1957-02-12 — Page 6

“UNFAIR DECISIONS?

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1957.

AS \N SINGLES CHAMPION

P.I. FIGHT OFFICIALS ARE GETTING WARY ABOUT SENDING BOXERS

BOXERS TO JAPAN

By TEODOR C. BENIGNO

Manila, Feb. 12.

Philippine fight oficials are getting increasingly wary about sending Filipino boxers to Japan due to the alleged unfairness of Japanese judges and referees. They point as the latest example Japanese Featherweight Champion Kiyook! Nakaniski's recent "victory" over Leo Espinosu.

Practically all the correspondents of foreign press nasociations which covered this bout had reported that Espinosa had won declively and that the Filipino was "robbed" of the decision.

Local Aght clrcles have point- Although thes Espinosa, local majority to this is that ed out that Espinosa was only Nakanishil fight was within

the Japan only has to confirm to the Intest victim of a series of featherweight limit (120 | general International fight rules bad

verdicts rygainst Filipino pounds), it is feared here that to render what is a “fair” 'decl- boxers campaigning in Japanese Espinosa would fail lep or so ston.

In pointed out

rings. They elted the follow-down the Bantamweight list, after all, Tanny Campo (sixth- ing previous cases:

It is recalled that when Italy's rated World Bantamweight con- 1.Former World Flyweight world-rated Flyweight Cham-tender), Espinom, Fiusti Elorde Champion Yoshio Shiral's vic-plon was knocked out here by | (eighth-rated World Feather- tory over Espinosa

more than Le Cezar, Philippine Bantam- | weight joking

three years ago. In this world title fight, the foreign wire ser- vices also adjudged Espinosa the winner by a comfortable mar gin

triumph 2.-Shirai's Tanny Compo Philippine Fly weight Chrimpion. also a World Championship

3. Oriental Featherweight Champion Shigeje Kaneke's two

This

OVET

WDS

weight Champion. about two matings by years ago, he lost his world rat- Ing shortly after. Gianelli in this fight was overweight,

Boxers usually want to chalk up an impressive victory string because this brings them closer to the top. Setbacks by Filipino the "Espinosa wars in Japan

it is elulmed here, work their

and taint

record

thus and bigger money bouts affect their chances for more

Bot their on European and American fighters in rings abromì, except

Japon, Another factor which SOTOC Flipino fight manogens assert els is an odded discourage. ment to local 9ghters to fight in Japan is the behaviour of the Japanese fight pubile. Nicanor Reyes, Jor., a tankding educator Brut manager ગ Alfredo (ninth-rates World

contender) re UNFAIR DÉCISIONS

Japanese crowd However, there is a minority

Is sullen ond hostile when a among light circles here who

Bu

Japanese pug is losing and few that "unfair" decisions Dink

would dare chcer A Filpino by Japanese ring magistrates

boxer. are the result, not of prejudice The primary

local and biguity,

Here, and very surprisingly ut but of

different consternation is the they that methods of judging prize-fights.

that

considering the former the Philippines continues to The

In the anti-Japanese sentiment of Fill Japanese officials world-rated boxers

cheers The Espinosa Nakanishi fight rule inos, the pubile is neutral, it watak

Beutral. It

food 1972 but many of Empinosa's blows

boxer, whether he be A Fill- kar | because they were labelled us pino or Japanese and

victories over the list five years over Fish Elorde, Here the

services wire

wêre ngala unanimous that Elorte had won

in both instances,

serul

Japust might

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PRIMARY CAUSE

Pause of

dzemions

adversely affeel

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their

Asuncion Bantanweight letes that the

even if he is a Filipino fighting » Japanese,

standings in International boxing chops" and therefore not valid.hoots and boos a dirty fighter, Hats, Alter dy, it is expected The minority's suggestion is here that Espinosa, now ranking that the boxing commissions of No

World Bantamweight the Philippines and Japan get challenger, may be downgraded together to formulate uniform by the American Ring boxing rules and regulations. Magazine articl the National However, the rather sarcastic Inter bring a halt fo "hometown

Boxing Association.

answer

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Who Will

Fight clrcles bere expresa hopes, however, that Japanese ring officials will sooner than

the overwhelming decisions."-France-PreSSE.

Win The

Jim Peters Trophy This Year?

Asks VERNON MORGAN

London, Feb. 11.

The last major sports pull of the y car, to decide the 1956 winner of the Jim

Miss Choi Kyung-jà, the newly crowned Aslan' Table Tennis Singles Champion at the recently con cluded Fourth Asian Table Tennis Championships at Manila, shows her strokes in her exhibition match agninst Hongkong's Miss Fan Ching-kwan_at_the Queen Elizabeth II Youth Centre last week. Miss Chol won 2-0--China Mail Photo.

Cup

IF THEY ASPIRE TO WORLD TITLES

Boxing Champions Shouldn't Look Nice Enough For A Curate's Tea Party

Says DESMOND HACKETT

London.

Surely somewhere in these State-nurtured islands there must be a tough, rough kid with helt in his heart, no knowledge of Shakespeare, a complete inability to select a meal in French, and who does not love his mumi so dearly or blatantly as Mr Liberace.

.:

If we can find such a rugged character we may be able to export our fighters. to América and Europe without fear of their being briskly and brusquely slapped" down.

Until we hử such, a citizen, Wo should keep our boys at home.

TOO NICE

It' you want to win internn- tang tiles you have to be pre- pared to HATE the guy who la in the ting.

HATE HIM with the intensity of Marciano,

The trouble is they are just TOO NICE I doubt it one of HATE HIM ns Humez hated our British Champions would be Pet McAteer until their Euro out of place at 'a curate's tea

peon title fight hid been party.

battered out of existence, I mean look at these decent

You have to be prepared to chaps, little Dai Dower, quiet-forget about the fine ideals of spoken Joe Lucy, pin-up-boy the noble art of self-defence. You middleweight Pat McAteer, just have to slug it out on Beau Brummell welterweight ( blows-barred ROUGHI-

BOXING 19

Peter Waterman, and the placid, so pollte No 1 Heavyweight Joo HOUSE IS THE RULE. Erskine.

Him

Shocks All His Life -Now They Call Freddie The Miracle Man

By ALAN

HOBY

Into the soccer spotlight leaps a buoyant new personality----Freddie Cox of Bournemouth.

Already this wartime pilot with the fighter's face is being hailed as football's miracle man-as the rising young manager whose shrewd planning blasted world famous Wolves out of the Cup.

Yet if you know Frederick | If you James Arthur Cox-us I do. you

would realise there is nothing NEW In the way he scorns odds and brings off the "impossible."

For he has done it before time and again.

"All my football life," he says, "Cup sensations--miracles

Prince Aly Khan

seven

like...seem to have "but I've never regretted the followed me around,"

move.

"I have a free hard here, Soccer miracle No 1 happened wonderful set of directors and e short years ago, at young, enthusiastle team with To'tenham Arsenal, 2-0 down brave hearts." to Chelsea in a trigger-tight semi-final, "ored a corner 30 seconds bet, je half-time,

Enter the Arsenal right- winger, hunch-shouldered than British, dark-haired character, holf human battering-mn, half

€

Khan slippery celFreddie Cox, their

Peters Trophy, is shortly coming up. Who will get this coveted award given by Suggests Licensed

one of Britain's leading newspapers to the athlete (1rack and field) who opinion of the nation shows the greatest qualities of courage, determination and endurance on behalf of Britain during the year?

The award was made for the first time to Jim Peters, the English Marathon star, in admiration of his plucky bid to finish the 1964 British Empire Games Mara- thon in Vancouver at almost the cost of his life.

was. Consideration

to

Totes In Ceylon

awarded the trophs last whatever as to who kets the qualifications, Brnsher is 113- | here on a three-day visit has

3,000 Metres steeplechase gold "courage determination and medal in the Melbourne Olympics, as the "Sportsman of the Year", ns he was acclaimed both by national newspaper poll and the Sports Writers

Association.

SOCCER STARS

endurance" which not only won the bespectacled Cambridge run- ner his caveted gold medal but the votes of the public and press in the earlier awards.

ما

£12,000 buy from Spurs

赴 wink Freddie

slammed over his kick,

INTO THE NET

were

Just one example of Bourne- mouth keenness; most of the players prefer to wear German boots which are more expensive

The club, however, couldn'✈ really run to the extra cost The directors had already spent heavily on new. streamlined Hungarian-style kit for the

team,

So the footballers concerned paid the extra out of their own pockets.

mean

no-

Admittedly, the reign of the tearaway is distasteful, but if we want to

to stay in the international fight business then we have to be prepared to be the toughen. and roughest

in the business,

And you have to be as fi as Morciano anct Humez, Before the managers of Britain sturt to howl in protest, let me say that our British boxers are fit but they are not tough.

You cannot get iron-hard men

close

there for all to see. I only hope they put down their examination of night contracts long enough to learn.

And I hope too that Pat McAteer cancels his proposed plan to put up his Empire title for dispute with Jimmy Ellioti in Johannesburg on March 16.

I suggest he gets the eye that European Championship com- cost him may chance of the

pletely and mfely healed,

that

he concentrates on developing and timing his punch.

And I strongly insist that he takes at least three months of ruthless toughening-up before he starts talking about engaging Charles Humez in a title match in England.

· PANCHO SPIRIT:

Ahl how I wish boxero so able as McAteer could get the hell- fire spirit of tennis strongmatų Panchio Gonzales, who in his match with Ken Rosewall in Australia the ather week smashed the microphone and hecklers to come

by ruining them is the amoke-d

choked eentres of our cities, by hoping that two weeks of inter sive training will produce the teak-tough condition that only out of the hard grind of training. comes to a man who is never

The

was

IRON-MAN LOOK only British

fighter I have seen in these recent years who had the iron-man look Jimmy Brown of Belfast town. Brown had been

e trained for a month on the coast at Bangor toughened

up with sea-water trentament, hardened by cold, invigorating seaside air

The lesson I have tried to dril into fight bosses for years Wa

down and make their remarks personally.

Scar-faced Gonzales goes on record as saying: "I asked one character very politely to come down to the count All I mid was. “Listen, horsehead, you're very brave hiding among 6,000 people, why don't you come down here where I can see you squirra?

Alas, alas, our fighting men Boy Scout rather are so polite. They cultivate the than tho slayer spirit.

Admirable, possibly, but ohi so

unprontable.

London Express Seruiony:

(COPYRIGHT)

FRAME A NEW

RULE FOR BUSBY

BOYS

All of us who care about the prestige of British sport must agree that the heroes of the hour are 11 Busby boys who blasted Bilbao out of the European Cup.

Not since Arsenal's heyday in the '80s have a club done as much to put British Soccer on the Continental map. Congratulations, Manchester United, one and all.

How much more to the point sionals here manage to make a it would be if the boys were to living wage, fbud a nice fat bonus of crisp, We don't want the Spanish their pay riches-or-rags technique in. Brl- cracking fivers in packets,

tain.

If any one of them is picked for England--£50,

But plainly, 28 a man for a team that will pull £40,000 European Cup profits into Man- chester United's bank account this year is ridiculous reward.

The fact that

70, 6 Uckets sold for £11 aplece outside Maine Road stadium recently is golden proof of the exceptional entertainment value of these if

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ITIC71.

But a high wing was blowing Colombo, Feb. 11.

end, to everyone's amazement, Again, the lipowire Cox the ball at the last spilt second insists Princ Aly Khan has sug

on each of his players Eested to the Ceylon Turf Club swung violently inwards, just following the Brazilian idea of The spoiling public may not from Lain who did must for wrecking experience any runneT

authorities that licensed totes 5 if giant hand had grasped inaximum ball practice. But

Then It hit Medhurst, the this would find it easy to pick Auch an ኒና

similar to those in France bet in country Internatiouulj has had to suffer,

a separate obvious choice as Peters himself spurt in 1958. Could it truly be

run in various parts

Chelsea of Ceylon

goalkeeper, and whirled AUTOMATIC CHƠICE

football for each man And into the net, being the; Brasher did? Opinion

for

balls cost manty. What other runner could one

people to place heis without given. sentimentally.

Not only

Chelsea long ) will differ on this.

What other resorting to illegal bookies. possibly consider. distance

EQUALLY EFFECTIVE runners Geoff iden But there should be no doubi | field event mau hus similar

was fabbergasted; Arsenal matched Prince Aly Khan who way

a draw, won the replay-Cox

So the players use cheap, year. And who gets It this?

the Peters trophy. In the first place questionably

automatic promised to send details of the Ecoring the decisive goal-and plastic beach-type balls which The writer was not wholly in it is confined to athletes in the choice wins this award Brusher cording to him, will ensure French totes set-up which, ac-

went on to win the Cup,

arc equally effective, With That, unfortunately, is im- agreement with the choice of narrowest sense of that word.

Two years later Cannonball the loyal help of trainer Arthur

possible. Chris Brasher, winner of the and the second it

was will have completed a wonder- cleaner sports and also earn the Cox did it again. First he got Ounliffe,

If Busby's boys win the FA ex- Ergland

Bind ful hattrick to end his running government revenue.

the vital goal in Arsenal's 1-1 Aston Villa winger, Freddie Cup, they can draw an offelalls career. He might well have

Prince Aly

Khun also In- draw with Chelsen.

maximum of has wrought a democratic re approved

270 made It a notable four-timer cicated that he may send a

volution in training and tactics each in bonus and talent money. and

If they win the League, it is won the C. N. Jackson string of horses

Then, here to TRGO

in the replay, he since he took over last April. Memorial Cup awarded, annumily under his colours but he will scored the first two goals inf

nearly £50 a man by the Amateur Athletic Asso- make a final decision after his Arsenal's 8-1 victory.

**What I'm trying to do," he clution

the outstanding return to Paris, France-

snya "is to put into practice the These were the three quali-

athlete of the year, but for the Presse.

And again Arsenal marched ideas I leamed from Arthur

BULE SAYS so ties, rather than running ability,

to Wembley....

Rowe at Tottenham, Tom But if they achieve the that made Brasher the hero of fact of his being born in British

Whittaker at Arsenal, and Vic greatest feat of all, and go onions on bonuses don't tempt

I hope present League restric Gularan,

Buckingham at West Browich. to bring the European Cup plus some of my own."

to Manchester United into the old, maximum inatch Britain, the

13 arid dodge of offering players bonus they can draw is Creed

is ench, under Football League

batch of match tickets they can ae rule 42 (0),

pedule on the black market.

How much more business100 would be if the club were to touch the Football League Cup run and suggest ecane form nt end of their European

Finally, what has Bourne couse I doubt If it will do the have lifted British Soccer hearts to Stockholm to compete in the can reveal, then there learned about his old Soccer profesional much good.

mouth's managerial ball of cause of the average British and hope. World Championships there next ate Tom Whittaker offered Cox club Spurs, who visit Dean A PERIOD QF · · GREAT but lest the men's match against a job as sought a four Court in the Cup Fifth Round CHANGE IS JUST AROUND und THE CORNER FOR SOCCER en Saturday? Rumanian teams at Cluj, Trans

figure salary.

IN ENGLAND ylvania, the Rumanian Ager

Wisely, he's not saying--but But Freddic, although press reported today,

I warn Tottenham it won't be nattered. decided on plain, uneasy. Remember York City! The women's teams won three glamorous Bournemouth and victories to one and the men's a smaller pay-packet. "It was team lost tour, Frood-Frése. a big decision,” he told me,

lians. Gordon Pirie's

Tuns

before

the nation and the winner of the Obmple steeplechase.

and

Though he lived there only a few weeks he first saw daylight there and the rules of the award

say that the winner must have Red China Wins

It seemed that his perform once in winning this race may have been overrated and could on some grounds be said not to Brasher, for years had been compare with Jim Laker's bril- helping others in their record liant bowling in the Test bles, Bannister, Chutaway and

been born in the United King- matches against the Austra others owed much to his help dom.

record

pacing. Yet he was deter-

Brasher

being ineligible, the the mined before he retired to do Cup wont to Gordon Pirie, as it Olympics, or even the surling away with his title "Mr Help- till might in play at the soccer stars Stanley er" and do something great for done seeing that he oct

my casc Have

new Malthews and Billy Wrigh himself.

world records in the 3,000 and It did not sterr to have He needed courage, at the end 8,000 Metres and won a silver brought the prestige to Britain of 11 distinguished running medal thut Donald Champbell did with career, to train and battle it out Metres against hottes competi- In the Olympic 10,000 his water speed record or Peter in the company of the greatest tion then Brasher had in his Twiss with his air speed record, he needed endurance too to win sleeplechase. For do not forget that these this gruelling event. On top of

Sports writers are saying that awards were made to the man all that lie had to keep up his the rule should be changed, morale under great tension for though it would need carefully It will be recalled he was dis-ve-framing to prevent it be qualified after winning only to coming an Empire or Common- be reinstated after what must wealth award and not a truly

been the mosi nerve-

British one-China Mail Special.

NOTICE

Amendment to Programme of the Ninth (Armua])

Race Meeting Season 1968/57

1957 PONIES

(8rd Day) Wongneichong

Stakes

(Bed Day) Lusitano Cup. Entries for the above will NOT be restricted to one race only. Ponles may be entered for either one or both races.

· By Order, A. E. ARNOLD,

Secretary.

have

THE GAMBOLS

THERE? THAT'S ALL BILLS PAID - We DON'T OWE ANYBODY! ANYTHING

WILL YOU WALK WITH TO POST: THEM

TABLE TENNIS

Match Against Rumania

Faris, Feb. 1. Communist China's table ten- als contingent now on its way

Now this determined 36-year- old, one of the youngest managers in the game, has per- formed soccer miracle No 3.

How does he do it?

There is obviously an anomaly It would be simplo for

Indeed the Cox based en youth-average For Bournemouth

und of his team' is 21-asper-Atness Boscombe, remember, are not a and an integrated; quick-pussing here! rich

club. They are simply laying policy which demands me to plant a few ward-box setcer Davids from the Third that the entire 11 enn switch in under the League and verbally Division. As fach they have a flash from defence to attack blow it sky-high doo, be otways had 'to sell players to Į and vice versa, live,

I too, that

month won the women's match

Lay

Barry Appleby

#TTER FOR YOU)

ITTO A. BILL

-(London Express Service).

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My bet is common sense would prevail and that the ciation of a job well done, 'League would show thoh 'opprel LIGHTS UP, PLEASE With their sponsorship proposals to form a super Cup semi-final may provide a Manchester United's European League of British and foreign bumper opening night for their clubs the League have shown Old Trafford Bloodlights. encouraging,・・ progressivo The £40,000 lights. change of heart.

-"OVERTIME'

United will be the best in the country: Testing is going on,

It is a fair assumption that and they should be ready for when more players are called use by the end of the month. upch to do "overtime" "the ex- The European semi-final draw perience of Manchester. Untied takes place in Cologne on Febro- farting on three fronts at once my 28 the two-les tide to be Mampugh to show, what that played between, March 1, and

Arm ruler for..! Enopoint

Lengile

will draft April 30.

the

So Lit United's European Cup

games, have taken place under lights of neighbours Man-.

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choich bl

zurufes to be, awalling the

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bays if they had won, ju

Glasgow Celile have begun The Spaniards are no bellevers negotiations for a home gar

Against Bilbab towards the id

ii fals Soccer shares for all.

The stars, pull down show of the Benton. business" anlários;, the... weruh«. berw get a pittance.

Celtic mane

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toben."

Even It you thiride, as do, And that all our Soccer - playFERE should be a higher pay, timEWS | FOR ME

no denying · that 3,000 profes