THE CHINA MAIL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1900.
wins world New Ascot stand to cost £1 million
Percy Lewis
featherweight title
elimination bout on points
London, Jan. 26. British Empire featherweight champion, Percy Lewis of Trinidad defeated European champion Gracieux Lamperti of France on points over 12 rounds at the Olympia hore tonight in a final elimination bout to determine the chal- longer to world featherweight champion Davey Moore of the United States.
Lewis well earned the victory, two boxers at the end of the although there was but a few fight,
As BO paints difference between the
many otherA before
PI
PERCY LEWIS
was completely him, Lamperti disoriented by the unorthodox style of the Trinidad, boxer and only
the the end was car Frenchman able to make use of superior punching power br kut the cunning Lewis, astutely dodging and exploiting the ring area, was never frouble.
tors.
No knockdowns
in
There were no knockdowns in the fight, which never stirred the enthusiasm of the specia- On several occasions they slowed their disappointmeat by hooting, and even the Olympla circus lions and tigers, which due to the were resting today boxing show expressed their dissatisfaction by growling in their ages outside the nem
Lewis was carried from the ring in triumph by capped and gowned sluden.s from Oxford, where he is a vegetable dealer.
In a preliminary bout, London's Olympic featherweight champion Terry Spinks won n unpopular
decision 12-round
over Aberdeen's Johnny Kidd despite two knockdowns by Kidd in the last two rounds.--- AFF.
STILL UNBEATEN IN
ASIAN BASKETBALL
HAVE ONLY TO BEAT TAIWAN TO WIN TITLE
Manila, Jan. 26.
The Philippines defeated Japan 92-80 tonight for their eighth win in as many starts in the Asian Basketball Championship being held here. The Philippines only have to win their remaining game against Taiwan on
Thursday to clinch the championship.
desperate rally going into the last 15 minutes of play.
by
With the Philippines_leading
Japan took the lead early at the start of the game jumping to a five-point advantage at 5-10,
27 points, the Japanese Brilliant alt-round pity by six- font-five centre Takali tieyama fought for the ball, intercepting and forward Kruirha Imaizuoni | passes frequently and convert- featured Japro's game 111 the ing the fastbrook plays into first half.
needed points.
The Arst half ended at 43-45!
In favour of the Phillipgines.
Asian
Controlled
three-times The Games champions, the Philip- pines. with their four six- alternately fooler
centers
almost completely playing. controlled the rebounds in the second half,
The Japanese who had been missin badly ot the basket during the first half started o
Japan was able to est downs the end to 12 points but time run wut on them.
Top scurers for the Juponese were Shoji Kamata (13 points), Konical Imalzomi (12), and Hiroshi Salto (19).,
will 10
victory in the tournament by
defeating South Korea 95-85. Taiwan, now in recand
Exclusivity is still the keynote of the new £1 million grandstand to be built next winter at Ascol.
While there will be free standing room for 8,000 on the terrace below, and tip-up seats for 1,800 on the stand's ground floor, the rest of the stand will be filled with 280 private boxes, each with a private dining room,
There will be four escalators; and a special box for commentators and cameramen will be built on the edge of the overhanging roof.
Photo shows a model of the new stand.--London Express photo.
Australian soccer
team may tour China, Russia
Melbourne, Jan. 26. Australia may sand a soccer team to tour China and the USSR later this year. Promoter to Austration Foot- ball Association, Jack Skolnik, said today, he had received an Invitation from the Minister of Sport of Chine.
China wants the team to make two to three week tour there and then play two matches in Russia.
"I hope a couple of top rank- Ing table tennis players can ac- company the team and I will ask the Amateur Athletic As- sociation if some leading athletes can come with us," he said.
Skolnik sald the Sport Minis- ter asked two games be played in Russia to help offset expenses. If the Australian Association accepts, the tour will begin in late October or early November.
---AP.
Durelle breaks losing streak -against
with seven unen en place an lost, has to beat the Pallippines twice to win the championship. while undefeated Philippines
has only to beat them once.
Pulled away
The South Koreans, who have become known here as accurate long shooters, tonight started well against the highly favoured Taiwan side, who, however, us- Narciso Bernardo,
ing fastbreak plays, took the points, was highpoint man for first half 48-36. the Philippines.
The Koreans' shooting tapered In the other match taught off early in the second half and Talwan quickly pulled away to lead by as much as 25 points.
Bu, the Koreans desperately cut down the fought back and lead to 10 points at the end of the game.
Talian
scored their seventh
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Kim Yong-ki made 27 points (or Kores.
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Team standings
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Manila, Jan. 20. Standings in the Basketbril Conference tourna- racht ofter completion of the first four Arst round and the games
the second round of (team with the best record in both rounds is champlony ore;
Philippines
Taiwan Jupan Korca
WL Pct
4 0 1.000
7 1.0756
4 4 8D0
3
5
376
armed man
Newcastle, Jan. 26. Yvon Durelle finally broke a three-fight losing streak this week-but his vic- tory came against a man brandishing a loaded rifle. Durelle is the Barmer British Empire light heavyweight titlist, being He qul boxing after knocked out twice in a row by
INTERNATIONAL SERIES FEATURES NEW YEAR SOFTBALL PROGRAMME
By OLLY VAS
The Chinese New Year softball programme will be featured by the semi-finals of the annual
Men's International Series and the opening game of the Ladies' event. There will also be a full programme of league matches over the weekend.
Friday's International matches get off to a start with the first game in the best-of-three series between Portugal and China.
The Chinese girls will be idens of putting up phy sort of drawn almost en bloc from the opposition. Carmen Mattos will Tanks of the champion SCAA 36 all probability toss the strikes foam with a few of the Matadors against the Chinese girls. and Toreros thrown in. SCAA pitcher Lim Lasheung is tom- porarily out of the game with a back injury but subsiliute Olive Yuen and the Matadors Arind-- belle Chin should between them have the measure of the Portu- guese girls.
The Portuguese have a weak line-up and can entertain no
Garrison, Brigade clash
today in
important
Pentangular Rugby match
By PAK LO
What many now consider to be the most important game in the Peñ- tangular Rugby Tournament takes place this evening at 6.00 p.m. on
There is no lack of talèni In the Portugal ride best what there is ailii remains to bo developed and I feel that only in the years to come will. the Luaftanians be able to re- capture the form and ifles held in yeater-years.
China are tipped to win com- fortably by virtue of all-round superiority.
Thrills aplenty
In the Men's section there should be thrills aplenty in both
games,
A strong Portugal nie under canny Ed Chief Carvalho take the field as favourites against USA.. represented by the USS "Renvillo" in the first semi-final at 1.30 p
Vic Pedruco will be on the pitching mod for the Portu- guese boys with Peter d'Aknata entching. Lefty Robert Rene dios at first base, speedy Marilet Xavier at second, Dafore Sou at short and Dick Chavos at
the Club ground under the floodlights when the two Army sides, this make up the rest of the Garrison and Brigade, battle for supremacy.
In the ensuing fixture at 7.15 p.m., Club who are at home to bottom-of- the-table RAF are expected to have an easy game and a clear cut victory.
The Brigade side will, as lies in a penalty conversion or usual, rely on its strong henvy j a try by the forwards from a pack expertly led by "Spike" position near the ne
Winn
dominate not only All in all, Garrison would forward play, but with the help seem to have an advantage and of their halves, the entire game, should win, though with by keeping the batt tight and Brigade playing to their pack using their threes only as a de- fensive gambit,
Garrison favoured
Tonight this will be hard for them to do for Garrison have น strong pack, which is reputedly stronger than before, and will make Brigade fight hard for possession of the ball; Garrison have the superior halves ad theres and as their
pack should get a fair amount of the ball they have the better Brigade's main hope of a score chance of scoring and winning.
AUSTRALIAN
TENNIS
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a clour forward battle 19 envisaged with the possibility
of a draw.
A draw for both these teams will give Police their big change, and a victory for Brigade will be a definite gain for Police, while a win for Garrison will leave the overall picture much the same, with Police having a game in hand against Garrison's two point lead,
In the second game, the Club
halves and threes pack.
ure much too strong for the RAF and the latter without Dixon, now ordered to the touchilne rest of by the Doctor for the
Ατα the season, will lock that that gave them always the faint hope of pulling off a victory.
will not be A large score unexpected here, with RAF on
Archie Moore, and later beaten CHAMPIONSHIPS the receiving end.
Anne
by George Chivalo,
But this time the Ste
beat the Royal fisherman even Canadian Moured Police to the ocene to disarm Albany Joseph Martin, who threatened several persans. No details of
the
dirmish were available but Marin was fined $50 on Monday for carrying
dangerous weapon-AP.
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Brisbane, Jan. 26. Second-seeded Roy Emerson moved into the third round of the men's singles in the Australian tennis championships with a straight-sets, 6-0, 6-3, 6-3 win over Victorian Will Coghlan.
Rod Laver subdued Warren
David Freed to Jacques, 11-9. 6-3, 0-3. The
captain U.S. Davis Cup team
matches were played in tem- peratures just under 100 da- grees.
Other men's singles results were:
Martin Mulligan beat Jim New York, Jan. 20. Shepherd, 7-5,8-8, 6-8, 2-0, George Barnes, the new Pre-10-8
Fraser brat: Greg zident of the United States Neale Lawn Tennis Association today Hughes, 8-2, 6-2, 6-2.
Penco John
beat Trevor appointed David Freed as Citp.
tain of the United Staten Davis Foncutt, South Africa, 6-2, 6-2,
0-1. Cup team
Bob Mark beat Brian Tobin, Freed is Secretary of the association's
com- 6-2, 7-5, 6-0. milton.
steering
In the women's doubics, Bartoen, Amerida's Brazil's Maria Bueno and Bri No, mateur player of 1959 fain's Christine Truman teamed
Thursday's games Bernard
0 p.m. (1000 GMT) Phuip-
pinra v. Taiwan.
7.80 p.m. (1130 GMT) Japan
v. Korea-AP.
Sports Diary
TO-MORROW Boccer
All Hongkong v Piruvians, Xiong kong Stadhami,
Cricht 1st Division: _Civillarie Gervices at KOC, 1) sen.
Barving at
But Div 1920 th
Camb
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FMBAY Cricket and Diyalons; Civillana Serviber (Arul day), at nkte, 1830
SATURDAT
BOUCET Comb. Chinare "v"Peruviana, KR Stadium, 3 pm,
Cricket
1st Division: KCU v. Erizade, Tie- ezelo v Optimista, INC V. "Polleo, Garrison V BAY, Boorpions y ECC.
and Divison: Brigada
Centaur v Recreio, DUS #INC När v Garrison, University -y KOY.
and member
of last year's for a 6-3, 6-4 quarter-final_win Vice-captain-AFP. Davis, Cip has been appointed over Victorians Betty Holsten
and Shirley Shipton-UPI:
THE GAMBOLS
(any)
STOP
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN
Legislator wants
Infeld. Qunfelders will getb- ably be Donný Gosano, "John Pereira and Jock Colinco with the Azavedos boys and Tony The Rodrigues standing by. team is
made up strictly of Braves and Cheyennés, top cdn- tenders for the league title this year. Is a well balanced side with good pliching, depth in de- fence and players who can lash out at the ball or buht when instructed to do so.
boxing banned trucked
in New York
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Sloppy
As for the USA. team the aallors can be counted on to go
Albany, Jan. 20. for the long hiis but that's about Francis Souhan, Democrat all. The Americans have alway member of the New York State been notoriously sloppy in field- Legislative Assembly todaying and pliching and Portugal handed in a draft low demand, imus! therefore logically bo ing a ban on boxing in New tipped to get through to the York State.
Easter final,
The other game shoutà turn qut to be light one since both sides, the Philppines and Chinn, are
of expable producing a good brand of softball under présre.
Mr Souhan who was for three yearA a member of the New York Boxing Commision wilch runs boxing in New York State sald boxing should be: banned because it incurred too
many serious ritka.
The Filipinos can rely on the of Dave Malig, of the He said it was the only sport arm which allows two mibn tace Cheyennes who is currently in form with Ray each other so that one of the sparkling
Pachecho relieving. The Dlesta declared the wimmer, knocks
boyn Junior, Lamberto and the other out or batters him
Antonio,
plus Celso Carillo, nearly to death.
Castillo, Johamy
Georgie The Democrat member added Ribeiro, "Tasing Barros, Lester that the control on boxing by Wu and Loule Blanes make up gangsters had convinced hiin of the rest of the team. the necessity to ban this sport. -AFP.
Inexperienced players oiton Angela Mortimer,
exchange queens against
strong
One that this Ann Haydon win
mistaken impression that necessarily makes a draw mote kely. Hore.the Russian grand- master
Boleslaveky (Black) shows how such faulty strategy can come quickly grief. I P KA PO34: 2 Kt-Kз. K- QB3; 3 P-24. PXP: KtxP. K-83: 5 KQB3. P-Q3; 0 B--K2 P-K4: 7 Kt Kt8 B- H2; 8 Castics. Castles; 9 B-K3, B-K3: 10 P-B4, P-GRA: 1 PXP. PXP: 12 QxQ KRxQ: 13 KR-Q1, KI-QKIS: 14 Rx Rch. Bxt: 15 B-Q3, P-HS. 16 K Q3, PRO: 17 P-QX13 Kt Kto: 18 B-85. KixF: 19 PyKt. R-B1; 20 B-KU. B- Kt3 ch; 21 K-BI. Kt-K6 ch: 22 K-2. K-B7: Resigns
Solution No. 5758: 18-QO (threat 3 PXP mate). PxP. R-Kl5, or 1. PR16; 2 K.. 83, or 1. PB6; 2 RL--K3 or 11 P-05, 2 R-Kts 97
London Aspiele berpize
in
Helsinki
Helsinki, Jan. 20,
For China "Gocze"" Wong will be trying to win his fimt-ever International medal. Junior Pang will be on the bench Im
Wong needs help. There is
ja preponderance of SCAA players in the China roster with
huen and Klondike Wong. They have players to fill most posi- tions end so it would be “pre- to anticipate their sumptuous starting nine.
the Braves splying Lo Pak
Britain's Angela Mortimer A hard-fought game
There will be four weekend matches will the first-named choices to да раз
emerge
und Ann Haydon both easily won their first matches in the
A hard-foughtInternational wen. women's singles of an match is envisaged with Chim international Indoor tennis favoured to win by the narrow- tournament which opened here jest of margins. tonight on the occasion of the Helsinki Tennis Club's 40th Inniversary.
Miss Mortimer defeated Fin-victorious land's Ery Broman 6-1 and 8-2 and Miss Hayden disposed of On Saturday at 2.00 pm. the Finland's Atoll Nyman 6-1 Dodgers come up against the Stardusts. On Sunday the und 0-0.
Miss Mortimer then paired the 9.30 am, Ladies' game.
Matadors play the Cheyennes în with Expl's Jaroslav Dubny Senior Cheyenues cross to beat the host country's with the Baints at 11.00 am. and Gukari Salo and Miss Colly the Cardinals oppose the Junior BandJun binh nha đỮA. Cheyennies in the 2.00 pan. gBITSO,
be Barry Appleby
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