THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 26, 1937.
JIMMY JOHNSTON OUSTED AT LAST
MONARCH IN ART OF PROMOTION
LOSES SUPPORTERS
COULDN'T GET HIS CLAWS INTO JOE LOUIS
MIKE JACOBS MAKES WORTHY SUCCESSOR
(By "JIM DONALD")
Sydney, September 18.
JIMMY JOHNSTON, for years general manager at Madison Square Garden, and Czar of boxing promotion in New York, has, at long last, bowed to
Joe Louis, above, was snatched up by Promoter Mike Jacobs and has contributed to the downfall of Jimmy Johnston, former Czar of
the inevitable and stepped down and out of the big Madison Square Gardens. promotion picture.
FOR A LONG, LONG TIME JOHNSTON WAS MONARCH HE AND "THE OF THE BOXING GAME IN MANHATTAN.
"BIG SHOTS”- IN THE
NOTORIOUS OWNEY MADDEN WERE THE ONLY BRITISH- ERS WHO EVER DEVELOPED INTO USA.
R.ES. WYATT
Johnston bossed the boxing racket and Madden, who, unlike AND WARWICK
Capone, shunned the limelight, reached heights of racketeerdom undreamed of by the "carefree" Chicago hoodlum. Both Johnston and Madden were born in Liverpool.
Johnston rose to power when. the Madison Square Garden Cor-1 poration was remodelled after Tex Richard's death.
The En-
glishman "organised" the share- holders and was voted into the
DISAGREE
"AUSSIE" TEST CRICKET TOUR
TREASURER NOT LIKELY TO BE SELECTED
THE POSSIBLE SELECTORS
(By J. C. DAVIS)
Sydney, September 23. When the Australian Cricket Board of Control meets in Syd- ney this Wednesday, cricketers will be on the qui vive. They are most interested in the important appointments of manager and se- lectors of the Australian Eleven for England.
The selectors carry out their task in honorary capacity, of course. But the manager receives £600 for his services, plus all ex- penses. The former receive the honour and the kicks. The latter, the honour, the glory, and the cash.
This time the Board may fall into line with public opinion and deter- mine not to send a treasurer, and not to make the managership Sinecure
The Board will also select a trea- surer if it perpetuates the custom London, To-day. of the last two teams touring Eng- Peter Cranmer, the English In-land. The treasurer may be the best of good fellows. But the posi- ternational Rugger "cap," will tion is unnecessary. captam the Warwickshire County general managership. Astute po-groom the young New Yorker into Cricket Club next season in succes litical (Tammany) wirepulling the position of challenger for
sion to RE S. Wyatt. gained him the support of the Louis's title.
The Warwickshire executive com- SOME COMMENTS New York Boxing Commission.
Unfortunately, an influential sec- Commenting on Johnston's re-mittee to-day said they had tion of the sporting Press remained tirement, in a letter written a few animously decided that "a change in
Don Bradman, as prospective cap- hostile to Johnston and his Tam-weeks ago in New York, Charlie captaincy is in the best interests of
Lucas has this to say:..
the Club."
tain, is sure to be the South Aus- many cohorts.
"Jimmy Johnston can best be There has been talk of Wyatt tralian member of the selection com→ described by saying that he is the joining Surrey, for which county he mittee, E. A. Dwyer, who held simi- Brusque and tactless at times, most hated, best-liked man in the has a birth qualification, but no-lar office in 1934, and again last
TACTLESS AT TIMES
high
American fight game.'
and inclined to ride a very
"Mike Jacobs now steps in and, horse, Johnston fell foul of sports
Ino doubt, will succeed where Jim- editors of high calibre and good re- pute, such as Dan Parker, "Mirror" my failed. "But the positions are different. Jacobs is his own boss. Columnist, and Joe Williams, of
"Jimmy had to contend with direc- "Telegraph" fame. Parker sarcasti-! cally named Johnston and his clitors who knew nothing about the
fight game. "The royal family garden par-
que ty."
For years
the Johnston coterie,
- KNOWS TOO MUCH "Everybody is asking. What will
now?” The Johnston do
answer
ruled the Madison Square Garden is plenty- That Johnson knows! roost and Chief "Jimmy" had al
more about boxing promotion than large finger in every championship any other man in the country is bout pie.
The writing appeared on the wall when Joe Louis flashed like a me-1 teor on the heavyweight fistic firm- ament.
COULDN'T. HOOK BOMBER
thing has been definitely settled. Reuter.
BLOW FOR BRITISH TENNIS
Sydney, September 18. admitted by his enemies. Some have Charles Hare, the British ten- gone so far as to say He Knows nis star, declares that next year Too Much About It..
will be his last in international "Mike Jacobs would like Johnston tennis.
BRADMAN A SELECTOR
summer, is sure to be the New South Wales representative. And it is believed that. W. Johnston will again be the Victorian on the com- Imittee
If this pans out as indicated the selectors will be experienced men în the work Collectively they should be well fitted to determine on the best types to choose for moulding a real team, with the spare parts fit to take leading parts at any time.
16 PLAYERS
The Board is likely to determine on sixteen players. The moderns in cricket, as a rule, favour that num- to work with him. But Jimmy is a England sadly misses Fred Others who know what was lone wolf. He doesn't like people Perry. Tuckey has said farewell
achieved by great earlier teams pre- Carners, Baer, and later Brad-too close about him. “Johnston will to international tennis, and Bun-
fer fourteen players. But other ny Austin will be unable, owingimes other ideas and other coffers. dock, worked under the Johnston fight Jacobs tooth and nail. “Tacobs banner, but "Big Chief" Johnston has Joe Louis and lots of money to business reasons, to compete couldn't get his hooks into the sen-1"Johnston has Bob Pastor, a little in the Davis Cup matches during money, and tons of pep. It will the early rounds in 1938 tourna-
ment Clever Mr. Mike Jacobs had be interesting to see how the rival- beaten him (Johnston) to the big ry works of
sational "Brown Bomber."
prize. Eighteen months ago Jacobs came into the open and challenged the supremacy of the Garden “roy- al family?
The Schmeling-Louis fight was
BRITISH WOMEN FOR SYDNEY
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SCOTLAND'S ELEVEN
Miss Dorothy Round has de- cided that matrimony and ten- nis do not mix. This year is her last in tennis tournaments. The loss of these stars tends to
London, To-day. the first big gun fired. Since then Nine women athletes have been make the next meeting of the
and in the International Football the Johnston power in pugilistic selected provisionally for England's Lawn Tennis Association a lively The following will represent Scot- politics has rapidly declined. The team for the 1938 Empire Games one. big New York fights went to the in Sydney. They are: W. Jeffreys The mandarins of British ten- contest against Wales at Cardiff on
few Dawson (Rangers), Yankee Stadium and the 20th Cen- (sprits), D. Saunders (sprints), L nis will find the provincial re- October-30- tury arena controlled by Jacobs: Chalmers (sprints). M Holloway presentatives saying a
E things. The provinces may now (Hearts), Cummings (Villa), Mas- A few weeks ago Johnston lost (sprints), K. Tin (hurdles),
(Bangers), Main (Ran- the general managership. At the Gaby (broad jump), D. Odam (high be given a chance to produce sie (Villa), Simpson (Rangers), Walker (Hearts), Frank time of writing the former Czar's jump), D. Gardner (high jump), G. their budding stars, a chance Brown intentions are somewhat obscure Lunn (javelin), K. Connall (jave long denied them when the LT.A. gers),
Igers), Duncan (Derby)-Re It is rumoured that he has taken lin). The amount of funds avail-felt it could afford to ignore O'Donnell (Preston), McPhail (Ra
them. over Bob Pastor's contract and will able will decide the final team.
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