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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1958.

From Reform

Reform School To World Champion EARLY START BY FLOYD PATTERSON'S STORY

FLOYD PATTERSON

Moore Rides Two

Winners

For Aly

Khan At Deauville

Deauville, Aug. 12. Australia's ace jockey George Moore gave Prince Aly Khan two winners at the Deauville meet- ing today.

He won the 500,000 franes (£500) Prix D'Houlgate on Ginetta and the 800,000 francs (£800) Prix Dozule handicap on Chief.

Defends Heavyweight

Boxing

Title Against

Aug. 18

Harris On

Floyd, Patterson, who is due to defend his world heavyweight Fitle against the Texan schoolmaster Roy Harris on "August 18, has won 32 of his 33 professional fights and has never been knocked out. Only one man has ever beaten him- Joey Maxim, the former world light-heavyweight champion,` and that was on a disputed points decision. Like so many champions of the past, he is a fighter who has battled his way from rags to riches with muscle and fistie know-how. He was horn on January 4, 1935, one of 11 children of a garbage collector. In 1937, the family of nine fessional and won his Drst 13 position. And, with auch long boys and two girls moved from bouts well inside the distance. gaps between fights, there is a North Carolina. Brooklyn, Then, after losing on points danger of his becoming ring jover eight rounds against Maxim, | rusty--n fact Illustrated recently | he went on to beat such ex- | when be was fnored by ሲ

pertenced profesionala

sparring partner, 135 Gordon Wallace, Tommy Harri-

Gu and Jim Sinde,

where, as Patterson himself puts it, he developixi into “a budding Juvenile delinquent,"

Reform School

In Juno, 1980, Patterson was Floyd could not read at the given his big- chanco-a fight age of 10; he was bottom of his against Tommy "Hurricane" plays at schont, . He became a

Jackson in New York. He knew member of a street gang of that victory would give him n hnaligung whore shady aclivities ernek at the ageless Archie Moore #ncluded snatching frilt from the for the world heavyweight title local market. Floyd soon passed | made vacan! by the retirement his "entrance examination to a of Rocky Mazelaño. reforms schnol in The Catskill Mouniais

Patterson spent two years at reform school and there he lea′′E = ed the most importani lesson of hise that it was better to fight with gloves in the ring than with bareknuckles in the street.

At 14, Floyd started training at 44 Manhattan East Sido gymnasium run by fast-talking Mr Constantine "Cus D'Amato. He showed such promise that D'Amato became his coach and but him up into á middle- weight. The youngster won nearly 40 amateur contests.

Olympic Medal

in 1952. at the age of only 17, Palterson crowned his amateur

Broke His Hand

Before the fight, Patterson But broke a hand in sparring. he kept it secret for fear of losing this opportunity,

and, boxing in considerable pain, won jon points.

On November 30, 1958, Pat- terson beat Moore by a th round knock out in Chicago. At 21. he had become the youngest world heavyweight champion in history. He had gained the title with eight fights fewer than Joe Louis who won it at the age of 23.

Patterson is a great fighter, 11e in fast, strong and superbly AL The outstanding feature of Jus boxing la his fast counter-

In six seconds,

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WEST HAM-

West Ham have already started some grimly determined training as shown by the above photo.

Bellding up for the hig job of getting their pro. moted team off to a flying start in the First Division are centre-half Ken Brown and left-half Bill Lands- downe.

County Cricket C'ship Battle Warming Up SURREY ONLY FOUR POINTS BEHIND HANTS WITH SIX

MATCHES STILL TO GO

London, Aug. 12. The English county cricket championship battle is really warming up. Hampshire by failing to salvage any points from their match at Ports

mouth today against bottom of the table Warwickshire are perched precariously at the top being only four points ahead of Surrey with six matches to go.

Surrey reigning champlone, kola win ovet Glamorgan at who completed a two-ny win Weston-Super-Mare,

Its recent 10 lengths win on 1. Chief (Nearco-Nikellors) 8-carrer by winning the middle-punching. He can land 12 blows over Middlesex yesterday hove tering their tenth win of the Ginetta made the two-year-obi] year-old 137 pounds Prince Aly weight gold medol at the my favourite for the 900-metre Khan Alec feud G. Moore.

Olympic Games

Helsinki. race.

Moor held Ginetta Enek

10-year-old 112 One month later he turned pro- 2. Caravaca muil 400 metres from the post. pounds Jockey J. Deforge, five The dlly then streaked away as lengths behind. a certaki

Moore winner and and her off to win by four)

5-your-old, 303 kulle. ahead of Belle Curavaite.] pounds, Jockey R. Hayna) three

leugtis bend.

'12

RON

Top Weight

Aurfrahan's eight-year-old

carried sop

3. Edunn

There were nine starters, second Betting on the Part Mulnel feu a 1-Patar lake was Win 10,

weight giving 10 places; 13, 19, 37.

prints to its nxturent rival. Chief

Chipf covered Bis cnutse in 2

weest ijate as three tengles admins 43.4 es

from the

melte rach

2,400 start of the

Star Race

Prince Aly

Khan's

new

With Ble en- "Caiet surged entirajgemen farther ahead 800 metres from the post to win by five lengths Smyrna with Moore up fades to alend of 10-year-old Coravnen, a disappointing fast place out of

Results

Resulls were: 500.000

Ja neld of Ave in tip: star race

of the day.

Masianw

Manchester United To Play Munich XI Today

Manich, Aut.

13.

TOL

109 point aux nmpshire 170. season-their best effort since

There was

thrilling climax 1918-Somerset moved up to He is also a likeable champion to the Portsmouth match in share third place in the table

1 modeal soft-spoken man

Northamptonshire which rain today prevented play with

cach with a disarming smile. Besides until mid-afternoon, Sel by with 144 points. bosing, his recreations include Warwickshire to score 100 in 00 billiards and ilstening to modern minutes for victory-n tremend- ballads, lie has a 20-year-od ous task on a turning wicket wife, Sandra, and a daughter | Hampshire hit out and when the Who was born on the day he won match ended in a draw they had The world champtonships.

fost eight wickets for 1O.

Eu Floyd Patterson is not an

For entirely happy champion.

he reigns supreme at a time when there is n dearth of worthy heavyweight contenders, Thus he has not been able to gain

rent prestige with his title.

His Critics

He has

been but

Inulividual hormurs fotisy went to Arthur Jepson, Nottingham-

Drawn Match

now

Davidson Wins

German Tennis-Title

Ribeiro & Neves Get An Eight

fr a third round Colony Open palma town bowls match at Kowloon Dock Club yesterday, R. M. V. Ribeiro and

· L. M. Neves of filipino Club chalked úp bn eight against Kowloon Cricket Club's D. C. Symons and F. R. Ker- moni.

They were trailing behind by 3-10 on the 8th houd Whon this hap- poned, and never looked back after that. Symons and Kormoni conceded the match with the schrò on 17-25 at tha end of the 19th head.

Albeiro and Nove have already brò jóven to their credit, and now hold the season's high scoring record in the Open Championships,

SLAZENGERS

PROFESSIONAL

LAWN TENNIS

TOURNAMENT

London, Aug. 12,

The British holder G. Worth- ington needed only. 25 minutes to reore a 6-0, 6-1 win over Yusuf Khan in Dundee in the men's singles elimination third round of the Slazengers profes- sional lawn tennis tournament et Eastbourne, South England today.

Worthington constantly drove Khan to the baelt of the couri with his penetraling lobs.

THE RESULTS

Other third round results:me Khan Din (India) bent P.

Hopfenheit (Germany 7-5, 6-4,

H. Nasman (France) beat D.

Potier (Britain) 6-2, 6-1.

P. Molly (Australià) beat G. Bradley (Britain) 6-8, 6-4.

J Seller (France) beat D Georgeson (Britain) 6-3, 0-1,

J, De Mos (Holland) beat L Radonavnovic`(Yugoslavia) B-2, ' 6-1.

C. Ferrez (Swlizerland) beat G. Van Boen (Holland) 0-0, 0-3.

Northamptonshire had to be content with four points from their drawn match wlih Esex at Wellingborough. Their chanco | ed Belgium's Jacky Belchant Contet (France) 0-3, 0-2, of foreing a win was rained by 5-7, 6-4, 09-7, 6-3,

Hanburg, Aug, 12. Sweden's Sven Davidson won the men's angles title of the| S. Parlevliet. (Holland) beat German International Tennis H. Walther (Germany) 0-0, 0-2. Championships when he defeat-

W. Moss (Britain) beat A. La

Rain made it a

The four ace professionals— Individual Honours several heavy showers which Vole Ramirez (México) and

Tony cost 132 minutes playing time. Antal Janeso (Hungarian living

Trabert (US.) Panche Hoad Segura (Ecuador) pretty dismal

Low exiley won the mixed doubles and Ken Rosewall (Australia) day Dil round. Yorkshire's title.

will enter the tournament at the In the net here they defeat- | quarter-finalu stage when chire's 43-year-old pace bowler match with Worcestershire at Bradford was abandoned with- and Brian Langford, Somerset's spin bowlet. Jegoen look, eight a ball bowled. So too was excima Long (Australia) will play the four qualifiers from Leicestershire wickets for 4 and Laticashire's game with Rent at and Luls Ayala (Chile) by 8-6, the elimination rounds-France-

6-4---France-Presse,

Prese..

Langford captured eight Glamor- gan wickets for 53,

Manchester Balied's tun to XI play a combined Munich here tonight includes six of the even players who survived the a crash in February.

The survivors to play are:

remarkably

Despite Jepson's performance Violelt, Gregg,

Charlton, Successful,

he is not yet which took his total of wickets Sennion, Foulkes and Mirians, cognised as a great champion, in first class cricket pans 1,000, Ilis crilles merely say: "Well, Nottinghanxhire were beaten by Suzy Volterras' The seventh survivor, franes Prix D'Houthave-year-old Mare Lilyn kaleeled for the watch, is Rar who has he benten?"

Pallersoit's victims clo not runs. Only five minutes of make an impressive list. Kate handicap fra two-year-old dien by M. Gavela and carrying Wood, the reserve stealteeper.

Since the

match reállod when 1.200.000 126 pounds won the

will be Seandon's the

he won his life he has only de- Leicestershire snatched victory. 1. Ginettu (Tulyar-Dinute fitues £1,200) Frix D'Astarte appearance for Ute ride

fended it twice against

Langford's Inclsive bowling and the crash. The other survivors 1) 124 pounds. Jockey C. for three-year-old

above!

Ermalno bave played several times since foding "Hurricane" Jackson and took Somerset to a seven wie-

ngainst Pele Rademacher, a 30- 121 with J. Deforge and 12 pounds lost February. Belk

three quarters

The team are:-Hurry Gregg year-old Olympic gold-medallist Il Signoret, up by pounds, jockey

| length. Four lengths behind.

Moor 2.

Caravelle

3 Eloupe, 124 pounds, joe-

Beating

fest since

of a

Ian Billy Foulkes, Greaves

Fred Goodwin, Ron Cope, Stan Anne Danjou with R. Poncelet Crowther, Ken Morgans, Ernie

and 121 pounds up was third Taylor, Dennis Violett, Bobby

the

who had never fought as a pro First Jockey To

fessional before.

Now, for the first time in

twelve months, Patterson is to Ride 100 Winners

This Season

defend his title again. He has everything to lose and nothing much to gain. For if he wins, few people will be particularly impressed.

Arat

Manchester-Router.

"THEY DO NOT KNOW THE

ORDINARY PLATITUDE'

On

Comments

Two Moscow Radio's

Soviet Women Champion Athletes

they

London, Aug. 12. Moscow radio said tonight its women atheletic champions Nina Pánomálava and Galina Zybina did not know "the ordinary platitudo" that "in order to be a good -winnar you must learn to be a good fuser,”

ket 3. Deforge, a neck behind,

There Were ve starters: three lengths behind Emmah-Charllon, Bert Scanlon, Betting on the Pari Mutu for mood. Lilya covered the counse

Betting on the RENEW FRIENDSHIPS 10 fiane stake was: Win 13, In 1 na 10 sues.

Parl Mutuel for a 10-frane stake. places 11, 18. There was no

Win 42 places 22, 24.

Kent, Aug. 12 There

Manchester United players third place money.

Arthur "Scoble" Breasley, 44- whistled and unmed cheer-

It is tough luck for unig Gr. Ginella covered the course in was no third place money.

Way uity to the strains of a moull tatt, dusky American, who trains-uld Australian who 55 seconds.

New Smyrne was a the tend organ as a canch took them to so hard, never touching alcohol, champion Jockey in England last 800,000 frene: Prix De Dozule until the halfway mark but faded the training around here yes* coffee or tobacco. And in make reur, today, become the

The radio was commenting on a good winner you must learn handleap for three-year-old and to last place when the rest of the terday soon after their arrival things worse he call get very jockey of the present English the dropping of Nine,

discus to be a good loser. That's an above 2,400 metres:

Held challenged.-France-Presse,

571 Munich, STERL of last few fghts because of the feud Ant season to ride 100 winners,

champion, and Galim, record ordinary platitude, I know, but February's ir crash,

between, bis manager D'Amato

Breasley rode 173 winners last breaking shot putter, from the one which the two ladies men- Busby, criti-and Jim Norris, mifionaire boss season when he became the first Manager Mali

Soviet team for the European fined do not know." cally injured in the crash, sald: of the International Boxing Australian to win

in charaptonships the Engllah ethletic friendsClub.

championship for 48 years. He Stockholm next week on the reached als ventury today when Frounde od egoistic, 12 withing on Patreeve in the comradely behaviota." Dungeness Weller Plate.

'Sceptre' Crew Confident

London, 107 years. Britain has spent The crew of the 12-metro something like £4,000,000 17- yacht Sceptre, Britain'sng to win back.-London

Expos Service,

seventeenth challonger for

the America's Cup, are

remarkably confident con- aldering that Britain has

nover won this century- Sceptre Arrives old contest against the United States.

Stanley "Arch" Bishop, sun- tanned skipper of the Sceptre. anys; "I'm so sure we shall win in America that I've had crate made to bring homo the America's Cup."

"We'll wrap the cup in my shirt-because I've put my shirt on our winning."

In America

New York, Aug. 12. Sceptre, which will represent Britain in the America's Cup yacht race orainst the Unilpd States,

arrived here today in the treghier Alsatio.

The races

start at Newport,

The Amerien's Cup has been Rhode Island, on September bald by the United Statka Boż 120--Router,

many

"We made so during the sad days. We teel

His

nearest rival. Douglas

A GRAVE OFFENCE

"We expect avery, out of our athletes to help the younger man. Et short, we demand more than just musele and skill trúin our athletes, we demand sports- minship."

more, Zybina and Ponomareva are fine perforthers but they. will have to learn to do much more than just that if they are to be included in the USER, team."-Router,

It is believed that only one It is nice to come and renew fighter could really put Patterson our friendship with these to the test: Rocky Marelano, people,"

who won all his 40 fights and Khots of autograph hunters then shrewdly quit the game. collected the signatures both al But Marciano is not likely to Smith, champion jockey from It wait: "Now this is a grave the hotel and at the football (be tempted back, Meanwhile, a 1034 to 1980, has won 08 races ground where the team trained. brilliant heavyweight boxer is this season, Ching Mail conceive of spost without and if he is then he is not.

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West German Net Title For Coghlan

Hamburg, Aug. 12, Shirley Bloomer, the Britishi Wightman Cup player, VÉLA beaten by the Austadilan No. 1' Lerminé :- Cögjilan, M. a 100- "inylrutest" basoline tuet for Live |Woát ~. Gaitvín International Women's Singles in teriis 1e hate today,

Mi Colan wah 004; 7×5. though the thránity girl fed in. bat ata

Tu ho rat Miis Bloomer lid 1-0 ab 3-2, but the greater die curacy of the Australian wdo; hot down.

There were many long ralifes -the bill sometihma ""Gronding - the hét up to - 60 times--boduča one of the girls, aimmily has Blöcher, -hil out, or netted,--|