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RAF WIN 27-0

KL Collegians A Fairly Good Rugger Side

Says "PAK LO”

Kuala Lumpur Technicni Yesterday evening the College pulled the Hongkong Rugby Union off the horns of a dilemma when they lost to a RAF fifteen by 27 points to nil.

For until this first game the reputed strength of the Technical College had varied between excellent and that of an average Club side. First of all they were reputed to be the equal of any fifteen the Colony could field, then they were said to be a very weak side, and by the reports since their arrival they were once again an excellent side.

On the whole they are fairly

ceriatuly 4:00d tremely fust, but

[

in the Arst half the Airmen and then x-scored eight points,

Lumpur's full back was tor Kunta in the

to leave the weight and injured and had warda they lack

best one of their only in the loose did they up-feid. With

defensive men missing the pear superior to the Almen.

while ex-College could not stand up to tremely speedy, luched cohesion the pressure of the Airmen and and did not take full advantage another 13 points were scored in

The

KL backs.

of their chances. On the whole this period.

be classed in this team could this Colony as a medium side

staklard the present Kanes.

on

of

Not that the Airmen were by any penns as wonderful as the score wouk seem to indiente. For although they got the lion's Shar + 15 ball from both the weans and nests the back division made a mess thela pusting and should ROIR on to ach Krouter cures,

Admittedly the tackling

uf

have

127 Technical College's forwards

excellent.

wing but the

even that does not excuse sloppy heang that the Almen served ap

Austrian Football Team Due Here In January

The Vivona Sports Club Foot.

will ball

antive in the Seam Colony on January 16, 1958, to games play series of thres

Wis re- against Hongkong it

Sub- vealed at the Interior

1 HKFA Commkee

Mr A.

Sport: Boud, yesterday. Mullen was in the chide.

21

tram all play All Hong- kong on January 18, 1ngkong Juntary 21, and Selection of Combined Chinese aus January 22. All the games will be played at the Government Stadium starting

330 pm

It was dvdded by the meeting that the players elected to train fur the last weer series against Porfuguese East-African the team will start haming for the Austrian les The only name added to the list of players was that =f Clun Chor-wing Eastern

The

various

Wains

of

bc

will picked by the HKFA on Decem- ber 30.

The Meeting also decided to Send Hongkong's Interport Team to Singare around March 28, 1956, to play in the 1956 Au Hoe Cup match.

It is expected that the Mohun Bagon Athletle Club football team

of Calcutta will play in Hongkong sanetime in March.

Sports Diary

Royal

TOMORROW

Golt

K Golf Club Annual Meet. Ing. HK Club at 5.30 p.m.

Table Tennis Non-Chinawo Table Tennis cham- plonsłup (pals at Mission to Beatzen, Hadminton Inter-school matches at Grantham Training College.

VICH the return of the full back the College settled down better, but even so the Airmen added another six points in the second bak of the game. game and Generally a scrappy the College, who play the Pollen Monday, should lose to the on

defenders of the Law.

SECOND GAME

the

THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15,5 1856.

MY BOXING SECRETS CONTINUING THE STORY NEVER TOLD BEFORE

Three of my best: JIMMY WILDE (left), FREDDIE WELSH and JIMMY DRISCOLL.. They had powers of recovery denied ordinary mortals.

If We

Of

Could Match Giants The Golden

By JOHNNY BEST

Age

Always, when I am thinking of the fight game-and that, as you know, is nearly always-I cannot help reflecting that the great days of the Welsh contingent of some 40 years ago were really the golden age of British boxing.

world.

That was the time when, in Division after Division, we were supreme in the

The mild eyes rest reflective | ly on the ceiling long enough for a leading question to be put into this Stadium conver- sation Johnny Best seizes on

If

it.

That's a good question. we could make matches with these great ones of the past and other Oghtern up to the present

them day, how'd we match

Here That isn't very difficult. is my bil:

Jimmy Wilde v. Poler Kane,

Nei Tarleton. Jim Driscoll v

Eugene Criqui here in Liver |

the World title, and pool for Tom Thomas,

a great British Middleweight Champion.

Some of the contests of these old Pudsey Street Stadium days spring very readily to mind, for

them In two of

Welsh stars dame near to defeat that might have changed their careers, and, for that matter, torn quite n number of valued pages out of the history of the fight game in

Britnin

This

was in the year 1918, and I was in Noble's corner with Ted Broadribb.

WILDE'S FRIGHT

SPPORTS ROUND-UP

BELGIUM'S SNEYERS TO FIGHT HOGAN BASSEY OVER TEN ROUNDS

Jean Sneyers, Belgium's brilliant Featherweight, twice winner over Sammy McCarthy, is to fight over ten rounds against the new Empire Champion, Hogan "Kid" Bassey of Nigoria. When these two met in Liverpool last year, Bassey won on points.

Yolande Pompey, who Bghts Archie Moore for the World Light-Heavyweight title at Earls Court on January 10, is going to keep well away from the bright lights during training. Manager Jack Burns has been making plans for a month's stay 'nt a Devizes (Wilts), hotel, where the hotel ballroom will be used as a gymnasium,

Henry Cooper, London's will go nap next year. And (of the event would take the gate. brightest Heavyweight hope | says his vice captain, Peter money and car park receipts, who was outpointed by Joo May, the England skipper: The tournament would still be Erskine of Wales at Harringay | "Stuart is on extraordinary under control of the PGA. recently,

cut be

of card-player, and if he says he la boxing for at

least thru going nap the chances ar 100-1 months, Two X-rays have been on him." taken on the hand Cooper in- jured in that fight, and although The Professional Golfers' Asso- no fracture Is revealed it inciation are seeking a guarantee believed there is a crack in the of £10,000 from a soaalde town bone which will need six weeks' Corporation for the staging of daily treatment.

the 1957 Ryder Approaches are

Wi

|

Johnny Longden, America's Yorkshire bom jockey, is chas-

Ing Gordon Richards record of 4,870 winners. Langden's total now stands at 4,027. "That leaves me only 243 to go and i feel that I have at least three

Cup match are of riding 'shead of

says Longlen, Ho is 45. -(London Express Service).

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Sandor Iharos Sets

now being Billy Rees, Leyton Orient's made. The Corporation in whose Welsh International centre-hands would be the organising forward, may return to his native 'South Wales, Newport and Orient-have agreed on terms for the player's transfer, but Rees has asked for a week to think it over

PIRIE OUT "Gordon Pirie has withdrawns from the San Sylvester roed race in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 31, because of a

ot his recent injury. Ken Norris will now be the only British runner.

Chris Chataway and Brian Hewson

son are in a small British It is part of the star quality team who will take part in the of much as Driscoll, and Welsh, Southern Games in Trinkind and Wilde that they had powers next February. This will be at recovery that appeared to the first occasion an official be denied to ordinary mortals, British athletics party has com and this we saw that night in petod. in the West Indies. the old St

British team view this trip as an a to preparation for the Olympic Games.

The second gune on the same Ground was a big improvement, left and the apectators who after the first game missed the The best part of the evening. Club, playing seven 40-called crocks, got together in both the forwards and the backs and whacked the RAF second string

of 1 points to . to the tune In fact only laziness on port of the Club allowed the Ammen to score their six points, Club, leading com- the 193 fortably, slacked off in the last www minutes lo let the RAF ¡through.

Club

ten Look The

pack minutes to settle down, and then

Why a blank opposite the with the advantage

the Di weight and the services of Slackname of Freddie Welsh? Because in the fight, but it turned out as hooker the Airmen saw little there is no opponent in the past to be little more than a work-

for the superbly skilful off. 20 years for Freddie Welsh, and out

Welsh. The American style of that's a met.

to Langdon suitext the ground, and he handed out a lot of punishment.

of the ball.

In

the Ineouts

There

Was

to choose between either

and

Fredde Welsh v.---- Tom Thomas v. Pat McAteer. Johnny Basham v. Ernic Roderick.

WHAT OF LYNCH? There could be argument d with the Club being better and would be in Scotland-ag

breaking ut

through their to whether Benny Lynch should lincout when:

the be in Peter Kane's place. But opponents" lutter got the ball,

who are you going to get an Club were Merseysido in the loose the

to agree with your holyes much supertor and the

No, looking back over my 50 and threes with an almost re- gular service

Bome good years of it I think Wales gave covering by the forwards were to the boxing ring more great in their clement, and were soon fighters than any other part of scoring freely, with Valentine Great Britain, and the best of

them were good enough for any body, anywhere.

Look at them...Jimmy Wilde, World Flyweight

Champlon; Freddic Welsh,

Light Champlon; and

and Penman outstanding.

It was late in the second half before the Airmen opened the scoring when the Club, obviously annoyed and puzzled at a penalty award against them, wandered the back with their attention off the game and let the RAF through with a nice run down the wing. A penalty completed the Air mene scoring and then the Club woke up and added a few more This was points to their score

a good, clean game played at a remuckably fast pace, and Club deserve fine win,

credit

laus had The Pudsey Street turned out in large numbers to See Freddie Welsh matched with the American Lightweight Jack Langdon, from Baltimore.

There was tremendous interest

him down

It was a delight to see how welsh blocked all Langdon's heavy

punches and then tied him up when he tried to fight inside.

old Stadium

Егуп one Mercy--

hero..

Noble was no timid novice, to be over-impressed by the re- putation even of the matchless Wilde, of whom sider at the ringside called, on first seeing him duck under the

"Look who's ropes Indian fumine!"

No, Noble disregarded all the tags

"the ghost with a Ilke hammer in his hand," and bore into Wilde, who had to use all his brilliant speed to keep him

The

Meredith, 24-year-old Welsh international hooker End a member of the British Lions Rugby Union tour of South Africa this year, is the latest man to be sought by Rugby League

Wigan Morgen twice refused to 10ln the Lancashire professionals

thub.

New Australian Two Mile Record At Melbourne

Melbourne, Dec. 14.

Sandor Iharos of Hungary, the World Two-Mile record holder, today won an invitation race at that distance at Olympic Park, breaking, the Australian mark with a clocking of 8:47.4 seconds.

the way

in

That took 4.6 seconds off the previpus Aussie mark but was well above his own world record time of 8:83.4.

jow, that Ihares finished just

he and his countrymen make the visit strides ahead of his countryman, | were happy to

Tabori, whlia Dave to Australla and were looking Laszin Stephens of Australia finished forward to competing bere

Olympic Games.-United Stephens was out of the the thirch

all'

Oven ProsS, running though he equalled his own Australian racord."

of the Hungarinn Another

"Istvab running

"phenoms" Roszavalry, won the 880-yard Fun 13 A time of 1:52. flat, falling by eight-tenths of a second to equal the Australian Stirling Moss has been award- Then, in the fifth round, it

persistence ed the Gold Star and the Sea-record for the distance. He happened Noble's

by the British blamed the spongy new cinder paid. He found a chink in man Trophy Wilde's armour at last and hurt Racing Driver's Club. The Gad track for spoiling his chances

Star is awarded annually to the at the mark. him badly.

most successful British driver and the Seaman Trophy to the British driver most successful in foreign racca.

recently.

The John

Cobb Memoralal Trophy for all British successo goes to Mike Hawthom.

מחזות

St. John Ambulance

Orders

Orders by Mr Fung Ping-fan. C.St.J. Commissioner of John Ambulance Brigado Hong- Kong District. Order No. 50/65. Dated December 16, 1955.

Ambulance Dutles. Hongkong. 118,12.55, ma 24.12,55, KCOB Amb. Div, 20.12.661.13.55, sih Nati Amb. Div.; December 1064: StwuXL. wan K. F. NE. DIE,

Ambalance Butler Kowloon 10.115.15.12.00. Kowloon

Wido got the fright of his life,

* THRILLING RACE. and it is tremendous testimony

A disappointing crowd of 5,000 to his skill and bis great courage that ho lasted out the round to

saw Stephens take the lead and drop, very

wearily, into the

try to hold it in the long race. I WAS ANXIOUS

anxious arms of his Beconds.

The Hungarians kept close be It seemed a miracle that he

hint and swooped past him 200 Both men got a tremendous had survived Noble's ferocious

SPECIAL BADGES ovation at the end and you can punching long enough to stay The MCC "A team who arrive ads from the finish. It was a thrilling race between the Hun- on December 21, well imagine that the foryour on his feet to the end of the in Pakistan

was at fever heat round. It seemed even more are wearing special badges on grins, with Tharos winning by for Welsh

¡DIVA 20.12.39 1.1.50, TRUMBAN Á Inches. when he was matched a few miraculous that he should come their blazers and caps. In place

The local amateur ahletic Amb. Div. December 1965; Waterico

Nagt. Div officials

**Penetration Squad expressed disappoint- months later with strong, hard-up for the next round apparent of the normal St George and the

Eddie Beattie, Trom ly fully recovered,

Dragon,

MCC monogr The fortimes of the fight tell will be wom on the pocket and ment. In the new track, which 18:50, Dr David Yus, Denitet Your I was in Weish's comer, and away

badly marked as the from Noble from the on their blue caps. The blazers amo Jim

runners I never went through a mere moment they met in mid-ring, will be blue with red and gold cut Stephens male he twisted

mads. Buccessiva · eir-derby Holes who

went to New York and anxious time for a fighter...

સંતવ out-classed Abe Atell in a no- Welsh, who was in a

Wilde tore into Tommy with all. edging bry

Stuart

Surridge, captain of his 'ankits" several times; al- | DIV 10,4ARE - ANTE, decision fight to claim the World himself in the art of defensiveis old ring savagery, and by

persistent, relentless punching Stray, winners of the county though avoiding injury.

KYMCA. the Australian 1913.35 Thero fighting, had no casy passage in Featherweight

Championship for the wore the Lordener down to such cricket

who has retired, 20112.65 Mong Kok Mile rounds,

king, but were early never has been a trio like them the

And they

thought both Taberi and Tharos should come close to breaking hls Mile mark next Wednesday in a subsequent meet, but not unicas the track conditions were better and the cinders became packed down more firmly.

Duties.

Tre Wah, & HKYMCA Nag. Div. 23:13.65, Christmas Holidng, cappoi

Forslandi. KYMCA Arntz,

Div.: 17.13.05. Howkan-Amb, Div. 10.12.53.

Amb.

Div. Waterco Nat.

Area

131 Exhibition Of Hongkong Products Bailes-10.15.06,00 SCALA Amb. Div, & King" Cologe

RICKX DIVAS 10.13.00. 17.12.00 Amb. Div. & King College” N** DIV.: 18.12.38, ---19.12.83) Easte Amb. Diy, & Manshien Naca, Dry 20112.65 21.17.5) Wines * Amb. Div. & Manehuen' Nag. DỪ 32:12.55. Wanchal "A" Arab, Div, d

weren't the only thought in his comer that he condition that Ted Broadribb. last four years, is hoping theyched the race and said he 21:13.56. Kong, Wah Amb, Div.

seeing tital his boy had no ones to come out of the Princi- was slightly ahead on points, chance of survival for Leon pality. Around their time there

It to save him winningstopped the were ballers like

In the ninth round, from further punishment. Llew Then,

# punch to for their Edwards, Featherweight King-Beattle unleashed

Mind you, I am not saying. pin, Percy Jones, who beat the body that dropped Welsh

that there have not been, good to the canvas. There was an

fighters and good. "fights since Immediate hullaballoo and cries

these far-off days of our golden of "Foull" but Welsh, badly

But it must be admitted DgC. hurt on the floor, was paying

there

fighting is much no heed to that.

quality as that great Welsh con-

brought us. COMPARISONS.

I've Had Enough, Says Solomons

Jack Solomons, Britain's top boxing promoter for the past 10 years, is threatening to retire. Boxing has cost him nearly £50,000 in the last three and a half years, And that, he says, is nearly as much punishment as can stand.

he

"I am going to give it a run until my eve of the Derby show next June," he told me.

fighting brain

To revert to that dreamed-up kill that we started with.... And you can see that Johnny Best's mind's eye is fixed on a distant point than the of his Stadium

more

can

First Empire Title Fight In Canada?

Toronto, Dec. 14. Matchmaker Jack Allen sald today Jimmy Parker of Barrie, Ont., will fight South Africen Henvyweight Johnny Arthur in the 12-round main event at the Maple Leaf Gardens on Jan. 9. Mery McKenzie, Chairman

of the Ontario Athletic Association, saidi he would ask the Canadian

Tabori, besieged by autograph hunters after the, race, declared

Victor Barna--- Man With A Problem

|

Chung-Sing Nat. pw:

* Race - Dutier;17(12,50. Course Confucian, Amb, - Dŵy Headquarters · Central -- Azok, STERONTAL, Race Course, Cent Amb, Div., A5, XendquMEDO fucien Amb: DIY,

Socisty

Birect Bloopers shelter Duties Shamiskinipo, i:10.12.06. 17.13.58, Shanshulpo: Nie? 19, 14.56. — 24.13.83 | KYMCA Nat

"Mizers__#brapers. Bhalter: Nocłaty Duties-Western Dist: -- Decembél -1058: Shaukivas K; P, Mag. Dựn

Mong Kok KFWA Asutaj Duties=16.34.39 --- 17.12.09. HYMOJ

DIV

19.43.00. Ngo Waarloo Na. Div: 2212.55, 82, maupo.

With superhuman determina-tingent tion he pulled himself to his fect at the count of nine and, that wonderful working at full throttle to guide his altering legs and bands, kept out of trouble and cumo back to the corner weary and walls muzzy, but fast coming back to contain

Lancion, Dec. 14. To his normal salt.

go back to that, Boxing Federation to recognise Victor Barna, former World Insist must

on mentioning Pater the fight as a match for the table tennis Champion, is a man Eddie Beattie never ceased Kano, in the same breath as.

ELK, Jociety: For The British Empire Heavy with a problem. The former trying to topple him again, but Wilde, which is more than I cant

weight crown... was himself inside a would be inclined to do with Cockell surrendered the title has to decide whether to accept 10:17.632-13456 'Do Hungarian naturalised British, Children Fowle

17.12.66. Bamstrupo present-day fly- when he retired recently. round and went on the full 20 any of the

weights. rounds to take the decision.

It Federation sanction

an invitation to take India's DV: 31.42.86.-23.13.0 And Nel Tarleton-a sick man granted it would be the first the World Championship i

men and women teams to play Neg. Div. IRC v Malayan Indians at Sookunmanaging fighters. In promot Solomona ends on a personal

But it

Appointment: A Promotion-dire was a close thing.

alas-is these days, sune of note: "When you're a promoter There is no maying what might poo $1.30 p.m. 2nd Division:

good "South KCC "B": DAS KEY: ling you are

Canada, of the great: So is Erald

playing

captain

Neg. Dive, WV.L, 19.45,007: RAPY University "B" Recreio V. you are on 25 per cent of soure-fighter in the morning-it ruinÍN

Arthur, is

arrive expected to

team to play in

in | Bhd Amb been for it not

Corbiion that Innate Roderick. As for the present-in Toronto about two wooks** Army "N"; University "A" Pello. thing."

the rest of your day,

promoted to Bet. Rugby

KYMCA Nar. Div. Cpl. Lee ringcraft that made him one of day Pat McAleer, I. don't think Champion Archie

fights out of Portland, Oregon However, Batz

Div Beo, Pang An Kam In the evening, you can't sleep

Parker, who weigh 210 we let year, spend

Amb/814, Tmii. Kit Miesig pounds and stand ale feet, four coaching in India, at the invitato & Hơn, Bet "People

of the Government Ac- Hop inches in training at Fatterway New Jersey. He will be home companied by his wife, Suzu, NWT W/C. Est in Barrie for Christmas United Earma will fly to India on Januchu

SATURDAY

Cricket

Welsh

"If things have not improved; £3,000 on this your's White by then I shall go back to City show."

never

IN

XCC "A" IRC; Navy y Dockyard; | winning anything. As a managçr [und. you got bad news about a have happened to Freddie had enough to go into any, comp009. in title fight ever stored | Tďkyo in April or to 2pt.as/bog PA PO Hogan appointed

World

Garrison v Navy (B.8.) 3.43 p.m. Club "A" v Club" "a" (II.V.) 4530 (on · January 10, ls the body-

p.m.

Hockey Ladies League:

blow

Cup

of the English Patriot Superintenden

"When you get the bad news | the great penfosiners of all time. that Tom Themes was quite as Defore the bout. He currently. | 449 doma. chap Brain.ching promoted to agtie Hon.

considered. unbeatable. In his, class--and Tommy Noble, the strong, artful Londoner.

RAF Mainland RAF and (Ka Moore's call for a postponement Tak) 3 p.m.; is Bde v Police (Kal: Taki at 4.16 p.m.; Gunners of his title 3ght with Yolande

Another of these contests that good. That's mying something. Boe (1.8.) 1.50 3.8. HFC and Kia Pompey, planned for Earls Court all pigs talks about the size stands out was between Jimmy

· NEXT ARTICLE:" of your cigars--they ought to Wilde-who was, at this time, which has nourly put see the doctor's bills!”

The story behind, the vSolomons out. for the fill cou

Roderick-Armstrong fight. --(London Express Barvice). KOV "B" Dariana "E" (B.B.) 2.10 p.m

a clause in my con-

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Victorians V Services (LV) 230 KOV

mitting me to pay the full rent Craigengower (K.V.) 4 pm.

unless I give them two oker Friendly match: Combined Services months",

notice," explains Combined Civlitems (Kings Park)

Bolomons,

sprained I reckon

p.m.

Tennis

Mo

Annual Interport) Hongkong vinkle will cort me between Maceo at CFC.courts at 2,30;p.r. £7,000 MIX £6,000.

Badminton

Inter-School matches at DBS.

Boccer

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