1951-08-07 — Page 7

SUGAR RAY ROBINSON SAYS HE WILL QUIT THE RING THIS YEAR By L. SOLON

Express Staff Reporter

Paris.

Sugar Ray Robinson will quit the ring this year. Win, lose, or draw, his fight with Randolph Turpin on September 12 in New York may be his last..

"I've had about enough," he told me, lolling back in a brocade-covered easy chair in the lounge of Claridges Hotel on the Champs Elysees.

"There's a time when every fighter knows he's had enough. What I need is a good rest."

Sugar Ray was wearing a Hawaiian shirt in several shades of brown outside his trousers, and although the room was dimly lit he was wearing sunglasses which he kept putting on and off. He looked tired, and he talked that way,

"I've been fighting for 15 years. That's a long, long time in this game."

"I was thirty years old on Sugar xaid he had had too

In Europe. many fghts June third," he said.

guess I tired myself out," salit.

"Eight fights in

weeks is 103 much.

Half that

"1

number might have

been LA

he

better. Idea. Anyway, I'm glad

eigh:

we were able to give.

cancer research over

N. W. D. Yardley's CRICKET BUREAU

STAND BACK-DON'T

BE AFRAID Says D.V. BRENNAN England's New Wicketkeeper

NOT HAPPY or he

to

Sugar Ray said frankly that he was not

"'1 In England. happy in don't know why, but the press seemed to have it in for me. They kept referring to our outfit

A circus. Well, what's રી cireus about It? Every man's got his job to do, and does it. I'm not londed down with

p-on.

while it didn't sound good-natured. It sounded as If they were really out to needle me. What really hurt was when they started running headlines It is not very encouraging for those who want to which seemed to link us with the killing of that poor kid. I've take up this department of the game to be told that got a couple of them with me.

ow them

fo Walter be I'm gonna show made. But you must wicket-keepers are born, not

Winchell when I get back." gifted with a good and quick eye, poise and balance and a

1

Rny to show asked Sugar certain amount of pluck..

them to me, ut he said they were all packed away.

Said Sugar Ray: "I'm not Scotland blaming the country. Yard apologise for the sort of treatment we were getting, and that's all straightened put."

No wicket-keeper can hope to be successful unless his equipment is the best and is properly maintained. Gloves may have either rubber or leather stiffeners at the tips, and inner gloves are essential. As a protection against bruising use a wad of plasticine. It is clean and indestructible.

Further, you become another slip and are better placed for taking glanera to leg. And don't

to

Sugar Ray sold that quotations which had him making excuses Be careful hot to have the wicket-kcoping gloves o tight,

after the Turpin fight were all none," ho said. I made and otherwise the boll may bounce

invented. "I had no excuses. out. The face of the gloves can forget to be ready to this "Turpin won because he was the botter fighter." He took his have a preparation of eucalyptus the stumps, whenever there is oll applied thinly, and then, if a chance of a "run out."

Taking the ball is perhaps the sun-glasses off again moment, left in the sun for a will become slightly "eky," most important of all the wicket- time anyway," he added.

keeper's

Fingers. functions. with obvious advant

should be pointing to the ground and the elbows kept close in to the sides.

"That

"We'll see what'll hoppen in New York."

I asked him what his training programme would be when ha reached the States.

STAND Wicket-keeping pads should be as large as you can conveniently wear, but ordinary batting pads de quite well. After all, you should take the ball in your hands, and only very rarely on

I requires continual practier your pads. Never keep wicket without an abdominal protector. to master the most difficult job of

gets

Niver snatch at the ball. Fin-

will

close round it more readily if the hands and arms nee held u lile slack.

position as near the stumps aside. It is not enough to stop the possible, so that you

con whip

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bats-

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"A LOT OF BUNK"

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1951,

IT'S NO CIRCUS," SAYS SUGAR

Sugar Ray Robinson at Victoria Station with his wife, Edna May, holding on to his arm and several members of his entourage. Sugar's entourage included a personal barber and a midget. He objected to the British press referring to it

as a circusCentral Press Photo.

TURPIN MEANS DOLLARS TO PUBLICITY-MINDED AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN

By W. CAPEL

KIRBY

Randolph Turpin looks like getting a travelling "circus" of his own--and not because he wants it.

Much as he dislikes the limelight and ballyhoo attached to being World Middleweight Champion, he may find himself rolling along in a luxury limousine which will rival Sugar Ray Robinson's long lilac car.

To publicity-minded American business men, Turpin's name is spelt DOLLAR S. Already they are bidding against one another to exploit Randy's

name and fame.

One automobile firm has offered to put a super luxury car, complete with liveried chauffeur, at the Turpin party's disposal from the time they step off the Queen Mary at New York until the night. he steps into the ring for his return fight with Robinson on September 12.

Uncle Sam 1s preparing to put Turpin over in a big way, and Pompton Lakes, or wherever the world champion eventually decides to establish his training quarters, will be of slick salesmen the mecca cut to convince the world that every his success is due to

chewing gum to thing from hair cream.

What of Randolph? Nothing

directions,

will This Randy has open y confessed; both that he owes a great deal to bame Robinson and look good crowd. They'll like the advice given him by spar- to the ring partner Mel. Brown.

to

to

him,"

Mel added: "Also provide an ensure emelent bodyguard to strangers do not interrupt and worry him. He'll get a lot of that in the States if he's not careful."

Mel believes Turpin will have a big psychological pull because Sugar Ray will be wondering if he is going to cut

that, eye again,

Providing the champion n'L Brown got at in, some way, thinks he hus, the beating of Robinson again. "He's got the strength to do it with a knock- out this time." he says.

I asked Brown what furthe lessons he would give on how to beat Sugar Ray again, and "When I get to Pompton Lake

he replied: "Get Turpin up at 5.30 am early he will be It'll be chiefly rest. It's a lot of

annoyed and put an edge. o his work, bunk that I'm studying the films the Turpin fight. What's

"Feed plenty of lettuce and For slow bowling take up your of taking the ball on the leg- there to study? Every fight. that Americans can think up spinach in his dict to improve

not learned in the way of noisy showman blood

Make him spor Supply with pads or body. You different, and I've

дл old night yet. anything from

Im-12-inch length of cord. At or swerve, him from the slm- off the bails quickly and easily should catch the ball cleanly in No, we're no: carrying any alms ship is likely to turn his head with his feet. hobbled with a

order to stump the batsman who back with us."

ple ways of living. In fact, present he straddles too much without stretching forward.

It's fifty to one on his being and so loses power of punch. Sugar Ray said that his wife Plant the feet firmly, weight so clien drags his back foot

stand evenly balanced. Lett foot should when playing forward,

geiting restless. "We've left asleep when they call. Sleep Show him how Don't alter your stance. Watch be in a line with the centre of

our 18-months-old boy with his is his favourite pastime, which provide less of a target.

HE'S GOT THE POWER and when middle

doesn't mean his eyes are shut the

and off slumps, and the flight of the ball,

"Teach him to relax his far the right foot sufficiently you realise it is going away to me in Miami, Florida. Now

to the tremendous he knows the nurse better than

opportuni-

muscles and move around' Well no mother tien of cashing in on his new- away from it to provide a good the leg-side, move across quickly. Edna May.

ikes that very much. She's ty-won title. Not a bit. balance, Stand square.

ROUGH ESTIMATE starting, to worry."

When-I-asked him if his son. At a rough estimale I should would go into boxing. he was say Randolph will earn some MISSED CHANCES

"No. I can thing in the nature of £85,000

next two in the

three OL be walched very emphatic. Every ball must

Eati's Be careful not to "blind" first all the way from the bowler's help it," said Sugar Ray, "That's

His share of the hand and off the pitch. Many one thing I don't want, to see years. elip by edging too far to the off.

him go into boxing. No, sir, I Until really confident of your stumping chances are missed be-

Jen't want that boy to get into Court takings in said to have

becn

between £9,000 and take fast bowling, or cause wicket-keepers are sure ability to

this

gume possibly

The young are home from school, and in households the

couldn't

12,000, but that's mere chic- even medium-fast that swings.

"Either

with a you end up should

ken feed when lined up along where the golfing light has dawned there will be much Bet play the tasy bull. on top of the wicket, you

stands, side the £82,000 offered siand back. Able yourself where Ceaseless concentration is es- banged-up face, or if you

No one but an

some success, what does it mean? are you going to be more useful senilal.

fight ht the turn

Polo practice-swinging in forbidden zones, and general refur. close up and missing catches, perfenced wicket-keeper knows You get so used to the excite the television rights of the re- dragging of battered clubs from umbrella

This is exclusive of bishing against the family hellday. or standing back and holding how difficult 1; is to take the ballment, you just can't stay quiet.

"If I'm away from the note and film rights. them?

cleanly. How different it would

to a con-bs it there were na batsman to and the people for a couple of which are being auctioned

The championships are a set of steps for the golfers To stand back is not fession of weakness or lack of bauck you with his body, or flash days, I simply got a come back. the highest bidders.

to descend at Worlington Halt, the professionals,

the Since Turpin could well net over; your line cfThat's what makes it so hard to

and from Rye. out across ability. But don't do things by his bat across

240,000 worth of dollars from apart from those who still marshes on a miniature-gauge halves. Be as far away from the right, just at the critical moment quit. I guess Jock Demsey felt

hat way, too."

his American visit, how on hope to catch the selectors' track and. I do believe, earth can we in Britain hope

You'll find it is easier to take a the batsman is left-handed, ball wide on the rg-side than reverse this position, shouldane that passes between be necessary to move only the mon's legs and alumps. outer foot in order to take an cffside ball

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With several inspiring performances and good team be- the estuary. Others were pawned and sub- been a confirmed looker-out- sequently cold to raise the of-the-window; perhaps

widens, the railway shrinks spirit they defeated France by 115 points to 80 in the

and fourth stump would wind by owners who inf'ed to cause I cannot afford anyway humbly to a single track 2-The

City Stadium. White C motors In Yorkshire recently the for ibw were disallowed.

which

winds lis way along the shore, two-day track meet at the look like clockwork darting into little tunnels and fourth stump was tried out in a must be remembered; however, help bowlers, whether fast or keep their fisin clenched at the one of these modern

Yorkshire that an old bail was used and slow, and would encourage the end of their careers.

mice and all go 100 mph or popping out beside finy Coves

British women, too, won their ad in the 100-yard dash. Márm game between two

OWES A LOT TO MEL Counch teams, Rawmarsh and the scam bowlers were at a die- outswinger and the leg break.

after perhaps simply because I now! 3-The umpire would have a One morning thortly

own the rallways, I sull think with while "boots lying beach match against France by a score Donald Baily defeated the French advantage.

of 50 points to 41. Champion with caze --Anstelated championship his Rotherham

world

ENOUGHI But several balemen were clean much easier task in making an

PROPERLY Unfortunately I was unable to

triumph,

Randolph turned a golfing, holiday, should begin ed on their Eldes. decision.!

heavy continucus rains d Properly

though, enough, attend the game but the respec- bowled. It is doubtful if they lbw

Without

*IGHLIGHT OF THE DAY Reveralon to the old bw rufe away from the trophies, and by train.

SO WITH TIOLIDAY GOLF Leslie Salts, hiz

nothing equals the approach to which turned the track into a tive captains, who arranged the would have been; with

exira stump

would, of course, be a necessity. facing Mr

harff and business manager, An elderly Cambridge don, St. Andrews. The sleeper... lake the 25,000 crowd aw game as a result of the suggestion

The highlight of tha' day, was There

no doubt that the I am convinced foo that the anid:

asked his reactions to marriage the breakfast haddock as you grand performance by 20-year The Al made by me in this column.

fourth

Д s'ump caused the batschanze would encourage

Those fellowa didn't realise toto in life, sakl, The break-

minutes, 13 submitted to me their

Bullein in the six miles, during hal views.

the litle rain from Leu six-mile race in 29 obe rather apprehensive batsman's offaide play, which is

it was their day. This is my | fasls- are infinitely better at tumble, over, the Forth Bridge | old Walter Hesketh, who won the Walter · Hesketl'a-; vicitry, EC men

not half so chara, preferably with the chi seconds Hesketh beat the time which he broke four records Heavy rain made the wicket and I have come to the con- for more attractive to watch day and I must make the most the dinners

experiment than onside drokes, which in of it,

Food." 96 I think it la with gine: going, backwards. the of the Finn, Viljo Heino, who in He gave a magnificent dirplay completely dead, and in view clusion that the

hollday golf.

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much. ̈ ̈

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The records he broke were the approach is infinitely, more the first distant glin

10

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But as this has been the main grumble for many years, and as groundsmen continue to be the "villains of the plece," I am going to get on my hobby. horse again -the fourth stump.

overs.

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