THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1048.
EUROPEAN BOXING CHAMPIONS NOT
KEEN ON DEFENDING TITLES
By BILL MACKLIN
London, Dec. 14--A ́European boxing title is worth 2,000 pounds ($8,000) and up per defence, but Briton. Bruce Woodcock isn't earning much with his heavyweight crown.
He hasn't defended it since March 15, 1947 when Frenchman. Stephan Oleks lost a 15-round challenge on Nor is there any prospect that Bruce, busy fighting Americans, will put, the valuable propert
points.
line this year or early next. Yanks are ineligible, of course. Twenty months. Is too long to welght Johnny Ralph in a 12-round Keep bucli a potentially-profitable ren-title bout, he started on a post-bent on defending :-his Europea HKFA DECISION
crown out of circulation, a remark poned honeymoon and vacation. that will no doubt And support with the likes of Olle. Tandberg of Sweden and Jo Weldin of Austria, Both have been challenging Wood- cock with diemal futility.
WORST OFFENDER
It is a good thing for the fight profession that Bruce in the worst oftender against the rule-obviously poorly enforced by the European boxing unlon-that a. champion must defend at least
every months.
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Yet he isn't the only one to put titio in moth balls His countryman, Freddie Mills, the world light heavy- weight champlon, last defended his Furopean light heavy crown against Spain's. Pacho, Bueno on Feb. 17. That's nearly ten month-to, nasta you counting on your fingers, too.
When Mills returned from South Africa, where he kayoed heavy-
BOXING
ALGERT HALL
OUR DAD GAYS LWYC DEED TO PUT A LUMP
·BEE! STEAK ON EM
WITH AMERICAN BOXING WRITERS
Cerdan Rides Wave
Of Popularity
By CORNELIUS RYAN
New York, Dec. 14-New York boxing writers, forced by circumstances, to. give their undivided attention to Marcel Cerdan of Morocco, are saying nice things about a foreign boxer for the first time in years.
When Cerdan was in the USA on two previous trips, he drew only casual attention despite his string of victories:
"I am impressed by Cerdan's spirit,
That doesn't sound like a warrior
championship right away,
TOWN TITLES
Mills problem in holding two tities is that he can't defend the minor one without risking, the world
crown
16 rounds at the If he nights prescribed weight, all titles that his opponent is eligible to win must. bo nt sinko.
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His predicament is exactly that which once faced Marcel Cordan.
The Idol of Paris posssessed both the European and world middle weight titles for a few hours in September.
Marcel acknowledged that a boxer can't play two adules simultaneously and shed the European one toute suite...
on the
Players To Be
Numbered
It was decided at the Hongkong Football Association Council meet- ing yesterday that as from January
all football players" jerseys should be numbered from two to eleven. Mr Wong Ka-tsun was in the chair.
It was stated that the Recond round of the Governor's Cup com petition between HKFA and CNAAF will be played at Caroline Hill on January 10.
4
of
Regarding
application the South China A.A. and the Services to run a charity competition called the Sir Man-kam La Cup Compeți-
This generous, spontaneous gesture kept the European title in action.
Lug van Dam of Holland and Cyril Delinneit of Belgium fought for the vacant honour on Nov, 0 and the Bel-tian. It was decided that the muller p gian won on points,
: VILLEMAIN GIVES UP "Robert Villemain of France has relinquished his welterweight chame plonship after riding his oare several months
He last defended the European title on Dec. 17, 1947. into
so much trouble.
on 6. the
be replayed.
YALE CAPTAIN
Levi Jackson (above), Yale's star halfback, has been unanimously · elected 1949 football captain by the Yale squad at New Haven, Conn.
..
Jackson, a native of New Haven, is the first negro sports captain in Yale's his- tory.—AP Wirephoto.'. CROSS COUNTRY
Home Countries Get Into Stride
BASEBALL
Major Leagues Play On The Signal
New York, Dec. 14. There's more to a baseball gamto than throwing, hitting and catching the ball. Many times It's just as important to catch a signal 'as to catch the ball, for n missed signal can have the same result as a missed third strike.
When the writers talk about "hustling" baseball clubs, they mean a club which tries hard all the time in overy department-it runs out all grounders and fly balls, if gallops desperately for every popfly foul which may be caught, and it playn alert "inside? baseball.
"Inside" baseball is the part of the game the fans can look at but not see. It's the fast signals which set up the steals and the hit-and- runs and the cutoffs and the plek- offa
Rarely are thesa moves Just
|something which occur to the player, at, random. They are ordered by the manager or by, a field leader, and
those orders are transmitted and
acknowledged, before the venture
starts.
For Intance, an attempt to pick a runner off second usually is ordered by the catcher, who is facing the. diamond, the runner and his pitcher and shortstop:
BARED TEETH
The
For most teams the signal is for the catchier to bare his teeth. pitcher and shortstop both should he watching the entcher and should get the signal at the Game time.
Both
count
Jimmy Dykes Back In Major League
Chicago, Dec. 14-Jimmy Dykes, former manager of Chi- cago White Sox, retarned to the Major Leagues today: when he accepted '‚a 'job' - ar firet base coach for his old boss, Connic Mack, of Philadelphin Athletics.
The announcement that Dykes had been signed constituted a major Hem of importance of the-base. bail front although several clubs were about to complete dealk of one kind, or another.. last summer as manager
Dykes was fired in the mid-season of the Hollywood Club of tho Phone Coast League,
to three, and at Yankees, who had been threaten-
close a deal with Chicago- three the shortstop is there and ing to
If not, the ball goes into were expected to announce today caught food throw, the runner fe White Sox for more than a week, centre geld.
that first baseman Bud Souchock is. being exchanged for outfielder Jimm Delsing who played last season with Hollywood.
Cleveland's Indians use this sys tem, and it resulted in a bitterly the World Series with the Boston disputed play in the first game of Braves
would be reconsidered because' ac- cording to the Association rules, no cup competition should be known by the name of an individual *As a result of a letter from the Chinese
London, Dec. 14-The cross Athletic Aspociation, concerning a referee, Capt Stone, who sent a wrong player out country running season in Bri- of the game eight minutes before the
it Bob grew conclusion of the match against Use Club tain is now getting well into its middleweight and went to to apologise to the CAA, for the mistake stride, and there are indications New York. Meanwhile, the Euro-it was dreidad that the result of the that all four Home counties are pean boxing union is deciding who play remain unchanged, and not intensifying their efforte to will meet for the vacated title.
The resolution that referees retuiing break the postwar continental The little guys don't cause nearly three consecutive appointments without stranglehold on the interna- Ray Famechon of France, feather-truck off the registered list, was carried tional championship, won last weight king. is the only one ever-
It was also decided that all finesmen April by Belgium. due for a defence. He won his title should have watches which should be on March 22 from England's Ronnie synchronized with that of the referes Clayton. Ray may make a_de- fence late this month against Jean Machiclinck of Belgium.
The other three champlons risked
titles their Lightweight titlist Billy Thompson the past six months. of England drew with Pierre Mon- tune of France on July 26: Italian bantamweight champ Guido Ferracin repulsed Peter Kane of England on July 16 and Maurice Sandeyron of France retained his flyweight tarn
Cerdan, boxing such run-of-the- mill men as Harold Green Anton Raadik, was competing with | ritt savvy." such matches as the Loula-Walcolt Powers noted happily that "Marcel ant Fox-LaMolta fights for the is no Olle Tandberg, fainting Phit
Scott or clumsy Bruce Woodcock."
Lewis Burton of the Journal- American was just as Interested in Cerdan.
In and his speed afoot, rapid punching and
writers' interest.
sumelent, eruse - .or reason should b
at_yesterday's meeting,
Defore the Rick-off..
...
the world Indians
Also involving the White Sox was the expected sale of "veteran: Cleveland manager and shortstop catcher Mike Teah to Lou Boudreau claimed he tagged out champions. Cleveland runner Phil Mask in such a pickoff, United Press, but the umpire ruded it safe,' and: on
Mast later scored the winning row in )- a 1 to 0 gama. -
The fact that the next inter- national is to be staged on the Baldoyle racecourse, Dublin, March 20, has stimulated interest in Vcross country running in Elre
John Barry, the fair-haired Irish middle distance track may be in the team.
champion,
The following was the draw for the second round of the Challenge Shield Competition: Wirt Division: Club Police: Kitchee & Eastern; SCAA "B" SCAA "A" Army v SL Joseph's: Second CAA Bouth China; Tramways v Bollet tors Clerks; Taikoo y Dockyard.
Division: Motor Bus v Club or Navy,
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Cricket Teams
If he runs, he should have a good chance of
HIT-AND-RUM
of
COLF
Starting Times
At Fanling.
"Marcel has the gift of, relaxation by outpointing Dickie O'Sullivan of League match against the Royal foremost runner, E. R. Downer and For a hand across, the letters of the starting times for the over and under
And when Marcel refused proffered matches with LaMotta, Steve Bellotse und Pete Mead, he lost much of the writers' respect.
But Marcel regained prestige with his knockout of Laverne Roach, and his Sept. 21 date with Tony Zale for the world middleweight title Anal- ly made him big news for the New York writers, since Zale did most Marcel's a wonderful of his training in Chicago.
What the writers 50W amazed them.
London. "He takes at will," Burton wrote. adulation in stride, but he is serious about the championship fight."
REMARKABLE PUGILIST "Cerdan
one of the most pugilist I ever remarkable
met." wrole sports editor Jimmy Powers of the New York Daily News.
"He has an unusual training routine, and the proper word to des- is bouncy.. Cerdan looks cribe him is trim, and he has an excellent chance to beat Zale if he moves as fast in the ring as in training.
.
GETS ALONG WELL
person," salu Bob Evans, owner of the Evans Hotel where Cerdan trains...
Is
"He appreciates everything that done for him-he profusely thanked the chef, for special butter croissants and he gets along per- fectly with the kids here."..
As in Paris, Cerdan is popular with the women, too. They his dark curly hair, his emile and his friendliness,
spawned
The continent that such boxers as Max Schmeling and Georges Carpentier in its heyday Is proud of its European titles.
LOGICAL CONTENDER "We feel that a European cham- pion has every right to be a logical
world title." is contender for the the oft-spoken philosophy of Jack Solomons, Londen promoter.
For their Second Division Crickvi
Navy on the Navy ground, King's a, next Saturday, the KCC will
be_represented by::
S. A. Gray (capt), V. C. Band, E. A. J. Hancock, V. H. White, Randall, .D. G. White,, W. Davidson, R. Leigh, H. Matthews, S. C. True man and. G. R. Rossclet,. 12th man. A. V. White.
Match starts at 1.45 p.m.
IRC '2ND XI
The Royal Hongkong Golf Club
forty-fives at Fanling on Sunday are. as under with over forty-five men- tioned, first:
The hit-and-run signal comed emulating the feat of Tim Smythe, from the manager to the baseline who in Dublin in 1931 became the coaches, who signal both batter and only Irishman to win the Indivi- Funner; oncli whom should (dual title in the International."
acknowledge. the signi England has problems. One is the
Sometimes the conches signat is present position of two of her to rub hands, or to tug at the hell, Red Goaney. They recently moved uniform from the Casticich (Hampshire) Most generally used acknowledg Clab, to Southampton, and under ment is for the runner dr Batter to the rules will not be allowed to tug his cap, but some teams feel
Old Course represent their nuw club in team that's too well known and· úse
1920 am. A. E. Lisaman VG, G. D. competitions for 14 months after another action; such as knocking: Carter: 0.24, 1, W. Shewan v K. B. King- the changeover..
dirt from the spikes with the bat horn: 2 Bathurst v D. 8. Robb "It will still be possibile, deponding
Once the Chicago White Sox used 132, NO. C. Marsh V. D. AG. Davies: The
way their entries aro made an "eye" signal for a hit-und K. S. Liberison v S.... Gordon Capta Cupd; 9.40, 'G. 1. T. Suen vN. A. for fisem to compete as ludividuals run. Any action involving the eye, Brown; 9.44. H. R. Cleland K in the English championships, on the such as rubbing it, meant the bat-
Collings: D,49, A, MeKellar v E, T. Mc- Mullen; 0.02, W, G. Roberison v W. O. result of which England's team for liter intended to Hit the next: pitch Davies: 9.56. Z. McLaren v G. Stewart: the International 1s customarily
One day Luke Appling, working 11.00, F. C. Barry ▼ J. L. C. Pesrec: 10,04.
on
The following have been selected to chosem--Reuer.!! Recreation Club
European title fights top his bills
represent the Indian like often and he pays champions three imes the purse accorded challen-
Recreio at King's Park on Saturday at French Athletes Tois open display, called time out and Prophet
But since he speaks very. litu. English, and few of the girls at the Hotel speak French the admiration is done from nfür.
gers.
An estimated minimum check for defend in London a champion to would be £2,000 ($3,000) and t could mount to treble that,//
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Tour Indo-China:
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French athletes whe were in the London Olympic Games are to compete in athletle meelings in Indo-China between January 10 and February 15. The French Athletic Federation today
to Rena. permission Francois Valmy,
Schwalta, Jean Vernier and Ignace Heinrich to make the trip.
Details of the tour are not yet decided us
arrangements, sold the Federation, have only so far been made by cable.
The quartet will leave Parts by air on January 10 for Salgon. Reuter...
TABLE TENNIS The Singapore touring table tennis squad suffered their third selback yesterday when they lost to the Xaumail School Old Boys by 1-4 at the Chinese “Y."
set
Lee Peng pulled the biggest up- eliminating, hitherto, by defeated Loo Kum-seen, Singapore's ace player in straight sets 21-10, 21-17.
Results were as
follows:
Chua
Luke hit
毒
Now Coune
the theory of the purloined Jet. 11. Mundy, v A. Sommerfelt; 10.00, T. B. Low Y, Hung: 10.12, P. de Jon V ter in which the best conconiment
asked the umpire to get something out of his eye. Then the next pitch to right feld' for a
8.20 0,2, Y. H. Nolloth v-C. F. Wood; angle and the runner scored:
9.24. G, U. 5, Thomson v J. M. Pattinion;: 9.20. J. Linaker v J. M. Tang 9.32, W, N. ORAL SIGNALS:
A. Smalley VL. Jackson; D3, J. A. B The St. Louis Browns used many
Selby A. Mabb; 0,40, E. B. HD ♥, J Dyer M, A. D. Humphroys v R. 'M. oral signals this year. They varied Wood: 24 11 C. Watson, V D. Hung: 9.52, but, one of the J. Forbes v. 3. 1. Macintyre; 956, Av.11. with the players, mast effective was the one involy-McBride....-v-O.- Galton 10,00 RP. Ing John Lester Moss.
Streatfield W. Eu; 10.04, D, H, Blake v La D. Pringia: 10.00, N. E. Wallem v K. Noble: 10.13, E Graves v.W. II. Paterson: 10.10, E. Brodie v G. P. Ferguson. (hapte
If the coach wanted Moss to let the next pitch go past, he yellca "come on Johnny, hit; it." If ho wanted Moss to swing, he yelled.
ec come on, Les, hit it
Sometimes the signs, all of which are common actions, almost fool the players who should obey them.
In game this year with the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyd got young Gene Hermanski to third base. Gene is a fast runner, and with a weals batter at the plate the "steal home" sign was Dashed.
GREEN LIGHT Hermanski acknowledged, and waited for the second part of the sign-the actual green light to run. This was to be given by the third base coach Jack Pitler, who Was merely to turn his back.
Twice Piller sent' Hermanski on false breaks to try, to rattle pitcher Hank Borrow, who has a Cub fost to slight hesitation in his motion, which Chung, Chin-sing 21-11, 21-23,
Kim-herne (Singapore)
attempted steal.
tan.
Foursomes-Old Course 1.20 p.m. Laman-Nolloth v. Carter-C. 7. Wood; -1.24, Shower-Thomson v King- hom-Pattinson; 128, Bathurst-Lineker v Robb-Tan: 12, Marsh-Smalley v. D. D. Davies Jackson; 1.38, Hobartson :15. 5. Belby v Gordon-Mabb; 1,46, Buen-HIILI Y Brown-Dyer: 1.44, Cleland-itumphrey'v Collings-R.. M, Wood; 1.48. – McKellary Watson Robertson W. Forbes W. O. Davies MeMullen-D. Hung; 181.
Macintyre: 150, McLaren-McBride Stewart-Alton; 2.00, Barry-Streatfield Pearce-Eu; 2.64, Mundy-Blake v Sommer.. falt-Pringle; 2.08, Low-Wollem.W. Hung-Noble: 21. de Jong Ciroves V Vaughan-Paterson: 2.16, Sainsbury-Brodie y Prophet-Wargl£son,'
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South Americans To Tour Britain
London, Dec. 14.-News that
18-21; Leo Kum-soon lost to Los make him good...material fat an Peng 18-21, 17-21; Chan Foh-ying The Pitler gave the sipp, Her- lost to Wu Wengyalong 18-21, 17-21; manski hesitated a second, then Lye Ying-hinn lost to. Chung Heng- He was safe in a close play, and it four South American profes kuan 21-17, 10-21, 15-21; Chan proved to be the winning run his land for An extended tour next sfona) golfers are visiting Eng Fook-keo 21-18, 21-18.
slowness in starting, "I thought senson is pleasing to British The visitors will anvede Maçao to Jack had lost interest in the game
beat Chung: Heng-cheawater. Hermansk explained his
day, where they will play a series and was seeing something intercat golf for it will add to the inter of matches before returning to the Ing in the standı.” ~* sammy- nätional interest of the season's Colony for another round of games.
events. They are expected to be back, here on December 18.
Hockey Fixtures
OFTEN CHANGES A
Of course, the signs are changed With a Ryder Cup-match due for often, and usually mrs agreed upon the loto, summer, America's best by the team just before each game. | Professionals, will be ing the country The catcher's signs to the pitcher, and it looks very much as though are standard-one finger israfast British professionals will be rhting The following are the Hongkong ball, two fingers a curve and three harder than ores to prevent many Hockey fixtures:
Association usingers a change of pace Button of the amnior awards frontony University y Navy, Kings Park RNR the pitch.
gives three abroad. **
Daing The vil of the South Americans his ~ Angers, to
(1) 10.30 a.m., Umpires, Capt, IL, J.; signs, and OPPOR? Murler bröul of the volye placed"·
Chižnelly. P. X. Xavieran s
·Civil-Bervice v Khalsa, Kings Park accide.
RNRC (2) 10 4m, Umpires, C. J. Merit.
-E. 1. A. Miller.
real-ont
decide
on British successes, and the ritinis Opin. "Championship which pre- Mha: Dist: Sumably is the mein obiceive of the
BK (PHIC) i ama. Umpires: Yeo second for third shallabhair at Bough Americans of more recent
B.K, Palies v. Doekyard, n.C,
King's berTIENT party-by
overscas players even
Sign Gater, Makhan Singh. F***
Army YMCA, Bookumpoc, 10 am, and the pitcher can
Umpires, id. B. Grewal, 6. D, C, P. O. with another, algn during the game years have preferred to slay cand
All umpires are requested to confirm it seems that the opposition has win dollars at ligne rather than risic
by phone (30361 117) before p.m. Caught the codeUnited Pres
pa Friday Becretaries aro - requested to ensure prompt attendance, of their teams. A maxunun of ten minutes delay will be 'allowed;!WI21 Lumipires: plaaso · nellfy Tresvilla – DF: - matcher: by,,phoŋai katsoon as posible after the match,
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their reputations in Great Betain Router.
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