·THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 19, 1941,
LAVALLE TO AID BOXING
By "Incog."
Followers of boxing will „be interested to learn that, consequent upon the announcement that Len Collins is organising a boxing tournament in aid R. M. of War Funds,
Lavalle, who played Rugby football for Club last sea- son, has intimated his willingness to support any scheme to further interest in boxing in the Colony.
LAVALLE. IT MAY
GENERALLY
KNOWN,
NOT BE WAS
BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION
OF SOUTH
AMERICA IN 1924,
AND WAS SELECTED TO RE- PRESENT HIS COUNTRY AT THE WORLD OLYMPIC GAMES THAT YEAR, BUT A BROKEN HAND,
IN SUSTAINED
THE COURSE OF A RUGBY MATCH, PREVENTED HIM FROM AC-
GO TO EUROPE.
Kid Marriott, loft, and Jim Blacksmith, of H.M.S. Tamar for the cameraman after and champion of the Flect, posed their 8 rounds bout, which Marriott won on points, at the City Hall in 1907.
Colony's Boxing Musketeers
By "Incog."
"Kid" Marriott, "Iron" Bux and "Sky" Kerrison,
CEPTING THE INVITATION TO three names that may hold no meaning for the present-day generation, but heroes, each one of boxing the days when them, in his own right, in held its own with all other sport in the Colony.
Later
on, as
lightweight, a
Lavalle found that his interest in Rugby was so great as to leave him no time for boxing and as a result he retired from the ring.
Speaking about his efforts to revive interest in boxing here. Lavalle said that he, together with Collins, had made every effort to secure suitable premises in Kow- loon which could be fitted up as a gymnasium, complete with a ring, sand-bags etc.
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All three of these old-timers boys at the different schools here the are still in the Colony, though the finer points of boxing and to-day, al
manager 60 years of age, he is them "Kid" is the only one of
"Young" Aromin, holder of the feather- who is still taking a really activeweight belt, with whom he "Lock interest in boxing. And he is the couple of rounds occasionally" in the oldest of the lot, being over 60, course of the latter's training schedule, When became known that there years of age!
Marriott,
a possibility of a boxing tourna Who was ithtweight and was featherweight champion of the Colony,ment being staged in the near future, also held the bantamweight crown of the "Kid" was happy as the proverbial 1908, child with a new toy. for here at las! the Orient, whining this title in
As a was a chance, again, for him to take when he beat Griffiths of A.0.C.
his favourite sport. I not [። Ughtweight, he had three ghis with part in
E second, trainer or He had seen some of the local Bux, winning one and losing two, but referee, then as
a boxer That this manager to one or more of the boxers. boys sparring, but he said that the 4t is not only as
ile is also lack of proper facilities was hav-veteran has claim to fame. Ing a bad, rather than good, effect known as one of the best trainers and Instructors in the history of Hong Kong on the boys' training-
boxing.
Bad Effect
"They must be taught how to
the
Long after he had retired from the use the ropes, how to get the een-ring, Marriott was still teaching tre of the ring, how to punch with the body, how to use their left for more than just the left-jab," he said.
it
He added that until they had a better equipped gymnasium would not be possible to teach the boys properly.
Ready To Coach Lavalle said that as soon as suit- able premises were found, he would take an active hand in coaching the youngsters. His idea was to get a membership of about 30 really keen pupils and then, having taught them the rudiments of boxing, to hold private tourna ments arengst members of the club, and later on, if anybody was really outstanding, he might be sent down to Manila or Singapore. Lavalle is so keen about getting premises that be Is leaving no stone unturned in his effort. He came across two ideal places, but as soon as the respective owners heard that the idea was to have
boxing on the premises, they "would not let even for $500!"
Lavalle has already started training for the forthcoming
TATE THE THIRD
✡
13
Goes Away Looking
"RON
For Fights
RON" Bux, the only locally born of the three former champions, be came impatient at the few opportunities here after he had won the lightweight title from Marriott, and migrated to Manila, where be won every' title, from bantamweight to middleweight, while at one time he was hailed as "the undis
of the puted lightweight champion Orient."
Bux came back for a short visit in 1918, when he fought "Sky" Kerrison in a memorable match at the City Hall for the welterweight championship of the Colony. It was generally conceded Tato taking that Bux had won by a big margin, and A young Maurice
when the referee announced the decision wickets at Have with old man as a draw, even the stald Hong Kong Maurice smiling pridefully at mid- ringsiders" gave vent to their foelings on makes you think someone has in no uncertain manner. been putting on the clock than the legitimate two hours, fighters, the best of whom was Lew
writes L. V. Manning.
ago
more
Bux has met some really first class
Edwards, Austrailan welterweight old champion and holder of the Lonsdale long Seems not, so
Belt. In the ninth of their scheduled Maurice's father, Fred, was intro- 15-round fight, however. Bux broke hle
broad-wrist and his seconds threw ducing me to big,
a shouldered kid and telling me he towel. was going to play for England.
Now here's old Maurice saying it about young Maurice
and he might be right. Tate the Third is 17, six feet, bowls left and bats right. When they remembered to put him on in a recent game he got three for 11 in two overs.
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In the
Very Great Reliance On Straight Left
"KY" Kerrison, one of those boxers who placed a great deal of re- liance on the straight left, used this to to his splendid advantage, thanks tremendous reach. He had gained fame Rugby season. He plays badmin- I rate the other interesting in the Navy as a boxer and when he ton every night, which he says is cricket event of that week-end to left the Service he continued with his very good for the wind and speed, be Arthur Gilligan, pulled in to boxing, and was never in danger of and tennis three or four times a complete the R.A.F. XI at Lord's, losing his welterweight title until he getting big hand from a 10,000 met Bux in the fight referred to above. Like Marriott, both Bux and Kerrison crowd who hadn't forgotten. In- have done a good deal of instruction cidentally, they worked up Cup-work. In fact the former at one time tle excitement for this finish. ran a gymnasium and Turkish bath in British Empire XI won with only Manila, and although he has not had eight minutes left.
week.
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WATER- POLO RESUMED
The Invitation Water-polo Tour-
TO-DAY'S
nament, sponsored by European MINIATURE
Y.M.C.A., was resumed last night
after a lapse of some weeks, with two matches in Army Pool,
FOOTBALL
much chance to train youngsters on a large scale since his return here h 1920, lie has had "a few good boys** pass. through his hands.
His son, "Iron' Bux junior is carry. ing on the good work, being at present the amateur, bantamweight champion of the Colony. Like his father, young. Bux is essentially a two-handed fighter. with a partiality for in-fighting, ** and ever-ready to mix it. V
The draft board" at. Chicago. have announced that Joe Louis, World's