1938-03-14 — Page 21

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 14, 1938.

FOORD'S 12 ROUNDS WITH SCHMELING

Saw,

the

Army

inside-left,

above played one of his best games this season yesterday.

Football

(Continued from Page 18) goal line before centring, Pearson!

feinting to allow the ball to slip be tween his feet, and Saw was on the spot to net the equaliser, lifting

a

mid-air ball into the top of the net. DISASTROUS START

Given Laurel Wreath By Winner

“T

GERMAN'S STATEMENT "T LEFT IT TOO LATE"

WANTED KNOCK-OUT FOR A FILM

(By HOWARD MARSHALL)

Hamburg, January 31.

BADMINTON SEMI FINALS.

THIS EVENING

Singles Championship Reaches The Closing Stages

Some very good badminton should be witnessed at the Taikoo -Club this evening when the semi-finals of the Colony Singles · Championship, will be featured.

In the first match which will com- mence at 6.30 pm. S. Y. Hon will meet the holder, Patrick H. Wong, and this promises to be the best of

the

two encounters.

The second match, at 7 p.m., will and the former should win although

be between P. K. Hui and O. Au,

ture.

MAX SCHMELING, ex-heavyweight champion of the world, beat Ben Foord, of South Africa, on points over 12 rounds here to-day. Although Sch- meling won beyond question, Foord, blood bespat- he is likely to be fully extended by tered and weary, was the hero of an amazing fight. a newcomer with a promising fu-

The huge crowd of 23,000 in the Hanseatenhalle were plainly The start of the second-half prov disappointed. Their cheering at the end was subdued, though when ed disastrous to the Army team, Schmeling had let loose his famous right-hand punch in the sixth

and round they chanted "Max-Max-Max" thunderously. for Bright injured his knee was out of the game for a short while, the Army playing with only four forwards, McGuigan dropping back as an extra half-back and Freshwater moving into the key position.

Foord weathered the storm with great courage, but he must have wondered why Schmeling held back It was, indeed, the friendliest big fight I have ever seen. Both men smiled at one an- other during the rounds, and at the end Schmeling hugged Foord

ecstatically.

H.K. RIDING SCHOOL SPORTS

Enjoyable Meet

Good feats of horsemanship were Hundreds of people waited at witnessed at the second annual

Schmeling's hotel to welcome him sports of the Hong Kong Riding back after the fight. The crowds in School, which was carried out at the street shouted as his car drew the school grounds, Tai Hang Road, up, and the hotel foyer rang with yesterday afternoon in the presence "Heils!" as he strode în.

of a big and enthusiastic gathering. Mrs. E. Pearce presented the and prizes to the lucky winners

excellent riding. complimented each winner on their

Now for an explanation. Schmel Keyed up by this unexpected re- verse, the Army forwards played ing is making a boxing film, and grand football, while the defence shots from this actual fight will be adopted quick-tackling and clearsed in it. For the first five rounds ing methods, often beating their Schmeling was deliberately acting He intended to knock Foord out opponents to the ball by a yard.

Pretty girls stood on chairs and A pass by McGuigan found Gro-when the shots had been taken.

He said himself afterwards: "I waved table napkins at him, and gan' in possession, and the right- winger raced Lee Tin-sang to the left it too late. Foord was too good right up the main staircase a solid corner before cleverly sending the to be knocked out." Schmeling ad-block of hero worshippers remain ball back for Pearson, to crash itmitted that he was very disappointed-cheering.

The Hanseatenhalle was packed. into the net for the Army to take ed, particularly as a knockout is

scheduled to appear in the film. Every seat in the huge arena was the lead, for the first time. It was

GREAT FIGHTER'S GHOST filled. The cheapest seat cost 8s, a perfectly executed move and the

This partly explains the my-and the takings were approximately Army deserved their goal. Their

sfery, but the truth is that Schmel- | £30,000. success, however, was short-lived

ing at 32 is not the man he was. Yeang Shui-rick equalising when We were watching, it seemed to me,

Schmeling played in the dock the ghost of a great fighter. This side streets around the Hanseaten-

Duncan failed to hold a drive from Chan Tak-fai.

SAUSAGES AND BEER

Mr. T. E. Pearce complimented Mr. Bob Charles for the excellent

display of his pupils and ventured were amazed at the marvellous rid- to say, that most of the onlookers

ing of the children in particular, for which he had been responsible.

Bright came back on the field and was not the man who smashed Joe halle when he was a boy, and he is air, men, G. W. Sewell.

took up the right-wing position, but was only a passenger.

Tiny Tots Competition Girls, Anne Wilson, Boys, Quentin Fleming.

Girls, Veronica Walker, Boys, Fran kie Langley.

Third Term Children's Competition.

PRIZE WINNERS Target Competition-Women, Beryl

Louis to defeat two years ago. -

regarded affectionately here as a First Term Adults Competition. Schmeling looked as if he were son of Hamburg. From 11 o'clock women, Mrs. Penny; men, R. HJ. toying with Foord, but this is the in the morning people poured into Brooks. WINNING GOAL

Second Term Children's Competition. The Army team did not slacken point he did not knock him out. the hall, which was be-decked with Girls, Elizabeth Fleming

First Term Children's Competition. up because of the additional weight We could see what a champion he German flags.

Water dripped through the cor- Giris, Marion Fleming; Boys, Robin to their task, and after 15 hectic must have been at his best, but if

this was his real form he can no rugated iron roof from melting Boller and John Hole, (Dead Heat).

Bareback Riding Competition- minutes during which both goals

longer be regarded as a probable snow, while a continuous varietyGirls, Helen Tracy: Boys, Frankie -escaped by the narrowest of mar-j

world title-holder.

show was given under the arc Langley. gins, Grogan sent the ball up to

Foord, indeed, although he seems lamps in the ring, with a famous Pearson, who cut right towards the corner flag, then cleverly veered to have lost his punch, won several dance band playing. Hot sausages left to the goal-line before crash-rounds with an excellent straight and beer were everywhere on sale. ing in a centre which Saw magni-left. The first three rounds were Whole families came prepared to ficently turned into the Chinese his, and he cut Schmeling's face spend the day.

and kept the crowd so quiet that all net for the winning goal..

It was following this second re-we could hear was the sound of the verse-this was the second time the boxers feet and the rattle of Army had taken the lead that journalists' typewriters. Yenng Shui-vick's unfortunate col-m lision with the upright occurred.

At the conclusion of the game the Lai Wah Cup trophy was pre sented to Watson, the winning skip- per, by Mrs. J. Ralston.

SIXTH ROUND EFFORT

MOVING SONGS

Musical Chairs.--Women, Betty Fair; men, W. G. Poy. Boys from the Hitler Youth Girls, Veronica Walker, Boys, Frankie

-Children's Jumping Competition Movement boxed before the big Langley fight, and the main proceedings be- Children Under Nine-Girls, Eliza- gan with the whole audience stand-beth Fleming, Boys, John Howe

Fancy Hout Pair-Girls, Madeline ing arms extended and singing, Not until the sixth round did "Deutschland über Alles," and the Relay Races Women, Helen Car

Wong Boys, Bobbie Scott we catch a glimpse of the real melancholy, but moving, Horst dron; men, Capt. R. S. Bowden Schmeling, ferocious, swarthy, un Wessel song.

Harriman Challenge Cup for the sharen, strangely like Jack Demp There was a dramatic moment Langley.

Best Rider in the School Frankie. sey, wearing and swaying and rip-when an announcer from the ring Judges-Lt. Col. H. B. L Dowbiz- ping home a right cross like a pis-called for a minute's silence in gin and Alec Potts. tol shot.

memory of Berndt Rosemeyer, the Foord's

A. W. Amps, P. Hodgson, Ezra face was a mask of German racing motorist, who was Abraham, Com. J. B. Newell, L. CF blood, the crowd cheered wildly killed on Friday night. but Schmeling could not land the Chinese Tam - Kwan-kon; Mak decisive blow. The dynamite was Shui-hon and Lee Ting-sang; Leung In there, sure enough, and the whip Chan Leung Wing-chui and Soong lash speed. When Schmeling hits he Ling-sing Yeung Shui-vick. Lee Tak- kee, Chan Tak-fai, Lai Shui-wing and hurts. Han Ching-to.

Mr. Smythe refereed and the teams were:-

Army Duncan; Watson and Shee- ham; Freshwater, Bright and Proctor Grogan, McGuigan, Pearson, Saw and Calvert

TITLE BOUT FOR

BAER

New York, Saturday. Mar Baer has accepted terms for a title bout for the world's heavy- weight championship with the win ner of the Joe Louis-Max Schmeling contest which is scheduled for June

Reuter

This we felt was the end, but

OXFORD BEAT CAMBRIDGE

Foord still smiled, still jabbed IN ANNUAL away with his left, and the ninth ATHLETIC MEET

round he won easily. So it went, and at the end. Foord was on feet, a plucky loser.

· “DEAR OLD PALS” Schmeling was decked with a vast laurel wreath. He took it off, and hung it round Foord's neck In England the crowd I fancy would have sung "Dear old pais."

Cups were donated by

Bellamy, Mrs. R. A. C. North K Bonsfield, M G, "O'Connor, RH J Brooks, Hon. J. J. Paterson, N. FA.. Croucher, Mrs. T E Pearce, Eng- Capt. A. K Dibley, A. H Potts, Lt Col HB. L Dowbiggin, HHH Priestley, Major Duclos, Dr. L. Reidy, En Tong-sen, R. A Dodgers, Messrs. Falconer and Co, Ltd, H Seth, C. L. Gregory, P. Tester, and V. Walker.

bridge, in the Inter-Varsity

New Scoring Method Athletics, since 1924.

Responsible?

London, Saturday. introduction of the

by

ded with

over Cam

Anmmal

Ten thousand spectators turned out in glorious weather and witnessed some excellent sport, though no records were broker Oxford won 60 to 57.

AG. K. Brown, British Olympic umer, won the half mile in and the quarter male in 49 ser ter