TODAY'S TITLE FIGHT
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1953.
SPORTING SAM
RANDOLPH TURPIN MUST
UPHOLD BRITISH BOXING PRESTIGE
By DEREK JOHN
Randolph Turpin, sole defender of the British boxing faith during the leanest years is the sport's history, will enter the ring tonight, once more to uphold the honour of his country when he meets Frenchman Charles Humez, at-the White City.
In the eyes of Promoter Jack Solomons, and of every fan, the contest is for the World Middleweight Championship. startled that a world title fight might be held that does not boxer, are refusing to recognise it,
other British boxing But the Americans, include an American'
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To find the reas, we must o back a month to that night at Earls Court when Don Cockell took the Brush heavyweight title trom Jotinny Williams.
Cockell did more than win
hurt, especially His punches his favourite left hook. What is mate, they are cutting blows, capable of splitting the toughest skin. Turpin does not normally suffer in this direction, but tonight he will do well to be extra careful.
doing.
By Reg. Wootton
Nearer To The
4-Minute Mile
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On Saturday at Compton, California, Wes Santee of the University of Kansas ran the fourth fastest Mile of modern athletic history there is strong evidence that professionals in the 1860s in America and Canada came near enough to the four-minute mile, though we don't know how near exactly with a 4 minutes 2.4 seconds performance.
Ten men have now heaten 4 minutes 4.4 seconds for the distance, three of them - Santee, Roger Bannister and Dennis Johansson this year, and four — John Landy, Gaston Reiff, Ingvar Eriksson and Olle Aberg — last year. (Landy has done it two more times this year).
Big Money Is Being Bet On Cockerels
Says W. CAPEL KIRBY
Whereas bull-fighting disgusts the average Briton, who falls to upprcelate the skill, courage and ballet-like grace of the participants, there are legal goings on in Lancashire black spots which are a blot on the fair name of British sport. Particularly I have in mind the poultry race meetings held around Burnley and district.
Here big money changes hands. on the speed of cockerels specially trained for running and hurdling In wire mesh lunes.
Gate crashing these meetings
quality to take on the Fibut
Not bad, is it?
is next to impossible even Division clubs. you should get to know the dates or venues. Admission Is through closely guarded outer
"It's time we stood firm ogainst
and inner gates at--cach of the FA trosting---us-like-poor which a different password is relations" just about sums up the demanded.
attitude Football League clubs
will take at their annual meeting. These passwords are, given They'll make it quite clear on the racecard invitation to there will be no Cup Final gether with the warning that In breadcast or TV unless they have the event of police Interruption some say in approving or reject- the object of gathering isang the terms and conditions/i cockerel crowing and length of
leg competition.
My informant
Another ultimatani with a fiir amount of support is: tells me it's the Cup Finalists 20,000 tickets to amusing to nee the birds each, or else." in this case "ur flapping around after coming-aciso stands for "otherwise "we. purler over the sticks.
promote uur own cup competi- tion."
KNOWS HIS JOB
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If he succeeds in protecting a title, that night. He created his eyes, I think he will win.
polishing, and selling the finished and draw bonus, will als be For discovering raw material, playors, by doubling their win yet another o the anomalous Although the Frenchman may
product Waller Lees, of Alloa, situations for which
alsa, applies to boxing beat him to the punch by a ratio
cought. This In 1934 when Glenn Cunning to agree that no man can run a time, the peerless Emil Zatopek, can have few equals in Scottish seems to have a magnetle attruc- of as much as three
FA Cup-ties up to the sixth to two, ham set a world record of Mile faster than 3 minutes 66.6 and by his closest challenger to Soccer,
When with Albion tion.
round, after which the suggestin those two Turpin blows should minutes 0.7 seconds for the seconds. But one authority date, the Russian,
a Alexandr Rovers he nelted £25,000 for is for £20 a cemi-anal and £25 Mile, he was the fourth man For Turpin has already beaten pack more power.
hood to the successful Cockeli, at the White City Just
Even when he lost his title to break 4 minutes 10 seconds who has revolutionised middle Antries, who at Kier over two complete forward line-Melllat-
and long distance running In consecutive days lost Friday and ton (Everton), Kiernan (Celtic), per
inalists. to Robinson, the coloured for the dilstance, June, for the British Cruiser American admitted he could not Jules Ladoumegue, Jack Love
Saturday ran the second fastest Love (Nottingham Forest), Hall. following Australia-disagrees,
5,000 Moires of all time (six nah and MeChiro (Preston North weight Championship—a 11210
lock and William "Tiger Bill"
That is Percy Cerully, whose
tenths of a second more than End), while at Dumferline he The subsequently relinquished. have stood much more of Turpin's
Bonthron in that chronological most famous pupil is John Gunder Hagg took for his world snapped up right winger Jackle So presumably. Cockell's latest punching.
order.
Landy, third fastest of all time, record) in 13 minutes 68.8 seconds Stewart for £60 and five months win makes Turpin Britain's top
The big question is whether
but who has also produced other and the ninh fastest 10,000 Metres later transferred him to East heavyweight.
Since then, ta just under 19 Turpin can reproduce the form years
great Milers and distance run-in of running history, 61
20 minutes 23.2 seconds Fife for £5,000. ners in Don Macmillan. Les (Zatopek has beaten that time on Humez is little more than an he showed in his two world title others have joined the
under Perry and Geoff Warren, and he four occasions). overblown welter, so thetais. In subsequent contests,
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places 3 minutes 53 seconds exception of
American Avery Brundage, victory
Eight men for the Frenchman with the possible
have beaten
within the bounds of possiblilty. the one against Cockell, he has minutes 5 second within the past would mean that British boxing, not cut loose as he is capable of 10 months the eighth is Gunnar
Anaufriev's double represents Chairman of the International greater running than Zalopek's Olymple Committee, reminds me already on its last legs, would
"VICIOUS TRAINING" at Helsinki (14:00.6 and 29:17.0). of a goifer who says to his op have received a knockout blow.Į
Nielsen of Denmark with 4:04,8, All his
Cerutty's method is what he Zatopek had a four-day rest in ponent: I'm afraid you're in a won the June Qualifying Round opposents employed The first three men homo in the
calls "vicious training" between the two events. The bunker. I hope."
for the Captains, Cup played spoiling or avoiding tactics, und Metric Mile (1,500 Metres) at system
being followed" with Czech has never run faster than.
over the Old Course at Fanling in none of the fights was Turpin the Helsinki Olympics Josy record-breaking success in Eng-14:03.0 for 5,000 Metres,
No sooner do the 1956 Mel-during the week-end, M. S. The picture is indeed gloomy In danger of defeat, the l Berthel, Bob McMillen and land by Gordon Pirie and Jim
bourne Games organisers compe Douglas being runner-up with a and yet there is one spark of
Many crities,
Foters. It is the same system however, have Werner Leg-have not run
up against a spot of bother than score of 85-18=net: $0. hope. Britain's
Interests could averred that despite these de-
full Mile in competition in the that was followed in Hongkon
Brundage mounts the rostrum not be in more capable hands fensive tactles, Turpin should last eight months, which brings by Peter West and has resulted
vicious with his "We may have to than the dynamic Asts
of have created his own opening title of being the first man un-
the figure of challengers to the in West being able to keep up six days a week training sum
training" involve? It involves select another site" threat. Young Jones, 91-24nett 67 Randolph Turpin.
und that inability to do so In-
with the greatest longer dis- dicates that his boxing has lost der four minutes to 11.
tance runners in the history of mer and winter with a consider he would like the next Games M. S. Douglas, 85-18-nott, 09
able amount of road running held. its fine edge.
English athletics.
J. Dickson Leach, 83-12-nett miles per
month! at least 200
71; P. J. Daly, 08—16=nett 72; It is the system used by the
also involves exercises with ultimate best performances seem greatest distance runner of oil weights to build the legs and
1. H. G. Thomson, 84-12=neit 72; H. Small, 78–4=nett 12,,7, speed training over Бо
Reader Anthony yards. But the
the most curious feature of submits this FA Cup idea; Let
This private trophy was play- Cerutty's methods is his m-the non-League clubs contest the ed for over 18 holes on the Old sisterwe that "before a race is proliminary rounds as usual until Course ut Fanting on Sunday, run on the same morning-the there are 70 survivors. Add all competitors being on the athlete run as fast in a training these to the 48 Third Division staff of the Hongkong & Shang- spin as he will do in the after clubs to make 124. The 62 hal Bank, Weather conditions noon in the actual race.
SPARK OF HOPE
This business of winning fights that have to be won is nothing new to Randy. During the past four years he has beaten 18 [overscas” opponents,
the redoubtable Sugar Ray,
including
His une reverse was in the return with Kobinson. Without wishing to renew the controverty which raged over the referee's decision to stop that bout eight | seconds before the end of the
tenth round, it is safe to say that | Turpin's display did nothing to harm Britain's prestige.
Humez, of course, is no slouch. Not for nothing is he known as the Tiger. He fights with a ferocity seldom seer in the modern-ring. And - what makes him so dangerous ́is that: "hia ferncity is always perfectly con- trolled.
In a professional carcer of 87 Bghts, in which
he has ex- perienced only two reverses and one no decision, he has developed In cool, calculating cunning which tells him the exact moment to unleash his onslaughts.
Lake Robinson, who also graduated to the middleweight class via the welter, Humez relies on speed of punch rather than
Since fighting as power, middleweight only one of his 16 fights has been won by a knock- out, yet as weiter his record is
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"ULTRIATES"
The best
Authorities
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AUSTRALIANS WIN AN EXTRA
DAY'S REST
BEFORE
THE FIRST TEST
MATCH
Southampton, June 8.
WHAT IT INVOLVES
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Percy Cerutty's methods are, indeed, murdly the type to up- peal to the man who runs dis- kance races for the sheer joy of racing. but today's record- breakers are following them and tomorrow's records will be very far out of reach of a Lovelock
The Australians-won another match-inside-two-days-today when or Wooderson at their best." they beat Hampshire by 158 runs and so earned themselves an extra day's rest before the Test starts on Thursday.
• Today's cricket was full of interest, however, and the rather short boundary gave the opportunity for sixes and both sides, on a wearing pitch, accepted the chance.
The Hampshire first innings with more than half an hour, of play scores of cricket matches soon closed for 131, leaving before stumps should have been today:
and Australia trawn, the match was over and the 137 behind declared their second innings at Australia bad an extra rest day 100 for live, leaving the county before the Test. to get 307 to win.
Indian
THE SCORES
.
At Lore's: Middlesex 364 runners the potential record- (Bennett (4). Yorkshire 228 for breaker has to run wide off his five (Lowson 55. Halliday
stretches 58. course for long Watson not out 87).
attempts to overtake the leader.
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have only one guess as to where
FA-PLEASE NOTE
Greaves
The following were the lead- scores in this compellition:
Wege
winners would then go forward
the competition during to challenge the Second Division most uncomfortable for the 24 clubs and the 42 survivors would contestants and this is reflected
English Tennis Tournaments
(BN-
in the scores returned, the minte experienced Golfers being able to withstand the wet conditions better than their colleagues
The following are thou re- cuits:-
Bost-Gross Score byer 18 holes, R. G. L. Oliphant:
A. R. Petrie tied with u
Best Gross Score for the Ars
ENTRIES CLOSE FOR THE BRITISH OPEN,
When will the first Milo un- der four minutes come? It may
Bristol, June 8. not
come this year. Even D. Scharengulvel of Ceylon holes F. C. B. Black, 40. Cerutty agrees that the condi- entered the third round of the
Best Cross Score for the tions must be ideal. The men's singles at the West of second holes G. O," W. weather must be reasonable, the England Lawn Tennis Cham-Stewart, 40. track fast, the field small. pionships hero today. He beat Best Nett Score over 18 holes B. Hill of Britain by 0-2, 6-4, in In a field of more than four the second round.
-I. H. G. Thomson, 84-12=72; Runner-up, R. G., L. Oliphant- Edwin Tsai of Hongkong beat 83-10-73. in D. Hopkins (Britain) by 0-0, 0-1 in the first round of the At the Oval: Surrey 341 for However, it is not improbable men's singles.
Rupert Ferdinanda, the 16- declared. Northampton- that the Mile will be run under year-old. Ceylon Davis Cup shire 100 (Lock slx for 55) and four minutes in August or
player, beat. B. Buckneli 105 for two (Livingston-not out September this year on some taln) by 6-7, 7-5, 0-4 In a second 14 |00).
Swedish or Finnish track,
round match und joined his AL Cambridge: Cambridge The best four men to get to-compatriot, Scharenguivel, University 355 for eight de gether for the first under-Four the third round. clared and 39 for one. MCC 375 | Milo are Barthel, Santee, Ban- S. A. Rauf (Pakistan) beat J. British Open Golf Championship for five declared (Blake 60, nister and Reiff. The latter is Cook (Britain) by 6-1, 6-3 in which takes place at Carnoustie 169 Wyatt 02, Insole 84, Townsend most unlikely to win, but his the second round of the men's Scotland, starting on July J
not out 56).
fast pace has carried other singles..
Although the total of 108 runners Santee among them At Pontypridd: Glamorgun to their best.
M. V. Appa Rao af India also small compared with last year's 187 and 169 (Gladwin five for At the White City recently, qualified for the third round od 275, it la representative of the 67), Derbyshire 214 (Kelly 76. Relff, running in the Two Mile the men's singles, beating world. OMRW Revill 70, Woolier five for 60) event, covered the first rulle, in Bremner of Rhodesia by 6-2,
and five for no wicket.
4 minutes 10 seconds! The re 2-0, 6-2-Reuter, sult was that Chria Chataway 2 22 1
At Gillingham: Gloucester- beat his British record by six Oshiro 605 for five declared (Mil-soconids.
Roy Marshall, the West Australians—ist Innlogs—288 who is qualifying for Hampshire- ist Innings 121 Hampshire, Joined In the Australians 2nd Innings hectic scoring and so long as Morris, b. *
Gray was at the he
wicket there
Craig. b.
b. Shackleton was a chance of Hampshire Harvey, e Shackleton avoiding defeat.
Once he had
Cannings gone, however,
the
wickets De Courcy, not out tumbled and Hampshire, all Benaud, c. Engar b. Gray out for 148, were beaten.
Archer, not qu Marshall's brilliant 71 in 83
Extras minutes included Ave Fixes and Ave fours. He and Roy- ment put on 06 in 68 minutes for the third wicket and even
Total
5%
18
(for 5 wickets declared) Fall of wickets 10, 31, 78, 110,)
Blow at Grat, was 142. Inspire by his partner's hitting and Joined in those who had clouted sixes today,
From carly in the day dusty wearing pitch demanded aggressive tactics and the Aus- tralians adopted Ühis
form
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BECKENHAM TOURNEY
Beckenham, Kent, June 8,
In
London, June atrics closed today for the
Bobby Locks, South Africa's holder will, defend his flo against a powerful, challenge from home players us, weil na representatives of many parts Di R. Krishnan, of India, was the globe; including, the United beater in the first round of the States, Argentine, Austgalli lund Kent Lawn Tennis Champion- several parts of the European At 'Leicester: Lelcestershire
ships here today by H. Stewart Continent Reuter, 371 for eight declared and 103 Landy la a great Miler-the (United Stater) by 0-3, 0-1. for two. Sussex 282 (Parks 53, history but he would be upset Tan, was also eliminated in the third fastest of modern athletle Another Indian player, L Walsh five for 88),
out 57). Kent 331 a of four,
In Hampshire-2nd Innings
In 26 (Plicity 114, Uften 63); Kent Chataway, essentially as a pace Marshall, C. HIL
setter, would also be an asset. Benaud
play. Morris led the way with 50 in 58 minutes, including R three. sixes and three fours, de Courcy was not out 54 when Australia declared, having hit - Gray, low b. Davidson one six and 11 fours while C. Walker, Ibw b. Archer
Hole hit a six, the ball dropping
straight into the lap of a mem
ber
in the pavilion.
A. W. Rayment, c. and
Denaud
H. Horton, st Tallon
-Altogether the Australians hit Benaud
b.
100 runs in 120 minutes and five ED. Eagar, c. Tallon b. sixes and 27 fours brought Johnston nearly all of them.
HUI, nol out
Johnston A Dare,
Davidson
This was Australia's seventh R. Prouton, c. Craig, b. Arst class win and their sixth in two days.
Johnston's match figures of Johnston nine for 16 over the eve of the. Test must have been particular-
||ly heartening to Australia.
When the 100 went up with still only two men out, a Hamp- shiro win was visualinot but once Marshall left, the batting collapsed.
H. D. Cannings, c. Morris D. Shackleton, b. Benaud
b. Johnston
Extras Total
+
71
30
was oll out at the close.
by fast rivals, as he was at first round by the Danish player Tennis Postponed At Kidderminster: Worcester-Helsinki, and it is doubtful that S, Hoyborg, by 6-2, 6-3, 14-thiro 207 and 208 for five, he, would be seen at its fastest Naresh Kumar of India beat All Tennis League matches
Nottinghamshire -178. (Goone® in a field against which
La K. Lavarock (Britain) in the tcheduled for yesterday: wero pena 89, Flavell six for 43)—would have, to struggle to mali- first round of the men's singles postponed due to inclement wea- Reuter
tain the lead.
by 0-3, 0-2-Reuter.
ther.
143
Wickets fell at 0, 0, 105, 114,
Marshall's brilliant 71' includ- 136, 140, 140, 140, 147.
ed five Elxes and Avo fours and
|occupied only. 88. minutes,
He and Raymont put on os | Archer
In 60 minutos, but the last seven Davidson
wickets fell for the addition of Hu
43 runs.
Johnston
Three went at the came total; Beraud. 140, Johnston getting two with
successive balls being helped
by brilliant one-handed 'catches
by Craig and Davidson.
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