THE CHINA - MAIL,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1957.
BOXING FOLLOWERS WILL NEVER
BE OF ONE OPINION WHEN
IT COMES TO SELECTING THE BEST OF THEM ALL'
TO SELECTING ARMY SPORTS
Says PETER McINNES
London, Jan. 15.
Who was the greatest Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World? This question can never be answered with any real degree of certainty, and even veteran fight followers who have been fortunate enough to see several Heavyweight Champions in action when at their best can do little more than express a personal opinion.
A folr assessment cannot be made on the record books alone, for the merit of Championship contendera varies with the times. Older critics usually maintain that modern day fighters could not have competed with the old-timers while others think that, in common with most modern sporting standards, the modern pugilist is more efficient than his predecessors.
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PARADE
Far too frequently of late the spot of honour has been awarded to a departing sportsman, and again this week the sporting personality will shortly be leaving to return home.
Staff Sergeant Instructor Sid Tye, APTC, has more than made his mark on local sport. With his rather shiny pate many think of him as a harmless elderly senior NCO, and few realise that he was South-East Asinn Services Heavyweight Boxing Champion as recently as
1955.
In a long association with this display to progress further boxers this lack of self-advertise in this competition, The Am- ment and a general meekness munition Depot surprisingly de- outside the ring is a characteris. | fented the 11 Inf. Workshops, tle of top flight boxers who to and as the other semi-nalist is beat in what we like to think may be expected, my mind represent all that is COD, some keen close games
of as the ideal British sparts-
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WORLD OF SPORT
High Living 'Sugar Ray Expected To Force Himself To Regain World Title
By DEREK JOHN
Sugar Ray Robinson's love of pink Cadillacs, and good times is expected to force him into trying to regain the world middleweight title lost to Gené Fullmer.
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A return fight would draw a quarter million gate. That would be a temptation for anyone, especially high-living Sugar Ray.
"I'll have to think about it. You know me-fighting is my business,” he says. A return is 'alt right by now the end of March. Before then business in the peroon of Afteen- champion declares:
Fullmer who the question of going back to year-old Chelating Truman, "The Championship Hungary does not even arise, halted as another 'Little Mo*, fight was for easter than I After that we shall see," other go any time he likes expected. He can have an- The Honved tom shortly
begins a two-month our But any time he likes" does South America. not include the month. March,
All because Fullmer's manager runs a Think farm.
In March, apparently, a young mink's fancy turns to
what many people's foney turns to Manager Jensen reckons that his absence from the farm at mating to could cost him ten thousand dollars,
of
The Heavyweight Champion may never be surpassed, In Harry Greb before he won the of the World is the king of all 1937 he won the life off James use a decision he suberquently in his profession. While the J. Braddock after Jess than
twice reversed. Tunney under- greatest of them all will never three years in the ring and took but two defences of his be
designated, It is interesting defended it 25 times before re-Championship, but he will always to compare the records of some tiring undefeated. In a
come-
be thought of as one of the of the best-known holders of buck bout which received
greatest exponents of the science what is nowadays called "the general recognition as being for
of boxing. richest prize in sport."
utle, Louis was outpointed
The
Dempsey's great Jack The only halder of the Cham- by Ezzard Charles. In curller plonship lo
takes in well over 200 throughout
record thea Charica
bouts. Many of these whole of his ring career unde-eeded little or no chance against
were labelled exhibitions, but none feated was the American, Rocky the "Brown Bomber," as Louls
the less they v. us known.
were real fights Marciano, who retired in 1955.
which Dempsey usually finisher | annually, and usually retum with! while the RAF contribute six, 1 Mormon preacher, spotlights a It must be remembered,
with carly knockouts. Some though, that Marciano had only
times the Champion look 49 contests as a professional
men on the same many as six night,
go
and defended the title only six times. This could not be blamed on the fighter or his connections fer he held the title less than three years before relinquishing it.
A GREAT FIGHTER Marciano was indeed a great fighter though he often took n great deal of punishment in the process of winning his bouts and had Ave and a half years in the ring before getting his tilt at the title In 1992,
had been сол-
In a career extending front 1934 10 1051, Louis was only there times defeated-once be- fore he won the Chompionship and twice after he relinquished 1.
Gene Tunney, lille more than a light heavyweight, amazed the world in 1920 when he captured the crown trom Jack Dempsey, known as the "Manassa Mauler" by virtue of his ruggedness. In 1027 he successfully defended against Dempsey In the famous "long-count" fight.
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record
two
Dempsey's overall shows only three defeats, of them at the hands of Tun- ney and the other a one-round knockout against Jim Flynn
early In his career. The "Manassa Mauler" is consider ed by many to be king of what is called the rough and tough school.
Tummey, with Marelano, holds In 1908, Jack Johnson relleved the distinction of being one of the Canadian, Tommy Burns, off The immortal Joc Louis, the only two men to retire the Champizirship after chasing knocked out by Marciano during undefeated Champlon..
him across the world in his comeback attempt in 195), In an 82-bous career he attempts to get a crack at the had a record as Champion which suffered only one defeal-by title. The ght finally took place in Sydney, Australia, and Johnson won in 14 rounda.
Nicky Gargano Retires
At 22 With 130 Fights In Eight Year Career
By ARCHIE QUICK
OVERALL RECORD
Hlo career spanned 20 years-- from 1897 to 1929. While he undertook no more than seven tule delences in more than seven years' tenure as Champion his overall record, showing only four defeats, would surely, gain him many backers for the title of "best of them all."
Claimes for Bob Fitzsimmons, the only British-born pugilist 10 win the crown, would be based on the fact that, during his he held three World
Nicky Gargano, the amateur light-welterweight career. boxer, who won every honour except the Olymple tille, Championships--at Heavyweight, has retired. He is to pass on his exceptional skill as Lightheavyweight and Middle-
I weight. honorary coach to his Covent Garden Club,
National,
Imperial
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To revert to Sid Tye. Besides Friday the cream of Sevice ****** his own pugilistic activities he golfers meet to battle for the has been an able Instruc- Army and Inter-Service Cham-
10 tor/trainer
the Hongkong
plonships. Entries total 41 or Army boxing teams which which the Royal Navy. muster
down to
Singapore eight, 27 come from the Army, venture
опе of whom Is the odds-on
the trophy.
A star referce in the Colony favourite for honours, and Army Water Polo Leagues Kim Hall. he has been the mainstay of the HQLF water pole sides, and he has also found time and to play cricket and hockey for HQ from time to time,
soccer referee, he qualified has controlled games in both civilian and Army spheres and in fact there was little going on of sporting nature in the Colony at which his cheerful presence was absent.
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Flt/Lt.
All ranks of each Service are represented.
Grt. Thompson, 15 Medium Rgt. energy
and Sign. Samuckon, of 74 LAA Rat, RA, may well find themselves drown Own against the heavy brass re- presented by Commodore Unwin, RN, and Alr Messenger, RAF, who are com- bining to make a very senior and formidable pair.
His biggest task here has been trainer and general factotum 10 the Army football teams of the past two years. The handling of of some thirty young men of varying temperaments, many of whom were being thrust into the limelight of top class soccer for the first time, is no easy maller, and I have yet to meet any of these lads who has not Anished up with a healthy res pect and liking for our Sid ̧” What success our teams have had. in the past are due in no small measure to this very capable Instructor,
Returning to his native York- shire he has 'wangled' posting
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CRICKET
Commodore
In the cricket knockout com. petition CPO defeated 33 General Hospital, while HQLF, thanks to a spell of bowling by Pettit who finished with five for 24, defeated 27 Inf.
Bde, HQRE,
with Richardson knocking up a bright 70 and Jessop chasing him with 87, found 11 possible to de- clase
at 173 for 4, much too who totalled 72 in reply much for 18 Field Ambulance
228 Battery RA beat 79 Coy, RASC by four wickets and on- other
Gunner
Battery, 173 Locating, had *walk-over against Command Workshops.
South kept well in the
to the PT School at Scarborough/Fun for honours when they
and on behalf of all sportsthen
work.
met and defeated Army North I thank you for all your hard by 22 runs, At one stage South Bon Voyage, good luck, had lost six wickets for a mere and may you long continue to thirty Tins but thanks to devote your energies to sport in Bedson who carried his bat for general,
41, Singer's 22, anxi Mr Extras donation of 17 they reached a total of 109.
BOXING
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CUP SOCCER
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CHAMPIONSHIPS
The highlight days of boxing
MORMON PREACHER Fullmer, Incidentally,
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The winner was Lancashire's Sheila Armstrong, a seventeen- Robin-year-old. Those two years told
in the matter of experience.
Baseball stor Juckle son has quit the game after den years in a blaze of name calling
But the way both girls played publlelty declaring:-"I wouldn't come back for a million dollars in the hour-and-a-half Anal, because three wocks niter
Everybody is angry with him battles in the shade, sent British which put many Wimbledon Brooklyn Dodgers cold him for Singles title in the not too dis- hopes of winning a Wimbledon 30,000 dollars he disclosed in a tani future nooring sky-high. magazing article the decision- which he know at the time- to retire,
the
trend in American boxing.
Apart from the enger of the club, trend that is leading the sport
newspapers (STË fumig away from the rough and tum-secret from them and sold it to because Robinson kept his ble brigade.
"Look" magazine for a reported Rory
Calhoun, t highly
50,000 dollar. fancied middleweight, is the son of a preacher, And Floyd Patterson,
tho new Heavy weight Champion, has the best drawing-room manners.
Major of Hungarian football, is Ferenc Puskas, the Galloping
not
returning to Hungary. Puskas, who is now on the Italian Riviera with his wife and five-year-old daughter, said the other week: "Whatever happens I'm not going back to Hungary want to live in a country where I can work in peace,"
His wire
added: "And want to be in a country wherd I can live in peace,"
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manager
Mr Oesterreicher, of the Honved team for which Puskas is playing, sald: "We have been authorised by the Hungarian Football Federation to stay out of the country till
Robinson has got a new job. 30,000 dollars A year vice. president of a restaurant chain. That is three thousand less than he got for playing baseball.
are the
FINE IMPOSED Australian cricket fans wondering what will be sequel to the £100 One imposed will for writing newspaper on Keith Miller and Ray Lind- articles during the tour of Birt- tain fast year: Each had the £100 docked from their £300 bonus money.
Miller, who was vice-cap- tain of the side, seems to have got out of it pretty well. He has retired and anyway a Mel- bourne confectionary Arm has offered to pay his fine,
But Lindwall is still playing. He had been tipped as Aus tralia's next captain. The Board's action may prejudice his claims,
just enough to deserve it. His body blows were perhaps the telling factor, and many would have dropped a lesser man than
Watch out for an increasing- Dinning.
challenge in ly strong British I wonder considered taking up athletics? if the winner has
women's lawn tennis.
Britain has for years been His high jump when the verdict No. 2 to American was given might well have been rankings. But with players like
Brough, a new Colony record. To the Louise
Margaret Du new champlon-congratulations, Pont and then Maureen Connolly, and to the old, there
Britain has had to take a poor wasn't much in it, and we look forward | second place,
perhaps to a return hot, sodr?
Now, 05 the standard
declines,
world
the
American the other
Bdr.
Britain's Larry Parkes quickly disposed shoots up. of a game lad in L/Bdr.
Joc
Last season Britain discovered Mitchell to take the light-welter the brightest juntor in semi-final. The flyweights were frankly disappointing, slow and with little, skill,
Gor. Jim Flanagan retained the title from Pte. Bli Munson,
ACC
Spectators were apointed not lo ace L/Bdr. ponent, Pte. Kaye, damaged Dickenson in action, but his op-
box,
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DISAPPOINTMENT
سوال
John Sullivan, the "Great This pale-faced Londoner of young
After the dearth of sport over Terry Spinks, for John L", as he is still known,
the holidays this week's ac extraction has Italian
u good instance,"
was both the last of the bane- tivilles have provided enough position
salesman in 84 &
CLASSICAL BOXER knuckle champions and the first materia! Covent Garden frult and
to far more thin been the three days of boxing Although
"Southpaw", gloved fighter to hold the crown. the allotted space,
to determino the Hongkong vegetable market, and he leaves Nicky
classical
He won the Championship in the
game regretting he did not boxer, rather than a fighter, in 1882 under bare knuckle condi-
In the soccer sphere the Major Army Champions of 1958/67. win
and Minor Units Cup competi win In Melbourne. The
Some brilliant, some spirited the upright English siyle, but lions, and in the first tile night Amateur
tion provides
some the thrills, and and Boxing
mediocre boxing his straight attacking punches fought Association
with gloves lost the undoubtedly the most exciting resulted, and injuries robbed the Army, the have, of course, been rights and crown to James J. Corbett
in game was Services, the British pot
not lefts.
at Boundary Street spectators of what promised to 1892. and Empire
the
after Where, There is no boxing history in European
Field be a couple of excellent firal Championships have all been Garg
Gargano's family, and he told The greatest of the Champions Engineer Regt. RE had convin- bouts. his, but in Australla he could me he thought he began it be may well not be any of those Signal Regt,
cingly defeated the Hongkong. The best contest of the semi- manage only
team by 3-0, 27 finals saw Cpl. Lawson, 1 Green a bronze medal, cause of his work, since he was named. Such boxers as Jomes J. as a losing semi-finalist to
Regt. RA took on and Howards, how to Pte. Tony a 14 being 80 neor the old Corbett (Gentleman Jins) and defeated the Green Howards by an excellent and close bout. The Rumanian.
National
Mann, Northamptons, after Sporting Club in King James J. Jeffries (conqueror of the odd goal in three. Why? A witness of that Street. "I used to hear people Fitzsimmons) would also be
This game had all the facets tion in nominating the Corporal
oficiais concerned had no besita- bone in his hand and could not bout assures me it was entirely talking about the
NSC he due
to the
of "and
drifted inia lui, certain to rocelve the voles of of (vuical Army cup the,
Gnr. new system
Al. I have
I have some, experts.
Phillip McGrath large,
for a well merited 'best loser Judging instituted
very partizan the resisted several
after crowd by
a cautious Arst
round International Association Just
spurred on both masto prize. Ctn, Greenhall did very against
the boy professional. I would not like The very different conditions
from Nepal duce a fast game. In before the Gumes started. Two that. My style would not fit." under which fights were fought
which well to stand up to Cpl. Walter really went to town in the of the three judges gave
That is
both hard and Dinning, and knowledgeable on second and the referoo was contrary
to the right up to the time of Jack tackling was
no quarter
that Waller bout to Gargano, but because opinion of at least one
was asked for, or lookers felt
was forced to stop the bout to pre- man-Deinpsey make any accurate they were not unanimous, two ager, Not Seller, who says he assessment more diff
boxing below his best. difficult than given.
vent unnecessary punishment to The very vocal spectators dig. A bantamweight semi-final game boxer, supplementary Judges were thinks Gargano would have got ever, but Heavyweight Cham- called. In They disagreed, so to the top. Wise Gargano to pion of the world has yet the referee, and seemed to enjoy office
puted almost every decision of was made interesting by the meeting of a Gurkha with an it was left to the referee, and stay out,
succeeded in regaining the title ho voted for the Rumanian.
themselves immensly, Incidental- officer of the Northamptons, Nicky
paid tribute to after losing or relinquishing it.
Another disappointment Fantastic
Britain's two gold medallists, Youngest fighter to win the
ly, a word of praise for the re- both of whom had boxed while
in store when it was announced feree. WOII Browning, Gargano
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Great Terry been
Spinks
the current holder; handling the game so well under Sandhurst.
for at the Military Acadamy Dick crown is
that Cpl. Rogers was unable to Britain't
Patterson outstanding boxer McTaggart, and added that he Floyd Patterson.
meet Bdr. Parkes, and I'm sure dimeult conditions.
After a spirited contest R. Larry was not very happy since the Army's Johnny Ryan considers the team's
und he could set up caplain, 22 relired some ten years ago, HeTom
He Tommy
hard greatest record of them all-blood, scoring a good goal lato made a popular finalist. Both The Green Howards drew fast cision over Lieut. Growse and Tarabahadur Thapa took the de- Nicholis, was
win a title in such fashion. has won all his International dono by to get 1 points he proves good enough,
Cpl Bill Smith had an easy contests, both aides of the Iron | decision against him
in the One thing is certain. The in the first half, but this was
task to dispose of Gar. Marshall Curtain, yet when I saw him at semi-finals.
boxers are more than welcome in the heavy division, but Cin. world's boxing followers will negatived by the Gunners after a his Covent Garden Job all he So Gargano finishes at the never be of one opinion when few minutes in the second to local boxing, and it is hoped Bourke made rather heavy could any was: "I wish I had early age of 22 with 130 fights; attempting to select "the best of
perlod End to end play con that we shall see moro of both weather of his tusslo will Pie. hind the 'killer' Instinct-like in an eight year career, ' them all."-China Mail Special, tinued until almost the last officers and Guriches in local. Tayler before the referee
second of the game, when the 27th competitions.
stepped in favour of the crafts- forwards in an attack managed
Largo
crowd gathered to ste man, to scramble
the ball into the the finals and a well organised The light-heavies, Plc. Gilchi-
show it was,
well up to the rist, ACC, and Pte. Harvey, 1 On the afternoon's play I felt standard usually assoclated Green Howark, had
a hard Jatter the infantrymen were the better with Army meeting, and the battle before the. footballing side, and the Gun-D DOPT and his merry mens are
awarded tho verdict. ners the better cup fighters, to be congratulated for the bantams hack everyone out of If they play as well in the final smoothness of the whole their cents, cheering, Gnr, Wat- the result may well not be the proceedings,
Ton of 10 Field Rat. RA and foregone conclusion most peoplo
Pie. Goodman, RAOC, may not expect.
have had much boxing know. ledge but both were determined The main attraction was, of ties is drawn to the need to course, the Middleweight bout
hit the other. Both succeeded fence or rope off a ground or between Cpl. Walter Dinning wards and forwards in thle alt- and the advantage swayed back- irrounds for Cup matches where and Gar John McMenamy action encounter
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Tony Man 1 Northamp tons, I haven't "rten Tony, quite and after a very good contest so determined to win before he] sles, phaking the policeman out won purely on his forcing tac- of his stride and neither room nor time to mix.
sziving him A very good night should like to see Those Championships
put paid to the ambitions of 20 They both gave their usual FDS after quite a good game display of hard, clean hitting, by 2-0. "Medics thought the and boxed with skill and intel were a little unlucky gence, Two much fine sports but they played below their men lived up to their doserved normal" form
form and the REME reputation and I cannot remem boo's deserved to enter
enter the selber the referee, having to do Anals.
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56 Coy RASC just managed me then caution once or twice to best HK & K Garrison, by Of the contest, it was, as 2-1 in what can only be do usual, close and I have no dis- scribed as a pomppy Zame,. The pute with the judges' decialon in winners will have to improve on favour of McMenamy who did
hold once a month but I mapposa we enuert, be content with the Army Reato contests which will get underway in the very year, future.
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