THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JULY
TURPIN TALKS
Why should I go to see Sugar fight?
་
He'd play cagey-like I did when
his scout watched me
Once upon a time....but the story of Ran- 6lph Turpin, the 28-year-old "Licker" from amington, Middleweight Champion of Great Fitain and Europe, starts in the present.. ith his preparation for the greatest fight he has fer faced....the fight against Sugar Ray Robin-
nnt Earl's Court, London, on July 10,
By Randolph Turpin
told to Boxing Reporter PETER WILSON
Sugar Ray Robinson? Sure, he's a great fighter.. at I don't feel any different about this fight than any her. He's Just another fellow, and he'll hit me if I on't hit him. And I don't mean with a kidney punch.
Sometimos a fellow turns his back on you-as maybe fair jat German did to Sugar Ray in Berlin-and a ow' turns into a kidney punch. I'll tell you one thing. vo never turned my back on a fighter and I'm not going
start with Robinson.
Thore can be only one win i or and it might as well be
e. I'm not going to "freeze" je: way some fellows do.
.
It's only fair to record that
is Robinson
the 171028 damaging, destructive, utterly exploster body puncher I've even when he punches land nowhere Tear the kidneyst ho
I've read about boxers who are going to fight Joe Louis I read all his fights and
me to see me ly I'd won by the time rived.
Aght
oncé,
Those fellows, sonte of them.
"die"
hey used to
18
the
Fessing-room before meeting
e old Brown Bamber.
I read how ono of them
en locked himselt
in
the
TICKETS OR
YOUR LIFE!'
Windsor, England,
July 5. Promoter Jack Solo. mona told Scotland Yard today that his life has been threatened by people domanding tickets for the World Middleweight Championship fight bo tween Ray "Sugar" Robinson and Randolph Turpin of Britain on-July 10-United Press.
yash room when
told
they Im It was time for him to go
to the ring, and they had to rook down the door to im.out.
ever scen
I recall the time when Tur- pin had his first R-rounder, It was in
when March 1048 Randolph was not yet twen- ty and he was put up against
] Vince Hawkins, the tought, Tagged Hampalitre railway- man who was then the Bri tish champion,
eve.
Hawkins was a body pun- cher, a solid man and game, He stuck closer to Turplu than a wet swim suit, and I can see, in my mind's how the kid who added an to Leamington Spa hair- pinned his body, away from the champion's Thudding gloves,
"Randy" didn't have any
scem
to other defence, didn't seem to know what to do, close in.
Turpin's
But let's licar con story of the fight which on the road really set him to the British championship which he won 2 мечта later,
ONE-HAND FIGHT -
nights
spid
Portrait of a fighter- Randolph Turpin., Nole the magnificent, gleaming muscles, the cool, detach. ed air of a man about to despatch his opponent. Cold, calculated fury.. that's Turpin when ho goes for the “kill,” His. victim is Tommy Yarosz.
NBA FINDS
SUGAR RAY
TOO GOOD
crown.
Washington, July 5. This was one of the
The National Boxing where my right hand went. I
Association in its quarter- hurt it after the fourth round
ly ratings issued today and it was pretty tough fight- ing Hawkins with one hand. found "Sugar" Ray Robin-
When I went back to my
son so good that it listed comer after the fourth
"logical contender" no brother, to Dick (Randolph's
for his middleweight Chum- ex-Middleweight the
plon of Great Britain and the Empire who always news as his second): "I've done my right hand
And Dick says to me: "Well, You worrying he walk from
what
him bom was like the "last mile" about? You haven't hit hat a fellow walks from
a left hook yet. Now gel was all right. ondemned cell to the scaffold. with
It was It won't be that way
I did hit him until good advice too. po. I shall feel Jumpy ve seen him I always do with a left and I nearly drop- ntil I've seen my opponent. ped him. The reason I'd dono But once I've had a look at my hand, according to the as- im at the weigh-in I'm O.K. teopath who looked after me then, was that I was punching two stone above my weight.
Het
how
And another one said.
the dressing
like to get to my dressing
early, stadium com at the nd once I'm there I just go p. sleep until it's time to go to York.
NOT AT THE RINGSIDE
But there is one thing that would stop me fighting Robin- on. It I thought my mother vas at the ringside. Her health
asn't been too good and the xcitement. would be very had or her. I wouldn't get in the ing if she was there.
Me same as
alles
do
ΠΗΓΗ
Anyway I had to go on, BRE hund or not, and Hawking was much more experienced than I was. He'd had about 80 pro- fessional fights and I'd only had 14. Bo, naturally, he tried- to get insidie as much as could.
HURT? NO
But ho. didn't hurt mo the body-nat once. I
ho
In
know you and a lot of writers sald that I was in trouble. Well, I my
slip
Third Test Matel
SOUTH AFRICANS ALL OUT FOR 158 RUNS BEDSER TAKES 7 WICKETS FOR 58
Manchester, July 64
England gained the initiative on the first day of the third Cricket Teat when they dismissed South Africa on a rain-affected pitch for 158 runs and replied with 60 runs for one wicket "a
Alec Bedser, the burly. Surrey fast medium bowler, achieved one of the best performances of his Test match career in taking seven wickets for 58 runs.
"""The"that" of "these wickets brought his fotal of wickets in Test cricket to 150. Only Maurice Tate (England) with 165, Clarrie Grimmett (Australia) 210, and. Barnen (England) 189, have taken more.
Clive Van Ryneveld with 40| wickets Ip, the space at one Fullerton,, e Hutton b runs, and Dudley Nourse, 20 runs, added 33 in 70 minutos for: the third, wicket and were the only South African batsman to master the Intriencies of slow
pitch which WAS éclyod drying tricky at the start, but eased later.
Bedser and Laker bowled after lunch when 10,903 people were present.
Generally, Laker bawled ox- tremely well, fighting skilfully, changing his pace and keeping the ball well up. But he was not as accurate as Bodser and men found a number the batsmen of short deliveries which squlit bo hit safely -to
The
already Pitch signs of playing easier.
South Africa misfered quick setbacks, - losing
showed
two two
VIETNAM TABLE TENNIS TEAM
SCORES NARROW VICTORY
OVER THIRD-RANKED CHI CHUN
i
Ranked seventh at the last World Table Tennis Championships at Vionna, the touring Vietnam team were fully extended yesterday by Hongkong's third rank. Ing club, Chi Chun, in the opening match of their three-game series in Hongkong.
At the end of the seventh game, the Vietnamese found themselves at the
tal-end of a 4-8 game score, but rallled back to win the remaining two games to win
the match by the narrow margin of 64.
The visitors are scheduled to Cham- play the focal League pions, Wing. San, tomorrow at the Soulborn. Playground start- Ingi at 8.30pm. and the all-f Hongkong team on Sundaynt the same time and place..
CLOSE THROUGHOUT.. Except for the deelding -ninth game which resulted in a run- away victory for the Vietnam Champion, Mal Vashon, play wap closely contested through- out,
game
diminutive
Avo-minute
against Thuan.
rost
to
oust
Thrilling Races And Many Surprises
At Henley Regatta
Henley-on-Thames, July 5.
run,
Bedser Laker, after bowling 21 McLean, b Laker overe in succession for 82 runs, Athol Rowan, ↳ Statham, was relieved by Tattersali, Mann, b. Bedser who, in his second over, de- Chubb, not out
Van Ryneveld with a McCarthy, fin, b nighted ball for a leg before BT runs.
Extras
decision at
Ono run later Fullerton
edged a lifting ball from Bed- ser to slip, where Hutton look the ball with the right hand stretched high above Fla hood.
With five out for 08 runs, Bouth Africa wore in a bad position."
:
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nexi
ORDEAL FOR MOLEAN An -ordeal' faced tho batsman, Roy McLean, making his Test dobut before the age er a1, which he reaches on Monday.
Soon he was left as the last real batting hope of the side.
Cheetham swung Gedser to the Jeg boundary, but in attempting to repeat the stroke he skled o catch behind the wicket where Frutton and to run backwards.
At the fall of the sixth wicket, nt 105 rung, Bedsor's analysis
was 21.2 overa. seven me 18 runs and dive wickets, deserved the highest praise for taking advantage of the drying pitch,
but some of the batsmen had contributed to their own downfall.
Bedsor
Total:
O'M R
BOWLING ANALYSIS -
Bedsor Statham
Laker Tatteranil
·32.3 10 88
7. 2 8
27
18
0 29
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208
Leg Byen 14, No Balls 3 by Hesser.
ENGLAND
Fire Innings Hulton, not out Ikin, c Cheetham
b Chubb Ale Simpson, not out Extras
Total ́ (for ́1 wkt.).
Bowling Analysis O. M. McCarthy Chubb
M
Athol Rowan 8 Mann
3 Reuter,
COUNTY CRICKET
London, July 6. The following were the results of first-class cricket matches played today:
McLean played some aggres sive strokes for 20 runs before
At Birmingham: Warwickshire being bowled by a Laker off bent Somerset by an innings and break at 120 runs. Then Bedser, 115 runs. Somerset 113, and 80
right-arm going on again three runs later, (Pritchard,
fast shattered Mann's wicket with howler, Ave for 20, Grove, right- The dir
dirst delivery to make South
arm fast medium bowlor, four Adrico's total 108, runs for eight for 19). Warwickshire 278 wickets
Soon
bowler, five for 801. after Rowan hit a mighty (Lawrence, right-arm legbreak Lakor
At Lords; The two-day match the umpires hold two consultations about the light, between the MCC and Oxford which had become very poor. University was drawn. MCC 203- They decided to stop play with and 140 for three declared: Ox-- the total at rans for eight fard University 100 for nine wickets, when light rain was declared (Cook four for 44) und also falling.
133 for four (Holmeyr 69, Blako Bedser's analysis at the stop-68, not out). page was 29 overa, nine maidens, At Handbursit The Army 46 runs and six wickets.
Cambridge, Univormity: two-day The local team suffered two
The delay lastad 35 minutes match was drawn: Cambridge". casualties during the night's
University 335 for seven, de- four-hour gruelling night, Chau
Overseas crews and competitors scored many suc during which tea was taken.
In the first aver afterwards, clared and 143 for Ured de Cham-kow
10 retire having
Statham clean bowled Athoclared (Sheppard 47 not out). match casses when the Royal Rowing Regatta was continued with a cramp In his Randolph Turpin, whom
Rowan at 143 runs.
The Army 247 (Close 100, 7 against Nguyen Duc-thuan and here today, -he-meets- next week, is-Lee-Ping-sustaining a similar It Was a day of thrilling racing, which included a
BEDSER 150TTE.
Warr.........rightȈnh fast, howler, When Bedsor finlated South Rix for 40), and. 195 for four listed firat
In the middle of his complaint among "out.
The dead-heat between St-Paul's School and Winchester
Africa's
innings.
by getting standing boxera", in this
but strongly built College in the Princess Elizabeth Cup quarter-finals,
McCarthy caught at 148 runs (Smith 72)3%
At: Bagremouth; York- class, together with Dave
Leg came back, however, after There were many surprises. by half a lengthy after another he brought hia Test record to shine beat Hampshive by an
His figures were Sands of Australia,
150 wickets. Thuan
an in three sets and claim Perhaps the greatest of these exciting battle.
32.3 overs, 10 maidens, 48 runs maings and 29 runs. Yorkshire Laurent. Dauthuille and
280. Hampshire: 133 (Lechki - top honours for the night with was the defeat of the European.
DIAMOND SCULLS
and seven wickets. the Vareso Villemain Robert
of
champion eight.
right-armt legbreak bator a cloan sheet of three wins.
In the Diamond Sculls, Ebbe
Much of the vice in the pitch which was crew from Italy,
itton bowler, three for 25) and 131 Main
in attention of the crowd France. and Rocky
Ikin Hean Champion had an easy and was centred on the Vietnam No. benton in the Grand Challenge Larsen, of Denmark, the Euro- had disappeared when
began England's (Leadbeater, right arm logbreak Graziana and Walter
Mal Vo
Van-hon, Cup by the Dutch eight. 1 player,
win over the British
sculler, innings in the last 20 rainutes. bower, five for 89),
· Al Buxton: Cartier of America,
Derbyshire 270 and
Nguyen Lan-
made. some delightful Another upset was tho de John Gaze,, and be meela en-Ikin
in tomorrow's strokes, notably when he drove In the
teat of the Dutch sculler, Toni other heavyweight-hop, both of whom scored wins
the covers against the Frenéh Champlon, class, Joe Louis is listed
when the Neumeir, in the quarter-finals semi-finals in Ronnie Lutz, who McCarthy through Michel Haguenauer, as the only logical con- fatter recently visited Saigon of the Diamond Sculls, in put out the Egyptian contender, and hit both Chubb and Athal
which he lost by half a longth: Hussein Alfy.
| Rowan to leg,
-30 The other semi-final of the The score crept to together with Johnny Louch." tender for Ezzard Charles'
to the young.Belgian, Demoulin.
Diamonds will be between De minutes before Ikin provided crown with Rex Layne
SUPERB DEFENCE
In tomorrow's semi-finals, moulin, the Belgian conqueror Cheatham with an easy catch in
from Holland of Neumeir, and the Cambridge the gully off Chubb and Joe Walcott the only
the Laga team Van-hon, started rather ner
Barcelona eight sculler, Tony Fox, who today In the remaining time Hutton vent will meet the outstanding boxora in the
| vously and surprisingly heavyweight division.- down to both Chau Cham-kow from Spain, which beat the beat the experienced Bolainn, and Simpson concentrated on keeping their wickets: Intact. Howing Club by a bare Wille Collet. Associated Press.
When itumps were drawn Eng of up- defeats earned rounds
a length. The other
The two foreign crews in the land were 100 runs: þelund with pinuse from the crowd for his semi-Ann
Cup for eights, the nine wickets in Band. proble
defence,
im Lady Margaret Club of Camy Thames almost
bridge, who beat Thomes today Pennsylvania row from the the backhand.
Binton and the who eliminated United Seen mostly adopting defense and Leander,
and Lee Ping, but despite liese Longofl be between the
a
LADIES' GOLFive play in his first two games, the second Dutch eight, Njord,
TODAY'S SPORT
I'm training for this fight wasn't. I did wrigglo that was to always have. I body, but
he came back with a sparkling unily
or eight some of the punches? seven
ati roadwork. Here
The following is the draw display in his dinal match, mak Ing quick work of Lau Kock- twrych Castle,
And I was very tired at the in North
wers. But the for the Ladies Biableford Golf chce with fast short backhand Wales, where I'm in training, end-we both
this Competition to be played at and forehand smashes. cut that down to four miles real reason was because
match with the His coming in the road and then
I'd ever Deep Water Bay on Tuesday, I do was the first time
Colony
1 player, Chu Shi-
Lawn Bowls ome hill climbing.
gone more than six rounds, July 13, starting 9 a.m.
chi, who is an aggressive player K. Robb v'D, Mundy: J. Brown v
treat for
Open Pairs (all games commencing "It was a hard fight all right, airdner, A. 31. Bubba V. I. should be a rare
1ocal
at 8.16 pm, sharp):** ** but when the reforco lifted Skinner: A. M. Brown v D, Kuntor; table-tennis fana
ALICAR. Abbas & Left-hander Nguyon Lan-hop machope v F. Les & W. C. Ogley. my hand that night I knew M. C. Mackie v E. Thunby: Kier
forehand that one day I was going to many Adamson: A. Shewan
AL COC: C.: W. JohnsoZ Markham; Margret showed
I'm on the road at seven in he morning, then breakfast at line. After that I relax until Inner at one o'clock.
a
but rong
der a little off. Gardner A. Á, AIVOR, # A. KL
be the British champion. Birtwautio: aldwell Wasom, his smashes going Souza: H. B. Dewat de Ring-work, sparring, ground-
B. Mopdio It, Prophet; d. M. Work with the usg of weights, Hawkins wasn't the toughest Stewart v. Colla; W. Watson v
fought, ng and ball-punching from man I'd
The most Gray, M. Cassidy v C. Robertson astray. A good backhand under wart v N, Heaton &c. C. Bevard.
for his good AKCO: E. M. Alarcon &A. 30 to 4:30. At 6-pan. I have rugged fight I'd had up to buy B. Arthy: B. Goldman spin was responsible
v}A! Hayes.
Win against Choir
Chou Cham-kow in A. Lopes v 3. McLelland &W, Har
the plaath game of the evening shallpy: AT Games 5 3. A. To
hy evening), meali·and - then 3 then was, my, twelfth};!“ agaitis: „Winners of Deep Water, Bag comTM | and what provuar bo. the cha W. C. Simpson & J, MCKEI-
to the movies or for a stroll that French fellow July pathonsa
by the sea
kwird
getual deciding game. oy called him that sa as 20
Tombstone, played on Tuesday,
member of the visiting Some people seem surprised to distinguish him from all his| May 1-diri Markham-19th - green
Nguyen Duc-thuen team, lanky hint I haven't been to
Three Club Competition, played on brothers who were 'fighters too. sco
Tuesday, May 17-MI V. Phillips- is an aitractive player to watch, Robinson in one of his Сод- I wonder they didn't call me | al-11-08,
playing a forceful game of top, inental fights I've only | Turpin III.?! een him on the fime against
The match between shak- and spin forehand drives and aligw the Royal Hongkong Golf Clubing the bust backhand wish
dina whor Shak-Qay, 015; among the three viators. paint to 811⁄2 points.”.
George
arsity Sports
THE SCORES
Mal Van-hos (Vietnam) lost to Chail Chan-kaw 10:29 18-21; lost to Lee Ping 17-21, 16-211 - best. - Lou Rokh
hat fellow Stretz. He fought Ho hurt me all right. Got Im in Germany on Christmas mo in a corner and just ay and Stretz seemed to give thumped rue in the body. It tobinson, a lot of trouble. hurt I'll say it hurt..
Why should I go to BER
see I hit him within right on laurar! Hay night? If he knew
the chin. He shuddared-liko, | Was there, which he is bound
he'd play engoy-like did but then he took a deep breath and he came rigiit in at ne and thumped me again. He Sports stars of the Univer. 21-12-11-13 ROKY ARE the had me
down In the third: sity of Hongkong will leave Nguyen Due-thuan” ~ (Vint- That was my toughest fight for Skigapore to-day, by RMB Don't want them any tougher Corfu for, the annual Inter than that, INES
kid then
209) varalty, dames to be held there. But 3 was only a
Only 18. studente, 4 including VAN BUYOUR LOT-HOD VA Vietnam) wasn't oven eighteen. I've got tougher and I hit harder three girls, will embark an
donwooden apa galakkan satud Cortu. The dihari, are leav (World Cemeright - Kozuryudo
his manager; inford watched me at Dille, City, when I fought Bekle Keough"
Peter Wilson says: There have been many rumours in the fight jungle that Randolph don't take it downstairs."
dont like getting hit
800 tibi colpured now.
vie: M. L. Finza & 8. A. Collaco vP. Hughes de•Wa - MoChil
*
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THE SCOREBOARD
SOUTH AFRICA · ́
First Inninguna da
i
for six declared (Hamer 165),
Middlesex 57: for one.
At Hover Emox 199, and 141 for three (Avery 90 not out,
113). Insolo 63
Sussex 220 ̊ic. Oakes 63, James Langridge 79). At Swansea: Glamorgan 420 (Ridgway, · right" -* arm ~ ́fasd medium bowler, -six for 81). Kent 337 (Brian Edrich 104, MeConhon,
right-arm:
affspin bowler, six for 148).
At Lilecatur: Worcester -199 and 151 for three (Dews 11 .not out); Leicestershife, 170
(Berry 51, Perks, right -
medium bowler, Mix for fast
.
races without extending them Eric Howatt, Brown 67 Hettering: Surrey
from Germany, both won their selves and being in different halves of the draw, look like
Saturday's final. clampingo, drews continued
Bedser
Walto, o kin b Bedser
arm
Surrey 167
1 and 102 for three (Eric Bod Van Ryneveld, Lb.w, b vozden ser 88), Northamptonshire 272.
Tattersall
65. 40 (Borriok
Broderick right-armalow to do much better than their Nourse, e. Ikin b Badser 20 Eric Bedser Oxford rivals in the other Cheetham, d. Hutton, b
allspin bowler, Ave for 17:3 -20 | Router:" event-Reuter.
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