THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 4, 1939.
BOXING
PETER KANE'S
KANE'S PUNCHING Has The Flyweight Champion Lost His Power
Fung King Cheong, who scored two "hat tricks" week-end, beforo last tries conclusions with a Navy- player during the all-important Senior League game last Satur- day, the result of which gave South China the Championship once again.
BOXING
Stewart Outpoints Grispos
London, April 20.
Ginger Stewart, Hamilton, the Scottish light-weight champion, op posed Mitso Grispos, of Greece, in the principal contest in Glasgow Last night over ten rounds. The Scot won on points.
He opened with plenty of confidence against an opponent who was obvious- ly very strong. Stewart kept up quick-fire left-hand attack to the face, while Grispos endeavoured to carry the bout to close quarters. He was punch- ed off, and nearing the close of the session he stumbled back from a right to the body and went down, but he was up again immediately without taking any part of the count.
SERIOUS DOUBTS THAT HE HAS K.O. IN EITHER HAND
AMATEUR FOOTBALL
Scotland Draws With
Plans are being shaped by Johnny Best for Ireland
Sixto Escobar to come here to defend the world's
In the amateur international at
bantam championship against Peter Kane-though SCOTLAND, 1, IRELAND, 1 that does not mean that the Lancashire young man Firhill Park, Glasgow, last night, has decided that he is fast approaching, or has al-Scotland put in a fighting finish, and ready reached, a stage when he may not make the earned a draw against Ireland when fly-weight limit without serious difficulty.
it seemed that they would be beaten. Only six minutes remained for play when they got the goal that saved the game.
London had out-pointed George James
Throughout the first half they had been outplayed, and when Ire- land took the lead early in the sec- ond half it was the signal for a
We saw Kane at the National] I venture that, with average luck, Sporting Club on Monday night, he will in another year be splendidly writes the "Sports Dispatch" box-near to championship class. He ap- peals me as most promising ing correspondent, when the ring young heavy-weight for a very long at the Empress Stadium was time. closed down for the season, in opposition to Balthazar Sangchili, Jack London's Success the Spaniard, who was formerly When it was flashed on the screen greater effort by the home side. the accredited best of all 8 st 6 at the Empress Stadium that Jack Kyle and M'Lean, had changed boxers. Maybe it will be remem-at Mountain Ash, there were whistles places after the interval, and the bered that Sangchili won the of surprise. Not because James lost, Scottish forwards play, which had world title from Al Brown some but for the reason that Jack London been poor in the first half, became four years ago, and lost it twelve scored a points victory. For how un- very lively, and more direct. Chris- months later to Tony Marino in ish first past the post on marks. Popu but M'Lean, when he went to in- like the West Hartlepool giant to fin- tie all through was the "live wire,” New York.
lar prediction was that, if London won, it would be by a knock-out.
side right, revoaled many clever winger than Duncan, who found touches. Browning was a better M'Ilveen difficult to beat.
Sydney Hulls left London at noon on Monday to be at the ringside, his idea being that, if James was the winner, he would match him with Tommy Farr in
Kane beat him by so many points that I stopped counting long before the end, which came in the tenth round-the agreed distance. But he left us all wondering whether he Wales. I know that Farr would have while the defence, after a shaky
welcomed such a fight, What will But why not Farr against London, as- happen now may only be conjectured. suming that Tommy beats Red Burman at Harringay next Thursday? London long ago gave it out that he barred no
Scotland's half-backs played hard,
has lost the punching power which took him to the top of the world. He declared that he was definitely the same Kane as ever, and, when ask- ed whether he had any fear that he would have trouble to get within 8 st., his answer was omphaticallying the tables upon Burman, he would as a whole, made their passes with "No."
one.
he
start, finished up strongly.
Ireland side, with a robust defence, and a wore a good all-round strong half-back-line, in which R. Johnstone excelled. In attack, Bell was a strong raider, and the attack,
more judgment than the home side.
MISSED PENALTY
In the probable event of Farr turn- welcome almost any opponent, prefer- He knows best, and I am content to ably, of course, Len Harvey, for the wait and see what the scales say when championship. And I should say he weights in for the British fly-weight would jump at a chance to take a crack championship against Paddy Ryan, of at Jack Doyle, for whom I understand Manchester. But that he still has ait has been made possible to come Scotland had a great chance to knock-out punch in either hand I seri- home. Dan Sullivan, Doyle's manager, take the lead in the first half, when says that Doyle has pledged himself to they were awarded a penalty kick ously doubt.
the hilt to fight regularly, and with every seriousness. We shall see.
after 33 minutes, but Kyle cut mat- My information is that, if Doyle will ters too fine, and shot past the post. only get down to brass tacks, Wembley After 15 minutes of the second will employ him. Farr and Doyle half, Ireland's clever play met with would draw a record gate for a cer-
success, Kelleher shooting into the
Coming Heavy-Weight
Champion
may reap
close in on goal.
The attendance was 2100, and the gate drawings £91.
Teams:
Scotland K. C. Shepherd (St. Ber- nards); J. Bonomy (Queen's Park) and J. Knowles (Murrayfield Amateurs);
He certainly did not get near to ap-tainty. plying the closure in the last fight he
I have paid a second visit to Farr in net after Shepherd had punched out Sang- his training quarters at Brighton. It a high shot from Johnstone. Then had. Tough, unusually so, is chili-his head all iron, his square-cut may be taken for granted that he will came Scotland's fight back, but it The Greek endeavoured to make it a body as though armour-plated. But I not go back to the States in a hurry, battle of in-fighting, but the fact that have seen Kane put fellows just as for the good and sufficient reason that was not until six minutes from time he was slower than his opponent went tough as the Spaniard under arrest. there is nothing worth while for him that they got the better of the stub- Galento is positive born Irish defence. M'Lean beating monstrated his great strength in the Kane make Sangchili see more than to fight Joe Louis for the title; Max] M'Curry after an exciting scramble far to spoil his intentions. Grispos de Neither with left nor right hand did to do there.
Baer and Lou Nova are to meet some third round when, after taking a series stars: he never really shook him. of punches to the jaw, he rushed Ste-
Kane, by way of explanation, on-time in May; and the winner will be wart to a neutral corner, and puncher larged upon the cover-up of Sangchili put up against Bob Pastor, who, to my away solidly. Near the end of the and his persistent holding. Perhaps surprise, defeated Maurice Strickland. fourth round the Scot was troubled by if he had gone all out for a finish he
Farr at His Fittest a hard punch to the stomach.
would have much damaged his hands.
Farr realises that he There was a series of fierce rallies in But each round was so much like an- the fifth with honours fairly even, but other that the fight was wearisome in greater profit by fighting at home, and outcall him before the winter season. Joe siderably because of the number of of the evening. Sangchili was clinches, and the referee was kept busy classed, and Kane did not explode a Gould, Farr's American manager, has Queen's Park), and A. Hosio (Queen's arrived, and is immensely pleased with. R. Kyle (Queen's Park), A. M'Lean Park); S. Duncan (Edinburgh. City), breaking the men. Stewart came into single firework..
I recently commended Tom Redding- the Welshman's physical and mental the contest again in the ninth and tenth
(Dundee Y.M.C.A. Anchorage), A. D. rounds, and he was a sound winner at ton to your notice as a likely heavy-condition. I have not seen a
Christie (Queen's Park), and W. the close.
weight champion of the near future. Farr since I left him behind in New
Browing (Queen's Prak). Against Frank Hough he made me still York after his gallant bid for Jor surer that he has the stuff of an ex-Louis's crown.
Ireland-F. M'Carry (Cliftonylile); B. C. Vincent (Ballymena United) and GLAND TREATMENT-
ceptional fighter. He was too much Sydney Hulls is hoping that
Jack EN
INGLISH football club doctors are for Hough, with all his experience, Dempsey will come over to second Bar S. J. M'Ilveen (Larne), J. Wallace declared to be seriously perturb-scoring oftener, boxing and punching man, his protege. I am afraid he will (Ballymena United), J. M'Carthy ed about the growth of the gland better, in each of the eight rounds over be disappointed, for Dempsey, much (Barnet), and R. Johnstone (Clifton movement in football. They don't like which the contest was spread. A less as he would like to make the trip isville); H. Bell (Linfield), D. Kelleher (Barnet), GA Roden (Cliftonville), it. Several of them have success- courageous man than Hough would chained to big business.
R. Olphert (Ballymena United), fully resisted managers who wanted have given up the ghost before the Burman is pleasing the critics in his
Moore (Ballymena United). to introduce the new elixir for all final bell, such punishment did he take, training. Soccer ills. Thomas S drooffe] He was in a bad way when he reached states that so far the me pros] his drossingroom, his ear sedly damag fession has made no oficiál
fod, and hisfaw fractu
ma Salford "lad:
thereafter the contest fell away con.its sameness, It was not the high spot}I doubt whether Mike Jacobs will re- w. Buchanan (Queen's Park), R. Cross
ment about gland the
ball doctors would the British Modical
F.A. has also official sq
fitter
Meantime
The Harringay chiefs had a shock
What with John Henry Lewis still when news came through that Henry Armstrong had broken a finger of his talking of coming here to fight Harvey being hand in defeating Dave Day, of Chi- in spite of eye trouble, and Jack Doyle sed cago. However, the hurt is nothing threatening to come back suffering Ike like so serious as reported, and at the from lack of practice, plenty of alibia
time of writing Armstrong, together will be flying around which
hia man
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