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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1956.
COCKELL'S DOWN AND OUT
Whiting, who has been writing about sport for over 30 years, surveys the boxing scene.
Sport assignments have taken him all over the world. Gymnasium doors are always open to him.
Whiting knows the managers, the trainers, as well as the boxers and he has followed many a champlon-from preliminary to title bout.
Always quick to spot talent, his acumen has often resulted in a promoter giving a boxer his first big chance,
Whiting's experience is backed by fearless writing. Criticism or praise, his comments are sought not only in Britain, but in overseas countries, too.
Of today's boxing in Britain, Whiting says we are not without hope. Not quile, but......
OUR CUPBOARD
IS BARE
London.
Who will hit the boxing headlines this summer? Well, let us be honest and admit right away that boxers do not have to hit each other to hit headlines.
The braying of managers, the trumpeting of promoters, the howling of sanctimonious do-gooders, the yapping of ringside bet-bugs, the screaming of sensation-mongers, and, above all, the insidious, back- of-the-hand whispering of smear-merchants. depend upon it, they'll take care of the headlines.
So we will change the ques-, But if you want those days back J24.1 tion and pede Insteac Widch of ) ogan, count Helinin's boxers
and
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of these young inen cord, given ihe breaks and Imaginative be signing fot mulch-making, ilek all Dempery uttered a 1 CUL will
International Contracts when creation this summer? Much oft-quofed truth when
Rocky Murelano finally steps easter-azul the answer is There starest that the best fighters un
Ex ren't any
hungry
Professional back into domesticity and fighters.
Leonca a metuory. Loxbig is the gokien gate of the
To the best of my knowlesize, there is not a single bare-bred boxer Eri Britain with
slightest hope of bevernybing
the
World Champion before the end of the year Aut it will be an equally big rumpire if any.
of them gets a chatter la pinve
* Wronk
THIN TIME
Propbels of were almointil 120 #ght game aust I have neither dozdro por krazbitaution to Jours In their wet-syari walle Nevertheless, any homest erifie
with his head an inch from t Band with ant that the British branch of the international ins ing business is having a verv thin Ume mideee!
Even that elstu optimist Jack Solomons, who can wamally
wurlef Jeatens where 13/4 rest of us see bar-lure, hus hart to stop perapding farself fami
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WHITING
susel
Meanwhile, Coover and Lon-
ut Eimpress HA dun meet te tay (May 1) and the o-Welsh Keskine-Richardson fight, plan- bed fo Card on May 7. offer.: as a potential smash hit such us
het ver
ofert ritice སྙས་ orgast the merits of Woodcock Ms and bit our hips at the nu-kdrama of the first Gardner- Williams snslaught nearly six years ago.
we
ricies
Handson Hon Barton Ph over our cruiserweights atre! IN young enough—23-lo rise higher Barton en box ke a copy book on his day, but 1 hu sometimes wonder whether does not regard the whole inst- 11s as a chore and a bore. Only F this estimate is wrong-and 1 hope it will the ex-airman from Essex garner the really big A fortnight Live Middleweights" live age we could have rhapsodised
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an unbeaten Champlon, Part McAteer, and a Bery young Tellow-Merseysider roßer Billy Ellaway. The sword and the and the Yolande Pompey, I hope, will bludgeon, the boxer
all Lanenshire Pake tax entise to rejulee over his fighter
Championship wating to break crowd recorda | A'ammer weight
al || 19 see them clash. When formgainst Archie Moore
wrote lightly of their talents, 1 Pat Harringay on June 5--the only
world 18le Baht we
are hely
was accused of knocking a noble thes ww
despite art. ylar,
Pascual
uzuder – pares ileged
1) Thal Jahtiend talent 24101 | ander-privilègest do abounds in these
Title | Bratam in any more. islands.
It, ke will a hundredwergh:T of salt Sukanone's threat to quit promotion thus Jones espes silly when I see him trying 10 Kel Charles Humez to Britan Franer to defend his Europeana | En middleweight title against McAteer next September
But no sharper comun
front
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He hit-protoises flak
Ar stek state would have livers! Perez keeps making from
thava when Solutton. Argentors inbonat exposing his
MoveFlyweight Championship to the faced by an Archies
ot
FIERCE FIRE
Mu-
But now we know that Ateer creaks with ring rust after
Yolande Pompy postponement, Rhondda fasoned lists of leave months lay-off with an confessed himself unable to flank | Das Tower.
But native glory accrues to an alternative fight enganoble
True, he has niting the White City this June Jus from Pompey
punches Brown nearly all his Blime entertainment tax.
England. 14141 Bu the credit squeeze, or National
presolute lighter mainly because Survice, or Phe fact 1 t ful.
The was
boy in the Trial. etaployment has depletel
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ranks of young Britens obliged i Britain, first in the basinesss Championships.
to punch for a pity-parket.
Professional boxing was arver
injured hand: and London's Low Lazar has
exposed the robust Ellaway as a grass-green tyto with not the slightest idea of coping with simple straight
Both mu
must bc tried in Bercer res before we can walk uf
in terms of World
Twenty-year-old Dave Charn- The ancient we except
bollermaker ley, the Wartford has not even a Euro- | ley.
who southpawed" Sammy Mc- The outlawed and out-Carthy out of the lightweight 2011 the Ask any old-oded booths have given us no limelight recently, has
requirements. plus talent since Freddle physical burgerung Mills Even the normal indux killer-instinct, to of amateurs has been halted by the promise of Juley ABA trips to Poland in May. Russia and Finland in June, and the Mel-unul
November. bourne Olympies in
Are we, then, entirely bank- rupt?
The Washington- defeated Johnny Williams
TRY
ing ego.
so healthy as when a fight was pean champion to boost its box- often the only mean of achiev fog a full belly
mer from the Blackfriars Ring.
Japan's Women's Olympic Hope Sets Record
Tokyo. Apr. 30. Japan's hope in the women's discus in the Melbourne Olym pic Games, 38-year-old Toyok? Yoshino, smashed her own eas In o tionni mark on Sunday meet at nearby Urawa city.
Miss Yoshino, Asian Discus Champion, heave: the discus 48.8 metres on Sunday eclipsing her former mark of 40.37 metres set last year,
No.
for
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become one
of the pugilistic wonders of his
But he is as yet only rub. Why toss him to the lons ls claws are sharpened by experience?
THE UNKNOWNS
The same may be written
of
be boiling the same old heavy | featherweight Bobby Neill, that
ep weight pol, but at least we have enterprising young Scot who htt C bunch of biggish youngsters back at life after being left for | ready
useless in a rond accident. fresh cooking. boxing sours or sugs according Are there others?
Perhaps, to its heavyweight division-and throwing 'prentice punches in un It doeshes we are tour Umes
amateur championship, or the blessed in the possession of Joc
thumping spar - mates in Erskine, Henry Cooper, Dick embrocaling atinosphere of some Richardson, and Brian Lendon, secluded gymnasium, or earning his arst modest pure-money In a preliminary six-rounder, there is some stripling Briton whose nante we shall acclaim
of Randolph acclaimed those Turpin and Freddie Mills, But not, I fear, in 1950.
(London Express Service).
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RICH SEAM
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The left-handed athiele won Truc. the unbeaten Erskine the event in the
spark, Second Arlan lacks
Richardson Games, at Manila In May, 1954. green, Cooper is short on colour, She placed fourth In the und Lendon too often goes wild. discus event in the 1952 Olympic Nevertheless
Helsinki. Unlied country
Games at
Press,
doubt if any the world has a One richer heavyweight searn.
NO. 1 WIMBLEDON SEED
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Low Hoad, Australian No. 1 and top Wimbledon weed; seen in play at Chingford on April 21 when he defeated Bobby Wilson in the final of the Men's Bingles of the Connaught Club tournament --Central Press Photo,
Don Cockell, 27-year-old British and Empire Heavyweight Boxing Champion, sprawie across the ring at Earl's Court, London, on April 24 after being knocked out in 2 mins 27 secs of the second round by 22-year-old Kiljono Lave of the Friendly Isles.
Defeat of the overweight Cockell' had British sports scribes fu-an uproar—for Britain's Jack Gardner was also severely trounced on the anime bill, and Cockell and Gardner have a flight scheduled in the near future.
Commented J. O, Fane, President of the Bellish Boxing Board of Control: "It is all very distressing and had for British Heavyweight boxing. Gardnor and Cookelf are duo to ment for Cockell's British and Empire ütles on May 28 at Leicenter, but I am calling an Immediate meeting of stewards to discuss the situation,”—London Exprem Photo,
TED DRAKE EXPLAINS
CHELSEA'S SLIDE FROM THE TOP DOWN TO THEIR STRUGGLE AGAINST RELEGATION
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Ted Drake blames the Cup ambitions of himself and his team for Chelsea's slide from the top as League Champions down to their struggle CHARMAINE BEAUTY SALON against relegation.
The boys set out to win the Cup. They were dead keen, and so was I." Ted told me.
"They were determined on "We made one
big mistake. The injury left him with only special cffort
this year. We never allowed for anything half viston in his right eye. He After establishing ourselves like that Burnley Marathon. Up hasn't played since. reasonably well in the League to the Burnley series we had o "The specialists don't seem to we were confident that we had na prospect of finishing in the think that his eye will improve." a good fighting Cup chance.
Ted Fenton told me. "The boy League talent money.
"Then defeat at Everton-a looked to have great future. bitter disappointment.
Before he makes any decision to the boys. Reaction
I'd like him both
to go back to physical and mental.
side
Ireland to talk things over with slumped.
his family.
MSC Spring Rally On May 12
It 15 announced
"It has been
WOS
The
tough job. Up
he
to that Cup defeat we were al- Success hampers Alec Stock's ways a good fighting side. Then hopes to stage the match
Orient v. the enthusiasm
snap-most wants-Leyton and qualities that win Kames-Arsenal. vanished. Thank goodness we When they signed Vic Groves Inst Arsenal agreed to visit Leyton, but Orient's promotion bid and a crowded programme make difcuk.
them found
both again week to beat Everton 6-1,"
that the UNHAPPY COINCIDENCE
Motor Sporis Club of Hong-
and
It
There is an unhappy coin- Arsenal would like to play as kong will be holding Hts Spring cidence in the check to the | soon as possible, as a goodwill Rally
May 12. on Saturday, over roads in the New Terri-carcera of two young West Ham gesture to the man who left the inside-forward Brian golden promise of Highbury for tories and on the
Island. The players,
Moore (21) and full-back Geoff the homeliness of Leyton Orient. list, which entry
is open
Hallas (22).
CAPACITY GATE MSC Members only
Hollas being limited to 30 competitors, could not see properly after 2 would pull a capacity gate and has been fully subscribed within the first few days following
further its opening and any applications are being placed on a reserve list.
the
The entries range from little Flat 600s to
Austin Healey but the Organisers, who will be applying a handicap where
thai appropriate, contend Rally will be fair to all cars.
Sports cars and touring cara WHI thus be competing to- gether for the premier award The Caltex Trophy which will be won by the Competitor putting up the best overall per- formance in the Rally irrespec- tive of Class. The Second Award will go to the "Bost performance in Opposite Class"
As in the case of the 1955 M.S.C. Spring Rally, organisa tion 19 In the hands of Alistair Stewart and Doug Steara However they have been joined
or-
complained that he
match early in the season. He was sent to a specialist who told the boy that his eyesight was affected and that he would have to give up football.
Moore, brilliant young starlet from Distillery, the Irish club, was injured on Boxing Day.
They know that the match
give Orient a £2,000 lat up towards their new stand.
Doug Reid, Portsmouth's veteran utility star, is now favourite for the Chester player- managership,
-(London Express Service).
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Ian Johnson Launches
The Miller Plan
By DENNIS HART
Ian Johnson, the Australian skipper, has a plan to recapture the Ashes-the Miller Plan
Debonair Keith, of the majestic batting and menacing bowling, is the key man in the Australian side.
this year by Harold Turner who took a leading role in the
Batsman Miller will, with left-hander Neil Harvey, ganisation of the HKAA and lead the way in taming England's attack. Bowler Miller M.S.C.
Rally carlier this year, and his recent experience will will be the shock man of the Australian attack.
no doubt be found invaluable Both roles arc vital. lan began in grand style. His first
In seeing that this year's MSC Johnson regards the England three Innings for the tour were Spring Rally takes a step for- bowling as the strongest for over 220 net out, 42 run out and word.
twenty years. Australia's bat- 109 not out. He hit a afty and Preliminary details of the ting 18 sound. On Miller's a hundred in the first two Tests. Rally are in the course of being inspiration it can become power-But in the next three Tests lin mailed to Competitors, but ful.
starts on
Anal details of the routes to bo England's batting is weak, could total only 20 runs in five
innings. covered will not be made perhaps the weakest for over For Miller, the finest all- available until each Competitor twenty years. With May and round cricketer the world has his run. However Cowdrey to lead the way, however seen, was brought up on from information nt present available it would appear that job will be to see that May and days a week blunted the
develop. Miller's work-end cricket. Playing six ever, it can this will be quite the longest Cowdrey do not lead the way. Rally yet
[edge of his play. held in Hongkong, All this is expected of a man and will include the harbour who is 38; who has never spared It was his batting which was crossing and a mid-way refresh himself in ten years of con- mainly affected. Cen he make ment break, between the start
Пло
in Kowloon and sentraled Test cricket, and who a come-back with the bet? at 2.30 p.mi, the anish about midnight on the has been troubled by a bad back.
How can he do it?
Ian Johnson, thinks he has I land.
As with all Motor Rallies, of the
This is where the second part done it already. "In the West Plan cames in. Says Indica Kekh batted as well as he emphasis will be on time keep Johnson, Keith will conocu has
ever done," declares th ing, route finding, reliability of
frate on his batting and will Aussie skipper.
On that tour vehicle and good driving he only be used as a shock bowlar, Miller hit three centuries, all in haviour. In these respects it is
wữ đỏ thy hack Texts, and averaged over Any anticipated that this Rally will the others
work. Nothing must interfere in all matches, prove a elit test, while the average speeds set are in fact with Keith's batting,
Johnson regards the West Itz- danser here is: not so The quite modest; and vary according much of physion injury the dies tour as the period of tran to the route to be followed, which avoids the town areas as way Miller threw himent into ion for the Austrailer team
Awe ́ began "our- the deck games on board ship in general, misch as "pomible.
10 says,
peated main dificultion are ex- on the trip over showed that he comes back thon,"
in good shape but of "Given a dry summer we can
The
encountered on the Was
Test and Secret Sections with mortal stodensee, but carry is of in England, and take
[2,], back, the', Aubre IN GRAND STYLE A which the Raily will be punes (page tuated in line with U.K. and Johnson rémebbers haylanty Confidental Rallying practices? | Alsstralien
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