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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 21, 1938.

GERMANY HAS BEST H'WEIGHT BOXER

Schmeling Is Out To Prove It

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JOE LOUIS NEED LOSE

NO SLEEP

(By B. BENNISON)

LONDON, FEBRUARY 15.

NO CREDIT

REASONABLE CRITIC WILL DENY BEN FOORD CREDIT

ING AT HAMBURG. THE RESULT. AS SET OUT IN THE RE- CORDS, REPRESENTS A MIGHTY ACHIEVEMENT BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN. TO BE BEATEN ONLY ON POINTS BY A MAN WHO HAS DONE WHAT NO OTHER HEAVY-WEIGHT IN THE WORLD HAS ACCOMPLISHED, AND WHO, IF HE HAD NOT BEEN DENIED HIS RIGHTS, WOULD PROBABLY HAVE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP, IS A PERFORMANCE OF WHICH FOORD MAY WELL BE PROUD.

But the truth must be told; and the truth is this. Schmeling, for reasons best known to himself, stayed his real hand more than once during the fight, and, when he went out for a kill, it was too late. As I saw the German, he was strangely indifferent to his chances. He should and could, in my view, have won by a knock- out.

After the third round he was

so emphatically the master that

I for one was surprised that he BADMINTON

did not apply the closure. In at

least two rounds Foord looked to FINALS

me without a defence to a nor mal Schmeling right-hander, which is a terrific affair.

We have been told that Schmeing

THIS WEEK

Singles On Wednesday,

Doubles On Friday

WEEKEND RESULTS AND

GOAL SCORERS

FIRST DIVISION

S. China "B" 2 E Chinese

(Chan Tak-fai (Tan Po-wani

and Lan Ching- sing).

Police

Howlett, Moss and Gough

Eastern

Han -Chin- to, (2) and Lee in Sun.

FRIENDLY-FIXTURES

Kowloon

(Blake 3)

PSA

(Gaan 3,

Campos 2 & Santos).

6

3 Kwong Wah 1

(Da Rocha)

Overseas C. 2

(Ho Ka-knen

& Wong Lau-“ ku).

League Tables To-Date

FIRST DIVISION

Team ¡Middleser [S. China "B" Seaforths

was more concerned about the making of a full-length picture than giving Foord short shrift My view is that! the German decided for once in a way The Men's Singles Final, in the S. Ching "A" that it would be enough if he showed Colony Badminton Championships, Eastern that he was the better man, without between Patrick Wong (helder) Kowloon drawing to the full upon his heaviest artillery. At any rate, he spread an and P. K. Hui, will be decided next Police impression that he did not extend him-Wednesday evening at Taikoo, Club self to the limit of his capacity.

LOUIS NEED LOSE NO SLEEP

commencing at 8.30 p.m. A charge

His victory fell immeasurably short of 20 cents will be made for of what was expected of the only man admission who has knocked out Joe Louis. If I have not arrived at wrong conclusions, Louis need not lose any steep incon-

the

St. Josephs

K. Chinese

Team

Goals

P.WD LEAP

..15 11′ 2′′ 2 37 19 24 13 12 1 0 37 12:25

14 8 2 4 46 20 18 .14 9 1-4.34.25 19

.15 6 4 5 39 28 16 12 6 15-21 16 13 14 25727 31 9 9.32-38 6 38-4 76

..13 21

.12 16:

SECOND DIVISION

*Goals

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INTERPORT

FOOTBALL CUSTODIAN DEPARTS

Wong Wing Sails For Batavia

The services of Wang Wing, the former Colony goalkeeper, are likely to Ibe lost to the South China A. A. for some time Wang Wing has obtained a position with an Insurance fun i Batavia and left the Colony last night for his post.

He was selected to keep goal for Hong Kong: against Shanghai, in the 1935 Taterport, played on the Club ground, and in 1936 he was a member of the Chinese Olympic team to visit Berlin He has also travelled with South China teams to the South Seas.

FANLING GOLF RESULTS

Third Round Of Mixed Foursomes

The Bogey (Per) Pool over the New Course at Fanling during the past week-end was won by G.R. Cairns (12) who was all square.

The following were the results in the Third Round of the Mixi Foursomes Competition, held the Fanling Courses

over

L. Goldman and Mrs. Woodward (33) Miss Goodrich (22) 2 up. beat Surg. Lieut. Cdr. Nicholson and

P.W.D. LFA-Pis In addition to the championship Middlesex

5th Bde. R.A. 16 14 11 43 21 29 templating a fight with Schmeling. final, a knock-out tournament for Kwong Wah...17 10 5 2 65 23 25 .14 12 2 0 47 11 26 America professes to be dumbfound-ladies will be played during the South China.17 10 0745 ed, and possibly, when Schmeling pre-evening.

- Capt. and Mrs. Holmes (33) beat sents himself to Mike Jacobs as

Engineers (E) 16 8 3 5.49

W. Woodward and Mrs. B. Goldman Seaforths: logical contender for the title, he will Both the Men's and Mixed Doubles

.13 5 5 3 27 15(43) 5 and 4. Kowloon be required to show his true

.15 5 2 8 26 28 12 colours before being matched with the negro

Finals will be played on Friday, at Club

Chinese Police..17 5 6 12 28 56 10 for the championship.

15 4 0 11 38 58 8 Club de Recreio. At the end of the Engineers (C)..13 1 0.12 13.56 2 Within a few hours after the fight evening's programme, which in- Eastern. at Hamburg, Jacobs invited Foord to cludès an exhibition men's doubles

.15 10:14 11 64 2 come to New York. Also came an offer

from Jimmy Johnston, former head of match between four of the Colony's Madison Square. Foord, however, will leading players, the season's League remain at home. His most attractive and championship prizes will market is not the States.

At the moment Lou Walsh, his man-

[presented.

be

ager, has agreed to a match with Jack Admission fee will be 50 cents; Doyle at Wembley, and it may be taken including tax. The programme. that, if the Irishman is fight-minded,

Foord and Doyle will appear under the starts at 8.30 p.m.

direction of Arthur Elvin within the next two months. Everything depends

In the Men's Doubles, P. H. Wong.

upon Doyle, and the Irishman was re- and C. Au will meet P. K. Hur and ported yesterday to have agreed to RL Yong, while in the Mixed fight.

In any case, Foord's next fight wil Doubles, M. A Oliveira and Miss M. be at Wembley, to whom he was more Silva will play P. K. Hui and Miss or less committed before he went to U-Khoo.

Hamburg

FOORD WANTS RETURN

ATHLETIC MEETING AT IRC

The Seventh Annual Athletic

And now, in justice to the young man from Durban, let me say this. He gave everything he had against Schmeling And I cannot recollect him being in rarer shape. I doubt whether in all his days he had applied himself to such a rigorous preparation. Physically be Sports of the Indian Recreation was a new and appreciably better Foord Club will be held at Sookompoo on than when he lost the British and Em- pire title to Tommy Farr, and he bore Sunday, May 1, starting at 130 no relationship to what he was when P.m. It is hoped that Mrs. S. S he was beaten by Max Baer. And, of Mamak will distribute the prizes at course, he was especially hravE..

He swore by all the gods, when the conclusion of the meeting.

spoke to him in the early hours of

Monday, that if he could get a second

crack at the German he would win. ↑

"For now," he said, "I know the kind he was never in difficulties. There

of boxer he is. He has a poor defence after, as I read the contest, he was win- to a left hand. He is not clever, as ning comfortably. cleverness. is understood. A great

puncher he is, undoubtedly, and tremen- It was not a thrilling fight. If I dously strong, but, after my experience, may be allowed a personal opinion, it I feel I can outbox him.”

was not worth all the money--some HELD HIS BEST PUNCH. 1925,000 that was paid to see it. Foord, It is a fact that Foord made Schme-ho has abundant cause for satis- ling appear to be rather cheap in the faction. He won many new friends, first two rounds, but even so, it was was handsomely paid for his job his plain to me that, if the German had fee, I understand, was in the neigh- been put to it, he could have pulled out bourhood of £2000 and has so far re- a wining punch. Schmeling was out blished himself that his immediatel pointed in the first three round

could not be brighter,

LR. Andrewes and Mrs. Whyte- Smith (21) beat Col and Mrs. King (26) 1`up.

Brig. and Mrs. Thomson (40) beat W. N. A. and Mrs. Smalley (30).

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