Bobby Neill Earns A Chance At World Title-Holder
By BRIAN JAMES
London.
A telephone bell, shrilling in a Palm Beach hotel recently, signalled "Seconds out" for the most important fight in the two-fisted life of British fentherweight champion Bobby Neill.
In a three-minute call-just | other sports, cricket, bøsketball, as long as the first round" of; and Soccer-Wolves wanted him clever,
whiplash boxing with ; as a pro-were ended overnight. which Scol Bobby burst on the British sporting stage four years ago—the dent was ellnched,
Nell, the dapper ttle man whose jauntily worn bowler hat has beón, his bodge of courage through ¤ series of eaveer- stepping accidents, will Right world tenther-weight champion Davey Moore in ù ten-rounder at Wembley on Oct. 20.
BIG PURSE
And. comeback
netko Nell's last run of eight wins
And how, an "athlete trom the waist up," be awting to Lnx- ing with even gretler leter- mination. By August 1957 te Waa boxing's young wonder, with a string of successes in- cluding wins against Ray Famechion and champion Chartie H.
vided
Then Neill, Fi]ነ ሁ clisaster in the ting, but found it on the road, van his car into a bus. "He can't gb again," | said the doctors, "He must nal
inside the dislunce, Moore's fight again." sald his friends.
manager, Wille Ketchum, speaking from Palm Beach, toldi London'
promoter Hurry Levene: "If Nelli can beat my boy this time-then he gets the next shot at Davey's world title. That's defnite."
Moore retuined the title he won Ja March by stopping Hogan Bessey in the return lost month.
i
BROKEN JAW
ver
But by May last year-with in Boxing Board of Control doctor watching anxiously through the ropes -he stormed
back opalo, with Al-arcond wha Millwall's Arthur Devlin.
More
with progress
every punch until September
1050, When he broke his jaw collcet- ng victory No. 6. Once more he fought back. And in April this year he retched a career- climax by taking the British Cerevn off Charlie Hill at Not-
The Moore fight"whles will net Bobby more than any other deal he's ever made." manager Sammy Burus fold me-sel the Neill family Mum, Dad, theringham. brothers, wild two sisters-really buzzing.
And lobby's reaction? A vow to "cut out all this Italian food. and wine, much us love H,"i
Promoter Harry Levene: "This fight low cost me a fortune. Bid
2. worth it to give the boy this wonderful opportunity.
And matiger Burns, not in
THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1959.
India's
Won't
BOBBY NEILL
Top Bowler Be In Team
London, Sept. 16.
and a dash to his gym in Edhi-the language, one expects from Subhash Gupte, India's leg-break bowler who took 95 burgh to work off some of the the nast excitement on the punclibog.
CLASSIC
down-to-earth and cash-cancious of all sports, "We didn't think summed up
The Neil story known it's a sporting como-jumped at it, back classic. How, at the age the epitome of courage. of 17, he was knocked down by always set his star
Es so well twice about the offer We Bobby's story is
-a motor-eyele In Edinburgh. he can reach it at Inst." Such were his injuries that his
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London Express Service).
MEET HAYNES THE BOOKIE!
I Back With Honest John And Miss £32
By BOB PENNINGTON
London.
I was a mug punter with bookmaker Johnny
Haynes the other day.
I won 24 from him, missed making it £32 by 180
seconds, and finished a hectic day all square.
But let's begin the story that morning when Haynes the Foot- baller Imped away from Craven Cottage after treatment to his Injured knee,
Golden Boy (£1 each way), was left 25 lengths at the start at Windsor, Siar Chamber (£2 win), romped home a 3—1 win- ner at Warwick.
Haynes the Bookmaker me Thank you, Sir Stanley Rous, drove to his offler in nearby for the tip: Fulham
Palace Road to tell
Jimmy Bowie. munager of his embarrassment. Dally Express But winning, pal, can be ani bookmaking business, that, the i 2.A.
greyhound
Marshall expert business.
may put him out of Fallows suggested an outsider at Wembley called, so appropriate- F.A. secretary Sir Stanley ly, Outside Left. Rous is writing to Haynes and i Fulham to ask if he is actively associated with a bookmaking
concera, "
I was waiting at the office to open an account G. L. 154-with Hanes Jolmuy Haynes.
Back home, I risked my wife's Wrath by calling Bowle to "put the lot on a dog called Outside Left at Wembley.
Bowle gasped: "You're kid- ding. This second I've picked was Punter Johnny the result up from my basket- Haynes and Bookmaker Bob. Outside Left won nt 7—1," Pennington there would be no Even Pierre, the Pennington Trouble," said Bowlo.
poodle. howled in sympathy. A WHAT OBJECTION? last call to stake the 24 win- "Players are allowed in betings, on Pierrot in the grey-
tround St Leger. even on the pools. objection to taking bets? After į all, we only
touch horses and Haynes
What is the
dege-nover football."
Haynes told me he "never had n bet" before he decided to
He lost of course, Jchnny
owes me nothing now.
I was so nearly wonderful friendship.
Back t Fidham, chairman
"vest Hille spare cash" in a Tummy Trinder was unperturb betting business with Bowie sixed by the threat of F.A. action,
months ago. "Junny
uneritient of Haynes.
knows the ropes," "I've always found the punter sald Haynes.
is on the wrong side of belling." Haynes is "Aye, Pve suffered dreadily sald Trinder. through my fancies," said Bowie, bright enough to get on the right the penitent punter.
personally,
But as commission agents they've prospered "wonderfully well." building up some "good connections,"
side of the business
have no objection.
HILL SAYS.....
"He hasn't broken the law of the country, he is training as Bowle's blonde, Ex-model hard end playing as well as ever wife Barbara and her parents he's done before his injury. help Jimmy man the 10 tele "And none of his betting has phone lines in an office that any connection with football. looks more like a family parlour. The way the F.A. law stands But their agency is run strictly right now is puzzling. Rather according to the book. I was like saying you can play pan not allowed to make my two toon, but you mustn't be the bets with the golden boy of banker," Soccer in his office.
chamber
IT'S, LEGAL
Hinny 10, faside forward partner to Haynes at Fulham, and president of the Professional Footballers' Assoolation put it this way!——
Haynes was
" Johnay
That would have made Ita strictly legal betting shop and Haynes, already toeing a star probe by tho F.A., Jas no wish to upset the police. Alfredo de Stefano, of Real Instead I went through the Medrid, he would have no need pantomime of telephoning my selections from a public cali box. That made it legal.
Ignoring all advice, I HAD to take the Hayne-F.A. inopired hunch horses Golden Boy and Htar Chamber,
A
to go in for bookmaking. afar out there gets a sint's pav."
(* F.A. law 37 decrees that a player seting as a bookmaker or connected with the, organi- ration of belling It gulity of misconduct.)
wickets--more than anyone else on the tour this summer-will not be available for the forthcoming sarios against Australia. Cuple leaves on Saturday to: take up a temporary business! appointment In the West Indies. Another player who will not be retuning with the Indian party who leave tomorrow, is Arvind Apte, the openleg bis- :: He gues to the United States on Friday to study lex- tile engineering.
FOUR D. JONES
Pago
SCUNTHORPE WANT BAN LIFTED ON TREVOR
TREVOR FORD
Title Fight Inquiry Continues
New York, Sept. 16.
Lawyor Vincent Vellolo, who holds the rights for tha roturn bout between World Heavyweight Champion Ingemar Johansson of Sweden and American challenger Floyd Pattor- ton, testified for threa hours yesterday before the Now York Boxing Com- mission.
The Commission vestigating the events preceding the Orst championship Arist be tween the two heavyweights.
Vellels rented all the state- the mus made about hhn on previous day by Bill Rosent-ba. Agh promoter who originally arranged the Johans- ron-Patterson
Veliela bout. grid he did not believe #word of what Rosensohn said.
was
in-
DENIAL
He added flint he himself had advanced the $25,000 to Rosen- sohn. and he denied that he
for neled only as a front client, "Fat Tony Salerno, In alleged gangster.
He also denied being pre- Bent when Salerno feve $10,000 to Rosensolin in his office. Vellela said Salerno was his client, and therefore he (Balerno) oftea came to visit him but Veilcla added that he was the only one to help Rosensolin Änancially in organising the fight-AFP.
RETIRES
London, Sept. 16.
England
TREVOR FORD
By GERALD WILLIAMS
London. Scunthorpe United have been guarding soccer's most closely kept secret m their interest in Trevor Ford and his possible return to British football.
Scunthorpe manager Frank Eoo on refused to condrm In- formation 1 End received that he and one of his directors plan to watch Ford play for his” Dutch club, PSV (Eindhoven), in Rot-- terdam.
and last month: "Trevor has been no trouble at all." He has been a great favourite here-- and what a crowd pulier!"
Scunthorpe see him like that, too. They want to are for them- nelves that he is also the man to get the goals their forwards
"I don't know where on corth you heard this," said Son. | are missing. "Anything like this is a club affair. Anyway, Ford is under Football League suspension."
My information is that if Soo likes what he sees, Scunthorpe will mak the League if they will
their ban on Ford,
THREE YEARS
-(London Express Service).
Sports Diary
TO-DAY Savast
Hoshim Khan exhibition at Vis
0.15 courts Cocktail party to follow at HKCC
Kocerr
The Aery Welsh international echire forward, for whom ຕ total of £9,000 has been paid tona Durvaçës in transfer fees was suspended until the end of this rason after the now-famous inquiry inlo Sunderland's Dffairs In
1937.
"Pattle of Britain". Charity soccer game et KFC Stadium: Combined Chinese v FEAF XI. Kick-off | 4.30 p.m.
Dowl
Liberation Stileid: Kẹo v KBGO at K2GC) 4 pm: KGV Cup: PRC v HKFC (PRC), 4 pan, All Shird ann match: FC cec (at CCC)
p.m.
Ford, who hit glorious gocls for Wales, Swansca, Aston Villa, Sunderland. and Cardiff City, told me on the phone recently from The Eindhoven hole30 where he lives: "I don't know anything about this.
fans may soo him, acoring goats in Scunthorpe's claret and royal blue. thing in
OXFORD
"I've heard
and rumours, I'd love to think there's some- them. I'm terribly homesick,
There's nothing want more than England again."
to play
I In
Ford is 34. He is fit and can still crab goals toughest defences.
from the He proved
OARSMEN WIN this when he played for PSV
IN CALCUTTA
Calcutta, Sept. 16.
against Shefeld United during their pre-season Dutch tour last month.
A DANGER
TO-MORROW Squash Exhibitions by Hashim Khan 21 USRC courts 0.45 p.m.
Roczer Continuation of HKFA Council meeting, Sports Bond 5.43 p.m.
Tornis
Exhibition tennis by Bob Наше and Mark Diway at sikec.
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
I was there to see him. After- Oarsmen of the Oxford Uni-wards, the Shemeld
players Programmes and Entry versity crew which competed in agreed: "It he can play lke Forms for the 1st Race Meet- eight events in Japan, recently that every week, he'd still being 1969/60 to be held on swept the board in invitation danger in League football." raees here today.
that There is a possibility Abbas Bals, who played in the second half of the tour,
If the League are asked to Saturday, 3rd October, 1959, Godfrey Evans, the
consider allowing him to return (wentlier permitting) may be the will be avaliable for
who and Kent wicket-keeper,
The Oxford Oarsmen, who to English football, this much.obtained at the Secretary's Australian games.
a1 He la
has played in`B1 Test matches arrived here yesterday on would be in Ford's favour-his
announced his retirement from live events in a regattų arranged | beyond reproachi, first class cricket, in a television by the Calcutta club:--China Interview here tonight-Reuter, · Mail Special.
Oxford. It it is hoped he more than any other player Uiree-day visit to the city, won behaviour in Holland has been / Office, Alexandra House; the
will be able to take leave and return to the university later. -China Mall Speclat,
Some MONTYE LAIZE, AFTER MANY NAIITICAL KNOTS OF SOA, AND MILE AFTER MALE DE NILE. THE TWO MEN REACH CAIRO, THE CITY WITH PHARAONS AT THE BOTTOMON ITE BARDOM.....
HERE WE ALL MONES EGYPT, LAND OF THE
SINA
FERDINAND
NANCY
OH BOY
- HRAN
IS THAT WHAT IT IS
I THOUGHT IT WAS THE
SIM MIR
BOOM
HELLO, EVERYBODY-| HERE I AM!
BRICK BRADFORD
F'ANYONG-DOES ANY EXPLORING FOR "ASS6-OLD ICE, I
WILL!
LET US TRY BRICKI ITILL GIVE LIDA AND ME
A CHANCE TO DO BOVETHING!
श्र
„CURO
DKLEYSMAN
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By Ernie Bushmiller
Weight and Fortune YOU WILL BE GIVEN A SURPRISE PARTY
·I SHOULD GET THAT TANK RUNNING... YOU
BE CAREFUL REMEMBER
By Paul Norris
WE WILL, BRICK) WE
·WONT BE GONE TOOLONS.
I DON'T WANT TO GET - YOU COULD YELL YOUR) TOO FAR FROM THE HEADS OFF AND NEVER BO-CALLER CAUPA-
BE HAARPA
Club House Happy Valley: Mr Ben van Gelder, secretary and the Stables, Shan Kwong of the PSV club, told me in Hol-Rond,
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