INTER VARSITY RUGGER
DARK BLUES WIN
70
London, Dec. 7.-After one of the finest inter- Varsity matches of all-time, Oxford beat Cam- bridge by 14 points (one goal, one dropped goal and two tries) to 8 points (one goal, and one penalty goal) before 35,000 wildly excited rugger fans at Twickenham this afternoon.
No quarter was given by elther side and these students showed how rugby football should be played, although a high and gusty wind made conditions difficult.
Oxford, playing with the wind in the first half, led by 11 points to nil, but the Light Blues, far from being tho teams beaten, mado a determined comeback when
changed onda, and in a hectic 20 minutes they reduced the lend: to 11-8.
stifl
It was now anyone's game, but a brilliant ry, which will ever be re- membered on this famous ground, by the South African three-quarter, C. B. Van Ilyneveld, who dribbled yazda to go over spectacularly, decided things,
Cambridge, however, far from beaten and when the whistle
went it was they who were the attack. Oxford were supposedly weak at half, for which reason Chinbridge started slight favourites, but was the strengiki
were
Cannell, really carned the try which Van Ryneveld touched down.
fr
tho
10th
In the second half, the Welsh Gwyn Davies, at international, standoff half, ran 30 yards to touch down for Cambridge, and Holmes added the points.
This score came minute after Cambridge had been attacking strongly.
tater, Holmes Seven minutes kicked a penalty for Cambridge to make the score 11-8, then in the the amazing 132nd minute came
of the halfback drible by Van Ryneveld to make division, notably the brillance of the scores 14-0--Reuter, the South African standoff half, M. Hofmeyr, which just weighted the
also TESTIMONIAL MATCH other
balarice in favour of Oxford,
werd. Blues splendidly served by their
Tho Dark
Empire players, with R.
Stewart,
of New Zealand, at fullback, in tremendous.form.
while
For the Light Blues, W. B. Holmes was also a great fullback, JAG. Williams, a Welshman, was briifunt at forward.
MEHOW SCORING WENT
This was how the scoring went.
In the fourth minute, the South
African, Hofmeyr, coolly
The Don's Farewell
Melbourne,
Dec. 7.-Don
dropped Bradman said farewell to first
a lovely goal from between 40 and class cricket today with one of
60 yards.
It was
the
Initiated the
same player who his less glorious efforts he was which out for 10 in his testimonial
movement
enabled the Oxford forward, K. Gu, match, which ended in a tie, to cross the Cambridge line in the his side being 402 for 9 when
minute.
stumps were drawn:
31st.
Stewart added the points from an awkward angle.
In the 28th minute the English
threequatrer, L.
international
SQUASH RACKETS
B.
Bus Bradman had already left his in the first mark with a century Innings and a brief successful spell
n bowler. The 7,000 spectators who turned up for the Inst day's play did not have to walt long to see their hero. Needing 403 runs in five and a half hours to win, Bradman's team lost
only 12.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRALI
AY DECEMBER 8, 1948.
CHAMP SIZES UP BIVINS
Joe. Louis (left) says Jimmy Bivins (right) could be a contender for Jos's heavy. weight title "If he gets serious about his training."
They are shown sparring in the afth of their six-round exhibition in Cleveland, using 12 ounce gloves. Joe remarked Bivins was the best 'opponent he's had thus far in his current exlilbition tour-AP Wirephoto.
"Sugar Ray" Robinson Abandons Welterweight Championship
By JACK CUDDY
New York, Dec. 7-Ray. "Sugar" Itobinson will give up his world welterweight championship on or before Dec. 28. Never again will he defend the 147-pound crown,
Sugar Ray, one of the greatest all-around fighters in ring history, is unwilling to risk-for the sake of his title the fate that befell the late Joe Gans, another great Negro champion.
It
Cons, who held the lightweight championship from 1902 to 1000 died of tuberculosis in 1910. is common knowledge in the fight game that "the old master" of Baltimore became a victim of the discase afidr weakening himself. too long by paring down to the lightweight limit, which then, was
British Team For Ken Meuleman when the total was 133 pounds
Wolfe-Noel Cup
HAS A DREAD
,,。
bout with Henry. Brimm at Buffalo. N.Y, recently.
He returned later to his training camp at Greenwood Lake, N.Y, to groom for future non-title bouts.
IMPOSING RECORD Sugar Ray has an imposing record. He suffered, but one defeat and one draw in 90 professional fights. Ife belted out 56 straight victories as an amateur, including 69 knockouts 44
AUSTRALIAN SPORTS MUSTER
LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION SPEAKS UP FOR QUIST
By JUSTIN ARTHUR
The Lawn Tennis Association of Australla; ruling body in Australian tennis, has brought up the question of Australian newspaper criticism of the side led by Adrian Quist in the challenge round against America the past summer which failed to win, a single match.
Mr H. A. Pilt, chatman of the likely to visit Australia ata timo association's couneli, at the October which will fead up to the Empiro moeting said that the presentation Games, due to be held in Auckland, to Quist by the Americans of a N.Z., in 1950. bound testimonial obviously meant that United States officials objected
to "unfair criticism of the team by pections of the
press, and they
Australian
Unbowlable Boy"
had thus expressed A 14-year-old Sydney schoolboy..
tho "unbowlable" boy,” recently hit
their appreciation of the Aust de Grant lians, whom
considered to be the equal of any team ever to up his best score, 267 not out, and- visit the United States.
on the same afternoon-took seven
The testimonial, bound in leather wickots for 24 runs, playing for St and Elven personally to Quist, James, Croydon, in the New South
Churches praised the conduct, sportsmanship Wales
Competition, and ability of the Australians; it Sydney's largest junior cricket or was the first testimental ever given ganisation. by an overseas tennis association Grant's score was mido in only 97 to an Australian Davis Cup team minutes ond Included 50 fours captain.
(sixes are not permitted in tho His bowling in- Together with the personal competition).
cluded the hat-trick» Ho bats has been Interest that
taken infert-band and bowls slow, right- Australia's coming champions by
Jack Kramer, who played profec-hand spinners. sional tennis here, it has done a great deal to help Australian tennis prestige and to restore faith in the future of the game, this country
Triangular Surf Series Wanted
as many season,
18
now
20,000,000
Now the association is
*Bill
Surf
to nak
In four knocks this year, he has hit up 125, 64, 63 not out and 207 not out for an average of 206. In wickets for an 8.69, average. the 1947-48 season, he took
His father, the Rev. J. R. là Huray, rector of St. James, Croy- don, is himself a good cricketer.
Sld Barnes, famous Test cricketer, Arst achieved publicity by his plný. In the New South Wales Churches' Competition.
Australia's Best
the
son's $5,000 forfeit, but he did not. swalder and Helen Kelama. It will receive a trophy and an in
In the 41 years that the Life Saving Association of Aus- tralin has been in being, its members have saved 08,732 lives, and the Association
protects Best Australian athlete for 1948 surfers a is likely to be selected from two outstanding candidates -- for the title-Olympic tulling champion the New South Wales Amateur Mervyn Wood and John Winter, Swimming Association to help to Olymple high-jump winner. Cuba, Ray failed to make the con- tracted limit of 150 pounds. He
The
winner, who will be chosen arrange the visit to Australia of a came in at 150 pounds...
Gavilan could have taken Robin-representative Hawaiian surf team finally by a special committee led
and two US. Olymplemetre Olymple
Games by Sir Frank Beaurepaire, noted
20' swimmer of Smith, Robinson won a 10-round decision over Gavilan at Yankee Stadium has been suggested by
vitation the Surt
To Los Angeles, where that night.
Association's president, Judge Cur with other world athletes, he wil SUCCESSORS LISTED
at the Helms lewis, that New Zealand might also attend a ceremony When Robinson gives.
the be up
to send à surf team to Hall of Fame, which houses the asked crown, it probably will be tossed Australia while the Hawaiians were Athlete of the World Trophy.
The into contention among
hall was estabushed by Gavilan, there, and that this event might be Although Robinson is not tuber-in the first to welterweight cham-/ Tony Pellone, Gene Burton, Charlie the forerunner of a regular series be-millionaire Paul H., Helms to mark cular, he has a dread of the disease He became
Bernard Docuson,
Ben tween Hawail, New Zealand and his 08th birthday. Its cost has that takes a heavy tell in humanity-plon on Dec. 20, 1946, by outpoin- Fusari
Fer- Australia-the three major Pacific been estimated at £A110,000. ting Tommy Bell of Youngstown, O., Buker of Havana, and Frankle Fer-Aus
The Australian committen has Ike Williams surf centres. Moreover, he has had extreme at Madison Square Garden in anandez of Honolulu.
In 1839, the Australian team invited the public here to send packed Harlem each year.
was which visited Hawall very their selections for the Common- for 1948- to dficulty making the weight limit elimination final for the crown that lightweight champion-also may
Australian wealth's best athlete many mouths. Although he had been vacated by Marly Servo. make a bid for the weller diadem.
Gavilan and Pellone met, at the kindly received, and welter crown, he has
He made three defenses of the In 338 innings (43 times not out) wears the
title against pumpy Doyle (who Garden Nov. 12 night and both surfers are anxious for a chance to the secretary, Mr E. Cowley, 14 this hospitality, The Marshall Street, Ivanhoe, Mel- Bradman scored 27,984 runs for an Frown into a 'middleweight.
Hawalians and New Zealanders are bourne, Victoria, Australla. From now on, he will campaign died as a result of injurlés suffered Tooked ko successors to Sugar return average of 95.5. He hit 117 cen-
100-pounder, although double hun- as a
in the bout,) Chuck Taylor and Ray-United Press. urtes, including 37
fighting weight will range between Bernard Docuson.
The Docuson defense was staged Where Bradman left off, his prob-163 and 150 pounds.
Robinson, who Australia's Test
will be 27 in
at Chicago on June 28. Because of captain, the young lefthander, Ar- May, is not robust, despite his ring weight-making dificultes, Robinson
on with a prowess. The
Harlem appeared far off form in the bout thur Morris, carried
1anaged to keep the title on brilliant century. Hitting out after Negro has been subject, for years,
decision, but young Bradman's dismissal, Morris scored to heavy colds and other ailments.
Illness has caused him to with-Docuson of New Orleans surprised 10B, including a sixer and 14 fours, in 135 minutes-Reuter.
draw from so many bouts that pro- everyono with his strong showing.
the molers now Cross their Angers It proof were needed that
time they. sign him for every
a chump should desert the 147-pound match.
class, it was provided vividly on had- to break training on Sept. 23.
of a cold I because
that At the weight-in for Robinson's
a
Then came Bradman for, his final Aing and he was cheered all the way Dec. 7. Janet to the wicket. He opened quickly London, Morgan, runner-up in the Bri- with his usual push to leg for tish women's squash rackets single, but he falled to get going and after a quiet knock for 10 was championship, tops a six-girl caught at the wicket by Suggers, off team that will defend the Wolfe- B Jolinston's bowling. Noel Cup against the United States In Philadelphin on February 23.
the Cup started dreds. Competition for between the two countries in 1933 and was won by Britain. Matches, able successor woro played annually, Britain winning the last in London in 1939. Captain and Manager of the Cup defenders will be Mrs Susan Noel Powell, The others includo Mrs Alice Teague, Margaret Carlisle and
Betty
atly Cooke, A sixth player will be named later.
Britain's women champion, Joan was unable to accept an in- Cu to play.
The team is scheduled to sail on
MCC's
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483 For 4
for
stender
his
2
Against Transvaal. Nov.
forced him to cancel a non-title non-title bout with Kid Gavilan of
January 20 in the liner "Britannic" Pretoria. Dec. 7-The-MCC
for New York and will return on this
"Medin" on March 4
touring side ran up a total of
Beside the Cup matches, a best-183 runs for the loss of only SAVOLD'S DISQUALIFICATIONTM af-five series, the Britishers will en- four wickets here today when
for the United States National they opposed a Combined Trans-
Squash Rackets Championships at Boston on February 14-Associated Press.
vaal side.
SUNDAY HOCKEY endeavour
PROGRAMME
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As the innings was then declared closed, the Transvaal team will bat tomorrow and the visiting bowlers to dismiss them iwice on this, the second and last, day of the game in order to forca a victory.
Batsmen were on top throughout the day and a brilliant start was by Simpson and Elven the MCC UK Police v AF, Kings Park RNTC Washbrook, who put on 257 for the (2), 15 am. (Umpires. 8. D. P. O. Yeo- first wicket before Washbrook was mana, P. F. Xavier),
Civil Servico Cable & Wireless, caught for 144. Then Simpson went King's Park YMCA), 10 am. (Umpires, to 145 before being dismissed. Mr Morritt, E.-R. A. Miller),
Later,
Palmer and Jenkins took unbroken stand of 900 for the
the Afth wicket, being still the innings was Dockyard RC v Khalen, King's Park together when RNRC (1), 10 am. (Umpires, D. T. declared closed. Smith, Mr Duce XIN),
Dutch C v Army Bookumpoo. 10 Am (Umpires. ... Palmer, Yeo, Sigs part in on Galer).
AMERICAN PRESS OUTCRY AGAINST "FOUL" RULING
New York, Dec. 7.--Boxing writers who commented on the Savold-Woodcock result today generally showed irrita tion at the rule which permits a foul to decide the fight, The United Press Sports Editor, Jack Cuddy, said the result probably will cause a change in the British rule.
Lewis Burton of the New York Journal American anid the "cause of international fist-fighting was set back by the result. Americans who might have been earmarked for international action under a new Jack Solomons agreement with the 20th Century Club will undoubtedly think twice and then say 'no.” (
Sports cald, inhe Club de Recreio V YMCA, King's Park, 10 am (Umpires, 3. B. Grewal, B. B, Chia 09 not out as he
O, Shawli
missed off fairly easy catches, while moth-eaten foul ending was University Ne
Postponed until Jenkin had put on 55 when stumps vived for Bruce's benefit."
The New York Mirror Palmer was rather lucky in scoring
was twice Editor, Dan Parker,
Sunday, December
All umpires are requested to confirm were drawn-Reuters
by phone 130301 Ex 117) before 0. p.m. on Friday. Secretaries are requeried_10 enture: prompt attendance of their teams. A maximum of ten minutes de-
jay will be allowed, Will-umpires please swotify results of matches by phono as soon as possible after, the, match.
VICTORY UNPOPULAR
Londen, Dec. 7Although he re won his heavyweight contest against Lee Savold on a foul last night, Bruce Woodcock received a bad press this morning.
that a pro- The wilters agreed tective groin. cup makes any real injury impossible and there was no Test Programme reason for ending the fight due to London, Dec. 7-The dates a low blow,
the and venues for
four Test
English boxing prestige suffered cricket matches between Eng-another drop in the public mind.
Clubs secretaries of all civilian teams land and New Zealand next sum-since Woodcock's action reminded iro requested - to-forware to ins BOLTE- ary, BBPO Yeomans Or Mesa, MS mer were announced to-day as Tamar before Caviary, a complete follows: y de g rominal fist-of all, players, registered with their solib,
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Where To Learn
Sportsmanship
Americans of "Tainung Phil". Scott. who toured Amerien years ago and ended each bout by falling to the floor shouting: "foul.""
“ND FOUL" RULE
foul American boxing hás a “no rule under which it is impossible to have such a decision.
The majority of the boxing writers were of the opinion that Woodenck's showing, lost. h
him the chance of ever fighting Joe Louts for the world title, and were practically, all agreed that had the ght been staged in America, Savold would have won on a knock-out becAUKO of the "no foul" rule employed there.
Many considerderline much and had that the alleged faul blow was a # been an exceptionally low blow, it could not have hurt Woodcock seriously Cowing to a protection, cup he was wearing, the same type used by Ameri- can boxers Association quoted Ham
Tão - Prem'
Russell, the '- referee,
saying:
Woodcock had., kot up unhurt, would have probably warned Savold but with
"Modern-profective, devices are so Woodcock it agony on the caroten
effective that is virtually im- possible to hurt the boxer no matter how squarely truck in the groin.
no alterallye, but to stop, the
In Chicago, Joe Lou told reporters that he will considers Savold leading contender for the world tille. He said: "I don't-think- losing on a foul will stop ** Thus some states allow the referee Savold from bem" ranked among : the
fouled boxer: give the
five | Londing hangwelcht-lieujer, ga
Melbourne,. • Dec, · ·7.—Mr Edgar to
Tanner, Becretary of the Australian minutes to rest and then continue
then continued Olymple Federation, declared today: the bout
The Olympic Games is not tha Under New York
rules, the Attempt To Match
to
place to teach people to be portretered has me if a boxer fall Woodcock & Louis
Mr
decide the outcome.
and gentlerni vezorgend to the floor and claims a foul, the
n Ki Tong "B" that at home. learn
London; Dec, Jack Solomons, the manager. Tanner, who was the
referee cad disqualify the man who of the Australian Olymple team in threw a Zové
but ho cán to by to New York tomorrow to Jacoba the2. MadikOKS Square arden.” prómotor, ways "the centrosoner-of-war in Japanese hands, also give a victory to the man suit ceeMike
pivisie was commenting on General Mac on his feet 15 he thinksite injured
| FOWnBBOW su leam, London this year, and was a pride an intentisch if he thinks the London, boxing, promoter, plans
move to invite, Japan
oul,
atchu "Arthur'a & reported suppor late in hope" of) being
for a man stepped into his punch with the Solomon was reported lo
protective zu
-the
M2 the
Olymple Games.”
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