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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1950.
BOXERS HAVE SOMETHING
IN COMMON WITH PROPHETS-
They Can Be World Acclaimed Without Recognition At Home
London, Nov. 5.
One of the curiosities of boxing is that a man can hold the World title without · being Champion of his home country or even his continent.
Cases which come to mind in this respect concern Terry Allen and Danny O'Sullivan, respectively flyweight and bantamweight. Both have World title fights in the offing, yet O'Sullivan, admittedly the British Champion at his weight, has lost a fight for the European crown and Allen, who has ust lost his European title to the Belgian, Jean Sneyers, has never actually fought for the British Flyweight Championship.
True, Allen is to give battle for that honour after two young Scots have settled their differences and produced an opponent for Allen. Yet the Londoner,
of. who was given a tilt at the World title last spring and beat Honore Pratesi, France, to win the crown, lost it to Dado Marino in Hawaii in August.
on
Marino promised Allen a 1 return and this is all laid for next February.'
So
A POSSIBILITY
now there is the possi- bility of Allen losing his fight for the British title, for either Norman Tennant or Vie Herman, the two Scots who meet for the night of facing Allen, will be a worthy scrappert and yet "regaining the World crown. ・・
Similarly, O'Sullivan is lined up for a World Championship bout with Vic Toweel, the South African' holder, on November 25, while Luis Romero, of Spain, who relieved him of the European title, kicks his heels cager to take on Towed.
The Belgian, Sncyers, having won the European crown from Allun, now wants to replace Allen in the fight against Marino for the World crown, but the Allen camp is adamant that the defeat from Sneyers will make no difference in the plans for a World Championship return
THE ARMY against Matizo.
RELEASES
JOHN HORN
· London, Noy. 5. John Horn, one of Bri- tain's best young lawn tennis players, will compete in the Championships of Asia this moník by pers mission of the British Army Council.
DOES SEEM STRANGE
who have proved themselves by winning national and continental honours would be eligible for the biggest prize, the World throne.
interna- Unless there is an tional clearing for flights, how- will never the position ever, alter so long as promoters, with a natural eye on the gate, ar- range fights according to the drawing power of the contest- ants.
Sneyers, if not accepted for a trip to Honolulu, is prepared to fight Marino in England and it would be a strange thing if two such foreigners gave bat- tle for a Championship with
It does seem strange that such | the nominated Britisher-Allen
FOR HIS OWN GOOD
Former world's featherweight champion Willle Pep is taking a whirlpool bath in Hartford, Conn., to benefit the shoulder he injured in his third bout with Sandy Saddler on September 8. Helping him ease the pain is Mike Talena, left, a trainer at Trinity College.
American Sports Promoters Still Undecided On TV
After talking about television for more than a year,
things can occur in sport, for in this case →*** looking on sports prom 'ers finally are doing something about it,
one would think that only men Reuter.
No Easy Job For Army Selectors
Says ARCHIE QUICK
The difficulties of the Army Football Association Selectors in raising representative sides at a time when
but they still don't know if they are doing the right thing.
Ever since television became a commonplace reality after the war, promoters have argued whether TV helped the gate receipts or hurt them.
In two instances, wrestling in movie houses will present and roller derby, there was no new problems,United Press, question-TV was a tremen- dous help and made each of them more popular than they ever had been.
But boxing, college football, college basketball, professional
pro
A New Course
football, pro hockey and In Memory Of
30 was baseball. Some allowed
sports Friday
His release from Army' training follows a similar concession to the young the intake and discharge of National Servicemen ebbs basketball were undecided, and cricketer, Brian Close, for and flows is being emphasised more than ever this TV, some did not. the MCC tour of Australia. season. Professional footballers come and go, but the Madison Square Garden
With Britain struggling to football programme remains and it is rare nowadays for favours TV of all its recapture her sports prestige the Army Football authorities to have the call on any one events, and all of its abroad, the Army's imaginative player for long. co-operation has been much On the surface a goalless draw with the Irish
ball Association in Belfast and defeat by only 2-0 Everton in their annual match at Aldershot look good performances, but underlying those games disquiet for the future.
appreciated by the respectiva sporting 'bodies.
Earlier this year the Army deferred Horn's call-up so that he could play in the French Championships, gave him an- other extension for Wimbledon and further grace to compete ili the major United States tournaments.
Quite candidly, despite the presence of Welsh International centre-half John Charles, the side is not up to standard. The Selectors have to juggle with what talent they have at their command, and against Everton were four centre-halves there of in the side and no real inside the forwards!
OF IMMENSE VALUE The experience Horn gained as a result, particularly from his American trip, should be immense value to him in
In the United States, East. Horn and Tony Mottram who, with Mrs Joy Mottram and Miss Kay Tuckey complete the Lawn in Tennis Association squad Asia, did better than any other afficial British team there since the war.
drews
was
So
was
Lord Mildmay
National course.
GREATER TEST
London, Nov. 5. night boxing shows may be seen. But the International The memory of the late Foot-Boxing Club, which promotes Lord Mildmay, the greatest by boxing at the Garden, denied amateur steeplechase rider
TV to the LaMotta-Dauthuille quitend Saddler-Pep championship of the century, is to be per-
is Oghts.
petuated by the construc- Pep-Saddler, one of the tion of a new. steeplechase finest matches which possibly
course at Aintree, the home The defence did well to keep feculd be made, drew a record the score down to two goals crowd for featherweights; La- of the world-famous Grand against a forward line which Motta-Dauthulle, staged in La- National. contained such prominent Motta's favourite city, Detroit, The new course, to be known
International where he is very popular, was players as Irish
as the "Mildmay Course," is Eglinton, Wainwright (just a financial flop.
designed bo afford horses a "Aintree- back from the FA's Canadian
change of becoming LaMotta-Cerdan,
conscious," the new track tour), Fielding, Catterick and
bes Buckle, Six feet two Charles again in Detroit, which had no
ing constructed around The TV. Thus it would seem that was a tower of strength but
central the quality of the event, rather
enclosure, inside the the outstanding player
than TV or radio, affects the CQMS Andrews, Regular
attendance. That's the view soldier now in his fourth sea-
taken by Ned Irish, vice- son with the Army team.
It is expected to provide a president of Madison Square cater One feature of the
steeplechasing game
best which struck me
than any other track in. Great was the
"We feel that it is not theory Britain apart startling likeness in style young but fact that TV. has no ad- National
from the Grond Stself. Sims, Wolves' reserve
The Aintree goal-
verse affect on gate receipts, authorities sak that though Horn, now 19, put up а
keeper, bears to England's Bert
under except
extremely un-Lord Mildmay himself never Williams. the United
If ever splendid fight in
n pupil
favourable weather conditions rode on the course, one of the States National Championships The real weakness however, copied a master this is it, and
01 when tho attraction Foster as Manager Stanley Cullis said mediocre," he said.
is last things he did before his against Art Larsen, who went was at inside-forward.
tragic death was to go through and Brooks to me, "If Williams is hurt on to win the title, Mrs Mot- (Chesterfield)
1 Jerry Jordan, who conduct- the plans for the new course. tram also did well in the United (Reading) were very poor, and
shall never have any qualms ed an impartial survey of TV's He onthusiate ope States. A tall, slim blonde, she it is a good thing the Army about putting Sims into our effect on sports attendance as the idea and the layout, has a happy and attractive court has Uphill (Spurs) Hilt League side when he has left part of his work for a degree One of the man attractions demeanour and is a lovely (Coventry) to call upon for the Army.!
at Princeton University, be- of the Mildmay Course will be An- stroke player. »
these positions. Manager
The other Regular soldier in lleves that the long-range effect that spectators should be able, Miss Tackey, a well-bullt gus Seed, of Barnsley, was en-
the side besides Andrews is of television, as it is today, on a clear day, to watch the Hampshiregir, Is like Mps thusiastic about his centre Wilkins and he is concerned at does not harm attendance at horses at every jump. A hid Mottram a Wightman Cup play forward Taylor. The lad start- having lost his place in Ex. She won the Witbiedon (ed well enough with some nice Brighton aide to the local RAF increase
Course" is to be laid out, which Plate event last July. All gound passes and a deceiving body Ind South. I understand, how But, says Jordan, It must be will include part at the Cond tais quaricite should do well in swerve, But Tater, he suffered ever that Derby County are rebembered that soon larger National and part of the ad the East-Reuter.
through--lack -of-support:" Likely to make a bid for South. screens, natural colour and TV may courecs. Reuters est to At 15 overbo
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Charles (Leeds) was, na- turally, at centre-half, but An- Wilkins (York), (Brighton) and Muggeridge Wolves), who all play centre- half for their club sides were at left-back, right-back and left-half respectively.
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