1940-10-22 — Page 31

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 22, 1940

Jack Dempsey May Box In Manila

Match With Roper Is In Offing JES CORTES ON THE JOB AGAIN

Manilans may be given a chance to see the colourful Jack Dempsey in action this year as negotiations are virtually completed to match the Manassa Mauler, former world's heavyweight champion, with Sack Roper, American heavyweight who is in Manila now and was due to meet Louis Lo- gan on Oct. 19. The only thing that stands in the way of a Dempsey-Roper bout here is the defeat of Roper at the hands of Logan when they meet at the Rizal Memorial Colliseum.

Mr. Li Lan-Bang's Far View (Mr. Plh up), season's biggest

Looking ahead for future pos- sible matches, Jes Cortes, match- maker for the Oct. 19 promotion, conceived of bringing Dempsey to Manila to battle Roper if the lat- ter whips Logan. He has already laid the proposition before Demp- sey who has replied that he has given the proposal favourable consideration and will await the outcome of the Roper-Logan bout,

Dempsey To Meet Roper

Dempsey is slated to meet Ro- per in California sometime this year but Cortes has made a more enticing offer to the bout trans- ferred to Manila. It was Cortes who brought Dempsey here last December to referee the Ceferino Garcia-Glen Lee bout for the middleweight championship of the world. Besides getting round trip clipper fare from New York, Dempsey was paid P15,000 as re- feree, the largest fee ever paid to a ring arbiter in the history of boxing,

Roper, who arrived in Manila recently is agreeable to meeting Dempsey in Manila. He feels confident he can whip Logan and has been convinced that a bout between him and Dempsey would draw more in Manila than in Ca- lifornia, he is willing to fight the former champion, who is still

squared circle...

stakes winner, being led-in-hankering for a comeback-to-the- after its win.by three-quarters. of a length over its old rival. Sapper, In the Diamond Bay Handicap. Its time was four- fifths of a second outside Sap- per's mile record. (Tong).

Ir Roper whips Logan it is pro- bable that the Dempsey-Roper

AUSTRALIAN PONIES TO BE AUCTIONED

GRAPHIC GOLE

GIVES ONE.

FEELING

OF SECURITY

IN-

LAWSON LITTLE: FOUND GLOVES ON LEFT HAND

SO HELPFUL IN 1932 AMATEUR, HE HAS WORN ONE

EVER SINCE.

GRIP-CONTROL

IN ALL WEATHER

Golf Glove Helpful®

By BEST BALL Wearing a glove on his lett. hand in the 1932 National Amateur proved just the re- medy, required to end a-bad siege of hooking for Lawson Little. His primary: purpose was to make himself more left hand conscious and as a result he became glove con- scious. Since that time a left hand glove has been part of his standard equipment. In fact play without one would seriously impair his confi- dence in his game.

Besides making, the player more aware of the left hand's assignment in the stroke, it gives one a sense of greater control and firmness, of grip. In rainy weather it prevents a slippery grip, in hot wea- ther a perspired one. It serves as a precaution against blisters, especially helpful during long practice sessions. Even the week-end golfer will find it useful,

Next Article:-Snead Again

Comes Close.

FANLING

match will be staged here late in STARTING

November or in December, just

before Christmas.

Roper Concerned

Over Weight

TIMES

Following are the starting times

Sunday:- Old Course:

A. J. Dennis

Mcanwhile, Roper is much con- for the Royal Hong Kong Golf cerned over the task which faces Club Amateur Championship him in cutting down his weight by approximately 25 scale down to 200 pounds at which weight he agreed he would enter the ring on Oct. 19..

Roper opined that he should have no difficulty getting his Members of Hong Kong Jockey weight down in this climate. Mrs. 9.35 Club

reminded that the Roper is here with him to look

Australian after his diet and training. 1941 auctions of the pony griffins will be held at the Race Course Paddock at 5.15 p.m. on the following dates:-Tuesday, October 22, Wednesday, October 23, Thursday, October 24 and Friday, October 25.

are

on

9.20 a.m. O, E, C. Marton &

9.25

"

F. D. Hunter & 9. Jex

New Course:

12.50 p.m.

12.55

0.30

E. J. R. Mitchell &

A. W. Ramsay

L. R. Andrewes &

C. H. T. Suen ....

1:00

1.05

0.40

D. Humphreys &

W. Williamson

U.S. "Heavies" Aid Roper

0.45

+

R. K. Collings & W. C. Simpson ... 9.50... J. L. C. Pearce &

T. B. Low

1.10

1.15

9.55

Several "hċavies" from

the

F. Grovca & W. V Abern

1.20

1.25

0.23.

."

L. Eastman

On Tuesday the following pon- U.S. Army have been rounded up New Coursa: ies will be put up:-Nos. 1, 5, 9, to act as sparring partners for 9.20 a.m. D. S. Edward & A. 14, 18, 24, 29, 34, 39, 44 and 48. Roper.

On Wednesday, Nos. 2, 6, 10, 15, 20, 26, 30, 36, 40, 45 and 49. On Thursday, Nos. 3, 7, 11, 10, 21, 27, 31, 37, 41, 46 and 50.

The arrival of the American heavyweight:has stirred addition 9.30 al interest in the forthcoming Logan-Roper scrap in which the 9:33: On Friday, Nos. 4, 8, 12, 17, 23, Manila knock-out artist will go 28, 32, 38, 43 and 47.

[out of his division to tackle a re- The upset price will be H.K.gular heavyweight title contender.. 0.13 $1,250.00 and bidding is confined The bout on Oct. 19 was to be for to Members of Hong Kong Jockey, the heavyweight championship of so- Club

the Orient.

WEEK-END SOCCER

Following is next week-end's Navy Football League programme:

Navy

SATURDAY

First Division

v R. Scots

Club

(Causeway Bay 4,30 p.m.),

Eastern P

(Caroline Hill, 4,30 p.m.).

V St. Joseph's (Bookunpoo, 4.30 p.m.).

Middlesex

Ordnance.

Second Division

v CỦA (Caroline' Hill, (3.00 'p.m.).

V

0.40

Old Course! 12.50 p.m. L. Goldman & T.. YC.. Lee (...)

12.55 C; M. Starke &‚E, E, D'Almada Remedios · 1,00 T: A.. Pearce & E. F. Fincher A

F. A. Redmond &

E. J. M. Churn.1.10-

- Colyhose &.K, _\C.

McKenzie.... :8>;Tomlinson & W

Kershaw

PROGRAMME

30th R.A. (Causeway Bay, 3.00 p.m.). " Middlesex

Kwong Wah (Sookunpoo. 3:00 p.m.)

R. Engineers ▼ R. Scots

(Military, 3.00 p.m.).". Kit Chee

V .Kowloon

|. (Military, 4.30 p.m.).

Third Division

Service Corps v -12th R.A. (St. Joseph's/|/3.00 p.m.)..

|| Engineera" v. Shell

(St. Joseph's, "4.30 'p.m.)," 24th R.A

V Air Force (Club, 3,00-p,m,},\\_/ 331N RIAL INS Medicals

(Stanley, 3.00 p.m.).

SUNDAY.

First Division

South China

V Slog Tao :(Caroline' "'Hill; 4.30 p.m.), Kwong Wah

v. Police (Boundary St., 4.30 p.m.),

La Goçondy Division South China)

Sing Tao (Caroline HM, 3,00. p.m.), ||Service Corps. V Police

(Boundary St.,,3,00 p.m.).

Third Diviilan

KIN RAND DVD, 201H (ILA.

*(Sonkunpoo, 3,00. p.m.). ¡Signals:

(Club, 3.00 p.mi)},i,kojute. ABANING LIve Internationál

(Chatham Road,: 4230,