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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1900.
IRC 'A' SCORE EASY 4-1
The world champ" explains the high cost of hiring the world champ' YESTERDAY'S HOCKEY FLOYD SPARS FOR TV GOLD
That no-cut-price' policy delays third title fight
By HARRY CARPENTER
London.
Just before stepping out of his Mayfair hotel suite to take lunch in the cafeteria across the road, Floyd Patterson explained about the high cost of hiring Floyd Patterson. If Lime Grove looked slightly lime-green and punch-drunk last
week this was the reason:" They had to fork out 15,000 dollars (£5,357) to lure the world heavyweight champion, his three sparring partners, two trainers, and a New York attorney called Julius November into a 45-minute TV show.
The BBC now have this machhibitions for a fee of $40,000; dan, but he moved on to Ger- In eetamon with young Mr Roy (14,285).
tast This seemned choap by Cohn, the US, legal pagle who
standards. wick's plained:
unce
for *Racoped
Metarthy:
Senator
Both have recently come up against Patterson's reluctance to wag fists or tongue at out- price rates.
Last week in one of three Fatterson suites occupied by
* and Co, the 25-year-old champion from Brooklyn in- dicted. Mr Cohn
the stumbling block in the way of the third and decisive light with Ingemar Johansson.
Big obstacle
Drawled Patterson "Mr Cohn is a partner in Feature Sports Incorporated, who promoted my last fight with Johansson, and who hope to promote the next one.
"I don't think Mr Cohn ex- Johansson, pected me to beat
Floyd Patterson
in London.
but just in case. I did, he and
before hand to safeguard my share of the gate in the event of a third fight.
I drew up a contract
"In order to persuade me to sign fer the second fight, hu offered me 50 per cent of takings in. the third one.
the
"Well I won Now Mr Cohn is having second thoughts and decen't want to pay me 50 per cent. He wants to pay me 40 per cent."
Surtax punchbags
The brown-suited, sombre- voiced negro paused to gaze at one of two watches he wears in Europe right wrist, New York time; left-wrist, London ilme.
He continued "This matter of ten per cent is the obslacio we have to overcome before I fight Johannson again.
"Either
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Mr Cohn honours his control or there is Axis" ile spoke softly, for fear of disturbing hi wife, Bandra, resting in the adjoining bed- zoom. They were reunited lont week in London.
Patterson had been away from home, wile and three children alnico August 0.
Ho
9. had just completed -4. 0,000-mila swing through Sweden, where ha, nd the troups gave no mor
MILESTONES OF SPORT
Burton's 'open'
By ARCHIE QUICK
Portsmouth held the FA Cup the longest, and Dick Burton reigned as British Open Golf Champion longer than anyone clae before or since. The reason, of course, was that they won their trophies immediately be fore World War Two and the competitions were suspended for seven years.
in
university town on the Firebird American challenge Ave. I over-clabbed my second
coast was looking is best.
Everyone was
Talking
Dr
Munich was past, and Hitler | Street where in turn it was sent the closing stagea of his triumph was to come, but the thought to Valentia Island, Southern as he told them to me: "With of hostilities were put behine Ireland, and thence to the Unit- three holes to go I knew I need- tanl ed Sister by Transatlanticed a round of 79 to the with jus, temporarily at least,
then one under warm sunny week of June 1939 cable. It was extimated that the Bulls. I was
recelying fours, so I had two strokom in New York office was when gentle breezes blew from the North Sea mki across the copy within five minutes of hand to draw level, ong in hand Le famous St Andrew's links. a ball dropping into any given to win outright. I got my three at the short sixteenth, but at It was kleal goting weather, hole."
the wicked Road Hole I took a and the normally grim, greas
to miss the Swilcan Burn, but There
was a big American | found the Road near the Rail- Was five resisted, although
United needed at the last to win. one States representative COMA
"The putting green was en- within two shots of winning the circled by a huge crowd. My prized file.
On the final day a crowd of drive was all right, so was my home players finished with 204 first approach iron. The third shot left me on the green near to-handsome Johnny Fallon, of
its edge-and then joy of joya I burly Scotland,
Shankland, holed the longest at long putta League player Bill Australian-born but domiciled for a 71, a total of 200 and in England, former champion win by two strokes over Bulla," All Perry, Rog of the famous Whitcombe brotherhood and King, who preferred going out nonchalant chain-smoking Sam with a gun in his native Kent to golang.
playing golf, and every hotel/challenge, but for once it was way Bridge. So it
full of players, officials. pressmen and enthusiasts,
He
X-
Then he argue Cohn.
magy at the weekend for live exhibitions. Price: $40,000.
returns home
cert 10 per
with Mr
wan
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"t could have gol more. Bul the Swedish people have been very kind to me, I've thousands of fan letters from them.
tind
"I was glad to box for them. I didn't do it for the money."
Philanthropy suffused Patter- son mee more when he talked include of his sparmates, who ht: 17-year-old brother.
Patterson is paying them $50 (£18) a day-the first time human punchbags are. believed to have entered the surtax bracket.
"You must
remember
they left their homes and familles behind to come with me," said Patterson.
"In Sweden they were put to a lot of discomfort, travelling hundreds of miles every day in
They deserve tiny cars. break."
Д
Fantastic lengths
One
'No' to Cooper Supposing the Johansson dent fell through? Would he givp | overlooking Britain's Henry Cooper a shot nt the title?
Both watches came in for scrutiny. Then, slowly:
"I would say Cooper had his chance in 1958.
"If you recall, I was seeking the U.S. opponents ilalte monopoly ring. Cooper and his manager agreed to come to the States and fight me for $60,000 all plus expenses, arranged,
want
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Was
"Suddenly, they didn't to come. They said they would want $150,000 plus expenses.
So we fixed up with Brian London instead, Remember?"
|
in
I remember. Hoving seen" what happened to London fists were exciu-Indianapolis, I would say sive to the BBC while in Lon-Cooper had the right ides.
Patterson's
FOUR D. JONES
AND ARMY SPUVISH TYPE ĮDINTOS
BLOOD BEEF AND
SAND
المؤيدي
J.190 VBCEDURIANG ARE WARNED NOT TO LOOK
FERDINAND
NANCY
ROLLO, THE RICH
KID, HAS A NEWSPAPER
ROUTE
BRICK BRADFORD
were
press agency went fantastic lengths to be first with the news. A room in the hotel eighteenth the green was set up as
control headquarters. Landles
eighteen laid to each of the boles, and at cach, hole there telephonist. A posse of was reporters followed the leading players and fed the telephonists with copy at each hole, News was transmitted direct to Fleet
Sports Diary
TODAY
Tennis
Colony Hard Court Championships, CRC. 1.30 pm.
Bowls **Societies" match, RBGC, 720 pm.
Hockey DW I
Demons Sect 'A': Macaensis "C", King's Park, 5.30 pm.
FIRST THING I'LL DO IS
GET OUT OF THIS FANCY
OUTFIT
IMAGINE THAT--- HE'S JUST LIKE
US ORDINARY KIDS EH ?
THE CONTROLS ARE SBALEO AND SET ON A
HOMING DEVICEлn IP YOU HAVE ENTERTAINED ANY IDSA OP TAKING OVER THIS SHIP IT WAS A WASTE OF THOUGHT,
WELL-NOT
QUITE
WHAT NOW,
BACK
HE HAD A
SPECIAL MACHINE
MADE
NOU HEARD
A THE MAN
V
to
ex-Rugby
Closing stages
Then in came Johnny Balls, professional, Lough Chicago with 292 and 1 looked sa though once more the Cham- plonship Cup was going West. Only home man with a chance was Latteaghire Dick Burton, but he had had a disastrous 77 in the third round in the morning following a 70 and a 72 the two previous days. Let the tall, fairhaired Bur-
tell you In his own
NOW THEN, WHERE AM 1. MATE ? AB, I'LL ASK OLD NAPPING NORMAN
HERE
MADDOCKS
By Mik
By Ernie Bushmiller
By Paul Norris
19 WATCH THE SCOMBRY AND ENJOY IT] WE'RE GOING WHERE THEY WANT US 03
190 AND THAT 49 177
WE'LL NEVER PET BLACK "TO"
EARTH
RUGBY RESULTS
A
London, Oct. 5, Results in
today's Rugby Union and League matches were:
RUGBY UNION County Championship Kent 11, Eastern Counties 13. Middlesex 23, Hampshire 6.
Club Matches Burton. 8. Blackheath 9. Cardiff 35, Penarth 6.
RUGBY LEAGUE Lancashire Cup, Semi-final Blackpool Borough 0, Swinton 10.--Reuter, words
SHEAFFERS
IMPERIALI
Sheaffer quality
fraturer
moderate
prics
SWISSAIN
BUT I
ALWAYS
TRAVEL
SWISSAIR
The Airling of
switzerland
Just the weather for Rowntree's
JELLIES
The Fastest File
in the
WIN OVER JUNIOR CHAMPIONS RECREIO 'B'
By NUMPERE
In a first division hockey league match played at Club de Recreio yesterday, IRC “A” had a comfortable win over last year's second divi- sion champions Recreio "B" by four goals to
one.
Recreio had the better of the opening exchanges but IRC soon got on top and remained there throughout.
Their defensive strength lay in full-backca Karamdin and Kitchall who coolly broke up Rocrelo's attacks and set their forwards going with streng clearances,
In attack their atar WWE O.K. Dallaḥ who was alwayn back foraging for the ball to ses the Indians attacking and
EUROPEAN CUP
SOCCER RESULTS
Berne, Oct. 5.
beat
Berne Young Boy's
his hat-trick was the desery-Limerick, the League of Ire- ing result of 70 minutes hard land champions 4-2 in the work.
second leg of their European Soccer Cup first-round tie here
For Recreio, Pinto worked tonight. hard in the forward line.
ter
Opening goal
Barne bent Limerick 6-0 in the first leg at Elmerick on August 31 - and so enter the. second round with a 9-2 aggres From the bully-off Rexrelo gate. The two teanis were tied "B" attacked and had the bot 1-1 at half-time in tonight's
of the opening minutes match.-eulor. whilst HC "A" were settling down but the Indians came into the picture and in the ninth minute Larcina was forood to put the ball behind for a corner.
soon
the second round
Brussels, Oct. 6. Barcelona, the Spmisli. Foot- ball League champions, catered the Euro- tuli-back Karamdir. pean Cup when they beat Llerse IRC
war Bolghum) 3-0 in the second leg came up and the corner
who of their first-round the here to pushed to A. M. Wahab hand-stopped it for Karamdin night. to face the hit and put IRC ond up.
From the bully IRC went away and came close to In orcasing their lead in a goal mouth scramble.
In the 14th minute Recreio wore awarded a tree hit inside die IRC half for obstruction but through Reed's hit went right to allow goalkeeper Gafoor to come out and clear.
Pinto
Recreios inside-left put his left-winger away but Sert-back Kitchell was quickly across to tackle and clear for IRC.
Barcelona beat Llerse 2-0 in the first leg in Barcelona, on September 28, and so go through with a 5:0 aggregate. The Spanish side ted 2-0 at halfalme in tonight's match-Reuter,
Luxembourg, Oct, 5. Rheims (France) entered; tho second round of the European Soccer Cup when they bear Jeunesse D'Esch (Luxembourg) 5-0 in the second leg of their Arst-round tie here tonight.
Rheims won the first leg 8-1 in France on September 7, and
with an so go through
11-1 aggregate. All five goals in to- night's match were scored in the second half.-Reuter.
IRC were now on top and in the 20th minute Samy
Warsaw, Oct. 5. went away on the left wing, crossed
ball to
WKS Legia the
OK.
(Poland) beat Dallah who scored from closeAarhus (Denmark) 1-0 in the second leg of their European in,
Soccer Cup first-round tig. hero the Danish Bide opter the second round as they won the first leg 3-0 on Eap- termber 21.
Beat two defenders
Five minutes later O. K. Dai- lah ran through from the half way line but ran the ball over the goal line.
From the 10-yard hit Rozrelo uttacked through Santos wha phased to Guterres, but the centre-forward's push ahead was cleared by Gafoor the edge of the circle.
from
IRO's
Just on half-time Samy again Croused to O, K. Dallah who coolly beat two de- fenders and flicked the ball past Larcha to make the half-time
score Recreio 'B'.O, IRC 'A' 3.
The second half started with IRC still on top and playing fast open hockey.
0: K. Daliah put Razack eway
but the winger swung wildly at his contre, and was penalised for sticks.
In the 43rd minule K. Dallah took the ball into Ro- erelo's pizelp where
a short corner was awarded for kick- Ing. Karamdin again came up for the corner but this time his shot was just wide of the post.
In control
At this stage play became a little acroppy with IRC exsing of but in the 55th minute O. K. Dallah Intercepted n Reérele clearance, swung the ball to his left wing and ran on to take the return pass on the edge of the circle and shoot past Larcina to completo a fine hat- trick and make Inc almost sure of two points,
With only 10 minutes to go Roorelo made u series of attacks but IRC's full-backs were in control covering cach other remarkably well. Pinto did get through bit Gafoor came out to the edge of, the circle to clear for IRC.
Just before the final whistle a shot rebounded off IBC's up- right · but Gafoor fell on the ball in attempting to clear, theroby obstructing Pinto, and the umpire rightly awarded a
World! penalty bulb which Pinto con
[verted" to give Recreio a cono- lation goal, making the no1 score tecreio 'B' 1, IRC ‘A′ 4,
ILFORD
The teams
Hacreio 'B'." Lareins, A. Souzh H. Barron, G. Boules, Heed, Airom, Chaves, Nunes Guterres, Plite, Benton,
Kitchell, M. A. Wahab, Burgin, Hurean, Baseck. Q. K. Dalls, A. M. Webab, K. Dullabi, San
tonight, but
Legia led 1-0 at half-time, the andy goal being scored by Nowak in the Reiter.
29th minute.-
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN
Masters often And that White's second more in this. game (Horowitz v. ‘Amateur, isken the opponent by sur- prise, and it is worth while trying it occasionally against the popular Biclitan Defence. 1 P-K4, PQ84; 2 P-Q93, KC-KB3; 3 P-K6, K-Q4: 4 RH, PXP: PXP, P Q3: Kt-XB9, KI-QB3; 7 PXP, QXP: 8 Kt-B3, B-B4 (better ...P-K3): 9 8-B4. KKS: 10 19. P-K3: 11 Castles, Q-Q1: 12 P-Q6. PXP 13 KtXP. KtxKt; 14 QK13; 16 RKI ch B 18 BXP chi. EXB; 17 QQ ch, K-K3; 19 B Ko th. BXR: 19 QxB ch, B -B3; 20 K-R4 ch. K-RA: 21 G H2 ch, Resigns, for I!
9.KNKI: 21 F-Ku dh K-R6 13 Q-10 mate.
Solution No. 5901: 1 Q-QRS, F-Kt8 2. PxP.
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