British Heavyweights
Do Not Stand A
THE CHINA MAIL,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1957.
CORINTHIAN HANDICAP
Chance
Against The Americans
Says DENNIS HART
Joe Erskine is Britain's Heavyweight Champion. He is the No, 1 Aghter of a nation steeped in sports tradition, a nation that gave the world many sports- including boxing,
Joe Erskine is the man thumped and dumped to defeat in two minutes three seconds the other week by Nino Valdes.
So he went the way of all British heavyweight flashes. The way of Bruce- Woodcock, pole-axed by Joe Buksi; of Don Cockell, mangled by Rocky Marciano, of other stalwarts who all looked good until they came up against Americans.
Inevitably, after cach defeat, Joe Louis, Gene Tunney and has come the inquest-the post-Jack Johnson showed that, mortem on British boxing. Joe Erskine's eclipse has Marted another.
proved
straight in. A British boxer, os often as not, would bear it in mind for future reference.
DEFENSIVE BOXERS
That is what happened to Tunney and Johnson that this applied even to defen- Woodcock when Baksi, without zive boxera, Maybe it applies so much as a by your leave, Setting myself up as coroner
even more. They never fashion-walkert in and sninshed his low. and jury, I return the followed virtory In the heat of battle, Valdes saw that Erskine was their men still loosening his muscles when
ing verdict: In most cases, Bri- ush heavyweights do not stand a chance against the Amerienza because they are not playing the same game.
but ruthlessly cut down according to plan,
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he came out for the first round. And Britain? The idea stinstend of offering a warning Inb, the glant Cuban blasted the persists among her fight British Champion with a left fraternity
Is that boxing noble art.
There is room for the artistic in the ring. But only so long it is directed at the defeat of The other man.
The Americans 800 boxing, especially around the region of the World Heavyweight Chom- plonship, for what it is: a ral race, where fortunes rest with one mesult, uften with one There is no room for punch kid-glove methods, first bell to the fish, the fighter must have only one thought: to smash down his opponent,
Take a look at the men who have made a name in boxing: Rocky Marclano-known as The Buster; Jack Dempsey the Manessa Mauler. Skill comes in sible openings. handy too.
And if they But it must be in addition to the "killer instinct." first Ges
And how often have I heard it sale at kritih ringsides that the fix! couple of rounds do noi that the men much. From the amount lo
other up. are just sizing each The Americans ilke to size up their men, too, But
they go about the job thoroughly. They do not walk around couple of rounds just. formulity. weaknesses, seek out any pos- Бес one in the seconds they jump
They
TOM FINNEY SAYS
probe
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I WILL RETIRE HAPPILY
IF I GET THAT ELUSIVE CUP MEDAL
By ARCHIE QUICK
the
that virtually ended the light.
Britain, of course, has won world title. On March 17, 1897. Cornishman Bobs Fitzsim- mons took his under-twelve-
ot
Alone frume Into the ring
Nevada's Carron City knocked out the great James J. Corbett,
never
A CLEVER FIGHTER But whisper i sollly outside Britain,
Fitzsimmons raised a fist in anger in his na- tive country. He left at the age in of nine and learnt his boxing New Zealand, for
Australia, and finally graduated in America.
He was a clever fighter,
The sort of brilliant theticion
cry boxer who raises the old that skill and science prevail in the end.
A Cup winner'a medat stj!! eludes Tom Finney. The great England and Preston winger, now successfully converted to a centre-forward, saw his hopes die at Wembley in May 1954 when West Bromwich beat North End by three goals to two. He saw his ambition fade
for yet another year at Arsenal Stadium despite the fact
that he, plus Cunningham, Docherty, Walton and Baxter,
of the 1954 team, were playing.
Tom has sixty-two England | goalkeeper Kelsey well beaten.
wish before But it was "caps" and his
two-one retires to his Preston at the finish. business is to
he finally plumbing
against
NOT STRONG ENOUGH
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follow ໄປຕ friend Stanley
win Matthews example and ...Cup
Final gold inedal, Only the night before the defect
by
But let
me tell you about Fitzsimmons' first fight.
It was
In New Zealand against a large hunk of man called Baines, a blacksmith, known as the T- maru Terror.
Fitz dut not need a couple of rounds to look for an opening He found it straightaway and knocked Baines cold in the first round.
An example of science in the the ring, science applied with "killer instinct”.—London Ex- press Service.
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WORLD ICE HOCKEY
Big Score By
Soviet Union
Over Austria
the are
R. McCreery, riding Rose's Pact in the Corin. thian Handicap Chase at Kempton on February 22, fell out of the saddle as the horse took the last fence. However, he remounted and went on to win the race.
Central Press Photo,
Dutton Looks Just The Type For The Lincoln
Says RICHARD BAERLEIN
The completion of the Lincolnshire Handicap riding arrangements of D. W. Morris, for Gay Trio, and Peter Robinson, for Dutton, is interesting because the respective trainers of these two horses, Harry Davison and Harry Wragg, have trained the Lincoln winner for the past two years.
old with a light weight and therefore just the type for such a handleap as this.
Gay Trio has only Ust. 71b, and he will have to put up at least 6lb. overweight.
Gay Trio is a seven-year- : A well-bred colt by Tudor old without any great form to Minstrel from Peralan Mald, he advertise hla chance, but the won his first three races last
raid season, and four in all.. same could have been about the eight-year-old Three Star II before Jast year's victory which surprised every- one except his immediate con- nections.
at
the
Lincoln,
NATURAL SPRINTER
Do
a
WORLD OF SPORT
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Campbell Plans To Capture World Land Speed Record Once Held By His Father
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By DEREK JOHN
Donald Campbell, holder of the world water speed record, plans to capture the world land speed record-once held by his father, Sir Malcolm Campbell,
Donald has a turbo-powered car on the drawing board which he hopes will travel about 400 m.p.h. The present record is 394.2 m.p.h. and is held by the Inte Sir John Cobb.
Campbell's car should bo cousin, I won't mind."
ready in 1959, It to be Name of cousin: Yolande powered by a 5,000 horse-power | Pompey. engino similar to that of the Bristol Britannia airliner.
When better tyres are deve-
loped Campbell thinks the land car will ono day break the sound barrier,
OLYMPIO ATHLETES
in Melbourne last year that cm
Olymple athletes lived a well barrassed Olymple officials find
they are unable to pay the bill.
Meantime Campbell, who is in
The Victorian Stole Govern- Canada, may attempt to break
ment is appealing to the Aug his water speed
record with
tralian Governanet1 for £200,000 jet-boat Bluebird. He is negoti-half of what Olympic officials
Canadian Onancial ating with
need to pay creditora. backers.
Reg Parnell, English driving ace who has just retired after 22 years behind the wheel, has a now mission in life: "To build up the prestige of British cars."
Parnell has been appointed racing mahager of the Aston Mazlin firm. He has been racing an Italian Ferrari. "People are Lired of seeing Ferraris whizzing by," he says.
FLYING HOUSEWIFE
Aus-
Mrs
of
Meet Mrs Mary Seed, Iralia's flying housewife. Seed, 26, has just set up a new Australian sport car record 113.3 mph.
Mrs Seed broke the record in the sports
her husband, CIT Lieutenant
Commander Peter Seed, gave her dor a wedding present that year. She has beca racing for only just over a year, The previous Australian re- cord of 90.9 m.p.h. had stood for 20 years.
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Ronnie Moore his retired from
Speedway to concentrate on car racing. He had already made plans to race cars this year and to finish now he has decided with speedway altogether.
amateur) to obtain the per- mission of their homo associa= tion before playing butaide their own country.
If permission is withheld för can be registered without it," 12 mombs, however, the player
The World Boxing Commission to aland by its decision that Italy's World Mario d'Agala, Bentomweight Champion, müşt fight Mexican Baton Macias be- |fore April 13-and 'no one else. The Victorian Government
This is a serious ·blow has said it will pay out another
£200,000 but even this is not d'Agata's plans to defend his enough to meet the great losses, title against Frenchman from the Games-some experts phones Halimi in Paris on April expect the Olympics to cost I.
to/
Al-
Australla more than £1,000,000.
The Commission also said that buildere Traders and
the winner of the d'Again bout of thousands of pounds worth unpaid bills are threatening to must meet Halimi before July 1.
the take drastic action against Games officials unless the money
paldt at once.
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EARLY THRUSTS
England's Football Association are pursuing the case of
who three Hungarian refugees have been refused permission by Charity FC have somebź a goal the Hungarian FA to play for within two minutes of the kick- Second Division club Doncaster off its their last four Lancashire Rovers,
Combination
and matches Say the English FA: "We netted three times. within a have written back asking why." minute after the interval. Yet Rules of FIFA require players they won only one of the of any calibre (professional or matches!
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
NINTH (ANNUAL) RACE MEETING Saturday 2nd, Wednesday 6th and Saturday 9th March, 1957.
(To be held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club) THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 30 RACES. The First Bell will be rung at 11.30 am, and the First Race run at 12,00 Noon each day..
The Timin interval is after the Fourth Race (1.30 p.m.)-each
The Secretary's Office at Alexandra House will clone at 10.00 am each day.
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
Moore, a "wall-of-death" rider at the age of 12, was spolied in New Zealand by former England speedway star Norman Parker, and joined the Wimbledon team | day. in 1950.
He won the World Cham – pionship in 1864 und finished runner-up to Poter Craven in 1955 and to Sweden's Ove Fundin last year,
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His longest winning distance: to date is seven furlongs but Film director John Huston he has twice been successful thinks he has made his greatest Moscow, Feb. 27.
Gay Trio began last season
On his discovery-in a boxer. over six furlongs, The Soviet Union, Ütle holders
by running second In
have breeding he should unbeaten so far in the opening
West Indies and
Flaming in the event
difficulty in staying a mile,
recently Huston was impressed World Ice Hockey Champion-being beaten only a neck.
though undoubtedly sprinting ship, tonight defeated Austria
DIFFERENT
by the physique and bearing of appears his natural game,
one of the "extras". The lad told by 22 goals to one.
Subsequently he won over a
him that he boxed so Huston However, even if they were After today's matches,
was mile at Ayr and
placed
He has all the appearance of victors Arsonal did not Impress Soviet Union and Sweden
to win arranged u fight for him. Huston the type required the four times. In
previous as likely Cup winners. On this leading in the championship, season he won two of his
13 Lincoln Handicap and he was even more impressed and
it form they
sald that he would "adopt" the are certainly not with six points fuch after three strong enough at wing-half, and wins,
races, one of them over a mile. pleases in his draining I have Czechoslovakia and Fin-
His only other SUCCESS had no doubt that he will wind up lad and sponsor his trip to Bri- their forwards were often caught
and are
are next with four points
been in 1953, when he won over one of the best-backed candi-tain.
I think he is a future world a mile and a quarter.
dates in the race.
at heavyweight champion," mys Despite this record his best At present he is quotedi
Huston. Father
Trio less 25-1; Gay
is quoted at distance may be than a mile, and the fact that 50-1.
(London Express' Service). he is putting up so much over- weight should surely handicap a horse of his age out of the
Arsenal he said to me: "I will retiro happily if I get that, for, you know. apart from Inter League honours, I have only one Second Division Champion- | leaden-footed instead of run- each for two wins and one dc- ship medal in my collection, and ning on to passes. It was loft feat. Poland is none from the First."
his
How Finney tried to pull the match out of the fire! He laid on pass after pass which colleagues might well have
of. taken advantage He shot from all angles, and he struck the underside of a crossbar with
Sports Diary
TODAY
Badminton
Birth with two
to centre-half Bill Dodgin 10 points for one win and two de- head in a corner for the opening feats. Sixth ara Japan and first- Austria with one point each for goal-and that was his ever goal for the club,
a draw and two defeats, while Manager Jack Crayston,
Are last with Was East Germany
for three defeats, off to Birmingham next day toto points
JAPAN BEATEN watch, West Bromwich Blackpool, for Arsenal have to visit the winners of that re- play. He may have had serious doubts about his team's ability to survive, but there is one thing very certain--he has
Versus
3
in
race.
Dution is Д very different Foland beat Japan by a gonia proposition. He is a four-year-
another match.
the The match at
Dynamo Stadium was very even for the first two periods, Jozet Kurek Inherited opened the score for Poland and Toshinike equalised In his new position as Arsenal Yamado
anager a young team that for Japan. The first period
be capable of giving the cuded with a score of one-all, club combined service
In the accond period, for many
players kept to come. Pius half a dezen Japanese
the
the
Entries close for the Colony Junior | years reserves, he tells me. I Polish attack. In check and once
the
Championships.
School Badminton at CCC. 6 p.m. cannot
ever remember Arsenal more each side scored one goal,
But the last period fielding such a youthful cleven, Ternik
Poles broke through time
and Colony Grasscourt championships, but in one respect they are ex- Chater Road 6.15 p.m.
actly the same as the old again and notehed Ave more vintage they fulf the club's goals to gain their first win of from rule of acting as gentlemen the Championship. off the field. Mr Crayston od- mita he is a lucky mant all that remains for him is to see to it that club spirit continues,
TOMORROW
Kadmintoti
Association II.K. Badminton
to Executive Committee Meeting Pro eldent's Osice, Alexander 5.30 p.m.
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