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/ THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1957,
MR SOLOMONS DANGLES £50,000 BAIT Field Of Thirty
Floodlit Soccer Now Part And Parcel Of The Game
... But This Must Wait
By LEONARD BELSHAM
football IN
London, Oct. 14. Floodlit now part and parcel of the game, not only in England and Scolland but also in various coùn. tries on the European continent,
Many of the inter- national type of fixtures between British and Con. tinental teams are played under the lights, but the authorities in Britain will not sonction Anglo-Sevitish Пoodti competition.
RD
Although some League matches are, nowadays,. played under artifici lights the English and Scottish associations will nat permit the proposed which competition In
three leading English amateur teams hoped to play. Friendly matches, yes, but not competition. And the teams concerned cannot understand why.
In fact the position has reached a stage where the
Scottish League have warned Heart of Midlothian, Hibernians and Partick Thistle that they may be expelled from the League if they go ahend with plans for the Anglo-Scottish Blood- light competition.
Friendly Matches
In somewhat milder tçrois ihe Football League (England) have advised Tottenham Hot-
spur, Newcastle United and Manchester City against taking part.
Patterson Can Also Watch The Derby
Laugh this one off. Jack Solomons, that nervoless wonder who
spends on fisticuffs the profits he makes on cod fillets, has offered Floyd Patterson, Heavyweight Champion of the World, £50,000 and a free look at the Epsom Derby to do- fend his title in London on June 3, 1958.
You think it a joke? So did I when I first heard the whisper from New
York-but the man actually means it.
A Tottenham 'director was appointed secretary of the floodlight event
lo has kid he and he camt understand why
will be per- the clubs mitted to play a series of friendly matches, but
not as a competition.
"The Football League seems to be influenced by the Scottish Teague," he said. "I understand there is no question of exput. Football slam in the League's letter, they cannot approve the tournament As under the rule of the Inter- League, board, they are bound to support the Scottish authorities."
The letter sent to the Scottish clubs says that there will be, no hesita- tion in enforcing Rule 65 if the clubs persist with their project. That is the rule which gives power to fine, suspend or expel clubs. for violation of League rules.
The same six clubs have made previous al- tempts to found a flood- light tournament but each time the leagues have intervened. A series of friendly games was played last season and a provisional fixture list had been drawn up for this season. → China Mail Special.
Hunt
National
Stars Make Early Start
By PETER SCOTT
Favourable conditions on the exercise grounds
11
"Why not??
he demanded, when permitted myself Tow stightly -nuered hints
the effees. that
he (a) couldn't afford it: the Patter- zon would not_come; (c) the Americans would never let it happen; and (d) we had Do heavyweight capable of giving the champ exercise, let alone ori argument,
Mr Solomans drew hard on his trade-mark, cigar and deali; with these Impolite objections one by one. Thus, or nearly thus, I have omitted the fish-
"With
he dite respect," said, "I know the British public beller than you do for the simple
word
Hint I have renson
by
George Whiting
not be interested sterling.
cannot
fight Patterson, No boxing commission
out up either Jackson or Rademacher for the tip Patterson picked 'em himself, so what makes you think he would not tackle a British boy it he feels like it and gets paid?"
Well....no heavy-weight
hat
British-born fought for
tbe world title in Britain sinco Gunnar Moir and Jack Palmer sough! unsuccessfully
to break the European joy-re
In our son Canada's Toumy Burns just half a century ago. We nord not count Mr Solomon's own slightly
version synthetic between Lee Savold and Bruce Woodcock back in 1950, Thot
Wrong Again
"Wrong again," said Mr 6.
bought my experience with my "When I had Nino Valdes fight-ne was strictly for labels.
own dough,
can
#nd
ing for me over here this year,
country.
for
two
in
lots
But precedent means nothing to the Solomons set-up. The nichemlat of the alley stews his brows....looking for gravy. He scheries and and serpams....and. occasionally, very occasionally, it all adds up to rainbows,
dreama
Dreams, Schomes the Patterson connections tele- "When 1
} Say
pay Patterson £50,000-he big-honed me three times from this New York to ask what I would west purse of all time in country, by the way I know I pay him to fight Valdes
London. can get my money back, plus a
"I didn't do business for the percentage. Why did I make
that reason
Iwo Turpin simple money with Randolph
foreigners wouldn't
'draw.' Freddie Mills? Because And they were British boys going in difficulties
Besides, there might have been labour getting with a world title chance. For permits, and Bank of England that kind
the of attraction,
permission public will always pay,
of purse money to go out of the pay plenty.
"With Patterson on the bill ataiast one of our own heavy- weights, I could get my £50,000 back in one day's hookings, and Another £50,000 before body got hurt, with £100,000 in the 1, how could I wrong? What could I lose?
"I have an open dale on June Glye 3 next year-Derby eve. me Patterson, and I can take my plek from the White City, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, or the Rugby ground at Twicken- hum,
No Tax
Cus
"You have to have a British hur in there. But don't tell me d'Amato, Putterson's manager, is not interested. I know different. Anyway, I've written telling him whata of my mind, how much we can and invited him and Patterson to see the Derby as my guests."
الوعة ال
Opposition
Turpin was a C-1 underdog on the night he summoned up the blood of every Briton by whipping Ray Robinson. Freddie Mis contract could
for have been bought
bun- mancy in 1947....just ont year before he took the world cruiserweight title CT Lesnevich.
Optimist
Gus
Solomons, optimist sublime. contrived both these upheavals to compensate for some of the promotional "rhubarbs" he has plonked in our protesting laps. Now he torses this £50,000 fire-cincker across the Atlantic. It could turn out to be exceedingly dump squib....but can we be certain?
an
Listening to Solomons You could almost hear the sort pad of the Patterson brogues on the Windmill Street stairs. I came down out of the clouds. Surely, The White City holds 54,000 pointed out, nellher Solomons people for bosing. I've already or any other promoter could laken more than 200,000 there i get away with this kind of Be honest. If Floyd Patterson with ringside seats al 25 50. deal in the teeth of American came to Night In each and Entertainment Tax. opposition.
Now we don't have fax,
but The Heavyweight Champlon- we do have people who would ship of the World, I reasoned, pay £10 ringside for such arafes second only to Fort Knox the USA. Would they risk such a herliage in foreign ports? Everybody over there would squawk their heads "off. They'd call it larceny.
Next objection: Floyd Patter sam, with the tinkle of television dollars in his brown and as yel unmarked cars, would surely
Two Argentinians Named To Play
have enabled trainers of most of the leading In Canada Cup
National Hunt performers to have their charges ready earlier than usual.
Already such as Wyndburgh, The Gallant and Crudwell have made winning reappearances, while Whitbread Gold Cup winner Much Obliged, and Bremontier, successful in the Scottish Grand National last April, have also been out.
Buenos Aires, Ort, 14.
"Let 'em," said Mr Solomons. And that seemed to dispose of cosy-rosy international relations
once and for all.
Next, the £50,000 guestion. Who, among the tiny outcrop of bulky Britons, would Solomons dare put in with Patterson without risking a charge homicide?
of
'Don't Laugh' The Argentine professional "Diek Richardson—and don't golfers Leopoldo Ruiz, Argentine laugly" came the answer. Champion, and Antonio Cerda know w is not the British were today nominated to play in Champion. I low he is only a the Canada Cup Tournament In comparative novice. I know Tokyo starting October 24.
he's got to beat America's Rulz and Cerda will leave by air for the Japanese capital to-
a season in the Bulcote Hurdle at morrow. -France-Presse. Dy the end of this mont large proportion of the winter) Nottingham on October 28, stors will have been in action) ugain.
NOTICE
Easy Win
Change Of Scene
Left
serve 195 #1
wing
comprised
Willie Pastrano at Harringay cn October 22. And I know he will have to take on Eddie Machen or Roy Harris or one of the other leading American contenders before he
can get next to Patterson.
"But never
me
Britain, you, sirmand possibly you, too, madon--would be clawing holes in, the Solomons box-office to be up front on the night.
-London Express Service).
Elimination Bouts
に
TWO-FISTED PUNCH
With a two-fisted purich at the fall, Shefteld Wednesday's goalkeeper Ryalls beats n heading altempt by Chelsea centre-forward Tindall in the First Division match at Stamford Bridge ground, London, on October 5. Chelsen won 1-b-Reuter-
photo,
For Cesarewitch
Landon, Oct. 14.
A tok of about 30 will con- test the first of the tradi-' tongl. Autumn Double the Cesarowitch, to be run over two miles, two faripngs 40 Newmar- ket on Wednesday.
The size of the Seid da more ppzersive than the class, it re- presents. There Is nothing 31 Anal neceptors, Lamong the
left in from an original entry ot..120, to match the Class of UCH postwar winners 87 Whitenway (1947), Woodburn (1948), Above Board
|and Curry (1855).
Since the war qone mainly
(1950)
the race has to horses aged three, or four-ye three-year- Gids buve won and four four- year-olde-and most of the innciidates who have been pru- minent in ante-post belting an this year's raco category.
Bluest money Mr J.
Bullock'a
are In this
has been for Morocambo
(4), winner of the Ebor Han- Hothorton's dicap. Mr. John Moongate and Baron de Zuylen de Nyevcil's Chillon, two use ful three-year-old slayers, and Colonel T. F. Hale's four- year-old Persian Flag, who has only once been out of the first three in reven outings this season.
Alcoutur
WON
were
officially
seratched from the Cesarewitch. Alko
Cloon- scratched roughan and Viviptic.-Reuter.
HOME SOCCER
Gateshead
London, Oct. 14.
Indat Stockport 3-0 in the only English League match played tonight.
This Third Division Northeim. match was postponed from last | month./~Reuter,
· AFTER STARTING IN AMERICA
Londoner Returns Home To Make Good As A Professional Boxer
By ARCHIE QUICK
Many British boxers have gone to the United States for experience, many have made good over there as established fighters-Ted “Kid" Lewis being an outstanding example, “Kid” Berg another-but Terry Downes, the middleweight from Pad- dington, is unique. He'la a Londoner who started his career in America and has returned home 'to muke good.
To Select World Terry enlisted in the American Marines in England, went to the States for his
Welter Champion
training and while there began boxing, So successfully, that he finished up po Marines Champion. After his Service had expired--and it was a short term alice he discovered that gloves could earn him more money than rifles-back he came to London Town to turn professional, and his short career in the paid ranks has been as meteorically successful as his amateur Marine daya.
London, Oct. 14. A series of eliminatory fights will probably be held in Europe Opponent alier opponent he and his hooking is very henyy. Mr. Warren, son of a famous and the United States to select has boiled over, but he is not But he will not be ready for English International half back, a World Welterweight Boxing yet qualified to fight Pat McAteer for quite another year. Ben Warren, of Derby County Champion, J. Onslow Fanc, McAfeer for the Middleweight
and Shelled, United, was never President, of the British Boxing Championship. He shows every Liversidge Is quite n Food
great player himself although Federation, said here today.
promise of being able to capture boxer, emphasis on boxer, and he did
SheMold pppear for day, but it is had, in fact, only lost one pre- United His case recalls to my Mr Fane is also a member of the
that title one the International World Cham-neither fair to him or the paying vious light, but the standura of mind Frank Womack when ne public, ip plt him against sugh the opposition has never been was manager of Grimsby Town. pionships Committee.
poor opposition us Derek Liver- very high. Certainly he had He was lured to Leicester City vacant sidge as they did at Shoreditch not met such a tigerish customer by higher salary, but did not
Cer-the uther night,
as Mr Downes of Paddington stay long. His was a parallel
Litla..fell The welter recently when America's men Basilio moved. Into the
middleweight category and snatched up the world crown in Foregone Conclusion this class.
Creen.
soccer
for
Safe Position
case to Mr Warren's for Mr George Pearce, Chairman of Grimsby, told me at the time The most unfortunate man in Frank could have had a lob Present plans for Grand This 211⁄2 miles event-won by
The result was this National winner Sundew are to Devon Loch us a preliminary to
surely, is 0 foregone
Mr Harry here for life." Now he is scout Mr Fane said that the win- give him his first race of the his steeplechase engagements Not many seasons ago Eire's match cannot be made. Patter-
Thot was reflected Warren who left a safe, com- for the good, club he left (under conclusion. ner of the American eliminating last year wi
fortable and lucrative job as Exidie son's great fighter you've
the managership of Allenby. ghiene for Sundew's Brst Crosson, of Blackburn Rovers, Cen him. But who did he bouts will meet the winner of the three ip one on betting
contest started, and manager of Southend United the European eliminatories for before the
Chilton)... major
will And Tommy Eatington, objective, which
of beat in his only two fights as
a similar post with Coventry the world title. France-Downes duly stopped his man probably be the valuable Emblem Everton, Now Eddie and Tommy Champion?
towards the end of the seconti City, The inducement, he tells *Chase over three miles form Tranmere Rovers' wing In
round. I ouly hope that such me, was an extra £500 a year, Manchester on November 16, the Third Division North. In
ensy bouts will not imbue this but Mr Warren last the sub- mther than the Grand Sefton the same Section, although the
stance chasing the shadow for prospect with Chaste at Liverpool the previous season is not yet six weeks old,
confidence, for then he will he has just become Coventry's Oldham Athletic cannot claim
come a cropper when he meets ninth ex-manager since the last George Swindin. He was offered an "ever present" player.
Wor? a man of class.
His stay in the Midland big money to go to Leyton Orient as successor to Alec Stock, but centre was less than one whole Swindin preferred to stay in
his Nevertheless, credit where season.
safa position with all-conquer- credit is due, He is only Just
ing Peterborough United. When out of thy amateur sluge, and he Meanwhile, hls, successor Di
I met him in Town this week looks a dyed-in-the-wool pro-Southend, Mr Eddie Perry, goes he said: "I sacrificed £1,000 a
That is due percnely on his way with an
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Special Cash Sweep on the
Kwangtung Handicap Saturday, 19th October, 1957
Over 1,350,000 tickets sold to date.
week-end.
Wyndburgh,
to rúnnor up Sundew in the Grand National reappeared at Perth in a smil | three-mile thece furlongs chase,
after a summer's rest,
The result was fun easy win. "Just the sort of ruge I wanted for him," said his owner, Ms Rhona Wilkinson.
Miss
Floored
goes
in
Presse.
with
Golfer Of The Year Award
great
over
One mon who did not put money before security"
Tas
"Firsi ho Hurricane Jackson, and it takes him 10 rounds to lick a man who couldn't push his way through an open door.
Neel JOE'S LUCK
they sort out an amateur, Pele Joc Sibley was a fino quit Rademacher, who'd never had side right with Southend and a professional Dght in his life. Newcastle. In the twilight of So what happens? So Rade
Florida, Oct. 14. his career he has signed
Dirk Moyer, US Open Chum (etaional already. machor puta Patterson on the for Folkestone.
But even the floor and stays in with him for plon, was today voles Golfer of to his American troliny. He is amiable Board of Directors. The year not going to Orient, but I am well off at Peterborough Southern League club dropped the best part of alx rounds,
the Year in a ballot organised a non-stop unceremonious man Chairman, Alderman Harry
and we shall be in the Fourth a1 a}lm,
who comes Smith, told me: "We could not Division the season after next. by the American Professional af cloven stones, and Joe was depressed, assists in Wynburgh's, training. That evening he checked tils
Golfers Association.
forward throwing punches all possibly pay the money said that too much would not be pools and found his wife
the time, and who seems im Coventry offered Horts. 18th asked the seven-year-old in won £0,000, Joe is smiling son and Rademacher In one record in the ten-year history of upon himself.
the first half of this season.
Ryan Price, whose total of, 79 winners last reason was a train- Ing record under National Hunt | rules, has made a successful
start again this spason,
The Sale of Cash Swoop Tickets, on the above, will clone
Friday; on October, 1957 as follows
392 Nathan Road, Kowloon,
at 4.00 p.m.
5 D'Aguilar Street, at 6.00 p.m. Queen's Building, Ground Floor, Chinter Road nt 6.00 p.m.
The Draw will be held on the Ground Floor, Pubile Betting Hall at the Rage Course, it 11.90 пла. Saturday, 19th October, 1967.
By Order of the Stewards, PEAT, MARWICK, MITCHELL & CO.
Trocars.
Wilkinson, who
Flans are for the stable's 1955 Champion Hurdle winner. Clair Soleil, to run over fences this season. But he starts off with af hurdles engagement at Hunting- | don on October, 26 - the two miles Cambridgeshire Hurdle, which he won easily last year..
Price is vors pleased with the sumuner progress of the four- year-old Doxford. This son of on Krakatao was inclined to become Trotti' and exalted before his Įraces list, winter, but he has heen gelied and should be less nenshui this season.
Doxford has a fine turn of speed and could reach the, "top
cipse lo dud couzon darotco).
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again!
had
ι
Picked 'em
"Richardson could lick Jack-
night. So don't tell
THE GAMBOLS
Mustn't be late to mee George
but
"I am certain," he said, "that
Mayer received 592 votes, pervious to any; blows planted; we were sorry to see him leaveler, one season, elubs will foll
me he the aword.—Reuter.
Was
He fights with us." He both hands going at full blast,many, many years.
By Barry App hel
Ponder if fee's drejt 2 Thera hig ia_p) looking oftar kimsalfi
Southend
Time on your hands.
out of the Fourth Division, be- CAURO of poor gates, heavy travelling and large, hotel ex- pensos, and that will be our opportunity. I -consider that OVCH now
ore better equipped for players and ground facilties then all but one or two of the Third Division sides,
We
"My worries will begin when we are elected.. At the moment Hits,all very comfortable, und Al have a touit that has won out- Fright all its Midland, LANTUO matches so far this season,, •I énsider that refusing that, nd- | Ultional £20 a' weckt wns 'n wise
"Them aro, bigger. Considera- tons than mero money. I havo loyal supporters, Director, noch Player, and I want to be,iyal to them the same as "I was lo Antenal when I played Ston