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MAJOR BOXING SENSATION Sing Tao Dour Play In Third Test
Baksi Loses On Points To Tandberg
Winner To Meet
Joe Louis
Stockholm, July 6. In the biggest heavyweight unset in 11 years, Olle Tandberg of Sweden clinched the September shot at the world heavyweight crown by win- ning a ten-round decision over Joe Baksi, former Pennsylvania coal miner. A crowd estimated at more than 30,000 in Rasunda Soccer Grounds saw the tall blond Tandberg outpoint Baltst, who had gone into the ring lavoured 3-1 to knock out Tandberg within. seven rounds.
Tandberg's victory was the biggest heavyweight
upsel since Max Schmeling knocked out Joe' Louis in 1936. A $100,000 gate was reported in the fight which came as an ultra-important ipset. for last week Tandberg and Baksi sign- ed contracts which guarantced the winner a itle shot with Joe Louis at New York on Sept.
19.
Baksi bat a weight advant† pusition for a knockout. Tnud- He neaberg kept slipping away and age of 142 pounds.
021-4 pounds and Tand landed two rights to Baksi. Tag: 294-3 1 poumla.
Swede Tires
Two of the three ringside Kound 6.-The American mabres voted for Tamberg and tried hard to kayo the Swede. the ! voted for a draw. He forced the Swede to the
lirait The fight weal to the
ropes but could not penetrate without it knoekikown.
his defence, Tandberg began Tandberg apparently
to look tired.
wti
the
awarded the decision o lein at his strong show dur itsy fist half of the fight.
Nate Wolfson, Baksi's man are, salde, "The decision is disgrace. If the fight had been in America Baks would have Welt. We wanted to have 18 terration referees and wanted to have neutral referees its the ring. Now we feel very sure nimut the Swedish boxing referees."
We
Ray Areed, Baks's trainer. resped Walfson's opinion.
Usical States.
HOODWINKED BY GIRLS
META
Berlin, duly 7. Two American elergunn touring Europe su questa of the War Department auid in- day that they believed the palter af permitting Amer
cang to marry German girls kere was a grave ruintake an
Kaldirin 21 of being houdwinked by girlx scho only want entrance to the United States, Some of these girls would conatitute a political danger, then add
added, Dr. F. P. Corson, Methodist Bishop of Philadelphin, Robbi James Heller of Cin cinnati said they had formed These conclusions on the result of tulks with Army chaplains in Germany and Austria- Associated "Prent.
press reaction is negative. best solution, would be a Tandberg return fight in York."
Patterson
Title Bout Dispute
Dado
In Rangoon
Rangoon, July 7.
The Sing Tao footbal- lers beat a combined Services tear by four goals to two yesterday in the first match played by the Hong Kong tour- ists here.
Glasgow, July 0.
wenty thousand ciators, Marino's manager an-drenched to the skifi in a heavy nounced today that he would monsoon, watched the game which claim the world flyweight cham- was, fast and thrilling from by- pionships for the little Hawalian ginning to end. after defending champlon Jackle Fung King-theung, the centre Patterson's
condition forwarit, was the star turn physical
fer furced postponement of their title Hong Kong, scoring two goals.
The visitors are meeting bait for the second me.
Burma Athletic Association this evening-Reuter.
Dr. T. H. Barclay, medical of ferr for the Scottish Boxing Council, sald Patterson's "general condition is net good and he will not be it to fight for a week," The match is scheduled for Wed. nesday.
Sprint Cycling Event
the
hold over
Scottish promoters told Marino's
Paris, July 0. manger, Sam Ichinose, that
Jan Derksen, of The Nether- The Patterson's boils, Anger infection tands Biksi-and arm swelling would go away | sprint
and world professional cycling champion, was New within a week and suggested Julybeaten into third place in the
10 us a "good date."
Grand Prix de Paris, 1,000 metres, here today. -
The event was won by Arle Van Vliet, of The Netherlands, who beat Louls. Derrardin, of France, by half a length,
Derkren wor $1 further half length away.
Burston termed Tandberg an "intelligent fighter" who learned alat in tonight's fight on how to box Haksi,"
***Tandberg is very strong." Búrston said. "Pew fighters would have been able to stand
ches,"
Ichloose did not acem lobe in- terested. He said, "We are due to leave for the continent on July 14. We have made our reserva- thewe; 1 shall cable boxing nu. thorities in America that we are claiming the title."
Round 7.-Baksi appeared to be
The bout was first postponed isi much better physical to Bakıda heavy budy pun-
June 11. One Glasgow sports form. Baked pounded Fund- berg's body with n right and
Tandberg said, "I did not be writer said Patterson's ailments left before the Swede
could lieve won the flight. I thought stemned from efforts to scale his break away. Tandberg was at was too much on the defen weight down to flyweight limits. once on the offensive and drove sive in the final rounds. Baksi's-United Preas. the American to the corner.
body punches were exhausting And I Bakai fought back hammering
was unable to make Tandberg's body. Baksi
straight punches in the Jast bleeding profusely from
the round. 1
am now, willing to use but forced Tandberg fuld the signed Burston can against the ropes and the round tract to fight Louis or I will ended,
fight Bruce Woodcoel."
WOR
Round 8.-Tandberg began)
"A Scandal"
Lew Barstow, matchmaker of to move around the ring quick- Bay Areel, trainer of 'Baksi, The 20th Century Sporting Club, by taking the fight to Baksi.said, "It is a senndal that we
Buksi would said that
have Both fighters were obviously did not get neutral referees as | for sfeglared the winner If the tired. Bukai landed a hard we requested after ur arrival match had been held in the right to Tandberg's body and If Baksi did not win this fight the Swede retaliated with two then nobody would be able to A Surprise
rights to Baksi's jaw which wh fights in Sweden." staggered the American. The Baksi took the decision very fighters went into a clinch and hard. He had predicted that he the round ended as Tandberg could whip Tandlærg easily in
the mate-United Press. assumed the Tensive,
Burston said. "Tandberg has here: promised the fight against tis al now he is going to get it. In other words and bry has quailed for the fight against the heavyweight cham-
pret
Jack Salomons, who is a co promoter of this fight, said he, was surprised that Tandberg fought wel, Solomons said. "I know that Tandberg was a Rom boxer but I did not think le would make such a match against the reputed hiller.
Tandberg's strapping
physi-
Tandberg Fights Back Tandberg to
'Round *•.~Baksl fought the ropes with hard heavy blows. For several seconds both men traded pun ches -and-Tandberg's wearinuss was again evident,
Louis Laughs
New York, July 7. World heavyweight champion Joe Louis, informed of Bakst's defeat, laughed loudly and "It looks like I won't said: fight anybody this year!”
Briton Wins Mountain Car Race
Imbol's
#
No Scoring For 45 Minutes!
Old Trafford, July 7.
South Africa, batting dourly for 115 minutes to- day, lost their last four wickets for 61 runs and were all out for 339 in their first innings in the Third Test match. It was the second day of play.
At the tea interval England, though Hutton and Washbrook again failed, were 134 for 2 wie- Edrich and Compton, heroes of the sce- kets. ond Test, had added 86 without being separat- ed.
Five Runs In An Hour
The South African
and took batting, fended stubbornly completely lacked enterprise and four hours and ten minutes for their painstaking innings e- his 93, which included 12 hours. Copied Hevon hours and 65 minutes. It was 15 minutes be fore they scored one run from the railway end, where Gladwin. bowling steadily and getting a slight ft from the pitch, bowl ed a succession of maidena.
When getting Mann caught at 298, Gladwin hail the remark able figures today of nine overs. eight maidens, one run and one wicket.
The winner's time for the final Ken Viljoen, handicapped by 200
metres sprint Was 11.9 a limp when struck on the left seconds.-Router.
leg by a ball frost Edrich, de-
Dodgers Back In League Lead
New York, July 7.
In the National League, Ralph Branca pitched the Dodgers back into the league lead by turning back the Braves. Dodgers defeated Braves 4-0. The win was 21-year-old Branca's 12th. of the season and the righthander's third shutout.,
thei Scores:
Maloja, July 7. A.. G. Imhof, of London, won first place in the 11 kilometre mountain sport car
races .00 Sunday in his Allard (over 1,500
The Giants defeated cubic centimetre 'clan). best time was eight minutes 67.2 Phillies 4-3 without the aid of their most potent weapon-the Imhof, 36-year-old London en gineer, was the day's outstanding home run. Charley Schanz de- driver over the tricky Malojn prived the Giante of homers has hairpin after they had connected for 07
In 16 straight games. first heat was aight
seconds,
course curves.
which
23
His minutes 57.4 seconds. Second heat was eight minutes 64.2 seconds.
Imhar's speed of 73.716 kila metres per hour bettered last year's marks of 70.764. There were 21. sturlers.
Peter Bergin of Switzerland "I don't know a thing about was secotul and Kaspar Aebli Round 10. Baksi exerted all Tandberg and I don't see how also of Switzerland, third.-Asso- his efforts to floor the Swede the people wou'd pay more than rinted Press. in the final round. He rushed 15 ents to see a championship! Tandberg to the rupes. The fight in which contenders pop- que cumbled him to take Baksi's Swede evaded ilaksi's 'ows and ped out of nowhere, like Tand-
fought back breaking through her" he said. heavy bows and slit fight back.
the American's defence Hi hacker said he was in ex-funding
several funches to cellent form.
off with four blows to the head. Baksi's juw. He drove Baksi
-United Press.
of
The following is a description
fight round by round. Round By Round
Round 1-Tandberg landed a
right on Buksi's jaw at the
and
KRAMER GOES HOME
The Glants tabbed Schanz for' all four runs, three of them unearned, in the third inning.
National League
R. H. E.
0
8
0
4
6
Boston Brooklyn
+
STRIKE THREAT
Paris, July 7. Approximately 1,000,000 alute employees threatened to strike untrue their demanda for anmal bonuses ranging from 21,000 to 48,000 francs 73180) 6 $400) were met by the gerriment prior to work Theraden. At the same time, tion leaders of the reaficon coal miners preacuted BEW dermunds for
increased meat ratión, improvement in the guilty of their broil ant artititionat qurodnetion hamune.
02.000
Citroen
Menmetale.
the emplopen of Automobile factory remained on strike. This was the only CHTTCH!
major Pruure--Angorinter Press.
mediuni faat, madu the ball kick astel intot Edrich an:l struck several
Viljoen was unlucky mal ta uustily emulate his century of 1935 on Compton the same ground when he scored times, 124 against England. A little
Plimsoll, playing in his' Best 1est, had an opening spelt af six vers, four mailem, siven ruas and one wielert
more
enterprise might have given him the century. He added only five in the Arst hour today,
Gladwin bowled remarkably well for 60 minutes, his figure being 14 overs, 10 maidens, ten runs and one wicket.
Hutton and Washbrook made a
S. AFRICA-1st Inns.
Melville, & Gindwin Mitchell.
run out, Dyor. Edrich..
bright stort against hostile balawon, b Cranston ing and scored 40 in half an hour. Then Hutton anicked to the wicket-keeper and eight runs lafor Washbrook, who was in grund form and had taken four quick boundaries. anicked a rising ball to Nourse at second slip.
Hutton now has a dismal re-
cord against South Africa in the present series, having scored only
runs in live innings.
Middlesex Pair
Yardley, & Cranston Compton, & Edrich
Tuckett, Edrich Mann, e Hallik, b Gladwin
Andray, not out
itchell, Evans, b Edrich Rowan. b Hollis Extras
Totul
268F2.87
17
0
12
339
ROWLING
Q. M.
W.
Edrich Gindwin
35.1
4
- 2.4
Cranston
31 12
8 0 11
D
1 39
8 12
7 1
20
ENGLAND-1st Inns.
•
Hallis
Edrich and Compton. after Barnett pinying themselves in, punish Weight the bowling whenever postihle and the partnership produced 50 run in 40 minutes, and raised the totul to 100 in 100 minutes.
It was Impossible
Complos
Hot Hutton, & Lindsay, b Piimsoll
Washbrook, e Nourse, b Tucketi Eirich, not out
fick to Complan, who found njen Epacza with skilfully placed shots 0 and completed 50, including eight Winning pitcher Ralph Branca. fours in 75 minutes,
New York Philadelphia
3
Winning pleher dunsen. ✪
(1st-game)
In the first game, three League-castoffs American pitched and batted the Pirates Chicago to a G-2 victory over the Cubs. Pittsburgh Ex- New York Yankee Ernie) Bonham hurled the winner and ex-Detroit Tiger's Jimmy Blood- worth and Hank Greenberg cach homered with one on,
Winning pitcher
Bonham.
|
1
Tuckett, right-arm mediums (ast)
1 bowler, and Plimsolt, left-arm
6
8 11
,0
Erule
(2nd game)
►
*Chiengo
0 6 -10 10 Pittsburgh
Winning pitcher Fritz Oster.
mucller.
01
(lut game)
a
4
0
3 2
Both Tandberg and Baksi ha been signed for the September
In the accond game, veteran
on whe 19 but with Louis, depending
London, July 6. Pirate hurler Fritz Ostermueller Carrying hall a dozen tennis pitched his sixth win of the won in Sweden,, but rackets, Jack Kramer, winner of
season ami his everybody concerned had ex- the men's singles championship when Pittsburgh beat
third shutout! peeled Bakai to win.
Chicago St. Louly at Wimbledon, left London air 10-0. It was the first twin ball Cincinnati The 20th Century Club offi- port tonight. cials available here say they Kramer said that he was going the Pirates had captured this Winning pitcher Hern. -
back to the
United States to season, Already, Brooklyn promoter prepare for defence of the Davis
In the first game, the Reds St. Louis cabled Cup at Forest Hills. Commenting
Cincinnati lost to the Cards 3-0.
In the second game, a shutout|
Winning pitcher Dickson. the Cards moved
into ∙the
American League league's fourth spot, The Cards winning by 2-0.
Return Bout?
Stockholm, July 6. Lew Burston, matchmaker opening of the round, drawing for the 20th Century Sporting do not know what will happen. loud cheers from the apcetators. Cab, tonight proposed, return The Swede pummelled the big fight between Joe Daksi and Andy Niederreiter has Pennsylvanian with rights and oile
Tandberg lefts as Baksi tried to work
In Madison Tandberg an offer of 30 per on reports that he was thinking Tandberg into a corner. Baksi
cent of the gate to meet the about turning professional, hammered Tandberg's body.
Burston winner of the July 31 non-title sale that people were "making a
wild guess."Reuter. said, "Officials of the 20th Cen-bout between world light heavy- tury Sporting Club might be weight champion. impressed by the Amercan press vich, and heavy-weight reaction to this Aght if the Mauriello.-Associated Press.
Tandberg broke and assumed the defensive. The round was apparently Tandberg's.
Round 2-Baksi
was bleed-
ing from a cut over the left eye nt the start of the second round a began Aghting in. The fighters moved toward a corner! and went into a clinch as Bakel hit the Swede heavily. Tand-} berg bounced back with two punches against Bakel's head,! Bending him agħinst the ropes. Tandberg followed up with two more lefts and rights. was bleeding heavily at the end of second round.
After A K.O.
Round 4-Baksi was
Baksi
Square Garden.
In an interview,
Gus Lesne-
Negro Ball Player Makes Grade
Turri
Patterson, N.J., July 6. Larry Doby, first Negro player to make the Ameri- can baseball league, achieved a dream of his young life but wasn't sure whether he was "more surprised than excited or more excited than surprised."'
PARKER STILL CHAMP
:
In the American League, tak-! ing advantage of aix Washing ton errors in the first game; the Red Sox won 7-4.
Salt Lake City, July 7. Frank Parker retained his
clay national
court tennia
In the second game, the Sox championship on Sunday by beat- ing Ted Schroeder, second rank- regained their lugging eyes ing American player, 8-6, 6-2, for 11 safeties.
6-4-Asroclated "Press,
PHALANX WINS
New York, July 7. Phalanx won the Empire City Stakes at Jamaela on Sunday and 22-year-old all-round and doubles with 16. He bals moved far out still The
In front for the bleeding at the start of the athlete who had been banging southpaw..
":r;, sexson's three year old champion third. He missed with several balls against the fences of the In Cleveland, Indian Presi- ship. opening blows almed at. Tand Negro National league for two dent Bill Vesch, said a wide Winning by two lengths,
Phalanx head Tandberg re-seasons as second basoman for open league scramble for, star $38,500. taliated with right hook to the Newark Eagles, said it was Negro p'ayers is underway and Bukai's jaw and then two rights a big jump from that league to he wants to get the best to the American's head. He Cleveland's Indians but. Commenting on his signing of landed three more lefts on think I can make it.".
Doby, Veech said "Robinson has
borg'a
Was rewarded
with
Awkward Miss was second- Associated Press.
NEW CHAMPION
Brussels, July 8,
(2nd game)
2 +
0 4
(1st game)
4 11
6
7 9 2
Washington Boston
Winning plicher Harris.
(2nd game)
1 6 Washington Boaton!
10 11 Winning pitcher Galehouse. (1st game)
0
0
10 13
2 10
1
In the first game, the Tigers |
Detroit collected four homers two by:
St. Louis Pat Mullin and one cach by
Dick Wakefield and Lou Cullen- Winning pitcher Trucks
(2nd game)
8
Q
8
0
ཆ་
0
bine, Detroit won 10-2.
Detroit In the second gamo; a five run St Louis... ninth inning at the expense of
Winning pitcher Gorsica. reliefer Jack Kramer put the
(lat game) Tigers well ahoad with a 8.4 Philadelphia
2 win over St. Louis,
New York
8 '14 Winning plicher Gumpert...
(2nd game)
2 8 9 11
Joe Dimaggio and Larry Berra homered for the Yanks' In the first gamb against Philadelphic Philadelphia, winning 8-2... New York
a
9
In the second game, the Winning pitcher Reynolds. Yankees maintained their eight
(Ist garue). Bakal. The fightors wont into Doby recalls that he and proved to be a real big leaguer
game league lead and stretched Cleveland a clinch with Baksi breaking
their winning streak to eight Chicago .... away rather slowly. They were Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dod. so I wanted the best of the
first baseman and Arst available Negro boys while the Robert Proletti, of Italy, won | Kames, They scored, seven In a clinch when the bell sound-gors
Winning pitcher Lopat.
(2nd game) négro player in the majors, grabbing, was good."
the Hghtweight championship of runs in the eighth inning to de ed.
when he out-pointed feat Philadelphia 9-2.
Cleveland
5 11 Veech said he was impressed Europe. Round 4. From the fourth often spoke of the possibility of
1 Taft Wright singled Luke Chicago
4 that Doby can play any position Joseph Freys, Belgian champion, round Baksi obviously was of moving up to the big leagues.
Winning pitcher Gettel.-An- ter a knockout but even the Doby who is married, played in the infield or outfield and is over 15 rounds here today Appling home with the winning
Reuter.
Chicago run in the soventh in soclated Press. American's heaviest blows fall-overy sport at East Side High a great hitlor.
ning of the first game to break the 2-2 deadlock.
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ed to floor the big Swede School in Patterson and spent a
Round Bakufscenfed to.
He views the Robinson and
In the acconi game, Larry
Printed and published for the be stronges after the two night- short time at Long Island Uni Doby deals as part of a trend, ara answered the belt for the versity before entering the Navy. He declared that "within ten reau said he would give Deby a
Newspaper He is batting 168 with the years Negro, players will be in thorough trial." One Indian Body 22-year-old negro now proprietor, The
sald whether Doby comer, to the Indians, singled to Enterprise, Limited, by WALTER fifth round, Bakal was definite-
played regularly depended upon drive in a run as the tribe won JAMES KEATED, Windsor House.. ly on the offensive trying all Nowark Eagles and le leading regular service with big league official
"Indian Manager. Lou Boud- his hitting Associated Press drive in a rineus tus
Hong Hong he could to got Tandberg in a the league in home runs with 13
toama."
Compton, not out
Extras
Total (for 2) -Iteuter.
184
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