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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 17, 1941.

FIRPO'S WHITE HOPE

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SATURDAY'S SPORTS

FOOTBALL

NO less than 15 Soccer League

games were played on Satur- day and results were more or less as expected, though Eastern were given a fright by the lowly-plae - ed Club, and only won by the odd goal in five.

St. Joseph's were beaten in the last minute by Navy.

Tex Rickard once said to Louis Firpo, the man

In Second Division, Royal En- who knocked Jack Demp-gineers remain at the head of the table through their win over 30th sey out of the ring in a, shule in Third Division, Air never - to be forgotten! Fores did well to beat 2016 RA scrap, "If you find a man by 6 goals to 1 after being in ar of the build of Dempsey, your punch, and a small chin. I will have an un- beatable champion."

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Firpo now claims to have discovered

with a man these ring virtues, a farmhand named

Cestax, who Able

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tes tax," says Louts, "punches twice as hard as I did He built i lake Dempsey, but has il lutiger rearla

There seems to be a big supply of these while hopes

Half a dozen of the e glant white hopes have been amouneed In the past few weeks, and only recently Jimny Johnston said he wies matching his latest find, 18st Ale Simon with Joe Louis

rears at the interval

RUGBY

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AT Boundary Street, Combined

Services drew with Combined Club and Police Rugby match when they goal and a try (8 points)

and a try (8 points) after being led at the interval by 5 pointș.

ATHLETICS

At

THREE Athletic Sports meetings were held on Saturday, Causeway Bay the heavy ground prevented any good times being the Queen's College returned at

whole. sports but, on the

the standard was high. Combined Services "A" beal Combined Club and Police "A" by 10-year-old record

Ať Poksulum. Gegg equalled a in the 100 two goals and a try (13 points) to

Yards' event at the University a goal and a try (8 points) after Sports, while Mazuza was the in- leading at the interval by 8-5dividual champion, Keeble scored a try and coverted

two of the Services' tries

CRICKET

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NLY one cricket match

played on Saturday. in

between

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