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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY - FEBRUARY 25, HILO.
Erskine Beats Pastrano
CLEAR-CUT POINTS
DECISION IN A BLOODLESS BOUT
London, Feb. 24.
Former British Heavyweight champion Joc Erskine beat world fifth ranking heavy-
Earl Haig Fund Boxing Tourney On Friday
The top boxers in the Colony will be out in force this Friday, when the Hong- kong Amateur Boxing Association ..stages its annual Earl Haig Fund tournament at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Macpherson Playground. The first bout gets underway at 8.30 p.m.
a special event with local fight fans, i and this year, it promises to be the best yet.
weight, Willie Pastrana of US on points The Earl Ilaig tourney has always been over 10 rounds.at Wembley tonight. The clash between "Willie the Wisp" Pastrano and Welshman Joe Erskine was the ring connoisseur's match-as billed by the fight promoters. Erskine - who moves faster than most operating gained a clear-cut decision middleweights
over the American with his long anak- ing left followed up by precision jabs from his right. It was a fine match for the fans who like their pugilism with- out bloodshed.
TMI Postrano di not. louis anything like the fighter be used to bẻ. Erskine slipped under Pastrane's attacks like o flyweight nect with picked a stendy punches necumulated points lend.
But neither boys had o punch whleb could spell out a kifack- out.
Complication
This year's tourney will be no novices affair. Competition is expected to be very keen, so much so in fact that local authorities are convinced that in years to come local enthusinsts will look back on this occasion and
say "Do you remember the Earl-Haig
in Fund boxing tournament 1950 when ..."
Some of the boxers who will be out to do battle in the squared ring on Friday will include Rox Williams (Flyweight runner-up in the recent Colony. Championships); Taang Chun-wah (Colony welterweight champion); Henry Wong (1956 Colony Light- weight champion); Pte Jordan (1959 Colony Flyweight champlon); Cpl Shepherd (Colony Lightweight champion): Pte Lowe (Colony Lightheavy champion); Pto Walsh (Colony Bantamweight champion); Bdr Innes (1958 Colony champion) and Gar Wicks (1959 Colony Fly- weight champion).
CLUB 'A' TAKE ON THE
ROTOITI
TONIGHT AT
RUGBY
By PAK LO
This evening the feature rugby match is scheduled for 7.00 pm, on the Club ground under the floodlights between Club “A” and the Navy boys from the "Rotoiti".
This match, one of a series between these two teams, has become a "needle" game, and it, is rather a pity that tonight Club will take the field with a much weakened team.
Billy Steel To
Stand Trial For Multiple Charges
star
Los Angeles, Feb: 24, Soccer
BIL Steel, Courretilly playing for!the Los
· Angeles All-Stars and in long- time Scottish bero al ikho
game, pleaded dunocent today
ito (charges of misdemeanour, drunken driving and failure to stop after an accident.
The former British champion"). win will turther couplicate the
The charges were flied rgainsi heavyweight scene over here. For Erskine commis. Two degi
the 27-year-old North Hollywood sions over reigning champion
The Clul may also have the Although they may be forced (resident after in ourller hit-vun Heary Cooper.
Fo the first one of the evền- With tonight's. declsinn 16 will undoubtedly |ing at 6 pm. Waylonit, stiit | ndvantage in the house where to share the serums, the Bank count was dismissed. The dis-
Wiggel be-
trict attorney's office did not state his claim to a fight for the trying to set in plenty of page they live the usu "A" XV are depending on
to get the
issue a complaint on the felony pack Betch thead even merhaps then betere tuy meet the club helt row, and it they Rehind their
charge. Warget can- in the annuch Dixture on March plentiful supply of the hall they threes moving,
their sati win, but whether they light, and must play on the wof crown.
afford tonight to keep the tought trying not 11, Que Kentie Joe
will get this supply remas to ball possess anything got to frighten strength against the Sappers,
the fees,
be but this wit open game, either world champie Haller-
the hands of The playing Into Contender, hig tilli
0 sport Ingemar
Sappers who European Champion
attacking three
linc. Jobuúnsson of Swekn-France-
strong
Presse.
which given the ball is certain 'the'. ·Bank boys to score, for have shown that their line can be breached by determined at tacks.
SOTI
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American Bridge
Team Lead
The "Hotalt XV have always
The 1 Lolit" with their heavy Teen neted in every gene they
take the have played for their ine utfit pet should tacking spirit and their hard honours, and as the Club wings austing pack. The, threes ure are weak defensively the New for their bard straight Zealanders should be able to win this Lunning, and the halves have beck Brough and shown that given a chanes they nutch.
And 2 way through alry defence.
farmony
PLA
Hard For Club
World Champions hard for Club, who with quite
Santa Monica, Calil., Feb. 24.
This is going to make it very
a few calls on thein by the weaker Bak, are very much An American bridge. ten of than usual. They have also a contend with. Western All-Stars today.boost-few injuries to
over the and their pack is more a Club Its lead to 18-4 Itation world champions at the pack than an "A" pack. end of 16 hands in an 80-board coolest.
d
This will make doubly hard for Tancock at seruin-haft for the the ball away,
will "Rotoit!" wint forwards
Plying at the Miramar Hotel here, the Ameriemus picked up eight points in eight hands played, following yesterday's be round on him and harassing first eight-hand round. The big him at every turn. swing came In the 13th when the Italians
hand went down
thrie and McTavish occupy two tricks in a bid of six dia-the centre of the three line to- [ght, and this could be the de- the cisive combination for Ches 1 there two cat hit it
monds,
while
the All-Stars made four-no Trump in
Intel nel
of three-no trump for a off, there is fille to stop them
galn or 030 points, or seven breaking away tonight, for the international mnich pola
Six of the eight hands played round is ressonably Arm, and More tested" is the is not too sippery to allow the threes to be used to their -scores. Play will be resumed
today and will wind up on wedest extent nesday afternoon.-U.P.1.
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Canadian Team
Called 'Ice
Hockey Rowdies'
Bonn, Feb. 24.
West German newspaper today described the Belleville Mcfarlands, Canada's repre- month's sentative for bext' World fee Hockey champion- ships as "ice hockey, rowdies," who displayed "wi west", tac- fles,
Commenting on the Canadian -WEAL 'team's 1-0 win uver
Germany, on Sunday, the Bild Humburg Baid: Zelteing of
There was not much left of tee bockey. That was catch-as- catch-canon.Jce, imported from the wild west.".
The newspaper said the Mc- Jarlands were wilder than any
team Canadian
coming to A Europe during recent years.
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN
真
(No. 1570)
Superior
INNING HIT
Colin McDonald hits Trueman to leg for two and Australia - have won the last and final Test match against England 'by nine wickets.
Sweden Not Taking Part In Olympic
Games Football
Stockholm, Feb. 24.
Sweden, Olympic champlons in 1948 and runners-up in the World Cup Inst year, is not among the record entry of 38 countries for the Olympic Games football tournament in Rome next year.
H.
The reasons, according to Mr. Bergerus, secretary-general of the Swedish Football Federa- tian, are that Sweden does not regard the Olymple tournament ns the world's top soccer event her and that the status of players might be questioned.
"According to the strict inter- -Judge Steven Wiseman order-prototion of
Olympic the od Steel held for trial on March amatour rules a query might be 18. He will rumalu free on $263 | ralsed as to whether the Swedes were amateurs or not," said Mr ball pending trial.
Bergerus,
ARRESTED
Steel was arrested after police said his car collided with a taxi- Leab a week ago. Witnesses sald Steel left the ·reens" of the accident.
AMERICAN
ZONE DAVIS
CUP DRAW ·
TERRY DOWNES SUFFERS 2ND SUCCESSIVE DEFEAT
London, Feb. 24. France's Michel Diouf, 27. year-old National Middle- weight title contender, tonight beat British cham. pion Terry Downes when the referee stopped the fight at the end of the fifth round. The non-title combat was scheduled to go 10 rounds,
·Downes the hope of British pugilism for world supremacy --- stumbled to his corner after the fifth round with his left eye- brow streaming blood,
Referee Jack Hart Inspected the wound and as expected called off Türürer ebat.
·EYE OPENED UP Dlouf shook the British hope with his opening Dow-two New York, Feb. 24..
right swinga. Downes" nye The draw for the 1950 Aeopened up immediately
.and Cin, zone Davis
tennls Cup
continued to pour blood despite "The players do, or may, in elimination matches which was the frantic efforts of his corner. fact, get a-Hitle money, the made yesterday at the National The coloured boy worked vici- amount depending upon the Indoor Championship will plt ously on the eye throughout the Overall, despite their keen
financial status of their clubs. Australia
Mexico in against
fight.
But Downes blinking book In the first game the Sap-ness the Bank are up against
The day before the neeldent We therefore consider it better the Best round of the northern toam Д
section.. superior in
the blood took the fight back in pers have a good pack, led by
almost Steel had paced Los Angelos All-not to eater a team,"
Diouf with a perles and Win, and this alone will give every
of well- department
the Stars to a surprize 4-4, tie with
Swedish soccer players may
placed jobs. But the French them a definite superiority in Sappers should win by a coma touring Zurich soccer team
furtable margin.
get anything between 50 crowns
In the Southern section, Cuba | fighter took his punishment ep- (about £3-89, sterling) and 100 will pioy the British West Indies parently without flinching. crowns (LB 18s sterling) match.
the lincouts and the loose.
U.P.I.
Irish-Trained Horses Dominate
Betting On
The Grand National
London, Feb. 24.
Irish-trained horses dominated the betting on the Grand National at the
Victoria Club callover here last night.
Mr What was made 10 to one favourite to repeat his success of last year,
Culz ne point behind Mr|yards), (the Champion, Hardlennek and Le Bel; 33-1 and up- | What in the burting was another and the Chauntary Go-Gopi-words-othrop
Irish horse, Slippery Serpent, who fell in the Leopardstown Chase on Saturday but had won his previests four reces.
LINCOLNSHIRE
After Sweden 'won
SOUTHERN SECTION
per and Argentina will. meet Venezuela. Conado, the third
the
their 1948 triumph nation in the northern section, the bronze medal drew a bye and will play in the 3052 games in Helsinki winner of the Australia-Mexico
series. but did not enter a soccer team:
Mcl- Jor the 1036. Games in
The two sections winners bourne Reuter.
will meet in the zone Ana). In the zone semi-finals, American winner will meet the European Champlon, The eastern zone champion will play the survivals of this series for the the right to challenge United States for the Davis Cup. -U.P.I.
MCC Net £12.000
More On Australian Tour
Dunedin, Feh. 24.
Australian Receipts for the section of the MCC's Austra- ingian tour above an increase
the
SENT TO CANVAS
In the third round hook sent, Downes canvas for a
a right to the Yount of one. Downes fought bravely on, but his martyrdom under the two- Osted enslaught of Diout let referee Hart no other alterna- tive but to stop the fight.
This was the British hope's second successive dolent.
America's Spider Webb des recently, Now cisioned him Downes looks like joining the long list of British pugiliste who never
it,-- quite made France-Presse,
NON-WHITES NOT BARRED
of more than 3:12,000 stering FROM S, AFRICA OLYMPIC
over the 1954-55 tour,
The total gare, announceri
CHELTENILAMI GOLD CUF 100-0 Marshal Pit and Mid- 2-1 Saffron
Tarton; 6-1 lunder; 201 Mediation, Roddy Owen and Taxidermist; Beat Bend" of the Honte OhryFMETING - Gide Burket Nipe Kersting 100 2954191541 (23ks trained horses was Oxo at 100 22-1 Chou Chin Chow, Dam- Linwell und Lochroe; 35-1
Then
Curte Nic bustor,
Caesars Pinny, Precious
Hela, Pas Beul and Alking, another Irish candidate Heather, Radiopyc, Statfold Falem Royal; 33-1 ond up and Wyndburgh, both on the 100 nod Who You; --Amos,wards, others-Reuter. to six mark.
Canterbury Bloom, Chalk Street, Chino, Court Feathers,
to
seven.
Joint Favourites There were no strong market leads in the Lincoln betting and Morghol Pil and Midlander, two
well fancied failures for Inst your's Cambridgeshire nind Joint favourites at 100 to
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El Gaucho, Master, Nicky and Master of Boyden.
GRAND NATIONAL 10-1 Mr Who5; 100-0:9- pery Serpent: 100–7 Oxo; 160—
No Monza 500 Miles Race This Year
Monza, Feb. 24. The Milan Automobile Club
200 sterling) as against A{A}}
for 78,680 (200,484 sterling) the previous lour.
Attendances totalled 1,128,744,
compared with 1,108,013 In
1934-55,
Proit from the complete tour is expected to be in the region of £12,000 sterling. This figure would have been higher but for the dying out of reinforcements John Mortimore and Ted Dexter which increased expenses con- alderably,
TEAM SAYS PRESIDENT
Johannesburg, Feb. 24. Non-white sportsmen who warrant selection for the Olympic Games will have every opportunity to com- pete in the South African team, it was understood (from a statement made today by Reg Honey, Prest- dent of the South African Olympic and Common. wealth Games Association.
Nic Atkins and Wyndburgh;
Honey said: "If there were would be nothing to prevent h 18-1 Soltown; 20-1. Done Up,
worthwhito any. really
'non- non-white competing stan Green Drill, and Tiberetta; 25-1
think the Olymple or Empire dames. Cannoble Lee, John;
Attendances for the Ave Tests white athletes, I
to Olympic Council would soo Chief Berkel, fourth in last Brunel,
"At present I-know, none tu ond Jacques, Kerstin, Mr Gray Os today decided not to organise in Australia were: 11 20 Is your's race,
Brisbane-70,964; Melbourne-it that key competed in the
who would merit selection. chance, together with Offspring Car Wilde, Turmoil and Vallant the 1950 Monza 500 miley event.
| think I-am voicing opinion.. of The decision was taken fol- 230,048; Sydney-172,958; Ado- games,"" Hero Ls
and Mediation. They were fol- Spark. A position by
Melbourne Talde 160,000; Inwed by a group of seven on CHAMPION -HURDLE
Commenting on a report that all of us when I saw we will lowing the adoption of a new C. Groeneveld (Problemnoter,
Tokoroa; 41 the 22 to one mark.
Fare regulation by the International 134,297.
colour bar problems will be do poverything to holp
thimm 1955). White to play and mate
Following were, the Prices on-Time: 61 Retour De Flantme: Sports Commission which will Complimentary tickets and discussed of the forthcoming compote. The Loversens prob-
engine members' tickets for all matches international the Lincolnshire Handicap (one-1 Friendly Boy: 8-1 Prudent reduce formula one
National King: 100-3 King, and Merry ratings from -2,500 ce to 1,500 totalled 312,746-China Mail mitier's meeting at Munich annanagement would not be un- mile), the Grand
Special. ce in 1001-France-Presse. Stoople-obase (four miles 650Deal; 20-1 Bandalore, Havas-
in two moves.
Solution No. 5569; 1 R--}}}, Resigns.
London Express Service.
sizeable police detachment THE GAMBOLS ·
"should be kept,'near the rink
wherever they played Europe, the article added.-- Neuter.
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Mry 25, Honey said: "The surmountable if sporta bodies South African Olymple Asso; tanked the matter in the right ciation as such has no colour way."--France-Free50% bar. As far as I know there
English Soccer Sports Diary
Results
London, Feb. 24. Results of tonight's English football materics were;
Ársonal
LEAGUE ONE (Postponed from February (14)
1 Exda United 0
'LEAGUE TWO Bristol C. -1 Grimsby T.',0 LEAGUE TURES" ¿Postponed from Annuary 17) Doutonnier 133, 12 Beading
Reuter,:
TODAY. --Athletics
Hongkong Pollen: Sports -Almoeta- tion annumi aizzella indeling, "Bogn=" Akeš street, 3 pm
Gun Club School ports, Boundary-Street, 215.p.m,
TO-APORNÓW SEA
Paizies clonede, the "Hengkong Badminton Benior datiips.
Ladies' Bastion, Cháriky Cup Com». petitions.Barnag