THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY, 20, 1956 1
WELL DONE, HENRY COOPER Ultimatum To Johansson
But Watch Those Bleeding Eyes
Says DENNIS HART
Science does count for something in boxing, after all,
Proof of this was the battered face of Brian London who was British and Empire heavyweight champion until last week when he encountered the immaculate straight left of Henry Cooper.
Mind you, we also saw ample evidence in the battered face of Cooper that brute force, too, counts for quite a lot in this brutal business of boxing.
Gil McDougald Wins Lou Gehrig
However, Cooper suffered punches or new giramleks, But most in the first six rounds. But he Is fur more conildert. he stuged out of serious trouble | Hesitancy never got a boxer And then began to pile up the anywhere, as Cooper found
three points with a left-handed ialtou when he lost
les in an London's face.
seven months. How
London พล.
Memorial Award handicapped by an injury to his
Award
right hand in the fir round eaunot be said for certain. After the Aght, he had to have the glove cut from his hand and an X-ray revealed cracked bone
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Columbus, Jon. 19. Ingeld star Gil MeDougrld of the New York Yankees today was named the winner of the Lou Gehrig menorisi
But London himself refused presented annually 10
an excuse for Major League player who inost te make this
the spirit not exploiting his advantage typically represents
when he broko through sixth Cooper's defence in the an eventh rounds,
of the Hall of Fame first base- man both on and off the field.
McDougald is the first Yankee player to be selected for the awird. Other
Alvi
Date,
winners were 1950. Peewee Recse, 1957. and Stan Musial,
player
1958.
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Memorable Night
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This was one of the factors that made the night such The
wil j memorable Yauker
for British Herc We receive a plaque at a ceremony bowling.
had two some time young men, avowed enemies, in Yankee Stadium next season. His name also arriving at Earl's Court with plaque one aim-to thrash the living will be added to the containing the previous winners daylights out of the other. the National Having done splay t
shook so, they Baseball İl:U of Fame at hands and declared themselves Corstown. N.Y.
lifelong friends.
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Gehrig was a member of the award-sponsoring P: Delta Theth fraitrite while base. ball star at Columbia Univer- ally in New York City.--U,P,I.
Olmedo, Mackay In Australian Doubles Semi-Finals
Adelude, Jan. 19%, Sweltering in 100-degree heat, Alex Olinedo at Peru and the US and Barry Mackey. US. reached the men's doubles pound
Ani. for from squnkiin. Erica London neclained Enoper O worthy champion. I for one won't argue with him.
No doubt about - that night, which saw two sopreme Jy AR heavyweights beiting! rach other for 15 rounds and still on their feet at the Balsh, was indeed one to remember.
But what does it promis: for the Inture? How much of u "hope" is the new champion? On his form against London, he could beat anyone in the world.
Big Query
But there is a big query against him. His eyes org his weakness, Had London possess
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Johanson, watching from the ringside, declared that this was a different Cooper from the one he beat two years ago,
And London? He is having on agonising reappraisal of his part in this business of baxing for a living.
Until this week, his strategy has been to take everything un the chin In order to preas home his own attacks. This was how he won the British Ville from Joe Erskine, and how he beat America's Wille Pastrano.
But after his encounter with Cooper, London plans to take
a course on blocking straight lefts with his gloves.
Sports Diary
TODAY
Satcer
Fat Choy Cup" Charity Match. Combined Chinete v All-Hongkong, Club Kround, 8.30 p.m. Bhoosing
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Daley Competition, Kat Tak range,
Dronze Championships, KGC Ladies Section Buying Hound.
HKFA Counell, Sparte Rend, 1,45 D.m
Southom
TO-MORROW Hoxing Colony Championships, Playground, 750 p.m. Rugby England v 10 Nest, TUKITC Stadium
Shooting Hugkong Bisley ni Kai Tak ranges, .15 2.1.
THE PRICE OF VICTORY-How hard won by Henry Cooper was the memorable light botween him and Brian London for the British and Empire heavyweight titles at Earls Court last wook can be gaugued by the above photo taken during the fight. It shows Cooper, with blood gushing from his eye and nose trying to land, a blow on the ducking London, whose right eye is also running with blood.
Lower photo shows them, close friends, off the ring shaking hands at the -weightin before the fight-Céntral Pross phòtori
fuals today at the Australian ed more attacking know-how. FOUR FA CUP TIES YESTERDAY
national tennis duinglunatic he must have inilicted still more
Robinson-Basilio Fight Plan
Convincing 4-1 Win By At A Standstill
by defeating Aarty Mulligan damage en man whose eyes and Bob Hewitt of Australia. were both streaming blood. G-1, 5-7, -1, 3-6, 6-0,
Then, surely, Cooper could not Earl Buchholz, 18-year-old have carried on. US player who was eliminated
If Cooper tangles with world in his Arst match in the men's champion Patterson or Euro. singles play, won his opening pean champion Ingemar Johans- match in the junior division. 1te son he must expect his opponent defeated Pol Graham Jones to know all this. Tasmania, 5-7, 6-1, (~4.
At this state, wth Patterson Bob Mark and toti Liver of virtually untested, Johansson | Australia scored an impressive | seems to be the tougher pro- quarter-final triumph the position. Ifc has already beaten inen's doubles by defeating Cooper in five rounds, And, Sweden's Ulf Schmitt and Jon whereas Luntian pitted strength A Erik Lundquist, 7-5, 4-6, 0-3. | nlone against Cooper, Johansson 0-1.
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right-hand
In other men's all-Australian punch to go with it. doubles tests, Neale Fraser and Roy
Emerson defeated John But Cooper starts out on his Fierce and John O'Brien, 6-4, quest for world honours n bet- 6-4, 5-4 while Don Candy oral ter fighter than he has over Bob Howe defeated Woodcock been. He hasn't found any new and Neil Gibson, 2-4, 3-0, 0-2, 6-1, 6-3-U.P.I.
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London ExpresA DEYDIOU.
Chelsea Over
Formidable Newcastle
London, Jan, 19, clear-cut 4-1 away win by Chelsea' over the formidable Cup fighters of Newcastle Urilted highlighted (oday's third round ties in the English Football Association Cup competition.
PERSONAL PRESENCE
IN U.S. TO SIGN CONTRACT OR NO TITLE FIGHT
New York, Jan. 19, Ingemar Johansson, Sweden's unbeaten European 'champion, must come to the United States and sign personally for a world heavyweight title fight with Floyd Patterson — or lose the chance at the crown.'
That was the joint ultimatum delivered tonight by promoter Bill Rosensohn and Cus D'Amato, Patterson's manager.
It abruptly Interrupted plans; if he doesn'”, come. D'Amato is for further negotiations by definite on that." Sweden's Ed Ahlqvist, ödviser: "That's rigin," sak D'Amato. to Johnson, who had Nown to New York from Gotcharg on Sunday.
"I have nothing to discuss with Ahlqvist. "I haven't seen him. sined his arrival. Yes, I'm talk to him if he Insists. But it "I want Johansson to
wan'! come
mean anything because over," explained young Rosen- he's not Johansson's manager sohn of Los Angeles. " want and he has no legal standing." the fight is go through. But apparently there'll be nʊ Right
Boxer Dies After Losing
Fight By
Knockout
Technical
Houston, Jan. 19.
·A 22-year-old Golden Gloves boxer collapsed and died late Saturday night after a teammate from the same boxing club scored a technical knockout over him in the second round of their bout for the Houston welterweight championship.
The boxer was
A stringbean
Lynn Davis, six-foot-two
veteran of three years of amateur lighting. He collapsed a half-an-hour от 50 lesing the bout..
His
toll
after
Billy
'Understanding'
Cus explained that when Johansson and Ahlquist were in New York late in Novembor, "we hed complete under- standing about illle fight. All obstacles were removed for such a fight."
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A reporter asked, "Did you terms- compléte
come to
turma?"
"I and
were
all obstacles removed," Cus replied tersely,
When Ahlqvist arrived Sun- day, he told reporters that Johansson
now is on an exhibition tour, which he would interrupt as soori ns New York negotiations were completed so
that he could fly over and sim. D'Amato declared today, "II there's *any deviation ងប់ Johansson and Ahlqvist from our November understandley: it's proof they bave come under the Influence of Jack. Solomons."
Promoter Solomons of Londer. is accused by D'Amate of being the European representative ci Davis did not appear hurt the International Boxing Club. when referke Ernio Taylor stop- D'Amato is a bitter crusader ped the night 1:52 of the inst the IBC, which socand round after Davis had allages "has been trying to caught a number of punches to stigmatise every tits match I the head and body. He had negotiate for," suffered no knockdowns.
By Wednesday
opponent WES Strother, 23, who had been Taylor said he stopped the fighting in the Golden Gloves bout because Davis appeared for four years and who once to be losing his ability to de- hold the novice championship | fend himself. of Houston. He is Ave feel six inches
anki wis described an "aggressive" award and posed for pictures thinks there's need for, further with Strother. Then he headed clarification. I'm in a very-un- for his dressing room, stopping comfortable position-like ✡ to kiss his wife, Nan, who is woman trying to give birth to a expecting a Laby in February, baby on a roller coaster. But on the way to the
dressing | Pl go along with D'Amato. room.
appreciate D'Amato's position," "Rasensohn said, "In his mind, everything is settled! Davis accepted his, runner-up and ready to sign. But Ahlqvist
Brain Damage
"I feel great," he told her. He showered, donned street
Johansson must come over quickly if he wants the Rght."
Rosensohn, who promoted
Both boxers represented the suburban Bellaire boxing club and had built up a friendship clothing and went back into the Patterson's last defence against while
training for tho tournament. They were com- peling for a place on the team
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arena to watch the Anal bouts.
Texan Roy Harris at Los A few minutes later he told Angeles last August, sald, "I was last week's court order als-to represent Houston In the friends he felt ill. He sat do expect everything to be settled State finals at Fort Worth. Fin a chair and collapsed. is by Wednesday-whether there'll Friends laid him on a bench, bo a fight with Johansson or Dr J. E. Cleark, a member of started artificial respiration and not." the Hals county
medical called an ambulancë," sald the examiners officer, probable causo of death brain damage.
Chicago, Jan. 19. Arrangements for A third fight between Sugar Ray Robin- son, world middleweight boxing champion, and Carmen Basilio are at a standstill, Mr Truman Gibson, President of the Inter- national Boxing Club, sold to clay.
The rensen, said Mr Gibson,
spiving the LBC.
"Thero still
a lot of are unresolved
questions of the court decision yet to be settled," suid Mr Gibson. "Until we get Bromwich Albion, the mechanics of the decree three had been postponed another first division team with airaightened out as to what we from their original dates be-second · division rivalo in con and cannot do, I am not cause of interference from the Shefeld Wednesday, were fully going to have any
tle fight wenther and the fourth-the extended before winning 2-0. negotiations with anyone." - Preston North End vs. Derby They scored a goal in each half. | Reuter clash was a replay.
Doncaster, at home to second division Bristol City, played with only ten men for most of the game.
Of the four matches played, West
Fine work by Chelsea for wards on a mud-covered pitch eamed the London team their victory.
Right-half John Mortimore, who scored Chelsen's first goal,
Was
Their centre-half Makepeace suffered a recurrence of a groin injury after 15 minutes. and
a virtual passenger after had to leave the field. The
an injury in the 30th minute handicap provad too much for but Chelsea refused to be wor-the Doncaster side, and ried by the handleap. Chelsea | Bristol won 2-0.
led 3-0 at half-time and made
the score 4-0 before Newcastle hit a consolation goal.
Fought Gamely
Derby County, a second divi- slon team, fought gamely lo Lake Preston, their first division rivals, to extra lime in their replay.
The Results
Results
werd
of today's matches
BOBO OLSON
TO PAY
BACK TAXES
San Francisco, Jan. 19. Ex-world middleweight cham- plon Bobo Olsen and the United States Treasury agreed today Boba should pay US$128,000 in back taxes on his earnings of 1954 and 1955.
Olach, a lovelorn middleweight who last the title-to-Sugar -Kay eRobinson, recently redonned the ghurts to got out of financial straits.
fattened
FA CUP THIRD ROUND Shefflat, WhyTial Wolk Bromleich 2 (Winners home to Brentford) Newnania.U. 1 Cheleda. (Winners home to Aston Villa) ristel Bovers 2 Denenator
THIRD ROUND BEPLAY Winders Kortia to Hiackpool) The score
stood at 2-2 offer | pretlak" 4" Derby" "County (5 90 minutes, bul Preston showed (After extra time, score after greater stamina in the extra 90 mins, 2-2): (Wiriners home
| to Bradford City).—Router, time and won 4-2.
THE GAMBOLS
POOR GEORGE, HEISKA GO DEPRESSED NOW THE CHILDREN HAVE GONE HOME
FILL COOK
SPECIAL MURA
was
'In November, Ahlqvist as- However, Davis was dead by sured reporters that Ingemar the time he reached the has was managed. by his father, pital.-U.P.I.
Jens Johansson. --U,P,I.
MONTE CARLO
RALLY TEAMS
ARRIVE IN PARIS
Paris, Jan. 19.
All 13 teams who started from Lisbon In the Monte Carlo auto trial, arrived in
Cswald Helck, and Skiok Peter- gon and Poul Thomsen
Parls tonight within the deadline. No one was penalised, They had fine weather and famed cathedral town of Char- good roads from Bayonne in tres. South Franco and no mishaps were reported,
Flity-seven of the 68 starters from Glasgow arrived in Paris on time. The lone car missing His retirement had hit into the light heavyweight was number 107, driven by Bri- division where he now boxes tain's Dr M. Cameron and M. Lewip, who broke down in the
France-Presse,
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WHATE THE MATTER [DBAR?
EUROPE
Only one bad spot was fore- cast in the route over France's central mountain range which teams from Lisbon, Glasgow, Paris, the Hague, Manich and Rome are to drive tombrTOW,
·
Reports
Boulogne: One of the 18 starters from Munich, the Cer- man team of Peter-Hamann und --- Herman. Kunz was missing.
From the Hogue starung
and point; a German
Brush team had not checked in and from the Paris starting point, The various control points three of the 30 startors had hot throughout Europe give the fol- | arrived. lowing reporta:
At the French control polut Hanover: All the 22 starters of Montauban, the 43 Lisbon from WarkGW checked in and starters wete cleared- without out within the time limits any difficulty and all the "sa Eighty-four of the 80 Stockhólin | Glasgow starters were well into starters were checked through. France After Crowing the Those missing wore the Danish English. Channel, France- teams of Jørgen Anderson and I'Presto.
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