1939-05-30 — Page 25

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 30, 1939.

BEER, SPAGHETTI, CIGARS AND HOT DOGS HELP IN TRAINING OF

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By Leo Fuller

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For instance, he always This time, however, he had a pretty says: "The referee gives me a tactical bad time for those four sessions, al- ing by his record he is right.

That's Tony's philosophy, and judg-k.o.,'

" and when he means to tell you though he was still standing at the he can't stand the gaff he opines, "I ond of the contest. Afterwards the can't stand the graft."

Commission suspended him, but that was an old story to Tony.

This suspension. was really due to his sense of humour. He had a photo- graph of himself taken drinking gal- lons of milk, which was printed in the papers with Tony asking, "Will this suit the Commission?" The officials were not so amused.

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HEY called him "The Ameri-, The more I drink the more healthy language.

can Water Buffalo," "Two feel." Ton Tony," the "Newark Night- Stick," and "Terrible Tony."| He's a roly-poly, Falstaff of a fighter: he's got a left hook that could drive through a wall, curious sense of humour and might one day be the heavy- weight champion of the world. Tony possesses a tremendous

hook in addition to a remarkable Tony Galento is one of the charac-sistance to punishment. ters of the American ring. Weighing well over sixteen stone, although bare five feet eight inches in height, he hits the sporting headlines daily, with his unorthodox antics.

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When he was matched with coloured battler, Leroy Haynes, Galento in three was a very long shot, but rounds the negro was sent kicking.

After this he clashed with another highly rated negro-Lorenzo Pack, and it was thought that Pack would pierce the heavy folds of the Galento fat. Pack lasted two rounds before taking the final count.

One of his latest triumphs was against Charlie Massera, a protege of

Gould, Braddock's Joc

manager.

"I Heal Easy"

You can always expect some fun before and after a Galento fight. When he went to fight Massera in a local town he was preceeded by a brass band and hundreds of followers.

"I like a brass band-it inspires me," said Tony.

He was certainly right that night. When asked to describe his style, Tony replied:

"Well, I stand up and slug. Then after that I let nature take its course; If I get hit its all right with me-I heal easy."

Ambition To Meet Louis.

His ambition is to climb under the ropes and face Joe Louis, and he has told in extravagant fashion just what he proposes to do to the Brown Bom- ber.

What is more he might fulfil his boasts. A man like Galento is utterly unpredictable.

Tony, who is twenty-eight years old, is married to a pleasant, friendly girl, who has been his wife for three years.

She attends all his fights, and yells for him to knock his rival's head off- and Tony certainly tries.

To begin with he spends practically all his waking hours in his own bar in New Jersey, drinking more beer than all his customers put together, and feeding exclusively on

I saw Tony after the weigh-in when spaghetti

he boxed Al Gainer. It was a sultry and hot dogs; He never varies

On the eve of his greatest fight- training for

August day, and after the perform against John Henry Lewis, the light diet, except when

ance was over Galento, thirsty as heavyweight champion, Tony was important contest, and he has turned

usual, retreated to a nearby tavern. stricken with pneumonia. In the a deaf ear to the entreaties of his

Surrounded by legions of his fol- middle of his delirium he was heard past eleven managers!

York

lowers, Tony began to outline his cam-

to mutter: A little while ago the New

few hours' Boxing Commission suspended Tony, Massera was punched silly for two ses-paign for his test in a and refused to allow

sions before Tony hung his left on time. Drinks flowed steadily until the Harry Thomas, because the 'Fighting his foe's jaw and knocked him cold time came to leave for the stadium. Falstaff' refused to go to a proper in three rounds. training camp. In reply to the sus- his usual pension, Tony wailed in quaint speech:

If I was "They tryin' to ruin me. to go to a camp an' skip a rope an chop up logs it might have a bad effect on me. I don't want to chop up no logs. I get nourishment from beor.

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ANOTHER GOLF TIE

London, May 17. The vogue for ties in important golf events this year was 'con- tinued at Bramshot (Hants.) yes- terday, when Alfred Perry, the Leatherhead professional, and his amateur partner, J. D. Stacey, finished level with G. W. M'Intosh, Walton Heath assistant, and F. V. Smith, at 136 net in a 36 holes amateur-professional four-ball com- petition.

Five leading competitions had already ended in ties, but yester- day's dead-heat was decided on the last 18 holes, by which Smith won the first prize for amateurs, and Stacey took the second. The pro- fessionals divided the prize-money.

Among the competitors was A. D. Locke, South Africa's champion, who was partnered by G. B. Lovelock, secretary of Addington Palace. Locke played well for the first six holes, but after that his judgment. of distance Was not good, and although he was round

WOODERSON'S FINE MILE

London, To-day--Competing in the British Games at White City, Sydney Woodersens vam the mile In 4 minutes, 7-2/5 seconds which is one second outside his world record of 4 minutes, 6-2/5-Ben- ter.

Tony is actually the heavyweight champion of New Jersey State, and the idol of the Jersey fans. His bar is. crowded from dawn to dusk with admirers who listen to Tony's quaint original statements couched in very terms.

Tony has a little trouble with the

Britain's champion mile runner, Sydney Wooderson, has begun the task of getting himself into racing condition for his great American adventure. This will · come in a race over 'a "mlle against the best Americans in the world-famous Princeton Bowl in June, a race which is described i by the Americans, as the "mile of the century”. Our photograph shows Wooderson fixing his run- ning shoes during training at the White City. (Copyright, Fox).

In 72 for the first 18 holes, he took

40 for the first nine holes in the

Hat askew, beads of perspiration dotting his forehead, shirt open to the waist,, exposing his hairy chest, a huge black cigar in the corner of his mouth, Tony's entry almost defies description. Officials took one look...at him and immediately reduced his fight from eight rounds to four.

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"I'm gonna lick this guy рпец- monica.

He licked that guy'. allright, and is now engaged on a come-back cam- paign. Handled by the astute Joe Jacobs, who pilotted Max Schmeling, Tony may go far. That left hook of his is caged dynamite, and one of these days it might explode on the cham- pion's chin.

(COPYRIGHT) To-morrow-Len Harvey.

University

Team For England

London, May 14. News has been received that a team of American University swimmers will visit England at the end of the season as the guests of the Sussex Club, Shiverers. · The visitors will represent Michigan University, holders of the American Inter- collegiate championship.

Arrangements are being made by Mr. Carl Wootton. Two years ago. he was in America studying swim- ming conditions. The idea of bring- ing a team to England to give our coaches and swimmers first-hand knowledge of American training at- tracted him.

Michigan will be accompanied by Matt Mann, one of the most fam- ous of American coaches, and the team will give demonstrations of American coaching and training methods, as well as competing in contests and attempting records.

The Michigan University team will consist of seven swimmers and a diver. Every one of them is cap- able of smashing the English swim- ming records, and it is more than likely that they will take quite a few records home with them. Be- -tween them they hold some thirty-

odd American records.

Here is a list of individual per- formances of the members of the team;

T. G. Haynie. 100 yards, 58.1 sec.; 220 yards, 2 min, 11.7 sec.; 440 yards, 4 min. 49.7 sec.

J. E. Welsh-100 yards, 53.8 sec.; 220 yards, 2 min. 14 sec.; 440 yards, 4 min. 49 sec..

MRS. WILLS MOODY PRACTISING HARD

New York. It is believed here that Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, eight times winner of the Wim- bledon Singles Championship, in- tends to visit England to defend her title at Wimbledon this year. She has been practising strenu- ously every day in New York, and she astounded the critics by for- cing Walter Senior, one of the country's leading professionals, to fight every inch of the way' to defeat her 6-4, 7-5.

Mrs. Moody has just ordered a dozen new rackets, and although she has not yet announced “her intention of” playing at Wimble-- don, it is obvious from the nature of the work-outs` she is having that she is not playing simply for pleasure. She seems to be hitting : the ball harder than ever.-Press

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yards back-stroke, 1' min: 87 sec.

The diver will be Hal Benham, who. is considered one of the American He is also a Olympic possibilities. good swimmer on all styles.

Gus Sharement. 100 yards, 52.5 sec. T. V. Williams.--100 yards,-53 sec.; 100 yards breast-stroke, 64.9 sec.; 200 In comparison with the American yards breast-stroke, 2 min, 30 sec. performances here are a few of the C. Barker 60 yards, 22.9 sec.; 100 outstanding English records: 100 yards, . min. 10 8-5 sec., by Norman Wain-

1 inin, 86.7 sec.

yards, 52.7 sec:: 150 yards back-stroke, 68 sec., by M. H. Taylor; 220 yards, 2 John Sharement-100 yards breast-wright; 440 yards, 4 min. 54 2-5 sec.. second round. Locke and his part-stroke, 64.9 sec. 200 yards breast- by Norman Wainwright; 150 yarda back-stroke, 1 min, 41 2-5. secs.. by M. ner had net rounds of 70 for a total of 142.

2972 stroke, 2 min. 80 sec.

W. F. Beebe-100 yards, 54.2 seci; H. Taylor: 200 yards breast-stroke, 2 100 yards back-stroke, 59.9 sec., 150min. 30 sec., by Roy Henson.