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BOXING FIASCO

Ezzard Charles Disqualified In 2nd Round

London, Oct. 2.

Former American Havyweight World Boxing Champion, Ezzard Charles, was disqualified for re- peated holding in the second Found of a bout against the Bri- fish heavyweight hope, Dick Richardson of Wales, ni Har- ringay arena, Lontion, tonight,

The few minutes of the fight was

complete dasco. Few blows were exchanged and t was more like a wrestling match ther a booking bout.

Every time Richardson al-

tacked, the two men became

won

locked together and could only be separated by the reolerce,

Charles

Kiven three warning, by

for the referee the first round, u holding in fourth in the second round and was disqualified for his fifth fault.

The ex-world champion was Tot entirely to blame for all the holds and the spectators caused an upreme when the disqualifica- tion was announced. - France- Presse

Mr

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1956.

'Bondage', You've Burnt Your Fingers!

With less than two months to go before the Olympic Games open in Melbourne the world of amateur sport was seething the other day over the frightful "stay amateur" President of the blunder of Mr Avery Brundage, International Olympic Committee.

I should say straight away that the Marquess of Exeler, formerly Lord Hurghley, president of the British Olympic Association, does not agree with me that it is n blunder.

But I maintain that Mr Brundage's clumsy attempt to enforce the infamous "I am AND I WILL REMAIN forms is a

| AN AMATEUR" clause on Olympic entry

Y SE

TRADE

At the end of the Colony Swimming Championships

a year ago we had the pleasure of, inviting Craftsman Pat calamitous error of judgment, which is threatening the Partridge of REME to all the Spot of Honour at the Top very Games themselves.

of the Sports Parade in recognition of his achievement of being the only soldier to win a championship event.

On

Look what is happening!

Mahn the 20 Frans Sept. Dute cyclist, who recently won the world amateur road race he would championship, said

take part In the rathor Games than sign Mr Brundage's ridge

BOXERS REFUSE

011 Sop

23 M. Emile Gremeaux, President of the French Boxing Federation, an- nounced that France's aunaleur boxera would refuse to sign the oath He callel ! "An intringe- ment scalit one' petxonu! Merly

the world Olymple Itclass London, Oct. 2.

Brilish Rugby, over,

even in Mr Brundage's States, have been own United shocked by the Impossible Falmouth 0. Devonport Ser-gidity of what has come to l Vices 18.-Router

HOME RUGGER RESULTS

Results

GT

matches today were.

Camborne B, Pontyfordd P

i owt as a "Clause celebre

VICTOR LUDORUM

By HENRY LONGHURST

"All my life I have always had the urge to do things So sald that remarkable better than anybody else."

person, the late Mrs Mildred "Babe" Zaharias.

As a result of this urge she became what must surety be the outstanding woman athlete in recorded history,

At the height of her powers she was stricken, three yea ago, with enticer, underwent in

mujor operations, in the

golf Lotirament hair

Anished Urd

alt-Aunericzn womens

three at Depths later,

the (as astonishment of the medical pr fession, and in the meanitie

tercied

on tope machine ton most uninhibited and completely self-reventing: autobiography have reps for many a yekr

FINEST SKATER

•

I HAVE

MY

SAY

By HARRY

CARPENTER

Me Brundage himself in ob Viously feeling that the whole matter in getting out of hand, Jika unaway atomle pile.

He has cutted an extraordin- any meeting of the IDC in Lau- headquarters, anne, lis Swis

on October 4, to discurs *** portant matters.

NO PRIZES FOR GUESSING WHAT THAT MEANS,

21

On Sept. 20 In London the Marquess of Exeter made right noble and loyal effort to extelente Mr Brundage from the ms of his own making,

DIDN'T MEAN IT

He said- "I have Mr Brun- dage's own word that he did aut mean that Olymple com- petitors should remain amateurs for ever and ever

This year it is our pleasure to invite Signalman Falcini to the same Spot of Honour and for the very samo

reason,

is

Last week he won the Junior force on the Hongkong Harbour 100 Yards Free Stye event area. Don't worry, there will be after a thrilling race with Lau nothing mit tant about their in- Ting-fong of South China, He tentions. They will in fact be got home by a touch in a threading a force of 141 hopeful of 60.6 seconds and so kept the swimmers into action in the Army's name in the log of most popular of all annual champlona,

swimming events-The Cross Like Partridge, Fa.clni

Harbour Race. also first class water polo The total entry this year is player and his talest ruccess 480 and it is most reassuring very popular one - puls a fil- and encouraging to find that the King seal on a very fine seeron. Army is providing more than a Some five years ago Captain quarter of that very impressive st. Headquarters, Land Forces single Norman Phillips of the Royal will put the largest Engineers founded the Hongkong

into the contingent milliary Amateur Athletic Club, Strange- | water with just short of thiriy

swinuners

but participating, by Chough-in spite of the mill- tary status of its founder-the from a purely regimental point club was intended essentially to of view 27 HAA Regt RA taken meet the requirtmeris of pride of place with 20 entries,

who desired athletes civilian Increased facilities for athletic For those who have not pre- practice and competition, but vlouely enjoyed the spectacle

of this even from its curliest days the

event let me excelent club attructed keen athletes from

zure them that it is one well the three Services and they have worth seeing us a spectator it always had representation on not wa competitor. The swin the Committee.

mers go off in large groups al fixed intervals and one of the most spectacular sights of the year is to see something over 100 swiminers taking the plunge at the sune time, HKAAA With tar

Two of

The popularity of the clit has

steadily with the кгочуть pussing years probably because it has endeavoured to stage as many additional meetings each scasón us the normal Obviously it The net result of this feverish

programme permitted, they wish to um professional afternoon was that of the seven eventa for which she enterej she ja veur op havo after the games won five, Livet for sixth and Br over we have 110 contro was placed to the seventh, She over that

the won

club championship points, with 30 single-handed the next best being 22 point-

with 22 runners,

Her parents were Nowogjad and their name was Didrikson The father, hoving home at the age of nine, spent his early life in calling ships, among other adventures being wrocked fr Cape Horn and clinging for men

do again

It is nut, i am sure. hours to the rigging with nnunkind to say that her outlook hand while supporting mother fon the game and our own were man with the uther

| some distance apart. She was not

The

the

I

swimmers like

Olymple Games representative its most popular annual events Wan Shlu-ming in the race the are a Club Pentathlon und stendard will obviously be very Inter-Club Pentathlon, From high bul in the past the Army this it will be spen that there has munaged to claim some of The club the more prominent positions Is great scope within

and with so many hopefuls in for the keen all-rouxier,

action we can surely look for- word Qu norther successful

WELL KNOWN ATHLETES

The club Looking through membership lists the other day

LECRSON

I was pleased to see the names After last week's big washi- of many well known athletes, out cricketers are hoping for a from the Army; men like Capt change

for This John

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of weather

North Ameri

Army South 'A' have a byc this week and it is understood they have Axed up a friendly

mich with KCC Wasps

Page

AROUND HOLLYWOOD

HOW CRAZY CAN WOMEN GET ABOUT A MAN LIKE THIS?

Asks MICHAEL RUDDY

ww

1-

Hollywood.

insured

"My wife would have to love me for myself, not for my famo And fortune as a musicloa

We reached his bedroom, with Its super king-sized bed, the gauze headboard shoped like a grote plano, the chim- pagne roverjet embroidered with an "L" in Mack, cuged with gold thread.

silk

The doormat said: "LIBERACE WELCOMES YOU." I rang the bell, was ushered into a black and white hall and signed the piano-shaped guest book. To my left was a long room lined with shelves all containing miniature grand planos,

And dominating this room were TWO outsize concert grands, one with a glass top and on loan to Wladziu Valentino Liberace for the next hundred years, the other (lined inside with powder-blue felt and decorated with 22-carat gold leaf) by Lloyds of London for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

sliver she had three children of her 1 walked past the candelabra and the gold lame own to look after

in "And

for Brooklyn, benches,

past plano illuminated aquariums that example, a wife refused to let divide the huge living-room with her husband in the living-room its fireside choles and ottoman when 1 appeared on TV-un

his suit and put on overed in ruby red velvet, aut he had to the black and white keyboard changed his lippers for shoes. of the piano-shaped swimming isn't that cule?

"Apparently she looked at pool;

And there I met first, not me, then at her husband, and

atron, Liberace, but Libernee's mother cried: Oh, why did I do it?

plump

STOPPED EATING spectacled, beaming, gleaming

her neck with

This gennutman thought diamonds at wrists and lingers, in the spot was terrible that could come Into his home and drive his playing fountain. #

Hial she even wife 10 crazy Someone standing

by fence (it is in the form of stopped cuting white was on musical notes-the first tine of the TV screen.

"Another gennulman ap "September Song") shouted:

me after a concert, "Hey, Mun! Wasn't Lee great proached

Just He looked me up and down and

Love he Wasn't tonight?

ald:

suddenly "I put the power of swell?"

There are four women in love into

my rmile, and it Mrs Liberace nodded, smiled,

wife, my Cooked

family,

works. rourd

my swiftly to see my

mother-in-law, and two stri,

11 that her guests were happy, and

works all right to the and they all wear you're in tune of half a millon dollars a Jurned to greet her son.

Well, 1 just year, Cadillacs (with candelabra love with them. don't understand where they and keyboard notes on the up- and wardrobes that holstery) get the idea, that's all.

Torty-Ove I told him to go back home heuse

day mults, (mintature and give them my love." sold eighty pairs of shoes and licen

Libernce, with the famous wink

dress suits, upart from his hands that has become associated with rivet and silver and gold Inme

uf

the

His teeth flashed in a brilliant milc He patted his greying glossy hair and said: "Gee, it's GOOD 10 me you all,"

HIK

links Cuf grand planey) flashed his plump waved (insured for hundreds of thou-him sincs et dollars) in greeting

SMOOTH AS SILK He moved swiftly

among his Then, In guess and

a voice mooth a silk with 22-carnt undertones, said: "Would you 1ke the personally co: cuete

Tour?"

It's

His bathroom, mirrored on two walls, has tropical plants #1 one end of the sunken black both and huge towels with a back embroideret on golden piano.

"Do you really dry yourself en those?" I asked.

Liberace giggled. "Oh, no," These are just for They'd seratelli I used Fans sent them to me.

ho people,"

he raid show.

them

creations

D

sald

I asked him what he looked He dimpled. "People like to for in a wife

look ul beautiful things," he seldi softly. "My heart," he said, "belongs

100% tu Mom and People..

think should "I

Dat my women fans would be happy to know that I have contempiled marrlugs.

1 think sometime They would like me to fulls that part of my life.

"But whoever marries me with

He told ine: "I decorated my mother's bedroom. luscious combination of dusty

nave lo unkierstand that she's pink and grey The wallpaper fine wite of an artist. Putting up egy with pluk apple blossom. end the bedspread and chater. unusual tolerance, patience- Icngue A/C In pink quilled

He

But what he and the rest of us ribject to as that one or two pople have already said that Their only interest in winning a gold medal is that by so doing AT LOS ANGELES

they can command a higher Later, in the Los

Angeles

wtury later on as professionals. Olymples, entering for the

"Maybe

the wording of the maximum of three events, she

pledge has not been very pre- sel two world records-143 feet

cise it certainly seems to have Javelin, 11.7 heen misunderstood," 4 inches for the

Hunter. L Keith Burch, Saturdays games. In the First veranda for

- BU

Meues Hurdles and tied for a third, ▷

The marquess went on to say 2/L Peter Boorman, 2/L1 N. R. Division Army

Hughes, WO 11 P. H. Ward, Sathe strong Recreto side at Kings feet 5 inches for the High Jump.

that he and other members of When she took

the British Olymple Committen. C. Royce, 1/Cpl CM. Brund, Park and only a top class show-faille." lo golf an

*You Gar R. Bell, Gr C. J. Scott ing will enable them to rollect mastered it

to Lausanne, and if would Ro more quickly und

that grand mer from the points. mote completely than a woman

necessary press for a clearer and

By Royal Artillery. L wording Gi the Brundage had done before or is likely to

The Royal Gor Bruce Tulloh. "bondage clause

Navy and the Royal Air Force have also enjoyed the facilities

In the Second Division Army f the club and names like Cil MAA R. 1. Pape, J/T P. N. North B meet KCC Homets,

South 'B

fuckic Randles, Cpl W. Nisbet and LAC while Army

EBS at the School ground, K. Martin appear in the lists.

These

of course

the

Army football got off to un performers bui

have excellent start at the many other teen athletes made use of the opportunities when the curtain afforded by the Club to im- the Colony League competition. prove their skills and standards Scoring despite many dimeuities and rdverse conditions occasion- not 100 en atmosphere

ed by the heavy rain the RAMC, serious competition

The Club once again extends Champions, turned in a fine first Third Division an invitation to Services athletes Ch

Second to join in its various retivities. There is a nominal membership Division on Saturday by chalk- subscription of $10 per year and up a 4-0 victory over Hong-

Tramways, at the application forms em be obtain-kong

ume giving a warning to all ind ed from Hon Secy., HKAAC.

sundry that they will onec again be a hard team to bei1.

mother, when young, was la connoisseur of golf, she was s and skjer an competitor She practised HAL "there 13 да tape all over my hand mi blond all Over the

finest skater the distret and, with a pair of skis made unt of barred staves, would go like the wind from lape" where she lived down into the city

the

the

To

u in Solari

there!

In special interest in her trip to They migrated

Gullane just after the war, when to Texas at Este made the Women's Cham- furn of the century, but in

15th tournament pionship her Carty

Clay's with Seven

We know what victory in a row. children, it was hard to make impact she made on us. It is the money go round. "Never

ver intriguing 710 W to And how

She

mind."

sold Didriksen, retting curious was the impact we made home-made gymnasium in o บท น

her he almost complete the backyard, "wil bule good silence of the galleries, which base for them"

The beby of

ahe later reallsed to be due not the family.

In adelition

toto hostility but to politeness: the keeping

ut with her brothers venerable nature of her caddie In the gymnasium, hurdled to who **looked about 80 the and fro over the seven bedges CPD

capriciousness of the weather, betwecas home nid the grovery which changed from summer to sinre.

winter in a single day; the people She tells of her athletic on blcycles with the "clips triumphs naturally and without their pants' legs", the tank traps trnco of false modesty, and in the rough and the sheep an ically they

tire

funtastic. In the greens; the two litle old the National Club Champlonely Scotsmen who followed her

at Chicago in 1932, every hole "with Their heads events at which were | close together, gabbing and gab- Olympic trials.

of the bing, and those kilts bobbing up womer's clube had more than and down"; and finally, it is nice 20 representatives for the tento be able to record, the manifold events. Babe Didrikson repre-kindnesses and welcome which serted her club alone,

a

Sothe

"For two and a half hours ! was flying all over the place. I'd in the 80 Metres run a heat hurdos. and then I'd take one of my high jumps; then I'd ga broad jump and over to the take a turn at that; then they'd be calling for me to throw the Javelin or put the 8 lb. shot,"

111

for

It would then, I take it, end something like this. "I declare on my honour that 1 am an at the amateur

and moment I intend to remain an amateur

++

FUTILITY

That should be acceptable le everyone, including those com- petitors who dare to think of cashing in on their prowess when

and the time is ripe, merely strosses the futility of Mr Brundage's misguided amateur fervour,

With his confounded alay clause he has it an amateur Olympic Blame which is now burning his fingers and threa- tening to consume both himself and the XVIth Olympiadi

Let him hasten to Lausanne and use the placid waters of the lake to put the fire out. Better still why doesn't he sink his impossible pledge in the Joke.

It's the only safe place for a load of dynamite that might go off and blow the Olympic Gemes sky high.

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With the current high level

season's

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in

week-end

went up on

the

same

REME carried on the good

of interest in Army golf circles work on Sunday when they gave

will be a strong

an excellent display of co-

iny

seem to know what women want," said

"Women!" dimpled,

I love them ALL. repeated. Do you know, i was engaged three times but each time it Was broken off because career claims so much of me, "My father sald I ought to lind a nice girl and settle down. But how can 1 settle down?

“Oh, I cannot stop working. I love this work and making I love the ap. prople happy.

plause and I love the letters I get

"Hundreds write and say: *Please, Lee, don't get married.

wie. You You don't need a

have us.'s

that onc "Did you know weman promil ed to put balt a million dollars in bonds in my name if I would marry her?

"Another came back-stage and rakt I am your Lady in While, She explained that Valentino had a Lady in Black who had never eased loving him. She asked

for a lock of my hair."

He dimpled again, 11 is anticipated that there operative team spirit in sending "I wonder what she did with wil

millary re-B & S down to defeat by 3 goals | it. .....”

he sold. presentation in the forthcoming to 1. This REME side played

Women.....

he went on. Amateur Golf Championship of some really Intelligent football "You know, in Miami once ten Hongkong which is due to be and provided they can keep the thousand nearly crushed me to played on Sunday, October 14. framework of the team together death? Oh, it was terrible........

The Championship which will they will give a very good for the police.

"Those women over 36 holes on account of themselves against

bed to be be played scratch stroke competition basis the best the Second Division has fought off from nine in the

moming Vil six at night,

ver

Gullane ved from the people of Fine Away Record Hongkong Gold to offer.

She culled

her book "This

Stirchley United who play in the

(Birming- King's Norton ham) League have not lost an anvay match for two years! For the second week in succession their centre-forward, John goals in a

Life I've Led" (Hale, 18) and,

took the knocks | although she and disappointments inseparable from life in the limelight, In the whole of her story there is no trace of malice or resentment | Reeves, scored five towards anyone.

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WI EKLY

Club courtes open to all who have a eceding 10.

The

is Fenling.

"Did I tell you about the one The Army representative side who rang the doorbell at my amateur golfers

of suc-

home one night? Oh, yes. handicap not ex- completed a bi-trick

cesses when they humbled once

answered the door and she said: conditions great Sing Tao by 5 goals to I've def: my husband-and I've rules and

League match the championship in a Senior

come all the way here to marry governing

confident

ent you. I'll stay on your step Uil Was a neat, will be those of the Royal and There

and compact appearance about you say "Yes" Ancient for the "Fife Quaich,

The entry fee for the competi- the defence in which, with only

"What did you do?" I asked.. Liberace milled. and the entry list minor lapses, every man played

"I rang' her tion is $15

his part well. Hogan did husband he eald, "After all, will close on October 7,

There is an imposing prize particularly well at left back Sloan an ideal list for the event. The winner and found

replica of the partner. will receive a oficial trophy and there will also be a sulfable award for the runner-up, In addition to these prizes there will be one for the best gross score on the Old Course and a similar award for the best gross score on the Now Course. There will also be too an award for the best net store experience over 36 holes,

OPTIONAL SWEEPSTAKE The organisers are scanging for an optional sweepstake handicap to be held

FINE MIDDLE LINE

the zida The strength of

from the fino however sprang middle line of McInnes, Jones

who showed and Tolirty too clearly that their previous

of playing

the gether is now producing

understanding which vifal.

to

means a mach to a team. It is a great pity indeed that Mc- on Immes and Tolfcey will not be

available for very much longe The courtery of the course The forward line scored five

and with alle, mor will be extended to all entrante gal frem

October 4 until the steadiness might have; doubted championship is completed, the total. The goals they got

With so many

golfers playingen, Army |'were excelent ones but Higgins,

at the Martin, and Bowering 811" mdaa- moment there poems to be a 150 od golden chances which would prospect of good representation have been seen in a very dif when this important competition durant light if they had been

takes place, and; we Amay even | viták to The restat, st

have the pleasure of seeing at least one of them in the prize

The present champion AT. Butellife SALOROSS HARBOUR MACE Note: Bunday herhang

·Nevertheless, this' was' a Erscouraging start tois vital sea- dot, and, prominatii, better Things to crane, and finally

with my moods

even a sixth reuse,

would

take

like Liberace Even with really need a wife? his well-staffed houre, Liberace's Mom cooks for him

like.

she

"Mom knows exactly what I And when I have to diet, KREA te that, too," he said, smiling.

The mile defeats me-13 defeats mest men

Yes, the victory belongs to After all, he has Liberce ALL the women on his side,

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