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Ewart Potgieter Retires
London. Dec. 4. Ewart Potzinter, 7 ft. 2 in South African heavy- weight, who had been hali- ed as a future world cham- plon, decided today to re- tire from boxing. He is 22.
At his London hotel, the huge 21-stone giant sald ho had enjoyed fighting at the beginning but I'm fed up with Ti Dow
Polzicter haa had ten Aghts as a professional, He won nine all inside the
fought distance and
A
draw in his last bout over ten rounds.
Asked why he had de- elded to quit the ring, Fol- gleter replied: "There are I have myself in
many reason
never been hurt
the rins and I
hurting others.
don't Nko
I'm going
back to South Africa to my parents in Natal think
I become a farmer again,” -Router.
McCool May Captain Somerset Next Season
London, Dec. 4 Colin McCool. 40-year-old former Australian Test cricketer, caplais Somerset may season, his Bret with the English County club.
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McCool, with #4 Tests and two highly successful years in English League cricket, now lans the necessary residential quali- fication to play for Somerset
And is quite on the cards.
he will take over the captaincy of the County eleven Stranger things have been known happen.
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Preveril skipper Gerald Ford- off is quitting because of buri I there does not seent
to be any first class available to take over
Somerset, patih
oznatess
relations Of
the English County sperm, cently advertised for an assistant secretary.
Goalkeeper-Charging Rule Likely
Το
Be Altered
Says VERNON MORGAN
London, Dec. 5. Though a general opinion is that the "foot brawl match between Wales and Austria at Wrexham is best forgotten, possibly one good thing emerged from this "rough house" and that is that the charging goalkeeper rules may be altered.
It will be surprising if the members of the Interna tional Football Federation do not shortly introduce legisla tion to stop forwards charging goalkeepers even fairly as a direct result of this match.
It
holding
it or, if standing still, should not be allowed to bounce more than twice."
will be recalled that the him get rid of the ball after he whole trouble began when the has taken four paces Welsh forwarde ве about tackling the Austrian goal keeper from the first whistle in a a distinctly resolute manner. Their inlet scomed to be to intimidate the man between the and so make it caser for them to route,
But that was not the original antation of the rule, operating only in Britain and now
the Commonwealth.
It was framed to prevent goalkeepers wasting time and to give forward the chance of Lustling the man with his ball into the net when on the line. to low was never incant
Frank Swift, one of England's greatest gonikeeper%;
think our charging rule is Anc.
seen Continentals have
warte while
the timo
goalkeeper holds up the game,"
Trevor
ward:
its
Ford, Welsh centre- "Why not charge, in the rules, 1n many cases the goalkeepers are as big as me."
fair
Sir Stanley Rous, Secretary of the English Football Asso ciation and a famous referee "Nobody forwards to go for the goalkeeper in the younger days: yards out of his goal with bull-should mind a goalkeeper being
charged like runhess.
so long as it is und within the rules."
And this is what the fool- ball writers,
ncurly who are in favour of a change, say: Clifford Webb, Daily Herald: The rule must be revised. Its ne good to anyone in its present form. The game is "foof" ball.
10
Trve, refer
are supposed check
all fouls and 13- Kentlemanly play, and they cold caution and then send of those charging the goalkeeper recklessly and unfairly. How much better to do away with the rule allogether and let the custodian of the net have a free band
He lus a tough enough allowing jobs it is without forwards to make his 1e even tougher.
TOO MUCH SCOPE
There are those who say that to change the rule would allow the goalkeeper too much scope *| let him wiste time, but here again the referees are em- powered 10 intervene.
Indood ITXI think it would be preferable, <l
if necessary, to amend the rules to give the goal- keoper Jess scope and ban the charging rule.
Two years ago the club offer » ed £1,500 year plus expenses and a house in Taunton to certain England nimateur if he would out is secretary-captain, They were unsuccessful.
If Somerset's Intest bid fully may follow the through, they example of other Counties and appoint a professional skipper. And that
where is
McCool
comes ins
EXPERIENCE
He has the experience Lo belp the team of the bottom of
VERY UNFAIR
"Any connection between the skilful propelling of a ball over the furf and a bull-like collision with a goalkeeper, whose hands are being used to hold the ball, curious. I have always thought there was something very unfair about permitting a goalkeeper to
violently bumped in the act of making à dimeult save."
BOOTIES
International
be
HOW TO HOLD IT
A
A New Territories athlete is shown how to hold the Javelin by Bob Mathias at his exhibition at Boundary Street last week-China Mail Photo.
America's AAU To Conduct Special Hearing Of Santee Charges
Louisville, Kentucky, Dec. 4.
The Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, facing up to worldwide criticism of pro- fessionalism in American athletics, voted today to conduct a special hearing of charges against crack miler Wes Santee.
MY BOXING SECRETS
MAKER OF CHAMPIONS
TALKS AT LAST
By JOHNNY BEST
Ginger Foran, milk-white except for his hair, and looking like a wide-eyed baby, waited for the timekeeper to start the fight.
The bell went. He hurried from his corner to meet Jim Maharg, Scottish Flyweight Champlon, a dour little fighter who bad never been knocked out in his life.
They
Burried around each other for a moment as flyweights will.
Suddenly,
Foran Hitio straightened himself up, mea- sured Maharg with a lovely tott- hand punch,
and then crossed him with a right. It put tho Scot fat on his back, out cold. Liverpool Stadium—the grove- yard of champions--was off to
flber
Д
Ginger Foran, who died quite recently,
was an extraordinary boy. He went on to fight for a world title. Then he went the United States, took out naturalisation papers and fought with the Americans at Okinawa,
NOT SO FAR
to
It seems a far cry from the Liverpool Stadium to Okinawa, but maybe it isn't so far.. For thus matter, the way it seems lo me now, after all these years and the handling of fighters from every part of the world, it doesn't seem to be far from the Liverpool Stadium to anywhere.
The tumult and the shouting have died, and the last reluctant
Johnny
JOHNNY BEST
1
indignation meetings held, and by the time I walked into the magistrates court to make my application for A licence to build, the place looked like A convocation.
Catholle and Protestant clergy, were there in full force, prepared to show cause why this infamy should not be perpetrated, and I must confess that my heart sank when I saw the power arrayed against me and my plan
The turning point cama just when things looked blackest, A of the Welsh representative Church, the Rev. Powell, went into the box and based an eloquent
protest on the fact, although it was more than 100 years before, that there were large number of Welsh people buried in the graveyard. The
It looked us if boxing in Liver-emotional appeal of this looked pool, apart from a few spasmodio like turning the court against promotione in odd theatres and me. halls, was dead, I decided that it was not, for I knew my towns- men and I knew that their blood ungled to the fight game as mine always has
HOW I WON
But then
my advocate pro- duced the ace from his sleeve.... to my surprise as much as any-
He asked the Rev. body else's.
So I conceived the idea of a fan has departed. We are alone. permanent home for the sport Powell it he had any idea what and here it is, unique of its kind.
use the ground had been put to Unique? Why, certainly it 15,
The Rev. Powell had no idea for it was designed and built for before it was consecrated.
purpose than boxing. at all. Whereupon my advocato` class fighters, we do other things and waved it dramatically before Nowadays, with the shortage of produced an ancient document
Best and, in a room with a glass window looking down into the deserted stadium, its neat array of scata encircling the empty ring like a detachment of strategie troops.
Do other
Would it surprise the court
with the hall as well. But there the Bench and the witness. Here, the greatest boxers of it is a monument to the fight the half-century have battled
game and, more truly than a lot to know," he said, "that before and won and lost, Johnny Best of them know, a graveyard of the consecration of the ground waves a hand at the expression-champions
iess window and begins to The round,
The AAU, winding up its 68th annual convention here, also voted to cruck down on promoters of amateur athletalk.... tic events who create such situations as the Santee case by offering amateur athletes excessive expense money or other illegal payments.
Seversi veteran
AAU officials
on which St Paul's Church
standa so common
was
a
it insecurely gorning-place, where of the day were the citizens wont to resort to watch such pastimes as bull-balting?"
That clinched R. I got my once, and the sweetest ex- perience of my life outside of the very happy family life I've been blessed with was watching this stadium stone.
face seraphic in a smile and the short relaxre 'see out there a dream legs cross and recross happily as You
he goor on.... come true. They called me mad
You see, in those daft days when I talked to them about
when I was trying to sell the The what I had in my heart.
idewa of a permanent boxing Top AAU officials agreed that
old stadium in Pudsey Street was stadium, this really was a grave the Santee houring would have said the Santee hearings might sold over our heads to an Ameyard There was a church, too
prove to be a tremendous and perhaps far-
A showdown can flm company for conversion
St Paul's and you
you could have United Press.
into a super-cinema.
knocked me down with a fly reaching effect on the course of
go up, stone by all amateur sports in the United
weight one day in the throes of States.
the old stadium when I saw that
camo in The great night St Paul's had been found to be October 1832, when we throw was to be pulled the doors open for the first time unsafe
to a seething crowd who looked The railway company owned as if they'd wreck the place in
ground it stood
un, md
James Rhodes, past president
Erie Butler, Dally Worker; "It is up to FIFA to take action on question which always causes trouble when teams from the British sides, Continent play
can art should
be a Football How seldom does one ever see great medium for strengthening and executive board member of
resulting from
these
And friendship. goals
the AAU, said: "The day has charges? So seldom that it does it will be once both sides play
matter. The
come when we cannot besmirch peward it under the same set of rules,"
a young athlete without a falk negligible. but the And there it is, with those in
just hearing. It takes two and ฟ่น w!!
lavour of a change outweighing parties to commit a bribery. The those who do not, All, how-
sponsor who makes illegal pay- If the British want to ever,
Grein agreement intent is just as guilty as the boy goalkeeper charging for thinking that the goalkeeper should be allowed to play his the match without part Being either assaulted or un- fairly Speelta.
it can
couse 38
not brings Carnage at Wrexham is incalculable.
Even
JUSTI
national notches and home internationals. #1 aborald be the Championship, table where
band
all matches they seem to have become IL which
not accustomed to playing are taking part, in the
mass view
British sports and leading soccer om- writers cials, even though opinion is not unaalmus on the subject.
four after fixture permanent successive years.
Or they may offer the chp- taincy to senin professional Maurice Trenniett
and
intimidated.--China Mail
OUTBOARD RACING
Italian Pilots
Here are some opinions Whatever the club dreision—- Stan Cullis, former captain of
would certainty be
England and manager of Wolves: unprecedented if they brought he points against charging are In an Australian as skipper overwhelming. 14
is outdated. Set Seven World McCool with
brilliant But the Itis
Kualkeeper should be balling ability and teasing leg asked to clear quickly." breaks should prove a definite
Matt Busby, former enplure.
Think what other foreigners" done for English county
have
clubs.
Nottinghamshire looks mightily improved combination of Australian since the arrival leg-spinner Bruce Dooland uni Ceylon all-rounder Gamini Goonesena.
Dooland wrecked
season,
player to achieve the
1
captain
તું મા Scotland and now manager
Records
Rome, Dec. 4.
Seven World vulboard motor-
of Manchester United: "A goal- with possession of the keeper ball should be allowed to add bout records were broken
day
Lake construction to the game by an Intelligent, unimpeded clearance.
on
Sabaudia
+01
by
who takes it-ind the AAU lax in letting it happen."
SUSPENSION
now
Santee, former University of Kansas
the in runner Marine Corps, was suspended last summer by the Missouri Valley Registration Committee for accepting too much expense track money from sponsors of meets at Washington, Philado
California. phia and in
Although Sanice openly the money, which amounted to about $500, he
reinstated was
by the Missouri Valley AAU Board of Governors.
admitted taking
The National AAU Executive
and 0.7
сале
Own
Bookie Broke His
Rules-Not To Bet; Lost £27,000
By BERTRAM JONES
Sydney.
Nothing seemed to go right for bookie Charles Howie after the day he broke his own rule not to bet and lost £27,000 in one reckless, top-hatted afternoon.
บ
down,
the
ond
before anybody knew really what their enthusiasm to get inside. And talk about the grave- il was up to, I had 21-year
yard of champions--WO had lease of the site and a small three of them licked that very company of hand-picked (by me) first night. business men to back me as
managing director.
GREATEST THRILL
THREE TOFFLED,
You ask me what, in fifty years There was Ginger Foran best- the Scots of boxing, has been my greatest ing Jim Maharg
.Ernie personal thrill? Don't think me Flyweight Champion,, egotistical, but really-even con- Roderick beat Billy Quinlan, and eldering all the great ones I have Jim Hunter, another Scottish seen and even boxed with the champion, was beaten on a six-
knock-out of all was the round
by Jimmy greatest thrill creation of this stadium to be
Steward. of boxing in the They got their money's worth greatest fight-town in the world. that first night 23 years ago.
One knows that boxing cult is side boxing crosses once moro be The little father of Mersey- bitter, cruel business, but it
Д
early
home
expressionless window
through these
And last week he died alone and in rags. Life had been fun to Charlie Howle until that day merely a projection of the raw to the in January, 1935. Impeccably dressed, he drove his pri-stuff of life itself and Johnny and peers down into the do- Best, who is approaching his 70th serted the roped square
place, vate limousine to the race courses and pinned £100 notes | year, and his son, John, in his pale and ghostly in its centre. Committee looked into
forties, the to his betting board to advertise his means,
the highest ex-He looks wistfully for a moment of it to be found. or two, and looking down into pression matter at the convention here
was his home, and
the gloom says.. But he goes on.... enjoyed a dinner and a sacks He
Bat it without in four days of heated discussion
his old newspapers
You can imagine the passions I cannot look behind locked doors. The Com-elgar in expensive restaurants. litter of Italian pilots. A
with the re-Gay friends flocked to In the 350 cc tourist category, mittoe emerged
parties bed.
that were stirred. in Liverpool seeing again all the great figures 1 tell my players to make himn
for 12 nautical
Down, until he shumed into when it was known that I in- who've climbed part with It quickly but never
miles, Gion- commendation for a complete in his big suburban house.
Welshmen carlo Necchi t.. charge him."
covered the dis- investigation and hearing of the A string of homes carried his court, accused of stealing a tended to build a boxing-hall on ropes. The great
have fought for me-Freddy ... · man- tance in 15 minutes
own racing colours and, on good bottle of milk and was gaoled for a graveyard.
The churches days, he would walk among the vagrancy. That was two years
campaigned Welsh and Jim Driscoll I saw, of race courge crowds tossing ago when Charlle Howle was 65. against the project immediately. course, but of these more later. "95
Petitions and would handfuls of silver
Our own Nel Tarleton and Ernie Roderick and Peter Kane laugh to see them scrambling. his heyday asked him then what
cool
they were all Stadium boys. Charlie Howie had a
Why, we've staged more than quarter-million in the bank, he would do if he had his le to live over again Tears
10,000 Aghts and
produced people said.
coursed down his bristly checks,
something like a dozen national "I wouldn't He whispered:
not to mention a Champions Hve it."
who fought for world there another town Joseph Heu's four-year reign anywhere in the country, or in
the hopes of many of Nottinghamshire's and he opponents last was also no novice with the bat. Goonesenia
the Arsi was
doubles inst season--1,000 runs and 100 of his wickets-though many figures were made with Cam- hridge University.-China Mal Special
Russians Still Unbeaten AL Ice Hockey
The Hague, Dec. 4. The touring Russian national ice hockey team bral a side composed of Canadian players in Europe by six goals to two here tonight.
The Russians have won all matches played so far on their European tour-Reuter.
Inter-Hong Bowls
The following are the resulta
CH Britton. Everton ager: 'It has long been accepted seconds at an average speed of In England but In International | 88.827 kilometres. matches, which should be true exhibitions
completely"
In the 350 cc Nocchi covered
and should be cut out the course in 13 minutes
1.2 seconds, average 102.415 kilometres.
Billy Walker, former England captain and now manager of Nottingham
"I say Forest; leave the goalkeeper alone,"
GOOD FOOTBALL
of
the covered Glanni Carena distance of 12 nautical miles in the 250 cc class in 21 minutes 10.1
an seconds, at
average speed of 02.459 kilometres.
Binda, in the 850 cc cinas, tho distance In 13 covered
an minutes 10.7 seconds, at
of 100.422 kilometres. average
Cesarini's time for the 650 ce Arthur Ellis, world famous referee: "If the FIFA decides tourist was 15 minutes and 25.2
Jesse Carver, manager Coventry, who has trained many European aldes: "You can play good football without charging gonkeepers"
to cut out charging the goal-seconds, at an average speed of keeper, then they should make 180.475 klometres.
HOCKEY
Hongkong Army Teams Beaten
:
At Macao
Macao, Dec. 5.
The Hongkong Army "A" and "B" hockey teams lost their games ugainst
Масло the "A" and Hockey Club teams 6-1 and 1-0 respectively yesterday,
Both were charity games, the
of Inter-Hong lawn bovis funds collected going to the
matches played yesterday.
M. MoKay, and W. Jiley. (Kow= Joon Dock best A. Alves and A. Guttences (Oʻkeen de Co.) 7-11,
A. Haley and K. Robinson (ABC) beat W, SəÇəlt and C. Mol (Taikoo Docks) 1-10. **W. Gafiner and BLS. douday (Kowloon_Docks) best A. A. Lopez
7. andy C. 1. Pamon (Standard "Olly
Macao Rotary Club's benevolent fund.
tourist
Signora Baldini, in the 595 ce vory, took 22 minutes category and 18.6 seconds, at an average of 69.773 kilometres for spred the course.
Stefanone sat up a new record for the hour in the 650 ce cate gory with $2.884 kilometres France-Presse.
India To Defend Olympic Hockey Title
HK Beat Macao At Table Tennis
Macao, Dec. 4. The Hongkong touring table
team tenus
beat Macao by 5-2 in the Men's the 2-1 L Sinrica and Ladies' Singles in the 1935
hold Interpart tournament here last night--Renter,
Mathias Leaves
For Taipei
Lieut Robert Bruce Mathias, twice decathlon winner in the 1945 and 52 Olymples, let for Talpel by CAT yesterday en route to Japan in the course of his tour round the world giving demonstrations
field
and
track events.
Ko #dd ho
on
was pleased and
BOMO
njoyed his visit here, adding that the Colony have very good, athletes.
Sports Diary
TODAY
New Delhi, Dec. 4. indin, winners of the Olymple
Dheera the In the "A" game, Hongkong Hockey tournament: on
Interport Dinner for Porti dow East African wooose tesm' at was down 2-0 at half-time last five occasions, have Trance-Presse.
cided to send a tour to Mel House, p.m. bourie for the 1956 Olymple Games
RUSSIA WINS
And dandan
Calcutta, Dec Gilman Co,) beat: H. Troney, and
13, Angon (Roland Revenue) 25-13. The Russian football team zać kupnegant 1 FRÖKEN KAN Morcow Locomotives, beat an Kupi) | Indian XI by two goals' to 'nli
here today: SOLAS
Land
The Loechotivem led one-zero
hiletine
repr
India will also be sented at athletics and wrestling. A decision to send weightlifting And rifle shooting teams har the been, deferred undi "after": national games in February, H The Indian contingent for Melbourne la expected to mum ber abous ! 60,2am Chinagi Manit
TOMORROW
„Taggart Cup second round.
WEDNESDAY
Drst
Until that day.
After All re lost at
his rule was £75. He
breed to get it back. That
was how his £27,000 went. And somehow Charlie Howie just kept on going down after that. ONLY MEMORIES Down, until the big house, the limousine, the horses, and the gay friends too-were only memories. Down, until packing-case shock laed with
f
Somebody who remembered
Then last week, a watchmen patroling a dark city alley saw a bundle of rags in the gutter. He turned it over and shone his torch into the lined old face of Charlie Hawle.
There wasn't even a' farthing in his tattered pockets.
-{London Express Service).
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were organised and
CCC TENNIS CHAMPION
couple tities.
as king of the Craigengower the world, that can produce s Cricket Club lennis courts, came record like that?
yesterday to a sudden conclusion when he was dethroned by Er- nie Pereira, in a four-out strug gle before a large crowd of club members and friends. Poreira won 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 11-9.
The speaker turns away from the window and places his hand on his heart as he enda............
And I can look. fnalde here.... and go anywhere.
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