1951-07-13 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDA

RANDOLPH TURPIN TALKS From Street Scrapping To The First Money Fights

As Told To PETER WILSON

I don't think anyone, in America or anywhere clso, could have had it harder than us. There were five of us-Dick, Jahn, Jackie, Kath laon and me. I was the youngest,

My father died when I was a few months old, I never knew him, of course. He came from British Gulana to fight in the first World War. He was a rifleman. and after he'd been gassed in France he was demobbed.

He never really got over that gassing though, and he died ten years after

the war.

My mother was really up against . For a time we went And lived with my grandma. Eight of us in a le house.

Athlok I started scrapping~~. In the Arcb-almost before could walk. I suppose that's where go: the pickname of "Licker" because won most of the nights.

Not all of them, though, 4 remember. Frank Walker, him what bosted as a professional heavyweight for a bit.

check.

THRASHING

die gave me a need thrashing *thinks I'd given him some hostly see faught ouer boys' quarrel-fille gödigtings, though, there was a differ:"feacon. "My colour.

Randolph volunteered for the]

wice in

Flashback: Three boys evy. He hoped to be a seaman and their here Joo Louis, bit by SPD as an The Turpin brothers (left to right) Jackie, Dlok, and Randolph as they looked in be made the big switch com the days of 1948 when fuck All the time it was Blackie amateurlar toprofesarialism, this of Ning that." all hulog his first monoy nahf, at was No. 1 boxer and Ran, tight to sali pach aber names Harringay. The

Difins als time in the Navy

inside the family. But when Woodcocks Jcripciced out us dolph, the nowegmer. other people outside, start you've Lesnevich. The date was Bep- got to fight suppote it all tomber 17, 1946. helped to make me a scrapper.

a

Turpin's Arst opponent was.

From street fghting it wasn't Gordon?

and the way en him, like al

Lawn Bowls

bronze Two Former

Because of course, there was ed kid. "battering him ball-way. always Dick and Jackie there through

4 bring me along.

123

Until the 10-

Sarea Intemened fat the firs

round, was enough is pakys that

There was one other man, a new top. The man who has men, had already

middleweight moxpre

arrived.

aged all the fighting Turpina Up to the time he beat mid-

George Middleton.

George

just know

dieweight champion Vince Haw- howkins, Turpin hudn't last a ght,

much more

tought life was for the Tux-Then, however, the body un-

pina. He'd lived in the same ches of the street with them. He'd seen the widowed Mrs Turpin og to cut kindling wood.

He'd learned how tough life was for the poor third | tay.

Because George had been poor. He'd married on the strength of a good job-and lost it the next week.

For tue months he'd had "the from 229. a week Labour." He'd gold hot peas az Taurd visitors on the river ught his hands cracked and 24.

Bandolph was 21% when

he joined

an amaiçûr or- Leamington

ugnisation the

Tuc Turpin Punch

Boy Club, runt by Inspector perienced Albert Finch defented Gibbs, of the Leamington | him. Police.

He had a little over a jug dred fights before he tunicd professional in

1946 IOT2 lign the 102 fights, amateur and professional, which t

entire

the

Champions Eliminated

ship.

Colony

Lawn

THE GAMBALEAT Appoly

04? GOOD! - HES AIT THE BALL RIGHT OUT OF THE [GROUND - NOW WE CAN TALK WITHOUT BEING INTERRUPTED

Everyone Else Pulverised The

Tennis Balls

Says RAYMOND GLENDENNING

Been to Wimbledon? Com ing put the other night was greeted by two streef musicians playing "Where Are You

After a solid week of watching tannis balls being punched, pounded and "pul- verised by every country in the world—except us → It was almost too tough.

Take away Mottram's bril Hent performinneas and where do wa figure in the schome af things? Frankly nowhere.

WE REALLY MUST-

100 MPH FOR A LAP AT SILVERSTONE

Silverstone, Northampton-

shire, file 12. Prgilan Gonzales, the Argentina motor racion driver, became the first man to exceed 100 miles on hour for a lan on the Silver: stone track hera today.

While practising for the fourth British Grand Prix. which takes place here on ↑ Saturday Gonzales, a mon ber of the elliclal tallay

Ferrer! team, covered the

lap of about three miles in 1 min. 84.8 ape which is

est ever 100 miles por

hoyr

Juan Manuel Fangio the other crack Argentine, delver, opvared a practice lap in ! min. 44.4 secs in an Italian Alfe Romca machine, while another' member of the Alfa-Ramon team, Guiseppe Farina, went round in 1 min. 44 sees.

One of the biggest motoring thills since the war is axparted

bo com by about 100,000 prople on Saturday when the est zacing cars in the world battle for zupremacy,

SUREE CORNERED

the

Falert

long-awaited

allan Alf

machlac

three

the

the

Talbots are alsp enlerid but is suspected thất The Alla-Romeos, Ferraris and the

vide the

A 17-year-old puts out the reigning champion-he's -on | big tusŢIO

American. Four feet ten inches the BRMs first rual test |of atomle agrobatics pute gite spason. เน

wind up Sweden's No 1—10

a "Tip

Another "scod,!!

It has been years in the and bas only competed

Garduar Mulley, finds the axit mak

dopt a tweak too estly. He's in one big event-tha Grand shown by Italian.

allo-kaown P

Where do the latters G. B. appear in the winning column? Only when Great Britain has

Barcelona at the end season and then both BRM cars were forced to retire because of mechanical trouble.

Fangio at present leads in

the World Brivers Champion-

Two former Singles champions were eli- been playing Great Britain, minated in yesterday's That's been the sorry state of p with 10 points, while second round matches of affairs too long.

Id short our youngstore area is close an his heels with 1951 Colony

points, followed by Asçuri Bowls Singles champion-encing the game seriously 19a videred with dat In Saturday's rica the Alfa- In support of that I do know

consist of At Kowloon Cricket Club, the that one of our young hopefuls Homegeam

Farfug Honzalvo Sancsi was given the chance of getting and Allen Egnetto, while the 1030 Champion, J. A. da Luz,

by close finish really fit for the season down after

the Gonzales, went

Ferrar team will with A First Division Alberto Ave-time Colony Singles training

Ascari

Luigi to a

Luz London football club.. The offer villorcal. Champton, U. M. Daar. led 20-19 at the end of the 19th was never taken up.

Batt Parnell and Peter Walker πό must realise in this head but concededà single and

will drive the two BRM cars. Country that moden Jawn a two on the next two heads to

Saturday's see will be over The Allow this year's favourite to tennis is a tough game.

80 laps at about three miles American girls may have beźni hose him put by 22-20,

hitting the headilaes through per lap, making a total distanco their accent on fashion, but of about 370 filles. Router. they hit a tennis ball Burder.

In another close game at the Football Club, J. B. Robertson scored the best win of the day with a 21-20 triumph over the 1047 ute-winner, J. S. Landolt, A. R. Minu had a surprising

Pereiro,

He won his next hout, only easy 21-14 passage over A. P. points, and then came the fight about which Turpin will not talk even now.

doubt

BLACK FIGHT

J. Prisan

Officers Club's MóCutcheon" gave

a good ac- count of himself, though at the losing end of the match against B. M. V. Ribeiro, Bercio's

oh put up a good standard of

bowls.

"At

I last on polids and he certainly Aghif" because of its 29

On September 31, 1948, Ran oldest brother Dick had in his dolph Turpin retired at the end 'Jew of of the firth round against Jead A caract them still stick out in the Stock, of Erance. There was no

about it. Turpin had bec memory, including the first.

for "counts of nine, eight down says and gight again. At the bell he forget one, vas against Harry was down for the fourth time. Turpin.

Randalph will not discuss that Shord. His brother's a pro. now.

the preale-up of his I gat a gave me a healing. pewter mug for that contest and He had turned proto 'you know, I just about throw married"I wanted the

he puts pets,

But hadn't worked out and an Then there was the time dolph had lost heart. fought a fellow called Caley

Lis manages, George Middle- Fawler. I was working on a building for Mr Tarver, who tos, says you'd been able has always been very good to to, if we'd let you, you'd have ine and they werk very good walked out of the Albert Hall to me, and they were pulting a that evening and never got into lintel over a window.

it at George Middleton.

working Inside the 1 was house and I'd been told not to put my head out. But, of course,

THE BESULTS

THE BEAL BEASON. That's the real reason they are news and the sooner we realise it the batter.

8.

Taka Topic at Fred Ferry today and what do you see a determined vigorous person- gilty aghting fit and still certain

"the bord way. that you can only get to the top

an

old

Sticking out like Ash-talled racket was our girls trabЛity to make the service an attacking stroke,

and

Take

Red Sox Over American

League Lead

END OF A CHAPTER

Ken McGregor (Australia) falls when making an extreme effort to return what proved to be the last shot of the match during the final of the Men's Singles at Wimbledon, which he lost in three sets to Dick Saviti (US).

HRH The Duchess of Kent presents the Championship Trophy to Savitt as McGregor looks on Central Press Photos.

WARWICKSHIRE TIGHTEN THEIR HOLD ON THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERSHIP

London, July 12.

Warwickshire tightened their hold on the County Championship leadership today with a two-days' win over Glamorgan.

Tom Pritchard, their 84-year-old New Zealand born fast bowlor, scored an unusual hat-trick in the match. He had dismissed two men with the last two balls of Glamorgan's first innings yesterday and today he got Emrys Davies caught off his first delivery when Glamorgan batted again.

wicketi

At Dadies: Worcester 144 and Pritchard contributed greatly On-an-easy-paced to Warwickshire's victory, tak they put on 19 runs for the 185 for three (E. Cooper Cp, partnership before Putschoorn" 77). Surrey. 108 fag plght Wickets for 56' runs opening today to follow his six wickets Smith, was bowled by Bob (laworth five for 00). for 38 runs in the first innings. Appleyard, who was taking hir

At Hall: Yorkshire 318 and hundredth wicket of the season seven for no wicket. Sudsox 420 (Smith" "94,

T

YORKSHIRE LASE - -

In the Yorkshire, second

pointa table, lost arst innings

Whám John ta Sussex for

New York, July 12, Boston Red Sox zoomed into first place in the Ameri can Leagle by three pershire this season. centage points tonight, edging White Sox 8-3 at

Langridge and Don Smith made the biggest stand against York-

Buf

Yorkshire May

Play Exiles

just

The

partnership lasted under four hours, Smith hit a for glx doclorod six and five fours in his 84 John Langridge 160, Odz 60 not

while Langridge was at out),Reuter

half hours. the wicket for nearly six and a

Funz

BADMINTON

Bombay, July 12,

-Sonny Avery of Esson scored his highest of the season and helped put his side in a good position against Middlesex, As Abdullalt Piruz, the Malayan is the casp al. Denis Compton hadminton player, was today yesterday, he was dropped

forced to scratch from the of the Cricket early in his imings but went men's singles on to hat for Ave and a half Club of India Badininton Championships hore because of

Af hours and hit nine fours.

At HKFC RB. Robertson beat JS. Landelt 21-20; S.H. Marvin lost to Francis Lee 0-21;

Tendency among them was A.K. Minu beat J.M.A. Ram to throw the ball up too far

back so that it It had been Chicago. 21514 119 CCC.-B.M.Y. Ribaire allowed to drop it would have IL YO a pitchers duel be-

bounced behind the baseline.tween

Chicago's Joe Dibson Elly beat you'll never get punch into and Bostan's southpaw Mel A. Hutton 21-14; M, Mckay

Parnell for seven innings. the streke that way," salden Clyde beat A MicInnes 22520; U. M.

Vollmer Fociceled | Perry Omar. beat J. Luz 22-2

Perpira KBGC-A

"Another thing," he went Dobson's pitch into the left field stands for his ninth homer on "the ball must be thrown Minu 12-21.

this

with Billy Goodman year up accurately. The only way lost to A.

These two markers on base EDC BINKS

Boston toward its 48th left arm. Crool: the arm and The following will represent

It is bound to vary every winning percentage of 323, Just the ring You were never that the Kowloon Dock Club

time."

ahead of the 620 Ezgistered by exiles at Scarborough Fas- seemed way before or since. I hope you League Lawn Bowls matches

White Sox with 49 wins and 30tivat is a suggestion which would take never will be.

to-morrow, commènciuit • 3.30

lassca

the has been made to Turpin had a rest for over P

AMERICAN LEAGUE ··

proper quarter and may Well be acted upon in future.

Divialore v Hopakung Football css at Hanghomes, mley, J. McLelland, 23. Marquallin and

I had to see what was going on, four months his longest-gyar and just as I stuck my napper spell out of the ring and since out someone goes und drops them, nearly three years ago, de WM Mecals H. Mckenzie, W. brick on

I didn't think much pat

hasn't lost fight."

Since April

L. Mecals W. Davidson and A.

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Scarborough

By W. CAPEL KIRBY

in

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He was followed by Roy and a badly sprained loft apkiz.

who sustained the in- Peter Smith, who both hit out Firuz. w nna scored very fast to give jury last Sunday, is still Essex a chance at deflbring, pain. However, he paired

Wong Peng Soon this evening Nottinghamshire's "Jes-preps for the men's doubles against bawler. Peter Harvey, A KAVÁ

cörtäl

to do that is with a straight stay against 20 defents for a Yorkshire Y Yorkshire Hampshire fight after it had one of Bombay's leading, pairs,

St. Louis Browns To Sign

Want

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He caught me good and pro- pt in the very first round. And I was out. The only time in my

ike.

The only other-amateur fight

I lost was to Johnny Ryan h was really gooL" "Pa". Ambpod him earlier in one round, but this calms he wen Rae Fluting

wote,

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(London Express Servico)

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Boston

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