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GYPSIES

NOT ALLOWED ON THE DOWNS

CONSERVATORS? DECISION

APPEAL AGAINST

©DECISION

ĮKANE V.

WARNOCK NEW DATE

WORLD FLY WEIGHT PEIMINATING

CONTEST

London, May 24.

Change of date has been made for the final eliminating contest for the world fly-weight cham- pionship between Reter Kane, of Golborne, and Jim Warnock, of Belfast, at Liverpool football ground. It has been put back from June 17 to June 24 (to-day) to meet Warnock's training requirements.

Epsom, May 27. The Epsom and Walton Downs Conservators at their meeting this evening received a. number of let- Kane meanwhile is booked for ters urging that permission should two London fight within the be given to van-dwellers to be a space of a few weeks. He has lowed to encamp on Epsom Downs been matched to meet Ernst during Derby Week. The Conser-Weiss, of Austria, whe holds the vators, however, decided to enforce fly-weight

of championship the by-laws, only one member vot-Europe, over ten rounds at 8st. Fing in favour of the gypsies.

6lb. at Harringay.

The Earl of Derby, in his letter, confessed that he would rather miss the gypsies on Epsom Downs on Derby Day. He suggested that they should be allowed to camp on the Downs from the Thursday be-

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pion.

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 24, 1937.

AMERICA WANTS BAER *BACK_NEW OFFER

promoter,

manager offering: xt

Proposal Vestel

May 28. Interested

feat at British Cham-

York

to Baer'8'

for the American to fight - Hob Nestel, who knocked

Levinsky, if he should best Hen Foord at Harringay Arena on May 27. (Foord was knocked out by Baer).

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EXTRAORDINARY BOXING MEXUP

Braddock's Mistakes

In 1931 And 1937.

LOST £80,000 OFFER

FASTEST RACE IN

THE WEST

"WALL OF DEATH” ON BERLIN TRACK

4 BRITISH DRIVERS TO COMPETE

London, May 29. To-morrow all Berlin will be flock.ng to see the fastest and most terrifying race in the world.

The cars taking part are freaks of immense power, but weighing less than the average family ten." Some of them are streamlined out of all semblance to motor-cars.

The arena is the Avus track, a toll road leading from Berlin to the popular suburb of Potsdam that has two rather narrow one-way surfaces divided by a wide grass strip. Six miles long, they are joined at each end by loops, one of

(By PETER WILSON) The extraordinary mix-up in which, newly built, has been chris-

Itened the "wall of eath."

Weiss fought Kane, at Liverpool last September, and after a terrific fight over twelve rounds the Eng-heavy-weight boxing has never, lighman received the decision.

CLOSE DECISION The Austrian ran Jackie Brown fore the Derby until the Sunday to a very close points decision at

the end of 1935.

after.

Lord Ebbisham, urging that the

said that overseas

Although really hairpin turn, it

think, been better shown than by this story, which I take from the is so steeply banked that the cars round it at over 100 m.p.h. The American boxing weekly, “Bang.”

In 1931, James J. Braddock, pre- sent world's heavy-weight king who now has the golden touch,

since

on

On June 28 Kane will fight Petit by-laws should not be enforced, Biquet, Belgian bantam-weight anything he lays his hands ́

visitors should champion, in the All Saints's Hos-means masses of gold in the bank, be given an opportunity of witness-pital charity tournament at Empress was just another heavy-weight

and not an outstanding one at that. ing the Derby in the traditional at- Stadium, London. mosphere it had enjoyed for so long.

In that year Braddock had seven fights, winning one by a ko., one on points, drawing one, losing three and having one declared à No Con- test. (Continued at Foot of Next Col)

It was stated later that Sir casion they are allowing the gyp Charles and Lady Sybil Grant,sies to use a field which would whose estate adjoins the Downs, otherwise have served as a parking were "so distressed at the action of place for cars. The field will be the Conservators" that upon this oc- under the control of the police.

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surface, brick-faced, rises at the top to a vertical wall, to keep the cars from being flung outwards."

LAPPING AT 170 MPH. There will be several races, for

cars and motor cycles. In the chief event there will be 16 cars, nine German against seven Italians. Outstanding among them are the rival Mercedes and Auto-Union re- cord-breakers, driven by Carrac- ciola and Rosemeyer.

Carracciola has been timed on the Frankfurt-Darmstadt motor road at 223 m.p.h. Rosemeyer in practice this week has lapped the 12-mile circuit, including its two hairpin turns, at 170 m.p.h., and is said to have touched 240 m.p.h. on the straight.

Four Englishmen are taking part. Richard Seaman, one of the most skilful living English drivers, is in the Mercedes team.

Cholmondeley-Tapper, well known at Brooklands, is driving an Italian Maserati, also in the big car race, and A. Conan Doyle and C. E. C.. Martin ai, entered in the event for 11⁄2 litre cars. A Norwegian has. entered an English E‚R.A. car.

BRITISH

VICTORIES IN BERLIN TENNIS

London," May 26.

Miss E. M. Dearman entered the third round of the women's singles. in the international tournament or-- ganised by the Rot-weiss Club. which began in Berlin - yesterday. She beat the Dutch player, Miss- G. Terwindt, by 7-5, 7-5, says: Reuter.

Miss.

Miss A. M. (Billie) Yorke beat Fraulein Schwarzlose by 6–3, 3—6, 7-5 in the first round,

and M. C. Scriven - defeated... Fraulein Reimann, but then scratched from the singles in order to concentrate- on the doubles events.

NOT ENOUGH.

promoter offered his manager $70 for Braddock to box certain Pete Latzo Joe Gould, the man- ager, thought, that was not quite enough, asked for £80. The match fell through

Not long ago Braddock was offer- ed £70,000 to fight. Max, Schmeling in Berlin. He held out for £80,000. The bout will not come off.