POTGIETER IS QUICKLY MAKING HIS WEIGHT
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, ' · 1955.
FELT,
EVERY OUNCE OF IT
Says DENNIS HART
The argument continues: "Is Ewart Potgieter a comic turn or a real threat to World Heavyweights?"
Into the Harringay ring tonight steps Potgieter to have his say. Not with words but with two ham-like flats backed by the terrifying power of a 7ft, 2lns, 23- stone frame,
Hin first night Was Potgieter,
Joervei. met with a better farmer's boy from South Afrwa. His second
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the
over-grown
Army Tennis Ch'ships
jų
We
A
not Opponents are
cany to come by, however, and Potty has to take what's going.
It'
But tough prospect. Polly knows how lough, and what be
do must through
With that outlook, and his 23 stone,
I'm taking him to win tonight.
to win
been In Englant two reception, but not much, months,
Now he shares top billing in He tu quickly making his weight fall, every ounce of
Solomons Harringay show. And this in his tenth Aghi.
Has Potty got what it takes, u can he hand it out?
NARROW MARGIN
shali soon know. His Harringay opponent, one James After Polgleter and Parker J.
Parker
is, to coin a phrase, inflict their combined 39 stone the mug He has won 22 of his on the unsuspecting ring, two 34 fights insite the distance. His pals, Joe and Heary, will stop include negro Jimmy up. And for the next half hour Slade--who knocked out Don
or so their attitude will be any- Reen competition macked the Cockell four rounds. Lual thing but friendly. first round matches of the Army | year he dropped narrow points For the lads in question are to Nino Valdes-who | Joe Erskine and Henry Cooper. Tennisthamptonships held at Decision
three rounda. Each has been strongly Lipped the United Services Recreation beut Cockell in
much Clut
to win British, and and possibly pemlerday. SE evis And
Surger that most fans thought World, Heavyweight honoure.
Cooper of the carved features Among the more outstanding Parker the winner.
And, what's more, ex-cowboy
cool. calculating killer. players who won candy against
he stalka his man their opponents were thr. Hal-Parker can almost look Potgieter Impussively
At least his Gft. like a panther on the prow!. His eyes are cold his look ruth- the Pot less. And he pucks one of the
best lefts in the game.
WEST USTEL,
served in
11
in
was
in the eye.
To buong a
CINEL Heler
punch on
narrow
lowell, Bar. Buckby and 15 Sus, will give him the chance
Sullivan. Good tennis was Ladies' Sungles Wha Mrs Underwent beat Mrs Heid 4-6, 8-0, 6-1 to enter the semi-nals against Mix South who beat, May 1 an 0-1, 6-0.
W
texulte
Results of yesterday's maleben are MEN'S SINGLES
First Bound
Ta Samueliffe beat 2/14 Warren talte brut Capt Petty 6-2 $.01 Can Halliwal brat ta Urve 01 Maj figer beat Muj
Howard Dun
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Li
It all suggests that despite his the South African has been over-matched. How can nine
E fights against unknowns Comm- pare with Parker's record?
It doesn't. But manager Nor- man Wiener isn't worried It's not what a man has done that counts, he explains" but what The can do.
showi
wink
And тъ
now Ewart 13 Keat form. Between his first and second fights he a hundred per cent. Heated proveri
Since his second night he has improved two hundred per cent. He is moving much easier now, and he is beginning to get his weight behind his punches."
Sgt Sandey beat LA Krete 2-5 Bada May
best p G4, 0-0, Greater Nisam beat t Paterson D-4, 6-4, 21,1 Watson beat it Nath 26=1} 1-2, 4-4 Ma Jung beat Capi Burridge 0-0, 1-2, 11 Chapman Treat Maj
W.
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Buckhy beat USA Calmet 8-6, 6-1,
Osborne beat Maj Reeves 1-4, 2-0 8-2, 21.3 Maxwell bent pl Ortognty wịu, Gai Cliver at bak. Payuder wit. Mal Kidout beat Savage 0-1 0-1, Gm Jilmtraw beat
Li Thompscar woo, Opt Balley beat
Beckford W/0, 2. Il Perrett beat Lt, Cul Smith w/o; 2/61 Evang Deal 2/14 Garner 7-3, 0-1, 2/11. Hughes
Cholmeley 0-3. beat Brig 6-4, L1/Cpl Barrail beat it Dukea w/. 1. Kelt beat Din we wo, Maj. Biggart beat WOI Head 0-3, 4-6, 6-4. 2/11 Franklin beat Tor Mackinnon
Win,
2. ld. Des beat L/Cņi. Morgin w/o, Upt. Squiten beat Tpr Wai-
BODY WITH Pie Kennedy heal Ki Martand who, Lazcol. Sullivan beat
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FIGHTING TWINS
One of wo fighting Twins, Cooper in class.
of
in the
Erskine is a journeyman the ring, Something of a płod der he seldom indulges spectacular. But he knows his boxing-os belts a lad broughi up in Cardiff's tough dockland area and who has been scrap- ping since he won flye,
And Erskine IN the fittest fighter in Britain. His training schedule includes running Afteen miles in the morning and sper- Tung Alleen rounds in the even- K He finishes us fresh да pastit.
Rocky
Marciono has proved
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These words are confirmed- the value of suprEINE itness. with emphasis y Potty's spar-So too, I think, will Joe Erskine rag partner. Noel Reid. A kugh at Harringay. sixteen-stoner from Jamalen, Held was glad to forego spurring fees for a few days to take a rest from the South buffetting.
African's
Most of the pummelling came from a solid left dig Potty hus developed.
BIG TARGET But throwing punches, rather than
to maul, being content
lake
Lt Bontone 6-0, 6-0. Ma) Kem-means that Potty must Jin-Betty beat 1/Cjak South wit, chatice of being on the receiving ("opt Peters beat Chi Nand; 1-1 0-1, endi. And his body presents an SSM Brown boat p Feather awfully big target.
slime w/D
Second Hound
I would rather have seen him Chaffey beat Sgt Nantley 1-4. i make haste more slowly up the 04. 0-2 1/Bdr Buckby beati boxing ladder, in order to learn
1.1
Chapman 0-0, 6-1, Pie Kennedy best i to look after himself.
Squires 4-0, 0-0.
MEN'S DOUBLES
Flest Hound
L/Bdr Buckey and Gor Enlllwell beat Capt Cave and 841 Santley 0-1, 6-4; 2/11. Franklin and
WOL Held beat LL Lyness mand it Beck. ford w/o, Ma Biderit ut Maj itcoven beat fur Hemerswaths and Gor Osburne 1-0. 1-4, 11-3, HSM Cabel and Wor schuif Deat M4) Stoney and BSM Kelly 6-2, 6-3, M»] Kemmia-Betty and 88M Brows teal
Booktomine and A
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w/D.
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Maj.
2-0, 6-1
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Other
Secund Round Keefe and Li Pateron trat
Bhup and WOL BOYN
LADIES SINGLES
Plex Hound
J-2,
Mrs Smith brat Maj Ryan 0-1 40 Mrs Underwood beat Mrs Neid 4-6, B-0, 0-1
LETTER TO
THE EDITOR
Non-Chinese
Carnival Of Boxing Champions At Manila
Manila, Nov. 15. Six Omenal title fights are scheduled for the Carnival of Champions between November 30 and December 3 in Manita
the
of under
the auspices Oriental Ilaxing Federation" und the Pasay City Lions Club. The oriental Flyweight Cham- Duty Kid, will meet Vitichai Kutol of Thailand, the Orvental Lightweight Champion, Jiro Sawada, will tangie with the
Champion, Leo Philippine Alonzo,
Oriental Feather the
Champlon, weight Kaneko, will Treat pine Champion Emil Bil
the
Bamtamweight Japanese Champion,
Ketchi Kumuro, Will meel Nail Saurong of Thailand for the vacant Bantamweight
Re Clown,
Oriental Welter-
Teams Welcome weight Champion, Somdez
Yongtrakit
ان
Thailand will
Inter-School
Football
MELBOURNE GETS SET FOR 56 OLYMPICS WATTS COMES BACK
Biggest conversation topic in Australia is the forthcoming Olympic Games, which will be held in Melbourne during November and December, 1956. Pictured is an aerial view of the setting for the main events in the Olympics. Centre foreground is Melbourne Cricket Ground, which will be the scene of the opening and closing ceremonies, eight days of athletics, hockey and football finals, start and finish of Marathon and 50 kilometres walk events.
The nearest stand is being enlarged to increase its seating capacity from 85,000 to 110,000. Between Melbourne Cricket Ground and the parklands lies and Olympic Park, where Olympic Games swimming, diving, cycling, soccer hockey will be played. At right may be seen the new Olympic swimming pool, at present under construction-Express Photo,
The Rivals Are Buddies....
But Henry And Joe Agree To Forget That Tonight
Says
GEORGE WHITING
Henry, normally a placid type, felt distinctly peeved. After all, he had come to Madrid to box for his country in the cause of sport-and what happens?
Very
His opponent bites him in the shoulder and the Spaniards round the ringside splt at him when he bops the Senor on the nose and wins the match for Britain,
unselling, said an in-eye on the jack-pot, agreed that that have taken them from the medals of Madrid to the hard dignant Henry when he showed such was the case. the denture marks to team mate Punches flowed, opponents cash of Haswingay. · Joe back in the dressing room.) were flattened, wages increased. you never Joe thought so too, and the pair And now,
bull-flight buddles of them want off together to п guessed, the Following are the Inter-Schooloo quiet bull-fight to simmer are to fight each other for real Football fixtures fw Sunday, Nov. 20;-
Fixtures
Bentor La Salle v Pool Sex, Polion "B" Boundary St. 15 m,
S. N Hancock
SFX v St Joseph's, Happy Valley No 2, 11 18 am Ref. 3 Masterson. SI Louis Wah Yan HK. Happy Valley No. 3, 13.10 a.m. Bel. Mok Young-fai
V Queen Elizabeth,
down.
Proper
money.
as if
pols, Cruiserweight If pale-faced Henry Cooper chubby checked Joe and Heavyweight Joe, and You can hardly help being com- Erskine do not pull down nearly rades when you parade for the
£2.000 between them same regiment, box for the same Harringay on November 15 then England team, Watch the same promoter Jack Solomons has got bull-ght in Madrid, enjoy the himself a bargain.
Monroe Bim in Mine Marilyn
Fighting blood courses through Frankfurt, and drink the same both of them. Cooper's grand- NAAFI at Tidworth,
father travelled with the "circus" NO BITING ETING
attached to the Ted Pritchard Happy
Jack Burke *Hef. Even are binding you have who knocked out
baxed each other for nine throefor the British Middleweight No 0. 11.10 a.m. Not. F. W
1891, and later argued rounds without biting. titlo minuta Clement v Wah Yan Kin.
At Wembley in 1952, Henry out- money matches with such Park 11.15 am, Ret. P. Monson,pointed Joe in the ABA Cruiser-mortals as Jem Hall, Dick Burge
Briti weight Championships--and has
(athan
Happy
No 4 11.10a.m. Valloy Ref Cheung Yasing.
St Stephen's,
Kong's v
Valley No A. M.10
Sarrany Trong.
Aberdeen V KGV, Happy.
Queen's Bye.
Intermediate
Удроу Bates
Ku
La Saljo v Tak Yoo, Pulice "D"
Ibert J Boundary St., 10.13 .m F. Brign
in
Frank
D
("Coffee Cooler"}
Erskine's grandmother, known
a 20 guineas silver cup at home Craig. at Bellingham, Kent, to prove
St Louis Wantstal, Happy Valley. No, 4. 10.10 a.m. Ret. George Jor- Kings v Junior Tech_ Happy Valley No. 8. 10.10 a.m. Ret. Digby
Lee.
Queen's ▾ Wah Yan K, Happy Valtay No. 3, 10.15 am, Bet. W.. H. Lau.
V. Clementi, Wail Yen Kin. V Kings Park, 10,15 à.m, Ref. F. A. Barretto.
as Nana, could thekle two men
Cardiff,
barber's shop in
father boxed well in the
Army to earn
Six months later, he repeated at a time, and tosa liberty-taking the dose in the Army trials, and customers out on their ear from got a medal. Then it was Joe's the family turn with a pointe' win and a plaque over
the Wales Heary in
Cooper's Army
match at Aldershot, enough But
A 21 in even the Royal Army himself
brave but Ordnance Corps cannot claim abortive attempt in a competi-
In 1954, 14hon lix-long allegiance.
the Old National Sport- Henry wont back to the decorating Club.
Erskine's Joe to the ing trade in Kent.
threw in local booths under docks in Cardiff.
punches Only boxing remained to the fearsome label of "Tiger Bay preserve a frie
a friendship forged in Terror." the strictly legalised fire of the KGV Island Road, 152, Mak
Valley amateur ring.
St Joseph's y Salesians Happy Valley No. 2, 10.10 .m. Het. Mak iiin-Loang.
Aberdeen v 9FX, Happy Valley No. 0, 20.15 am. Ret, J. MO
LIND.
Σαπίστ Wanteal v Tak Yan, Police "B" Boundary St., 0,30 .. Ref. Lju Ting-kal.
No. 3, 9.30a.m. Ref.
SoJexians
Munaang Y
father
started scrapping at Cooper nine when, he and his twin Happy
Inevitably, Joe tamed pro- brother livened up a Christmas Valley No. 4, 0.30 am, Ref. Nand the whole of Wales came to family party with a set of gloves
proclaim him a certain future presented by Uncle George.
in the tradition of Champion Jack Poteren
St Louis,
In Basketball neet Star Matnog of the Philip K.
Hachiro Kings Park, 9.30 am. Ret. Wong
and pines
Japan's wiil fight
for the Middle-
STRIPTED OF CROWN
Sir,-As an amateur lover of Tasual
I have Sema Klasuk
the weight tue.
cage gam
the Indoor recently
In participated Youth Cup tournament sponsored
wonder and
teammates also have the sume Amusements Board,
Wah Thalland's Wah keyan HK v
Junior Tech., Wan Happy Valley No. 3. G a.m. Rel Tang Nal-bun,
St Black's y St Joseph's Happy Valley No. 2, 0.3 4.m. Ret. Loong-kin
by the Elizabeth Memorial Youth Leo Espinosa, top contender Centre for HK girls in which for the World Flyweight crown many local
Chinese schoolgirls at present held by Pascuel Perez and even factory workers took of Argentina, will be stripped of his oriental Bantamweight title, part.
some of my the chairman of the Games and
Mr
Manuel yesterday feeling that whereas quite a Nieto, announced number of 'white girls play in saying that this "action has to the Hongkong Softball League, be taken" because Espinosa will no foreign girls pay heed to or not be able to defend his titio participate In this popular in the coming Carnival of basketball game in Kowlooni and Champions to be held in Manija, HK?
in Espinosa will face Perez Would
you please inform me Bueños Aires on December 13-- why no giris of the white race France-Press0. play basketball in Hongkong? MURIEL LEUNG. (Basketball in strongly recom
American mended by both the Women's AAU and the Austra-} Han WAAU as an out-of-season
game for girls in other sports and
those for particularly
normally engaged in track and leid
ties. In
unfortunat
Hongkong, here is only one season in ly, there which all sports are played and
PI Basketball Team To Meet
Sports Diary
TODAY
•Meeting
Then Houry, by now nigo
turned Heavyweight,
the whole
pro-and
IN HELSINKI
pionships, ABA
Erskine began at five, with of England came to father squaring up on on his proclaim him a certain future knees in the kitchen. Champion in the tradition of Don Cooper won the schoolboy Championships, Youth Chem- Cockell,
ABA Championships, In no time at all, promoters
Army were informing and publicists
championships and Im- Joe Erskine and Henry Cooper
parisi Services Championships. that they were no longer team-So did Erakine,
Cooper booted for but hated rivals for Specialist
Britain in the Helsinki Olymples. Lat-puree Versatile Erskine played rugby
for Wales
the youth of
and fume
PUNCHES FLOWED
matics undying II.K. Chinese T.A, Mostingst | money. Tai Tung Jestaurent. 7 p.m. HKTA Interport Sub-Commitive" meeting- at Sports Road, 5,45 p.tr,
Badminton
Mixed "p" Division (Baction_3): YWCA Y Recreio, OOC "Groen” y LRC (Bection 11) CYMCA V OCC "Yellow", KU V Kin, Tong.
TOMORROW
Badminton
Schoolboy badmintonat King's College, 0 p.m. Men's “C*"* Division: OCD V Young entă Old; Cheong v Nev heret.
THURSDAY
And the ex-sergeant and the England, and his school at |
ex-lance-corporal, each with an Ticket, and won Championship
medals for swimming.
Cooper, beaten once AS a professional, was 21 last May,
Deaf Mute Boxer not beaten at all as a To Meet Macia8onal, is four months |
Cooper's
boxing Is PA
The has an accurate left hand Milan, Nov. 14.. that stops arguments; his defence Italy's deaf and dumb Euro-could be tighter.
! Bantamweight boxing
Ersking plods a little, seldom Champion Marlo Dagata Aht makes the same mistake twice "ÚNM" V COC "ymlowZI Doubles: American Reoul "Raton, and in can, ba hacked for good Section Manila, Nov, 10.
1: Tal. No, N Kot Macias, rated by the Nation money to be on file foot at the Polios Reserven v Kowloon Tong: Boxing Commision, as; World titahu |inc=""him" YEBARK
Champion in Honey does not bite Nor
Next January....... meticulous as his paper-hanging
Hongkong
there la very Res
little compettitve A Philippine basketball team
activity in mummer. It will be leaving hero bý ̈alr for Improbable that basketball Phompenh on November 24 to Cambodian athletic
is played in quite a feto schools attend the
for girls of mixed races in Hong-festival. kong and there is no reason why Reports
Badminton
Mbred Recreio Moa's
Men's
"A" Dwidon: OCC
Division:
*
pean
ccc
Division
Bantamweight
-Football Training: es' Caroline Hill | Mexico at the end of Pete Bronight"orsa, of them? Is going!
meting
Pto be trumpeted as the coc for teanwhile, Dagata's main Heavyweight Champion of Great
Football
trider 7. A. Doch Tom Braddon.
Cricke
here sold Interport serie BIG
FRIDAY Men's "C Division, Lag
pate in basketball tournaments meet a Hongkong team in the ich schools should not partici-] that the Philippine. team will
with Chinese girls. Anu son opening game, b Chinese managed, school wishing| The Philippine tearn includes. further information may write to six players who participated in the China Mall Sports Depart the Caracas Basketball. Olym« 'ment-Sports ELA
pind last year.—Trepçe-Fr
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“Doubles: Section 2 #1' TRE="Gold"}, St. Stephan'a;w; Shei
they "Training" College,
fing started taller Zad a Bali be. Britain and the other is going tween his Hanaeweight, and
to make his hand man wish him
og
Trance Rober 3 Cohen
"Tak
edgofsech, ar, the World- Antam- weight -Chatzipion
All Henry, and Joginder now
(London Express Service).
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FOR BRITAIN IN RUGBY TEST
By DAVID NICHOLLS -
Basil Watts, 28-year-old York second row forward 'who dropped out of the first Rugby League Test match because of a thigh injury, comes back for the second clash with New Zealand at Odsal Stadium, Bradford, on Satur- day, November 12.
He takes the place of Don Robinson (Wakefield Trinity) in the Great Britain second row. The rest of thu side is unchanged.
Robinson played for seven (Warrington), J. Stevenson minutes of the First Test, which | (Leeds); A. Prescott (St Helena) Great Britain won 25-6. Then Capt, T. McKinney (Warring- be went off with a chipped shin ton), J. Wilkinson (Halifax), J. bone.
Grundy (Barrow), B. Watts (York), P. Foster (Leigh).
Lucky Britain Unlucky Kiwis. They havo sent three
The Kiwis may have to change key men, hooker Lory Blan- their tour plans, They are duo chard, stand-off George Menzies to leave Britain for France and winger Noville Denton to December 10 and sal homo on Warrington for special treat- January 20.
meat to injuries that threaten their Test places.
to
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But the Paris Sladium, where the Third Test with France is They will stay there for a due to be played, is available week and have special treatment only on December 3 or January and light training at Wilderspool [21. cách duy.
Now they are likely
play France on January 21 and y homo via the United States The Great Britain team 18;— where they would play four ex- A Moses (St Helens); Whibition gumes with American Boston (Wigan), P. Jackson teams. (Barrow), L. Jones (Leods), M. Sullivan (Huddersfield); R. Price
ENGLAND'S TEAM
---(London Express Service),
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