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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1959.

FIRST OF THREE ARTICLES ON SOME OF BOXING'S MOST Gory FightS

Blood On The

JOE BAKSI CUT HIM TO RIBBONS

By HAROLD MAYES

He looked so big and overpowering that the six-ounce gloves rolled up on his hands seemed, comparatively speaking, no bigger than cricket balls."

He seemed able to land them where he pleased, just like a fast bowler lazily turning over his arm in the nets, but they arrived with all the speed and the venom of a Larwood or a Lindwall, flat out.

He was a headache to every one, from the day he began boxing to the day he finished.. Without any doubt, he tossed away the prospect of earning a million dollars because of 18s own lupidity, and he probably .tossed away the ebance af being heavyweight champion of the world, is well,

He had been a miner deep in Pennsylvania. He had demons- trated his size by working alongskle midgely in a circus.

Cracking Fighter

He was a crocking gliter, to, und nu one was made to more thau that appreciate Bruce Wokock, then British and Empire heavyweight cham- pion, on a black Tuesday even- in at Harringay Arena, Ion- doo, in April 1047.

Yes, you have guessed it. Joe Baksi is the headache man

Canvas

RUSSIANS NOT DEFENDING HENLEY REGATTA TITLES

London, June 3.

The Soviet Union, holder of the Grand challenge cup in the eight-man shell, and the "double sculls," will not defend its titles this year at the famous Henley regatta, it was learned

today.

completed, saved by the bell at night pull off the impossible to come from the United States, the count of seven.

Two more counts of nine In the second, and yet Woodrock, blood streaming from his mouth, or Bo ft was, boxing better, seemed, when he was halt-out on his feet than he was at the start.

But, as was only to be ex- pected, his blows, after the shellacking' he had taken even

a short time, In such

lucked

their

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Iosuneed

the of My Dig American, who smiled and suvered Jit.

rival his sent over a right And then rhop which opened a cut over Woodcock's left rye.

Bloody Mask

Before the third round was over. The Yorkshireman's face was a bloody mark, and Baksi, coing Inside Woodcock's deten-

on

when he cracked in a right to the Jaw in that round is Baks! missed with a wild swing.

And what a yell went up in the ft when Woodcock, his

almost completely right eye

back on his shut, sent Baksi heels.

But the glant Just brushed away the effects of the punches nnd went back to his job

dish out more destruction.

WIS

Pathetic

to

those

cye

Yoodcock was silli punching bravely in the sixth, but there no kick left in

With his right punches. as tight as a drum, his cut left thick eye re-opened, bls lipa and puffed and bruised, his Jaw sagging. It was pathetic to watch The blows he was tak- in

SU Baksi grinned in the

I am writing of, and he cer lefts, caused more havoc seventh as Woodcock's pitches tainly gave Bruce Woodcock of Doncaster all the headaches he when he wanted that night, handed out as brutal a beating

the ter side of Wood-bounces of him without caus tuck's face, where his right eyeing him was starting to close,

the

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slightest comfort. and then, in what of the must have been one most merciful interventions of all time, the referee called hall,

been Wooderick's Jaw hod as any British fighter has taken

broken in that first round, but in the post-war years,

Woodcock

Touked just about we who watched his courage the best Brkish world heavys but unavailing bid to turn was engulfing weight championship prospect the tide which

Praise that until him etdin't of all time before Poksi,

when his After that seven rounds of the fourth round,

fell to the canvas thu mouthjalisee calculated

mayhem, all

Lux is Just he was trying

way out of trouble.

had the crowd even naring Oh! how they roar for dynamite-Inden

dreins

ot conquest

evaporated.

For the

blood Woodrock spilled on the canvas that night was the fe-blood of his whole Bghting career, and the record books prove that he was never the same man again.

Out. For 17 Months

Indeed, I was 17 kung muntias before he was able to enter a competitions ring again, 1 cha going-over did the Pennsys, water! punch-purveyor succeed i ing on him.

I use those words adviselly for. years later, when I did n 500-mile round trip by car with Bakal, from New York to Mount Carmel, hard by his Kulpmount birthpinee, to see him in one of his late-career contests, big Joe fold me his side of

I told him I believed he could have taken oul Woodcock long before the referee intervened to halt the sisughter in the seventh ruund

agree 1

Bakel wouldn't doubt whether he ever agreed willingly with anyone but he bore out my views, even if the answer was Indirect,

When I went to Britain, 1 was told that there would br plenty of sparring partners, and hot to bother to take any with me." he said.

"Well, when I arrived I found that the best of them. Were cornered for Woodcock -- 80. Well, I just had to work myself. into shape in the fight."

Saved By Bell

Which, I felt, was

another

way of saying that he felt he had had a raw deal, and ut

he went out of his way to try

to chop up Woodenek ratur

Can put him away.

If that was Baksi's object, he ecmainly fulled It to the letter.

The Opht was less than a couple of minutes old when a sizzling right-hander 'decked' Woodcock for a count of nine. That was repeated before the end of the first round, and Yorkshire's Bruce Woodcock was down yet a third time before the first three minutes had been

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN

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Blater (BheMeld Independent;

1887). While to play and mato

in two moves.

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Make no mistake, Woodcock Lave his all that night-in blood and guts. But it never looked like being anywhere near good enough to deal with what the in those fant

pwaked

gloves, which

at underdog isking a hammer-in sure to this day he never

it looks as if he let go with their full power. when

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THE PARK GOR OF THE PLANET VENUS AKOST" ·

A MAD SWIRL OF DUST LIGHTED ONLY BY THE

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Shantung Is Unluckiest Derby Loseremy, the Union Bust Club of

JOE BROWN RETAINS WORLD LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE

Rosi Bleeding Profusely When Referee Stops Fight In Ninth

Round

By JACK CUDDY ·

Washington, Juno 3. Elusive Joe Brown took challenger Paolo Rosi's best shots and missos for eight rounds tonight but landed enough rapior punches of his own to carve the Italian into such a bloody mess that Joe kept his world lightweight title on a toch- nical knockout in the ninth round.

Infighting

from Harvard No reason was given for the particularly

the "Grand". Soviel absence from the regatta, University in

the Wyfold which takes place from July. Thames cup and to 4.

cup, and from H. Parker in the sculls" (individual The only Communist country "diamond fo attend will be Poland. į nhiff), Australian Stuart Mac-

Ho Innded an effective Ilosi bled from a cut over his The opening round started, fifth. The main chollenge to British kenzie, winner of the "diamond rowers was thereture expected sculis" for the past two years, slow but midway in the session right to the head early in the left eye as the eighth round Browny countered with started. Brown caught Rosl the champlon by round. Rusi shook will defend his title.

a. right which brought FOREIGN COMPETITION scoring with right hooks, bolka shet to the midsection. -fosi's with

to the head. left hook landed on Brown's blood from his eye. Brown to the body and Besiden Harvard, there will

caulious body. The champion came across landed with a left and right. be strong foreign competition Brown stayed fairly

was blinking from the and scored his best blows with with a good right to the head. Rusl this year, notably the Amster-

blood pouring into his left eye. damsche Studenten Roelver- a quick hook and rights to tho but the challenger re-

Brown pounded away of it Coming reniging Nereus (Netherlands), body

out for the sixth, incessantly. It

was Brown's with his good rights Moto tollated the Gruppo Sportivo

both bonged rights to the body.. biggest round. Roal rushed to Cuzzi (Italy), the Philips Aca- and had an edge in the round.

with his comer at the bell for Rosi opened the second round Host continued to score Boston, Belmont 1ill School and aggressively, landing well with his right and infighting

and tinued throughout most of the A doclor came in to examine the Princeton University Cottage left coka to the body

clipped Brown the head. rights to

the cut over Rost's cyca be- Brown round. Club (all USA)—AFP.

scored early in the round with with a good left hook to thetween rounda.

A second doctor was called the head and just bend with about a minute lett. a right

to the corner and after con- before the bell came across with There was a momentary, time-

Italian challenger sultation Brown was declared a strong right crus to Rosi's out as the

the winner and still champion. head that buckled the Italian's had a glove re-tied, kneta.

no signs

of-UPI. Brown showed opening up as the seventhi round started, Rosi caught him with į a left and right against ropes and laler with chopping right to the head. pinn slammed over a right to

London, June 3. Fred Palmer who rode the favourite Shantung de. scribed his Derby ride an "the unluckiest Derby

has loser therc been."

ever

we

Ho explained: "Alter

a mile I had gone about half was following Pricillon when a horse on the outsiile ran into Prinellon bringing him almost to his knees. Shantung ran straight into Prinellon's

g

hind

and Shantung's forelegs were cut everely."

BEGAN TO RUN AGAIN

Palmer continued: Shantunk after was travelling so badly that, that I thought he had be- gone lame and I gradually gan to pull him up, being about 10 lengths last, Then suddenly Shantung began to run on again and I quickly made up ground. Entering the straight, I must have been about 20 length: be hind the leaders and he ran on so strongly to finish third that with a clear run, he must have won,"

"-AFP:

BUT TOBY JUEG'S WRONG THE LOOKOUT CAN HEAR

| HIMSELF LOOK

WE'RE DOWN IN ONE PIECE WE SEEM TO BE SWAYINS

A BIT IN THE HIGH

WIND/

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LAND, CAPN,

BY GOLLY HE'S RIGHT IT'S THE NEW WORLD,

JUST LOOK AT THAT

SKYLINE...

Jack Solomons To

Match Gilroy Against Halimi

The Aggressor

at

Rosi

con-treatment.

Probables For

The chan The Oaks And

Rosl'a band when he cought him Coronation Cup

against the ropes,

The challenger was proving

Rost showed no ill effects as the third round began. He continued to be the aggressor, London, June 3.

pursuing the champlon but was London's boxing promoter, jumable to score effectively Jack Solomons said here today the outset of the round. Brown

would match

Ireland's seemed to be no hurry but land- tough defensively and offensive he British and British

Empire will with his left at longly in the infighting. with rights when bantumweight champion, Freddie range and Gilroy against France's world humpion Alphonse Halimi in January if both boxers hang on to their respective (les.

At the Empire Pool, Wembley. here on Tuesday night! Gilroy scored a clear points victory over the Filipino champion, Al Asuncion, in rounder.

the non-e ten

Halil who states his tile against Mexico's Jose Bereern in Los Angeles on July scored

9th round T.K.0. Asuncion last month.-AFT.

by MADDOCKS

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By Ernie Bushmiller

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ADMIRATION

USHMILA BALI

LETS TRY THE IR. SCOPE, AND 1688 WHAT IS CUT TIMRE!

By Paul Norris

'INFRARED RAY? IT.

I.R.1 WHAT EXASUES YOU TO THAT!ORET IN THE PARK?

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Rosi moved in close. Rosi was generally wild.

Rosi showed a slight cut over the end of the his left eye Di third round.

Hesi continued to pursue Brown as the fourth opened. The Italian scored several times with left hooks Brown mude timsoll clusive

target must of the round, but the challenger get in several geed body blows In the infighting.

Rusi contimicë fight to

to carry the the champion in the

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London, June 3. Probable runners and jockeys for the oaks, to be run over a mile and a half at Epsom on Friday at 14.20 GMT are:

Lindsay

Bout Meaningless cantein And Empty Says Sugar Ray

New York, June 3. Sugar Ray Robinson charged day that Carma Basilio "did not intend to light me again" that a Basilio-Gene and added Fullmer fight for the miskile weight title would be "mean- bglis and empty."

by

(no Jockey yet). (E. Hidu), fose of Medida CD. Smith), Number One (W. Snafth), Noble Lassie (S. Clayton). Dona Ana (J. Lindley) Petite Elolle (L. Pig- got), Chanter (E. Briti), Dli- corea (J. Mercer), Collyrin (E. Smith); Imagine (J. Sime), Nirnaya (W. H. Carr), Cal- ceolaria (G. Lewis).

Probable runners and jockeys for the Coronation Cup, to be run over a mile and a half at Epsom tomorrow at 14.10 GMT ore Al Mabscut (G. Moore), Breasley}, the London Cry (A

In a lengthy statement issued

Robinson following.

anrwuncement that Baalllo has Nagami (J. Mercer).-Router. agreed to meet. Fullmer for the

N.B.A. version of the title,

Sugar Ray sald he is "ready, REAL MADRID

willing and eager to defend my

middleweight championship."

RETAIN

He charged that despite the chance for Basilio "does not share my de- sire for a third meeting."—UPL

a lucrative purse, EUROPEAN CUP

Sports Diary

TODAY

Tennis

Men's "D" Division: HKCC v RAF,

Stuttgart, June 3. Real Madrid, the Spanish club, maintained their astonish- ing run of vielories in the European Inter-Club Soccer Cup by beating Rheims, the French

2-0 in the champions,

Onal played in the Neckar Stadium here tonight,

Enrique Naters put Real

LAC V KCCSA (1). Stanley C Madrid a geal up in the second KCC. Urban Council v KTGCA, CRC CCC v HKCCSA (2). (2) PIC..

СПС (1)

Mixed "B" Divjelon; SCAA • CCÜ |

Tess Cricket.

minute and Urugunyan-born Alfredo Di Stefano scored the secoret goal in the 48th minute.

Real Madrid have now won

Opening Day of Fire Test be the Cup four times in succes tween England and Liklis, Trent Bridge. Nottingham.

sion-Reuter,

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