1939-08-23 — Page 23

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 23, 1939

BOXING

KANE'S BID FOR BANTAM TITLE

His Prospects Of Dethroning Johnny King

LONDON, AUGUST 13. -Peter Kane's long-awaited

challenge to Johnny King for the British bantamweight TURNING THE RE-ARRANGED

championship made last week one of definite boxing pro- gress.

Many had begun to fear that the amputation of the little finger of his right hand had seriously jeopardised the highly promising ring career of this young Lancashire blacksmith.

The operation followed Kane's capture of the world's flyweight championship in a match with Jackie Jurich, of America, but he subsequently relinquished the title on the ground that he could no longer train down to 8 stone with- out weakening himself.

As a bantamweight he has met only Continental opposition. There have been long rests between his fights and only against Legrand, the Belgian, in April, and against Pierre Louis, the Frenchman, at Monte Carlo, a week ago, has he ever looked like the fiery little "killer" he was a year or two

ago.

According to the reports, it was with his left hand that Kane stopped Louis, but his connections must now be satisfied that his right is no longer susceptible to violent impact, or they would not have been so ready with a challenge-with a £500 stake to back it-to so tough a customer as little .King.

planned to protect him against King's powerful and well-timed right-hand punch. open at times, particularly when he Kane's guard is lamentably

has withdrawn from an offensive which has not quite carried its ob- jective.

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If Kane fights as he used to in his fly-weight days, his speed and initia- tive might bring him an early victory, but if the fight goes the distance would rather be in King's corner than Kane's. However, a more accurate prophecy will be possible when have seen what" sort of shape the men are in after a really intensive training campaign.

We

A CERTAIN "WINNER" "IN-AND-OUT" PERFORMER

The match is sure to be made soon. King has held the bantamweight It is a winner in Liverpool or Man- title for some years now, and has re- chester, and ought to sisted the challenge of his fellow Man-crowd of the more sophisticated kind draw a big cunian, Jackie Brown, the former in London. Offers will roll in the world's flyweight champion, and Len next week or two. Hampston. The lack of formidable op- Jackie Paterson, the Scottish fly. position in his own division has caus-weight champion, and Eric Jones, the ed him to tackle bigger men, and he Southern Area champion, meet at has been a rather "in-and-out" per- Glasgow on Tuesday. former in catch-weight fights.

The winner should be matched straight away with He is still a year or two on the Paddy Ryan, as we have not had a right side of thirty, and, trained for a British flyweight champion title match, he will

since not surrender Lynch. Even when Kane was world easily to the more youthful Kane, champion the British title was vacant. Neither is it certain that Kane's de- fence is sufficiently solid or well-

Another promising young heavy- (Continued at foot of preceding Col.)

YORKSHIRE AND MIDDLESEX BOTH BADLY BEATEN

LONDON, TO-DAY.-Gloucestershire made a some- what belated recovery in the race for County Championship honours, which, although improving their position con- siderably, leaves them little prospect, in the time available, of displacing either Yorkshire or Middlesex from the first and second places.

Gloucestershire scored a convincing victory over Middlesex by 188 runs thanks chiefly, to Sinfield's bowling and Crapp's batting.

Yorkshire, however, also lost un- expectedly 'to Essex by an and 4 runs.

Scores as cabled by Reuter.

innings

Middlesex:-247 (Sinfield 4 for 78 and

327 for 7 dec. (Crapp 101).

108 (Sinfield 6 for 48).

* * * At Bournemouth, Somerset Hampshire by an Innings and 62 Sommerset-453 for 8 dec.

BODY

GRAPHIC GOLE

JONES EMPLOYS MEASURE OF BODY TURN FOR

ALL SHOTS

MODERATE AMOUNT

OF PIVOT

AIDS RELAXED

STROKE

By BEST BALL

4+B

The golfer who purposely re- stricts his body turn in making

a stroke leaves a wide open path for tension to creep in. And tenseness as any good golfer will tell you is one of the worst ene- mies of accurate swinging. Even on putts there is a noticeable flow of movement in Bobby Jones' stroke. Naturally the full use of the bodily muscles in, the stroke calls for a good deal of practice. That is one of the reasons it is advisable for the player to give some attention to swing funda- mentals before he enters into ac- tual play. Make the body turn an instinctive process and the battle is half won.

Curtailing the body motion be- cause of a fear of consequences is an ever present menace on the course but the golfer who has created a resistance against it, is much better equipped to play good golf. Joyce Wethered used to practice body turn by merely turning the body to the left and then the right without holding a club. It gave her one of the most accurate, as well as fundamental- ly sound, pivots in go

Friday-Don't Resist The Swing.

James, the disappointing Welshman, weight, Tom Reddington, fights George at Skegness on Wednesday. Last week

Jack London and Tommy Martin came through their contests with flying co- lours.

LAWN BOWLS

FIXTURES

The following are the re-arranged bowls fixtures for the remainder of the season.

SEPTEMBER 2 First Division

Kowloon D.R.C. v Recreio "A"

V

Craigengower

v

v

Civil Service C.C.

Kowloon B.G.C.

Recreio "B"

Kowloon C.C.

Indian R.C.

Third Divialon

Kowloon B.G.C. v Stanley

Hong Kong F.C. v Kowloon F.C.

C.C.C.

v H.K.E.R.C.

SEPTEMBER 4

First Division

C.C.R..

v Indian R.C. SEPTEMBER 9

- First Division Police

Recreio "B" V

Civil Service C.C. v Kowloon C.C.

Recreio "A”. V Kowloon D.R.C. v

Indian R.C.

Kowloon B.G.C.

Third Division

V

Yacht Club H.K.E.R.C.

Kowloon F.C. V Stanley Kowloon C.C. v Craigengower C.C. Kowloon B.G.C. v Recreio

SEPTEMBER 16 First Division

Kowloon B.G.C, v Police R.C. Civil Service Kowloon C.C. Indian R.C.

บ

Recreio "B"

y

Recreio "A"

V Craigengower C.C. Third Division

Hong Kong F.C. v Craigengower C.C. Recreio

v Yacht Club H.K.E.R.C.

Kowloon C.C. SEPTEMBER 23 First Division

Police R.C. Recreio "B" Recreio "A"

V

V

V

V

Kowloon B.G.C. Civil Service C.C. Kowloon C.C.

Third Division

Craigengower Yacht Club

v Hong Kong F.C.

Recreio

V

Kowloon F.C. v Stanley Kowloon C.C. V H.K.E.R.C.

SEPTEMBER 30 First Division

V Craigengower C.C. Kowloon C.C. Kowloon Dock

Police R.C. Kowloon B.G.C. v Indian R.C. Civil Service

Ự

V Recreio "A" Third Division

Yacht Club H.K.E.R.C. Craigengower Stanley

v Hong Kong F.C.

Recreio

V

v Kowloon B.G.C.

v Kowloon C.C.

HOME SOCCER RESULTS

London, To-day. The following were the results of games played yesterday in the Scot-

FIRST DIVISION

An eliminating competition between Martin, London and Reddington would tish League. create unusual interest. I give the beat suggestion to the N.S.C. for the open- Partick runs.ing of their new season. They could St. Mirren

throw Doyle in to make up the num- Third Lanark 4 Cowdenbeath

At Birmingham, Surrey beat War-Hampshire:-161 (Hazell 6 for 60), ber if they liked.

wickshire by an innings and 1 run. Surray:-336.

Warwick:-115 (Brown 6 for 46) and

220 (Watts 10 for 67).

*

*

At Sheffield Essex beat Yorkshire

by an Inning and four runs. Essex: 343 (Verity, 5, for 40):

At

and 230 (McCirkell 107, Meyer & for 48).

#

Manchester,

*

#

Lancashire

beat

Kent by four wickets. Kent:-215 (Ames 108, Phillipson 6 for 70) 254 (Valentine 109 (Phil- lipson 6 for 78),

Yorkshire-131 (Peter Smith 3 for 4) Lancashire:-252 and 218 for 6.

and 208 (Taylor 4 for 75).

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戳

At Eastbourne, Sussex beat Wor. At Ilkeston, Derbyshire, beat Not- cestshire by 8 wickets. tinghamshire by 147 runs.

Derbyshire:--819 (George Pope 121)

' and 148. Nottinghamshire:-185 (Mitchel 4 for 73) and 135 (George Pope 4 for 21).

* * #

At Cheltenham, Gloucester

Middlesex by 180 runs:

Worcester:972 and 302 for 6 dec.

(King. 118).

Sussex-476 for 9′ dec. (Jim Parks

115 not out) and 200 for 2.

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At Cardiff Northamptonshire won on firat Inning.

2 Hearts 0 Rangers

2

0

2

-Reuter.

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