BOXING
POSSIBILITY OF
FOR
WAR
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNĚ 26, 1940 ·
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SHOW
FUNDS
No Lack Of Talent To Attract Enthusiasts
MURRAY BARRACKS THE IDEAL VENUE
By "Adrem"
WITH THE STIMULATION provided by the big drive for war funds, there is now every possibility that Hong Kong boxing will soon be placed on a basis comparable to the days when boxing tournaments at the City Hall were a regular part of the sporting life of the Colony.
Collins from
Jess
There have been all sorts of at-1 who is training hard in the hopes of tempts in recent years to revive box-fighting in Manila. ing among the civilians of Hong Kong Most people have now heard of the and, a show put on at the Po Hing offer received by Theatre in Kowloon within the last Cortes, the Mike Jacobs of Philippines two years, met with fair success al-boxing promotors, and Collins is very though the venue could hardly be de- anxious to make the trip provided the scribed as ideal.
necessary permission is forthcoming from his employers.
Although neither man is yet in the pinks or condition serious training has only just started-they were both an- the xious to try themselves out and result was a good hard-hitting bout which was greatly appreciated some 20 or 30 fans, gathered in V.R.C. gymnasium.
Officiating as referee and
by
the
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Young Ramsay Bux, a son of "Iron"" Eux, a name that will be readily re- called by the older residents of the Colony, was also to have been seen in action, but somehow this fell through. keeper-it will be seen that Collins and Aromin were taking their work- out seriously was "Kid" Marriott, Collins was featured in an interest-another name with which the word ing bout on Sunday evening when he boxing, as applied to Hong Kong, is had a work-out over six rounds with inevitably associated. Young Aromin, who, if I mistake not, I understand that the "Kid" still won the bantam-weight "champion-rates the noble art of self-defence the ship" of the Colony at the Po Hing finest sport there is and he is still ac-
tively connected with it through
INTERESTING WORK-OUT
At the moment there are a number of boxers resident here who would welcome any opportunity of getting the gloves on again and, in this con- nection, a visit to Victoria Recreation Club on practically any afternoon of the week would reveal considerable activity in the training camp of Len Collins, a boxer with a big reputation, Theatre.
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boxing school in which he holds re-- gulor classes in his spare time.
Marriott is now investigating possibility of staging a contest in aid of war funds and, provided a suitable
is more: venue can be found, there
chance that this will
than an even come off.
NO LACK OF MATERIAL There is no lack of material in the Colony-even outside the services- and although some of the better men. are professionals I have little doubt. that they would be only too willing to give their services gratis for such au good cause.
Marriott, would probably endeavour the top the bill with Len Collins, pro- viding a suitable opponent could be found. Collins, with his fine reputa- tion, would be the biggest drawing card in Hong Kong and it is fairly certain that his name in itself would.
e sufficient to attract a huge crowd. It is also considered that a fight be- tween Ramsay Bux-professionally Iron Bux jr.-and Young Aromin would provide splendid entertainment. "Kid" Marriott has a great opinion of
ux, who, he says, is very fit and born boxer with a natural gift for in- lighting.
Getting back to the big question of where the fight could be held, several venues instantly spring to mind. About 12 years ago V.R.C. organised ama- teur and schools' boxing champion- ships of the Colony. In the first place the tournaments were held in the gymnasium but this arrangement was found to be unsatisfactory from a point of view of spectators' accomo- dation, and latterly they were held in the drained swimming bath. This worked fairly well as, the level of the ring being low, a good view was had by all attending in whatever seats they occupied.
It must be remembered, however, that these old tournaments were held in the winter. At present, with the hath fully occupied practically every day, I cannot see the V.R.C. authori- ties allowing it to be closed for the ne- cessary length of time. In any case, although the club is nice and central, I don't think it is large enough to hold the crowd which I feel sure would attend a boxing show of the type I have outlined.
IDEAL VENUE
While not ignoring the possibility of utilising one of the many football grounds, where stands are still in position and where a boxing arena could be set, out without a great deal of trouble and expense, I feel that the ideal place to hold a show would be Murray Barracks, where the Army championships are held. There is every facility there for boxing
and
so, provided the necessary permis-- sion is forthcoming — and I see no reason why the Army should oppose.
go the scheme-the promoters could ahead immediately and work out their programme.
I feel confident that a boxing con- test would be a great success, as apart from something by way of a change from cinemas for the average person, I know for a fact that there are many boxing enthusiasts here who bemoan the absence of their favourite sport.
Lawn Bowls Teams (Continued-from Page 17)
I.R.C.
The following have been chosen to repre- sent Indian Recreation Club In Lawn Bowls ́ League on Saturday:
First Division ^(v .K.C.C., away):-D.. M: Khaŋ, K" M. Rumjahn, A. M. Rumjohn and ̈' M. R. Abbas (skip); J. Hoosen, A. K. Suf- flåd, A.R!-Minu and A. K. Minu (skip); Ai H. Rumjahn, S. Yusuf, M. Y. Adal and A. R. Dallah (skip).
Third Division (v K.B.G.Ç., home):—A. S. Sufflad, J. M. 'A, Ramjahň, A. H. Madar and A. M.-Wahab (skip); M. Hassan, A. R. Kitchell, A. G. Sufilad and A. Bakar (skip); M. B. Hassan, S. A., R. Bux, U. A. Rụṁjahn · and S. Myrtùmjahn. Cökip),--
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