THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. · MONDAY,
1937. AUGUST 23,
UNITED STATES
£ S. D.
Dempsey and Tuu- ney-Dollar Million- aires – Public Pays to see the Big Men Meteoric Arrival of Tommy Farr
(By John Crow)
seat here. Peak & R.
A young Welsh boxer took part in
ten-round contest. in London May, 1033. His share of the spoils was a bealing, plus £15. That same hoxer-Toniny Farr-fought again Result, this time mure recently,
-victory, plus £3,500, plus pros- pects.
Just a year before Furr had that against Eddie £15 Aght-it was
Steele at the Crystal Palace, and the was Sidney Hulls-Larry promoter Galns und Primo Carnern met at the White City. They drew a crowd of 88,000, the largest in the history of boxing in this country,
Carnera
last summer
smashed to defeat by a third-rate negro--finished us a boxer and, it was said, as near penniless as makes no difference. The last time I saw Gains box was in a small East Lon- don hall, which, is at times a cavim- ming bath.
05
OF BIG
YEAR OF TENNIS TRIUMPHS
FIGHTS
UFS
Tommy Farr, whom Britons hope will beat Joe Louis on Thursday next.
Such nee the see-sawings of box- ing Forr may end his career "broke" as Carniera; he may end it as He is a Gene Tunney. rich as shrewd and careful young! man, so that it is probable that he will retire with something of a fortune.
Luck
cit enters into the finances of boxing as much as it does into that
card of any gambling
game. Farr's
For that one contest, Tunney re- £3,500 purse was for no champion- ship.
Nearly a year ago, a London ceived twice as much as Dempsey, gross earnings throughout boxer, Dave Crowley, took part in but his a contest that was regarded by the his carcer were smali compared with New York State Athletic Commission Dempsey's. Dempsey held his title as for the featherweight champion from July 4, 1919, until September ship of the world. Crowley's purse 23, 1926, fighting nine times for the Tunney held the title from Crowley is probably a more In September 23, 1926, until July 26, teresting boxer to watch with the 1928, when he fought his last con- no test. He fought but three lines for expert eye than is Farr. But expects D-stone fighter
the title. purse.
The draw a heavyweight's
It is not possible to and
"Dempsey figuren" expert may enjoy the science
mere
£200.
to
title.
niso
were
excep-
it
Tommy Farr,
the young
British heavyweight boxing champion fights Joe Louis, un- official champion of the world on Thursday next. Four years ago Farr, completely unknown, received £15 for a fight. Re cently he collected £3,500 for a single scrap. Thousands of dollars are involved in Thurs- day's fight. In this article John Crow of the London Morning Post describes how L.S.D. has become one of the most important factors and in- fluences in the Ring to-day.
America underwent Ove postpone- ments and yet drew a big gate,
None the less, there ure many people who believe that London will: soon be drawing the big money of boxing, but it must be remembered ' that the success of boxing in America! depended to a great extent upon the spectacular methods of its former! champions.
WINS BOTH THE WIGHTMAN CUP AND DAVIS
CUP
REPEATS 1923 AND 1926 PERFORMANCES
ENGLISH WOMEN PLAYERS
LACK STABILITY
(By "Verlias")
was
British tennis stock which has been declining in the
Miss Margot Lumb, playing hor world of international tennis during the past twelve first Wightman Cup match, months, slumped badly on Saturday when United States overly beaten by Mrs. Sarah Fab. annihilated England in the Wightman Cup series, win-yan on Saturday. ning by sixmatches to one. This marks America's seventh successive success in these serica, and she has frightfully inconsistent, and when now won the cup eleven times to England's four since the competition came into existence in 1923.
Apart from its decisiveness; the result this year was more
Jesse Owens's than ordinarily interesting as
World Mark Is Beaten
JOHNSON'S 100 IN 10 2/10
con- set
the world's
seconds.-Acuter.
HUNDRED YARDS
it marked the third time in history that the Davis Cup and Wightman Cup have been won by the same country in the one year.
DASH Stella Walasiewicz Sets New Record
came
were
Wightman Cup Results
The
complete results of the Wightman Cup matches played at Forest Hills on Friday and Satur- day, were as follows. SINGLES
Miss Allee Marble (U.S.) beat Miss Mary Hardwicke 4-6, 6-2. C-2: beat Miss K. Stammera 6-3, G-1
Miss Helen Jacobs (U.S.) beat Miss Hardwicke 2-5, 6-4, 6-2; beat Miss Stammers 0-1, 4-6, 6-4
DOUBLES
Miss Marble and Mrs, Sarah Fabyan (U.S.) beat Miss E. 31. Dearman and Miss Joan Ingram 4-3, 0-2
Mrs. Van Ryn and Miss Dorothy Bundy (U.S.) lost to Miss Stam- mers and 31ss Freda James 3-0, 8-10.
came to a deciding set, as in the ense of four matches, they had not the stablity to pursue a winning line of play.
The effectiveness of Miss Alice
· Marble on her own courts was fully demonstrated, and there was arguing about her crushing defeat of Miss Stammers.
ENCOURAGING
no
The
From the losers' viewpoint, encouraging feature of the contest was the comparatively good displays of Miss Mary Hardwicke, Great. things are still prophesied of this 24- year-old player, who is essentially an attacker and is almost unbeatable she when in proper form. That could
Miss take a set from both Marble and Miss Jacobs Indicates that she Lgs only but slightly be- hind these fine players, and possibly it is only experience that is really necessary to make Miss Hardwicke into a champion,
England has never accomplished i
America's the performance.
two previous achievements were in 1923 und 1920.
feat is sufficiently The interesting to recall the names of Paris, Aug. 22. The International Athletic Meeting those who accomplished it in days by. They bring back to Next, strangely enough, come the held here to-day was featured by the gone
brilliant performance of Ben John-memory personalities in the game, receipts lightweights. The
£00,520 when Benny Leonard re-son, the negro "Bash", who ran the several of whom have long dis-
of 10 2/10 seconds.
things. talned his title by outpointing Lew 100 metres in the world's record time appeared into the limbo of forgotten
It was not altogether surprising Tendler. Leonard was an
Take for example 1023. In that This surpasses the magnificent
to see Miss Margot Lumb se out- tionally worthy champion, with
classed by Mrs. Fabyan. In her first remarkable following, while Tendler, Olympic effort by Jesse Owens, who year United States won the Wight- mark at 10 3/18 man Cup by seven matches to nil, extremely popular, was
Wightman Cup match England's No. the team comprising Miss Helen
I squash rackets player was pitted aldered likely to dethrone him on the
Wills (now Mrs. Wills Moody), Mrs. u no-dc- strength of his showing in
one of the most efficient ugainst Mrs. cision contest with Leonard,
Maliory, Miss E. Goss, and Wightman (donor of the cup). Pitted even after England had won three exponents of tennis the Wightman After
the lightweights-proximat
of the singles. England had as res Cup series has ever produced. Miss of talent against this array the welter parallel fonge intervallare
Miss Kitty McKane, who later be-presentatives Miss Joan Fry, Dira. Lumb was not expected to win, but 1. A. Godfree. Mrs. Shepherd-Boron the cables hint that she contributed among other weights. Their best gate was £38,-
A. Mrs. L.
Godfree. Mrs.
defeat by speed of Jackie Brown, but the heavyweights. Tunney defended his 008, while the rest is. I suppose, in
Clayton, Mrs. Beamish, and Mrs. and Mrs. Lambert-Chambers, all of somewhat to her All the title. for
whom have since given up serious becoming so nervous. Tom the "chicken-feed" against
feed" category mid-
Covell, whe was formerly Miss pubile pays to see big men.
(£12,000). (who,
had dleweights by the way. great purses in the history of glove Heeney
Phyllis Howkins.
Piquancy was added to the conicst That same year United States by the inclusion in the fighting have been shared by heavy- James Braddock us a sparring part- weights (£20,883), flyweight (£25,-
American when Panelio Villa ended the and the receipts were ner)
States successfully defended the Davis Cup team of Miss Dorothy Bundy, daugh weights.
In the sume year United of Jimmy Wide), and ban
Waraw, Aug. 21. career the unfortunate When Jack Dempsey made more money £138,220.
the Davis (or Walsh) won tamweights (£21,200).
an against France, when Tilden, Johnster of the famous American cham- Stella Walasiewicz
Cup against
The Aussies ton and R. N. Williams again held pton, the former Miss May Sution. in the ring than
two Carnera won his title by defeating tam my other
The most lucrative days of Ameri- world-famed Polish woman athlete, Australian challenge.
fort. this time with
Henri That Dorothy figured in the fighters. He was boxing from 1015 Jack Sharkey, the figure was £39,-
can boxing are no more. It may be set a new mark for the Women's 100 were J. . Bawkes and J. O. Ander- the
only until 1927. He had 74 professional 57.
and they were pitted against Cochet. Rene Lacoste and Jaeque match her side lost casts no relice- contests and drew £800,000 In purse Among Boxers of lower weights, that they will return. It is, however, yards dash here to-day when she did son
"Big Bill" Tilden, W. M. Johnston Brugnun, later to become the known tion on unlikely, the figures-large enough, perhaps.
The year 1923 was the the distance in 10.0/10 seconds.
the obviously talented young the world over as the "Three Mus lady. More so as she and Mrs. Van moneys in that time.
the most highly-paid peak year. It produced one million- Like Tommy Farr. Dempsey had to make
dollar-£200,000-gate (Jack Demp-
This betters the previous record set and R. N. Williams.
keteers," as the opposition.
Ryn were pitted against what is to climb the hill before he reached journalist, for instance, slightly en-
HEY-DAY OF U.S. TENNIS In 1935 by Miss Barbara Burke of v. Luis Firpo) Alay
and between South Africa, which was officially
the end of undeniably one of the finest com- regarded by
The next year · mw the top. Ife told me fast year that vlous-are
ons in the world-Miss binations 12 and September 14-eight
This was the first time the Davis United States dominance in tennis,
Kay his first purse was worth about ten weights trifling. The
to be gates his second meeting heavyweight class is supposed to
of over £20,000. Six of these ratified at 11 seconds,--Router. shillings. In
Cup and Wightman Cup were won She lost both the Davis Cup and Stummers and Miss Freda James. were in New York City and totalled with Gene Tunney, there were over unpopular, but produces a record
by the same country in the same Wightman Cup, and although since This pair in 1035 and 1038 carried close When Close on two
half million 155,000 paid admissions, and the gate second to the heavyweights.
year. The next occasion was 1920, then she has scored several successes of the Wimbledon fles, and they when, in the Wightman Cup United in the women's international con- were dollars chip match in
expected to 'repeat the per- receipts were £531,733 and Demp- Jack Delaney took the title from
A world's Paul Berlenbach, the gate was £92,-
States NEWPORT TOURNAMENT
played the
Miss famous
she had to wait until this year to formance this year, only they were sey's share was more than half
New York last June brought in less
Ryan, Miss Mary Browne (who win back the coveted Davis Cup.
surprisingly besten in one of the 353. million dollars.
than £000. The fight
carly rounds. between DONALD Budge's VICTORIES IN later turned professional with Mile. Braddock and Louis 'did not bring
Suzanne Lengien), Mrs. Jessop and back the million-dollar gate.
BOTH SINGLES AND DOUBLES
once again Miss E. Goss.
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SO
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Newport, RI., Aug. 21.
tennis.
NO EXCUSE FOR ENGLAND
own
As it was they had to play hard No excuse can be advanced for to win at 0-3, 10-8 and to give their
A great contest ended in favour England's debacle at Forest Hills on site the only consolation of a rather In the finals of this year's Newport
match in Friday and Saturday fast. The wo- depressing result. Casino Tennis Singles Championship, of America, by the odd Donald Budge, Wimbledon and Ame-
to flourish it is the Dempseys. That rican Champion, beat his compatriot
E. Biggs, by scores of 6-4, 6-0, 6-1 was the year when Demp- and 0-2. |peak year was
sey was at his brighest and best.
He himself drew more than £150,- In the Doubles Anal, Budge and | 000 in that year in
in two contests. Gene Mako defeated G. P. Hughes:
When there is a Dempsey about, and C. E. Hare, the British pair, by
it is
Is likely that the earnings of 3-6, 4-0, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2-United Press. boxers In the lighter weights rise.
Boxing is
popular and the public is
more willing to see even bnd fights. When there is drab, colourless
champion like Braddock, interest in Hardwicke who gave the best display Fine action study of Miss Mary evitably fings.
Jack Petersen revived British box. among the English Wightman Cup ing down to the flyweights by his team against America last Friday and spectacular methods and successes.
Saturday.
But this Tommy Farr, it seems,
can
succeed where Petersen falls. He may lack the colour of Petersen, but he can do what Petersen never could-put Walter Neusel on the mat for a count of ten. Ils victory will mean much to the stars in the fighter weights.
We now, evidently, have a cham- plon who can be, without shame, mentioned among the Schmelings, the Braddocks and the Louises. Un- tt recently we were forced to regard Furr na stolid, honest fighter, but -to be truthful-drab. Now we know better. We were 50 often
You
promised a " "new Phil Scoli," a "new Jack Petersen," a "new Len Har- Veya "new Ben Foord."
The new Tommy Farr has appeared round the corner without preliminary herald- Ing. It
you desire to see a boxer more spectacular than the Farr who unveiled himself against Neuse), must be hard to please. The public; it may be taken for granted, will pay to see Farr, and promoters cim do wlint they like about the matter. We have the material for the large-scale boxing match. The promoter may go ahead and build. It is, I must confess, a pity that wo cannot in this matter count the wes- ther as our certain ally. If a New York promoter announces a large
now
show, he does not really have to worry to any great extent about the wenther. The odds are against rain! during the summer, while the com placent publlo seems to be completely undeterred even if there does have to be a postponement. One world's championship in recent years in
men were soundly beaten by A stronger and better equipped side. The critics undoubtedly will find good cause to renew their outbursts against the English_selectors who
troduced
auch instead
an in-
NO MORE GLANDERS
Ignored Miss Peggy Seriven and in- Macao Racing To Resume experienced player as Misa Margot On September 5
Lumb. Yet it is fairly certain that
even is Ming Scriven had been in-
According to Information received cluded England would not have from the Secretary
of the Macao avoided defeat.
Jockey Club, the glanders menace is The unavoidable absence of Miss now at an end, and the Brst meeting Dorothy Round was naturally a hard of the new season will be held on blow to English aspirations, for it September 5 as arranged.
It is understood that Major Hogg been demonstrated within recent and Captain R. Bowden of Ilongkeng years that there is no other English went over to Macao at the beginning girl player of the same
steadfastness.
has
Playera like Mica Stammers, Miss of August to mallein the ponies for second time, and every one of the Scriven and Miss Hardwicks are animals passed the test with nega- brilliant, but not trustworthy. Their tive results. Ponies are now per- margin of errors are too great to ci-mitted to be sent to Macao as before. able them to win big matches.com- sistently. This is where the Ameri- cans have long enjoyed an advan- tuge. Ployers such as Mrs. Wills Moody, Miss Helen Jacobs, Mra. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan, and so on have eschewed the spectacular for the sound, solld type of tennis. It is nol that they
engage in safety" 4actics, but their attacking strokes are modulated and controlled, enabl ing them to essay shots from which they know they have a 80-20 chance of making a point.
for
GOLF TRIUMPH Henry Cotton Wins Czech Title
Marienbad, Aug. 21.
CzechD- Henry Cotton won the Slovakian Open Golf Championship hero. to-day with an aggregate of 379 for the four rounds, made up The brief enbies. received on the of 70, 72, 09 and 60-Reuter, recent Wightman Cup. tlo show quite This is the second National title. clearly, Uist the English girls, though Cotton has annexed since his triumph playing magnificently at times, were in the. British Open.