THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1954.
BILLY TINGLE: A PROFILE
Sons Learn Manly Art
From Fathers
T
HE wheel of time has turned n full circlo for William Ewart "Billy" Tingle-- polished pugilist of Austra lian and Far Eastern title fame just over three de- cades ago.
Turning his back on 2 glorious succession of vic- tories in the ring, more than 20 years ago, "Billy" dipped of hard- into a rich fund earned glove experience, drawing from it all the skills and wites, in riler to tutor enger Shanghai youngsters in the manly art.
Today. in Hongkong, "Billy" Tagle is teachling
their children.
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Instructor and game
the Shanghat Public School, he 1. conebesk
estirante:! 300,000 younger £3 (139 Grot- all over the world Ja Learly every Indoor and door sport.
"I don't thbik there's been a rund Culture yel." he says proudly.
But how, and may ask, can a de ser, no matter how keom-
Flashed an hits Beld, be punditled horse-riding on, say,
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The answer lies in just other facet of this amazing atid Colona ful prizonality.
As an leur Jockey
duy
to
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Billy" booted home a ny-km Robledo-to pay is ltury backer mids of 3037
the
mutuel! In all Fly the dividend of $16,000 still stands
n record
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at the world of punters.
height.
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diminutive
Bally was prominent in
By A STAFF REPORTER.
Tingle when he was Fly. weight Champ of Australia. Shanghai rugby, representing that international elty in Hugby Union Intérpori matches against Hongkong und Japan.
Tingle,
the
But that's not ill who speaks with the vocabulary and tones one would associate with English university groom- . has played many amateur
hum en major parts Iyatrical leads,
in Gilvrt
arai Sutivan operellas,
ife has a zeal for every type
of sport, and has played with the best In most of them- with, however, the exception of baseball. "I've played softball, though," he adds hurriedly
The life story of Billy Tingle is n
by saga worth emulation
fighters aspiring YORING
today.
A a young schoolboy bull- tory rade in 1914, Billy was fisticuffs while Indured tu partly watching the fened Teddy
Tutor
he
himself. In October 1924 accepted a position on the staff
Green and his nephew, Jack, In of the Shanghai Public School action at Marrickville..
After his first fight, Tingle rapidly rose to the ranks of top professional fighters. He was flyweight champion of Australia Just four years later,
Hu intended then to sal to America where a bright future in boxing seemed possible, but was persuaded by a close friend in Melbourne to try his fortune MY Shanghai.
in
Billy Innded in that Chinese city on a September day 1923, and it was not long be- fore he established himself as a crafty, scientific boxer, with a great faith in a lightning-fast and destructive straight left,
An unbroken line 'of victories followed, leaving him undefeat- ed bantamweight champion of the Far East and the lightweight champion of China and Japan.
Tingle then decided that 1 boxing to would be a very shuri one. "Get in und get out as quickly as you can," he told
P
Tlugle as he is now—still going strong.
for Boya,
Gifted with an infinite amount
of pat Ace and an innate under- standing and liking of children- Billy fell in love with his work.
His extranoly gentle and yet always cascouraging mariner, his complete ability to make a chlid obey him, willingly and without his question, has accounted for success as a physical training instructor.
Settled in Hongkong at pre- pent, Billy Tingle provides general physical education various schools and clubs,
12 months in the year, for children ranging from three years
of age upwards,
From May to September, be may be seen waist-high in swimming pool at either the Lad to Recreaton Club of the Shck O Country Club, patiently applying his personal system of drumming to the youngsters the rudiments of the six-kick crawl, breaststroke, lifesaving and diving.
For the remaining seven months Billy instructs them In the "manly art"-or, in his own words, "boxing and all it on- tails
.. mental and physical co-ordination, good sportsman- ship being a few of the basic requirements.
In addition to this full pro- gramme, Billy amazingly —— nts in hours coaching aspiring athletes and sportsmen baste principles of other sports— cricket, rugby, ACCET and athletics.
In the
In his early aftles now, Buly has few regrets. Instead, c looks forward to ú bright future happy in the knowledge that he can continue to draw on his experiences gained over two generations to pass on to the rising generation the fine points
of many branches
sport.
of
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I REVISIT THE
HAUNTS
OF A FRED KARNO ARMY
WENT to Richmond Park few days ago
I wanted to see the
trees changing colour and to walk through the brac-
ken.
it was a wonderful after- noon. The cokurs were beautiful. The deer stood around in picturesque at- titudes.
But I didn't enjoy myself much....The park is
very
too full of memories. I knew
William Hickey
TRAVELS ON A
PERSONAL TIME MACHINE
I'm afraid we
were rather a I doubt if Movement Control But had taken the dawn and the
view into account.
Fred Karno's army. we had fun.
Hand of authority Of course the park is better
it well before the war, and organised now. I'm not so sura Wis stationed there in the that all the pleasure isn't being winter of 1939–40,
And it's always a mistake
organised out of it.
car-
But being, as I mentioned, rather Fred Karno-ish, we nearly wrote a letter of thanks to Whitehall.
Saturday sing-song
But looking at the old cricket- ing prints on the walls I began to like the game again.
There was a picture of The Cricket Match between Sussex and Kent at Brighton." It was In 1847, The players were wearing black top-hals, And quite a few of them braces and black ties.
The spectators had their backs turned to the game and their faces turned to the artist.
It all coked negligent, un- serious, and fun.
And I wouldn't say you have that feeling at many County matches today.
Artist v. Critic
THIS
THIS was aro of the nastiest subs ever. An artist was There seem too many
IN the evening I went to one
in a restaurant ugly patches of of the best parties for a long having lunch to go back to places where black cinder. And all along the time. parke
We all started off with friends. At another table the was a critic who had attacked you were happy.
roads there are notices telling secately enough. But in you not to park. A friend told end it developed into an old- hire, There WEL N Pembroke me ho did just stop
by the fashioned Saturday night sing- Boon being song. Lodge....very smart now, grass and was
threatened with & couple of and turned into a restau-
I think there was a touch of charges, As for feeding the
The artist, turned his chair rant and tearooms.
deer the officials seen to American inspiration in it. Two
the guests WLTO
Colonel and loolood the man up ood down imply that you are comm.tting of
wile for about 30 seconds, high treason.
Lawrence Haley and his
Не Micki.
Air is Axxistunt Bro still Force Attache at the
U.S.
That kind C.O.
Some of the roads
Transatlantic xest
I remember when it looked closed to cars. When did the Embassy. very decrepit. As you wandered war end? The Army camp they round the rooms you felt built in 1939 is still there. A nothing had been done to the woman's Army unit is there. place since Edward VII-SU they aald entertained some of ' his friends there.
I remember the orderly room ... full of paybooks and Army forms
the C.0. room where he used to sit in state. A kind C.O. He sent us all home to sleep during the. bitter weather when the coal ran out,
suppers
ot
shame those - It's A
tremendous ugly They've got a bulldings have not been pulled zest for life and soon break down. After the first war they down the British reserve. removed every trace of Servico occupation. But not this time!
sul.... it to a lovely park. All the more reason for the public to keep its eyes on what the officials are doing. You can be quite mure they are keeping their eyes on the public.
The river view
And, of course, when that reserve has been broken down
... wall, I think we sang. harder than they did.
Our rep "totra WAD
exton-
to
sive Mish is a Texan and can give that husky. źruitiness *California here I come" "Nothing could be fiber in the State of Carolina. • .
I was glad to see the ridicu- But wo were rather good in
Those suppers There was the cubby-hola 1 shared with____ two Or threa
Tho others. fish and chips,
of lous, frivolous bandstand is still "Thre the lump Arany cheese, those extraordin- standing near ary bright yellow pickles. that rate. the WO. meemed to have monopoly of
The
of Laguna" and
1Aly
the Richmond "Hearts of Oak.""}
back
Me (We were all a bit hoarse and It's the sort of bandstand this hot “at, tha and. But wo, sil ought to be on the promenade" looked,
leased
way into the house that was by the seaside, not in parkland, with dir used when we were late.
་! But nover mind, it has bos
The rooms are still there come part of tire scene.
but it's all so diferent.
early every inch of that
-has- Ma": "memories. war where we dugaalit
It's always' good to leave the
park by the Richmond Hill gate, you can see that splendid
view of the Fiver::
the
Cricket
The critic came over and was introduced.
"I say," he said, "do you speaks English?" "Of course," said the critic.
"Well, we're speaking Italian." H turned in his chair again and went on talking- English,
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