1940-07-20 — Page 15

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 20, 1940.

TITLE VACANT UNTIL OVERLIN MEETS HOSTAK

KENNETH OVERLIN did a good job on Ceferino Garcia recently, but the 30-year-old gob will have an empty middleweight title until he erases Al Hostak and Tony Zale, writes an American correspondent.

With so little power attached to his offence, Ken Overlin would not be likely to fare too well against either Hostak or Zale, who wade in with a fair idea of both attack and defence.

And Hostnk and Zale, who got up off the floor to take a decision when the N. B. A.'s top

man

broke his hands in Chicago, are the hardest hitters in pound division.

the

Return Voyage From Sydney Proves Tonic

Clever Ken Overlin, with the 160-wisdom of years of playing around with heavy hitters, took his time Garcia is entitled to a return about scaling the heights.

match with Overlin, after which

Hostak and Zale into the New York picture and make it pos- sible for the survivor to establish a clear claim to the crown.

Overlin, discharged from the

His 174 centests have taken him all over the country and to Aus tralia.

He sailed for the Land Down

FLANDERS TO FLANNELS

When Captain Jack

Whitehead, an 1East- bourne cricketer, who has played for Sussex, arrived home from Dunkirk, his first act to ring up the Eastbourne. club's ground inquiring if there was a match.

was

·

A place in the team was found for him. He scored one run.

CORRESPONDENCE

AROMIN PREPARED TO FIGHT LEE OR COLLINS

Nantes Sir, I Mr. Salustio

Ever since the last bouts which Aromin, better known as "Young" were staged at the Po Hing thea- tre some two or three years ago, Johnny Aromin, bantam .and I have only participated in two feather-weight boxing champion gruelling fights once as I have of Hongkong, is willing or say already stated above, "DARE" stake (as mister "Sky" other when Lee has mentioned in your pa- staged between

Mnita.

both

and the an exhibition was

a French sailor 160 lbs., and

on board

pers issued July 16. 1940) my who scaled over bantam or feather-weight, title myself a 120 pounder, against himself (Sky Lee) or any the La Motte Picquette, a French one of his pupils, no one barred, cruiser. I won on a knock out in any numbers of rounds for the in the second round. · benifit of the British War Organ- isation Funds, I further chal- "Sky" Lee, said for, the sheer

LIGHT- love of the sport he would be. lenge the Hongkong's WEIGHT CHAMPION if there too pleased to defend his reputa- Instructor, so is any one claimant of this title, tion of Physical 000 or Len Collins who claims him-why offer me to fight his pupils it would pay Mike Jacobs to bring navy in 1933 following more than batable decision from Fred Apos- CHAMPION of London, who has oxing world

scli Amature WELTER-WEIGHT who are not at all known in this In fighting "Sky" seven years of service, has been toli at the old New York Hip-fought with successes

in Lee, I also have my boxing re- an industrious warrior.

podrome three years back, struck America and Australia, if he has putation as a champion to risk, his current winning streak upon already arriverom his fights in against his so called experience his return to the States. Nate Druxman says Jacobs' re-

and advantage of weight; so why

fusal to release talent for Seattle

He has had 21 battles since and;

not he himself fight me, and prove

matches with Hostak

I have already met Len Collins himself not trying to side-step. is all that Under in his one bad year-1 lost only one decision - a close prevents the slugging slav and Zale from appearing in

when he was stopped by Freddie one to Teddy Yarosz in Houston once when we fought a hard hit-After all we will be fighting for a ting bout June 23, 1940, at the good cause and we need to have attraction in order to tan.

Some of the boys he has repell-Victoria Recreation Club, and of a good only time and dropped a decision Promoter Druxman insists

ed are pretty well known-Al which was also published in your to make worth the money of peo- having suitable opposition

foto Walter Woods in New York. Quaill, Eric Seelig, Allen Mathews, valuable papers June 26, 1940. ple who will pay to come and see

It was then the pale and spin- and Ben Brown, among them.

I have also a "KID" Hostak in the Puget Sound coun-dle-legged Overlin

Cause of this fight was Collins our ends. decided the try and is holding Zale for that tong voyage

Overlin has specialised in lug-boastful remarks of knocking brother who dare fight any of to Sydney would

KUM'S, in me out inside three rounds, ten mister LEE KIM prove the tonic he needed, but he ging the trouble to the lads

their own back yards. He won to eight-hundred odds against bantam-weight pupils. evidently obtained more benefit

For enquiries, a letter addressed from the accomplished Brown in me. I gave him six rounds, but out of the return trip, for while in Miami and twice held him even he did not fulfil his promise. to me at Kowloon Docks, will be Australia he lost a verdict to Fred in his home town, Atlanta.

Though I did not knock him out promptly answered. Henneberry.

Like. the Sharkeys-Tom and in our first encounter,

am still

"YOUNG AROMIN Jack, Sailor Petrosky, Babe Risko looking forward for another, and and others-Ken Overlin joined with still the same determina- ***Collins is still in Manila the navy to learn to fight and tion of beating him via the short-where he was engaged in a bout Overlin, who first attracted na-jused the profession to see the route, inside a 15 - 3 minutes on Wednesday. No result is yet tional attention by taking a de-'world.

rounds combat.

'to hand Sports Ed.

purpose.

Manhat-Steele in Seattle for the first and a year ago last March,

ARMY TENNIS ACTIVITY

The Army courts at Sookunpoo yesterday were a hive of activity and no fewer than four matches in the Army Tennis League were played.

In "A" Division, victories were scored by R.A.O.C., R.A.M.C. and R.A.S.C., while 24, Bty., R.A. beat. Royal Scots by the odd set, in Second Division.

Following were the results:-

.R.A.O.C. v. R.S.

Royal Army Ordnance Corps beat Royal Scots by 7 sets to 2 in a First Division Army League tennis match at Sookunpoo yes- terday.

Emberson and Duffield (R.A.O.C.) beat Capt. Douglas and Cpl. Illsey 6—2] beat Pte. Jenkins and Wills

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beat Pte. Fowler and Plę, Glasgow 6-0 Capt. Bridge and Pte. Boocock

Overlin Fought Foes In Their Back Yards

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(R.A.O.C.)

beal Douglas and Illsey

10-0

lost to Jenkins and Wills

4-6

beat Fowler and Glasgow

0-3

Gardner and Stonor (RTATO.CT)

"beat" Douglas "and Illsey

6-3-

lost to Jenkins and Wills

4-6

6-3

beat Fowler and Glasgow

R.A. V. R.A.M.C. In another First Division Army League tennis match, 8th Heavy| Regiment, Royal Artillery, lost to Royal Army Medical Corps by 7 sets to 2, at Sookunpoo yesterday. Capt. Hook and Lieut. Skipworth (R.A.)

Smith and

lost to Lieut.-Col.

Major Harrison

3-0

beat S/Sgt. Banty and Pte. Whylie ——0 beat Sgt. Webb and Cpt. Parkin.. 10-B S/Sgt. Skinner and 9gt. Osborne (R.A.)

lost to Smith and Harrison ..... lost to Banty and Whylle ...... 30

0-6

lost to Webb and Parkin

5-7

McCornell and 6gt. Marah (R.A.)

lost to Smith and Harrison

00

lost to Banty and Whylie

48

2-0

lost to Webb and Parkin

- R.A.S.C. V SIGNALS A further match in the First Division Army League tennis match was played at Sookunpoo yesterday, when Royal Army Ser- vice Corps beat Royal Corps of Signals by 6 sets to three.

L/Cpl. Logan and Cpl. Young (R.A.S.C.)

beat L/Sgt. Bundy and Cpl. Hus-

band

0-2

beat L/Sgt. Langley and L/Sgt

Brakenberry

B

beat Cpl. Wather and Cpl. Tom-

linson

6-4

with the

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Cpl. Martin and Ple, Gibbs (R.A.S.C.)'

beat Bundy and Husband

· bent Langley and Brakenberry....... 6-4

- beat Wather ofd Tomlinson

L/Cpl. Moore and Pte. Walton (R.A.5.C.)

lost to Bundy and Husband

2-6

lost to Langley and Brakenberry 2-6) lost to Wather and Tomlinson 4-0

R.A. V. R.S.

In a Second Division Army! League tennis match, 24th Battery, Royal Artillery, beat Royal Scotsi by 5 sets to 4.

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Capt. McMillan and 2nd/Llaut. 'Simona '(R.A.)

beat C.Q.M.S. Green and C.Q.M.S.

Grahani

6--3

„beat Pio. Gilroy, and Pie. Jenkins: G~|

beat Sgt. Taylor and L/Cpl.

Downing

G4

Sgt.__Warder and L/Bdr. Hannan

(R.A.)

-beat Grech und GranUTTI"

lost to Gitroy and Jenkins

+4-0

lost to Taylor and Downing

G-B

beat Groen.and Graham

last to Gilroy and Jenkins

lost to Taylor, and Downing...

*L/Bdr. Thompson and... Onr. Denton

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