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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1918.
ALL THE SPORTS NEWS of the Day
The
TO-DAY'S CUP FINAL
BY "SEE TEE”
Manchester U. Will Start Favourites
. But The Two Stanleys Are Blackpool's Best Bet
Blackpool or Manchester United: the bril liance of the two Stanleys (Matthews and Morten- sen) or the irresistible drive of the Manchester United forward line and its supporting wing halves. At Wembley Stadium this afternoon it may be de- cided which of these is to conquer and bring the Cup Final victory.
Although thero is much about the Blackpool team (most particularly the attack) which commands attention, It is Manchester United who will start favourites in this afternoon's English Football Association Challenge Cup Final.
Shortly before three o'clock this, indeed it is this rather afternoon the two elevens, Blackpool cing array of
urovin~
opponents, coupled victor tver and the Spurr, whites green slinken confidence in them.
In their fongerine shirts and Man-with very ordinary chester United in red, will trot side Fulham by side nut on to the rich Brass of the Wembley rent from a arrow passageway if the west end of the stadium.
There will a great rour from the 80,000 spectators and, once again, all the pomp and elreumstance, at the magie ritual of an English Cup final will be set in motion.
ACERATARABARA KRONBINGONISTINCTONIC
to
The two teams are expected ne up for the whistle of Referee C. J. Barrick of Northampton in the following order:--
BLACKFOOL Robinson;
Shimwell,
Suart:
Kelly: McCall, Matthews, Mcintosh, Rickett.
Johnston, Hayward,
Mortensen,
Mitten, Rowley, Delany:
Pearson, Cockburn,
Aston,
Morris,
Anderson; Chilton,
Carey, Crompton, MANCHESTER UNITED
If there is less tam pada and cohesion in the Blackpool sit the forward line
curries twu very namien-Stanley Matthews famous and Stanley Mortensen. Both th
are potential root:h eat players winners, Matthews, on his day, is absolutely unstoppable: no football brain has found the complete menwer to him when he strikes his but form.
This is his first Anal and there is a
widespread feeling that Matthews, nlready crowned with every other honour the game can offer, but still without a Cup Finn medal, will blaze his trail into the United's not
string with n
red of bewildered jerseys behind him. Or will it be
Gordon another case of
and the Derby?..
Richards
In Mortensen, Blackpool have one of the great match winning for- wards of the day. Mortensen is n
one natural footballer,
who has excellent ball control, a fine body swerve and n speed which is match- ed only by his stamine. Mortensen goals when all has has cored seemed lost, as witness his equaliser The two clubs have reached this and winner against the Spurs, and 1948 Wembley Cup final by dis- his cloasic goal for England against posing of the following opponents: the Scots a fortnight ago.
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(H)
Blackpool Leeds United Chester
4-0 4-0
(}{)
Colchester Unlied 5-0
(A)
Fulham
2-0
Tottenham Hotspur 3-1
Villa Park)
(Semi-Onal tie nt
Manchester United
(A)
(E)
(H)
Liverpool
Aston Villa
6-4 3-0
Athielle 2-0
(H) Preston North End 4-1 Derby County 3-1 (Semi-Anal tie at Shefeld)
is
If the Manchester men are ns
their
club's name they united as will ride to victory in a riot goals. If this great football machine thrown out of the genius
gear, (Extra af either
Stanleya or both of the time) will prevail. There was extra time last year, but it is twenty-six years since an F.A. Cup final had to be re-player.
Because of war domage to the Old! ground (very recently the F.A. announced that Government approval
been hod
for the re- given novation of the stands, etc.) Man- chester United have been sharing
I predict a decisive victory for Marichester United.
BOXING
WHITFIELD AT SINGAPORE
ed
Mrs Barrow's Boy
Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis and his wife Marva, The picture. was taked on the deck of, the liner Queen Mary -AP Wirephoto.
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WOO SHIELD FINAL
Indians Take
Take Their
Third International
The Damsels of the Diamond are starred in fitting finale to end a successful season when China meets Portugal tomorrow in the final of the Interna.
of tional Series, revived with the donation
the Bill Woo Shield. The Chinese femmes have advanced at the expense of Great Britain with an 8-7 nose-out.
The "double attraction" is to be staged on the Recreio cricket field tomorrow at 3 p.m., preceded by a show of strength between the Junior champions, Braves, against The Rest.
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This is the story of Mrs Barrow's boy who carned a million. His teacher prédicted: "Some day he should be able to do, something with his hands
Joc Barrow's name now is Joc Louis. On June 23 he defends his title against Jersey Joe Walcott. It will be the 25th time he defends his world heavyweight title.
Then
HE MAY OR MAY NOT RETIRE
BY MILTON SHULMAN
Stripped for action, Mr Joe Louis, heavy- weight boxing champion of the world, resembles one of Epstein's more ambitious efforts in bronze.
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in the past decade, And he has done it with either hand. "I don't know which is strongest-my right for my left," he said. "I guess maybe It's my left."
Louis considers his fight 'against Billy Conn In 1941 was his toughest. Out-boxed for 12 rounds Louis ended the matter with a crushing right uppercut on Conn's jaw..
Ill face, like a coffee-coloured moon, rests solidly on two massive, boulder-like shoulders filled with rippling, rounded muscles. But his body, shaped like a kite, tends to lose its leviathan proportions at waist-level. His legs have the thesome, sensitive quality of a ballet-dancer's.
Despite bis many
years in the champion, Jack Blackburn, young to world lake of the world's spotlight, Louts Louis steadily climbed
Louis picks Gene Tunney as the still appears ill-at-case when speak- fame. In his first two years as a
such man who would have given him us eyes are constantly finding professional he disposed of items of interest on the floor or the well-known characters as Primo most trouble in the ring. Tunney celling and his head is more often Camera, King Levinsky, Max Baer, is a boxer and he runs quite a bit," than not turned away from the per- Paolino Uzcudun and Jack Sharkey, he says, He prefers men who would Three of these horizontal gentlemen tratle him punch for punch like Jack son to whom he is talking.
cx-world were themselves
"Dempsey would have Dempsey. been tough, too, but I Agure I could handle his stylo easier-or could've handled mine casier,"
cham
His only defent was suffered at the hands of Max Schmeling in June 1030-a defent he avenged In 1938 by shattering Schmeling In twe muter and four seconds of the first round.
Sentences stay unfinished in mid-pions. air falling off into an indistinct mumble. 71 has brea sold that twenly consecutive words constitute 11: broad. a speech by Louis. Hierro draw converts the first and clocular inte "h" and "o" and his limited conversa~ tion is dotted with yo secs. ah cloquent reckons and nows. An shrug of the shoulders is often used to hullente the negative.
SLEEP AND STEAKS
Yet this taelturnity does not pre- vent him from expressing his views. Nor is he dificult to talk to. He answers questions rendily. times with almost epigrammatic, wit. On boxing he is a wealth
Politics and formation.
the arts mako him more inarticulate
than
some-
of in-
To prove his right to the boxing crown Louts had to sweep' out of his path
'ASK THE WIFE ....'
he
Louis has earned about £1,000,000 at fighting. He has Interests in in- surance, real estate and a soft drink called "Joe Louls Punch."
"I'll leave
another half-dozen hopeful
He has married, divorced and re- heavy-weights, and in 1937, a year
Marva he married his present wife, after his Schmeling set-back, knocked out James Braddock in Trotter, a former typist. They have eight rounds to become the now two children- boy and a girl. Since then he Asked about his son's career, Louis world's champion. has defended his title 24 times. He answered,
that to tho plans to retire after his next fightwife."
For relaxation he likes the cinema, With Joe, Wolcott.
There have been more dazzling "I goes whenever I gets the chance-- performers in the ring than Louis. about three times a week," he said. His shuffling style is not glamorous, "I have lots of favourites but I likes: for it has about it the stolidity and best_those_than_can_net.” On June 22 Louis will celebrate attack. The real explanation of his tenacity of a tank moving into the
Despite the efforts of publicists and invincibility, however, lies in the sports writers to transform him into Louis himself has never held the title longer than any other dynamite concealed in those bulging an author, politician, playwright and
musician, shoulders. of The maintenance
pretended to be anything other than superb fighting machine has been
With a whiplike punch that seldom he really is a synchronised, akiful achieved by generous quantities of travels more than six inches, Louis mass of muselo and sinew with food and sleep.
-ever,-
bl 11th anniversary as world's heavy-weight champion, He has
Yan.
this
has shattered the dreams of prac- deadly power in both hands. A#
During training Louts sleeps 141 tically every heavy-weight produced, such the world will remember him.
hours a day. Eut between bouts, or during exhibitions such as the one he he is now, giving in London, steggers along on 10 to 12 hours a night. The champion is emphatle about his favourite food. "Steaks," he told me. He also admitted some fondness for com and green beans.
Out of the ring Louis is almost) ascetic in his habits. He neither drinks nor smokes. Not even coffee soils his healthy lips. Two large
All remaining League fixtures a well to have selected the following, women's match and three second who combine to look formidable in division games will be played off defense and attack: Terry Noronha meals a day topped off with a cup tomorrow.
(pitcher), Patsy Riberio (catcher), of tea make his regular diet. Softball will temporarily be push-Wilde Soares (1st Base), Cynthia
Like many to the background after this Motta (2nd base), Girlie Gaan (3rd
Louis Americans,
Born on The Prize-giving and base), Irene
began life in a log cabin. Castilho (shortstop). to be held in conjunction Therese Baptists (leftfield), Melvie May 13, 1014, the seventh child of have been set for May 1 at the Sonres (centrefeld) and Celeste Munroe Barrow, a poor cotton picker Peninsula Hotel. A hard-working Guterres (rightfield), Utilities: Alex in the mountain region of Alabama, committee is running the "show" Mendonca and Inez Soares.
he was named Joe Louls Barrow. Indications point to a "good time to
INDIA'S THIRD
His early education WDB hop- be had by ail"
For the third time since the Inter-hazard, and when the family moved PRIZE WINNERS
national Series started, India has to Detroit young' Joe began to study Prize-winners,-who-one-and-all won. The latest victory come this cabinet-making. -His-trade-school- must have contributed to their year when they beat Portugal lost teacher wrote the prophetle words, with Liverpool and Charlton nt most interested to hear more teams' success:
Sunday in a game in which the "This boy some day should be able Huddersfield respec- details of fights won by Leading Men's PAR Division League winners triumphed through superi- to do something with his hands,""
Signalman Whitfield, Hong- Champlons →→→ St. Josephs: Stan ority in all departments.
the
Maine-road ground with Man-
chester City. Cinshes in cup and league fixtures with the City forced
BY. "SEE TEE"
Both civilian and service
the United to play their "home" les followers of local boxing will be
Everton tively,
THE FAVOURITES During the last four months the greal team spirit and football craft of Manchester United have become more and more famous. Excepting the Arsenal they are "the team of the season." In the north they are regarded Arsenal: but their league records do
ля better than the
not bear out this contention.
Under the
the caplaincy
March semi-final at Shefeld. In
conceded 40.
When the United
ben met in a first division match at Maine-road in early December, an
Inter-Service
kong's
Heavy- weight champion, during his recent visit to Singapore.
08 a
Rogie Lobo.
Terry Noronha.
eries
In their first meeting Whitfield Tomorrow's Women's
The
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In 1934, while earning £0 to £7 week lifting chassis on the Ford ussembly line. Louls became the amateur light-heavy-weight cham- He had alrendy pion of America. adopted the shortened version of his name as more practical for a boxer.
Taken in hard by an intelligent negro lawyer, John Roxborough, and trained by a former welter-weight!
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Mrs Barrow, however, had other Leonard (Manager), Jock Brown,
and won, gama was lost Hal Winglec, Arturo Leonard, Benny Omar, Jindoo Have with good reason, in the first two ambitions for her son. She bought frames. India had first turn at the him a violin and he began to take This artistle period sian, Sherry Bucks, Ramon Castro, plate
plate and were disposed of in quick weekly lessons.
Tasted until 1931, when the boy In addition to winning the Bimby Ablong, Eddie Remedios and order. Portugal made a powerful
discovered he was more adept as n Singapore Inter-Services heavy-
attempt in their half. Bases were weight championship (in which pions-Braves: Vietor Pedruco, Frank then smashed a sizzler over short
pante "13" Division League Chaminded-one down Rennle Sequeira / #ghter than a fiddler. he met an old Hongkong rival, Correa, Carlos Yvanovich,
Carlos stop, but the express India loft- C. S. M. Mulholland), Whitfield Remedios, Chapple Remedios, Tonyder, Jindae Hussain, brought off of Carey, also brought back to Hongkong Vaz, Johnnla
Osmund, Ramon Loureiro, Frankic
Remedies, Irish international and Captain of the heavyweight amateur cham-McDougall and Bunty Corren.
Portugal's base Micky a gem of
runner, off the head, scampered off the Rest of Europe icam which
Jindoo at once relayed the Women's
Champions bases. League played Great Britain at Hampden pionship of Maliya.
In the anal bout for the Malayan
Wahoos:
pill to oldtimer Sherry Hamet who Patny Park in May of last year, Manches- ter United have increased in team title, Whitfield scored a fine victory Ribeiro, Hilda Soares, Gilly Winglee, was at second to force the third out twin- Lover. Franks Pestano {Tic Bab Ireno Castilho, Alda Östroumost,
It was
W13 n telling, sparkling work and quality week by week.
Singapore Police. Edith Xavier. Elva Lee, Irene Lopes,
killing.
effect on the The forward line has been almost Kid), of the
The psychologien! unchanged throughout the season. Restang was very much the Idol of Elsie Thompson, Hilda Olssen, Lucy
A lead eleven show!
Singapore boxing fans and
teams appears to have told. Is that which
this Yue, Violet Chung and Kalle Lam. The
Men's International Series Cham-
for the Portugal squad at that stage beat the Villa in January and swept victory of Whitfield's came
nions-Indin: Sherry Bucks,
Sabu would have put the victors off-but Derby County aside in the mid-great shock.
Hongkong folk will be more in- Samy, A. H. Baker, Sheridan Hamel, it turned out the other way.
resulted Five well-carned runs their league programme, Manchester created in Whitfield's fight with his Benny Omar, A.A. Rumjahn, Jindoo United have scored 77 Foals and old rival Mulholland. This "rubber" Hussain, Junior Markar, S. K. Khan, from a concentrated hitting spree.
victory
Whitfeld's was as deel- E. Yusuf, A.R. of
Razack and Tiger Again Jindoo Hussain was there
10 contribute in a big measure to and Blackpool sive as his one defeat by Mulholland Hussain.
was doubtful.
TOMORROW'S FINAL Portugal's "ruin. One down, man on first and second, and he slashed exciting game, which was watched beat Mulholland, but Mulholland tional final will see a much-favour a neat bingle to push in the first scored the narrowest of victories in cd Portugal contingent against a
India tally. Timely hits followed by 05,000 spectators, ended in o draw 1-all.
Pearson scored for a return six rounds contest at the player-short China, who neverthe- and the Ave important runs were
months less will bring forth a challenging registered, Manchester United in the first half: China Fleet Club several
outfit, drawn mostly, if not all of Mortensen equalised in the second
The recent Singapore Bght was of it from the Canuckeltes. That the half.
three three-minute rounds. Using Portuguese will have lots of mate- The Portuguese locked completely THE TWO STANLEYŞ. his right hand to advantage, Whit-rinl to pick from and have
indeca
demoralised thereafter. Boneheaded Although Blackpool carinot nearly field soon had Mulholland in trouble chosen a powerful all-round team, running, wild heaves, wrong plays match their opponents "goals for During the second round Mulholland should hold no terror before the intermingled. On the total of 77 (the sea-siders
time have went down twice. By this
and won. If the the Indians went ne game is played
on to bring the was clearly on top, but Chinese damsels play their Whitfield scored only 40 league goals)
harder their score to 0-0 after four canlos, at showed defence has lightly better re- Mulholland
tremendous play is considered not aggressive the same time, returning a well-nigh cord: it has had only 41 goals in courage and staying power, fighting enough-it is certain they will give lawless defence.
man the hot favourites a battle of it. Only one error was committed in Which so many standard candidates the outfield. A nearly perfect gamė aro available, Portugal hos done was played by the unpredictable A A. Rumjahn, fleiding spectacularly
lop and at shortstop then surprised By Reg. Wootton
everyone Including himself?-with a high-class hitting and bunting ex- hibition, which brought in three useful runa. It was a surprise but no fluke. Good offensive play was also dished out by Junior Markar and S. K. Khan, who batted la runs, Match temperament was wanting
sensational pitcher, the
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ngo,
its net. Blackpool's
victims back cup
doggedly are not nearly such a formidable punishing blows
collection as Manchester United's, right.
despite
from Whitfield's
SPORTING SAM
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Interna-
in
DEMORALISED
other hand
Joo
Franco's play, The likeable, very promizing youngster lost out and walked six.
A review of activities and roundup of performances will ap- pear in the next two-writings, winding up Spectator's Softball Chatter for the season.
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