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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1959.
Patterson's Peek-A-Boo Defence Weak WIDE-EYE VIEW
JOHANSSON EXPECTS TO WIN RETURN BOUT
IN SEPTEMBER
New York, June 27. Ingemar Johansson, the new world heavyweight champion, said today he expects to beat Floyd Patterson again in their September return bout, "bocause of woaknesses in his peek-a-boo defence."
Burly, brown-haired Ingemar, who floored Patterson seven times in the third round last night for a technical knock- out, indicated the September bout also would be staged at Yankee Stadium when he said: "I'll train again at Grossinger's."
It was al Grossinger, New, lat, now called the "Goteborg! York, where he trained for his thunderbolt."
Un
smushing upwel over Patterson However, promoter Bill Rosen- before a crowd of 21,061, And | sohn, who estimated he lost
the $10,000 on
night it was at Grossinger where he about carefully held biele his right which had been postponed
Thursday night because of rain, said he would not pick the elty for the return bout until about July 20. But he admitted he already was studying the Yan- kee Baseball Club's home sche- dule September.
Johansson's Home Town Argues Over Reception
A
Rosensohn and Irving B. Kahn, president of the Tele-
Watching the movies of the Baht at his sulte in the Com- modore Hotel today, Ingemar remarked that the pock-a-boo defenso used by Patterson was weak. Ingemar, in tan slocis and T-shirt, ilustrated by holding his forearms upright before his face.
"Like this you are holding your hands where you expeel the punches Lo come-before The punches slari. That's wrong. It's much better to prompler Corporation, estimat-hold your hands Somo place Patterson and In- eise, where it's easy to move receive the lar-them quickly to block punches
careers of their gest purses
when they stort. That way from last night's bout--even | you don't leave the openings." before the movie money "Do you expect to knock out comes in.
Floyd again?" he was asked,
ed that gemar wil
They gured about
$022,000
"I expect to beat him-just
WIMBLEDON TENNIS .
Quarter-Finals Of Men's Singles Today
Wimbledon, June 29.
about $331,000far above his fore the first fight, I've got Top-seeded Alex Olmedo of Peru and Los Angeles
$100,000
for ex-champlon Floyd and as 1, expected to beat him be- Gothenburg, June 28.
guarantee for the the same ahanee next time I had Inst night. Yes, I'll know proposal to give new king of the heavyweights,
about hlm but he'l Patterson's previous largest more new world heavy- p
WOS $301,382 tur his know more about me, too." Weight champion In-fourth defence against Roy
at Harris
Going To Sweden gemar Johansson a
August
civic reception here in}.
Los Angeles Jast
The figures announced today his home town is being for stadium receipts were: Intal opposed by Mr J. Alendance 21,961; paid atten
Fagerberg, a Gothen- burg city councillor, who says the council should have nothing to do with "such a brutal sport" as boxing.
18,215; stance,
ĮTOSS
Gate
$170.712; net site, $407.139; federal taxes, $40,007:
Laxes, $23,505.
Weak Defence
Was
state
Johansson
guaranteed $100,000, against 20 per cent of the net gate and 20 per cent of theatre-TV, radio and movies receipts. Patterson gets 30 por vent of the nei gate and “sliding country percentages up to 80 per cent" the weekend in an un
radio Theatre-TV,
and
who think Other councillors the city should give, Ingemar an official reception were visiting Mr Paperbere at Kis house over
fort to get him lus opposition.
to withdraw movies.
UNSUITABLE .But Mr Fagerberg has the support of the counell Char- Mr Ernst Jungen, "and man, some other members who con. sider it "unsuitable" for the council to take any official steps towards welcoming the Swedish boxer when he returned from his triumphant victory over Floyd Patterson in New York.
Most of the Gothenburg con cillors are on 'holiday of present und no formal meeting has so far been called to debate the mutter.
But whatever he courell decides, the local police say they are conating on a crowd of several thousand at Gothin- bury airport when Johansson returns-Router.
Sports Diary
TODAY Tesnia Recreio y SCAvion: Lac v KCC,
Ladies' "A"
TO-MORROW
Teunis Men's "B" Division: BCAA Recreio (2), CEC V RAF, FIKGUSA (1)Y IRCCSA, LRC V KITC, Re- urela (3) v Tecreo (1), KTGCA (2) V KTGCA
Ladies División; LRC (2) v LRC (31. BCAA V. CRC.
HFA Courell
Rood, 5.43 p.m.
Meetu
Water-Polo
Sports
Hạt Dinh Hoi Tin và GICA (Victoria Povi) 4.30 gure
221 Divklon; Army บ ΠΑΡ (Victoria Pool) p.m. i
Bowls
Colony Open Staples Champion-
ship Matches of YOU. Recrolo
BKCC. KCC, PRC, GCC.
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG
JOCKEY CLUB
Notice to Members
Australian Bubscription Ponles 1960
The Stowards have ordered a batch of 120 Australian Subscription Ponies to race in 1950 and they now invite Members to subscribe for them.
Application forms may be obtained from tho. Score- tery's Office, Alexandra House, 8th Floor;
The Subscription List will close at NOON on Tuesday, Bộth June, 1069.
By Order of the Stewards,
A. E. ARNOLD,
Secretary.
Thes
and sixth-seeded Luis Ayala of Chile will clash
in an all-South American quarter-final today
to open the second week of the Wimbledon tennis championships.
After a day of rest yesterday, the tournament will resume odds-on with Olmedo, the favourite in the men's singles, meeting Ayala in the test centre court maleh, All four mou's singles quarter- finals are scheduled for to- day.
Fifth-seeded Barry Mackay
The new champlon and bis Jamily plan to fly to Miami on Monday for a rest, lle is scheduled to
lo return Sweden late next week to at- tend to his various enterprises Goteborg. He said he would return to the United Slates to train about eight histle de- weeks before fence, Juhansson's return-bout con- tract provides that his
entire purse be held in escrow until he gives Patterson his return shut at the tille within 90 days. Rosensohu sald escrow agents will be appointed immediately. In
UPI.
of
Dayton, Ohio, the only na- tive-born United States player who reached the men's
will quarter-finals,
moot second-seeded Nealo FroECT of Australia in the second match on the No. 1 court,
other the
fourth-seeded
quarter-finals, Bobby Wilson
of Britain will meet eighth- zeeded Roy Emerson of Aus- tralla and Rod Laver of Australia
will Play Jean Claude Molinari of France.
OF WIMBLEDON
The new 140-degree action panoramic camera turns its attention on the world's greatest tennis tournament as the 1950 Wimbledon gets under way. Second seeded Neale Fraser of Australia had the honour of opening the tourna ment against Pierre Darmon of France on the famed centre court since last year's winner Ashley Cooper is now a professional. He lost the first game lo love, and then brought his big service in to action to win 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.
Photo shows Fraser (left) making a backhand return in the match London Express photo.
Rough Tactics Among
Jockeys Mar The 1959 Flat-Racing Season
By CLIVE GRAHAM
This 1959 flat-racing season has brought about a series of feuds among the top jockeys, English, Australian and French, riding both in France and England.
These juntousles must be con- sidered largely responsible
for
The women's singies quarter- finals are scheduled for Tues- day. Fourth-scoded Darlene
Montebello, Hard of
Cali- fornia,
eighth-seeded plays Ann Haydon of Britain, Sally
stock-car race."
admitting that his mount stum- Moore of Bakersfield, Call-
They spoke feelingly. In the bled and cannoned into Shan- fornia, meets Yolande Ramirez
half mile. the favourite tung, suid afterwarda: "It was the increase in the rough toelies Bret of Mexico, second-seeded which have recently marked the Shantung, second
In- favourite just one of those unlucky Angela Mortimer, Britain,
Prinellion, and the fancled out- | cidents for which no one can clashes with Sundra Reynolds, race-riding in the two countries.
French jockeys returned sider Dari Cupid all suffered be blamed." and South Africa,
Maria
Freddle Palmer, home after the recent Epsom severe buffeting. Like on Bueno, Brazil, will
Moore, George
diplomatic to report that this famous classic Edda Buding, Stateless-UPI,
was "moro" like a Australian rider of Princillon,
"As they come into the straight, number one leads with a terrific right to the head-number two follows with a smart crack across the knuckles with his whip-anather blow to the head-now it's number three who's in trouble Number five's coming up with a beautiful right cross to the ear of number six-HE'S DOWN! and it's number two taking the lead-laying into everybody with his whip-ONE! TWO! ONE! TWO-only one furlong to go before the bell.. . .
TAE GAMBOLS
MRS LEAF'S HUSBAND'S UP NORTH ON BUSINESS AND HAS HALTAN ACCIDENT
I'M RUNNING
HER UP
THERE IN
THE CAR
Barry Appleby
ALL RIGHT FOR A FEW
DAYS?
NOW I'LL BE ABLE TO DO
JUST AS I LIKE
COOK BETTER MEALS
EVEN WISH LIPK
"HotHour
WITH GAS
London Ezen Bervica
Nortje Wins S. Africa Marathon
Event
born
French- rider of
Shantube, thought differently. He has claimed since that an unidya- uned English Jockey had shuffled Fringillón on to his mount.
Shantung, anyway, was struck into and momentarily lamed. After being five lengths last at Tattenham Corner he ran into third place, giving the Impression thint he WIB unlucky loser.
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Roger Poincelet on Dan Cupid also expressed his dia- approval at the lack of fairway afforded him by English rivals.
Others
These sentiments cannot be entirely ascribed to poor sports- manship, sit there is no doubt that the exceptionally Arm doing at Epson caused hortes, to ruîfër from the jarring impact and deviate from a trio line,
Unhappily, however, for racing's good name, the Derliy cannot be considered an isolated instance.
There have been, a number of occasions when Jockeys kave struck.ons, with their. whip at o that korses and their riders,
At a northern mesting re- cently I saw crus jockey crack a rival over his bquid in the last 50 yards of a close falsh, This could, of course, have been accidental blow delivered qulia unintentionally. Well, may- bc....
Such
The Film · incidents have
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riven
rise to a clamour for the film- patrol movie-camera supervialun of races, on the lines employed now in many other countries.
Under this system a perma- nent photographle record is available for inspection by the złowards within a few minutes: of each rae Anish.
During her Canadian tour this month, the 'Quḍen will attend the running of the historio Queen's Plate at Woodbine rage-bourne. Ontario,
There she will see the film- patrol in action, and I cannot help but think that; she will be favourably Impressed by the speed and ellefency of its work- Ing.
-{London Kapress Kerolca).
India's Hockey Win In Kenya
Nairobi, June 28.
Johannesburg, June 28, Dawic Nortje, 22-year-old Johannesburg clerk, today won the. Bouth African Marathon
The All-Trailh touring men's Runners Club - annuvi, Yaalden
hockey team holders of the Reef marathon, covering the 20 Olympic uile, boat, Kenya 1-0 milbs 388 yards from Brakpannan International ch to Johannesburg in two hours, watched by a capacity crowd of 30 mins 22 acc
30,000 here today.
41.
It was the first tarathon for The winainer Hal was scored Norlie, who South African by Indian contre-forward. BR cross-country celimpicos Reu-Sebastian in the Rrst-half!