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'THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1959.

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT SCANDAL

Rosensohn Says He Was Forced To Sign Contract Ceding Radio, TV Rights

GOVERNMENT TO OPEN INVESTIGATION

Now York, Aug. 5. Promoter Bill Rosensohn indicated today that spectacular developments were possible in the dispute between him, two of his former partners - Vincent Vollola, major stock- holder of Rosensohn Enterprises Inc. and Irving Kahn, director of Toloprompter — a

and Cus D'Amato, manager of Floyd Patterson.

Itensen has established a

constidence man.

But the

at all Impression American sports writers is that if Johansson does not want

fur This year tiefend his ille imme tax reases, he has realy made excuse.

Prattel between the return- everyme here to be D'Amato's bout contrael signed by Edwin Allquist and Etdie Machen be- fore *༣༢༥། first Patterson- Johanson light at Goteborg, and the one which, te afliens, he was forced to sign on June 18. n the alter contract he ceded rah and television rights the relum fight to Kohn and to The company, "Patterson fuc."

"NO court will reougnise this contract as valid." said Rosensohn. "I was signed by force, ike the contract be- tween Machen and Ahiquis for the return fight. Without this contrast there wouldn't have been a Dght.

Holder Of Rights

"I consider myself the legiti- mat holder of the radio and

televisior rights for the next

Patterson-Johansson boat.

"I intend to sell these rights to a rival television company af "Teleprompter." Kohn and Vel- Jeln can Ket after

me then. We'll see what the courts ile- cides"

Du k the confusion of the silation and the contradictory the interested DI accusations parties the American press is hesitating to Lake sides and is only emphasizing the posible conserpiente, of the reanal

Beadlines in by letters pro- The decision of the New clim York District Attorney to open an investigation

events followed

which preeeched and the Patterson-Johansson fight.

Accused

His waiting game proven unanimously

press,

Is It

the by

The papers my he is perfect- ty justified in not wishing to diseas the next bout as long

situation remains the confused and as long as Kahn gives a deaf ear to his atmple

equest to know how much

Is Aret coming to him from the CHU---AFP.

Rosensohn To'

Get Police Protection

New York, Aug. 5.

BASEBALL RESULTS

New York. Aug. 5. Following ate the results of today's bustball games:

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Padelphia 310-000-320-19–1 Clevegu

010-011-100-400 Conley, Philips 19) and Sawatek

Buzhardt Lennett

(7) and S Taylor WP-Conley (20-7: 1-lientv アーカイ RS-4 (2011). 5

Donnelly (0)

Taylor (th).

Milwauke

11.000.0—1—8—()

San Francisco 10-06-03

Dahl (8-1 and Crandall Sanford rash. ERS-McCovey 22nd and 3rd.

AMERICAN LEAGUE (1st Game, Twi-night) Chiengo

040-020-000 2—2—

~KK) (-9--1 Lastnian (5-4) and Homano; Fisher, Juhnson (90) and Glober. LI Fler (0-3).

2

(1 Game, Twi-Night)

.... 2-1-600 7-9-1 102-003-0003-7-2 17) and Nixon, (7) Buz Wogeschlek

Cleveland Wanting to

Grant, Clevile Bruven

Promoter Bill Rosensohn, i (7), Gen (7) Stobby 18) and

Noah WP-Grant || (7-4).

Lemon 1924, Strickland (ärd).—

principal witness in the Ramos-14). BRS-Vrealles 1150. investigation being con ducted by the New York law authorities to the

scandal surrounding the ALTHEA GIBSON world title fight between Floyd Patterson and In-

Kemar

Johansson, will COMES OUT of

henceforth be aecum- panied by a detective, it

was learned today. IM

The news papers also indicate that the New York, Hoxing Com- mission investigation may cover dedatis jeopardising the relian 14 114

They print as that the Com- mission rules explichtig forbid a manager to take part in the promotion of a fight.

The purenutionary measure is

RETIREMENT

SPORTING SAM

Yorkshire Skittled Out For 84 Runs By Middlesex

London, Aug. 5.

Middlesex off-break bowlers Fred Titmus and Donald Bick skittled Yorkshire out for 84 today, Yorkshire, joint second in the champion. ship table behind Surrey, were led by 60 runs on first innings on a day on which 20 wickets fell for 229 runs.

Bick and Titmus. turning AL

Scarborough: Middlesex

their off-breaks sharply, had 144 R lingworth five for 35 figures of fivo for 22 and live and secondly one for no wicket). for 21 respectively ana the Yorkshire B4 (F. Tlumus five Yorkshire innings crumbled to for 21. D. Bick five for 22). on end in two hours 10 minutes.

Worestershire

put up the

At Northampton:

Northun-

big total of 328 against Burtonshire 175 (D. Brookes 41, rey, Bick Richardson (02) G. Telio 58). Humpsḥite 110 for and Martin Burton (44) put-six.

ting on 120 for the second A Worcester: Worcestershire wloket and George Dews non-- 328 (D. Richardson 92, M, tributing 76. Richardson hit Horton 44, G. Dews 10). Surrey 11 fours and Dews had a six

10 for one. and 11 fours in his enter- talning innings.

Top Innings

Top Innings of the day were Doug Insole's unbeaten 177 for Essex against Gloucester-

also

shire, Dunk Carr's 158, not but, in Derbyshire's total of 257 against Kent and Reg Simp- son's 120 not out for Notting- hamshire agains Sussex,

Insole, hitting with tremen. dous

verve, collected 120 of his runs In boundaries—27 fours and two gigadilo sixes. This was the 59th century of his career!

Splendid Form

made

New York, Aug 5.

Carr's splendid form Althea Gibson, Negro lawn batting look easy, though Derby- apparently being taken to ovaid tennis star who is a former

stilre

four

At Nottingham; Nottingham- shire 35 for six (C. Poole 94, R. Simpson 120 not out). Versas Sussex.Reuter,

by Reg. Wootton

London Express Bervice.

Records Fall At Italy's Monza Circuit

ARMY SPORTS

PARADE

Despite a very gallant effort by Tpr Banks, 1 RTR, the Army Colony record for the One Mile still remains intact. The record, held by Sgt Barnes, RAEC is 4 minutes 30,8 sees, and was ratified in 1958,

Actually everything was against the runners from the beginning. The truck was heavy, having been thoroughly drenched by a tropical down- pour, only minutes before the attempt was due to start.

From the gun Banks went | The shining lights in this game Into the lead closely followed by were Booth and Sullivan Who and Milburn of 1 LAN B (PWV). played sound, sate games Half way round the first lap took advantage of every oppor- Barnes and Edwards of 54 Indtunity. Fd Sq RE were trailing badly,

for 100 and from

Camp Staff proved then onwards there Was ittle to push

strong for 1 Sąd HK Sig. I. Off Banks. Gradually Milburn found things to a goal start with the whole they were too hot for him, and Banks forged ahend.

Milan, Aug. 5. Five international motoring records fell in 12 hours of Italy's Monza circuit today to the Fiat Abarth 500, The

team playing hard, clocked the fastest lap ot an average speed of slight ly over 109mph.

car

International records cialmod (Category 1) were in the 500 milos In 4 hours 5 mins 18 sacs; the 1,000 miles In 10 hours 4 mins 43 socs; the six haura with over 620 milox: the 12- hour mileage with a distance of over 1,200 miles; and the 1,000 kilometres in 6 boum 2 mins 12 secs.-AFP.

INDIANS PUT UP

284 AGAINST

WARWICKSHIRE

Birmingham, Aug. 5.

The Indian tourists were, all out today for 284 in the first innings of their match here against Warwickshire.

recurrence of an incident such Wimbledon champion and cur- or une au gross The Indians, who opened the hatting, appeared

heading for a low total until Nadkarni and captain Gaekwad, with determined batting, brought about a recovery.

The turning point for the | took over and reached a fight-

revenlly occurred in Lus rent United States champion, Angeles where a local promoter today arcepted an invitation to pitch. He hookext and drove 28 by the name of Lourd stain-play in the Pan-American games fours in an innings which shot- Kesensohn har needed to have been beaten up by at Chicago later this month, large the early hopes of the D'Amato of constraining him to gangster type individuals ending a year's retirement from Kent bowlers, release part of his company to operating in American boxing the temis courts,

Simpson's 120 was his second Charley Blaeis, considered by circles.

Other members of the team century in two days. He scored. Tite New York Altomy's will be Dorothy Head-Knode, his runs in 334 hours, with the tourists came after lunch at 86ing 50 by tea. julflee refused to divulge whether simi Arnold and Karol

aid of 14 Cours, and was in a for five, when Warwickshire | the protection iven to Rosen Fageros. All will play singles, nth wicket partnership of 143 captain, Mike Smith, decided to suhn was hy a decision of the und Miss Gibson will pair with in 135 minutes with the enter rest Holey Thompson after the court authorities or at the pro- Miss Fageros for the doublesprising Cyril Poole, who fell pace man had taken two wickets

six short of his hundred Poule for nine in six-over spell. thil lyo sixers and 12 fours.

British Wightman

Cup Team Arrive In U.S.

New York, Aug. 5. The British Wightman" Cup women's tennis team arrived herg from London this morning ou their way to Pittsburgh, where they will defend the cup un August 15 and 10 against the American Wightmon fearns.

Restrice Walter, non-playing captain of the British teain, said to newsmen "I feel we have a very

chance of winaing. good We have a young. Very good, very balanced team. We hope to take the cup with us back to England."-AFP.

India's Olympic Soccer Opponents

moter's request --AFP.

Reuter.

Women's Singles Champion

Eliminated In Canadian

Open Tennis Tournament

Quebec City, Aug. 5.

Antonio Palafox of Mexico, this year's favourite and Robert Bedard of Sherbrooke, Quebec, last year's champion, tonight entered the quarter-Onals in the Canadian open tennis championships.

of Toronto in two sets 0-4 dnd Reed of Califorula had to 7-5 fust game.

Scores

Close of play scores in today's natches included:

Ai Leyton: Essex 364 for six declared (13. Taylor 74, T. Balley 30. D. Insole 177, такав uut), Gloucestershire 31 for one.

At Canterbury: Derbyshire 257 (D. Morgan 41, D. Carr 150 not out). Kent 50 for one (I Wilron 42 not put).

At Leicester: Lancashire 249 elcestershire 30 for three. (J. Bord 80, B. Booth 41).

Champion Woman Driver Retires

Rome, Aug. B. Maria Teresa Deflippis, sole

Formula

racing Оло

Ghorpade's strong driving

off both the back and front fined brought him ho Bộ Bát after bating 100 minutes for 53 he was bowled, trying to force Carter away.

He and Nadkarní added 111

The only fortune that went against Warwickshire in tho first two and a half hour, | during that time. Nadkarni was was the loss. Indla decided to | next to go as 204 being low to bat and make fail Use of a Carter for a grand 80, placid Edgbaston pitch which did, however, give the seam Dowlers a little help.

Two Wickets For 17

Thompson's ability to cut the

3

Enjoyablo

He had come to the wicket at 85 and batted two and three

hours collecting

quarter

11

Lours,

Surendra Nath lashed out and

behind with

ball into the batsmen brought was caught at 205, and then and Tamhane and Desai added 10 In him the wickets of Roy Contractor for 17 runs his an enjoyable last wickel. part- first seven overs.

After three nership taking the score to 204. more overs, he was rested in

In 25 minutes batting, Horner favour of Carter, and Apto and

and Gardner. scored 20. run Borde took the score from without much difficulty. At the

close for two to 81 for three befors

Warwickshire were 284 ali their second Borde was snupped up by Smith off Bridge.

Thompson was re-introduced after lunch and his second bali dismissed Umrigar. Then in his third over ho hit the stamps for a fourth ilme to N. Contractor Thompson 21

P. Hoy, b Thompson remove Apte.

was ugalo preferred Al Aple & Thompson at 100 for five, at a time when, C. H. Borde e Smith b

Carter

wickets intact,

Scoreboard

INDIA

First InningS

Palafox. defeated Francois in the men's singles. Renalda Godbout of Montreal 6-1, 4-6, defeated Quebec's top player 6-2, and Bedard had an easy Jacques Giguere 6-4, 6-4 and : ilme eliminating Don Russell of į Orlando defeated Roland God- Australia 0-0, 0-3.

wla of Montreal 6-1, 6-0. Veteran Australian Nell Hop-1 Canadian veteran and Ex- man surprised many when she Davis Cup player, Hengi Rochon, woman dethroned last year's Canadian chienaled Hubert Gaumont of driver, and ex-women's cham- woman champion Loube Brown Montreal 0-0, 6-1, but Witney pion of Ilaly in the Sports Car Bad Thompson been able to Bridge

category, announced today she take another wickel, the innings P. P. Umrigar ↳ Thompson play better

wants than usual is retiring from all competition might well have folded. Caleutia, Aug. 3.

D. K. Gaekwad ↳ Corter.. singles to defent E. Zuelta of Equadore to the death of Jean Behra,

R. G. Nadkarni jbw Carter. 60 India will play their first-leg

to enter the Une matches Eleanor Dodge of Mon 0-3, 1-0, and 8-1 match against Kabul in

J. Ohorpade & Carter .... quarter-finals. Olympic preliminary football real and Marie Martin of Aus

mentor.

Instead, Gaekwad's beaut-R. Surendara Nath e Gard- competition in Kobul on August tralia also entered the quarter- Don Fontana of Toronto hod

finpla defeating

Miss Dilippis had driven fully med cover-drives 27, it was announced here tulay. Simone Jolicoeur of Quebec and

relatively respectively

and casy game against

ner b Ibadulla .when

the Nadkarni's crimp cutting im John Sharpe of Australia win- Behra's Porsche

R. B. Desai lbw b Carler. An All-India team will leave Ann Barclay of Vancouver. ning 8-3, 0-1 and Jack Frost of French champion was entered proved the situation.

Extras for Kuala Lumpur on August Ronaldo Garrido of Cuba and the United States defeated Val in other competitions, Born

They added 59 before Gackad's 30 in take part in the Merdin his brother Orlando also won Harrit of Montreal 6-2, 6-3, Naples

Misa off-stump the 34-year-old

uprooted by was

Total celebration matches.---Reuter. their way to the quarter-finals | UPI.

Defilippis lives in Rome.-AFP. | Carter at 144 and then Nadkarni

In other women's

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Sports Diary

TODAY

Tennis

LRC testa solenstract,

130 17

Zeonix

soon ahead with Laurence spap- ping up every chance and 'scor- He WAN about 3 seconds ing three goals, He was ably shead of the record after the backed by Mini Ram who scored

effort first lap, but the

af another two and Biddy who and brought the score up to six. The making all the running. having no one lo pull that Signals replied with two well- ättle extra out, was too much. | deserved goals, but the superior- well Ity of the winners was chance va marked.

His

There was s the final lap, but Banks Wax unable to break 60 secs. Lime of 4 mins 32.4 secs under the circumstances was very good Indeed,

Disappointed

Milburn was second with a Eces and time of mins 30.8 Edwards was thin.

I spoke to Banks after his very line effort, and he was very his failure to disappointed at

better the time. During his training sessions he has been clocking 05 secs on successive lops, and if these times had been maintained he would have been well inside the record.

With the Six-A-Side Hockey League drawing to a close we can congratulate Pay "B" on a great show all through the season.

Of 10 gomes they have only

lost one and won the others. A

really good performance.

BMI Hongkong deserve

cheer as runner-up and as will

be seen by the League table the competition was extremely keen among the top six teama

Shining Light

1

Playing off, their sixteenth match, HQLF beat RE "B" by goals to nfl. Both three teams played a good gume, RE "B" belog just that little bit slower off the mark.

K. O. Tournament

future For the

entertalar ment of hockey fans the Cup Knock-Out Tournam, ON, É should prove most interesting and exciting. Here the draw for this competition:

FIRST BOUND

1 Sq HK Siga v. HE 'A'

SECOND ROUND

Pay 'v. winner of aboro, HQLF v. Camps Staff. BMH HK v. Provost, Pay 'A' v. RE ‘D.'

The draw for the Plato tourment will be made when 1st and 2nd the results of the rounds of the Cup toumaments are known, There will be a pre- sentation of trophies for the league and knock-out tourne- ments at the conclusion of the Anals on Thursday August 20.

good There should be some

matches in this competition and

of

with "B" playing as they are, they stand a very good chance the knock-out lourdom-ends.

League Table

winning us tomoments, and

The League six-a-side hockey table is as follows:

Pay "D"

DMH IK

Proven

Camp Blu

Pay "A"

RE "A"

5 Sn HK Sig R.

iQ LF

RE

BMH proved better than "A" this time by beating the Engineers by six goals to three.

BILL DODGIN REBELS AND GETS A TRANSFER

By. ROY PESKETT

London.

Because he refuses to be

treated

"make- Bill Dodgin, centre half for past seven years,

shift," Arsenal

the

last week asked for, and was granted, a transfer. Ho told me: "INVO got bit fed up with being

not

pushed around and with being considered All last season

I had the shadow of Me Charles hanging over me.

I'm told that he is "Now going to be centro forward votli David Herd to fit again. Then he will go back to centre half.

"There's no great future in Hike this Беспиле carrying on even if I play in the very best form, I'm going to lose my place whenever Charles is ready to be moved."

Manager George Swindle ad- mitted that Dodgin had com plained of this treatment, and

RE "D"

SPORTRAIT

W*

"Splendid, that's the land- ford of the local village. pud signalling me with his parden bonfire-I've pot

the winner of the 8.30

London Express Service

FINLAND BEAT

HUNGARY AT ATHLETICS

Helsinki, Aug. 5, Finland beat Hungary by 121 points to 90 in a two-day International athletics matel which endal here tonight.

7. Szecsonyi, of Hungary.

added: "We instantly, agreed to won the discus today with 07.57 let him go. Any player who asks metres (188 tool 1035 inches) for a transfer from Arsenal wil | to belter the official European record of 18.98 metres (100 ft. bq elven ons

11 in) set by the Italian, Syd Owen, manager of Laila Adello Consolini, in December, told me he was very intercoled 1000.

in Dodal: Palace signed Elfyn senyt han: throws: 0833, notes

But niready this year Sze Crystal Williams utility forward from | (191 11 4 in) und Piatkosaid, Wrenchano, GUITA

of Poland has achievedt-1001 Cardiff, reserve goalkeeper metres: 6190: 16. Ba ina). Egh John Jones bak agreed to join marke aro awaliing recognisa

Re European pengrenen Beátur,