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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1953.

A NAME THAT SPELLED CHAMP' IS FIGHT NEWS AGAIN TODAY

EN thousand people in the building and ten gulness for the ringside at Harringay-nothing so very remarkable about that these days, but this was 15 years ago, and ringside gamblers were laying. 6-1 against the British fighter, who WOB fighting the giant American ex-heavyweight champion of the world.

What a contrast these two presented, not only in looks but in temperament and general deportient,

In one corner there was Tommy Farr, blondish of hair, craggy of brow, his skin very white for 11 fighter, except where it was pitted with the little blue- groen scars which a former coal-miner wears life.

Diagonally ROTUSE

his

all

WEG "Mudcap"

Hing, resplendent in a

from Mux luxu

TUR-

him

Baer, the Clown Prince of the

rious silk dressing-gown,

ging and hitching at his gleam-

ing silk pants as though their

For

just a

Drawing by ROBB

moment Baer was dazed

hd lolled so easily on his stool before the battle hot started,

cut were not elegant enough for while tripping over his recum- Beau Buer, the Brummell of bent opponent, had tapped him Boxing.

al Jocularly on the chest, and shouted into እ። astonished

The eyes which had sparkled Farr, drab да 10 dressing trumpet-like ear: "Come on,

with such gay devilment were gown and shorts, shot suapi-

now puffed, and blood was stil}, elous looks from

come an, last one up's a ciszy." those slaty

trickling from above the left eyes of his. It was as though Wasn't he the darling of half eye. The curly, wavy.

black he suspected trapdoors in the the female population of Holly- hale was now, through

awcat ring. gremlins in the

gloves, weed, the man whom the great and water, hanging in lank, Baer was the handsome, sophis Joe Louis said was the hardest black cables round his blotched lented boulevardier, laughing hitter he had met? So why face. Even the magnificent easily, smiling much,, waving to should he worry himself with torso was pinked and spotted friends in immaculate evening this "unknown" Limey?

from Farr's body blows, dress at the ringside, monarch of all he surveyed.

Although Buck at 28 was Ave years older than Farr, he had not begun boxing professional ly until three years lutor-bus then Farr's first recorded pro- fessional fight was when be was only 12 (this was in the days before the Board of Con- irol).

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That wis the atmosphere when the refered "Pickles" Douglas, brother of the former England Test captain, J. W. II. T. Douglas, called the two men to the centre of the ring for the final Instructions,

Even Dien Baor hardly bothered to look at his op ponent-which was a pily, for it was just about the last ehunce he was to have of see- WHY WORRY? ing him clearly that night.

Because one minute after the IT WAS

keynote to the Best bell had soundett a vicious touchy, cactus-prickly Furr's right cross from the Welshman make-up that everything bad std along Baer's left eyebrow always been hard for him. and opened it like a well-oil- After the mines, he had work- ed zip fastener. No one could ed as a "boots" In an hotel, quite credit, what they saw. drifted from job to job, fight- ing for coppers, fighting to live at all in the days of the de- pression when gaunt-faced men thronged the sombre streets of

the grey Welsh villages.

THE 'ACT'

BAER had

out his

THEN-BANG!

left-

PETER

focuses on the great clash with Tommy Farr in the Jast of his varies of—

ly, overwhelmingly, and had confounded the critics as com- pletely as he had Baer,

But even then the dour Welshman did not relax. I have a pleture in which a blood-bespattered

Baer, blu right urm round. Farr's shoulders, Is grinning widely, albeit a trifle ruefully. Forr's then manager, Ted Broadribb, is one big smile and everyono in the picturo has a happy expression-except

He Is still tight-lipped and big eyes--what one can see of them are stern under the mat of bedraggled hair.

Farr,

was still very strong and down against Joe Louls, were H in the seventh round he proved it. He used his superior now he seemed to sense that firal step along the road to a as brite as pie crusts, but He had advanced. almost the reach to job Farr's head back ho must gamble everything on world title fight with Joe Louts on his shoulders with a arm that seemed the length of the punch that would pay for but he wasn't smiling. He a clothes-line pole.

all, and in the eleventh, three was an uncompromising charac- right smashes to Farr's jaw, ter in those days, was Tommy while he was pinned on the Farr, ropes, threatened to Splinter the bong or send the Welshmar catapulting into the drst of the cash customers.

It was in the eighth that Baer ran into real trouble. Peci, peck, peck went Farr's left as dolorous as the rent collector's knock. And then - bang! Fare eroased his right to Baer's damaged eyebrow, pro- during a red spray like wounded whale spouting.

i

un-

Now everyone

was on

TOW

WHAT NOW?

ring after a ten-year retire

edge of their seats those who

the WHEN. Farr came back to the a weren't on their feet, Could ment, in September, 1950, he

Fare outbox hín man in the still exhibited a brand of heavy- weight boxing which had grown rare in the post-war rings of Britain.

For a few moments Baer, last round as he had in the first blinded by the blood and dazed len or would Baer's tremen by the force of the punch, dous strength and punching groped his way round the ring power enable him to snatch a like a blind

Incidentally, it was a strange man in a started in his where the furniture has been

room last-minute victory?

coincidence that the night to usual Inckadaisical fashion, rearranged.

Neither of these things hop started his comeback was the Only now was he getting in- hitching up his shorts, grimac-

pened.

identical date when Joe Louis- to the big money and the Ing, snarling, puffing

Fare's great defleleney,

whom Farr battled so gamely- wiscacres told him that he Tarzan chest, looking like a fortunately, has always been

fcr 15 rounds in 1937--toolk would be lucky if he lived to mixture of "beef-cake" in box that he could not

part in his last contest involving eray it after Baer had got ing boats and an extra in a full weight. It he had

the world's heavyweight title. through with him. To which Boriz Karloff picture overplay- able to do so I thought Farr would just lower that ing his part.

have knocked bullet head of his between

American out then. As I broad shoulders, and mutter But if Baer's approach was he just continued to pile Comething unprintable the light-hearted, Farr's had the the points. voice with the Welsh it in it, deadly earnestness of a man

whe is staking his whole

As for Baer, I don't think he even bothered to look at Farr career on a single throw of the

before the gong.

would

punch his

been

the

K. O. NEEDED

Why should he?

dice-gra single passage of arms. He bored in, his fair

the Wasn't ho head lowered, like a white tor- the mun who. when win- pedo

a yellow war- D with ning the world championship head. from the 18st. 114 lb. Primo Carnera, had knocked down ten times. and

of the

I do not think that oven Farr,

who was supposed to be the weight talent

title the

A GROAN.

he ПNSTEAD of coming out to was, his points Icail,

hit and run and conserve optimist though he has al- Farr charged ways been, would go so far as Up from his corner in the fast to think that he could fight his

round, as he had in the first, way back into a world to slug it out with the.

malch, but, considering man tumentable paucity of heavy- best slugger in the world.

in this country, no one can say when his pro- Once DEFORE

start

he nearly ran into gress will bo'balted. disaster. A left hook to tenth. Buddy Baer, Max's body which Baer succeeded In the

And Baer? Madcap Maxle younger

but

even bigger brother, looking a fine gure he had scored

Jonding was the hartlest blow went on for another four years him Most of the time he relled or two waiters in his evening ont

in the whole after his ckish with Farr. He return unce, almost solely on his left, and dress, came bounding up to contest."

Ferr looked on the defeated Tommy In while the towering Boer-ac--Baer's corner to whisper words verge of toppling. The crowd out in New York.

City He cepted his hooks as though they, of encouragement In his ear. groaned and gasped, but the knocked out "The Beer Barrel

Welshman pulled himself to look,"

Two- pats, he could gel away from the ram-roc It was obvious that he was aether and plunged back to

to Galento, and he exploded the straight left, whereas Farr telling Max that he needed a close quarters to swap hall- pretensions of Pat Comiskey, found it the easiest thing In the knock-out to win, and certain arm blows with the big

But after he had been tilted world to dance away from the ly the ex-world champion did until the final gong left them

twice by Lou Nove, he former

ment- rally in the tenth, shaking Farr both panting with their arms longer for him, and after get- butcher-boy's

the ring was no chopper counters.

for the Aral time with a short dangling by their sides. burst of lofts and right upper-

1ing his release from the U.S. cuts to the jaw.

There wasn't the added ten Army, which he joined during, slon of having to walt

while the

war, he became a very the referee added up his score highly pald cabaret performer. card. There was no need for that. Farr had won convincing- Express Service.)

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Les Girls Get a New Sponsor

From

JOAN HARRISON

FRANCE'S

Paris.

night club

girls, whose job it is

to make customers drink

and dance, have acquired now but undesired -

sponsors interested in their welfare.

were love

not

By the end of the sixth round-halt way through the cor.test-Baer presented a very Before the fight, it had been different appearance from that rumoured that Baer's hands, of the debonair gentleman who which he claimed had let him

ФЕЛА

man

cided that

Overture to 'The Death of Stalin'

The French Government's WHO is Stalin's doctor Social Security Service has NOW? Or does he no suddenly

swooped upon

up Lo

longer need

a medical aci-

by

CHARLOTTE HALDANE

night club owners demand- viser 7 For the nine lead- ing that the girls be con-ing medical men and special among the three dominant one factor. It was to be assurot sidered as "employees." ists in the Soviet Union are factions: 1. The Red Army that it would happen AFTER And it requires that all under arrest and being leadership; 2, the Party leader Stalin's death..

ship; and 3, the leadership of their back health services softened down for a treason the hitherto all-powerful Secu~

Why is it happening NOW? - There seem to bo only two tax should be paid.

trial. Of these nine, six rity Organisation, which is also possible suggestions that oc are Jews.

biggest controller of In- count for the time. factor. This could mount

ternal and external Industrial . neveral thousands of pounds A friend of mine, in hospital and commercial enterprises.

1. If Stain is no longer at for some night club owners in Moscow, in 1847, was attend-

the helm then matters are who have around a dozen girls ed by a brilliant Jewish doctor.

aking their inevitable course, on their premises.

"Is anti-Semitism on the In-

The fight for the successives trease?" asked my friend.

being fought to the death be tween Malenkov and Berin, and Now, note that among those Malenkov has Fot in the first victims of the doctors (whom starred as victims or potential and persibly decisive blow,

2. It Stalin is still at the helm, the Security Organisation is ac- then he feels strong enough cused of having insufficiently physically and powerful enough Invigilated) are the cream of mentally and marully, to offer. encourage customers to drink Three factions the Red Forces leadership, no up his most trusted medical ad-

fewer than five top-ranking visers to a horrible death. marshals, generals, mirdis.

.

The night club proprietors are indignant- and so are the girls, who resent official interest in their affairs.

"Undoubtedly," the doctor replied,

Then what of your own | future?" The doctor shrugged The girls, who are given the his shoulders," fatalistically....

title of hostesses, customarily

and are paid a small percentage

.

Top-ranking

and ad-

:

i'

Pattern set

Ton

MALEINERY

Tony

de-

Remember the Great Purges of 1937-8, which set the precise pattern for the present one. Then the doctors were accused of having polsoned Gorky. To- day it is Zhdanov.

was

The chief prosecutor at those Lalais was Vishinsky. The last victim

these Yezhou, the chief of the poll tical police at that time. who was hla successor?

And

· None other than L. Beria, chief of the political and security police today.

His blessing

The death of Stalin, at this Crisis of Soviet history, would Communism, Stalin knows this be the major catastrophe for better than anyone.

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It Berla is now to go the way of his predecessor Yezhov, this mchos that Stalin bas given, lila But of the nine" accused on each bottle wellent orders.

official blessing to Malcikov. The night club also guarantees doctors being #ripened"

Log

and wants to see him securely them about 288, (a month. The trial, three are not Jews: Pro-

anthroned before it may be too real la up to the girl and the fessors Yegorov. Vinogradov. I com fairly reassemble to

Jale, generosity of the man she and Mayorov, reputed to have, asume thee the three-comerel

The Leninist Revolution was belpa to entertain..

been · for:

may have. But if he feels that his days commemorated by

book medical adviserlin's own fight for power

braken out Malentov, the are numbered, ho might still famous in its lime, by the Now, though, the health In- Atraigned with them is the Party boys, in alliance with the pursue this course. He might Amerlean Communiat, John spector say that the guaranted Soviet Secr

Security Service of losses of the antied forces have decided to cure the Reed (buried outside the must be considered as a salary, which the head in T. Koria, ngacme Biria, the hend of the Aliccessorship to his chosen heir. Kremlin Wall). It was entitled Furthermore, the Ministry of rival of Pasty Secretary Malco Spousty Forces and responsible - Malenkov, now. [!! -

TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK Soclul etylces: 1 considering

THE WORLD. forming the hostesses infos I have long expected that qurol of the atellite States, Lenis tried (but too lato and in to strike for dictatorial power,

kov for future dictatorship for the political and Industriet

Remember how the dying 18 Malenkov's turn has come “workers, wall," and demanding the death of Stalini there would, nuw gething with tumilia that they receive a minimum break out in the Boviet Union

vain) to warn the Party against (do, will be luckyy a welke nou All this is happening accorde. Stalin, Stalin will, plates have pealis If hh dan, pry, br217 a man tha

4. three-cornered Daht for powering te baileipation, once for forgotten the integ

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ALWAYS WORTH

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FOR!

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MONDAY..

(GROUND FLOOR)

SHIRTS, SOCKS, TIES, PULLOVERS. SLIPOVERS, UNDERWEAR, SCARVES, ETC..

TUESDAY

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DRESSING GOWNS, OVERCOATS, A FEW SUITS, SPORTS COATS, CORDUROY JACKETS, RUGS.

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and

ALEXANDRA ARCADE.

The famous Kew 'A' Certifielt, proof that a movement has passed the world's most stringent tests with flying colours. Although the National Physical Laboratory (background). is now at Teddington, these certificates are still called by the name of the original famous foundation."

An achievement

that startled the most exacting craftsmen

ZNOWN the world over as the ultimate authority on the testing of timepieces, Kew

K Observatory an England recorded in 1950 results that startled the most casting, the

most bläse cralismen in our industry.

Rolex entered more than 100 of their men's small watches (23.7 mm. in diameter) for chronometer testing-for testing that is usually given only to large chronometers. The movements were to be subjected, in company with large chronometers, to the most stringent tests in the world. The experts were dubious; but Rolex were confident!

For 44-days, in five positions and at three temperatures, those watches were tested! And when their points were totalled, men connected with the watch industry could bardly believe their eyes.

The incredible number of 140 Rolex movements had qualified for and was the precious, coveted-Kow 'A'

The Rolaj apagastiku prek of Holas per Tocilon) Penticted: by the Oyster state, "powered with silvat gliciency, by the Katex Perpetual, self-winding, "Roser, is Fototenekénkly, and clearly recorda'iber dete

Certificate,

The full force of this achievement becomes clearer when you realize that the smaller the watch movement the more difficult it is to attain the accuracy necessary. to pass such stringent tests originally designed for chronometers of far greater diameter.

For watches so small to be so good means only one thing that the best of workmanship and the highest technical skill go into them. And it is this standard that makes Rolex the world's first wrist chronometer. **The first turist-watch ever to pass the Kew „Observatory, test was a small I ligoo Rolex. This happened as long ago-1

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