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CULTURED" HEAVYWEIGHTS

First came "Red" Clarence Burman in his morning attire, with cut-away coat, striped trousers, yellow vest, and tall hat to complete the unpugilistic outfit. Now comes Henry Armstrong.

78 OUT OF 79 RUNS!

London, May 12,--Compton, the 20-years-old Middlesex and Eng- land batsman, yesterday took part in a remarkable last-wicket stand against Essex at Lord's, scoring 78 out of the 79 runs added in partnership with Gray, the last man in, who scored 1 not out.

Armstrong is here to defend his world welterweight title against the British champion, Ernie Roderick. Maybe Roderick has a surprise in store for Armstrong. If so, he alone holds the key to it, for his past performances do not fill one with optimism, viewed by comparison with those of Armstrong.

Armstrong is a deceiving kind of He sits back and talks of literature. He carries

year. typewriter. around with him and likes to knock off

person.

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and occasional short story or a poem

"Ma wife loves 'em."

He uses part of his winnings to keep a Southern church in good order. His father-in-law is the preacher and often Armstrong wanders down South and says the lessons.

He wants to make another 100,000 dollars before he retires. "That may take me a couple of years," he drawls. Just £200 a week.

Compton altogether made 181, the highest score of his career. His previous highest was also against Essex, 180 not out last

wildering his luckless opponents by the hurricane speed at which his packed fists crash home from all points of the compass.

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BOXING

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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 13, 1989,

M'AVOY RETAINS

MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE

London, May 23.

IGHTING against a rock-like defence in most of the rounds, Jock M'Avoy, Rochdale, successfully defended his British middle-weight championship by outpointing Arthur ("Ginger”) Sadd, of Norwich, at Belle Vue, Manchester, last night.

It was M'Avoy's aggression that won him the fight, but he had all his work cut out to score his victory. The cheers at the end of the fifteen interesting rounds went to Sadd, however, for his ability to counter M'Avoy's heavier punches.

M'Avoy made the mistake in the early rounds of trying to rush Sadd off his feet. The Norwich man stood Within twelve months Armstrong

close, won three world titles

different

and, with straight lefts and of speedy footwork, kept out of harm's weights, starting his collection

Peter way. M'Avoy showed only occasional scalps by knocking out

fighting Sarron and adding, in swift succession, glimpses of the whirlwind Barney Ross welter title and Lou Am-which has given him so many quick victories, but these spasmodic attacks ber's lightweight crown.

were sufficient to give him the verdict. M'Avoy, who is shortly to meet Len Harvey for the light-heavy-weight championship, had a slight weight ad- vantage, scaling 11 st 5 lbs 10 ozs to Sadd's 11 st 4 lbs.

He will be paid £10,000 for his fight against Ernie Roderick and then he re- No fighter has ever held these thre turns to New York to draw down an- titles before. The odds against it hap. other £10,000 in a return fight with pening again are astronomical. Lou Ambers, who he admits gave him

It is a far cry from the hungry kia the toughest fight of his career.

selling papers in a Southern town to Roderick will have to be on his toes the well-dressed young man, lolling from the word go, because Armstrong back: in a Mayfair flat, tapping out blasts his way to victory in the scorch- short stories and poems on a type- ing manner of a human blow-lamp, be-writer.

TRADITIONAL ENGLISH STYLE In characteristic style, M'Avoy open- ed the fight at a terrific speed, aiming

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lefts and rights in an effort to bring about a quick finish. Sadd stood up in traditional English fashion, and shot out a capital left to the face. Three times the Norwich man caught the champion with his left, and he looked as cool as a challenger should.

Sadd almost startled M'Avoy with a clever left hook which sent the cham- pion back on his heels at the start of the second round. M'Avoy was certain- ly the aggressor. He attacked at every possible moment with short arm punches which looked dangerous, es- pecially when Sadd showed an inclina- tion to drop his left hand.

The Rochdale man showed enter- prise, for he changed his tactics, and once moved so quickly that he caught Sadd off his balance and only missed the jaw by a fraction. M'Avoy landed a right to the head, and at the end of the third round Sadd looked a trifle shaken. Coming away from a clinch M'Avoy set up a fast two-handed at- tack to the body and face. Sadd took a punch to the ribs, and, in trying to stall, he received a powerful left hook which made him wince,

M'AVOY TAKES RISKS

M'Avoy's short punches to the head were hurting Sadd, whose

pace had slowed up considerably by the fifth round. There was little power in the challenger's blows, and M'Avoy seem- ed to sense this, for he took risks. The sixth round was Sadd's, if only for the way in which he side-stepped, ducked, and avoided the champion's swings. Both scored with left upper-cuts in the eighth round, in which there was a good deal of close-quarter fighting. M‘Avoy caught Sadd unawares with a brilliant right-hand punch to the jaw in the ninth round.

With four rounds to go, and Sadd still showing an impregnable defence, there was not a good deal between them. M'Avoy gained most of his points in the closing rounds in clinches. He knew a little too much for Sadd, who could only make an impression on his man at long range. Sadd jumped away from M'Avoy in the final round, when the Rochdale man went all out for a knock-out. The Norwich man continued to counter M'Avoy's blows, and al- though not landing himself, gave a good display in the art of self-defence.

FINAL F.A. COUNCIL MEETING

The last Council meeting the season of the Hong Kong Football Association was held yesterday at the Association's offices when it was revealed that, subject to audit, the net profit for the year was $7448,92. All the compteitions showed a profit and even the game at Macao, on a different basis than in previous years, resulted in a credit-balance of $14.76.

The Annual General Meeting was fixed for Monday July 10, and it was stated that the President of the As- sociation, Mr. N. L. Smith, would be unable to, preside as he would be on leave by then, The Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo will be invited to preside.

Several alterations to the rules of the Association will be brought up at the Annual Meeting, the most impor- tant being the provision of a post for an Assistant Hon. Secretary.