THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 28, 1940.
DEARTH OF GOOD NICKNAMES Colourful Boxing Names Plentiful In Old Days
PRESENT-DAY CONTRAST IS POINTED OUT
BOXING, APART FROM suffering with a coun- try-wide case of the doldrums, is fast losing its grip on what was once practically-a_monopoly-nick- names, says the Portland "Oregonian."
The wrestlers have moved into this field with a vengeance. Press agents grind out fancy appela- tions for bone crushers before they have finished their dress rehearsals.
THE ART OF RUN STEALING
BY JOE CRONIN
POLICE PLAYERS
LAID UP
Police Recreation Club senior bowls be will team greatly weakened this week as W. S. Dall, J. S. C. Fender and J. Orem will not be playing owing to illness.
J. Shepherd
has temporarily taken over the duties of Bowls convener.
BOXING BOUT
POSTPONED
The proposed McAvoy-Gilroy fight for the British middle-weight title has been postponed for an indefinite period. Here are the reasons why:-
Gilroy, a serving soldier, injur- ed himself and is at present in hospital. On the orders of the medical officer Gilroy's manager was told a lengthy postponement was necessary. Nothing happen- ed for a while.
TO-DAY'S
TENNIS
Following is to-day's "C" Divi- sion tennis League Programme:-
A.T.C.
v K.I.T.C.
K.C.C. C.D.R. "A" v C.R.C.
J.R.C. H.K.U.T.C. V K.T.G.C.A. C.B.A.
V
V
H.K.P.S.A. S.C.A.A.
V C.D.R. "B"
Then the B.B.B.C. instructed]
"Y" Hockey Meeting their representative in Scotland to make the fullest inquiries. He The Annual Meeting of Euro- reported that Tommy Gilmore.pean Y.M.C.A. Hockey Club will manager of the Scot, had explain-be held at 6 p.m. to-day in ed that although three X-rays had ground floor of the Lounge of the been taken and Gilroy. was still Association building in Salisbury under treatment his man could Road. All interested are wel-. not even resume training for at come. least a couple of months.
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Meanwhile the rockem-and-|
J. Pennell, Police hockey play sockem sport, once popularly0000
0000|the Ghetto, were good ones, er, has been confined to Kowloon known as the manly art of self-
Canvasback Cohen was in a Hospital with a foot injury. He, defence, is back-sliding in this haunted our present Jack. Demp-class by himself in Los Angeles. however, expects to be fit in important adjunct to its liveli-sey.
Around San Francisco, but not time for the hockey season. bood.
Firpo "Pampas Bull** 1ghting, are Roly Poly Phat Wil-
lie Meehan, Roughhouse McDon- Dr. N. P: Karanjia, Craigen- Research reveals there are few- Luis Angel Firpo. as the er fighters with nifty nicknames of the Pampas, Young Stribling Northside Jack O'Brien.
Bull ald, Southside Jack O'Brien and gower bowler, who left for India to-day than at any time in the as King of the Canebrakes, Harry
a couple of months ago, is back Each fighting era counted its again in the Colony, together with history of boxing.
Greb, the Pittsburgh Windmill. nicknames by the hundreds. Our Mrs. "N.P." who is visiting Hong and Ruby Goldstein, the Jewel of present crop is slipping badly. 'Kong on her honeymoon.
This startling disclosure, of Base running is still highly im- course, will not halt the wheels of portant. even though far fewer
progress or affect the cocoanut bases have been stolen since the market in Pago Pago but the fact advent of the lively ball writes remains that the majority of our Joe Cronin, manager of the Bos-present boxers are content to
prance strictly under their chris-!
Something should
ton Red Sox.
Games are still being won by tian names. players swiping second or third in be done about it. the late innings of close games.
putting themselves in position
to score on days when it is dif-
ficult to bat them around.
Market Diminishes
To-day's diminishing list Joe Louis,
in-
the
Base runners study pitchers. Includes such as many cases, little pitching pecu-Brown Bomber; Tony Galento, the liarities tip the runner when the Jersey Beer Barrell, which sprung hurler intends to throw to a base. la leak against Max Baer July 2; Ninety-nine of 100 bases arc Lou Nova, the California Adonis; stolen off the pitcher,
Speed is essential to the base Fearless Fred Apostoli, the Bat- а dandy): runner, of course, but the lead and ling Bellhop (that's the breakaway are the most im-Harry Balsamo, the Belting Brak- !man; Hammerin' Henry Arm- portant items.
strong; Hostile Al Hostak; Stan-
Go Through With Slide lley Lasrato, the Socking Syrian;
Once It Is Started
Six Second Powell; Lou Ambers, the Heckimer Hurricane; Hobo The head-first slide is the fast-Williams, and the aforementioned est, but it practically. has been Max Baer.
abandoned because the runner is Baer is doing a noble job in ef- so easily tagged. The tagger did forts to uphold the honour of the not have to worry about spikes. profession. Until a better can- The straight slide is next speedi-didate is produced he enjoys the est, but here again the runner distinction of being the most nick- really tags himself.
named fighter. The big ex-cham- The result is that 95 per cent of pion owns these out-right: Liver- the slides of to-day are hook slides more Lip,--Livermore Butcher with the body falling away Boy, Livermore Lothario, Cali- from the tagger.
fornia Bear, Butterfly Hoy and
Many base runners can hook Magnificent Max.
slide in only one direction.
Once the base runner has de-
cided to slide in one direction he
Baer's Record Tops
had best go through with it. Most Fighters of yesteryear are un- leg injuries incurred in running able to touch Baer's record, but bases are the result of the run-they had some daisy-cutters, and ner changing his mind at the last there were more of them. The instant, when he sees the tagger nighty John L. Sullivan strutted shifting from one direction to the his stuff as the Boston Strong other.
Boy.
The result is that the runner There were Jack Dempsey, the does nothing more than jab one Nonpareil, and Jack Dempsey, foot into the ground, and fre-the Manassa Mauler who at the quently is hurt.
jage of 45 has begun to pick on
wrestlers. Charlie McCarthy
of
50 years back was not a dummy and was known as the Young Nonpareil.
was
both
Weir Negroes, Ike known as the Belfast Spider, a
Third Base Is Easier To Steal Than Second Never slide half way, or try to
In the '00s also were "Profes- check a slide, when at the last instant you see, or learn from the sors" Peter Jackson of Australia! motion of a coach, or teammate and George Godfrey of Boston, that it is unnecessary to hit the dirt. That's another ne way of nickname Jimmy McLarnin in- banging up a leg.
Therited some 35 years later. Frank! ever, develope the knack of drop-fought Sullivan and Jake Kilrain Herald, "the Nicetown Crasher"" ping down on one leg and spring- ing right up again in case the among others. Patsy Cardiff was "the Peoria Giant"; Tomy -Lynch, throw is bad.
Stealing third base is no more the Irish Giant and Jim Coffey, difficult, or not as hard, as swip-the Dublin Giant,
The base runner should, how-
ing second. The runner obtains)
a longer lead off second base be- “Soakum Yoakum” cause the pitcher has to turn all]
the way around to throw in an Billy Farman answered to the elfort to pick him off. The differ- Sydney Blacksmith, the Tipton ence in the time of the shorter Slasher was a favourite and the throw doesn't come close to mak-Unknown of Brooklyn hit
the ing up the catcher's disadvantage. deck frequently. Sam Fitzpatrick. A runner judges for himself 95 was called the Australian Comet per cent, of the time whether he and Frank Glover turned up the can go from first to third on Chicago Stockyards Kia. hit in front of him.... to centre] Ad Wolgast was the Michigan
Wildent, or left félů.
Stanley Ketchell, |Michigan Assassin, and Leo Lom- Roller skating is fast becoming ski, later, the Aberdeen Assassin.. a favourite form of sport, and Jim Corbett, Gene Tunney and every evening the rink at the Gene Delmont were referred East Point Amusement Park isas "gentlemen."
the
to
and
Crowded with people anxious toj Soakum Yoakum will do be "initiated with as little pain as the Harlem Coffee Cooler is bet- possible".
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ter. Jeff Clark had a stranglehold jon, "the Joplin Ghost” long before
câme
E. J. Porter, Hon. Treasurer of Horton Smith, the golfer, Hong Kong Softball League, will along. Joe Walcott was the Bar be leaving for Manila in the badoes Demon and Sam Langford; course of the week. He expects the Boston Tar Baby, As the to be away about a month.
Brown Panther, Harry Wills
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