedingly lucky at the present time.
GRUELLING MIX UP:
The fight was a gruelling mix up from start to finish, Lauriot, a
"At Liverpool
(By HAROLD LEWIS)
London, January 21.
The young Czech is one of the most completely equipped play- ers in the game. He laclis a really strong attacking backhand, but against Bergmann his forehand drives, with tremendous top spin, and clever drop shots were most effective.
Bergmann did not reveal his usual "fire," and Vana relied to a great extent on mistakes of his rival to secure his points.
Bergmann took the first game, after a tremendous struggle, but Vana was always on top after- F. A. STILL wards, winning the next three games to take the title..
REMARKABLE SCENES
There were remarkable scenes during the women's singles final in which Miss Trudi Pritzi, the Aus- trian, who was in the abandoned final with
Ruth Miss
Aarons (U.S.A.) last year, defeated Miss Depetrisova, of Czechoslovakia, in three straight games.
So rare were the attacking shots that spectators began to lose their patience. Hand-clapping in unison broke out during the play, and the attacking strokes were greeted with Tronical cheers.
FOR FIRST TIME
For the first time in the history of the championships an English woman was successful in a final. Miss W. Woodhead, of Amersham, and L. Bellak defeated Vana and MIES
Votrubcova, the holders, in the mixed doubles final by 3 games to'
Peter Kane of Golborne, will bantam-weight, the limit for which shortly begin the second stage of is 8st. Glb. But it is still doubtful his boxing career as a bantam-whether he will thus have much weight, and among the plans al- added advantage as compared with
MAY BE REPLICA“.
tremendously strong, aggressive," ready made for him is a return Lynch, for the latter can carry ex- ginger-haired young Frenchman, had a better right hand than Hough match with Benny Lynch of Glas-tra weight with ease, and has de- gow, British and world's fly-weight cided to challenge in the bantam- and a weird but confusing variety champion, at bantam-weight, at the weight class in any event. of attacking blows, all hooks, Liverpool F.C. ground, on March swings and long uppercuts..
24, the eve of the Grand National. The contest may thus be almost He was cautioned in the first
a replica of the wonderful fight at round for a low blow and again in Kane was knocked out by Lynch Glasgow last October, with perhaps the third, but these were purely ac- when he challenged for the fly-no more than 2 points verdict for cidental. —— Hough, who had set out weight title at Glasgow last Octo- Lynch., with the idea of forcing the fight, ber, and has not, fought since, des- Kane has been invited to fight in soon found the fight forced upon pite many tempting offers. It was Paris when his opponent will be the him, and changed his tactics quick- obvious last year that he was find- winner of Baltasar Sangchili ly.
ing the fly-weight limit of 8st. dif-¦ (Spain) _v... Al Brown (Panama), CHANGED TREND OF FIGHT ficult to attain without weakening both former world's bantam-weight He looked rather tired when, in himself, though, apart from that, champions, v who meet on March 3 the seventh round, he changed the he was outboxed by, Lynch.
for the International Boxing trend of the fight by one swift, Kane has definitely relinquished | Union's own "world's bantam- well-timed right cross to the jaw ambitions in the fly-weight_class weight championship a purely as Lauriot ·· came rushing in. and should now be a fully-g un domestic affair.
CONSIDERING
CUP FINAL GROUND
The FA Council, at their meeting in London recently, considered the re port of the Finance and General Pur- poses Committee regarding increased accommodation at the Cup Final and England v. Scotland matches, and de- ferred it for further consideration -at the Council's meeting on Feb. 14, the Council in the meantime to be supplied
with further information. Fahrze
The existing contract between the F.A. and Wembley has six years to run.
to à proposal The Council agreed
the Football by Mr. C. E. Sutcliffe, League president, that the playing season of 1938-39 be extended to in clude Saturday, Aug. 20, 1938, so that clubs may play matches to raise funds for the Football League £100,000 Ju- bilee Fund scheme or other charitable objects.
Gross proceeds of the matches, the Council decided, must be devoted to the charities and consent obtained from the county associations concerned.
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