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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1956.
Boxing Slump? Blame The Fans-Carpentier
By DENNIS HART
So you think boxing is not what it used to be? Well, it's your fault; yours, the boxing public's.. So says the most idolised boxer of all thue, Georges Carpentier,
It is thirty years since Carpentier hung up his gloves. Now he has written In it he declares that “in his life story (Carpentier, by himself, Hutchinson 16s.), the last twenty years boxing has greatly declined."
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SOCCER SIDE
Edited By Sam Leitch & Torence Elliott
Stand By For An Explosion When....... Richardson Meets Henry Cooper
By SYDNEY HULLS
Dick Richardson and Henry Cooper, two young giants of the ring who carry dynamite in their gloves, clash at Harringay on February 7. This will not be a fight--it will be an explosion.
To me, the announced distance of 10 roundą is just wishful thinking. There is likely to be some star-studded
Charlton, Cup favourites and still a power in the League, have watched Coventry City goalkeeper Reg Matthews six times in recent sparring for two, three, and possibly five rounds.
weeks.
home in rough and tumble Just because euch
avered in blood
is
spectacle in the game, logical. proper and ending to a fight something
dignifieri
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NOT SQUEAMISH
Tom he declares. "If a fight goes to the limit then the judge Carpentier is not squeamish. He believes in hard hitting: behave to go into a huddle, com-
paritsg bits of paper and tolling | proved that l the ring. But so
That Lan't Cup Aures
boxing many people. he says, think that
powerful puncher doesn'; need any more; It's book-keeping."
It is here. Carpentier Buys inkleed. ringcruft good
Batt The
Is deceiving pubile that it is a bandkeup,
For nowadays there are The story went round that the itself
and fewer really salt- Americans
The were
world's fewer bremuse they concentrated factory kruck-outs. bent un punching and didn't with fancy work.
think
bother
'But," ys Carpentier, "fancy work has been confused
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Verdict: Highly impressive.
Then, surely. The Big Punch out of his road once and for of 1050 will connect flush on all. the jaw. After after
that Coventry chairman Mr W. Erle It is exactly a year ago this week Shanks revealed: "We have been pestered by many managers and now a famous
He has had 18 nights, won 15. club have offered a tremendous fee." That fee was £14,000.
the dual has settled,
has died chared a decision and lost twice. the shouting "Well, he is getting right bock fall weathers, erops up again down, either the ilkoble Mr
-London Express Service), | Richardson or. to form in the reserves after loo with the cold spell.
"Homicidal
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Ken Oxford of Norwich is mother goalkeeper of whom chief Jimny Seed Charlton holds a handsome opinion
Kiddle Lever.
reserve
"And if the other side is wear-
still on the canvas.
Any other result would come ля д anti-climax when two such hefty hitters get into the same ring.
For Richardson and Cooper this could be the all-important
Plasterer Cooper, Irvin The London suburb of Bellinghaun, has had 13 lights. He's been on the losing end twice.
Wolves, smacked out of the
English clubs have Brieny Cup and still not clicking in the
warned off Glasgow League, are preparing to spend been
Hangers
lexider Max at Tee on an kiskie -Forward,
ing the tough uppers and the fight of their careers West Bromwich and Munny Alsu expect the famous Mid- Leicester like Billy Spurdie, boots clash, your player Buffers. lark side to jerk up Interest Manchester City's transfer-It shoukl surely be possible to again Milwuli centre-half listed wigger
Blackpool krep | combine a light but still tough Charlie Burley The 19-year-saying
they have a fancy for upper with a sole and Binds fie decisive a punch muzst first old Cork-loru centre-half hus Portuunuuth
Jackie | suitable for skating rink sur- with real science Does anyone
Implies prepared. which
never had a bad game when
{me. But no Die seems to think that Dempsey relied only Camperdiet.. ALE
selenife boxing And secondly, walchen by Wolves scouts.
have manageri to znaky the ideal fact there ally
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boot yet." Hope you get a few Dempsey suze wind gave; wush'!
Samples coming along. Frank! art ofditions of equilibrium yet elasta't know about the stone
of relaxation " tors Mouth shaver skall walls, blocking and dodging." not only belleves Carpentier Yay so we see
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Les Bond is the Intest ties the ruks. He will not 1 mother of the oflein) Australian Denum to
the this
your jamy name team members Dye not
to bring their wives.
.. freelance, 100. İns other compensations The player Henry Cooper and Bellingham heavyweight
Conseil tus talents
u the best amateur tradition of course.do names added Bygrases, of Birkenhead, are the new
ມາ opponent for highest bidder. the list from which will be selected British title challenger Jack Gardner.
kilione Lave, of Tonga, appears Sumeet out of the reckoning.
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Mail and promanters, were chas. return with Love for 11 FOR Jack. Lave was favourite for
11330 Gardner We th
trouted nebt #goja before meet-
Dom Cow kell for Don's titles
So it that Hond bad many the
to
have priced
debts about competing
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US National Lawn Tennis tournaments the your Henson: "They don't give visiling private players tou tch help Buan~ (cbelly in America," or
2nge unother opponent for him Arst
Either Cooper Bygroves would do admirably
damaged Cooper, who had a hand, starte fult training this week.
they
Liverpood manager Don Wolsh is in the market for wingers That's why he went scout Jack Dugnulle to watch Colchester rightwinger Mike Grice
But Dugnolle ceported back to Welsh "Grier is good
BUT lefi winger Peter Wright s even better**
Could be that Wrish, neatly poised for promotion, will at- tempt to do business with hus ex-Charlton playing pad. Benny Penton, row The Colchester chief
TRANSFER FEES
Billy Steel, famous Scottish inside-forward whose two trans- for feen set up records, is stili on the move,
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Scotland in 1954
Premale troop:
Father from Reading Imanager Barry Johnston, former
Mackol
"Seltsing raplain down nicely. We are playing better than our position in the tabla woulet dientes Rending have some really good lads and
The team-sport! is AL"
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The Jo ་་།།4 In agree with Harry. Haven't seen him nok big so fit and well for Traup fizne Do you know, he's By puffing wi wright!
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Colony Boxing
Draw On January 22
Joe
HIS LAST FIGHT
In his last night he was out pointed
Britain's by
No Heavy weight prospeel. Erakine of Cardiff.
Cooper's manager, Jim Wicks, adralis: "This fight against Klchartison
make-or-break for Henry.
"If he wins he is back on top again. ready 10 challenge Erskine for 4 return. If he loses-well, Richardson must go ahead."
Pape After World' And British Track Records
Race A Three-Hour Running
Souti will be staged at the China Athletic Association Sta- dlum, Caroline Hill, from 3 10 p.m. on Wednesday, January 26, when Cd MAA Robert H. Pape will attempt to lower the fol- towing unofficial British Empire and English nailve track re- cords:
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(a) The World and Empire test for 30 Miles of 2 hours 07
48 minutes
by Jackle Mekter of South Africa al Germiston. South Africa,
secuns SOL
Wicks is confident it's his mun | January 15, 1935. who will be progressing. Throughout
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the career
broken in
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Details for the Colony Boxing Londoner has been troubled by Championships, what about
held his
left hand, amateur contest
10 be
of the Association
Talking about the worries of ja anveer manager
at Southern Playground On this Birmingham chuet, Arthur Turner, tell, ne
"You get 50
January 23, 24, 25 and 27, wore Analised as ed to having some kind of
a meeting Amateur Boxing And yourself you WINTS that worrying when you've
Committee last night, need We were six up five minutes after the interval at Torquay... and 1
wus worrying! What about” I was worrying for fear the other team would score ope and spoil it all!"
FLOY
THAT OLD PROBLEM
I really jet Cooper down in the
of round seventh
the
Erskine fight. Since then Cooper
has been under the care of u is the specialist.
on
(b) The English best for 25 Mijes of 2 hours 28 minules 59 seconds set by Jack Holden at the White City, London, on Oc- tober 28, 1940,
(c)
The English best for 30 Miles of 3 hours 0 minutes 10.4 Juck Holden al seconda sci by the While City, London, on Oc- tober 20, 1940.
Mr Brig Young was Chair at the meeting, held in the Green Room of the Missions There has been a resetting
The field of operation and the hand has been
runners will be to Stamen,
-ted out
and limited to eight. Anyone wish- on punchball It
Was announced that the punchbag. Now the verdict ing to make part is asked to con- tact CdMAA R. H. Pape, Fleet preliminary draw und weighing | in--fighting fit. in of the contestants will take
Newport born milkman Mail Office, HMS Tamar, place on Sunday, January 22. Richardson regards this as the
There will be no Sunday fore dream chance of putting Cooper noon athletic meeting at Caro
line Hill Stadium this coming Sunday, Intending competitors
He has joined the Los Angeles Danes for a fee around £7,000
Steel was signed by Derby from Greenock Morton in June 1947 The £15,000 fee w then British record transfer Came the delightfully
fee for Scotland naire reply from the US Tournaments Commuttee, whỏ thought
Steel left
That old problem. how to "distinctly
for America, to
But he is still a [find the perfect football boot for åt & p.8), KOHVTORA
retained Dunder player. visiting players, expenses belog
He McCarthy who, for
ม been
the relen from offlets Lightweight based on ability and attractive- L 1 2.000
Dundee contract, according to fight
Frantes to the public." weets Champion
the Americans on the strict pro- Johnson over 10 rounds at the Royal Albert Hall on January is willing to back himself fui 1:250.
I would have been a certain They Love said he would telat Gardner for €2,500.
advance of That was
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Tongan Typhoon can blow his way right back home to the Tiny Isle
tere vo bone consolation for
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Colony Squash Tournament
T'wo
Lex
the
serond
wire
games TOUR! <st The Colony (73 Squash Chin zzpionships. Promoter Jack Solornons may
at the played off last evening. Rren to stage tout le tou Cooke|l-Gardur Championsdop
Squash Cotarize in Victoria Bar
of +x-
the
JACK:
night at the moment, but there
formidable battle going on Eine meat for the right to
ja omote Gardne, s next night.
for ducols of teicester, and
Rey King, of Nottinghaun, are cach other to Facing painst
14.0
Following are the results; Phillip beat Stuckerieure, 3-6. 0-0. Polls beat Crouk, D-1, 91, .
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Today's Games
Birkort: Saepherd v
30 pm. Baker v Walter.
Mie pierson 10 pan.).
Wire
So don't put your son on the stage Mrs Robinson
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call this courts to Jacome amateur lawn tennis player. Then the harder he thumps his serves the higher goes his PRTISE account.
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Last word on lawn Tennis quesi this week to Pancho Segura, the nimble two-handed player from Feundor. who is HOW
Segura Wils asked
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comedian Groucho Mark on an American television show what difference Was tel ween The ankiteur krist professional [st lawu tennis.
Repiled Pancho: "The money is the site, but us ມ profes- sional you pay tax on it.”
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ROBB SCORES FOR SPURS
Tottenham Hotspur outside-left Robb (extreme right) puts the ball past Arsenal right-back Wills and scores during the First Division match at Highbury, London, on January 14, Spurs won 1-0.-Reuterphoto,
vision that if he ever returns to SeatLnd he go right back lo Dundee.
Remember Pat Neil, the 17- year-old Portsmouth schoolboy who starred on the League left- wing and played In Bulgaria for England at the bednning of the season?
Colin Cowdrey England's Opening
Batsman?
London, Jan. 18. Lu
Hutton, who yesterday announced his retirement from first
cricket, tonight nominated Colin Cowdrey, the young Kent player as the man he would like to see succeed him US England's opening batsman.
Now Solomons Turns
To
Israel; He's
Off To Tel Aviv
By GEORGE WHITING
Jack Solomons, the Jew who restored big-time boxing to the sports curriculum of the Gentiles after the war, is now going to exercise the same shrewd magic in Israel. He is off to Tel Aviv in February.
Solomons has been keeping unusually quiet about these manoeuvres, but no such shrinking violet modesty inhibits the Israelis themselves. Their spokesman, premier sports authority and international referee, Captain Shlomo ̈ Adir, called on me with the glad tidings. Said he:
"We have acquired land and as boxing is concerned, we could self Becks to bring Israeli drawn
plans up
for a new well be starting a revival of amateur boxers over here; to 38,000-capacity stadium in TelJewish fighting men in the invite
A First Division football In a BBC sportsview
Inter-AviY, and I have one to tradition of Kid Lewis, Kid team to Ramat Gani and to vit w. Hution sald: "Cowdrey England to persuade Jack Solo-Berg. Joe Fox, Harry Mason, iguther Information on British is an exeptionally the young mons that he is the man to run Harry Mizler, Alf Simmons, etc, methods of organisation in big- player, who has the ability 10 ns a commercial venture.
time sport. HEALTHY RIVALRY
open for England, but I am not
loo certain
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wants Prosse.
at the moment he "W Dre
FARELF RUGGER
young country,
"When I started promoting, the liveliest and best-supported
du 11."--France- Touking eagerly to sport, and I am glad to report that Solo- ons has ogreed to come out and look over what we have toghts in the world were those In which Sew met Gentile, May- offer him."
be we can revive that healthy Later, Solomons admitted his rivalry in Israel." conditional acceptanen, and per- mitted himself a day-dream or two on the not Inconsiderable possibilities.
SEMI-FINALS
in the Hongkong semi-finals of the FARELE Rugby Tourna- ment, played at Boundary Street yesterday, 74 LAA Regt. RA. beat the Hongkong
His first lesson was to see how Chelsen organised them-
selves a 2-0 win over Arfecial. at Stamford Bridge.
INVALUABLE
in the HKAAA Novices Athle- tie Championships are reminded that entries close at 10 am on Monday, January 23, and reach
Hon. the
Sh HKAAC, P.O.Box 280
IoT clearance of the Post Office Box at 10 a.m. next Monday. Thos who have not received an entry form will be sent one on appli- cation to the Hon,Sec., P.O.Box 280.
Sports Diary
TODAY
Radiatom
Exhibition by Thai Bedminton teriZA at St Theresa's Court, Kowloon a 7.20 p.m.
liquanh
Colony Squash championship Vielorts Barracks Courta + 8.30 p.m.
TOMORROW
Soccer
All Hongkong v Austrian Wiener Sports Club at HK Stadium. 4 p.m. Squash
Colony Squash Championship at Victorin Courts, 8.30 p.m.
SATURDAY
Cricket
1st Division: Anny North Poller. Scorpions v ccc, kcc e Optimists, RAF v Army South, Recrejo v IRC. 2nd Division: KGV v Navy, Dock- yard v University "A". University av KCC Horris, Army South v Will | RAF, IRC v Rectalo.
the football
And if anybody doubts
of British we popularity Does all this mean that |inisract, Captain Adir
England are to be deprived
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of any further proniot enal ven-recite chapter and verse on the invaluable conching and instruc- tures on the part of im-
tion now being carried out in "I shall make the trip in presario Solomons? He says February with my New York thousand times no-despite the Signal representative, Lew
£60,000 he Burston,"
claims to have Regiment by 21 points (6 fries, he told me. "If the prospects dropped in the cause of pugilistic 1 penalty goal) to 5 (one goal) are as good as I believe them entertainment over the last few while the 1st Battalion, King's to be, I shall then collect part years. Own Royal Regiment, beat the of my London staff, return to 10 Medium Regiment, RA, by Israel, and set up head- Meanwhile, Captain Adir 10 points (2 goals, 1 try, 1 quarters in Tel Aviv.
rooms the sporting byways of pensity goal) to 8 (2 penalty "I hope to promote every Britain. Apart from enlisting goals).
kind of sport out there. So far the aid of Solomons. he him
THE GAMBOLS
FUVVER GIVE ME THAT CATAPULT/ YOU'LL HURT. SOMEBODY
Boccer
Selection v
Interport: Hongkong A those parts by Jack Gibbons. Austrian Wisner Sports Club, ITIC
and Brentford | Stadium, 3.30 pm. jone:Aimé Sours centre-forward.
Junior Shield: Kitchen (CH), Police v Prisons (Club) But those sporting Taraclia. Jardine v Eastern (Navy), Talkoo for all their, enthusiasm. have Road Works (HV) all matches at 2 not seen anything yet, Wall Vin |till Solomons" gets among them!
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PUT
WHERE DEAR
fLL KEEP IT IN MY
LATER
STALL
Squash
Colony Championship-at Victoria Courts, 5.30 p.m.
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