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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 11, 1940.

GALENTO

Conn Not Ripe For Louis; HURTS HIS Must Wait Till Next Year LEFT HAND

"GOOD LITTLE MAN CAN'T BEAT A GOOD BIG MAN"

If he was trying to prove himself a fit opponent for Joe Louis in September, William Conn was a dis- appointment in his second bout with Gus Lesnevich. The result is that all thought of a Louis match for Billy Conn has been put off until next June.

But bulit up, Conn walghed defending the light-heavyweight Mute testimony of the bloody, no more than 1731⁄2 pounds, and leadership before little more than pounding battle between "Two a good little man can't boat a low as $17,000. The reply to that last week

16,000 persons and to receipts as Ton" Tony Galcnto and Max Baer was offered in the good big man.

is their wondering why Mit X-ray plates "of Galento's left Conn can't spot Louis 30 pounds Monopolist Jacobs took the fight and hope to get away with any tering from Pittsburgh and Lesne- the knuckle where the middle with Conn_regis- hand, which showed a fracture of thing, especially when the Negro vich from New Jersey. would have nothing to fear in the

finger joins the palm, way of a jolt on the jaw.

to Detroit.

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The show would have, farqd Dr. Harold W. Smith, chief sur- Conn is a superlative hoxer, but better at Briggs Stadium, but gcon of the Jersey Orthopedic Louis isn't a poor one, and there Walter O. Briggs Sr., refused to hospital, declared: "I don't see is every reason to suspect Irish let the Tigers' infleld be torn up. Billy always will be a slow start- And, as it turned out, the battle how Galento continued after the er. Lack of early foot easily was fought on the evening of a second round, if that was when could be fatal in a joust with the warm day, when few wanted to the injury occurred." Eight quick-starting and fast-hitting be Indoors. The top price was stitches were necessary to close

too high $7.75, Detroit is a $5 the cut in Tony's chin. [town, and the top grade figured There is heavyweight hope for the $2.50 and $3.50 seats would be Baer was awarded a technical Conn will box Bob Pastor, who Ray figures Coun would get away Conn, however, for he has the too far away. So they stayed far-knockout victory over Galento is considerably closer to his di- from more of Louis' fire than did frame, and the Irish mature slow-ther away than that.

after seven grueling rounds-and mensions, at Yankee Stadium in either Pastor or Johnny Paychek. ly. late this month or early next He points to the helpless Paychek

It looked like Billy Conn and thus the ex-champion took an- getting off the floor three or four Boxing men are still discussing Gus Lesnevich were holding other step forward in his cam-

Conn, good box office elsewhere, secret practice.

month.

Mike Jacobs and John Roxbor- ough, manager of Louis, watched -Conn anxiously throughout his 15 rounds with Comrade Lesnevich. They kept hoping the Pittsburgh youth would pull from nowhere the punch needed to qualify him for a meeting with Louis, for a bigger and harder hitting Conn would be a magnetic attraction in taking a shot at the heavyweight championship.

But when Conn belted Lesne- vich around in a blazing finai round to save the Detroit show from being a total flop from an artistic standpoint. Promoter Ja- cobs and Roxborough were forced to agree that the handsome Celt couldn't hurt Tom Thumb with

an ax.

Johnny Ray, the old lightweight who handles him, contends Cont makes slower fellows, such RS Lesnevich and Henry Cooper, ap- pear so ill equipped that he looks bad himself.

Difficult To Hit

It is difficult to hit Conn square- ly, and he takes a punch well.

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times.

Louis.

paign to regain the crown.

FROM THE

BREAK OF DAWN

BOWLS TEAMS

Following League lawn bowls teams have been selected for Saturday:-

KOWLOON TONG

Second Division (v K.F.C.. Home}:- N. A. E. Mackay, H. Y. Hsu, H. GI- tins and A. H. Basto (Skip): Y. H Tang, C. J. Roe, J. N. Wong and J. L. Stephens (Sklp); H. A. Castro, A. E. H. Castro, W. J. Howard and A. J. Kew (Skip),

K.B.G.C.

First Division (v. I.A... home)-T. Armstrong, H. White. D. W. Waterton and A. J. Hall (skip); G. W. Deacon, J. C. Gill, J. G. Moyer and G. H. Sher- riff (skip); W. L. Walker. T. E. Rob- són. A. Hyde-Lay and A. M. Holland (skip).

Second Division (v, C.C.C.. away)- E. F. Pope, V. C. Dixon, F. A. Chees- man and R. Duncan (skip); L. Sykes, E. V. Searle, W. Harrower and H. Lockhart (skip); A Morton, E, A. Atkins, A. Bower and H. E. Drew (skclp).

Third Division (v. K.F.C., away)-E. Seard, S. C. Walker, H. Bicknell and K. C. Hamilton (skip): H. C. Spong, C. E. Langley, P. A ̧ Peckham and L. A. Jordan (skip): G. W. Elphick. W. H. Organ, G. S. Hammond and J. S. Dinnen (skip).

H.K.E.R.G.

Third Division (v P.0.C., Away):— A. G. Gardner, W. Stoker, W. H. B. Muskett and A. F. Paul (Skip); A. P. Tarbuck, C. E. Gahagan, H. S. McKay and J. K. Sloan (Skip); R. C. Butler, R. A. Owens, G. T. Padgett and G, G. S. Thomson (Skip).

Reserve:-R. F. Gregory,

I.R.C.

First Division (v Kowloon B.G.C., Away) :-D.‹ M: Khan, K, M, Rumjahn; A. M. Rumjalin ·· ́and · M. R. Abbas (Skip); J ̧. Hoosen, A. K. Sufflad; A. R. Minu and A. K. Minu (Skip};A, H.

· Rumjain, S. Yusuf, M, Y. Adal' and A. R. Dallah (Skip).

Third Division (v C.C.C., Home):-

· A “S” súmưa, M.“ U, "näzack," "A.” H.| Madar and ́ ́AM, Wahab-(Skip); M. Hassan, M. P. Mador, A. G. Sufflad and A. Bakar (Skip); M. B. Haslon,. J.-M., A. Rupijatin, U. A, Rumjahn and * B. M, Rumfahn" (Skip);"

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