THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1959.
BROWN RETAINS WORLD TITLE Olympic Committee
Referee Stops Fight
At The End
End Of The Fifth Round
CUT EYE-LID PREVENTS CHARNLEY FROM CONTINUING
Houston, Dec. 3. Joe Brown, a sharpshooter who connects with the smallest target, made one punch pay off here tonight in his eighth world lightweight title defence when he gained a techni- cai knockout win over Brit sh challenger, Dave Charnley. .rown, who weighed 134 lbs compared to Charnley's 133, gained the triumph in one quick flurry as the fifth round drew to a close.
The hd a right-felt com- teft. Charnley blonding which
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Fr, so badly from a over his right eve that referee Jimmy Web didn't wolt half of the minimum repertoa before he went to Brown's cor-
1 raise
champion's
for his 781 For in victory fritemple in 104 pro lights.
Not Disgraced
kerapper
England,
In
Enti Brown made that innt ikirry however, he was Trouble with the southpaw from Dartferd. Charnley, loser for The sixth time in his 30-bout pe career, puzzled the le holder with he left-handed approach and he was hardly disgraced by defeat,
Charmley. thech
diy she went to - corner and eaning over to keep this dow f bad from his eye while he waited for treatment from his orons wanted to go on with the boat.
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But Wobb Dile: examination, didn't hesitate, and Brown added the whatopion's share of 49 per cent of the net gate, imated at $45,000, plus Be $40,000 payment for TV
ught, to his bark rod with a surance of another title defence
to come.
New Record
JOE BROWN
herd veilla
and Charnley
His surers in his eighth tie- fter,. Üren
of the crown he the years age from
In
won
hard foll
Charnley narrowly missed a hard teft. Charnley landed a 1hc champlon's hund let to body. Brown landed a right to the forehead then a right to the
Jaw,
otis sound.
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ROUND THREE
even
The two fighters sparred cau- Hiously, then Brown moved in with a right high to the bead. Charmley fought back, although most of his blows were blocked. Hrown slammed a tight into the mid-section. of Churnley, then followed with: lefts and rights to the bend. Charnley held on. It was Brown's round.
ROUND FOUR
Brown continued to lond left jabs to Charnley's head, while blocking most of the English- man's blows, Brown landed two solid rights to the challenger's head. Charnley missed a wild right and took a solid chop to the jaw. Charnley landed sharp right to Brown's jaw. I was Charley's round by a narrow margin.
ROUND FIVE
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The two fighters came out slowly in the በደረታ round, Charnley Innded a good left to the head. Browse sinashed a hard right to Charnley's Jaw and took a left In return,
Charnley suffered a cul over misel the right eye after a hard blow by the champion. IL Was Brown's round.
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to Brown's bed. Brown shot home : Wallace two quick left jubs. The round (Bud) Silth meant that next was even,
will set
ROUND A new lime out be
TWO number of title Jecord for the
Both fighters stepped up the
Brown, lightweight pace.
continuing
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by
champion, amepanding
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the old gatega Charmley, landed a right
ROUND SIX
Brown was awarded the night
| when Charnley failed to answer the bell at the beginning of the ixth round, Referee Jinuny Webb mwarded the bout to
Brown on a technical kraxkoul
mar held by Bennie Leonard, high on the challenger's head. IPI,
Brown, who suve away nine years of age to his chuflenger tonight at the age of 33 com- pated
24 for tu
Charnley- gave away nothing in speed.
Both fighters were cautious In the first two rounds, feel- ing out their opponent,
But
+373 then Charnley's face reddened from the repeated left Jabs to Che Trad by
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Charley rallied with good com- bitation punches to give Brown trouble.
Cautious
The Birth round was
A re- petition of the earlier periods. Brown fought cautiously, at- Charnley templing to with left jobs for his pulverising raud peritips finishing right hand blow.
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Scathpow Charnley, working his combinations, drove in with his right hand leads and worked with his right to, the body.
MACEDO THE HAWK
Like a hawk poised above its prey, Fulham's young England inter- national goalkeeper Tony Macedo prepares to drop onio the ball and foil Preston North End's outside-right Derek Mayers in his attempt to score.
The First Division match was played at Craven Cottage, London,
which Preston's famous recently a game in
skipper Tom Finney led the team out for his 500th first-class game.-Reuterphoto,
|SPORTRAIT
Boy ! - What a firework display!"
conton stela Sarette,
Johansson Denounced As
A Social Butterfly
By The Ring Magazine
New York, Dec. 2.
Ring Magazine, which picked Ingemar Johansson as the "Fighter of the Year" long before he won the world's heavyweight title, did an abrupt a "social about face today. It denounced the Swedish champion as Intterfly" rather than a defender of the world title.
Ari.
siched
cditor fes cher's. highly respected xing publication, "boxing
Hat sources
seld the champion's asking price was around $7,000. The magazine said for boxer 10 be ungrateful Join on, it added, "ovi- nothing new. "But for Johans- dens a new type of money son to ask to be paid for letting obektsion which is disturbing
in the Lot again."
It
is
The magazine declared Rs readers were aware that the publication had much to do with getting the championship opportunity for Johansson,
"It was the Brst to give him world wide recognition by nam- ing him the 1858 Fighter of the Year over Archie Moore," JI said.
Faces Difficult Housing
Problem
Rome, Dec. 2.
The housing problem for the 1960 Olympic Games was still unresolved after weeks of intensive efforts by the Games “Housing Bureau” here. The hotels and pensions of the Italian capital have made available 6,000 beds or 25 per cent of the total available.
Tho Hotel Federation last weck presented t the Provincini Tourist Ofice and the Chamber of Commerce n at of prices it plans to charge during the Games as follows:
Luxury hotels: room with two beds plus half pension (break- fast and lunch or breakfast and dinners) 8,000 Ure (about £4 fis) per day.
No agreemen has yet been reached, The situation is judged "harily eatisfying" both as lo prices and to the number of avmitable beds.
More
than 3,000 hotel or pension beds have already been reserved for foreigners by the "Housing Bureau" It is felt that the Hotel Federation must
First class hotels: 6,800 remake a total of at least 10,000 beds avaliable and must try to (about £4),
avold unwarranted raising of prices.
Second close hotel pensions: 4,800 lire (about. £2 129).
Third clue hotel pensionat 3,500 lire (about (£2 28).
Fourth class hotel pensions: 3,200 line (about £1 18s).
A
Too Much supplementary 1,000 to 2,000 lire (12 to 189) will be charged for full pension. The above prices do not include the 18 per cent charge for taxes and service.
The Provincial Tourist Office considered these priers too high and asked the Hotel Federation lo review il scale.
Combined Civilians Lose
To
Army In Disappointing
Rugby Match
By PAK LO
Various religious institutions of Rome and its vicinity have put 8,000 beds at the disposition of the "Housing Bureau". The Intter, however, has already reserved 4,500 of them and it is exported that in two months The rest of these beds will have been spoken for.
Private Parties
The "Housing Bureau is counting heavily on the coi- laboration of private parties to resolve a problem which ap- pears to be the most difficult Onc
What
the Olympic Or- gonisation Committee has to Face. As of today, 0,000 beds have been made available by private parties out of a hoped- for total of 25,000.
The
"Housing Bureau" has classified
of the apartments private perties and has fixed the following scale of prices:
First category "A": one room with one bed 2,500 lire (about £1 8x) per day. Two FOOMS 4,200 lire (about £2 Pa). An extra 1,400 re (about 18s) will be charged for each adélfioral bed.
By making full use of their forwards last night, the Army beat the Com-
bined Civilians by six points (two tries) to nil, in a rather disappoint 1,000 lire (about £1) two rooms ing rugby match played under floodlight.
Earlier on in the evening, us predicted, the Wanderer? CX- perience finally Lold in the second half to give thera vie- lory by nine points (three tries) to nil over 40th Field
100 high,
First category "B"; one TODIN
3,000 lire (about £1 159). Additional bed 1,000 lire (about 128). Room with bath or shower
Second category: One UOMI 1,500 lire (about 18s),
Two rooms 2,500 re (about £ 10). Additional bod 800 Hire (about 10.). 100m with bath or shower 300 lire (45.) extra.
the centres did not feed the In Euse, the 49th Field full-400 lire (about 58) extra. wings sufficiently, and de-back, they have a man who has fensively they Lackled far been hiding his light under a
bushel, and one
who could Wiggett never settled down without dimculty displace al full back, and perpetrated McDonald as Army full-back. countless CITUTE. Had Rinch His positioning was faultless, and he switched places The and his handling and kicking Civillans woukl have had a joy to watch. He was always attack.
Army v. Combined stranger dafenes, and a stronger trying to get the Gunners three
Civilians
going, but they only wanted to alt, The Army threes began to throw the ball up in the mave nicely towards the end and on record they did not pro- when they were given a steady duce one good pass all night, supply of the ball, and their passing improved as the
In
the first
The Civilians Selectors had } progressed. Martindale i the a lot to do with losing this }ientre was the best on view of game for by picking Ross of the Army backs and combined The Club instead of Bows off well with his partner Neal. the Police they gave the
half the play Army ди almost complete
the domination of the leouts sure from end to end of
and feki with neither side seeming Winn Munte
exploiting Williams well on top of their capable of
chances. The Civilians had opponents.
anything the upper hand, but!
with
used their threes
when given a penally
Fumbled
Third category: One
TOOM 1,200 lire (about 14s.). Two rooms 2,000 re (about £1 4s). Additional bed 800 lire (about 75.). Room with bath
Disappointing Threes shower 200 lire (about 25).
Camping Grounds
Or
to
2,000 lire (about £1 8s to £1
However, they were by no means alone for the Wander- ers threeS were very dis- In the colleges and religious
with appointing largeir due to their institutions,
rooms
one, sorum-balt who was more of two or three beds are consider- a danger to ile own slie than ed first category with a price of
3,500 lire (about to the 49th Field, for he ap their
£2 2) far peared to be passing to his complete pension, Rooms will stand-off by bouncing the ball three to five beds are of second
category and will enst 2,300 on the ground. chose The Civilian pack were very
either fö attempt a very long Nor did his stand-off improve
158). poor in the lineouts, making no
when he got the ball, attempt to jump for the ball, and kick at gual, or kick for tout maiters Ross's inability to contain Winn Army, when a short kick to get straight across
thus ensuring possession for the fur ho insisted on running Rooms with alx or more resulted in loss of the hall to the the threes moving would have passed when it was too late.
deld, and only beds are third category and will cort from 2,000 Army,
brought much better results.
iro to 2,400 The scrums and the lincouts (about £1 45 to The Army
£1 63). were evenly split and the loose Dormitories with more than 12 when they had a good chance,
incula never produced anything beds are fourth category and and when in danger or under
except a heap of bodies. will charge 700 to 1,500 lire prostire Davies
very sensibly In the second half Wiggelt
After a scoreless, featureless (about 89 to 10s) per day for kicked for the touchline, thus fumbled badly after five rainutes, first half the Wanderers gradually complete pension. ensuring a guln in territory.and the Army snapped up their settled while at the same time ensuring chance and moved to
down, and their first necut score came from
Camping grounds will play a that the Army would again get
a five-yard big role during the Gaines. The Aivo yards from the Civilians scrum, when they held the ball Housing Bureau" plane to have the ball.
Hine. Williards of the Army got and pushed their way across the seven of them with 20,000 beds the ball and crashed over for line for Walker to touch down. per camp. A bed will cost 250 la try. No conversion, 3-0. "Johansson has
No conversion. 3-0. iting said:
After this, play swayed
lire (about 3s) per day--AFP. returned to Europe after making
Two good three moves by the However, Keill put up a
and
down fuld, with thWanderers followed with Puckett an in Hollywood and playing
show as Civilian Civilians getting much the scoring in the corner after the Boxing
a prominent role in New York magnificent circles sald that
hocker, and Simpson, with his better of the exchanges, but second one. No conversion 6-0. television play, "The Killers." Johansson would probably get
pack not getting down low their passing was too early or He does
Finally another series of three not appear to be the belt eventually but li sald
DEVET had a chance too late, and the Army backs moves by iie Wanderers will be presented
seriously concerned with it probably
rings, enough,
against some lovely fast striking, were able to stop them,
brought their last score. After gloves and punches. at a boxing writers dinner or
which whipped the ball
a nice handling move by the In the closing period Army back there was a forward pass, similar affair.
"Johansson has placed him- | through the Civilian pack to The magazine's cuastic com-self in the hands of advertising Tancock.
went right on top and the Civi- loose maul, and Bird got the lans were penned in their own ball and stored. agents and others who have told
No conversion ment continued:
"All
One beautiful three move 9-0. want to
had a good Tancock see him
make him a they can
game hall. Johansson make money. He is in milionaire.
but was overshadowed by gave the bail to Bede-Cox, and iron's "advertising agents" re- Following is a round-by-round fused to allow him to appear on
the game for money. But there "The Swede has become Johnson, who was early the he made for the corner but wus report of the Aght:
are various degrees of pre social butterfly rather than ROUND ONE
the programme to receive the
occupation with money-making. defender of the world title, and Johnsori In fact seems to im-goal by Laville. belt bules he was pald for 11. The two fighters exchanged
with every game ho In the closing minutes Army Ring said they were informed Let us say that he has not been boxing is in a rut again," i prove light left as they eireltd pau- ruch an appearance had to be advised too well and let it go said.
plays, and definitely deserved pressed and were awarded a tously, feeling each other out worth
The te is
scrum. The Johansson plans an exhibition his place on last night's efforts. Ave-yard new to jol of money to at that.
In attack the While the magazine him. The championship atmos- tour of South America soon.
Civilian moved smoothly across the Army threes were dangerous, but threes who found themselves in mention a figure, other phere is rarified,"
the clear and Davies, the centre- three, with a man outalde him for cover, was able to score fu No conversion. 8-0. the corner.
But with less than 10 seconds Jemaining in the round, Charu- ley moved into close quarters i nitr Brown's corner, and Brown sideslipped away from his blow to the body,
Brown countered with an! ovechand Jef! which slashed [ downward across Charnley's eye and he followed with right hand which drove Charnley back on his heels as the bell sounded.
ROUND-BY-ROUND
the Ring Magazine give him The monily marazine salda $700 Del:
honour B Bund in It January issue that
on a national telecast evidences had planned to give Johansson p
of type
money obsession world eliampionship belt which is disturbing."
It Is costing around US$700.
annual custom for the 'Not Well Advised'
to magazine
present such belts to every new titleholder. In a departure from past prae- Magazine tier, however, fing proposed this year to make the presentation UG 3 coast-to- epast television programme,
Refused
Right there the plans hit
Д
g. The magazine said Johans-
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In the first round. Brown late Johansson. ed a right high on Charnley's d'ent
TAE GAMBOLS
WE'VE MET
I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D REMEMBER ME, MRS. GAMBOL
of
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AP.
by Barry Appleby
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Magnificent Show
up
Holland To Hold World Chess
Tournament
Amsterdam, Dec. 2,
best back in the Chvillan ude. porfrey Luciled Into touch-in-Ali Baig Leaves A tournament for the world
MY NAMES SLUGG
AIN-INDIA
-PARIS-Breath of a world for which,
• no Elichɗ ir good aroughs"!
ball
For Delhi
Test Match
London, Dec, 2. Abbas All Balg, the 20-year- ald Orford University and Indian Test cricketer, left Lon- don today for where he
championship of checkers will be held in Holland from mid-October to mid-November next year with the probable parti- cipation of 12 or 18 players, it was announced here today.
Charent world champion is
Wanderers v. 49th is expected to play in the first Russia's Keeperman. If he suc
Field Regt
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ngatrat
defonds three Tests
cessfully Australia,
his
title Interviewed
against Holland's Van Dijk, the before he left Soviet Union with have the Oxford, Balg sold be had not right to send two players to played any cricket since the and the tournament. Holland, the ớt the last English season but tournament organiser, also is we had be keeping it by playing allowed to enter two.
to Switzerland, Belgium, Canad Haiti and Morocco,
Ho mid he naouki, returns in In addition
This vias a BOTEDET Chretigitiz wit VÍCTORA PUah, trying me but rettka - RMKA where, sad in the end after le to start the Hilary term at France having made a horrible mess oxford on Jamiary 17 and Surindin, of their pawing for most of would be only to mine the last to United States, Portugal' and
Australio-when The go the A Waziderére two Thata,
B-Baig has already boon named Joined the World sailed: dawn, and won. But from an Anny point of view this was a good game, for
they hayd
Checkven for the first Test which begins Federation-will have the right natoon) chain- plan, or a relucementë-AIP. ·
in preur. Deini on December 13, to read their
Router.