THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1950,
NECKING AT
PLUMPTON
Tony Grantham gives his horse an almost loving cuddle when he is almost unseated by The Frog when taking a jump in the Newhaven Handicap steeplechase at Plumpton. He regained his seat and finished third.
-Central Press Photo..
Johnny Arnold Will Not Play Again
Cricket and football lovers will learn with regret
that all-rounder Johnny Arnold will not be playing county cricket again for Hampshire. His health precludes any such possibility.
:
ABE GREENE
GREENE WANTS A LONG-RANGE PLAN TO SAVE BOXING FROM EXTINCTION By Cornelius Ryan
Boxing leaders' words and their deeds rarely are in agreement. Abe Greene, commissioner of the National Boxing Association, recently ap- pealed to television authorities to meet with him and other boxing men and make a long-range plan to save boxing from extinction.
"Television has closed up most of the small clubs in the areas which it in- vades," Greene said. "Maybe there are abre boxing fans than ever before, but they stay home in their armchairs and get their boxing by flicking a switch, and if the small clubs cannot get a TV sponsor they cannot afford to operate.
"But boxers must develop, match. Brion is slow and awk-|puncher but slow and awitward from the small clubs, where ward, and probably would be and inexperienced. they learn the sport from the knocked out, even though Louis And Champion Ezzard Charles ground up. As he expands, is old and slow.
agreed to fight young Nick sports fans read about him and Even if Brion should win, he Barone in a championship he graduates to the larger would get little credit, for match at Cincinnati. Chicago, arenas and then to Madison there's not much glory in top- Detroit and Cincinnati are in Square Garden. But now radio ping a 37-year-old man. Much NBA territory, and these mat- commitment and television force the same holds true for Marches all will be approved by hungry promoters to skyrocket | ciano. an exciting and hard the NBA.-United Press. unprepared youngsters into
main events.
LIGHT QUENCHED
"A kid who gets a few wins and shows some style is pushed into a main event and is knock- ed 'off. His light is quenched even before it begins to sparkle. There may be no ma- jox boxing cards five years from now unless something is done."
But eveni
Greene as
was
pleading, the International Box- ing Club was going ahead with plans to match young Cesare Brion of Argentina with Joe Louis in Chicago on Nov. 29, then to put Joe against Lee Oma at Detroit and finally against young Rocky Marciano at the Garden in the Spring.
Brion, a promising kid, has little to
gain from Louis
Festival Of Britain
to
Arnold is one of the few men who have played for
London, Nov. 23. England at cricket and Soccer. He is in the select com-
A golf tournament with pany of Charles Fry, Wally Hardings, Harry Makepeace, Andy Ducat, Jack Sharp and, if you like to include war-prize money amounting
be staged in time Internationals, Denis Compton. Arnold's only cap £3,000 will was against Scotland in 1933 when he had left the connection with the Festival Southampton club and was a winger for Fulham. He of Britain. afterwards opened the innings in a Test Match at Not- tingham against New Zealand with Arthur Bakewell, of Northampton,
report that the great sadly Vivian Woodward has been bed- ridden for a long while now in a London hospital. The greatest
It will be known 09
the
"Penfold-Bournemouth Festival of Britain £3,000 Golf Tourna- ment" and will be played on Meyrick Park and Queen's Park
at Bournemouth Courses
June 13, 14 and 15.
on
It will be 72 holes with a
Park Course.
Arnold, 42 years old, is a like several nativt of Oxford other present members of the Hampshire cricket team, and, in
Queen's addition to being a consistently of all amateur centre forwards final 30 holes being played on good opening bat over the years, with G. O. Smith-Mr Wood-the
played for England's Reuter, he was also one of the three ward best cover points in the country, amateur and professional sides
With four
other Hampshire on nearly 50 occasions! players, he took his benefit last been iu season, but he has
during the winter, and, although to do any be
is not likely
coaching, he hopes for summers
Signal Light &
in the open air as a first class Prince Simon Top
umpire. I understand Hampshire
will nominate him.
.AND LESLIE TODD
Another county cricketer who
may appear
on the umpires'
now as
The Handicaps
London, Nov. 23.
owned Two American
CHELSEA'S SHARE
London, Nov. 23. The Chelsea Football Club has announced that they will be playing two matches against overseas teams in connection Britain with the Festival of next spring.
playing two
Randolph Turpin May Fight
LaMotta Or
Graziano
London, Nov. 23, The London promoter, Mr Jack Solomons, is hoping to match the British Middleweight Boxing Champion, Randolph Turpin, with an overseas opponent at Harringay on December 12.
The four boxers he has in mind are Jack LaMotta, the World titleholder, Rocky Graziano, Tommy Yarosz, the American who beat Dave Sands of Australia, and Laurent Dauthuille, of France.
Mr Solomons said: "I have withdrawn from the Middle- just heard officially that Robert weight Division, and will in Villemain, who was nominated in future fight as a Lightheavy- by the European Boxing Union weight. to fight Turpin for the title, has
THE
"Accordingly I cabled the four boxers named and I expect to get one of them. I think that any one of the will provide
SPORTS grand opposition for our Cham-
ROUNDABOUT
By W. Capel Kirby & David Jack
Who is tho international rightwinger who does not "mix" too well with his team mates?
Former Birmingham bus driver Albert Brown is a pro- fessional snooker player with a new line in cues. It's an Oriental walking stick which, after little adjustment, 19 transformed into a full size cue, Did Albert really get it from an old Spanish sea captain?
你
pion."Reuter.
FARR WANTS OPPOSITION
London, Nov. 23.
Albert Davies, the Welsh pro- moter, is searching for a new opponent for Tommy Farr for his tournament at the Market on Decem- Hall, Carmarthen, ber 4.
On November 15 Farr decld- ed that he would not-meet- the Italian, Gino Buony 10, he did not ków stating that when he agreed to fight that Buonvino had been knocked out in 50 seconds by the Amer- lean, Lee Savold,
Mr Davies said: "Farr' will be Aghting at Carmarthen and I hope to be able to announce the name of his new opponent very soon." Possibility of a
McCrae
The
Welsh heavyweight is (Middlesbrough)-Walsh (West Brom) swap can be ruled right anxious to meet tougher opposi- out.
is not leaving tion from now on and he men-
the tioned
names of Jack Middles- Ayresome Park," say
the Gardner,
new British rough, "but we're still in-
Heavyweight Boxing Champion, terested in Davy Walsh," Next
and Stefan Olck, the French heavyweight, as future op- ponents.
"McCrac
Mays they play Floriana move is the offer by Boro of
another forward, but they are not too hopeful of signing the Irishman.
We can tell you that Walsh would like to join Middles- brough.
*
*
He is also prepared to meet top-ranking American heavy- weights. Reuter.
WALES HONOURS TOM RICHARDS
London, Nov. 23, The Welsh Amateur Athletic- Association hat awarded the "Fellowship Cup" for the best performance during athletic the past ⚫season to Tom Richards, of the South London Harriers, for his win in the Welsh Marathon in the record time of 2 hrs. 42 mins, 53 secs.
of Malta and on May 15 the K. B. Copenhagen will be the visitors. Reuler. RUGBY LEAGUE FESTIVAL
London, Nov. 23. The Rugby League Council list next summer is Leslie Toda, colts head the official two-
are to consider a proposal that a special day should be fixed
Full marks to QPR manager late of Kent. He had intended year-old Free Handicap pub-
here today. entering League cricket either in lished
The in the North during the Festival celebrations for a
Dave Mangnall for his answer when we asked why his "A" the Midlands, Lancashire or the chestnut colt, Big Dipper, of Britain
Rugby League Festival. Northeast, but he has given me
of
team went under 4-1 recently. The League's Press and the hint that his name is likely by Signal Light out
"Trouble there," said Dave, "was an Huntress, is rated the best
Committee Publicity
suggest
youngsters on la go forward
a tournament two-year-old of 1950 at nine that
should be that I had six
trial and five of them were umpire,
withheld, possibly at Belle Vue. Another athlete who has been stone, seven pounds,
attraction would ! 'guilty."" two The major. seriously ill and is as yet only Turco II assessed at
between be a game
the Cup Northampton Town amateur stilt slowly recovering is Charlie
.and winners
the League Jimmy Potts told us not so long Spencer, Grimsby Town's burly pounds- less.
The Begum Aga Khan's
Champions...
long ago, I hate playing on not football manager. He has been
That's Other proposals
an the left-wing" out of the game since the start French-bred Fraiso of the season, and former goal- comes next at nine stone, two indoor show given by leading surprising, because in the Eng-
personalities and an exhibition land shirt he's keeper Tweedly is deputising, pounds,
Prince Simion, one of the un-of coaching methods.-Reuter. left flank and played "blinders" Marathon at the 1948 Olympic Spencer played for England
as a luckiest Classic winners in the
on the right. Did the selectors twice in 1924 and 1925
history of the British Turf,
realise that when they picked the three-year-old Hutton's Benefit at outside centre half, Newcastle United'
left for the and went
trial at the Australian beads
amateur International saw the Handicap at nine stone, seven tour of 1925 which
stockport? playing career of Founds. This is seven pounds end of the
than his stable com- Tom Whittaker, Arsenal's pre-more
It will be panion, Double Eclipse, who sent manager.
considerable time, I comes next. believe, before Spencer can
some
on
du
Bols
ن
include
failed on the
London, Nov. 23. The benefit sum for Len Hutton, the Yorkshire and
Irish weight lifters are to England cricketer, now amounts
an open championship to over £9,000. The final figure | stago
meeting-the only event of its A remarkable feature of this is not yet available.
that The previous highest bencat kind in Europe in Dublin on take over the managerial reins year's assessments is
Captain Cecil Boyd-Rochfort for a Yorkshire cricketer was December 18. Invitations have again at Blundell Park.
the top two in cach £8,089 by Bill Bowes in 1947-been sent to several European While I am on the topic of trains
Reuter.
nations. athletes' illnesses I also have to Handicap-Reuter,
Richards ran second "in, the
Games.-Reuter.
Rugger Result
11
London, Nov. 23. The. following was the résult of a RUGBY UNION game played today:
County Championship Match
Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshiro 16 Leicester- shiro 0. The game was played at Beeston--Reuter.