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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
How Eric Boon Knocked TWO PROMISING
Out D. Crowley:| Unexpected End
Eleventh Round Punch Swings The Balance
By Harold Lewis
London, Dec. 16.
Hundreds of people rushed the ring at Harringay last night, and at least 50 succeeded in fighting their way over Press tables and through the ropes when Eric Boon, 18- year-old blacksmith of Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, won the British lightweight championship by knocking out Dave Crowley, of Clerkenwell, in the 13th round.
Supporters of Buon had come from | hs
vision must beroe
all parts of the Fen ecuntry, and the more hazy. thrilling climax cause one of the must fervid scenes of excitement and delirious joy-seen ata fight Test
yours.
Boon's triumph was both brilliant 11th round, and.
until late in the entirely unexpected. He was being stendily
and confidently outpointed by his experienced and crafty up- Jonent until a single punel in the 11th round caused a violent saving in the fight.
on for
two
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CROWLEY FORGES AHEAD
Sul, I thought Boon won the first rounds, just lost the thire, lined the next two. After that Crowley began to forge ahead.
Crowley, having Started by boxing in the most compact style, with quard held very close, duckitur. weaving and forcing a battle at close quarters, gradually opened out. thok no risk whatever, but evidently
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There was little power in s blows, but he kept darting in with
YOUNGSTERS
Arthur Danahar
A fight between them inevitable.
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Here And There With 'Abe".
Two Young Boxers To Be Brought Together Soon
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That punch was a tremendously | planned to win by steadily out- powerful right hook to the stomach, plating his opponent. planted as Hoon slipped a left lead and came back with the full force of the shoulder turned into the blow, left to the face, sometimes landing Crowley, who had been boxing with this blow Tour or five times in sure- a speed and mastery which suitgested cession without reply.
Occasionally Boon was able to land that
le could have gone twenty-five rounds if need be, col-a solid punch. He was also marte lapsed to the Noor. The pain ex- to miss badly, as his rather frontie the head of pressed in his face showed clearly savings passed over ilat he was badly hurt. Crowley Crowley by six or une inchies.
in the fifth, Boon caught Crowley rose after seven seconds, and 150on had the good sense and cooloess to with a heavy punch, a fraction to
that high on the jaw. People cheered:
on which he may arrange fights. to repeat fight relentlessly punch. He succeeded in landing Crowley grinned perkily. It
heavy body punches perioudly close to a knockout punch.
several more
Was
January 11, 1939.
FAIRER CONDITIONS FOR
Germany Files Entry
For Davis Cup
Berlin, Jan. 10. Germany has filed her entry for the Davis Cup Competition in 1939, according to a state- ment issued here to-day.
The German Davis Cup team will this time consist of Henner Henkel, captain, the South German Roderich Menzel (who played for Czecho-Slovakia in former years), George von Metaxa, and Hans Redi.
The Berlin player, Rolf Goep- fort, will act as emergency man.-Trans-Ocean.
Hockey
'VARSITY BEATEN IN TOURNEY
encounter
Was An interesting
the on Monday when witnessed
R.A.O.C. mel the University on the latter's ground in the Hongkong Hockey Association Tournament, and after a hard match the Ordnaner managed to take both points when L/Sgt. Lang neited the only goal of the match late in the second half.
RYDER CUP GOLF
NOW ARRANGED
London, Dec. 10.
Here is great golf news. An agreement has been reached between our Professional Golfers' Association and their opposite number in America that in future the Ryder Cup tournament, staged every two years, shall be played in time and place to the choice of the visiting team, so far as this can be arranged.
Badminton
An n start when our men go across in 1930 to play in the United States, they will probably play in October or November, in either 66T99 | Florida or California,
K. Tong "B" Defeat S. And S. Home
some
This will be greeted with cheers from former players, for British Ryder Cup men can recall having to play this match in mid- summer south of the Mason-Dixon line, when
were dying of Negroes the heat,
spectators at the match fainted, and our men played against medical advice and under the watch
tye of doctors That, obviously. wns not golf,
Lut
have
Kowloon Tong "B" played the Sailors end Soldier, Home last even-
A REAL TEST In in the "13" Division of the Bnd{-
the Americans won by 7-2.
Similarly, minton League and Scores:
complained over here that they have J. A. V. de Soares and J. Tang been forced to play in a gate and (Tom) beat Walker and Thornblinding rain, to which they are not 21-7; beat Cusack and Nicholson 21-
accustomed. Each side undoubtedly 16; Beat Griffiths and Monuel 24-21. hnd a grievance, and the desire to make this great annual matel a real test of golf is all to the good.
A Chan and T. Tan: (K. Tung) lust to Walker and Thorn 12-21, beat Cusack and Nicholson 21-15; lost to Grifiths and Manuel 10-21.
(
N.A.E.. Mackay and 3, L. Anderson Tong) beat Walker and Thom
21-12: beat Grifth and Manuel beat Cusack and Nicholsun 21-10,
TO-DAY'S MATCHES
The first half was very even but The following is the programme the Ordinance assumed superiority in to-day in the "D" Division:
v. St. Andrew's "A" the second stanza and the University Chung Wah keeper was very busy. The Ordnance Recreio If
The Ordnance were well served by Cpt. Tracey at inside left, Sgt. WITH such a shortage of really, "I would fight him in his back gar-Evans and Sgt. Drake at half back, was at Dal, lb," and Pte. Locke was the best back on promising material in tite British den providing it boxing world, it was inevitable that Arrangements Tell through when the view.
announced; "Boon und two such promising youngsters and B.B.B.C. sure-drawing cards as Eric Boon and Danalar are licensed boxers and can Arthur Danalar would be brought only aght on premises licensed for
boxing. later. There are
The promoter, too, has a together suuner those who feel that for the sake of licence which collocates the premises British boxing, they should be kept
promote a fight away from each other for at least Air. Ilulls wants another year. But since Eric Boon elsewhere he will have to apply to knocked out Dave Crowley to win the board for special permission, the British lightweight championship, Most boxing enthusiasts were against the clamour for a meeting of the two the two lads meeting in private, youngsters has become even louder; holding that the public, which had careers of both the and it is probably to satisfy public followed the demand that the two have been boxers, should not be barred from matched, They will meet at Har- seeing the fight. ringay February 23 and Boon's title will be at stake. Len Harvey, Eric Boon's Career- the British heavyweight champion,
were unlucky not to take the lead K. Tong "A" when a fine shot by Cpt. Tracey went, Wanderers only inches wide of the post with the keeper well beaten.
went ahead when Sgt. Lang, receiving a pass from Cpt. Tracey, scored with a well-placed shot.
our men.
Next year's arrangement means a
more to good deal
IL means that they will have the chance ing on the winter circuit of tourna- after the Ryder Cup match of play- ments, which offers about £10,000 in prize money.
So now, please, no more grousing from beaten players; and no more teritating slanging matches by teams their return home. The packet was getting serious.
V.
St. Jolin
V.
V.
St. Andrew's "B" V.R.C.
011
A few minutes later the Ordnance South Africa Has Made A New Hutton
The University rallied and attacked holly but the Ordnance defence held
oul
Durban, Dec, 20,
fast
TWO GAMES PLAYED IN F.A. CUP
London, Jan. 10. Two of the postponed matches in the Third Round of the F. A. Cup were decided to-day, the results he in as follows: Southport
1 Doncaster Grimsby
before the round was over.
KNOCK-OUT ONLY HOPE CROWLEY DEFENDS COOLLY
But that incessant peppering from defended Crowley's left increased in the same however, Crowley, coolly. His weak spot ind been ex-proportion as did Boon's badly timed posed the only time he had ever wings, and it became obvious that been knocked out in nine years of nuthing short of a knock-out would boxing was in exactly the same way be of any use to Boon.
Something happened in the ninth but he asked his trouble, and in
round which should have, warned the twelfth round, when Boon's inexperience led him into some wild Crowley, Beon was learning during and one of the most astute figures inNOWN as "Sonny" to his friends the fight, trying every sort of punch the British ring, recently declared:-- and to the 6,000 inhabitants of swinging for the head, Crowley he knew to penetrate the close guard "If I were managing either boy, his native Cambridgeshire village of Danahar at 19 is exceptionally de- Is South Africa going to make a gradually settled down and started of the champion.
should steer him clear of the other Challeris, blue-eyed, ruddy com-tached when in the ring. For a to steal punches again,
In this round, picking the right for another year at any rate. If plexioned Boon has been fighting for fighter of his scant experience, he new player of Len Hutton? asks
two boys were to meet to six years. At the age of 12 he was moves very fast. When he weighed William Pollock. For Boon, with only three rounds,
I had not seen him since I spent to go, this was a moment for des.moment as Crowley dashed in, Boon these
Hemorrow, there would be a firework beating boys much older than min at st. 1334lbs. for his bout with tried a counter to the body, achieved this most difficult but da-display and no mistake. But the self. Before he
was 16, he had Kestrell rumours spread that he had thirteen long weary hours while he maging punch admirably, and one loser would probably be lost to the fought 40 times and won mostly on difficulty in making the lightweight laboriously built up his record in- nings of 304 against Australia at the could see that he thereupon began game and the winner would have all knock-outs. Until last year he con- limit. Protested Danalar: "I can do Oval in August, but we saw the fight knocked out of him. We tinued working in his father's forge, dat. Dib. whenever I like. When
He had the luck to be missed at Clyde are too short of material to sacrifice whence he reckons he got his power-won my amateur iitle I weighed 9st different Hutton here to-day. it in this manner, and I suggest they ful punch. The crowning achieve-Sib. Yet three days later I scaled Ho their own way for a hil" Not-ment of his carcer, of course, was 10st. 21b. I intend fighting for the the wicket carly and has been hit- ting the ball good and hard, fre- withstanding this advice, the two his victory over Dave Crowley last lightweight title, and all I have to youngsters have been matched-for month in a lightweight championship do is watch my diet." Well, here'squently putting his ears back to get
punch Info open-shouldered shots." better or worse only the future will bout. He was being led on points his chance.
I have always known Hutton has reveal.
when his powerful punch came out
the strokes and wished would use once again and knocked out Crowley.Soccer Interport
them more freely. He showed an ar of being very much master of Danahar's Career
all the quite steady bowling he surveyed, and no one had the right to dispute him.
pernte action. In the 4th round he again whipped in some heavy body punches, and then, with Crowley keeping
his guard down. Boon stashed him with right and left to the jaw.
I took Crowley right seconds to get up, and then, after a few more punches, as Crowley was falling into the ropes, Boon turned swiftly and chopped him to the law with s clean and crisp a right-hand punch as one would ever wish to see. That punch ünished the night. was delivered at grent speed on ft de target-the sort of punch
Carpentier whleb
1ade famous when he knucked out George Cook. LIMBS PARALYSED
to concentrate upon 14.
In the fith round, as Crowley pounded upon him again, he put everything he had into the counter. it won him the night.
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It
such Attempt Failed
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BOON'S PUNCH POWER
Boon will be 10 on Dec. 30. He
achleve very young to eminence in boxing. but for
ALTHOUGH Manila has not yet months he has been an outstanding TN November, Mr. Sydney Hulls
given a definite reply to Hongkong's Strongly built, he lightweight.
caused a sensation when he an-
dark-haired, grim-looking cock Invitation, It is almost certain that o boxes well, in very fast and hits
nounced that he was signing them A ney from East London's Bethnal team from the Philippines will be up with as much force as most men a
up on behalf of a wealthy patron to Green attracted the ese early last here during the Chinese New Year stone heavier.
of malehes. fight at a private party he was giv- your of John Harding, National holidays for a series It has been a short championship ing. The purse money was declared
The officials of the Hongkong Foot- Crowley recovered consciousness relin for Crowley, and this litle to be £1,250, to be shared equally Sporting Club secretary. Son well within the 10 seconds. But his sportsman deserves some sympathy between the contestants. When Boon Professional fist-slinger of early post-ball Association are working on this
war years, Arthur Danahar hatt assumption, and have already amid the admiration for his con- was informed of the arrangement by limbs were paralysed. He was un- able to move and had to be carried queror, Crowley look nine yours his manager, Jack, Solomons, he said, normal urchin's clementary school ranged for the Manila team to play upbringing. When he was 17 le three matches in the Colony, History to achieve his ambition, held the
started as a lightweight under the will be made when the visitors play to his corner.
amateur code, Young the pandemonium started.title for less than six months, ne-
Danahara representative Hongkong side, for Then Apparently Boon had several thou- cepted the first challenger and lost sand friends in the hull, and they the title to him. A very clever little used to box-as he did when he last quickly won the Amateur Light-never before have the two ports met met Carrick-would have given him weight title of Great Britain, and at soccer, though several Colony all wanted bndly to shake ham by the boxer, Crowley has never had
a smart lesson in the penalties for last February was taken up by the team not representative-have paid damaging punch. hand.
wild swinging.
NS.C. Father Dannhar applied to visits to Manila in the past at the the Brilish Boxing Board of Control Invitation of the P.A.AF. The first But in the third round one
for a second's licence, but the Board meeting may well prove the first link Mcwas slow in replying, and he watched in a chain possessing these swings found Its mark. counts in McGrory, the former Grory took three.
this his son's first few money-making historie as the liongkong-Shanghal feather-weight champlon, was beaten round, and although he avolded the efforts from a scat in the Press row series. Soccer has made great strides on points over eight rounds in a re- worst of the trouble afterwards, heat Earls Court Stadium. Arthur's in the Philippines in the last decade.
never looked like winning. |turn fight with Jack Carrick of Hull.
first big professional performance and therefore the keenness of the
Doyo was to stop
Rees in March. Filipinos to pit their skill against McGrory boxed below his usual form
OTHER RESULTS
Since then and, I thought, without confidence.
he has gone, on un-jother Far Eastern ports was only to It was a pure accident, of course, He seemed rather depressed by the FEATHER (4 rounds): Len Beynon defeated. Lost November he took be expected. While not as relentine have but a most unlucky one for Boon.taetles of Carrick, who rushed at him (Swansea) and Billy Walker (atratford) only one round to best tough Welsh-perhaps as the Chinese, they It incant that he had to defend that with the wildest of wings through boxed draw
WELTER (5 Toundry: Norman Snowman Douglas Kestrell, unstopped in easily adapted themselves to the speedy. Their swelling, have it pinched and mas- out the first two rounds, landing (Northampton) outpointed Harry Craster 300 nights. Apart from the fact that game and are very saged during the intervals, and that sercely. a blow, McGrory as he (Middlesbrought.
he has an attribute rare in English-matches in the Colony are certoin to men to-day wallop Arthur be interesting.
Mr. C. B. Thomas, of Wales, was the referee, and the weights were: Crowley, Est 7ib; Boon, Ost Alb.
One must give Boon every credit for this victory, belated though the real turning point was. Within a minute of the start of the fight, a Johnny the two men rushed at each other, Crowley's head come into collision with Boon's face, and a swelling peared at onec,
high up on the check-bone, below, the left eye.
ap-
future t
Well, the Tests are mercifully only four days here, so Hutton apparently
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feels the time has now come for him to step on the gas a bit.
He went twice as quickly as Edrich at the beginning of the innings at tea time. giving the bat plenty of back lift and not checking the follow- through in his drives. Perhaps he feels now established in top-cass cricket and sure of himself.
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