SPORTING SAM
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JUNE 12,' 1950.
By Reg. Wootton
Another London Fight For The Heavyweight Crown?
London, June 11-The Intricate World Heavyweight boxing position and the future of the British Champion, Bruce Woodcock, are being furlously discussed in British boxing circles. The British are more interested in the latter point because, for the time being, Britain has lost all direct interest in the World title.
One says direct interest because, though there appeara no British heavy- weight likely to get a title hout with Lee Savold (who beat Woodcock in the fourth round on June 6 to take the World crown in the eyes of the British and the Euro- peans) it is probuble that Savold will defend his title in London.
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promster, Mr Jack He has already stated that he Solomous, has the American expects the Injury to his left under contract, and it rather eye, so badly cut by Savold, to tooks as if the British Boxing have completely recovered in a
had "their few months
10 be Board
and of Control
then when card marked"
they re-ready for, another contest, passed A new rule
LITTLE DOUBT cently maklort it possible for Iwo foreigners to fight for a world title in Britain.
Hitherto this was impossible, have been and Savold would able to put his title at clake only against a British boxer."
As there is none at present of sufficient enlibre that would have meant
defence no title in for. Savoldi Britain. And that would certainly not have pleased Mr Salomotys, or 16 it likely
hove that it would Eiven Savold much catisfaction for he is not regarded in the United Staten ny the Champion-
NOTHING SETTLED
Who Savold will meet in Lon- don remains to be seen. No- thing has yet been settled. Mr been Solomons naturally has boplay: to persuade Joe Louls to and come aut of retirement Aght for the title in London, which would mean a full house ไม้ the biggest orena Britain could find.
But the Brown Bomber may not be tempted unless, of course, he were to be offered somTIE fantastic Ogure. This is hardly
being worth so few dollora.
all the rights and lefts which had been able to Woodcock throw at him in the early stages, when the Englishman was quite tresh and punching his hardest.
Mr Solomons might well take the view that even if the Board of Control sanctioned another Savold-Woodcock fight it would not draw the crowd, or at least not as bijt n gate as if he got one of the "Jocs" over,
But will the British Cham- plon be given another chance? Though he bent Savold on a foul 10 months ago and was indeed, ahead on points when at the White the fight ended
little doubt City, there seems that the American is much the fish better man
The general opinion of Bri- that in boxing writers Woodcock has been tried and wanting None doubts opinion 18 that found
won had his pluck and it is generally that he boxes weit agreed bgainst Savold, but equally in it felt that he is frankly not in the World Championship class.
-Reuter.
Personal Savold would have Woodcock's eye not been cut and the Englishman had been able to continue. The American was gradually gaining the upper hd, having easily withstood
Football Fines
ENGLAND WILL DO WELL TO REACH FINAL POOL OF WORLD SOCCER CUP
SAYS VERNON MORGAN, Reuter's Sports Editor
London, June 11.—England, the World Soccer Champions. That is what some critics are dreaming of as a headline at the conclusion of the Championship finals in Brazil next month.
Optimists, I call them. Indeed, in my opinion, England will do well to reach the final pool to get into which she must prove herself superior to Chile, Spain and the United States, who are drawn in the same preliminary group.
In the final pool, England, in getting there, would in all probability meet Brazil or Yugoslavia, Italy and Uruguay,
The general impression seems rain) and, above all, the speed linental tour as if he is a player of moods. No great goalkeeper to be that the first three places of the opposition will find out. nt the Anish will be held by
can afford to have an off-day. NO GOOD PIVOT
That then is tho teain. England. Italy (the holders) England needs a really first- and Brazil, though none els centre-half. The centre has possibilities and personal
the recall
of cares to forecast in which or-half is almost the most impor opinion is that der they will be.
tant man in the team, even with Stanley Matthews will make a difference to it, for ho What a lot of England sup-the present defensive system in big
be in his clement In portera sccm 10 overlook which his job is mostly that of should
"policeman."
Not until Franklin left
for But it is not as strong A and
a tow Footbatt team as England had the started to look years ago. It record is not around for a suitable substitute very impressive, for it lost to did they begin to realize what a Eire, the first foreign team ever
pivots to beat England on her great shortage of good there was in England today.
tha1:
(a) The English icam not a very strong one, though Colombin it is probably the strongest Association possible;
conditions (b) The
under will have to play which they aro almost certain to be entire- those to which ly different to they are accustomed;
(c) The players have had lough season, and are tired.
n
of Having seen the majority
who will the English players do duty in Brazil on their re- cent Continental trip, I cannot
the World: them winning sec fitte,
There are weaknesses in the ride which the hard grounds, the heat, the difference in con- dillons (food, climate and
Won't Stop Market"
The Player "Black
ter-
If the Football Association are really determined to clean up soccer's black market, they must consider whether the Football League regulations which they en- force are in the best interests of the game.
There is no quibble about the correctness of their decisions when they have dealt with the offences of Derby County, Bristol Rovers and Portsmouth, but where are they getting?
kely with the Pound Sterling This way nccer's legislators None knowa what. Ezzard must realise they face a long and Charles, regarded as the World arduous task. It is a question of cause and effect. Surely it
suffering
trouble.
Hig hemith 13
a matler
sauction.
AMEND RULES What they should consider is whether
cap pressure
Sportsman's Diary
EDITED BY
Brince Harris
hut Ridding has been chosen after he created a very favour- able impression with the "A" team on the recent Couthentai
teur..
Ben Hogan Wins
Ardmore, Pennsylvn- nia, June 11. - Ben Hogan won the Na- tional Open Golf Cham- pionship today by beat- ing Lloyd Mangrum and George Fazio in an 18-hole playoff.--United Press.
Without denying the merits
Brazil,
.own
BOIL was fortunate to beat
rialy. and Juust Kot ngainst Scotland.
home
That is not the sort of record to be expected of World Cham- plons.
MUCH DEPENDS
Of course, much depends on the strength of England's op- ponents, but it does not look As I Spain or Calle are going to be ensy to beat under con ditions which will suit them much better than they will England.
The team from this side of the world which England fears
ol Hughes of Liverpool, who most in Italy. The South Ameri- will probably be England's can team is, naturally, an un-
ntre-huit, he is not a player known quantity,
In-
ALL DECKED OUT
Taking it easy on the deck of the Queen Mary after a strenuous football season are these members of the Manchester United football team.
This picture was snapped as the Queen Mary arrived in New York to unload them for a tour of the States where they are now beating "All Siar" teams by comfortable scores. They are also to provide the United States soccer team for the World Cup with practice matches.
Archie Quick On The
of the calibre of Franklin. deed,
Leslie some feel that
least One English offelal at
after what the Compton, the huge centre-half takes the view, of the Cup-winnlag
did to England's Arsenal Italian team team, should have gone to Rio. "" team recently in Milan and after having seen the England- With a possible weakness Italy matches in both Turin and here it means that both backs London, that England will do may have Pn extra burden extremely well to beat them in thrust on them. Will they be Brazil. equal to it?
He thinks the Italians are pretty sure to retain their World There were times in Lisbon title.-Reuter.
against Portugal where. with Jones playing weakly at centre-
at Harringay-where he disposed half, the bucks were unsteady. GOOD START
of Jack MeVicar in 20sec Johnny Francis in 3min. 20sec. and, In the final, Freddle Powel in finin, 18sec.
His win over Gravon took him exactly 3min.
-(London Expton Service)
Segura Beats
MAN WITH DIPLOMAS The Mighty
Champion by one of the Ameri-would be much easier to remove can bodies, the National Boxing cause than to act on the Association, will do, for he is effect.
from henri The Football League call in of the FA to deal with these cases. That is consistent with "agree- considerable importance in the ent and past practice" as an Heavyweight
Championship |
FA official told me recently, and, puzzle, Incidentally.
of course, the Association have American boxing body, the
option but to enforce the New York State Athletle Com-o miasion, holda the title to be League regulations which they vacant. They neither recognise Charles nor Savold.
Brisling has a cheerful person- Possible opponents for Savold to be one of
heality and is a qualified snan with seem, therefore, the other leading Americans brought to bear on the League diplomas for physiotherapy and nother or Joe te anend their ruler.
He was Maxim
chiropody. maybe Jersey Jos
There is a
a simple reason why
Centre-forward from the Birken- midor - the - counter payments head district which produced two
A feature
of soccer famous old England inen, Dixie transfers-because players are
Dean and Pongu Waring. not paid what they are worth, He played centre-forward for Pay the footballers adequately Traumere Rovers and both the and illegal payments will be Manchester League clubs, but thing of the past. The black his career ended when he was inarket in players will
He had had three cartilage broken.
operations in four seasons.
mich as Jory" Baksi, or Walcolt.
It looks to be a "GJ Joe" in any case.
Woodcock maturally wants to have another cut at the file,
Joe Davis
Is
Still Master
such
The legislators cannot always prove these payments have been inade, however suspicious they may be. League officials, who some time ago challenged the Press to prove statements on the
towards getting the proof them. London, June 10.Joe relves, but they will never catch Davis, the former unde- all the tow breakers.
Of Them All subject, have one some way
STILL ONLY 38
ᏂᎦ
Jack Kramer
Ramsey, of Tottenham Is a sound right back but he is th clined to be a slow mover which 下去皱 will never do in Brazil.
partner, Aston, Is a first-class It unck who hardly ever plays n bad game.
The wing half-bucks are weit tip to standard, with England's
on th captain, Billy Wright, right wing and probably Dickin
on on the left,
"ON ITS DAY"
The forward ne, on its day, is well equat
to the task of getting the goals. The operative words in this sentence are "ol while men like ife day," for
Finney Matthews. Mortensen, Cleveland, Ohio, June 11.) -Pancho Segura of Ecuador and Mannion (10 name bui today turned in a major four) are brilliant individualists. upset in the professional they may well not play together with the necessary cohesion to tennis tournament by de-build up a powerful attacking Jack ferre. feating California's Kramer, 6-4, 8-10, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Segura fought an uphill battio after falling une set behind and pro- stormed on to down the fessional king and tournament favourite th the last two sets to clinch a
championship match with big Frank Kovacs of Oak- land, California.
Afterward Kramer sald Werrily, "I've no regrets about lating the match like that; I was tired but I didn't let up."
GRUELLING MARATHON
In gal, Willians can be mag-
nincent but it looked a little of times during the recent Con
FOOTBALL
LEAGUE
MEETING
START No Support For The
Spurs Or Merthyr
BOE BERRY.
This young Lanenshire spin bowler took five wickets for 63 runs in his first Test Match at Old Trafford on Friday.
M. Boussac Wins The French Derby Too
He became third team trainer to Trasmere and earned pro- then first second, motion to team, and finally had two years as manager. He was appointed Bolton in 1945 and trainer at after four seasons there is still only 38. feated World Snooker Chum-] LEGAL WAYS
It was only a month ago that
Paris, June 11-M. Marcel Boussac, owner of this first - Besides there are legal ways he was given pion for 20 years, proved
Job--with the himself still a master of round the regulations. What Is presentative
year's English Derby winner, Galcador, brought off a Now he of all the
great double today when his three "ear-old coll, Scratch them all when he won the the difference between making Football League team.
The second set turned into 79 a cash payment to one player will be the envy
II, won the French Derby over murathon. fighting gruelling £500 Sporting Record and bribing another with an trainers in the land.
He tells me his wife and two
Kramer Anally broke through ringed Chantilly course. Masters' tournament at the overpaid job outside his foot-
young boys, one eight years old; to win 10-8. Kramer engineer-
months, will several Leicester Square Hall, Lon-ball?
effective drop shots the other eight
at Bourne- clay with friends don, tonight.
seemed which
10 tire Segura badly. mouth while he is away.
"The wife will be delighted.
Segura appeared to sag at I must get home and tell her,"
the end of the second set while he said.
Reamer seemed to gain strength and accuracy.
The Californian took the third set without much dimeult.
The tournament was decided
The difference is that one is illegal and the other not. How much better for
the
on points of a series of matches game if such subterfuge were
and in the deciding encounter | mače unnecessary.
for the £270 first prize, Davis
beat Sidney Smith, of Doncas-
ter, by 37 frames to 33.
ENGLAND'S TRAINER
Burnden
SPEED MERCHANT Bolton Wanderers trainer, Bill
When heavyweight Jack Hobbs Smith, who Anished second, Ridding, left his stocktaking in
Gravon in £110, while Fred the
Park receives
dressing knocked out Peler Davis gets £65 for third place rooms the other day to hear the first round at Empress Hull and Walter Donaldson, the from
on the he set up what his manager, Harold Palmer
the World Champion. gela £55 for telephone that Football Arthur Boggis, claims to be a
new professional. fourth place.
Association had pleked him as record for trainer to England's World Cup To date, the 20-year-old ex- airman bus beaten four oppon- team at Rio.
"um delighted he said, ents in a total of 7min. 58sec.
for Jimmy Hobbs, scrap-iron sorter at but I am sorry
Shepherd's Bush, began his Trotter."
in n Jack Charlton carcer last month Mr Trotter, the
novice competition trainer, was the expected choice, Solomons'
He
Davis victory brings his reason's winning to £870. won the first prize of £500 in the News of the World tourna ment and £100 in a level terms match with his brother, Fred.-- Router.
THE
GAMBOLS
WAIT JUST A MINUTE
BEORGE
BEFORE YOU
PHONE YOUR
TOOL SHED
Loy
But after the intermission, the refreshed and bouncing Segura dissolved Kramer's str-
cets.
Friday
Why did not Tottenham Hotspur's proposal that promotion and relegation should be on a three-up three- down principle get a seconder? Why did Merthyr Tydfil get only one vote when there are two South Wales clubs with votes? These will be but two of the pertinent questions asked as a result of the Football League's annual general meeting in London.
It was a meeting of which I have not seen the like. It was more like an American election campaign. The night before the meeting the managers and secretaries held their annual dinner and, in the next suite of rooms "nt in their West End Lotel, Gillingham FC held an home" and posted big notices everywhere inviting overy-
one.
More than that the lobbying the Third Division--with four see its way votes did not that was going on for them and other clubs and for candidates clear even to second the pro- the vacancies on the League position. There will be some Management Committee gave heartburning about this. one the impression that it was a division là the House of Com-
ENTERPRISE PAYS
Next
Neutral Referees For International
montining Gillingham Soccer Matches
we up bright and early and
hd sandwich men parading Re-
gent Street with "Vote for London, June 10.-The Gillingham" placards
as the
the International Football As- delegates arrived. Enterprise sociation Board's annual
d paid, for after the League had
at Boumaris, agreed to an extcusion for the meeting free for 27 years Gilling Anglesey, today agreed to beautiful forest-am roped home with 44 votes artopt the ruling of the
in the South.
Federation of International Colchester got 31 and the Football Associations real were nowhere. Worcester (FIFA) in regard to re-
with 11 and Cy came next
ferees for international Merthyr wore asking what had huppened 10 the promised matches. support from Cardiff City and
This victory meant an amazing run of success in recent weeks for M. Boussac, his jockey, Rae Johnstone, and his trainer, C. H. Sembint, for the combination also won the English Oaks with Asmena last month.
THRILLING RACE
U
a short
the
the
Belmont Stakes only
Won By Middleground
The victory of Scratch today Derby because it was frg run (Swansea Town.
This rule reads: "In inter- also means that M. Boussae has in 1035 In Imitation to
national matches a referee shall become the first owner to win Epsom Derby.
Where or drama behind the be elected from a neutral coun- the French Derby nine times. The race, which is over one Merthyr application for the
try unless the Assielations con- that they earned agree to use one of their nille and a half, was run for League had decreed
own referees. The referee must the 100th time today-Reuter, would have nothing to do with
be chosen from the official list." clubs operating on dog tracks, vice to win the fourth and fifth Scratch, by Pharls out of
and Merthyr bought out the dog Orlomande,
WOTT
thrilling
This decision was arrived at Park interests at Pennydarren Kovacs race today, beating M. Francols night,
of the after the Welsh Football Asto- on the morning dethroned the defending cham-Dupre's Tantieme by
election.
against cintion had protested; plon, Bobby Higgs, in another head. Tantiems. who had
the appointment of an English Strange fact in the Northern referee for the Scotland versus duel. to enter beaten Galeador and won thrilling upset
voiu was that after Shrewsbury | England game at Hampden Park. the final. Segura and Kovacs French Two Thousand Guineas
We'd in and Wizan at tast season. will clash on Monday night in and the Prix Lupin, started a
19 euch gol Workington had the singles Anal-United Presa. 2-to-1 favourite and was beaten on the post after Johnstone and
votes to Scunthorpe's 13, all the made one of his spectacular lalo New
York, June 10 clubs went into the hint again Middleground won the Bel-Wixan led with runs on Scratch.
Scunthorpe, mont Stakes today before a with Wor:har'on out of it, and Cole Edwin Decaze's weltering crowd of 30,182.
in a third vole Scunthorpe gal Lacaduv was third, three-quar-Lights Up was second and Mr In ters of a length
away, while Trouble third. Male. J. Azemar's Fort No. Middleground,
Seems a funy way of doing DOA took fourth place. Willie Boland riding him, thus things to me. Scunthorpe are There were 15 runhers.
got his second portion of the without a manager and will turf's coveted triple crown. He have 10 pay Huddersfield for
Barry Appleby
(GROZDE
US
| ME
WOULD YOU PUT,
THO
SHILLINDE
ON A.
(FOUR HORSE ACCORMULATOR PLEASE
The pari-mutuel
the
with
11tle
The Board decided that the delegates should suggest to their respective Associations that the amount of "cover" In respect of permanent total disablement of International player in on match should be increased from
£6,000 to £15,000.-touter.
i
dividends 10-frane stake were; win finished second to Hill Prince in three elected clubs aro frea of 40, places 14 and 20,
the Preakness Stakes,
transfer worries.
won the Kentucky Derby but full-back Barker, but the other Yugoslavs Beat
Swiss 4-0
Berne, June 11.-Yugoslavia
-Beratch was taken out of Hill Prince was among the
Colchester have the biggest tho English Derby although nine starters to-day, but finished,
Middle-Supporters Club anywhere always considered tho best out of the money. three-year-old colt In the Kround, rated far back in the 26,000-and expect 10,000 gates; beat Switzerland In an interna- early running, moved up to while Gillingham say "what Boussao stable, but he is enteres court on the back stretch and Portsmouth has done; Chatham by four goals to all before a tional soccer match here today ter the English-- Bt. -Leger-at-
bigger surrounding crowd of some 17,000 spectators. Doncaster in September,
The real name for today's 11o was third coming into the population on Medway. big race, which is worth stretch and began to pull away least equal."
So far as the Bpurs suggestion in favour of Yugoslarine Reu £4,000, the Prix du Jockey at the eighth pole to win by
began to run on the final bend. with
can at
Club, but it is called the French about a length Uilled Free is concerned, the point that low
The score at half-time was 3-0