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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1935.

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Ewart Potgieter Retires

London. Dec. 4. Ewart Potzinter, 7 ft. 2 in South African heavy- weight, who had been hali- ed as a future world cham- plon, decided today to re- tire from boxing. He is 22.

At his London hotel, the huge 21-stone giant sald ho had enjoyed fighting at the beginning but I'm fed up with Ti Dow

Polzicter haa had ten Aghts as a professional, He won nine all inside the

fought distance and

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draw in his last bout over ten rounds.

Asked why he had de- elded to quit the ring, Fol- gleter replied: "There are I have myself in

many reason

never been hurt

the rins and I

hurting others.

don't Nko

I'm going

back to South Africa to my parents in Natal think

I become a farmer again,” -Router.

McCool May Captain Somerset Next Season

London, Dec. 4 Colin McCool. 40-year-old former Australian Test cricketer, caplais Somerset may season, his Bret with the English County club.

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McCool, with #4 Tests and two highly successful years in English League cricket, now lans the necessary residential quali- fication to play for Somerset

And is quite on the cards.

he will take over the captaincy of the County eleven Stranger things have been known happen.

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Preveril skipper Gerald Ford- off is quitting because of buri I there does not seent

to be any first class available to take over

Somerset, patih

oznatess

relations Of

the English County sperm, cently advertised for an assistant secretary.

Goalkeeper-Charging Rule Likely

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Be Altered

Says VERNON MORGAN

London, Dec. 5. Though a general opinion is that the "foot brawl match between Wales and Austria at Wrexham is best forgotten, possibly one good thing emerged from this "rough house" and that is that the charging goalkeeper rules may be altered.

It will be surprising if the members of the Interna tional Football Federation do not shortly introduce legisla tion to stop forwards charging goalkeepers even fairly as a direct result of this match.

It

holding

it or, if standing still, should not be allowed to bounce more than twice."

will be recalled that the him get rid of the ball after he whole trouble began when the has taken four paces Welsh forwarde ве about tackling the Austrian goal keeper from the first whistle in a a distinctly resolute manner. Their inlet scomed to be to intimidate the man between the and so make it caser for them to route,

But that was not the original antation of the rule, operating only in Britain and now

the Commonwealth.

It was framed to prevent goalkeepers wasting time and to give forward the chance of Lustling the man with his ball into the net when on the line. to low was never incant

Frank Swift, one of England's greatest gonikeeper%;

think our charging rule is Anc.

seen Continentals have

warte while

the timo

goalkeeper holds up the game,"

Trevor

ward:

its

Ford, Welsh centre- "Why not charge, in the rules, 1n many cases the goalkeepers are as big as me."

fair

Sir Stanley Rous, Secretary of the English Football Asso ciation and a famous referee "Nobody forwards to go for the goalkeeper in the younger days: yards out of his goal with bull-should mind a goalkeeper being

charged like runhess.

so long as it is und within the rules."

And this is what the fool- ball writers,

ncurly who are in favour of a change, say: Clifford Webb, Daily Herald: The rule must be revised. Its ne good to anyone in its present form. The game is "foof" ball.

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Trve, refer

are supposed check

all fouls and 13- Kentlemanly play, and they cold caution and then send of those charging the goalkeeper recklessly and unfairly. How much better to do away with the rule allogether and let the custodian of the net have a free band

He lus a tough enough allowing jobs it is without forwards to make his 1e even tougher.

TOO MUCH SCOPE

There are those who say that to change the rule would allow the goalkeeper too much scope *| let him wiste time, but here again the referees are em- powered 10 intervene.

Indood ITXI think it would be preferable, <l

if necessary, to amend the rules to give the goal- keoper Jess scope and ban the charging rule.

Two years ago the club offer » ed £1,500 year plus expenses and a house in Taunton to certain England nimateur if he would out is secretary-captain, They were unsuccessful.

If Somerset's Intest bid fully may follow the through, they example of other Counties and appoint a professional skipper. And that

where is

McCool

comes ins

EXPERIENCE

He has the experience Lo belp the team of the bottom of

VERY UNFAIR

"Any connection between the skilful propelling of a ball over the furf and a bull-like collision with a goalkeeper, whose hands are being used to hold the ball, curious. I have always thought there was something very unfair about permitting a goalkeeper to

violently bumped in the act of making à dimeult save."

BOOTIES

International

be

HOW TO HOLD IT

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A New Territories athlete is shown how to hold the Javelin by Bob Mathias at his exhibition at Boundary Street last week-China Mail Photo.

America's AAU To Conduct Special Hearing Of Santee Charges

Louisville, Kentucky, Dec. 4.

The Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, facing up to worldwide criticism of pro- fessionalism in American athletics, voted today to conduct a special hearing of charges against crack miler Wes Santee.

MY BOXING SECRETS

MAKER OF CHAMPIONS

TALKS AT LAST

By JOHNNY BEST

Ginger Foran, milk-white except for his hair, and looking like a wide-eyed baby, waited for the timekeeper to start the fight.

The bell went. He hurried from his corner to meet Jim Maharg, Scottish Flyweight Champlon, a dour little fighter who bad never been knocked out in his life.

They

Burried around each other for a moment as flyweights will.

Suddenly,

Foran Hitio straightened himself up, mea- sured Maharg with a lovely tott- hand punch,

and then crossed him with a right. It put tho Scot fat on his back, out cold. Liverpool Stadium—the grove- yard of champions--was off to

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Ginger Foran, who died quite recently,

was an extraordinary boy. He went on to fight for a world title. Then he went the United States, took out naturalisation papers and fought with the Americans at Okinawa,

NOT SO FAR

to

It seems a far cry from the Liverpool Stadium to Okinawa, but maybe it isn't so far.. For thus matter, the way it seems lo me now, after all these years and the handling of fighters from every part of the world, it doesn't seem to be far from the Liverpool Stadium to anywhere.

The tumult and the shouting have died, and the last reluctant

Johnny

JOHNNY BEST

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indignation meetings held, and by the time I walked into the magistrates court to make my application for A licence to build, the place looked like A convocation.

Catholle and Protestant clergy, were there in full force, prepared to show cause why this infamy should not be perpetrated, and I must confess that my heart sank when I saw the power arrayed against me and my plan

The turning point cama just when things looked blackest, A of the Welsh representative Church, the Rev. Powell, went into the box and based an eloquent

protest on the fact, although it was more than 100 years before, that there were large number of Welsh people buried in the graveyard. The

It looked us if boxing in Liver-emotional appeal of this looked pool, apart from a few spasmodio like turning the court against promotione in odd theatres and me. halls, was dead, I decided that it was not, for I knew my towns- men and I knew that their blood ungled to the fight game as mine always has

HOW I WON

But then

my advocate pro- duced the ace from his sleeve.... to my surprise as much as any-

He asked the Rev. body else's.

So I conceived the idea of a fan has departed. We are alone. permanent home for the sport Powell it he had any idea what and here it is, unique of its kind.

use the ground had been put to Unique? Why, certainly it 15,

The Rev. Powell had no idea for it was designed and built for before it was consecrated.

purpose than boxing. at all. Whereupon my advocato` class fighters, we do other things and waved it dramatically before Nowadays, with the shortage of produced an ancient document

Best and, in a room with a glass window looking down into the deserted stadium, its neat array of scata encircling the empty ring like a detachment of strategie troops.

Do other

Would it surprise the court

with the hall as well. But there the Bench and the witness. Here, the greatest boxers of it is a monument to the fight the half-century have battled

game and, more truly than a lot to know," he said, "that before and won and lost, Johnny Best of them know, a graveyard of the consecration of the ground waves a hand at the expression-champions

iess window and begins to The round,

The AAU, winding up its 68th annual convention here, also voted to cruck down on promoters of amateur athletalk.... tic events who create such situations as the Santee case by offering amateur athletes excessive expense money or other illegal payments.

Seversi veteran

AAU officials

on which St Paul's Church

standa so common

was

a

it insecurely gorning-place, where of the day were the citizens wont to resort to watch such pastimes as bull-balting?"

That clinched R. I got my once, and the sweetest ex- perience of my life outside of the very happy family life I've been blessed with was watching this stadium stone.

face seraphic in a smile and the short relaxre 'see out there a dream legs cross and recross happily as You

he goor on.... come true. They called me mad

You see, in those daft days when I talked to them about

when I was trying to sell the The what I had in my heart.

idewa of a permanent boxing Top AAU officials agreed that

old stadium in Pudsey Street was stadium, this really was a grave the Santee houring would have said the Santee hearings might sold over our heads to an Ameyard There was a church, too

prove to be a tremendous and perhaps far-

A showdown can flm company for conversion

St Paul's and you

you could have United Press.

into a super-cinema.

knocked me down with a fly reaching effect on the course of

go up, stone by all amateur sports in the United

weight one day in the throes of States.

the old stadium when I saw that

camo in The great night St Paul's had been found to be October 1832, when we throw was to be pulled the doors open for the first time unsafe

to a seething crowd who looked The railway company owned as if they'd wreck the place in

ground it stood

un, md

James Rhodes, past president

Erie Butler, Dally Worker; "It is up to FIFA to take action on question which always causes trouble when teams from the British sides, Continent play

can art should

be a Football How seldom does one ever see great medium for strengthening and executive board member of

resulting from

these

And friendship. goals

the AAU, said: "The day has charges? So seldom that it does it will be once both sides play

matter. The

come when we cannot besmirch peward it under the same set of rules,"

a young athlete without a falk negligible. but the And there it is, with those in

just hearing. It takes two and ฟ่น w!!

lavour of a change outweighing parties to commit a bribery. The those who do not, All, how-

sponsor who makes illegal pay- If the British want to ever,

Grein agreement intent is just as guilty as the boy goalkeeper charging for thinking that the goalkeeper should be allowed to play his the match without part Being either assaulted or un- fairly Speelta.

it can

couse 38

not brings Carnage at Wrexham is incalculable.

Even

JUSTI

national notches and home internationals. #1 aborald be the Championship, table where

band

all matches they seem to have become IL which

not accustomed to playing are taking part, in the

mass view

British sports and leading soccer om- writers cials, even though opinion is not unaalmus on the subject.

four after fixture permanent successive years.

Or they may offer the chp- taincy to senin professional Maurice Trenniett

and

intimidated.--China Mail

OUTBOARD RACING

Italian Pilots

Here are some opinions Whatever the club dreision—- Stan Cullis, former captain of

would certainty be

England and manager of Wolves: unprecedented if they brought he points against charging are In an Australian as skipper overwhelming. 14

is outdated. Set Seven World McCool with

brilliant But the Itis

Kualkeeper should be balling ability and teasing leg asked to clear quickly." breaks should prove a definite

Matt Busby, former enplure.

Think what other foreigners" done for English county

have

clubs.

Nottinghamshire looks mightily improved combination of Australian since the arrival leg-spinner Bruce Dooland uni Ceylon all-rounder Gamini Goonesena.

Dooland wrecked

season,

player to achieve the

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captain

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Records

Rome, Dec. 4.

Seven World vulboard motor-

of Manchester United: "A goal- with possession of the keeper ball should be allowed to add bout records were broken

day

Lake construction to the game by an Intelligent, unimpeded clearance.

on

Sabaudia

+01

by

who takes it-ind the AAU lax in letting it happen."

SUSPENSION

now

Santee, former University of Kansas

the in runner Marine Corps, was suspended last summer by the Missouri Valley Registration Committee for accepting too much expense track money from sponsors of meets at Washington, Philado

California. phia and in

Although Sanice openly the money, which amounted to about $500, he

reinstated was

by the Missouri Valley AAU Board of Governors.

admitted taking

The National AAU Executive

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Own

Bookie Broke His

Rules-Not To Bet; Lost £27,000

By BERTRAM JONES

Sydney.

Nothing seemed to go right for bookie Charles Howie after the day he broke his own rule not to bet and lost £27,000 in one reckless, top-hatted afternoon.

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down,

the

ond

before anybody knew really what their enthusiasm to get inside. And talk about the grave- il was up to, I had 21-year

yard of champions--WO had lease of the site and a small three of them licked that very company of hand-picked (by me) first night. business men to back me as

managing director.

GREATEST THRILL

THREE TOFFLED,

You ask me what, in fifty years There was Ginger Foran best- the Scots of boxing, has been my greatest ing Jim Maharg

.Ernie personal thrill? Don't think me Flyweight Champion,, egotistical, but really-even con- Roderick beat Billy Quinlan, and eldering all the great ones I have Jim Hunter, another Scottish seen and even boxed with the champion, was beaten on a six-

knock-out of all was the round

by Jimmy greatest thrill creation of this stadium to be

Steward. of boxing in the They got their money's worth greatest fight-town in the world. that first night 23 years ago.

One knows that boxing cult is side boxing crosses once moro be The little father of Mersey- bitter, cruel business, but it

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early

home

expressionless window

through these

And last week he died alone and in rags. Life had been fun to Charlie Howle until that day merely a projection of the raw to the in January, 1935. Impeccably dressed, he drove his pri-stuff of life itself and Johnny and peers down into the do- Best, who is approaching his 70th serted the roped square

place, vate limousine to the race courses and pinned £100 notes | year, and his son, John, in his pale and ghostly in its centre. Committee looked into

forties, the to his betting board to advertise his means,

the highest ex-He looks wistfully for a moment of it to be found. or two, and looking down into pression matter at the convention here

was his home, and

the gloom says.. But he goes on.... enjoyed a dinner and a sacks He

Bat it without in four days of heated discussion

his old newspapers

You can imagine the passions I cannot look behind locked doors. The Com-elgar in expensive restaurants. litter of Italian pilots. A

with the re-Gay friends flocked to In the 350 cc tourist category, mittoe emerged

parties bed.

that were stirred. in Liverpool seeing again all the great figures 1 tell my players to make himn

for 12 nautical

Down, until he shumed into when it was known that I in- who've climbed part with It quickly but never

miles, Gion- commendation for a complete in his big suburban house.

Welshmen carlo Necchi t.. charge him."

covered the dis- investigation and hearing of the A string of homes carried his court, accused of stealing a tended to build a boxing-hall on ropes. The great

have fought for me-Freddy ... · man- tance in 15 minutes

own racing colours and, on good bottle of milk and was gaoled for a graveyard.

The churches days, he would walk among the vagrancy. That was two years

campaigned Welsh and Jim Driscoll I saw, of race courge crowds tossing ago when Charlle Howle was 65. against the project immediately. course, but of these more later. "95

Petitions and would handfuls of silver

Our own Nel Tarleton and Ernie Roderick and Peter Kane laugh to see them scrambling. his heyday asked him then what

cool

they were all Stadium boys. Charlie Howie had a

Why, we've staged more than quarter-million in the bank, he would do if he had his le to live over again Tears

10,000 Aghts and

produced people said.

coursed down his bristly checks,

something like a dozen national "I wouldn't He whispered:

not to mention a Champions Hve it."

who fought for world there another town Joseph Heu's four-year reign anywhere in the country, or in

the hopes of many of Nottinghamshire's and he opponents last was also no novice with the bat. Goonesenia

the Arsi was

doubles inst season--1,000 runs and 100 of his wickets-though many figures were made with Cam- hridge University.-China Mal Special

Russians Still Unbeaten AL Ice Hockey

The Hague, Dec. 4. The touring Russian national ice hockey team bral a side composed of Canadian players in Europe by six goals to two here tonight.

The Russians have won all matches played so far on their European tour-Reuter.

Inter-Hong Bowls

The following are the resulta

CH Britton. Everton ager: 'It has long been accepted seconds at an average speed of In England but In International | 88.827 kilometres. matches, which should be true exhibitions

completely"

In the 350 cc Nocchi covered

and should be cut out the course in 13 minutes

1.2 seconds, average 102.415 kilometres.

Billy Walker, former England captain and now manager of Nottingham

"I say Forest; leave the goalkeeper alone,"

GOOD FOOTBALL

of

the covered Glanni Carena distance of 12 nautical miles in the 250 cc class in 21 minutes 10.1

an seconds, at

average speed of 02.459 kilometres.

Binda, in the 850 cc cinas, tho distance In 13 covered

an minutes 10.7 seconds, at

of 100.422 kilometres. average

Cesarini's time for the 650 ce Arthur Ellis, world famous referee: "If the FIFA decides tourist was 15 minutes and 25.2

Jesse Carver, manager Coventry, who has trained many European aldes: "You can play good football without charging gonkeepers"

to cut out charging the goal-seconds, at an average speed of keeper, then they should make 180.475 klometres.

HOCKEY

Hongkong Army Teams Beaten

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At Macao

Macao, Dec. 5.

The Hongkong Army "A" and "B" hockey teams lost their games ugainst

Масло the "A" and Hockey Club teams 6-1 and 1-0 respectively yesterday,

Both were charity games, the

of Inter-Hong lawn bovis funds collected going to the

matches played yesterday.

M. MoKay, and W. Jiley. (Kow= Joon Dock best A. Alves and A. Guttences (Oʻkeen de Co.) 7-11,

A. Haley and K. Robinson (ABC) beat W, SəÇəlt and C. Mol (Taikoo Docks) 1-10. **W. Gafiner and BLS. douday (Kowloon_Docks) best A. A. Lopez

7. andy C. 1. Pamon (Standard "Olly

Macao Rotary Club's benevolent fund.

tourist

Signora Baldini, in the 595 ce vory, took 22 minutes category and 18.6 seconds, at an average of 69.773 kilometres for spred the course.

Stefanone sat up a new record for the hour in the 650 ce cate gory with $2.884 kilometres France-Presse.

India To Defend Olympic Hockey Title

HK Beat Macao At Table Tennis

Macao, Dec. 4. The Hongkong touring table

team tenus

beat Macao by 5-2 in the Men's the 2-1 L Sinrica and Ladies' Singles in the 1935

hold Interpart tournament here last night--Renter,

Mathias Leaves

For Taipei

Lieut Robert Bruce Mathias, twice decathlon winner in the 1945 and 52 Olymples, let for Talpel by CAT yesterday en route to Japan in the course of his tour round the world giving demonstrations

field

and

track events.

Ko #dd ho

on

was pleased and

BOMO

njoyed his visit here, adding that the Colony have very good, athletes.

Sports Diary

TODAY

New Delhi, Dec. 4. indin, winners of the Olymple

Dheera the In the "A" game, Hongkong Hockey tournament: on

Interport Dinner for Porti dow East African wooose tesm' at was down 2-0 at half-time last five occasions, have Trance-Presse.

cided to send a tour to Mel House, p.m. bourie for the 1956 Olymple Games

RUSSIA WINS

And dandan

Calcutta, Dec Gilman Co,) beat: H. Troney, and

13, Angon (Roland Revenue) 25-13. The Russian football team zać kupnegant 1 FRÖKEN KAN Morcow Locomotives, beat an Kupi) | Indian XI by two goals' to 'nli

here today: SOLAS

Land

The Loechotivem led one-zero

hiletine

repr

India will also be sented at athletics and wrestling. A decision to send weightlifting And rifle shooting teams har the been, deferred undi "after": national games in February, H The Indian contingent for Melbourne la expected to mum ber abous ! 60,2am Chinagi Manit

TOMORROW

„Taggart Cup second round.

WEDNESDAY

Drst

Until that day.

After All re lost at

his rule was £75. He

breed to get it back. That

was how his £27,000 went. And somehow Charlie Howie just kept on going down after that. ONLY MEMORIES Down, until the big house, the limousine, the horses, and the gay friends too-were only memories. Down, until packing-case shock laed with

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Somebody who remembered

Then last week, a watchmen patroling a dark city alley saw a bundle of rags in the gutter. He turned it over and shone his torch into the lined old face of Charlie Hawle.

There wasn't even a' farthing in his tattered pockets.

-{London Express Service).

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were organised and

CCC TENNIS CHAMPION

couple tities.

as king of the Craigengower the world, that can produce s Cricket Club lennis courts, came record like that?

yesterday to a sudden conclusion when he was dethroned by Er- nie Pereira, in a four-out strug gle before a large crowd of club members and friends. Poreira won 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 11-9.

The speaker turns away from the window and places his hand on his heart as he enda............

And I can look. fnalde here.... and go anywhere.

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