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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1953.
INTERNATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY
FEAST OF THRILLS AS SAILORS EDGE OUT AIRMEN BY 13-11 SCORE
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By OUR BOXING CORRESPONDENT
The thrill of flying gloves, the thud of leather on flesh and the tumultuous applause united to provide another memorable evening when the Royal Navy boxers tackled the Royal Air Force at the Mission to Sea- men last night.
There were so many big moments during the evening that it is difficult to decide just where the main honours lay, but if I award the place of merit to local hoy Henry Wong 1 am sure the spectators who saw, the show, and there was a very Jarge crowd, will give me their backing.
Ross had le skill but was Wong participated in one of the special contents do a well knbued with a terrific desire to balanced programame incl hamash his mighty left hand into went fate the ring against LAC the sailor's chin Johnson who defeated him t The first round, and part of the the fast promotion 1 the second round, were all in the Southern Playground,
chanan's favour and it was only a new in the lost round that Boulter's Wong. The fancy-pants' show-heavy guns really slowed him man had disappeared att nå lås down and eventually moved him place we saw a non-stop fahter down when, to the roars of the who threw blows froin every crowd, Ross measured his length angle and at every opportunity, on the canvas,
Last night we
was on its feet The pulled himself to his feet The crowd rouring approval from Arst gona pot several occasions only to be
on the programme were follows:
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LAC Court beat AB Manchip on points,
AB Junp beat Tel. Binch on points.
ERA Dudford bent 1.SM Macarce on points.
LAC Anderson-Dickson beat ERA Cooper-Smith on points.
S/M Clark beat LAC Stevens on points.
beat AB
LAC Monaghan whittle on points.
In the team' contest for the
lo last, and the tepeption accent crashing to the boards againned Duster Shield the Royal corded to the boys at the end by the powerful right hand of the Navy beat the Royal Air Force
tu be eventually of a magnificent scrap howed cuflor
by 13 points to 11 that everyone huil enjoyeri 11. counted out.
Ross gave a magnificent display
Henry
And on this ocension Wong, the new Henry Wont was a worthy and popular win- ner, but one again Johnson at hini know he had been in tough firit.
THE SENSATION
of good old-fashioned courage and the crowd was not slow to
how its appreciation.
WORTH AWAITING-
There is one point which is well worth comment. SCPO M Nettleton carried out the dulles of MC with maximum benefit
voice
carried to uli
parts of
the arena and there was never
slightest doubt
the
of what
The preend last bout of the the big crowd. His clear evening wit well worth waiting Local fight fan, will want to for, The cly one who can dise sce S/M Guraghty of the Roval, pute that statement is Cpl. Navy again. This tal Hartan- Tompkinson of the RAP who headed Tghtweight
the found himself on
lethal the sensation of the evening and ends of All Nicholson's falling
was going on.
All the contests took place under ISBA rules and the re-
his fire and power in drpuang stoves, ad, after taking fereeing and judging was above of LAC Wright was on ul te best things we have 200m in the truple of counts, suffered a 1sterlticism.
Breitert
και Colony in a long liņu,
Nicholson was in devastating Gerraghty is t Welsh inter- ¦ Arm and his first blow, n crash-. nationalist and no me whe hati me righthander, virtually settled the pleasure of seeing him in the light for the gallant sirman action fost night can doubt that never knew just what It was the Welsh boxing authorified about after that, wht be glad se back.
the United Kingdom again.
He has, a rem-vol feft hand : and a right that was like this! kick of the proverbs al munte,
Wright, ever boxer that he is, simply never
had a thame! and the reterce di The with! thing in stopping the Aptal it the second round.
There were the usual tre- į. works when All Kitby Hepped into the ring, but this time lis Furious flying Asts failed to dis- poso of his opponent, SACį, Smyth, Inside the distance, but they did enough to bring Jim a comfortable victory
although Sinylla gave him plenty of trouble in the Wi
Six Boulter, RN, is getting binwelt 24 reputation as the thrill-provider-in-chier and last
The power behind the boxing shows at the Mission to Sen- men is the Rov, W. Halg Brown and he must have been proud of the high standard of last night's show. There was not a dull moment from the start of the show until the list bell The results of the other fights fended the last fight.
OTHER RESULTS
RIGHT AGAIN?
By HENRY LONGHURST
Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia leads Frans Herman of Belgium to win the Grand International Cross Country Race at Evere airfield near Brussels-Express Photo.
SPOTLIGHTING THE THREE-YEAR-OLDS OF 1954
Royal Challenger Has Stamina In Pedigree
Says JAMES
PARK
There is bound to be a diversity of opinion on the stamina potential of Royal Challenger. Connections may also have had some doubt, as the colt was entered for was put in the the 2,000 Guineas and Derby but not for the St Leger. Perhaps he Derby-just in case.
OF TWO TYPES
.
GARDNER STARTS HIS COME-BACK BID TONIGHT
By JACK MARSH
London.
When Jack Gardner, former British and Empire Heavyweight Champion, meets the Italian title-holder, Über Bacilleri, at Harringay tonight he will find the come back road tough going from the start.
Gardner has been out of boxing ever" “sinco ho sustained a serious eye injury when he lost on points to Johnny Williams of Rugby in March last year. "And 18 months is a long time to be out of the ring.
But he has trained intentively which he had in the past, he for tonight's bout. Even in re-¡may soon lose intérest. Brement on his farm he sparred regularly with his brothers Rodney and Bob.
One or two quick KO victories on the other hand would set him up as Europe's best, for what- NO MEAN VICTORY
ever the ability of the other In October he won no
numerically at mean heavyweights, victory when he was granted his least they are strictly limited. licence by the watchful and inlmost over cautious British
Boxing Board.
injury
That enough to prove his fitness and that his eye has healed perinanently,
Gardner's
prompted by
is
.
come back A by his belief that there shortage of good heavy- weights this side of the Atlantic. And who would question that He now sees the chance of re- gaing his crown quickly.
Yet if he goes Into the ring tonight underestimating his op-
!
---(Laudon Express Servies)
FANLING GOLF
It was
found necessary
ponent he stands to be rudely to postpone the Final for shocked, and all his hopes the Royal Hongkong Golf spaltered to the winds.
Club Match Play Champion-
For the solid Italian, always ship which was scheduled superbly it, is used
ta facing to be played on Sunday: tougla sigamints, H
con- this will be played on a date tinental bustling, crowing an hooking style will rudely sand- to be announced later, paper the rust of Gardner's R. K. Collings won the Decem- straight lefi,
ber Qualiner for the Captain's Bacilleri is a somewhat slow Cup on the New Course with a starter-so for that matter is more of 78-8-nett 71. G. b. Don W. Stewart being runner-up with Gardner, but to took Cockell, the present British and 81-8-nett 13. The winner of Empire Champion, the distance the O tional Pool on the New Course was R. Main with nett and just lost the verdict.
Cockell previously had clearly 80. outpointca Johnny Williams, And it was Williams who in March, 1952, put Gardner out of the monthly Qualifying round on boxing for 18 montis,
So before examining his credentials as revealed by two-year-old running, it may be as well to take a look at his breeding.
Royal Challenger is by Royaltake after the, maternai side of the manner in which he ran his which brings in races, I should have felt on Charger out of Skerweather by the pedigree
passing an in The safer ground Singapore out of Nash Light by more speed then stamina. Galloper Light out of Pollte by others cover more ground in their opinion if the time in the Middle Pommern. There is a wealth of stride and want me to settle Park Stokes had been what I staying blood in the lower half down.
expected.
L. G. King was the winner in of the pedigree,
Against that, it goes to the Royal Challenger comes late When, some three years ago, the Royal and Ancient
the Old Course with a retum of only the latter category and 1 am 2011's credit that he had
63-14 nelt 60 the winer-up and the United States Golf Association combined, amid
Royal Charger did not stay mile as a two-year-old.
sure he would have stayed a been in strong work for about a fortnight after a cough and was
IN FINE SHAPE
being A. M. Mack who returned, universal congratulations, to produce a common world-more than a mile, but it goes to
38-18-nett. 70. wide code of rules, a voice cried alone in the wilderness. his credit that he
The inaternal grandsire, Singn. not in a condition to do himself has already
still Gardner, however, In full justice.
young, a physically in Bao The following players have It was that of Robert Harris, winner of the "Evening siret an Irish St Leger winner pore won the St Leger and
the next two I should suy Gainsborough, Telegraph" Cap. now known as the Scottish Amateur in Sea Charger.
Taktin everything into cun-shupe, with little or no real qualified in this competition dur- the dam of Royal Challenger is Sunstar in addition
Bayero and sideration, Royal Challenger distilusionment in his boxing ing the year and these will be Championship, in 1902, amateur champion in 1925, and
at least as stoutly bred as the already mentioned. Royal may be crtitled to the bent of career. And it is this freshness included in the draw for the three times captain of the British Walker Cup team.
dom of Sea Charger.
Challenger. is a half-brother to the doubt, but I would have felt that may cable him to disprove match-play stages of the Cups:--- about it all but the old "they never come back" D.L. Anderson, R.J. Darker, much happlet twice who was Starmless. Throughout the setison
for his time in the Middle Park adage.
R.K. Collings, W. M. Chalmers, studied the Royal Charger two winner over two miles.
Stakes.
W.C Hung, O.L. Jones L.G. year-olds and found item of:
But if his come-back is to be King, J.R. Leitch, J. Linaker, iwo types. Some appeared to
really successful his supporters K.A A. Miller, R.G.L. Oliphant, will look for evidence not only W.H. Paterson, H.G, Smith, of his past form, but of in-L.F. Stokes, D. Shaw. A.V. creased striking power.
White.
The new rules contained one night was no exception. Ils revolution." The unholy trinity scrap with Cpl. Ros;, RAF, woshof golf--balis lost, put of bounds,
thrills galore,
Now, in "Sixty Years of Golf," (Butchworth, 215.) Robert Harris flowers into print again and his aitention
an
one which for one reason or another his pamphlet failed to command.
the
SELECT FEW
Sixty years is a long time in goi-longer than the life of all but a select few of the clubs in
a typleat heavyweight contest mul unplayable-bccame pen-book deserves with lots of Jund hitting and Caliwd by "distance only,"
truke in place of two. In general and,
as it turned out Premature Tejoicing, for the change was an immedinte and Atotal failure, the discordant volee af Hobert Harris went unheard..
Thot this should be
so, coming England. It covers the whole from so distinguished a golfer history of what may be called who had himself served on the modern golf, and Harris has seen zules
Holf commitice for all. Ifis book should be coin nearly a quarter-century, was due largely to the somewhat in-pulsory reading for all who have power to shape the character of
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CHINA BEATS PHILIPPINES AT BASKETBALL
the
Bangkok, Dec. 8. The Hongkong women's team defeated Malaya 20-25'in charity basketball here today.
In
the men's division, the team Nationalist China men's defeated the Philippines 44-34 defeated South Vietnam Malaya 55-53.
and
removes we
find
to those
It might be stretching a point to say that Royal Challenger is certain to stay a me and n naif, but there is a reasonable chance of blm doing so.
-(London Express Service)
DEFEAT BY
The colt was given 9st. 4b, ALBANIA THE
the Free Handicap, its, below Infatustien. That was
en the
strength of the tiefeat of Darius In the Middle Park Stakes. In the ordinary way the time for tha: rece is fast becarse it 1 contested by good two-year-olds,
COMPARATIVE TIMES
LAST STRAW
[
Is
Fur if Jack has to bludgeon his way to the top through some more of those gory, poluts bottles
Singapore Sets
*Annual General Meeting.
1
Members are, reminded that the Annual General Meeting of the Royal Bengkong Golf Club will be held at the Hongkong Club on Friday, December 11, and it is hoped that there will be a good attendance.
SHEK-O TOURNEYS
The Eclectic Competition month of played during the The Singapore Amateur Swim November proved to be as ming Association bos recom-
popular as ever-104 cards There mended the setting up of, now swimmers who
was a tie in the "A" section (12 may be selected to represent
and under between · E.W.S. standards fort that Colony in the Asian Gemes McGregor and N. P. Fox With a nel 51. Other good scores next year.
being J., Byington 52 and II, G. Banham 59,
London, Dec. 7. Poland's tournament
Stalinograd That was not the case this year. Radio today criticised the New Standards Amperate phraseology with the game,
"pitiful state" of Polish which he put his case in a pri-
football, accusing Mest of them would agree with
For Swimmers some Comparative times on the vately printed pamphlet, the his views, though few might clrcularising of which gave have the courage
same day are more reliable than players of drunkenness and 10 put them greater offence at St Andrews into effect. He wants to put the
those on different days. Last behaving like Hollywood year and this year there were stars." perhaps was warranted clock back, though not to the The new
It said the national team was
having been taken out. the keyree races over sixuriengs on During the' game, play, heet system
the days Nationalist China player, Wang the same day and the times, sald, would "effectively make inning not to
jabout to grow white boards. mposible the Waiker and Fyder wheth only exceptions to the Yi-ting, was stabbed twice with recorded electrically, make in a collection of old players
rule "Play 183
bad or pocket needles about an inch long each. tresting reading:
The radio called for younger Cup matches
Incidents
the causing us would be fees were the existence of "Break Ho received a wound in
players and more discipline and fre- * Okibs," o.g. large pebbles etc., stomach and another it the May. Bug
1.10.21 training. fourste
There resemnendations have within n club's length of the buttock.
1.15.53- It said the problem came to a of British teams abroad would ball, or when the ball lay lu
Agitator (3 rap
1.18.07 head after the Polish
Interna-been forwarded to the Singapore be folly the Old Course at Watery Filth," le. the slime Wang pulled the needles out
In the "g" 1.16.00 tional team was twice defeated Obmpic Sports Council for Ap-
section (13 and Wire Folly, St Andrews would become a sea-
to show to the referee, but con- Royal Challenger
by Albania, including a "painful Proval and are as follows:
over) S. M. Backo had the tx- side link's for children and holi-left by the beceding tide.
tinue to play until one ipinute | Parakeet (3 yṛ).......
Men.-400 metres free style 5 minggtraordinarily low score
of 40. day-makers," Members of the He wants to restore to golf its before the game's end- when a Nearula's time last year was defeat" yesterday on the home
05 secs: 1,800-matres free stylo 20 net, followed closely by R. D. mins., 60 sres; 300 metres free style R. & A. were urged to vote lost simplicity, both in play and substitute was sent in-United what could have been expected. ground et Warsaw.--Reuter.
gainst the desecration of thein regulation.. lle wants,
It stamped hin us a top-class like Press, Old Course and the
Chal- two-year-old. Koyal threatened most who give unbiased thought mutilation of their heritage." to the matter, standardised
lenger's time is so slow re shorter tall, which
would
make it clear that the race was give
not run at a true pace through- us the same number of shots in
out.. a shorter distance, quicker play,
quent and inevitabk.
THE
MAGIC SCROLL
BY
НО УЦЕН УЕЕ
SLANGEVRYŐ+ JORDACHTEL
ILLUSTRATIONG
*By
THE AUTHOR
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For Children of All Ages FIVE-DOLLARS. SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, LTD. HONGKONG?
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İtwo rounds, a day in comfort for
the middle-aged, and tees
side the green instead of 100 yards away in the wrong direc
KCC CRICKET TEAM FOR
SATURDAY
Nearulu
1942
1.14,33
In my opinion that makes
a dificult matter to weigh up Royal Challenger. His earlier
HUNGARY LEADS IN MODERN PENTATHLON
Rocas De Santo Domingo,
Chile, Dec. 7.
The following will represent races did not provide the right Hungary advanced to first tion. It would also, of course. КСС In the First Division sort of evidence. He was back-position in the team standings "make", many of the smaller Cricket League match against ward when making a first ap-of the Modern Pentathlon
confined COUTERS,
En urban HKCC Scorpions at Chater pearance at York in the spring. World Championships today
moire
GO wees: 100 metres back stroke Neale 42. Other good scores min.. 12 secs: 200
breast were P. II. Taggart and P. F stroke 2 mins.. 63 secs: 800 metres MacCabe 51, P. R. E. Arnhold style 10 min. 30 secs; x 200 62, M. Y. T. Fiennes 54 and
M. M. Boycott 55.
meires" free style relay Average 2 min.. 25 secs.
Women---100 metres freq styloi min. 10 secs; 400 metres free style
•
This month there, will be a
4 mins., 200 metres breast stroke Running Medal- and a Running 3 mins 20 pecs: 100 metres back Bogey Competition, both or stroke 3 min. 30 secs: 4 x 100 metres which are open to 5 day Mem- free style relay average 1 min., 19
bers
sets.
ereas and now reduced contempt Road on Saturday, commencing fie beat Spinster by Ave lengths after the fencing competition, Floodlit Football League Snooker
ibly to a drive and a pitch, and would restore to the game many of the celebrated hazards' out- distanced by the modern ball.
Ho loathes, and who doesn't? the present "manhandling" of the ball on the green, and the artificial costliness of the 14 matched clubs and the upkeep of manicured fairways, With all this and the money tournaments and the ballyhoo--his reference to the "marionetics of com- merce" scores a bull's-eye here. -he Ands forgotten the elemen- Iory fact that
that golf is a game,
This theme, remembering the qualifications of the writer, makes. "Sixty Years of Golf" to. my mind a significant book. am also finding it, in its remini- scent moments, unusually enter- taining as well. i commend it. with respect, to the golf ball
sub-commitice appointed by St Andrews, in 1024, whose report awalled, I believe, with in- terest, Harris was right before, though E'did: 'not'think ro at the time. He may well be right again —and I do think so at the tirne:
nt 1.30 p.m.:
P. V. Dodge, B. C. N. Carnell, D. Coffey, H. Chamberlain, R Jenner, A. T. Lee, R. E. Lee, S. V. Gitilne, P. Holl, P. Wood, A. Zimmern.
Scorer Mrs H. Chamberlain.
Leods, Dec. 7.
CPO Mons, Tantar, beat Leeds United, the English HQLF 6-0 is a Geo Younger
at Ascot and had nothing more
second event in tho toura- than an exercise canter whea ment. winning at New-market in July.
The present standings follow: 1. Hungary with 53 points Second Division club, beat East Snooker. League match last ON SAFER GROUND
(against); 2. Brazil, 58; 3. Fife, Scottish League Cup hold night. I own to considerable king Sweden, 50: Argentina 60; ers, by three goals to one in a floodlight football for Royal Challenger not only Chile 72; United States, 74; fiendly
match here tonight.Reuter. as an individual but, because of Uruguay, 00-United Press,
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