TOO FAST FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION
Wing-Commander D. O. Finlay winning the 120 Yards High Hurdles in the Inter-Services Championships at Portsmouth in 14.9 acconds. Though he has now retired from international competition, Donald Finlay, who is 43, has a best time this year of 14.8 seconds, which has not been beaten this season by any
other British hurdler though two have equalled it.
Softball Clubs Have One
Week Left To Sign Up
For The Pennant Chase
By "GRANDSTAND”
With the deadline set for the closing of entries to the regular official Softball Leagues only a week away, but a handful of teams have sent in their applications. the others being content 'to bold out until the eleventh hour in order that they may have impressive names on their roster to qualify for the "A" Division of the Senior loop.
Among the early entries are the Senior Maticaps and the Squaws of the Ladies' Longue, both teams having been strengthened by-the addition of new talent scouted during the off-season.
same
Judging from the roundup of i None of them want to polish players, the Broves will field tho | the pine for the top-rate outfits ienm as last year when and there are not enough junior won the pennant for the butts for them to
Join, It's Ladies' consecutive time, with great pity the
Junior the possible addition of Billy League was discontinued last a successful begin- Soares and Gerry Roza-Pereira year after of the now broken-up St Teresa ning, and the Association would Gide.
do well in the way of encourage ing the younger members with a revival of this circuit.
TWO JAG OUTFITS
The Jaguars will fleld teams
in both sections of the Senior
who
his
been
Despite troubled conditions in
League according to Gerry van Shanghai, softboil is still played Langenberg elected to hold the managerial and recently
In the Junior League, the Blackhawks are reputed to have signed on several of last year's Delawares to replace the players promoted to the Madcaps,
The Army is represented by an entry from the Artillery under the name of 35 Bantam" Lt. C. W. Newman 09 with
Indications are that manager. when the entries are finally counted up, this season's will be bigger than ever.
While pre-season activities are one of our loctil going on behind the scene, the softball celebrities received a Summer League race is nearing
from our northern the end, neighbours for particulars of a diamond Inyout."
reins for the coming season, request while the ever potential Canucks will be a doubtful starter. It has been rumoured that several of the Maple Leut stalwarts have joined other camps.
The recent
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1951.
Now I am most interested in my long future-and that includes the cruiser-weight championship of the world, says DON COCKELL, in the final chapter of his life story,
Beshore, Barone Were Tough Ones
By DON COCKELL
28 told 'to
JOHN MACADAM
Don Cockell is changing out of his beachwear in his Riviera hotel room and showing his range of natty suitings. The Battersea boy has a justifiable pride in the ward- robe his fists have earned for him. How did they carn it?
Well, I had 26 fights as an amateur, and I've had 65 as a professional. Thai's" not a bad lot of fighting for 23 years of age, although I say it myself.
I got less than a tenner! for my first pro. fight, and not a great deal of the big money for the ones that followed it.
Now I have the British and
lined titles and have been
up for the world title, I am looking forward to getting among the real money for the there is real
money in business if you keep the head," live right, and can punch. This I can do. I know that.
CUTTING LOOSE
I'm not a vindictive fellow in the ring. In the Лrst 50 Aghts I lost seven, and these reven taught me a lot of what the other fellow feels when I win. I go in to do my best all the time, of course, but I never really cut loose until I'm hurt. Then....
He amilles close-ilpped and
twith proturing very alightly
left Jaja
Ast tightly clenched.....
Sportsman's Diary
NO WONDER
TENNIS PROS
ARE SCARCE
Dan Maskell, British Pro- The position narrows down to
Lawn The Overseas and Pandas, with fessional
Tennis the former having a slight edge Champion every year bar on the Pandas of a one gami
one since 1928, will not Eust- defend his title at bourne this year because"} "he financial incentive is not worth while."
typhoon affected lend. The Ladies League seem10.-the- Association-in-that--their- have suffered
Both outfits have to meet-the a sudden player grondsland at King's Park was Ragg Mopps in
their second shortage 05 the Clovers and damaged to the extent that round game. If The Oversens White Fangs are unable 10 complete re-erection tvill round up complete sides; while necessary. Advance information become the first owners of the better the Moppers they will the Pirates may not even start received from the Development A.S. Watson's Summer Trophy. due to their inability to list the Committee is that it has the In- tention of issuing season passes this year in order to defray ex- penses for the proposed extens
minimum of 12 names on their 1oster.
The Wahoos, who have grabbed the flag every season, seem to be stranger than ever with the possible return of Tercan Campos who roamed the Owl outfield a couple of seasons back.
Nothing more has been heard of Lino Marques' Jaguarine out- fit, except that one practice session was held.
DISTAFF SHORTAGE The shortage of players in the distaff section of the League is only apparent for I have re- cclved Inquiries from severul recruits to the game as to which team they may possibly 1 in.
sion.
SAINTS' DECISION
The Saints held, a meeting onj Thursday and decided to enter
their lack of younger
Kangaroos May
Be Responsible
The Lawn Tennis Association promotes the championship, Prstricted to home players. The singles winner gets £25.
Some British professionals feel the LTA is grudging with their money out their relations have not been of the happiest since some months ago, when the LTA refused to accede to
a team in the Seniors despite . Coming to England on a the professionals request for blood. research scholarship is Aus- one of their number to be on The veterans will have to bear tralian hop-step-and-jump the professionals' committee, the brunt of the work but it is
specialist Ian Polmear, who understood that several players
NOT POPULAR from the defunct Terries have was third in the triple jump
Maskell's absence will not be intimated thele. intention of at the 1950 Empire Games.
popular with the
Eastbourne turning out for the Green ad White.
He should provide sime keen Corporation who share a in
LTA. Hc is competition for Blain's leading forest with the Art Ozorio was again elected expenen at
this event. S. E. the one home conch who has
gate, manager with Bimby Ablong Cross, of Birchfeld Harriers who pull in handling the coaching angle of holds the English native record This looks like a typical 48f. 3in. Poimear, who did example of checaeparing by the 1871. 14in. to gain his third LTA, one of our richest sport-
lace in the Empire Gam:s, hasing organisations -'nee been ereked with 498.
the strategy,
The
CAR OF PROGRESS
POP
will be on display
at
the GLOUCESTER ARCADE
from 14th-18th August..
WHY ARENT. YOU AT THE OFFICE, SMITH
Bin.
Beshore-hera seen "taking it
felt)-war heart-breaking fellow to fight, says Cöckell.
then I have Д go. I after I came cut 1 beal Mark
Hart for the British Elle. don't care who's opposite me, whether he is a heavyweight or ton-weight. I have go My toughest fight? When 1 then. The background of all outpointed the American Fred- this? Well, from that
dy Army
Beshorn- heartbreaking eadet outfit I joined Keys fellow to fight; he must be as Boxing Club....
heartbreaking as they tell Len Harvey found Castiron Jack Casey.
Here, in my ignorance o! the simpler facts of university life, I interpolate: "Keys" He pauses for a moment, to ser whether I am kidding or not
...you spell i Caius, and a great job these university col- leges do with the clubs
they set up alt over London like the one I'got into.
You learn to
box properly there, and the strength comes later-except that I had a lot of the strength from the start, and the blacksmith job accen- tuated it.
מן
I started off climbing In 17. March 1940, when I was with a trophy for being the best youth at my weight Britain. That was a heartening beginning, and I began to fancy my chance a litle when I got into the London Amateur Box-
Ing Association semi-finals in the next month,
BOOTH BOXING
All this gave me the courage to bust into the gym in Great Windmill-street and aske Mr Simpson for a chance to have the gloves on with Vince Haw- kina.
They seemed to like that, and I liked the business of mixing with the pro's so much, had a spell with a booth at Mitcham. It looked to ine...
And again, he rays
theae
things without a trace of chestiness.
.....83 if I were headed somewhere. There was nothing very spectacular in the early fights. None of the crities paid particular attention to me un- til a litle Inter when ene or two began to watch me.
Bill
I got a lot of encouragement out of the fact that Mr Daly, who has beca handling Ray Wilding, the heavyweight from Northwich In New York, sipped me as the next champion of the world.
erufser
mė
No matter how hard and how often I hit him he came boring back for more. That's one light I was glad to see the end of.
Another tough one was Nick Barone, a ferocious Oghter to bent, but I beat him. I hit him with a left and a right and three more before he hit the floor.
FASTEST FIGHT
Maybe one of the nights 1 was most glad to win was the one I fought to bent Lloyd
bent Marshall, who
Freddic Mills, and, of course, I felt I was really getting on when 1 beat Albert Yvel for the Euro- peon title.
The fastest fight I was ever In was the one with Gabriel Biggotte.
That lasted 27 seconds, including the count...
He holds of again for a moment to reflect that speed in Anahing isn't necessarily a good thing, because you get no real time to study your man, and then pocs on-
that but
with fight Barone will stay with me long as I'm in the fight game. How long will that be? I don't know how long I'll stay in the ring actively.
as
to
But I have an Idea of taking my own gym in addition Irene's hair-dresser's... shop... (I night even study hairdressing in the
that evenings!), and would keep my Interest alive after I'd finished with actual fighting.
That's enough about my short past. What I am interest- ed in most is what I hope my long future, and that in- cludes the cruiserweight cham- plonship of the world.
the
Apain
almost-rucjul grin and the appreciative glance around the pllded pur- ileus of his Riviera hotel. Irene and I are now in part- pretty pership in
a littic business that
called Don Cockell Limited. To years me, in the mood-and I'm pret
held ty nearly always in the mood make nowadays-It's Don Cockell
Unlimited,
That made re keel good-that and the fact Mr S'mpson in the six. I'd been with him never off from thinking I'd
good.
The flash cars race past the holel terrace very fast indeed. and, he' holds back a moment to allow his eye to rest on them appreciatively for he is a speed merchant in his own riglit--motor-cycles particular- ly although he has had to ent down speeding to fit on a eidecar for Irene and young- Pal.
1 grant you! that the LTA lose between £400 and £600 Curiously enough. Aurals; nn its professional promotion the end of the kanga:20, seems end that this year the,
East sebound in hop-clip-and-jump hourne meeting is being cut experts. Two Australians, Oliver from six days to four days and McKeand, tick the first two (August 15-18).
Of course, there were set.. places In the Empire Gomez, | tennis suffers from the shortago | backs. 'It wasn't all, up-and-tip, while uno'her Avery, was of professionals. This is no They thought I was finished
1948 Olymple way to attract them.
with the game when I had ard rheumatic fever in 1950. had to 50 to hospital.
second In the
event.
I:
but British
With the prospect of such a was an Australian, J. P. miserable reward who Can Melcalfe, who set the present blame any professional shut- British All-comers' record
inning the tournament? 1054 with a leap of 51ft, 3in.i
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