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SPORTS WRITERS PICK TOWEEL TO KEEP HIS TITLE

Johannesburg, Nov. 12.

South African sports writers today praised the punch- ing power of the Spanish challenger, Luis Romero, but picked the World Bantamweight Champion, Vic Toweel of South Africa, to keep his title in their bout here on Satur- day. And they picked the local star to turn the trick by a knockout,

The boxing columnist of the "Sunday Express" said, "I believe Toweel will win and probably inside the dis- tance. The Spaniard has a terrific punch - probably the

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hardest in the world for his weight but I noticed that The Second Of Two

the champion is well able to present against punishers he respects."

a clever defence

Times' boxing, will have no trouble whatever The Sunday

in macking reporter wrote, "Always allow-

the weight" Reuter.

ing that a puncher like Romero can swing the result with one left hook I take Toweel to keep

LIGHTWEIGHT MATCHES New York, Nov. 12.

his title. I! To weel survives Matchmaker Al Weill of the the arst three or four rounds International Boxing Club said think he will send down today the winher of the light- Romero Inside the distance."-weight title ht between United Press

Champion Jimmy Carter

will

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Bantamweight and

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meet

and the

Aragon victor of the Paddy De Marco- Eddie Chavez fight in a non-

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ROMEKO ANNOYED

Johannesburg, Nov. 12

Romero, the Spanish

Feather-tle bout in Madison Champion, will end his Garden this January.

Carter and Aragon: clash training in secret for his world i

15-round boul Lan lamweight Wil fight herein

with the South Angeles on Wednesday night. on Saturday

De Marco, a leading challenger, African. Vic Toweel.

of San Jose Romero made his last public faces Chavez,

before the fight California, in the top ten at the appearance

Fright night.--As- when yesterday he sparred Garden

200 at the sociated Press, before n crowd of

He was Stadium

06- viously annoyed by the tar - haviour of a small

Rand

section of

the crowd and the fact that several members

family were present.

and

(of

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"These people expect me to kill my sparring partner

Georges Mousse friend, (France)." Romero sod. would have Thought they ready heard about my punch Ing power It is not right to hit hard in training. I am sav- ing my hitting for Toweel.

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TIRED

EMIL ZATOPEK-THE

LITTLE MAN WHO CAN

OUTLAST ALL OPPOSITION

By HENRY THORNBERRY

One of the greatest fallacies in international sport is that a champion must be a husky, healthy-looking athlete, carefully coached by orthodox methods.

Britain's mighty midgets, mile runner Sydney Wenderson and former world's flyweight champion Jimmy Wilde, proved this wrong many years ago and they were considered more or less freaks.

corres- couches.

UNWISE FOR OTHERS

But the greatest middle and long-distance runner in the world today, Emil Zatopek of Czechoslovakia, has tossed overboard all recognised methods of training NOT A BLOW STRUCK

and running technique and has given rise to the belief that maybe the old methods London, Nov. 12

are outdated. Danny (Bang Bang) Womber.

In the history of sport no man failed to win after a great finish- controversy among athletic lean. fancy-stepping Chicago

Zatopek's view is that 10 appears to have contradicted the ing spurt, United Press uf Toweel: welterweight, is beginning

suspect he can win here with accepted methods and theories of pondent Robert Musel, who was reasonably fit athlete can run out throwing a punch.

training more than Zatopek and watching the Czech closely, said any number of such races with

ill-effects He

brought to London certainly none with such amazing he appeared to be on the point out any

PROVIDED WHS for a 10-round non-title

bout success

Whenever, and wherever, of collapse more than once and there is a break of at least 48 against Wally Thom, the new European sperts coaches and ex- there wasn't a man in the press hours between events. British Weiter Champion. Thomperts gather the fabulous Czech box who would have bet a dollar cul an eve

and in training

an almost inevitable topic of to win a thousand on the Czech withdrew.

finishing. eur:versat.on. Then they gave him Eddie Thomas, a world ranking boxer Енго- and former British and Romero Is concentrating om

pean title-holder, Thomas train- speed and Mousse. who fought ed one day, hurt both his hands 10 rounds with Towee

and withdrew. is proving cently,

Womber is still on the bill at sparring partner to imprHarringay Arena on Tuesday the Spaniard's footwork.

night. foe now is supposed Toweel had 3 strenuuti to be Duggie Du Preez of South workout today. equivalent

Africa.

But Du Preez hurl his eight rounds, and he gave his back recently and his manager

taste of his sparring partners a

warned promoter Jack Solomons two-handed punching.

that he may not be ft. His manager and brother. Maurice Toweel, said that he "terrific condition and was in

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"I don't care who they find." Danny said. "I beat 'em all."

Associated Press.

RUNS IN FITS AND JERKS

At least that is the time he Bu Zatopek is no freak. One requires himself for a compite of Europe's leading physiologists, recovery which means most other to rest He doesn't look ikke an athlete Professor Jirimu Krai, the bead athletes would be wise

locks the

more before fact he

exact of the Department of Sports for three days or opposite-he doesn't run like an Medicine in Prague, said there attempting another run.

hard race! On the day after athlete and he doesn't train like was nothing physically abnormal

bis legs always feel exceptionally an athlete. Zatopek at the half- about 'he Czech star.

After an exhaustive examina-beavy and sore and raceS way mark of a long race is 3 figure calling for sympathy, a ton of the athlete and an inten- the second successive day when of "X"-Ray photo-they cannot be avoided leave him tired-looking litle man, running s.ve s'udy

bigger or

stranger than that of any first-class athlete and cover. Zatopek can immediately hus lung capacity no greater than

in a series of fits and jerks in graphs, Krai said Zalopek's bear: completely exhausted and ill. what appears to be great pain, is no judging by the expression on his face.

In the 5,000 metres race at the

QA

But, if given 48 hours to re-l

that of other top-class distance reach record-breaking times, as H: belleved Zatopek's Witnessed by his performance in

zunners.

1948 Olympios, which he narrowly henomenal success was due to Finland last year when he wen

American Basketball

Team To Demonstrate Short-Passing Game

The Stewart-Chevrolet Basketball quintet, winners of the 1951 American Athletic Union Basketball Championship, will arrive by PAL tomorrow morning for a five-game series here.

conference Mr Andrew Lerios, Manager of the American team, at a Press yesterday, said that the team will introduce a new kind of play, based on short passes, to the local hoopsters. This method was used by the Stewarts when they unseated the two-year winning streak of the Phillips Oilers to win the National Cham- pionship.

Alterations To Jockey Club

Classifications

The following are the alterations to the Hongkong Jockey Club Classification List:-

To Class 1B

In their current Philippines Francisco, climaxing their win.. tour the Stewarts have won alluing the Championship, tep games. Mr Lerios would not The visitors will play their commit himself yesterday but arst game on Wednesday night said the team hopes to do the against the Chung Sing and will same in Hongkong.

follow with an exhibition.

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Gutierrez Shield Final This Saturday

The

Gutierrez Shield final between Switzerland and Malaya will be played on Saturday, November 17, at Kowloon Docks at

2.30 p.m.

FA Cup Draw

The

London, Nov. 12. draw for the first round

of the English FA Cup matches to be played on Saturday, Nov. 24, was made today as follows:

Brighton vs. Bristol City. Reading vs. Walsall.

Leyton or Walthamston Avenue va Chippenham Town. King's Lynn vs. Exeter City. Southend vs. Bournemouth, Aylesbury United vs. Wat- ford.

Torquay vs. Bromley. Swindon vs. Bedford. Colchester vs. Port Vale. Merthyr Tydfil vs Ipswich. Tonbridge vs. Aldershot Leyton Orient vs. Corleston. Lymington or Bernstaple vs. Folkestone or Sutton United.

Norwich va. Northampton. Millwall vs. Plymouth Newport vs. Barry Town. Leytonstone vs. Shrewsbury Crystal Palace vs. Gillingham, Brush Sports vs. Yeovil Town or Weymouth.

Guildford City vs. Peterborough or Hereford.

Bristol Rovers VS. Kettering Town.

his tremendous will-power and 5,000 metres run

d

14 minutes 6.5 seconds and two days later iron determination in training

sel up his 10,000 metres récord of and competitive racing.

29 minutes 2.6 seconds. teetotaller Zatopek is 日

and

There is little doubt that Zato- non-smoker. He is also not over-

is cautious about eating, a subject pek is the present number one HE which he and his medical mystery man of athletics, advisers have had many argu- appears to defy all the rules and nients. He has a special fondness yet turns in fantastic times with

He monotonous regularity. claims for fruit compotes, sweet dishes re

here is no secret formula for and candy and eats with complete success nor does he possess any irregularity.

He scorns a special

physical abnormality which training

gives

Wigan Athletic ΟΙ Witten dirt, claiming the Finns make him an advantage over his rivals. "The only way to athletic

letic Albion vs. Gainsborough Trinity. felish of this with the result they

Stocklen ys. Mansfield Town the medium sometimes fall miserably when of hard work", be said, "Most

success is through

Rawmarsh Welfare vs. Frierley they travel abroad and fall to athletes train in a leisurely hal-

Colliery or

or Buxton Wrexham vs. Halifax. hearted fashion, maintaining that '00-severe training is not enjoy able

obtain their accustomed food.

and therefore contrary to the true principles of 'sport'.

Ilkeston Town vs. Rochdale. Blyth Sparians V5. Bishop Auckland.

Newson vs. Oldham Athletic. Bradford City vs. Carlisle. Hartlepools vs. Rhyl Accrington vs. Chester. Grimsby Town vs. Darlington. Scunthor No

Scunthorpe 18. Billingham Synthonia.

ALL THE YEAR HOUND

The Czech trains seven days of every week of the year. In win- terwhich can be

La "But they could not be more severe

Ahletes training, Eastern Europe he either trains wrong. in the woods if conditions permit, matter how hard and disciplined,

can afford

as much enjoyment indoors if the weather is particularly bad. He usually and be as thrilling as an actual trained indoors at the big Sokol compstlitve race-if you are Riding School establishment in true sportsman.

"Therein lies the secret."__ Prague but last winter he depar- ted from a custom of many years United Press, by training entirely in his apart

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ment.

Here he fitted a well-exerciser and other apparatus, Three of his favourite exercises are deep-

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Charity Boxing Tournament

Following is the full pro Travelling with the team is

gramme, all matches to be play "Hank" Luisetti, their coach.ed at the SCAA, Caroline Hill: knee bending, cycling motions His name is synonymous with Thursday. Stewart - Chevrolet v while on his back and knee- basketball and he is considered Lau Bing. D.; exhibition by raising against the resistance of

Velors, 2 p.st. one of the greatest stars the

Friday, Stewart-Chevrolet v Chi the exerciser. The cycling exer- game has even known. He has Lik, p.m.; exhibition by visitors Case is

two performed with been named to the all-time All- um.

weights strapped to his fest, Saturday, Stewart v American basketball team-the MCA - Chevrolet weighing two kilogrammes each. only West Coast player to re-visitore, 8 p.m.

Indoor training sessions began at 5 pm. every evening after his Fund. day's "work"

the Army Physical Training Centre

Duchess Delight...from Class 2 ceive this honour. To Class 2

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Golden Dragon John

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Al Fresco

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Luisetti, at Stanford, was ac- 4claimed the first player to po- pularise, the one-handed push 4 shot. He established a Southern Division Pacific Coast Conference 4 scoring record of 242 points that 2 stood for 11

He still holds years. the individual high scoring mark for a a single Stanford game-50 points against Duquesné,

Bunday Stewart-Chevrolet v Com- bined Hongkong. 8 p.m.; exhibition by visitors, 9 pmn.

Rugger Results

nt

in

A charity boxing tourna ment was held last night at China Fleet Club in aid of

Tranmere vs Pocle. Scarborough or Blackhali Col- liery vs. Workington Town. York City vs. Bradford. Crewe vs. Lincoln. Stockport vs. Gateshead. Barrow vs. Chesterfield, Bangor vs. Southport.

First and Second Division Clubs are exempt until the third round. on January 12-Reuter,

U.S.

the Earl Haig "Poppy Day Beat

The

All-Stars Japanese

Tokyo, Nov. 11- R.S.M. Charlton, who fought Gor Dunn in the Welterweight, Stars whipped a Japanese All- American baseball All-

endeavoured to

Prague.

It is reported that throughout played with him. It was ob- Star team 12-0, to-day. The the whole of his winter indcor-vicus that Charlton was much game at Melji Park was wit- schedule he started with 70 re-superior and

the carry on the fight, although he including General and

nessed by more than 50,000 fans, of each volutions London, Nov. 12.

leg in

Mrs

of Rugby Union

The following are the results cycling exercise, followed by 30 could have disposed of Duta af Matthews B. Ridgway.

games played knee bends. He then increased any time.

The majority of the fight three home runs-two in the Americans slammed out ne leg exercise to 100 revolutions

leg and 50 knee bends were poor. The boxers in the

by Mel Farnell and Jos St Thomas Hospital 6, Edin-repeating the whole performance minor events showed very little

and another in the to an end in October, 1944, when burgh Academicals 3.

ten times.

Luisatti's playing career came

today:

he was stricken with spinal Camborne 14, Redruth Ban

7 meningitis while he was in the Reuter.

Navy.

However, he has kept

very active in the sport since

that time, and for the past three

each

He gradually decreased the exercise to 60 revolutions

of each leg and 30 knee bends |

first

before commencing ONE HOUR

The results were: Kayler.

Tha

The

eighth by Ray. Perry,

They

tallied 21 hits: off five

Flyweight--Ma - Lo-xing beat Kid Japanese plichers. Pricher Pynell, who went the route, al- Bantamweight. Kal Man beat lowed only four hits-Asso of knee-raising against resistance Bros Gerge Garcha boat clated Fress. Speedy Morales.

Welterweight-R 8 M. Charltost beat Gne Ham

2 years has been the coach of the Snooker League NOT reported how much

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Wetterweight-Sgt Avery beat Yun Light Heavyweight-Sao Harcisa best" Bgt Deadman. -Pentherweight-ligo Roliz beat

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Outdoor training was resumed Snooker in March in the woods and the|| Kh League matches played last following month he began track During the 1950-51 basketball night were:

work. drason, the Stewarts team, which

CPO Tamar The powers of reacvery of was organteed three years ago, 1-2; South China beat Sgts middle and long-distance runners have long been a subject for won 30 gaines and lost nine, Mess HQLF 5–0,

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B Ollers and then added nine wins

In their noxb 10 games record

8 at 10 wine and three losses

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