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THE CHINA MAIL.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1933.

SOUTH CHINA OPEN SOCCER SEASON WITH WIN

WHAT A LIFE!

By Primo Carnera

(Heavyweight Boxing Champion of

The World.)

PRIMO CARNERA, THE MOST REMARKABLE FIGHTER OF THE CENTURY, NOW THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, HAS WRITTEN HIS ASTONISHING LIFE STORY. IN IT HE TO HIM SINCE KE TELLS ALL THAT HAS HAPPENED STARTED ON THE ROAD TO THE TOP — HIS HUNGRY BOY. HOOD. IN ITALY AND FRANCE, POOR YEARS AS A CIRCUS AND THEN THAT MOMENT FIVE

Saturday's Football

SENSATIONAL

ROUT OF THE

BORDERERS

CHINESE ATHLETIC BEATEN 4-1

Navy Spring Surprise BORDERERS UNLUCKY NOT

TO SECURE POINTS

Of The Day.

HILL CHECKS LINCOLNS RIDLEY E. HOCQUARD

Green's Promising Play For Police In First Game

(By OUTSIDE LEFT) THE opening of the Hong Kong on Saturday provided many

|OUTH CHINA, Soccer League champions, opened their season

SOUTH Convincing win over the Chinese Athletic by 4 goals to

1 at Caroline Hill yesterday. The Borderers, last year's runners- ap, were leading 'St. Joseph's 4-2 when play was abandoned by the referee owing to the storm which broke during the second traif.

On South Chinn's form yesterday they should have little dif-

STRONG-MAN-WHISTLER SAW HIS FIRST PAIR OF BOXING Football Association League heulty in retaining the title, the Senior Shield, and supplying the

GLOVES, AND HOW HE SET OUT FOR THE CHAMPION SHIP. THE FIRST CHAPTER OF HIS STORY APPEARS TO

DAY

At last the championship is mine) ssa -and by a clean Enock-out.

My pleasure in that alone makes Jup for whatever pain and trouble I met with on my exciting journey to the top.

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prises in the manner of defeats and nucleus for the Chinese team in the Sunday Herold Cup and the Lat individual displays by players, per- Wah Cup competitions. haps the most sensational being the www.defcat of the Borderers, runners-up

CARNERA LIFTS MOTOR CAR WITH ONE HAND

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With South China lending 3-1 after the interval Wong Mec- shun provided a thrill when he ran through to skim the cross- bar with a great drive. The storm then slowed up the

m the Second Division last year,OUTH CHINA were full value treived himself by a great run and for their victory, their team centre, Li Kwok-ki dropping the ball by the weak Royal Navy at

work was much better than that of for PAU KA-PING to give his side kunpoo.

Half a minute later Tami the Athletic whose main tout lay the lead. THE Navy, with their superp in the poor passing of their for. and Ip swept down the field and Trapped Passengers Rescued

In midfield

TAM scored with a glorious cross there waa combination swept the Bor-wards. Hollywood, Sept. 8.

derers off their feet, the latter being nothing to chose between the teams, shot. Just Ave years ago Brst saw

of but South China held a great ad- Primo Carnera, the heavy-weight content with spasmodic bursts boxing gloves and started learning that style of fighting. wan boxing champion of the world, re-

combined well to make openings which led to goals. twenty-one years old then, and had scued two passengers from a cap. energy which failed to produce win-vantage in having forwards who

visitors The

front line swept: been a wrestler with a small circus sized motorcar singiehanded In

Hollywood by using his strength.

VERY poor game was seen in

and again, but over 'ever since I was sixteen

He Was motoring through the

the Third division encounter through time My first professions! fight

In Paris in September elty when a collision between two

between South China, the ultimate eagerness and lack of understand-play. The ball was soou greasy and other cars ended with one turning winners and the Royal Engineers.

jing gave Lau Mau and La Ting-sang under trying conditions. errora 1928, and since then have

over, and pinning its four passen. taken part in about sevenly-

The South China team were vastly a chance to clear. The South China were plentiful.

The pace slackened considerably, fire formal matches and a hun- gera underneath.

up threatening at-but with five minutes to go. Ip Pak- dred or more exhibitions.

Carnera ran over, and with one superior in the first half. but like halves by good positional play were

wa raced away and gave WONG a In telling my life story

I will arm lifted the car sufficiently to be so many other teams in the Colony, able to break

good pass from which he made no the forwards were too intent in at- tucka. out twn of the OC-

mistake. In an attack in the clos- Itouch on many of these, and publish able to drag

tempting to walk the ball into the net instead of shooting when a good

ing minutes Au Kim-fung received for the first time my own recollec-cupants with the other arm. 'tions of what I consider the most He continued to keep the ear

a nasty kick and was carried off opportunity presented Itself.

At trapping the ball he was bril- the field. rescued the other two passengers.

South China-Wong Wing: Lee Tin- career.

THE Royal Engineers played

liant and with a great turn of speed Tourly in the first half, the at this command, he flashed across, Lau, Maii wale wa Yung Shul Mau; Lueng In-chan, Lsseng As far back as 1929 my former Then he drove off.-British United

wingers. Whiting and Sloan, taking splendid centres. He was manager. Leon See, predicted that Press.

helped yick, Wang Mee-shun, Pau Ka-p'ng considerably by the wandering play Tam Kong-pak and Ip Pak-wa.

Athletic: Li Kwok-ki; Tam Kwang- making use of first time opportuni- of ip Pang-fat and also by his

Meewing, Wong Ping: Ho Chat-yin, La understanding

Kwok-chul, In Pang-fai; Tang Kwong outstanding shun. Bun Hollingsworth of

um, Au Kim-fung. Ho Ka-kuen, Mak Shut-han and Fong King-yu.

Interesting happenings of my partially lifted while bystanders

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for

instructions

BORDERERS UNLUCKY.

Lead The Saints 4 - 2

When Game Is Abandoned.

the storm

The Borderers were inclined to

it would take five years for me to win the world's championship. We

even to divide the facts from the many loften discussed that goal

Wong with strange colourful legends that have tics. when things looked black.

Mr. See called me "a generosityisprang up around me, many

པོ། Tam Kong-pak had a pour game, of nature" in prophesying that "in which have a mile of truth, and for the losers, his goal being

beautiful drive from about thirty he failed to gather simple passes, five years

Primo will be Invia-some of which are sheer fable.

He was responsible for the both he and Ip Pak-wa Anding Ho cible."

For example, it has often heen yards.

Choi-yin a big stumbling block. Many fight experts laughed at published that I was really a big military improvement in the latter thet iden, and I don't blame them imbecile hypnotised by sharp-eyed, stages of the second half, but it was Pau Ka-ping had a good match,

then too late to be of any good.

he swung the ball about freely, and schen 7 look back now realising hot keen -minded Mr. See.

was always on the siert for a andp crude I must have appeared to ring-Though without education, in

Division abot. Mak Shut-hon was the out- Ischools 1 have never been wine ever.

con-ATURDAY'S

game between

the Lincolns, standing Athletic forward, always But I didn't take that champion-sidered a half-wit, and my former D

manager, despite our money dif- and Kowloon produced some thrill scheming for an opening, but his ferences. would probably testifying football featured by a brilhant partner was on the slow side and so

Cord, lost

Ka-kuen, the chances, Ho

With the score standing at 4 that I am of normal intelligence. display of goal-keeping by

new leader of the attack, will be a goals to 2 in favour of the Bor- Believing I had extraordinary

speak, read, and write both Kowloon's new player.

and St. Joseph's Was physical assets for fighting Italian and French passably well. Cord performed brilliantly in the very dangerous marksman when he derers, the match between the strength. weight, courage, and am and surely I have made fair pro- latter stages of the first half, when púderstands the play of his col-Borderers

moves were abandoned owing to ition-I decided to develop them gress in English during four years. he went at full begin on a dozen leagues. Some of his

tho ball brilliant, but his passing was faul-yesterday. fully and learn as much of the so-

Mr. See found me an eager pupil, occasions, often turning

Bankrupt.

round the posts with his finger tips. ty and fine openings were lost.

take things rather too easily after Captains Called By Referee Now, there have been

a bright start, and should have giunts in fistic history, but few, it. Some think I must have been

The referee took control of the been leading by a clearer margin H' any had much boxing-skost foolish to find myself bankrupt TILL, who was moved from in-

side left to right back for game at the start, a ford against had they continued in their opening after earainy so much money in a

outstanding South China being the outcome of vein. Duncan and Harris L. show- jof them èrd püre aloggers.

the Bor- No one can become a high-class few years, but ce second thoughts Kowloon, played

reader will understand game. He was mainly responsible the two captains being called toed good ball control en any fair

against derers' wings, and both sent over boxer in a day, or a month, or a

rough play. It takes years-five at least that a boxer as busy as I have been for the checking of the Ridley-gether

some pretty centres, but their in- ¡year.

one's way when has little time to look to his many Hocquard formation.

Hill's speed and accuracy

South China took really to know

the lead after side men were off form in so far money affairs. battling with skilled opponents. Later I will relate some more of clearing with first time efforts were ten minutes play, Yueng nipping as shooting was concerned.

Plesso bear that idea in your!

between Ip Pang-fal and

the ball perfectly, Ping to cross mind as you read my own story of the Carnera myths that amused his main assets.

of and sometimes annoyed me.

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PAU KA-PING scoring with a first how I picked up what I how

You will read, for example, some TONES, Kowloon's centre the art of boxing.

failed to produce his true time effort. MAK SHUL-HON sent Of course, great nize, weight and 'strange stories of how my nose was strength might still seem o be my broken-how I was reputed to have form, while the wing halves Whit-in a splendid drive from outside the

penalty area to level the scores. main advanages, but by themselves tried to carry a baby elephant as field and Bliss also had an off day.

Bliss was really bad, and could do lp Pak-wa balooned the ball over part of the day's work-how I was would not be enough to win

said to have been substituting for a little right, his spolling not being the bar on three occasions, but re- championship.

The strong man product of brick-carrying mule the first time up to his usual standard, while his!

I was asked to take up boxing-and sense of direction was again at fault sity by 10 goals to 1. little travelling cfreus and my

'other weird yarns that havo attach in his headwork, giant build made me seem like a

the Kent TALLIOTT, {freak only, and so, with but few ad to the so-called "Ambling Alp." When in Britain a few years ago critics who me- a raceptions, ce did not to sewing I saw a picture book of "Gulliver's Disyer, and his wingers later withdrawn from the Kowloon Spened the scoring for the Ner future seriously. That was especial-Travels." That story was filled Davies and Blake, were the most team under orders from the Army derers when the goalkeeper was un- dangerous of Kowloon's forwards, Area Sports Board, made his debut afghted, sending in a fast shot ly true when I was first shown in with glants and little peopler

Dr. Gulliver, Mr. See explained, Blake being right on the mark in in this match: the United States early in 1950,

and Purcell to the circus" was a little man among glants, and the latter stages of the first half

of by another goal from L. HARRIS. "Primo belongs

when Heath was called upon to make TELSON

the Borderers, who were The Saints made several spasmodic was almost the unanimous verdict in turn a giant to little people.

He travelled much and saw some some brilliant saves as a result of

from one of these of the experts.

some terrific drives from this player. among the first ten goal-scorers in raids and

the Third Division last season, were LEONARD netted with a well And that is, how they regarded wonderful sights.

Now, a peasant and a pugilist. me, after laughing at my big fest

hardly be as observant an and hands, and reading stories' concerning a "mammoth muscle learned Gulliver. But I, too, hava' merchant of Venice," "Man Moun- travelled much and have had many tain." "Ambling Air" and "Carni- strange experiences.

Of these you shall read later.

vorous Carnera.".

A Hungry Beginning But that comes later. For the present, this life story will have to depend on my rather good memory and whatever records are now on hand.

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The Saints, in the absence of the Gosano brothers and R. Marques, played well, but were easily held in check by the military defence, al- though they showed promise of good football when at full strength.

From the start the Borderers took Goulthy, who was originally select-up the offensive and both Harris L. attempts at jed to play at left back for Kowloon and Harris. H. had

without

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RIPLEY Proved himself to be prominent in their Third Division placed shot het betrek sevind the hardest working of the fixture against the R.A.F., when they defenders. The Borderers replied soon after, however, L. HARRIS. giving the Saints custodian : no Lincolns forwards and sent in many each netted for their team. a fine drive, which Cord did well to

TN view of the Lincolns over jchance. Baye.

In the second half the Borderers His goal in the latter stages of whelming victory over the Club There were hardly more than 300 the game was a brilliant sale elfort last week at the Valley the Club's missed many chances in front of an residents of Sequals at the time of culminating in a terrific drive which victory over the Artillery in the open goal and the Saints decreased my birth thers in 1906, and not many more than that to-day.

(Continued on Page 11).

HUGHES AND FR. AUSSEM WIN CUP

left Cord helpless.

First Division on Saturday must the deficit through LEONARD from have come as a great surprise to free-kick close to the goal- JONES netted the Borderors. SENSATION was caused on the many..

fourth goal after a weak clearance, St. Joseph's ground when the game between the Radio and the TTYNES and 8. Strange were shooting well and hard for the bot-

4.

Luckily, I clearly recall the past] from boyhood. In the village of Seguale, not far from Venice-my

feree, C.Q.M.S. Eyde, because the while Fowler, who has been switch-gain unsighted. Then came the early working days as a mosaic and

ground was not marked and there ed over to the right from the left rain-and the referee, Sgt. R. A carpentry apprentice-many hun-

wing, was responsible for two very Brown, decided to abandon the (were no nets, up,

game in view of the state, of the gry months as a day labourer when

Venice, September 5.This groes, negligence, will proba-nice goals' for, the Club;

ground.

Borderers-Smith: Mullana, Morri tramping through Southern France

Hughes, the British Davis bly be discussed at the next Council

TRIGHT," failed to make an son: Wallace, Davies, Underwood; poorly paid yezra as a combina, donstipag-man-wrestler with Cup player, and the German girl, meeting

appearance for the Club on Harris La, Harris H., Hazelwood, Jones, beat Miss M. A PRZ travelling circus and then my ring-

Baron

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Gomes; Lawrence, Costa, Fernandess the light of the chi

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ADD THE RAM SAmmon to the Saturday and the half back line Far. Soseph'sieV. Margate, Halim

coming Hong Kong Inagus, re-arranged, L. G, Robe Rus opened their Third Division season in 'at right half and Ekinner reverte Thang, Ward, Leonard, Bocks and Bab

with a victory against the Univer

(Continued on Pagi 9).

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