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TURPIN 'V. ROBINSON NEXT MONTH

Promoter Jack Solomons' "Festival Of Champions" Paid Big Dividends

London.

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1951.

HE, LASTED THREE MORE

ROUNDS

It has happened, as it was bound to do sooner or Inter, "Sugar" Ray Robin. son, world middleweight champion and reputedly the richest boxer in the world, has agreed to put his title at stake in a fight with Randolph Turpin, the British Cham- plon, In London next month.

This rich prize is promoter Jack Solomens' big pay-off from the White City "Festival of Champions," in which we saw not pnly Turpin but Heavyweight Cham- pion Jack Gardner, Cruiserweight Champion Don Cockell, and leading heavyweight contender Johnny Williams, in action against imported talent.

That is one explanation for, He exploded the myth that Among the ringside eelebrities

of his fullure to knock out the Nick Barone, a product of the who saw Turpin dispre

ring, couldn't Jackic Κρατικλε of America, comparatively mediocre Keough | American prize inside seven rounds, at that big before the referee stepped in be knocked off his feet. to save the American show, was George Galasford,

punishment. Robinson's manager.

THE

who

earned hak Turpin, himself the nickname "Killer." has ended most of his recent fights well inside the distance, and it may have been that in the presence of Robinson's

he decided

than tred manager would be imprudent to give troversy

away too much.

TWO

BRITAIN DOWN IN DAVIS CUP MATCH Scarborough, England,

June 14.

Sweden led Britain two matches to none in the first day's play of their European zone quarter- final Davis Cup contest here today.

Lennart Bergelin (Swe- den) bent Geoffrey Puish (Britain), 9-7, 6-1, 6-3.

Sven Davidsson (Swe- den) beat Tony Mottram' (Britain) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, 8-6.-United Press.

Major League Baseball

New York, June 14. Henry Thompson and rookle Willie Mays gut seven of the 15 hits the New York Giants vol- fected off five Cincinnati pitchers ir defeating the Reds 11-0 in the National League,

Larry Jansen won his seventh victory.

Gil Hodges 20th homer after Dulce Snider got on base with two out in the ninth took a 2-1 victory over rookie Joe Presko of St. Louls despite 15 Cardinal hits.

further

RIG QUESTION But despite Turpin's undoubl- ed ability, the news that

the terms of a world Blle Oght with Robinson have now been will renew the can- that has been going about this particular tople for Some little time

The big question is whether Turpin is ready for Robinson. whose ring wizardry has the entire boxing fraternity search- ing its vocabulary for new superlatives.

After absorbing some of

Have would that --blows caused many a heavyweight to found him- call dɔy--he self

In the sixth round at the receiving end of a hurricane of leather, and succumbed,

of the best Cockell is one

that champions of any weight Brital has had for a long, long time. He should bring back to this country the world cruiser- weight title which Joey Maxim look from our Freddie Mills.

Cockell's most punishing blows

SMILING

THROUGH

The "Festival of Champions" had been criticised because it was too big. Some people said his Solomons was putting all

No useful purpose, is served by speculating further on this question when the answer will be known on July 10. Suffice it to say that this is one time when you can throw away theggs in one basket-a very un- wise thing to do, as everybody form book.

But "King" Solomons through, smiling, 05

With

the Robinson-Turpin knows. contract

in his packet, Jack: came

usual. Solomons must be a very happy! 3132126 today. On June 6 he staged the biggest boxing show Britain-big in ever held In

Dig names, bis every way.

biz! crowds, big mchey-and surprises.

And the biggest of the sur- prises was Jack Gardner's de- fcat on points by Argentina's Cesar Brion.

It re-

no credit to This fight was the British Champion, but if may be useful to him. vealed, far more than any re- cept fight in which. Gardner has heen involved, the Champion's technical faulls. These are his to defend himself Inability against a straight left and his Inclination to' lead with his right.

A little while ago, Gardner took the full fifteen rounds 10 heavy- wrest the European weight title from Je Weldin, of Austria.

ง

Johnny Williams, after a bril- Hant performance of boxing on

beat Weldin on the retreat,

KO. in the sixth technical

As foulliess round.

a right cross as ever I've seen put Wei- down for nine and after din two more counts the referee merelfully stopped the fight.

RIGHT INTO LINE

Philllos The Philadelphia

This brings Willems right inte line for a crack at Gard- walloped four pitchers for 18 hits, including a homer by Bill Nicholson, to beat the Chiengoer's title claim which can- Cubs 11-3.

Wally Westlake hit his 10th homer as the Pirates beat the Boston Braves 9-4,

The Pirates chased the Boston ace, Vern Bickford, in fourth during which Pirates took a swing,

the

not be disputed any longer When Gardner best Williams in the final eliminator for Bruce Woodcock's title, Williams spent sume me in hospital recover- ing from one

of the garlest bouts on record. Bu! Gardner knew he had

been in a fight, On recent form, Williams

10

too

In the American League to day, the Detroit at Boston and St. Louis at New York games were both postponed because of rain. The Cleveland at

and Calengo Philadelphia

Washington

games.

at

games are night

NATIONAL LEAGUE

New York

Cincinnati

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11 13

0

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11

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Winning pitcher Larry Jan-

sen, loser Howard Fox,

Brooklyn

S. Louis

2

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Randolph Turpin beat Jackie Keough (USA) in the Festival of Britain Boxing Tournament middleweight match at the White City. The picture shows Turpin (left) with Keough going down in the fourth round. The American lasted three more, the referee stopping the fight in the seventh-Central Press Photo.

CHARLES IS ONE OF

UNDERRATED

EZZARD

THE MOST

HEAVYWEIGHTS OF ALL TIME

Says PETER

WILSON

For years I have been saying that Ezzard Charles is the best heavyweight in the world. I switched my opinion last September before he shared the ring with the immortal Joe Louis; but since that date! have had no doubt in my mind that the Cincinnati Negro is the best pro- fessional fighting man în the world today.

Its dividends are enormous. the title fight of The world century between Robinson and Turpin; a potential peach of

Gardner and between scrap Williams for the British heavy- weight tille (but Πολ unt Gardner's badly damaged eyes are Healed); and a performance of such brilliance by Ceckell

After the Louis fight I wrote: "But today he will beat any heavyweight in the that we may safely start look ing forward to a world cruiser-world-and for many days to come." weight title in the not too dis- with the distinct tant future,

that Cockell will possibility take the crown from Muxim.

If that isn't enough for one day, what is?

Now that he has beaten Joey Maxim for the fourth time and this time so decisively that it was more of a coroner's verdict than a referee's one-perhaps you'll belleve me when I say that he is one of the most underrated heavyweights of all time.

-(London Express Service.)

SYDNEY BARNES Says

Cricket Today Is Much Too Defensive

By ARCHIE QUICK

"Rising 79, the greatest bowler of all time, Sydney Barnes, has views of modern Test Match cricket. Let him speak: .

"The trouble today is that everybody is too defen- sive. Batsmen go on to their back feet and just pat the ball hack. Bowlers are frightened to pitch the ball up to them. The secret of taking wickets is to make the batsman play the ball: make him go forward and you will get one off the edge sooner or later.

"I would say that bowlers | the MCC as a player for Somer- today, like Doug Wright, do that set, and can.maite history by once or twice every few overs. being the first mun to return to I should have got shot by Plum'the active side of the game after Warner if I did not do at least heting án a irsi-class umpire. four times every over.

Two members of the current "There is always one ball too Sussex side were there in plaster food for any batsman. If you or paris-Charlie Oates with a get paid for it, it is your job to broken anger and Dereck Smith broken foot.. Oates' see that you bowl, that ball as with bften as possible, and if you father, Alfred, has been Horsham and have not got contmand of your groundsman, for 40 years length and direction you should has given five sons to county upt be playing for your country, or local cricket,

What a county Sussex is for cricketing familles the Gilli Rans, the Parks, the Cornfords, the Coxes, the Oates and last, by no tans least, but

I worked it. Langridges. that this season skipper James Langridge has scored 538 runs and John 706-1.244 out of the Sussex grand total of 2,504.

the out

WEST INDIES

"The greatest thing is bowling is the leg spinner. It stands to reason that you are going to get more wickets with the ball that from the bat than goes away the one coming into it."

Of past players Sydney makes Harold Larwood the greatest fast bowler of all time because of his accuracy. "A pity he was not a few inches faller," he added, for no particular reason a1 all. C.B. Fry was "easy to get out." Reggie Spooner was not. He used to go on his back foot and flick the ball

to the "A boundary with his wrists.

Bradman was great batsman,"

yight in - bln mechanical way", but Hobbs, Trumper and. Woolley were greater according to. Barnes,

Sydney places McDonald in The West Indies will send front of Gregory 35 the best their star men to play. Australian fast bowler and old Australia at Test cricket Tom Richardson as greater

"all

TEAM FOR AUSTRALIA

than either, Richardson even next October. at his fastest always kept some-.

thing in reserve and could

go

and although the In fact, King Louis has been in defeated, "Charles is And again;

over, succeeded by King Charlas, the curious position of being a reign of King Louls is

to But the public still doesn't champion who almost has to go Charles' will have to prove

the public at large. as he like the new monarch after the out and challenge contenders.

has already proved to experts gokien, years during which--tite other fast bowler. The mistake in last year's rubber bÿ KING LOUIS

bestrade the colossus Louls

"But that always happens that he is no "Young Pre- after a great champion bas been tender."

SOUTH AFRICANS FOLLOW

ON AGAINST NORTHANTS

Northampton, June, 14.

George Tribe, former Australian slow left-arm Test bowler, who major toured India with the Commonwealth team this year, played a part in forcing the South Africans to follow on in their game against Northamptonshire here today.

The County had declared at their overnight total of 426 runs for six wickets. They dismissed the tourists for 212 runs by tea and they were forced to bat again 214 runs behind. At the close they had scored 95 runs without the loss of any wickets.

Tribe had the splendid figures of 32.2 overs, nine maidens, 63 runs and six wickets in the first innings and bowled well in the second although he was handi- capped by the slippery ball caused by rain at tea-time.

Is

He

52

was well supported by | Wolton 57 not out). Lancashire a good bet to take the title from Freddie Brown, the England 319 (Ikin 124).

At Frome: Derbyshire the burly ex-guardsman.

But captain, who, opening the Gardner may have other ideas. bowling in the absence of the and 195 for three (Elliott 83). Don Cockell, who is not yet County's pacemen, took three Somerset 94. Rafn stopped play for the dry shortly after lunch.

23, improves on every showing,

Haliburton Leads

wickets for 51 runs.

League Tennis

At Gloucester: Hampshire in Endean (50) was the only 472 (McCorkell 203, Harrison Gloucestershire 187 for the 51). convincing. bat in really

seven.

st Innings although Mann

and Chubb. had a gay ninth At Brentwood: Yorkshire 380

In Penfeld Golf wicket partnership when they for six declared and 91 for two.

tried to save the follow-on by hitting out at everything.

Rain delayed the start of the South Africans' second innings.

Essex 317 (Horsfall 58, Glbb 107. Trueman, right-arm fast bowler, five for 01).

-9-0, CRC 19 SCAA beat

Division the Men's "D" of the Tennis League yesterday. K. C. Wong and K. C. Sit B. (SCAA) P.

ECA 1 beat H. Yuen and W. Lep.8-3. beat Henry Laitons and C. CHOW L

Yu

P. W. Ting kiid 1. B. Xun bers Yu and Cho-, beat Yuen, and

#3 Litton na chuw 6-3 Les Fenariato B. C. Mau best Yu and ched-4, best Town and Lee 6-1,. beat Litton, and Chow 8-61-

throne.

now

'Says Ray Areel, who looks after Charles: Charles has much to overcome follow- ing Louis as champion. He is in the same position today as Tunney was when he beat the great Idol of the Eight public- Jack Dempsey.

Eleven of them were in on for three times as long as any the team that beat England modern fast bowlers make, said Barnes, is

is that they sidle up to three wins to one. the wicket like a crab, A far better

way is to go full facing the batsman and then turn at the last minute so that

Liiz

you get that advantage of the sway in the action and greater

pace.

They are:

J. D. Goddard, 32, captain and all-rounder.

R. Christiani, 30, batsman. G. E. Gomez, 31, team's lead- ing all-rounder.

P. E. Jones, 33, pace bowler. Barnes, whom I met at the

S. Ramadhin, 21, slow spin- Nottingham Test match against the South Africans,

recalled ner.

J. B. Stollemeyer, 30, opening that he was in Burnley's Lanca-

batsman; theshire League side in 1902 when Charles the England

"A, F. Rae, 28, opening bats- Archie captain setually

"No one wanted to recognise the Tuhney as champion, and same thing goes for today. The public hates the guy-for-beating McLaren said "Sign for Lanca- shire and I will take “you”to Louls,"

Australia,"

When Barnes told the County Secretary

his terms, the Secretary, said: "We can get men for that," but they three signed him just the same and

rest is cricketing history. the

Barnes has the greatest bowling record ever. He did not retire until he was nearly sixty. He took 87 In twelve Test Innings against South Africa an average of seven wickets an Innings for 10 runs apleçel,

· FLAMING YOUTH

No one was ever a bigger fan of Louis than I was, I saw him in his flaming youth, when heavy- he was the youngest weight ever to win the world's title that was way back in game 1837, when he starched Jim Braddock in eight rounds. I saw him, in hig Unco- ordinated old (ring) age when ho lost over 15 rounds to Char- les. But Charles fought a fine. aggressive battle against a man who had previously beaten 20 many opponents by his reputa- tion stone,

COX'S BENEFTT

Horsham in Sussex has just had the most delightfully

man.

A-Valentine, — Bi,--left-aithn spinner.

E. Weekes, 20, botsman. C. Walcott, 28, ert. Zin: wicket-teeper-batsman.

F. Worrell, 20, batsman and versatile bawier.

The other six aré: D. Afkin- son, W. Ferguson, S. Chillian, R. E. Marshall, K. Richard, and

Trim

Mr C. A. Merry is manager. The only West Indian who played in the 1930 Tesis in England, and is not going... to Australia, Is the pace" bowler, H. Johnson.

He is now 40, and was the

Marshall, now 31, is a reserve

opening batsman

picturesque of all Cricket Weeks, oldest member of the touring

team.. FAIR BREAK WANTED

for its Centenary Year,' and In celebration of local George

He and Jones each played in That's why I'm appealing for Cox's beneût. The old market two Tests. a fair break for the Wizard of

town was en fele with its quaint berlogged, Ezt. When Louis first retired old streets heavily

in June 1948 Charles was carnivals and dances and all the matched with Jersey Joe Wal fun of the fair

He toured England in the 1950 cott. Then it went. like this: In such an

an atmosphere cricket- 1949: Beat Watcol over sing personaliiles and stories West Indies side, but did not

abound.

The one I liked bes: ploy in a Test.

Atkinson, Ferguson, and Trim rounds; stopped Gus Lesnevich was told me by BBC's Clarence in seven rounds; beat Pat Wright the original businesslike played in the 1948-49. Testa in

traveller in Tommy Handløy At Leicester: Leicestershire

Valentino In eight rounds..

WY** India, when the Wast Indies Ki 1940: Beat Freddie Beshore TMA He is connected with imluded 11 of the side chosen

und and he re- The rain, which continued for 1384 for nine declared. Notting-

Cox's Benefit Fund, LEC:4. UCC, 198

Joe Louie (18 (14 rounds). half a hour, was not hamuiire 272 for Ave (Harvey about

postal order for one for Australia,A ceived a (11 Nick Barronė

Barnsley to affect the 100 not out, Blocks 64). heavy enough

J. Citföra rounds), B., scutá aha A.

shilling from a

miner In the tentative programme pitch and with the bowlers

At Worcester:

with a note: "May the sun shine the Australian Board submitted Worcester (LC) lost to M, .fing and rounds), handicapped by the wet ball, 415 for four declared, Combined 15. Sinn 8-8. 1ort to 5. 1. Leunk and. T. N. Loung 8-7- and, best m.

Outpointed Walcott: brightly on à grand cricketer to West Indies for approval, Brie Rowan and McGlew made Services 183. (Jenkins, right-arm Ting and. M. 3. Zaman 6-2,est out-closed Makini remen who has brought thuth pleasure the tourists open with an easy

leg-break bowler, six for 47. A. Todd and

Nice two day game against, New- 75 runs in the first hour,

Flavili, rigirt-arm mealum fast yung and sign-7-di lost to Leung ber him, the man who forced to this Yoricahiremary

that! Then Tribe, the Australian, bowler, four for 44) and Starkle, the young Lanca- for alx (Closé 08, Wilson 53 not shire-born off-break bowler, but),--Reuter, are bame on and slowod' the rate

Tournament Bournemouth, June 14. Scottish golfer Tom Hali- burton led 49 qualifiers into Erskine, the final stages of the Pen- feld £3,000 professional tournament today with a 0 total of 137, a lead of three Winning pitcher Russ Meyer, shots over the rest of the

field.

Winning pitcher Carl

loser Joe Fresko.

Philadelphia

Chicago

loser Bob Rush,

Boston

Pittsburgh

11 10 2

3 8

..

4

0

13 1 The

rounds last two

Winging pitcher Murry Dick-scheduled to be played on the of scoring. Tribo, again bowled

Vern Bon, loser, Associated Press,

Bickford. 0,440 yard. Queen's Park course well and proved how usefu

which has a par of 72.

This circuit and the shorter he will be to the County Hext Badminton ~

year when he has qualised to

Moyrick Park layout-5,875 yards have been used for the play in

games.

Louis-Savold Fight. preliminary rounds.

Again Postponed

FOUR-WAY TIE -

In a four-way tle for second place at 140, fire two-British Ryder Cup players, Art Lees and Sam King.

Now, York, June 14. The hiavyweight fight be

Louis .and tween Joe

Led Savold has again been post, poned for 24 hours and" will'

take place indocts at right

Square Gardens to bout, over 18 rounds, Virginie, pro

County championship

At the close the tourists nodded. 118 runs to save ch innings defeat Reuter

CLOSE OF PLAY SCOLES

London, June 14. Argentino Antonio Cerda is The following were today's five strokes behind the ader close of play scores in first with rounds of 79 and 72, Art class county matches: Clark, the Huntington, West A Lords Middicos $20 and

at 148, but M

68 for one. Glamorgan 310, (M) legbreak bowler, four for. 49), Al Oxford, Oxford Univer sity: 709. Buning: 200 - (fatibl

War originally a due for last immerman of Portland, Oregon, 85, Bima, tilt-arm blow

at The Polo Gidlunds but falled to tublis

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and 280 and Leung 6-7, and beat Fung and our own rough tough Freddle the I met Mr G. J. Gom/castle (NSW) on October 20-27.

Players BFör «Minilāvs:

1. According to Mr Ai të 10. Bales, Joint: Hop, Bestelary br the 'Aátälöur. Athiêtio Federation of HongkoÉR,-- famun Young, Colony Blakles

Badtsinton

on Cham hád W. F. Foo, runner“ the 1951 Colony, Chamá In plamhips, have been selected ie koprement loukkong in the Philippine Bedminion Chami. pionships

Gre, dub, start in Manda on June 16.

Won

allon:

「

Zaman: 64.

Leung and Leung 1-6 and beat Fung and Zaman 6-3.

THE Win.

The tour ends with the Birth who played with W. G. A. 8. Cutcher and A. W. Culcher Mila to back up his lost to Yung and Slan 1-6, lost to career for good?

Grace and another gentleman Test at Sydney, beginning o EIGHT IN TWO YEARS who had seen sikty of Horsham's January 24, 1954.

The other four Tests are 100 Cricket Wecki,” Along came

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