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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1980.
¡A[[boxer tells his ring secrets--No. 8
FIGHTING IS MY LIFE
to
Shit
By Ted Broadribb
to
in as a substitute for Dick Core it
was and some which
During weren't
hot.
Actually,
Shanghai workers reported to be arrested for having as interproter.
thero "questionable thoughts.” on the were so many "don'ts"
Oh, has "International Hat that Harvey may well have Burlergue" been up there too? wondered whether he would be' allowed to fight at all.
"Did you have may fuck at the racca?".
"Luck? Why, whợt my horse passed, I had to lean over the fence and shout: "They wen? that way."
•
I atcerod Volanta to two chăm. plonship contests with Johnny Cuthbert, the man from whom Tarleton eventually took the crown, and the more I think of it the moru I think what a ply you might say.
of, drew nearly £14,000. Fine, you Į White city was the venue, Jeff How nico to be Dickson expected an attendance of
It did actually go on, of course, it
that Nel hadn't tha
nboxing promoter. But there at least 30,000. The crowd was one and I watched it in a most unusuni strength of either of those men.
were occasions when he didn't of the smallest on record for a fashion. Belleve it or not. I was Had he been blessed with
hat even pay expenses, such as the title contest. Only 9,090 people sitting on the knee of a king! It he would have been a standout. Capian-Corbett fight, which drew paid £2,313 to see Len Harvey happene
this way. Although He really
the only £478-less than it costs began high-lights the night & put him hire the Albert Hall, where to wrest the crown from tall, there were oceans of empty spaces balding Marcel Thil, who had won in the vast arena, the ringside
HCL-high cost of losing. for a night. bett against Benny Sharkey
it less than a month earlier from seats were filled. time I had some Gorilla Jones in Paris,
I had a couple for my wife and Another local constable, his St. James hall, Newcastle. seems strange to think of a muni good pay-days
Jeff was a
very disappointed my self in the third row. Then been robbed of his revolver. But you have graced the championship to take
A move is afoot. I understand, the rough
the man that night. But he was pro- King Altonse and a Spanish duke with
upwithout tickets. to get small boys armed with. ranks for so long fighting as smooth in boxing, and as I look bably no unhappier than Harvey, turned substituto, but that is
to Itching to exactly back I feel that one of the things who had been
got Something obviously had to bo canes protect the guards what happened.
which gave me mosl pleasure a crack at the title for some time, done quickly. So I gave up my outside the banking houses. I had Corbett matched with way my 1926 trip
put my wife into his dream fade seats. America and then saw Sharkey at Bat. 101b,, and I was with Jack Hood, Alf Mancini after 15 rounds of fighting which Pross row, but after the two visi- "Hitler met disappointment Ketting 35 cent of a gate and Teddy Baldock.
per
wouldn't exactly be described an tors had taken over, they insisted spending about US$200,000,000 knew would be a good one, for
among boxing's most colourful, as that I should not be left stand-| (£1,428,000) to help Generalissimo a real draw card Sharkey WDS
well as collecting less than £500 Ing, and the King invited me to Francisco Franco seize Spain." Corbett came to on Tyneside.
for the privilege of being beaten alt on his knee,
Yes, we've heard that sterling me a week before the fight and
by d world champion.
Rather timidly, I must admit. I has materially increased in value accepted, but after only a couple of late.
A of minutes I was quite at home, and finished by giving the royal: A dog in New Zealand visitor a private running com- regularly climbs a mountain. mentary.
Seems to be keen on ascent
lio
to
Undefeated in U.S.
October 9. Funeral 2.30 p.m. Salt he wouldn't fight at Est. 10lb lot of money, but
this afternoon at Colonial Cemetery Gate, Happy Valley.
SHADOW & SUBSTANCE
Why? Not because we made u
because
gained
WC
I told him made very good friends,
some valuable experience-some- thing which money can't buy- and, from my point of view, turned in a string of results which can be regarded as highly satisfac-
"Sharkey's got to do 8-3; or 1 won't fight," he said. at once: "There's a £25 weight forfeit and appearance money; If you don't want to go through pay the £25 and I'll give you back your contract." That was what
Referee's call What the crowd didn't realise lost because he felt he was was that Harvey may well have against two men. drama took place back-stage be-
For the
the
up It looked as if Horvey's plan real was to wear down Thil to the:
Taiwan
Contened, and 10 boys had 24 contests before the show began, An hour be. / opening rounds and then aim for delays pollo research."
Sharkey take Tarleton at 95%
That is
in
monkeys
WAS
П
"Lack of
be a knock-out later оп So he But I thought, there
willingly answered the French-superabundance of Nationalists on man's call in the carly rounds to the island?
*
2
make it a close-quarter fight, The Western powers feel tho lo see you in his Shook his head
Thil,
the
time has come to but morei "meant" into Armament.
arrive
I wired the prompter and said tween them and didn't lose nfore the fight an unusual incident It would be a good idea if Corbett wouldn't box, and would single decision.
very took place. There was a knock on Taipch transferred its main 15.7 I took Nel to Newcastle good going in anyone's book, and the door of Harvey's dressing propaganda themes from and Sharkey couldn't do anything it's something I like to keep up-room, and he was told; "The re- various fronts on the main with him, although he had just permost in my mind all the time.feree' wants
would rather have a fighter, so room." beaten Teddy Bal-
that he can climb
It was such a surprise that the ladder,
crouching behind land to the home front. The previously
dock.
take a smaller
"She was to have been met by. repeated stories of the "in-
purse and meet Harvey may well have thought white gloves he was wearing, let Tarleton got £170 for his end
someono
cono he has a real chance of twice before accepting the co-drive with sledge-hummer blows 27 remaining 10 of the family wi vasion" of Indo-China, North shot and he's only beating than let him fight for big mand, but there had been some to the ribs, and it was obvious, remaining 19 of the family will-
substitute in
days and
In Australia this Korca, and Tibet by Chinese from that time he never looked money and get licked reaching argument earlier because Thil had that he was very strong indeed, also
for the moon, Communist forces have been back.
He kept boring in, and every time year." insisted on a Swiss referee, so, During his time with me
Outside the heavyweight divi- somewhat reluctantly, he decided Harvey fell into a clinch the re- the I sent him to Australia, and hesion boxing historians record that to threadbare. On
Would you repeat that, please? ferce had something to say to him. go along. home front, however, things turned in some very good per-
middle-weights Invariably He took the
It must have been disconcerting formances over there.
He was hardly inside the room
If we do get, policewomen, says, are happening of which the
Ernie Boderick with him, and
when the referee, thick-set bald- and Len was continually shaking a correspondent, it is to be hoped. fullest capital ought to be when they returned signed up
headed Monsieur Devernaz, began his head to indicate that he didn't that they'll be good-looking. the man who was to have a long
talking in excited French. Harvey understand, and distinguished career. in
tried to explain that he didn't couldn't help feeling that he knew walter-weight ranks,
their bigger contemporaries. understand, but the harder he the referee was quite right, and All this time I was
Yet when Britain staged a con- tried the faster the official talked, for my money the Swiss worklig
big test for the middle-weight cham- with Jeff Dickson, the
The one-sided conversation went was doing a very good job of did o pionship of the world in 1932, on for some time, until, at length, work. hearted American, who much to put the fight game in the fight certainly didn't prove a this country really on the map in world-shattering attraction. the thirties.
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measure up as the most colourful lighting personalities. Many have fought, even in non-title contests,
some the for prizes richer than
of
a somewhat worried promoter appeared on the scene and acied
Developments in
To give you an idea of what he did, take a look at the figures. He staged no fewer than 80 star Aghts in the six and a half years There have been important By "Windrush," between October, 1929, and May developments in the relations 1930, and they were scen by 332,830 people who paid a total of the Western powers with of £227,328.
Germany,
£14,000 Gate receipts topped for one of Jack Petersen's fights, and £13,000 for another, while Phil Scott and Young Stribling
of war, still
special correspondent
but somehow
official
(To be continued)
Germany
It would at least help them get their man.
"Colds mostly attack the weakest spot."
Myrtle is a bit puzzled. usually start in the head.
•
Hers
Scientist says Mars is nearer the earth than it has been for 10 years.
¿
Anyone can see that by just a casual glance at the headlines.
"What has lots of legs, green with eyes, and a yellow back black stripes?"
"Goodness! I don't know.
not actually have forbidden these. parties. But could they not have encouraged more healthy partles to rise up in competition with them 7 If they had put their What?" weight behind the true democrats "I don't know either, but it'ạ of Germany, these could have on the back of your neck." mocrats and prevailed against the Social De- crats."
Christian Demo-
and cresent is to have diplomatic ment. These machines have been lesbic leaders-
of defence.
Nevertheless
and
mount.
must become
of
the
But
5:1
По
ར།
The "state technically in existence, is to be brought to an end. A new occup-
It is not possible for a foreign ntion statute is to be devised. commission to govern indefinetely The countries which are signa- a proud, active people which has know where the border does!
tury to the Atlantic Pact are to a strong nationalist spirit. Least But this in turn raises all The trouble seems to be that lie in this area, since the be canvassed about the admis- of all was it possible to govern kinds of difficulties. Where were there are two regimes in the creation of the far Western sion of Germany, to the Pact. them by the curious machines of these alleged "true democrats " island, one facing inward and province of Sikang, with its
Commission who might have given Germany German steel production is to be the British Control
The West Gorman or of America's Military Govern- truly liberal government? Doubt- the other outward; and that considerable Tibetan
these are some extremely the publicity machine is do- | tribal minorities.
outside representations abroad, and to much criticised; and most of the Too much seems to have will to some extent offset
dispose-of-a-police-force-which criticisms-are-justifled. Their ranks of the Social Democrats
staffs tho
im- and Christian try, which is concerned wholly been made of a vague state-para-milltury police of East Ger- pressive. that the
Democrats. were anything, but with external events. That is ment that does not really alter many.
attempt had numerically they are few.
have encouraged them to set up natural enough, since the the situation which has exist eventually these will again be a many
It is taken for granted that been made to keep West Ger- their own parties would merely under military govern- have increased the number of destiny of the hierarchy of the ed for many months. Even German army.
West Ger The Western ment. It would have played into splinter parties in Kuomintang will be deter-so, it is doubtful whether pow
powers are to guarantee the the hands of Russia. All that the many. The profusion of splinter diseases mined largely by events be- there is much justification for security of West Germany up to Russians would have needed to partics was one of the
There is no longer East Germany
do WH to set up a government in which killed the Welmar Re- yond the waters that surround the repeated reference to the the Elbe.
with ome sem-
pubile and made possible the rise the island. But behind those "massing" of Chinese Com-ny question of the nine being Blence of independence. This, in or the Nazis. facing outward to the main-munist forces along or within These new
developments do the name of nationalism, could Thus It t is hard to see how the in West. Germany could land, Nationalist administra- the borderlands of the Tibetan not seem to have been greeted have made an irresistable appeal trend
It could have been other than it was, onco tors are showing what they fastnesses. The Chinese Em- with much enthusiasm in West to the West Germans.
Germany, German nationalism have inflamed them against the the great decision had been taken really can do, given the bassy in New Delhi has denied row demands a much more ex-Western Occupying powers to to restore to Germany its right of Now the pro- chance. The new spirit has invasion reports, and the Gov- tensive restoration of German, the point where the West would self-government. also begun to inspire the arm- ernment of India, as well as sovereignty.
it have been driven into brutal re-blem of dealing with Germany is
ed forces.
the Tibetan delegation, said regards half a loaf as better than pression in order to maintain its rapidly becoming a normal inter-
no bread.
authority.
nutional one of dealing with Ita Its slogan consists of two they had no information. In- If German nationalists are dis- Party politics government. The Western allies characters meaning "over- deed it would be hard to appointed by the new conditions
can no longer interverse and deal was quickly directly with Its people.* Fortunately this come difficulties" especially imagine
more offered them, the liberals anything in livelihood, in combat, in foolish, either from the moral very much disturbed by some of
progressives" in the West are America.
understood by both Britain and It was accepted that work, and in shortage of or political viewpoint, or from the developments in West Ger- West Germany materials. In some ways it a purely military standpoint, many, From all that can be self-governing. For this, it was
to to restore party is not unlike the strenuous than any large-scale invasion heard, the social structure of necessary
West Germany is reverting
politics. Now, in West Germany, efforts now going forward on of this barren, inhospitable, what it was before Germany's two parties quickly became para-
land the mainland. Unfortunately, poverty-stricken
of defeat. Industry is still in the Democrats and the Christain, De. They were the Social
the
Ruhr barons." mocrats. movement gets mountains and furious storms. hands of the
arc
likely to exercise these two parties which nothing like the publicity It The present position in re-|
polities that the influence will be now mising and so important that of recent despatches in The in favour of intenso nationallam West Germany. And it is because these two parties are held by it may well facilitate the Times." These indicated that end social reaction. Can a Ger-
their
England many under their Influence, be left-wing critics ultimate solution of the whole contact had already been allowed to rearm?
to be very unsatisfactory, both in problem of Formosa.
made between the Tibetan
their leaders and in their pro-
mes that the
policy of the Instead, Talpeh continues to delegation and the Chinese
grammes, Some of these foars are exag-occupying powers is under fire. put out "intelligence reports" Ambassador, who intimated gerated. But it is true that now German Social Democrata
aro that tens of thousands of that he had no power to ne- Germany is distressingly like old very unlike the British Labour The transformation Party. And the Christian Demo- troops and many tanks and gotiate. The People's Gov- Germany,
ropresented ar
the other war equipment, have ernment, for obvious reasons which the allies looked forward crats are often
very symbol of crossed into North Korea of prestige, insists on the In consequence, many left way line of criticism. But here also
1945 has not taken place, to In
left-wing
It is easy enough to pursue this from Manchuria. Koreans cer- Tibetan delegation proceeding era in Britain are tainly have done so, but there all the way to Peking. The that the Western powers hero it must be asked in concrete fast,
falled in their occupation tasks could Britain and
they did. have refused they Chinese or Russian troops in tion propose to do this. There been able to create a new Ger- Should
the Christian Democratic Korea so far. It was, of course, were reports some time ago man this criticlan of the Wes-party and the Social Democratle too much to expect that Tal that they intended to come to
"In that case Germans' peh would refrain from ex- Hong Kong to negotiate, but ferneries and Britain fair self-government would have been
powers particularly of
mockery. For there can be no ploiting the statement at there were obvious difficulties onu ? The question can only be tributed to the secretary of in the way of this.
unswered by asking, as a further doubt that these two parties re- whether Britain and feet between them the preacht the Sinklang branch of the A peaceful settlement was
could have taken in Ideas of the German people. Chinese Communist Party, decided upon some time ago Germany nny steps other than The
than There have been a number declaring that "multi-nation- and assurances given to India those which they actually pur quite free slections in the Weat
At each, the Social al armies brought liberation to on that point. That is the sun the military cocupation and the Christian the whole of Sinkiang and also really important point. There began in 1940, 3t was assumed
board, Sinklang does not, in fact, ties, arising out of rivalry bo- business. In the universal disgust man
Parties whildh provide the best routes for the tween the Dalat and Panchen felt at the record of the Nazis, quite sureal. The parave
Crested would invasion of Tibet. It would Lamas in Tibet and the corta sumed that it would be would have
the decupying powere, provisions be hard to and any routes responding effect on relations Germany could be trusler have bool regarded in stooges of more phenomenally, dificult.with the outside world. But manage its own affair. This warmly doatined to be swept away a
Germany, reconvened Indeed the usual route is from, there hardly seems any justi- of course an absurd view and in
wane observare, with cool political - Tiber 5 gramsky the East, through Chamdo to floation for raising--a-wide- judgment-realised this from the|
easy the ctitics, Per Britain and America should Lhassa Actually it is hard to spread scare about
It
should, though it is so pro- gard to Tibet was the subjentical influence.. It is new dominate the
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