BRUCE WOODCOCK IS
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
The Same Champion-
But
A New Man
By RONALD BOXALL
The bell rang out for the fourteenth round. Freddie Mills, the cruiserweight champion of the world, came out of his corner to make one last desperate attempt to connect with his lethal left hook and arest the British; Empire and European heavyweight championships From Bruce Woodcock. Nearly fifty thousand people in London's White City Stadium held their breath.
Mills was so far behind on points that only a knock-out could swing the verdict his way--and he knew it. With all the courage that the British boxing publle, have come to know so well he tried to fight his way through Woodcock's unflinching defence. But he might as well have tried to cut his way through the Iron Curtain with a can-opener.
Boxing better than he has over done before, Woodcock kept him at arm's length with well-timed and delivered straight lofta. Mills went back-and Wood- cock saw his chance. He measured his opponent with a left to the head, followed a split second later by a crashing right. Mills wilted, and as he sank to the canvas another vicious right landed on his head.
SU
Acen
GOING BACK
day
o the
drew nearer.
ing effect than ever.
Liberation Shield
The first game in the Libera- tlon Shield Competition between
MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1949.
SPORTING ÷SAM
By Reg. Wootton
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Laidon kaprem servic
On
Brooklyn Dodgers Hold
To National League Lead
宀
New York, June 13 ~Taird baseman Billy Cox and first baseman GI Hodges clouted two homers each and drove in 14 runs between them as the League leading Brooklyn Dodgers walloped the Cincinnati Reds 20-7 In a National League game yesterday, Hodges drove in eight runs and Cox six.
The Dodgers were alded by. 11 walks in stretching their winning streak to seven games. They walloped five of the Red hurlers for 10 runs in the fifth inning to break n 5-5 tie.
THE SCORES
teams
DAVIS CUP
·
Italy Reaches
Semi-Final
London, Juno 12,-Italy today advanced into the European Zone semi-final of the Davis Cup competition, benting Chile -by.
four matches to one in the third round.
Italy won both singles matches at Turin today in her third round, tie with Chile to win the tle by four matches to one.
Italy now meet the winners at the Yugoslavia y Sweden tle.
Today's, results were: Glann! Curelli (Italy) beat R.: Balbiers (Chile) 6-4, 6-6, 7-5.-
Marcello del Bello (Italy) bent M. Taverne (Chile) 8-10, 6-0, 6-1, Taverne retiring because of cramp..
CZECHS WIN DOUBLES
In Paris, Czechoslovakiła won the doubles match today in their third round tie against Franco to reduce Franco's lead in the lie to two matches to one.
Today's result: Jaroslav Drobny and Visdimir Cernik (Czechoslovakia) beat Marcel Third baseman Grady Hatten; two on, as the Phillies won the
Henri
Belellt Bernard and hit a grand slam homer for nightcap 0-3. Phillie pitcher
4-0 6-3, 6-4, Cincinnati.
(France) 4-0. Robin Roberts halted right Left
fielder Halph Kiner elder
New York, June 12, A04. Stan Musial's hitting
The remaining two singlex played blasted
a homer in the seventh streak at 14 straight games in Major League
doubleheaders today. Scores of matches will be played to Inning to lead the Pittsburgh the second content. Pirates to a 6-5 victory
morrow. Reuter. Cleveland Indiana de- the openers were: the New York Giants
fealed the League-leading New York Yankees in the American League. The tribe took the
the shutout opener behind pitching and two-run homer of New York Dob Lemon). Second baseman Cleveland Joe Gordon alio homered for Cleveland,
+
over
Tho
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R K 0 0 0 11
YUGOSLAVS LEAD
SWEDEN
Exhibition
Chess
An exhibition chess gamo will be played at the Peninsula Hotel to morrow evčhing, com- mencing at 8 p.m., be tween Serge Jiritsky, of the Kowloon Chess Club, Champion of Shanghai, and R. W. Borsodi, of the Marshall Chess Club, New York, formar Intercollegiate Champion of the United Statos.
Mr Borsodi, who in. with the Standard Oll Co., is here on, a bust-" ness visit. Mr Jiritsky,' who has been resident here now for 'some months, has given one- simultaneous and ono blindfold exhibition at tho Kowloon Chess Club, proving himself a. player above the class of our local. best..
Visitors, will be wel- come at the exhibition.
Zagreb, Yugoslavia, June 12- IBA MEETING
2 Veteran Josip Palladn of Yugoslavia today defeated 24-
Yankees: p. Lapat, Marshall: year-old Lennart Bergelin of Amateur Boxing
c. Berra.
Indians; p. Lemon: e. Re-
Referce Som ilussell began to even tiles; if he lost, he would Mills still be the world cruiserweight count. One-two-three was on one knee. his head bent champion. Bul Freddie has KCC ONE UP IN low. Four-five-six... the crowd always wanted to ascend to the heavyweight waited would he get up and planacte
this tight cvine back for more na they division again and Ind
often
kin do?
to him
na any Seven-elglit-nine
Not
as important had ever contracted. he move from Mills. The crowd
The tension mounted were
as the already on their fee; and how
We heard they roared when the word OUT that Woodecek over at Galway echoed round the stadium from Bay was getting tough with his n score of loudspeakerst
sparring partners, and develop-
The Chiengo Cubs closed out punch that was knocking the Kowloon Cricket Club and Charlie Grimm's long National
Kowloon Bowling Green Club them silly.
career by To appreciate the full sigril-
And reports came from was played off at Cox's Rond League managerial
doubleheader with teance of what happened during Surrey that Mills was using his yesterday, resulting in the victing a those few seconds of the four-left hook with a more devastat-tory for the former by 173 shots Boston:
to 127. teenth round it is necessary to
Catcher Al Wollter's Aist in- Two more games will be play ning triple with the bases loaded go back nearly three
pinged and the tears who obtineti clinched the fient amme for dee Lou Boudreau mashed a homo Chicago
Manager second baseman an. the night when Bruce
most shots will win the competi-Cubs 6-2. Rookie right hander climbed through the ropes at Mills
eight lon. Inside Harringay Arena to
to face Big
more cautious,
The following were the results Warren flacker, called up from run and a single to drive in two Chicago Joe Dinkel. Alrendy British, rounds; others,
Shreveport last week, relieved runs in the nightcap, called in Thompson, Sargeant, W. Hong Sling Johnny Schmitz, Chicago grounds.
eighth Empire and European heavy raid Woodcock could win if he with KCC Floks Brat:
champion. weight
Woodcock managed to keep out of the
and F. Gondwin beat . Tindall, and
way of Mills's left hook and Creighton, D. Tratt and J. Frasester, with none out In
Mike Garcla allowed the was on top of the world,
took the fight the full distanco 22-10 C. Stapleton. T. Baker, J. inning and limited the Braves the British boxing publie ex-
to one hit the rest of the way. Yankees only three hits. pected great things of hun. of ifteen rounds. In view of Tibble and . B. Landolt lost fr
In the scand game, the Cubs their negative opinion of Wood-Hughes, T. Wren. Thompson and Simpan 18-21: Daggott, 8. A. Gray, the second round of that fight, cock (and his recent record). E. P. Guest and . M. Forrest were blanked by lefly Johnny
beat Styles, H. F. Shields, 3. G. Woodcock stopped a Baksi Sun- it wasn't surprising, therefore, Meyer and A. J. 11all 27-10: A.
entered the ring Tribble, W. Baker, W. Butterworth day punch with his chin. Al that Mis 1 though he fought
achado in his and F. E. Skinner lost to B. F. 5. Antonell to on bravely with the odds
Baker, Melnues. A. Warren and until the referee stepped in to favour.
McKelvie 17-13;. A. Crahatn, F. 1o sat in the ringside warth. R. Leith and G. Lee beat A. prevent à maasucre, this was the As we
sharp while the formalities associated Plume, J. Hempsey. S. Strange and beginning of Woodcock's
A. Eastman 20-17; H. Giune, J. Tang, with a big fight were going on decline.
to hospital under the arc-lights, we won- Kew and C. 8. Nosselet beat
Bruce
It is now well known that in
Then came the great day. Boxing critics Were
to
win
Antonelli's four-hit
the
star-
the
There double pluya Penabled New
Frisch. Brown, W. it. Baller, H. Wiggin
over the Frankie
because of wet
0
2
15 14 3 0 Red Sox: p. Parnell; c. Teb- belts.
White Sox: p. Judson, Sur- kont Geltel; e. Tipton. Washington Detroit
0 D
0
9 2
D. Scarborough;
c. Evans.
Definition: D. Newhourer; c. A.
For Amateurs
hold his Ahutout and the Braves to take thu game 2-0,
Grimm wiit turn managerial
to post
St. Andrews, June 11- Woodcock went
Louis The Royal and Ancient Golf Philadelphia and St. with a broken jaw. For months dered whether
doubleheader. Harry Club of St. Andrews today he was out of action, and the stand his ground
spilt Breechen allowed the Phillies Intimated that Bghi fans went around with long fold back-pedalling taelles.
the now three runs in the Arst inning of faces. Then the wiseacres got he did the latter, we would
Bohe busy. Woodcock had had it, they said. He would never get have a new heavyweight charrier, Wong and E C. Pincher beat the opener, then led them in amateur status regulations over the effect of that shattered plon. If he did the former Grison, L. Lam-knots for the other eight innings will come into force on July
well anything could happen.
was
would
or start his
If
jaw. There were more things Our doubts were soon dis- wrong with Woodcock (accord~pelled. Woodcock went in from ing to them) than any other man
bell, opening
and we who had ever laced on a pair of the
breathed a sigh of relief. He boxing
oxing gloves Woodcock's first was going to make a fight of it trial after his spell of inactivity, and what a fight it was! His
After a couple of seconds, a another opponent
appeared on American, Lee Oma. There at nanty red patch Harringay,
y, the British champion Mills's right eye-the result of He made hard work of beating a Woodcock straight left. man who wasn't even worthy to get home a couple of hard left hooks, but Woodcock Just be in the same ring with him. In the fourth round Oma went blinked and started a new at- Then a crashing n blow that was tuck going. slap than a punch-and right hod Mills down for two, he stayed down. Those four-and the crowd began to sit
flown from
more
rounds did Woodcock's reputa~ | up
tion months later he was when the first round, ended.
ไ
ton and V. Chittenden 19-12; E. R. fosselet, C. R. Rosselat, Ht. 5, Capell and T. Lock beat R. P. Phillips, C. E. Crouch, L. Collyer and E. A. AL- kins 36-18; Champotovler, C. Rosse
mert and L. Sykes 24-34.
OPEN TRIPLES
A. P. Pereira, C. Ross Perlera and
C. C. Pereira beat S. R. Solina, Tay and G. A. Saura, 21-10, in the Open Triples tomatillon yesterday. C. M. Siva, J. A. Luz, R. F. Luz beat af, Jinggal, 3. Yusuf, W. A Rumjahn, 20-19,
LEAGUE BOWLS STANDINGS FIRST DIVISION
Shots
LF A Pts
378 240 24
208 287 15.
321 291 131
3298 292 12
233 227 10
P W
ccc
0
IRC Reer 'A' 5 2 KBGC KCC
5
5 2
4 2
2
5 2
3
240 354
8
51
4
275 302 7
3
104 253
5
SECOND
DIVISION
1
340 244 21
4 3
239 218 15
4 3
5 3
7
283
53
2 3
take notler, up nad
It won Mills who was looking troubled A few
Woodcock
get seemed matched with Lee Savold, yel another American. Again Wond- stronger as the fight went on. KORC
connected with cock backed away from his op- Whenever he
PRC the sanked at ponent, more intent on guarding his right. Mills his mending jaw than landing a knees. Several times the crowd Reer 'B' 4 1 "Blow on the other man. He won were on their foot-rearing to
the night, Recreio 84 -on a foul and left the ring Woodcock to falsh
but Bruce was heeding the ad- CCC amid boos and catcolls.
Bruce Woodcock was at rock vise of his manager and trainer FC
calling to him to KCC bottom. No heavyweight cham-who were
TDRC plón had ever been lower in keep boxing.
KBGC IRC
the public esteem.
WDS
:
230 224 134
230 13
308 273 12
14
270 302 0 224 212 8 209.338 7 193 281 THIRD DIVISION
305 240-18 238 185 124 4 2 2 234 221 1134 4 32 253 258 91
222 248 74 158 189 5% 108 260 5
1
NOT ONE-SIDED But things began to look Yet this was by no means a HKFC 4 1 3 more cheerful when he went one-sided affair. When Milis
4 4 0 HKCC to South Afrien and battered" | got inside he punished Wood- their heavyweight champion, cock with his left hooks to
НКЕРС 5 Johnny Ralph, to defeat inside the body--and the heavyweight POC
..4 3 three rounds. Thore
no champion wasn't liking them a KDRC sign of nerves from Bruce in bit. But keeping his right high
KCC this scrup, and once again the to guard his doubtful jaw. Reercio 11% 234 fight fans began to take heart. Woodcock boxed splendidly with
Meanwhile,
lion-hearted his left and extracted himself KBGC. 31 2 Freddie Mills, had won
the skilfully whenever Mills got
41 3 PRC too worldom America's
cruiserweight cham-close for comfort. Nevertheless, plonship
Gus the blood that poured from his Lesnevitch, Always an extreme-nose testified to the fact that
straight left
left with punishing
ly popular fighter, he sudden- Mills, too, was employing a
Cad-like in the eyes ly became of those who follow the effect;
Gentle Art.
INEVITABLE CLIMAX
Verdeur Fails In Record Attempt
Paris, June 12-Joe Verdour, Although he was decisively world and Olympic 200 metres beaten 1. by a rejuvenated Bruce Woodcock, Mills covered him at stroke champion, falled af Marscilley In an at-
Then come the Inevitable self with glory. No other man tempt to improve on the world tion Woodcock was matched of his weight in the world could 180 metres figure.
climax to this confused situa-
have taken those shattering talefend his three titles
He showed a time of one galbst Mill
rights to the side of the head minute, B.1 seconds, compared Woodcock took himself off to down for short counts in the Erst minute, 7.3 seconds standing to and kept on his feet. He was with the world record of one Culivay Bay to prepare for this
and third rounds, for a longer declave contast. deainst a man
If he lost-count In the tenth--and Anally/the credit of Richard Hough, of
Tightor
than himself there was What is next for Bruce Wood- nothing left for him but cock? On September 4, he meets oblivion and he knew ll.
Lee Savold in a return matcli---
Mitri Wins
7-3.
The amateur will be defined
Philadelphia St. Louis
4 12
Sweden in the opening match of the quarter final round of the European Davis Cup com- petition, 3-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3, The second singles match was post- poned by rain.-United Press.
May Have Two More Weights
County Cricket Chile,
Standings
Oslo, June 12-Soven na- tions, the Soviet Union, Iceland, Bermuda, Bulgaria,.
Puerto Rico, and Yugoslavia, were accepted as members of the Associn- tion Internationale do Boxe
London, June 12. The 2County Cricket Champiously (the International Boxing O table, up to and
included Association) at a meeting of Athletics: p. Coleman, Shan- games which ended on Friday; the. Association's Executive-
Committee held in Horten.
Applications for membership.
also been received from
tz. Scheib; e. Guerra,
Browns; p. Fannin, Ferrick, Garver; c. Lollar.
Cincinnati
June 10, in as follows:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Worcester Yorkshire Middlesex 0 I
Spinerset 20 13 I Kent Reds: p. Wehmeir, Lively. Surrey Raffensberger, Gumbert. Fox, Northants Dobernic. Vandermeer;
Warwick Howell.
Derby
Glamorgan Gloucester 0 21 1 Notts
A
or the Cardinals won decisively | 1.
Second baseman Red Schoend-
as "one who plays, the game Dodgers: p. Barney, Minner; Essex est and catcher Del Rice homer-solely as a non-remunerative or. Edwards. ed for the Cards while catcher non-profitmaking sport or pax. Piltsburgh Andy Seminick drove in nil three Phillie runs with a four bagger.
time."
New York
There are nine categories de- Pirates: p. Lombard, Dick-Lancs In the second game, Seminick fined as a non-amateur: those son. Sewell, Casey; e. McCul- Sussex
for money.
goli lough. slammed two homers, one with competing
Giants: p. profes.
Higbe, teachers, apprentices, stonets
Hansen, Behrman; those who receive payment for expenses, those payment
FOOTBALL
Spain Beats Eire
and regular caddies, ston, Cooper.
who
Cubs;
Hampshire Webb, Leicester e. Living-
0
10 0
2 4 0
Voiselle,
11 1 3 3
1st Inn. PWLDL D.Pis
8 5 2 1 1 1 08 had
7 4 1 2 0 2 66
93000 4 52 Chine, India, Palatan, Iran, 94581 0 62 Jamaica and the Lebanon, and these countries were amliated 8 3 4 11 1 44 temporarily, a final decision to 7 3 1 3 0 2 4 be taken when the alterations 03330 140
211
83 2 2 0 1 40 to the laws and boxing regula
2 3 1 0 1 2 tons have been approved.
20 240 1
Among the matters discussed 1151928 at the meeting was the possibi- 2 2 1 0 0 24 lty of increasing the number of 2310.0
weight categories from eight to 10, and the matter is to be placed before the béxt full Congress of the Association in Copenhagen in 1950.,
1.0 -Reuter,
The question of the training and qualBeation of referees was also discussed, with the, proposat of the title of "International Referee" for those proved competent.-Reuter.
Schmitz, Hacker: Germans Get Back of the award
receive Chicago for advertisement, Boston those who receive payment for being photographed, those who C. A. Walker.
Braves: p. Sain, receive payment for sponsoring articles, those who receive gifts, Barrett; e. Masi, Salkeld. and those who play golf to as-St. Louis sist business,
Philadelphia
A whole section is devoted to Cardinals: P, Brecheen; c.
Rice.
be re-Press.
Dublin, June 12.-Spain notes on re-instatement to the D.
Phillies: p. Konstanty, Trin- beat Eire by four goals to amateur status and it is laid
down as o gulding principle | kle: C. Seminick. United one in a football Interna- that no player will tional at Dalymount Park, instated more than once-and- Dublin, today after leading that a player who hus been a
Rve years by three goals to one at professional for
more will not normally be eligi- half-time.
ble for re-instatement-Reuter.
·
After the Irish goal had some narrow escapes in the first half,
Eire against the run of the play scored first from a penalty kicked by Con Martin.
20
TENNIS LEAGUE
Today's matches In the Mixed Doubles "A" Division of the Lawn Tennis League are:
KCC V V CRC
Middlecoff Wins SCAA
American
HKCC
Open USRC.
Within dve minutes, however, Spain scored three goals through Zarre (two) and Basora (one).
Chicago, June 12.-Cary Just on hair-time, Artigas, the Spanish Inside-left, was carried Middlecoff, the 28-year old off the field after being injured golfing dentist, who gave up substitute, Igos, took his his place in the Walker Cup and place.
Right to the end Spain were team two years ago in order In command of the game and to turn professional, is the Just before full time feda new open golf. champion of scored their fourth goal. The the United States. attendance was 30,171-Reuter HUNGARY AND ITALY TIE Budapest, June 12.Hungary today, each side scoring once. Champio and Italy tied at soccer here
Router.
He won, with a 72-hole score
Snead, former British Open "jinx" rose up to haunt Sain
of 208 while an old familiar
Snend, who lost in three pre- vious United States opens, HOLLAND BEATS finished in a second place to
DENMARK.
with Clayton Heafner, of Charlotte. North Carolina, with Copenhagen, June 12-Hal-a score of 207.. Alanidbeat. Denmark by two
In third place came Jim goals to
a football Turnesa, of Briarcliff Manor, International here this after- New York, and Bobby Locke.: noor-Reuier.
of South Africa, each with 209.-Router.
n! סתם
AUSTRIANS LOSE IN RIO
MIUS withdrew to his train this time billed by Promoter Venice, June 12, Tibeflo ing camp in the fair county of Jack Solomons as the world's Mitri, the Italian-holder of the Surrey, and immediately set heavyweight championship: European middleweight cham- Rio de Janeiro, June 12.- about winning the hearts of Savold, in the ringside last night, plonship, beat Gaston Cham- The Rio football team the loent population. He had must have seen enough to give braud, of France, on points in a Flupinrae today bent Austria's Good Luck Wins everything to gain and Uitle to him plenty to think about in 10-round non-litle contest here Rapido team by thres goals to lase. If he won, be, would have the next few months!
CAST OF CORRARD, STRIPSY
tonight.Heuter..
Mister Conquest
two.-Reuter.......
GOODBYE!!!! PETER, OLD BOY.. GOODBYE.... SCORPION ROCK
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French Derby
Parks, June 13.-M. Claude Victor Thomas Good Luck, by Goya out of Ma Conaille, won the £3,000 Prix du Jockey Club, the French Derby; from M Marcel Boussac's Ambiorix and Báron Edouard do Rothschild's Violoncello, at Chantilly today.
Paul Blanc took Good, Luck into the lead as they turned into the straight on the one and a half miles journey, and com- fortably resisted a late challenge- by Ambiorix to win by half a length; with Violoncello K
A 10
AA
v LRC
Olympic Stadium
Fausto Coppi Wins Tour Of Italy
Berlin, June 12.-Major- General S. K. Bourne, Britain's one-armed Commandant Berlin, today handed Kitler's In Olymple Stadium back to the Germans. Nearly 50,000 cheer
Milan, June 12, Fausto ing Berlin football fana walch Coppi, of the Bianchi Club, to ed the handing-over ceremany, day won the Giro D'Italia- which preceded the semi-final (round Italy) cycle race for
of the German football cham- the third time. His preylous plonship.
victories were in 1940 and 947. Major-General Bourne sald
The race, run in stages over a that the British
started authorities course of 2,425 miles). were happy to retun thé from Palermo on May 21 and Stadium to the Germans in the finished today at Manga, north course of the transfer · ́of of Milan. grenter powers to the German authorities-Router.
There were 102 entrants.-- Reuter.
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