THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1957.
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Doctor's Blunt Warning Ends Hans Stretz's Boxing Career
By HANS SCHAEFER
Frankfurt.
The handsome man was rubbing his right eye. "The doctors told me to stop boxing-other- wise I run the risk of losing my sight. How can I become a blind man when I have a family?"
The doctor's blunt warning put-an end to the brilliant career of Hans Stretz, one of Germany's greatest boxers of post-war years in the middleweight division.
The doctor's diagnosis—an injury to the retina of the right eye-finished the career of a man who did not only
The bell printed on the top of her nail makes her readily identifiable,
She is 14f, long and 5ft. wide, with salt area of 102 sq. ft. The price is £124, but the GP 14 was specially designed for home building. Complete kit costs only £00.
SAFE SAILING
This reliable dinghy offera many hours of sensible and safe salling for her two-man erew,
The International 14 is the
present-day centre-boards have
SPORTRAIT-
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'What's the good of pou savino what you could have done on your farm you'd be lucky tɔ be offered
45 shillings 1"
London Express katrice
We returned in Д
of Wight, stimab wind also,
On that occasion I pinyed safe and took a third man for baling. The Avenger also hnd 100lb. bronza drop keel for stability.
LUST FOR SPEED
The lust for speed and "plan- ning over the water" have re sulted in a wooden drop keel being adopted.
Now, Although the bonts are
THIRD TEST REFLECTIONS
ENGLAND MAY RECALL DAVID SHEPPARD
By DENNIS HART
One-hundred-and-fifty-eight overs; 357 runs; three wickets. And every figure tells a story for the West Indies a sad story of defeat and disappointment on the cricket field.
These figures are the returns for the second and third Tests and for the second innings of the first Test of Sonny Ramadhin, the man who in 1950 mes- merised England's batsmen. Add the 26 overs bowled for 88 runs scored and no wickets taken by Alf Valentine and the explanation for the West Indies setback is al- most complete.
In 1950 Ram and Val took 50 of the 80 England wickets,
Small wonder then that the 1957 tourista are struggling, whereas in 1950 they romped, to victory after victory.
Two things have caused the
Test wickols hav turnabout,
not given spinners, the en- couragement they did in 1960. Then, even at Lord's, England went in with three spinners And Valentine just isn't the some bowler he was seven years the tremendous amount of work ago. I think he has been bowled into the ground with he has been called upon to do on unresponsive pitches in the West Indies and Australia. International 14 is that, unlike most boats of her size, she is completely ua-his length has gone.
He can silli spin the ball, but decked.
His fall- ure is one of the saddest stories Maximum sail aren by the of the season. Valentine really
thoroughbred from which all sprung. For though these boats aren't a one-design class they are designed and constructed to a set of 20 restrictions which gives freedom in shape, and Feature of the makes their cost double that of any one-design boat of the same size.
equally seaworthy, they call for tention in handling. more concentrated effort and at-
But don't write that oft cs
at
ting.
England's batting now stands failure of the West Indies Lat-
a height not reached since
Weekes, Worrell, Walcott and Co. are almost the batsmen pre-war days-especially now that Tom Graveney has found they were
in 1950. Walcott, his touch in Test cricket.
to
trim
and
THIN
by
Indeed, has probably Improved Pioneer
The difference between the scoro they chalked up then and their performences in the pre- scnt neries can be measured in
One problem that remains be solved is that of finding on opening partner for Richardson, who.
Peler incidentally, looks like giving Englandi valu- the bowling of men like Freddie able service for many years to man, Brion Statham, r come.
Laker, not to mention Travor Balloy.
Brian Close and Don Smith have failed to take their chances,
Test cricket. although both. I fancy, can do better the they have done in
AVAILABLE
Will either get another oppor- unity? Or will the Rev. David Sheppard makse another drama- te re-appearance In the Eng- and side? He will be availabic for both the fourth and fifth that he will be available to go to Australia next year with the MCC.
make money on his sport-but loved the "noble art of vanity or extravagance. For that International Yacht Racing rules Ikes his cricket; to him it is an Tests. It has now been suggested
is 125 sq. ft, which means that art, and it is with an artist's the actual sail carried is about fingers that he has created his 100 sq. ft.
masterpiece in spin
Relf defence" with all his heart.
also
Strotz, 20, who had appeared matches, scoring 20 wins, An B9 pro bouts before fale was German middleweight struck out against him, several champion. Ho switched to the days ago turned to professional light-heavyweight division only wrestling to make a living for a little more than a year ago. his two children and his good. looking wife.
What happened to Stretz who in his 89 pro matches achieved 72 viclorica, nine draws, and eight 'defeats?
sitting
in his comfortable
But
lespile being one of Germany's grentest Stres did not always succeed boxers, in making really big money on
is fists.
extra cost the proud owner gets the thrill of putting all his own Ideas and gadgets into the boat,
Owners in this class Include boat sailors and helmsmen. some of the most experienced
Not surprising then that most of the new iccas in rigging, de- developed through sign, masting and handling have national 14,
the Inter-
Length must not excred 14?t, A STOCK BOWLER and she must not measure less than 4ft 8in. wide, with coll
But he has been needed move helght no more than 22% as a stock bowler. It's like ask above the boat.
Ing an artist to mass-produce masterpieces,
Minimum weight is 2261b, and she must font 2001b, when submerged.
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The boat cosia
£250, with
If this is so, then he is bound to play in the fourth Test against the selection would be short-sighted, West Indica. If not, his especially as England are not in dire straights as far as scoring runs is concerned,
But as one committed to watch In the match I should not be sorry
When he was sighting in of many ownera who wanted Enother £50 for sails, including 1050, the two bowlers' were to see Sheppard in the team.
appartment in West the middleweight class, Hans
at
Chempion said:
the national Light- was punching in the shadow of "Bubi" Gustav Scholz, the boxer with the "photogenic look."
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"Last November
al Montevideo
(Uruguay) I was #ghting Dagomar Martinez, in a
FAT FURSES non-title match. During the fight, my opptrent pushed his thumb in my
While Scholz received fat fight eye"
purses, Strelz, occasionally was "First
I did
not pay
any used to fill the gap when one attention to this light injury or another fighters slated to and this was my great mistake, appear in a match was unable Later on, I received treatment to come for some reason or in a local eye clinic."
another,
Ani only recently, doctors But Strelz did nal mind there after a thorough check- much as he really loved his up warned that his cye is sport.
sensitive to punches and that
rudden blood coagulation can Stretz quilting the delive secno constitutes a severe loss
lind him at any moment.
"I
cannot run this risk," Hans was Streiz, who started boxing as professional In 1948, suid.
GRAPPLERS' CIRCUS
"Therefore I turned to pro wrestling at a Berlin grapplers' cireus."
for the nation's pro fistic sport. aghters who also won
among the low a good reputation brond, not only for his gallant fighting but also for his unassuming manners.
It was also partly thanks to Strelz's efforts and those of everal other fighters—that the country's pro fistle sport was overcome guaranteeing kimally last year when more und 100,000 marks (roughly $25,- more spectators flocked to the 000) a year.
But
arenas as good boxing wak circus manager
According to friends of Stretz, long crisis In the Hans is said to have signed
contract
neither
offered them.
Stretz nor the wanted to go into the detalls on the contract, Ox Stretz's International especially the financial section. record are victories over Ben And as he had not learned Buker and Manca of Spain, anything but boxing, his Andre de Keersgleter of Bcl- decision to turn to catch-as-Elum, Willy Armstrong and catch-can grappling, according Johnny Sullivan of England, to experts, should not be too Mickey Laurent of France, and bod since there he can, at least, Rándy Turpin of Britain. make more money than us an In 1950, he lost to Sugar Ray unskilled labourer.
Robinson after a gallant fight. In early 1950, he lost on points
Stretz, who donned the gloves
for the first time when he was a European Champion Charles
14-year-old schoolboy and who
Humez of France in another
in 1947 oppeared in 28 amateur non-tile bout.-United Press,
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Coveted trophy for this class is the Prince of Wales Cup, raced for annually at various centron round Britain. This is recognised as the championship tor open bont racing.
This year the event will ba at Hunstanton on July 18 under the flag of the North Norfolk Salling Club.
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The other half of the story is the way England's batsmen have countered Ramadido.
complementary. would so baffle the batsmen that If he were to play and go to often in desperation they took Australlo what a happy position
England would be in risks against Valentine.
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four-man attack, When Ramadhin routed Eng-full
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gain be the pattern. But Peter And England's bowling May, ably assisted by Colin strength must be taken into ac- 10. Hammond, Cowdrcy, more than swung the count when
considering tho balance the other way in a
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