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A DUEL THAT ENDED IN DEATH
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRİL 24, 1956.
Heat Two of the Empire Trophy race on April 14 st Oulton Park, England, became for US Navy Commander Arthur Bryant a duel that ended in death.
Motoring fan Commander Bryant, driving an Aston Martin, was well back in the field ears, engaged in two-car duel with another American enthusiast, Mackay Fraser, of 13 in a Ferrari.
Fap after las he fought to pass Franer. We go ahead, but soon afterward, on the last lap he came into Druid's Corner, a quick right-hand turn bounded on the outside by a steep bank topped at intervals with trees,
Bryant would not make the turn. The Aston Martin's front wheels struck the bank. ran up it, leaped into the air, hurling Bryant from the cockpit as I somersaulted, struck a tree and was wrecked,
When ambulance men and nurses reached bim Bryant was dead.
af.
Picture slows:- Commander Bryant fes where he was hurled from the somersaulting London Express Phola.
SUPPORTERS OF TWO CITIES CAN SEE...
Football Association
Association Cup
On Exhibition At Leicester Square Cafe
By ARCHIE QUICK
will be able to see
The supporters of Birmingham City and Manchester City the trophy their team are lighting for at the Wembley Cup Final on May 5 on the morning of that day, for the Football Association Cup is on exhibition from
the West until midday on the great day at a Leicester Square cafe in London.
now
End of
So too is the Rugby Lengue Ciap and the rival fans from Halifax and St Helens can see that. Too, when they go to Town for their own Wombley Final on April 28.
These two trophies mir ka ng Pup won by England's Ruthy eetves res for umpiring in the exhibited in and of the Honths of | 35 at Murrayfield This yvon Birmingham Cricket Lengue and 1
National Association |ot| Gordon Pirie's
the "Sportsman of
Birmingham Parka Asso- the Year" together withh has Leiation. Boys Clubs and with them a
They have told him his personally af hensateur boxing status is of many other well-known National "Television
Year?
"The Ashes in stake Sporting Frogh the Calenta
trophy:
which England! their man, for
Australian pricketers Seem silly to me. Bombardier The Billy Wells when he was British Bell,
¡professeurma) Heavyweight Box- h. imk Chempting Champion
Computed with fessional boxing, the greyhound
the British Drity
Cup with its Ties Se
Gold Championship. of the greatest racing dup of all Anteur
cricketer professional time. Mick the Miller, the Duke Kent
Leslie Todd has for long been
Spanish Football Team Cancels Visit
To H.K.
The Hongkong Football Assoclalian announced your terday that owing to unfore- circumstances, the Spanish football team, FC De Sama. Navr their visit
Seen
Langresno
Cancelled
Itongkong.
Cu
In view of this cancell tion, the Stanley
Shield seven - a - slde Knock-out Tournament
พาร which scheduled for May 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 19, has been brought forward and will now be played on May 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 12.
Earl Haig Boxing Tourney Card
The final card for the Rari
slive.
*
Indale
41
SUCC
of Elburgh's Cup for Dengon contacted with that most ama- Class Yachts and Trophies
darta,
mmalt bore shooting..
teur of football clubs Dulwich Hamlet. And only this past week
angling, pigeon racing, ele, etc. the Releet Corintiman-Casuals Quite thes 1081 impressive New Mike Stewart home from exhibit is the Culeutia Cup of the West Indies to play in the chaste and beaten silver super- Amateur Cup Final replay, and Imposed by an elephant and with he is a professional cricketer honded robras as handles
with Surrey, There are dozens of similar cases.
FEW INSTANCES
It as a p9ty though that there Bre not or show the Asent Gold Cup. : ་*
magnincem Henley Regretta Award, Wimblerion's Boxing, golf, cricket, football. town Tennis cups like the Wight"| Those are but a few instances man Cup, and big prizes of golf. of interchange in these sports. The Curtis Cup and Ryder Cup. | Yel
mateur boxing is now quibbling al cricket umpiring. country although held by over- The Morris Commercial Club- pras competitors. An internu- tional
"Cap" or fothail would have been asked attrne- tions.
I understand they are all in
RIDICULOUSLY SMALL
this
and
ite name is truly indicative
the
Amateur
ELIMINATORs not for ME.......
RANDOLPH TURPIN WANTS
1:
TO STEP RIGHT INTO
A TITLE
FIGHT
By GEORGE WHITING
Q sixth-round
Randolph Turpin, back in big fight circulation by means of victory over Italy's Alessandro d'Ottavio, is being offered at least three more appearances in the Midlands-but it may be as well to record Turpin's own forth- right views before anybody begins to talk about Championship chances,
"But if they want to start any
"I am not trying to be big," Turpin told me. Championship eliminators, they can count me out.
rever
the
are out.
was only once hard put to it to step out of range
My one small criticum of the contemporary Turpin is that he night have turned his atten
opponent's midriff little earlier. D'Ottavio had come in tib overweight at 13st
a
"I have had to give up two, that solicitous referees were British tiles for which I was pain in the neck; that Turpin beaten In the ring, hnd made too free with his Naturally, I want that Cruiser head, and that he, Alessandro weight Championship back, but d'Ottavio, would assuredly have I think I am
Hong to his entitled to step won had not everybody become strakht into a title Aght when scared by the sight of a little
time
Eliminators blood-his blood.
In "Overweight matches? Those thin this last surmise, I suggest aghast Turpina 125,0
Signor
d'Ottavio was rather ure different, and Turpin tells optimistic. At least, he had me he will take them as they offered no suggestion In six Subject to terms, Tur-rounds' boxing that he had any "revivalist" mission is hidden
with which to reserves pin's
against disconcert a Turpin moving well to F-lanned
continue Albert Finch-with whom he within his compo
compass. shared verdicts in his Middle... Shuffing
ke
a soft-shoe weight days at Birmingham on duncer and búttressed behind a May 3
web of weaving arms, d'Ottavio For
May 20
is being unleashed occasional ambitious offered a fight on the Cockell swing-but they described such
widening chetés Gardner Heavyweight le
Leicester.
come
Kramme
be
21<
he
Theo
there are contracta waiting to signed for an overweight meeting with the reigning Champion Ron Barton at PITY Barr. Birmingham, on July 16. QUITE A FIGHT
Barton (who shared two de- | elstons after 20 rounds with d'Ottaviu) v. Turpin (who now stop the fruit merchant in six rounds) could be quite a fight mad everybody hereabouts seems determinat that none shall be left
by its unimpressed
possibilities,
Said Turpin: "I never made a boast in my life, but believe in, Barton is the very least of my Saki d'Ollavio: "Turpin was strong for two rounds, but no more, will beat him
worries
Barton
Soid Arthur Boggis, Barton's manager: "Once it looked a good thing for Barton, but now Phi There is sul o not no sure.
about Turpin. tch of clars Only EL foul would under- estimate him."
Promoter Alex Griffiths: far as my customers are con- verned, Barton v Turpin would be a Championship fight. I shall well out
out in a week if I get their signatures.
fine"
that
Turpin
As it was, the oft-ericised Turpin landed in no trouble at all. Had he lost we should have written him off. But he won
not A
withhold Dur so let felicitations
and our welcome. He is certainly not the destroyer of old-but we are not so well off in boxing that we can afford to ignore the possibilities of his still considerable talents,
-{London Express Service).
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and the sudden departure of Alec Stock from Arsenal back CHARMAINE BEAUTY SALON
to Leyton Orient. The sacking of assistant manager Jimmy Bain after 27 years at Brentford and the decision of Yorkshire and England cricketer Willie Watson to give up the Halifax FC post. The termination of agree- ments between Louis Page and Chester and Jack Bruton and Bournemouth,
Hore are just half a dozen instances of the melting pot. There are another half a dozen similar cases yet to come to light. My guess is that at least that number of managers will have moved before next season opens.
A rule. Lonsday Wednesday clinched promotion
me.
So much for the problemalle The Sveda Busbys and is Eric Taylor, of Sheffield Wed- future. As for the immediate Cullises are the exceptions to nesday, and he is sceretary too
a fair past, Turpin offered anc
the prove
told remarkably frank asses8-
manager
"This with a polni at West Ham, and showing against 15 of his
the
"Our ambition most hazardous, Mr Taylor mid: d'Ollavio
insecure "I felt relaxed, bui
Dccupation in Dny Is lo stop the club's continuous knows the d'Ottavio
and the game and sport. I have been with my
between First timing obylously needs
Second club only this season and have
Division This is our my sharpening up.
The right kind hardly had time to look round. third promotion season since
Yet 1 partners are hard of sparring
directors know my
the war, and we are determined not If I hit them, they
satisfed. to come by
I am still 22 that it will be our last, if you disappear next day.
lodgings
not because it docs
know what I mean. No more afraid to let my right seem safe to settle into a house "I was
relegation for us. And I think d'Ottavio in hard
The Board are good business- for the Arst time since the war go against ense missed and went off
men, but they will not let one
we have a good, young team to balance. So only fired one, who is supposed to know some-
keep us up." For the rest I just made do with thing about football have his a few left
head It makes me wonder Jahs
why they engaged me,”
IN FULL CONTROL Another
told me: to be the There are not half dozen of us in full control. If the directora things go right take the credit; if they go wrong we get the sack!"
One
In a neighbouring dressing- nom, d'Ottavio was having two #litches inserted in an inch- long cut on his left eye-lid-sincl screaming blue murder the unkind fato that had induced ther against referee Fred Binkeborough to
ofter the
six slop
fight moderately entertaining rounds. VOLUBLE COMPLAINT
The burden of the Signor's voluble complaint, 1 gathered, was that he had come here to nigh!; that savaged eyes were no more than an occupational risk;
Pascual Perez Agrees To Fight PI's Danny Kid
two that
it is connected with a WORLD FLYWEIGHT TITLE profit-carning works-mut
m the case of Mr Witton before Midland Countion Boxing Association on their own A bronard Michael Cowdrey, Initiative, after the question had only
24-hours back from the been raised at their committee cricket tour of the West Dulles, meeting. The reply Wos: opened the Exhibition and re-
a fee for Mr Wilton receives called that
the National Asso-
Asso, umpiring he is not eligible to clation of Boys'
Clubs have serve on
Bmittee; if he clubs in member=| receives
Fonly he is Dver 170,000 legible."
Over 2,000
Hal Boxing Tournament at ship, and
Morpherson Stadium on April | dividual members. The talented and England buisman re- Kent
27 is a follows:
v. Michael Hutchinsam.
2. Light Welter: Bdr. Parks (Army) V. AB Colclough (R. Navy).
3. Feather: LAC Duff (RAF)
Wong Pack-ling
"Gym) Light:
4.
L/Cpl.
v. Cfn.
Melgh Gordon
(Arity) (Army).
5. Light Heavy: Cnr. Perrin (Army)
LAC (RAF).
V.
O'Connell
Mr Witton
#
Buenos Aires, Apr. 23. Argentine World Flyweight Champion Pascual Perez said to- night that he would fight Danny Kid of the Philippines with his he gets 15/-uitle at stake, in San Francisco
01 a
a date to be fixed later.
In an interview with Agence France-Presse, Perez said he
It
would leave Argentina shortly on a tour of central American coun tries.
that learned here was Perez's manager Lazaro Koci last night received a cable from Lopez Serall manager of Danny Kid, giving a provisional agree- ment for a Kid-Perez le fight in San Francisco in Juno.
It was understood that Koci would await a letter from Serail before replying-France-Pro193.
1. Schoolboy: Danny Hooley marked jokingly that the Ashes per match as a ofcond Division Urn for which we sweat and Dirmingham League umpire and strain our hearts out, is ridi- 7/6d, from the Parks Associa
with tion. Are there expenses or culously small compared the massive trophies for darts, very frugal fees? The League for fishing, and the cup for the Secretary says: "We always look ❤ Jockeys football upon these fees as payment for (China Boxers
Parks' Associa match which I understand is services," The Parks'
"We award always preceded by a cham-tion Secretory says:
fee pagne lunch."
and it covers expenses. We thus c limit whatever Gordon Pirie, not to be out-their expenses.
Some refuse úonc said he had discover- it." Both organisations have ed that hig trophy from the rules which state: "An umpire BBC was not silver at all - shall be paid a sum of....etc." only nickel.
40 Mr Witton caid
The "T .Cowdrey was introduced
certainly do not umpire for per- the assembly by Lord Aber-
gair Scrctimes 7. Bantam: Speedy Morales dare, President of the NABC.conal
covers expenses (China Gym) v. AD Edwards better remembered as the Hon money barely
ime at my (IL Navy).
C.N. Bruce, Middlesex cricketer and when I lose
ABA ruling is a great shock to Williams Champion
and
I distasteful. very B. Middle:
Fawcett
Professional boxers can play could exist. I
never thought such a position hevo had ten (Army)
in amateur golf championships; Navy).
professional cricketers are welycara umpiring and four years
committee. the boxing 10. Bantam: LAC Nevin come. In amateur football. Yet, (RAF) v. Fong Ke-kang (Ching|ovidently, a professional cricket would like to continue in bath," got underway, today, and fest-
0. Light Middle: L/Bdr. Dickenson (Amy) v. Ca. Din- ing (Army).
to
the
8. Light Weller: Cpl. Bruce rnd outstanding squash rackets work I am out of pocket. The
(Army)
(Army).
Cin.
Sgt.
L/S. Finch v,
(FL
Gym).
no! admitted
11. Feather: L/Bdr. McIver amateur boxing. (Amy) v., Ple, Scott (Army).
Witton,
is
umpira is
in Now hero is another ludicrous element in the story. A well- “Mr Leon
of known amateur county cricketer Edgbaston, Birmingham, 1 who carne his living directly as 12. Litht Walter: Cin, Leger- committee member and pub-n result of being a well known
of Morris Com- amateur
cricketer is a county Pte. Rogers licity ofleer V
of the mercial Amateur Boxing Club, vice-president of one
tom (Army) (Army).
13, Light: Gnr. McGrath That organisation his Just amateur » boxing • cub in the (Army) v. AB Wong (R. Navy), realized that Mr Willon re- Midlands Counties, Associationil!!
Florence Tennis Tourney First Round Results
Florence, Italy,' Apr. 28.
International mual Tennis Tournament
Tho
Florence round results included:
Jan Vermask (South Afrien) boat Arthur Marshall (Austra la) 0-0, 6-0....¡
Antonia Maggi
(Italy) beat
Bruce Francis (Australia) 6-1; 6-0. boat / Sergio Migone! ((Italy) 11-0,8-0, 7-8.United Press:
"Wo 'bosses'
manager
are supposed
11
few managers
were
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a director biggest clear out ever," tok me. "But we have been unfortunate in that after having
£60,000 In
en at- spent over
slay up we lost our tempt to
Itan key
Jackle Sewell. actit us £25,000 and played
of the long in oflee at his present job only three matches."
JUNIOR IGNORES HIS DAD
Baby Terence isn't old enough at three months to appreciate that a potential Lightheavyweight Boxing Champion is passing by in the person of his father, Terence Murphy.Terence Junior is held by his
Keith Hawton (Australia) mother Mrs Rils Murphy, as Terence Senior jogs past their home in Canning Town, East London, in his daily rondwork exercise-Reuterphoto.
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