THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH; -WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1950.
HOW THE BABE GETS HOT Big Fight Today.
Babe Didrickson Zaharias, Women's professional golf champion, puls her irons in the fire to take "the chill off my game."
burned The Babe recently
up Chicago's Tam O'Shanter course with her hot frons in posting a 293 to cop her latest title, one of many for
the lady athlete.
Why England Lost At Rio-Lack
Marksmanship
of
Says ARCHIE QUICK
THE BROWN BOMBER SAYS IT WILL BE A KNOCKOUT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER
BY PETER WILSON
POMPTON LAkes, new JERSEY. “IT'S GOING TO BE A KNOCK-OUT-ONE WAY OR THE OTHER."
The big, cafe-au-lait coloured champion sat on 4 rabbing table* while little men taped his hands and patted the huge sleek limbs, which look as though they belong on a statue and not on a living, breathing
man,
SPORTING BAN
By Reg. Wootton
Jack Solomons Is Ready For The Biggest Promotional Battle Yet
SAYS GEORGE WHITING
Boxing's biggest promotional battle for years will break out the moment Jon Louis and Ezzard Charles have settled their so-called World Heavyweight Champion ship argument in New York on September 27.
On my left, in the Union Jack corner Jack Solomons. On my right batting for America, Jim Norris, boss of New York's International Boxing Club.
Joe Louis was the speaker, and he was telling me how he thought his fight would go against Ezzard Charles at the Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, Septem. ber 27.
Someone asked Louis what he would do if Charles ran from him. The champ -it's impossible to think of Big Joe na anything but that did not hesitate. "I don't think he'll do that," he said. "Charles is a stand-up fighter." Somehow there wasn't the What makes him think 1 am He was in Max Baer's comer wild animal training atmosphere| betting on Charles?
when the clown prince of the which you used to get in this
BEER'S GOT IT
Maxic ting tangled with Louis. takeside tree-girt camp when 11 You
WIS out. He of the Was knocked Bet rome lea
The pair are friends and business associates but, as from September 27, they flist saw Louk training to de- difference between American working hard for Jhn Braddock. fend his le here 12 years ago and British
Jimi Was knocked out.
become no-quarter rivals for one of the most glittering prizes of post-war boxing. boxing when you When 20100714 asked
team that the television right sweated for Jack Sharkey. Jack Immediately Louis and Charles step out of the ring, the two promoters will be what he thought of Charles for the Joe
knocked out. So were Loula Ezzard Was boxer,
bidding against each other for the services of the winner in a fight with Lee Savold he replied
Natie Mann, Charles Bght nt
at the Yankee
Al McCoy, Lou diplomatically: "He's a ver Stadhum on September 27 have Niva, Buddy Buer, Johnny for the undisputed championship of the World next June. well-conditioned fighter."
been sold to a beer Arm for the Paychek, John Henry Lewis and
this was Pabling Uzeitun.
Norris, whose organisation host told Solomons equivalent of £71,428.
Ray was
certainly a glutton to Otherwise the situation seems
but pipedream-to which he replied heavy- that he only smoked cigara! HKCC TRIAL very much the same as in Briar ether people's punishment, headaches
but I con authoritatively deny weight situation will 1150 Jack Cappell, threatening to tal, with lots of critics de- livering fibre telling lovefitte
the statement that he bought a dollars, guarantees, percentages, become Salomon's No. 1 promo
Not long ago
The they had the from carrying Aim Mighty Joe Young." and
most
DIFFERENT WAYS That sort of stuff is all very well for UNO, but it doesn't i can't belong in a fight camp. help feeling that Lour base come just hile too civilised for the rough, tough business which is professional fighting.
tried ta Even when someone
neelle him by saying that the Aght could be dull unless be, Louis, forced the pace all along. ¡Jue only
that you mumbled different nighter.
fought
tifferent ways.
I asked him PANTANGAN
when he Wah
going to make
up his mind
what sort of
#ght was
going to make.
Trainer
said:
"When he
The reason for England's defeat in the World Cup series at Rio de Janeiro was explained at Stamford Mannie Sea- Bridge, London, when, substituting for the First Division champions versus Cup-holders, the Rio eleven met the gets into the Canadian touring side in the annual FA Charity Shielding," match. The Rio boys won 4-2 alright, but there for every- one of the 38,000 crowd to see was the cause of our South American debacle—lack of marsmanship.
Joe Then went into the sparring ring -which is as different
Ezzard Chazien
# place from the real fit of punishment as playing with a Teddy bear is from going
Finney, Mannion, Mortensen, Baily and Mullen weaved all manner of pretty patterns, but when it came to shooting at goalkeeper Hanson well they just passed on the responsibility to the next man. I have never seen such poor finishing although the game as a spectacle muscle to earn his keep the was brilliant.
into a
a bear bit. Tit" firsL piece of hired
hard way was young Harryj Wills, from Los Angeles, AL Mat. 121b. be was 101b, lighter-
In front of me spectator; complacent about it all when I shouted to Mathews, the Cana-spoke to him at the evening's than Louis. dian outside right, "Stan, you lanquef
with
"There
nothing Bin Joe was caught with more : afe on the wrong ride How wrong with English foolball" helft m to the head and face right he was. There should; said "What finer display enuld | Uman you could count never be any question last that you with for then this offers comptameter, and huming| Mathews is in an England i neon's." ↑ must disagree. While was bad. shirt until he retire, and his conservation of energy is such remain so ganbhy we Phall thai that day seems a long way never recover our proper place i atway.
However, bow-leggest Bekersley, the Blackburn
Lack, played the
maestro
13:13 la-f1-
225
well as anybody I have seen since the War, and or this form is preferable in the tional eleven to Aston.
Another
claim for honours
Who laid
TH-
Wa Harry right-
Johnston, the Blackpool
half, who was the outstanding man of the match.
What a
head chr
for
the
Fagh h
profesional forwards
LOUIS WARMS UP
in world newer. In all other I Long worked up heat by thu Tarts of the rame they lead. end of the first three minutes, at the cash customers-mostly coloured, like all the sparring Partners who bat paid mora than 75, to come in did not seem jable to get equally warmed up.
IRELAND'S
After working with Wills, Joe boxed two rounds against Baby
SOCCER XI Dutch Culbertson, whom i last
London, Sept. 26. Ireland's soccer team to play Egland at Belfast on October
contain: Uree new Cops
Fallon, arc
Cush
Thy
Seicclors. Can they drop skip-Campbell. per Billy Wright or move him to left-half and displace Die- Itinson? I know for my part I would have the Elackpool club: right wing triangle of Matthews,
and
The team is as follows: Kelly (Southampton); Fallan (Glasgow Celle); McMichael (Newcastle Unit-
Mortensen and Johnston opera-Blanchtower (Barndey),
ting in my international eleven.
ENGLAND ELEVEN
In-
at
Vernon (West Bromwich Al- hion), captain.
saw an a Glin Naples
Rome.
Was
Fathe
and
fael
nothing over the
₤
than some of the fighters. wheelbarrow to save himself letevisión contracts-even a few tional rival in England, is also
weights.
MATCH
$
Cull,
น
ponderous slighting remarks about Britain's talking it term of at least two devalued currency-In an all-big open-air shows during the
The Hongkong C.C. held an now they are saying that they Arcel has, in fact, said that out effort to keep Savold in Festival of Britain.
yesterday Here again New York comes all-day trial match be strong should have hnd Lous storringe is very confident about this America next summer. His case
into the picture.
Cappell tell at Chater Road which Wax in it and renamed li "Mightght because he believes that will undoubtedly
to an agree. featured by good batting per- Jue Old."
Charles has the equipment to but Solomons is not going tone he has com
by Kilbee, beat Louis, I'd just
to New York this week-end with- ment with Nat Bugers--one-formances #ke
at Madison Pritchard and know who Rave Ezzard aout a few powerful shols in his time match-maker tommy-gun.
watch his Thorpe Square Garden-lo trans-Atlantic interest in cap. analysis of turing.top-class American talent four runs. for British rings next sunumer
-(London Express Service)
'BATTLE OF BULGE' They use to refer to a world heavyweight tile light as the "Batile of the Century. But youngsters are referring to Joe's efforts to get himself into shape the Battle of the Bulge.” n: the
They have got some ammunt. toy for their cracks, because carrying whert Big Joe started training Roman candle,
·
locker. THE OLD JAKE
For one thing, he has n pro-
notc But if Arcel is quietly con- missory
UA Savold's dent, Charles's manager, Jake services, with a proviso that Lee Mintz
is his old maniacal sett. may tear it up if he thinks he
more money other clay, when he was can make
by Dy ilke
America, £13 angry fighting: Louis
he someone sug- Solomons, however, claims
G11
En
"York offer if he can get a little
at his old camp in Pompten gested that he should sit down. will be able to match any New Lakes, New Jersey, he Upped How can I?" yelled Jake. the beam-and nearly broke can't stand if I sit down."
scales at 15st. Bib.
the
been have already
Moreover, his trainer, Mantle made for Louls to
Semmon
the
doesn't expect that he defend
title, which he is vill gel much
more than exported to win back, in February. Suprested opponent
Rock
Marciano-who
than a
round or 50 off.
As they almost have to weigh is Charles In diver's
bouts to el
more lead-suted thing m to register vice-and that is over 12st weight is going to be that he is good. a big factor in this brawl.
It could be of use to Louis In clinches, but if the fight goca
.JOE LOUIS
good assuming
Then, next June, the Brown Domber would go in with Lee Savold in an effort flually to clear up the heavyweight mess, Incidentally. Savold landed
at New York the other day, and Jack Solomons is expected any day to see if he can arrange a Louis-Savold or Charles-Savold fight for the Festival of Brilain next summer.
From where I sit, it would, be easier to arrange the Festival of Britain.
-(London Express Service)
Betting 9-5 On Louis
JACK SOLOMONS co-operation from Lendou higla- ups on the question of maximum crowd capacity.
"If 10,000 people con watch football in safety," he asks, "why cannot the same number
New York, Sept. 26. watch boxing?" As Joe Louis and Ezzard the Festival of Britain, and a Nexi June we shall be having Charles relaxed in prepara-world championship fight here, tion for Wednesday night's between Louts and Savold, heavyweight title fight the would attract Ameriem dollars manoeuvres of professional CIVE ME A LITTLE HELP
by the bucketful. betting men
the dropped price favouring Louis from 11-5 to 9-6,
"Let me get a le help from the
authorities who control crowd Umits and I guarantee Since the two-point drop con- to eup any offer the minericana
sharply with the can make for this fight" public's increased confidence in
But supposing Charles beats Louis there is a possibility the Louis. In those circumstances, price
trusted
would lengthen before says
Joe and Ezzard climb into the
ring at Yankee Stadium.
Solomons,
would
on an
embark immediately entirely new set of "eliminators" Harry
Marksen,
managing for the world championship. director of the International
LRC TOURNEY
Ladies' Double
Quarter-Final
Stokes
returned
tho
while
three wickets for
Teams were captained by L.D. Kilbee and LF. Stokes. respectively, the former side Amerging cusy winners.
Scores were:
KILBEES X
LD. Kilbee, st Oliver, b Sloker GP. Prichard, cMahon,
Borthwick
Mabon
RS. Cull, e Oliver, "b" 1 ILB. Thorpe, retired R. MacPherson, retired A. Raynor, c Oliver, & Ball 3. O'Driscoll, o Hu, ball II.1. Rankie. • Oliver,
White
G. Holdsworth, e Nolaa, b Dail
The main attraction of this Jowelt. not out..... ufternoon's tennis programme N.I. Meffan, not out
Recreation Club
at the Ladica
Xrizas
Total for #' wide, cloc}
Mation
will be the remaining quarter Anal Axture of the Colony Ladies Open Doubles between Mrs Litton and Misa H. Y. Law White and Mrs R, Stack and Mrs G. Alokes Campbell
Borthwick
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STOKESS XI
ACPACKS
Holdsworth.
Given a fair amount of sup port by Mrs Campbell, it is not İlkely that the Stuck-Campbell combination will go down. Mrs N.R. Over, b Cul Stack is undoubtedly one of the A. Borthwick, e beat lady doubles players in the FA hard............ Layton, 1. b. w. Pritchard Colony today, and it wil 1 AM Nolan, o Itarmor, b Cu interesting to see how her usual. Alexander. O'Driscoll ... LJ. Stokes, o Raynor, i Cull.. y deadly overhead smashes and TP. Mahon, & Raynor, b Thaipe volleys fare against the steady!L. While, not out......... defensive play of the CRO DJ. Hu, MacPherson, b Cutl K.G.A. Bal, 1. b. w. Thorpe pair.
J.C. Fulcroft, ʼn Therpe
Extras
Total
The full programme is: 5.15 p.m.-Mrs Litton and Miss It. Y. Low v Mr Stack and Mrs Camp- bell (Colony Ladies Doubles); Ath A.D. Scholes and Mrs Lynn liebin ይፈንን Mr Tamworth and Sire Arm Pritchard strong (Club Ladies' Doublest: DD O'Driscoll 9. Evans and Mrs Lldwell v. DR. Raynor foirnes and Mrs Sainshary and Thorpe cap Mixed Doubles); S.M. Garrard Holdsworth
Winner of J.A.C. Hurlbait v A W. Cutcher Handicap Men's Sin ries): M.C. Yaiskin and I. Arafuron Cable & Wireless) v B.G.W. Wei dan and M.P. Downie (Bank Line) C. Cive (Mediest Depti v 1. Owen Hughes and G.N. Gonno (Harry Wicking) (Interhong); I. Smith:
ដង៕
(inter-henge Dr. C. Smart, and Fine Trial Run By
Richards' Mount
and W.A. Sanders (Cable & Wire.
lesal W. Pomeroy and A.B. Kil chell APC) (Inter-hong).
Colony Golf Championship
Competitors
For
Cesarewitch
Newmarket, Sept. 26. French Squadron, Gordon Richards' mount in the Cesarewitch Stakes here on November 11, ran a splen- who intend did trial for that race in the the Colony two-mile Melbourne Stakes
Louis was at his best in these two rounds. He showed that incredible speed of haul which still has not deserted him, but when he
with hig eut loose rih tist, 13st. 5b, Culbertson never dinehed under the attack.
It
the
vgainst Shamus O'Brien who, despite his
is
of the blackest one have ever seen. men I
In between each round. Louts Cush (Glenavon 1,
Starting with the British uitlo to enter for would do some quaint topa into
anywhere near the full Campbell (Fulham),
fight between Bruce Woodcock, Amateur Golf Championship today. long Club, predicted a crowd in ex- air like a distinctly over- the Or perhaps Mannion at
Croston Dackburn Rovers), weight Peter Pan, and all I can trek of 15 rounds, he is going cess of 30,000 and a gate of und Jack Gardner at Earls Court are reminded that entries
en November 14, he would close on Saturday. side-right and Mortensen
tugging all more than $200,000, McMorran (Barnsley),
conscientiously say about Joe to get very tired centre-forward. Baily would
winner with the Brennan (Fulham),
that he ly that around,
Louis, returning to the ring, match the as a dancer is be by side-left and hotelafe
McKenna (Hudder#leld)
While Louis is almost within to par income tax money, will world cruiser champion, Joey strictly
man's Fred a po
a pitch and pult of New York, receive of Huddersfield his wing part-
The
McKnight Astaire. is:
percent of all the Maxim-winner to fight Ezzard you Charles has gone to ground in proceeds, and Charles 20 per- Charles, winner Williams and Ramsey are unckpool).
to fight Lee! ner.
Work-outs EVA Cush and Fallon are the only more than a #ghter decides to trainin
South cent superlative, so my side against Treland would read: Williams; non-English Langue players in
a three-hour drive but Louis still Fallsbury,
cald Markson
unseosonably you know,
from the Ramsey, Eckersley: Johnstone, | the side.-Router.
meds to get big Winning
cold weather during the past Taylor, Dickinson; Matthews,
A REVENGE FIGHT four days sharpened up, and there seems
slowed ticket sale to be a certain alant tension about the camp.
When I tried to walk down the corridor past Louis's room 1010 and cable this story, was grabbed by a New Jersey state policeman with a pistol on his belt who seemed to think he
ou to nobble the thut I was favourite.
Mannion, Mortensen,
Meteinfe
*
Baily.
because
PROEVE
SOCCER RESULTS
London, Sept. 26. 'Taylor gels
The following
were the re- atsults of football matches today: Hughes injured himself
THIRD DIVISION NORTHERN Stamford Bridge and looks as though he wit be out of the Accrington Stanley 2, York Liverpool side for a lonst while City o
to come with 11gament trouble.
OTHER MATCH
The Chairman of Selectura, Abertisen 3, Manchester Unit- Mr Arthur Drewery, was very jou 5.-Beuter.
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In charge of Ezzard's training somewhat. The weather burçau is our old friend Ray Arect, is uncertain About Wednesday who handled Joe Baksi when night weather,
Bruce Wood- Ezzard predicted victory "by Baksi splintered eeek's jaw.
a knockout or decision.”—United This is by way of being a Press. revenge fight for Areel, because has been conditioning fighters to beat Big Joe for an awful long time.
by Barry Appleby
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Savold.
Springbok Boxers
In Debut At Albert Hall
London, Sept. 26.
In holding the going, Richards rallied French Squadron, a 5-2 The Championship (30 holes)he only falled by a short head favourite, to such purpose that October 8. will be played on
Winner of the Bogey Fool overcome another Cesarewitch played at Fanling act weekhurse, Royal Oak. end was W. P. Birtwhistle (14)
Come To Good, also engaged who returned a card of four
in the Cesarewitch, was only a down. The
Reck away, third in a field of for nexi competition weekend at Fanling will be tight runners to the driving Qualifying Round
for the Cop.nlsh,
The new double camera and tain's Cup.
mirror photo-finish wan uced by LADIES' SECTION
the judge before determining
Lady Golfers of the Royal his verdlet
Hong Kong Golf Club are re-j minded that the annual Autumn
Two South African box- Meeting will be held
A Bogey Competition
French Squadron was quoted at Decpint 20 to 1 at last night's call-
will ur
the Cesarewitch, in
over
071
Rugby UnionTeam ing champions had mixed Water Bay on Thursday.
fortunes when they made! played In the morning. The which he meets Royal Oak and Lost £1,000 On their debuts in a brisk box-afternoon events will be put. Come To Good on much better
theling, long drivingt and ing tournament at
puting terres thien hie de today Reu. Australian Tour
ter, and approaching. Albert Hall tonight.
An entry list is posted, at Water Bay, but past. Pat Patrick, the Welterweight Deep The recent tour of Aus- Champion, why beaten in theentefes will be accepted. Player: tralia by the British Isles 10th and last round of his fight are to arrange their own Rugby Union team resulted chester, the referee stopping the
with Jackie Braddock, of Man-ners. in a loss of about £1,100,
fight with Patrick helpless on This was announced today the ropes.
I
Sydney, Sept. 26.
with a
part.
TENNIS LEAGUE FINAL TODAY
The undecided flo-match be
South China tween
lon Club will be played off this afternoon, commencing at 5.15 P.M.
n the sharp
HIKOO ground.
Athletic
Table Tennis Tour Association & Chinese Recrea
Cancelled
.
Sydney, Sept, 26. India's table tennis visit to
by Mr Laurie Stevins, the New The Middleweight title-holder,
Wales South
Rugby Union George Angelo, atoned for his Secretary.
compatriol's defeat by outpoint- Tuo loss compares.
ing the American, Mel Brown, reported profit of about £30,000 over 10 rounds. Patrick had made on the New Zealand tour, been doing most of the forcing Australia has been concelled be- If the match is not played off It is understood that the Rugby against Braddock, but the fight cause the extended tour of on account of weather condl- Union here will not agree to took a startling turn in the ninth Melaya left insufficient time to dons, it will be played on Tuss- another tour by a British team round when Braddock staged a make the trip, unless the visit to Austraila 20 | magnificent rally and pummell- This was announced today by Sadick & Leonard will umpire made before that to New Zos-[ed the South African round the the Szabados table Lond.-Router.
ring.-Reuer,
agency.-Reuter,
day, October 8. Mesa Hancock, tennii the matches and there will be
no charge for admimson.