1959-12-02 — Page 8

Disappointing

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1969.*

ALEX OLMEDO

Fights At Wembley TURNS PRO

MIKE DE JOHN GAINS CONTROVERSIAL WIN OVER DICK RICHARDSON BRIAN LONDON RETIRES IN 7th ROUND

London, Dec. 1. American Mike Do John, one of the "first mon" among world heavyweights, gained a controversial points decision over Dick Richardson of Wales in a 10 round bout at the Empire Pool, Wemblay, here tonight.

There was booing from the capacity crowd of 10,500 when referee Bill Williams, without hesitation, raised De John's hand, in victory.

was

disappomting con- fusi of much mouling and wrestling which received the now hand elap of disappoint- mati

the ath round and witch brought numerous warn- 2 from the referee.

оп

body.

In

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extremely

hoaked Into the the fourth round one left hook caused Richardson te Imekle at the knees, but be recovered strongly.

Snappier Punching De John relied mainly

It was perlings his mappier his left hand, which he labbed punching which gained him the Into

and decision against a more agere Richardson's face

Įsive, int ertider upponent, whore in weapon was a helly right winch he jumped into De John's Fleety. I had the better of the freely wunds, and opened

light cut under both De John's

al jee and

had his bleeding.

Silver Spoon Named U.S. Champion Filly

New Orleans. Dec. 1. The Thorougbred Racing selection Association's board today named C. V. (Sony) Whitney's Silver Spoon the champion three-year-old Aly

Was

1959.

of

P. L. Griston's Royal Native

and Tumar-up.

th High Bil ad Resun also

Wheatley Staude

the King Ranch's

received vote in the balloting

by the 25-member bourd com- pered of racing secretaries AL the TRA tracks.

MUSIC-LOVING

The Brookmade Stable's Sword Dancer previously was Baird American champion and best Three-year-old of the

Silver Spoon, à music-loving tomboy who always us 4 radio playing at her stable dour, is clicstnut daughter of Citation and Silver Fog.

Silver Spoon, in winning the Santa Anita Derby, was 1 Arst thu ee-year-old filly ever to win a $100,000 race,

Silver Spoon started 11 times,

WON

$178.475-AP.

and earned

IKOSE

! Brian London, former British ihenvyweight champion Įworld title challenger, looked a

winr

Nino Valders, of Cubs, until The re- tired with a ent left eye at the Lend of the 7th end of the Hi- |round main bout,

Hand-Clapping

|

disappointing bout, which occasionally evoked fool- stamping and hond-clapping of disopproval from the crowd.

London did his best to keep

HONGKONG BOXING LOSES A STAUNCH SUPPORTER

W. A. Whiting Leaves Colony After 5 Years As HKABA President

By ANDREW SLOAN China Mail Reporter

The Hongkong Amateur Boxing Association will be losing one of its staunchest and hard- working office-holders when Mr W. A. Whiting leaves the Colony early this month to take up his new post with Rediffusion in London.

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the light open, and made good Ltd, and for Ave of those years HKABA, interes in boxing has use of his left which had lee has served as diuity plercing Vakles' the KABA. defence.

Brestor

in London was the ng- throughout, but his lacked Krip and punching

he power and the lefts which repeatedly poured Into Valdez were more of a nutance value than harmful.

Only A Shadow

In an

For the past alx years Mr competition of the rosecn."

Managing In the years since Mr Whiting Whiting has been

of Rediffusion (IX) took

head of Director

President of spread throughout the Colony.

Sad To Leave Interview with the China Mall, he mid with = "I was very glad to see the smile, "In 1035 I wAH In Police boxing toom take shape understand veirled into matters boxing Inci staron, and I in the Colony, and was hon-thy will be instituting an oured to accept Presidency of inter-unit Chempionship, which should do much b sprend the Association."

further interest in the sport."

Mr. Whiting said he would like to me some of the big sporting organisations in the

Dual Capacity

"At that time Brig Young was Chairman of the HKABA, and my Introduction boxing in Hongkong coincided with his

departure for Singmpore.",

until the recent In fact, meeting of the HRABA, Mr Whiting was serving in the dual capacity of President and Chairman

Valdes, who has been eam- paigning for 17 years, was only shadow of the former ranked heavyweight who became known as the resurge of British challengers when he quickly cipoed of Don Cockell, Joe Enkine and Dick Richardson. ![e was ensual, ponderous London had sustained the an only occasionally whipped cut on his eye lid in the th over a hard right, For the re- "As we have bien so ¿ucetas- round, Blood ooxed from the Inainder of the bout he was ful in the past few years, wound for the remainder of holding and mauling, thetics have decided to step down as that round and throughout the (which earned him warrings Chairman, but I will leave the ith

for the UK. Lvm the referee and booes of Culuny London's retirement brought | dispproval at the end,-Reu- President. Unfortunately, I will

be leaving Sungubry enting to another ter,

Combined

Civilians

before

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Take

On Army In Tonight's

Feature

Rugby

By PAK

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Match

Another major rugby match has been scheduled by the HKRU for this

evening.

This big game between Army and Combined Civilians at 7.15 p.m. at the Club ground is expected to really draw the crowds, for there are on offer the ingredients of a first class game with all the thrills and spills of a UK County match.

New Organisation | The Combined Civilians will faster and smoother theres line,, ovezever 40 Field who have

To Promote Johansson And

Ramchand To Lead India In Test Match

W. A. WHITING

Colony have their own boxing organisation teams. "A ble like South China Athletic As ociation should have boxing section," he said. Naturally, aftor six year in cud Hongkong. Mr Whiting is to leave. "I love the place, the

the and

people, climate, especially the people," he said. "But at the same time I am looking forward to return to my hometown, Landon, where I was born 61 years ago."

Mr Whiting has been a keen Taceror here for the past five years, but he never really hit the jackpot until this year

Horse Owner

SIGNS UP WITH KRAMER FOR

MINIMUM OF $35,000 A YEAR

Los Angeles, Dec. 1. Amateur tennis champion Alex Olmedo today formally turned professional for a guarantee in excess of U.S.$35,000 for one year. The long-anticipated signing was announced by promoter Jack Kramer with the 23-year-old Peruvian net star standing by.

The "In exec

"I like the pros. that's why of $33,000" gurantee canic from Olmedo's I'm joining Kramer," Olmedo attorney, Dun Gage. Kramer said,

arided that his new pro rookie "For a while, everybody will by conservative estimate should be lough. But 3 hope to do all

earn und $50,000, and if he was unusually accessful in h's freshman wur with the pros it could mount to 300,000 or more.

Pro Debut

right"

Kramer Faid there will be the usand tournanicat slated for next summer and Olmedo and ene or two of the others will maice A special trip to South Amerlea f several werks.

and Loo

Olmedo, the 1989 Wimble-

The US. debut will be a don champion and hero of the United States Davis Cup vio- glamour affnir sponsored by the Angeles lory in 1958, will make bls Pasadena

tournament debut In Junior Leagues and the Youth Melbourne on December 26 Tennis Foundation of Southern

bow la and his U.S.

Los California.. Angeles' new Sports Arena on January 29-30.

pro

Kramer

that predicted Olmiedo, who has been a rank-

Olmedo expressed gratifien- ing amateur star for a number tion with the terms of his an- of years, eventually would take and is based on what he hopes tract which has certain options over Gonzales' reign-AP,

will be a long range term.

Alex, after his briet Aus- tralian trip will wind up some of his schooling at the Univer sity of Southern California and early next year will embark on 14 65-match Lour with the Kramer roUFT.

The Kramer tour will include 35 matches in US, 10 or 12 in

It was only last year that he ; Australia and the remiander in bram: an

when he Europe, Japan und the Pulip- awner

pines,

purchased the pony Steadfast,

In April this year, Steadfast!

the bacon" "brought home

in

the Shropshire Stakes.

Steadfast oulings, in three

second, and won once, placed was unsuccessful in a third,

With that success, the horse went

class and was up one

Players definitely set are the defending champion. Pancho Gonzales, Ken Rose- wall and Olmedo, Two. mere will be selected from, among Frank Sedgman, Pancho Segura, Lew Hond and Tony Trabert, Kramer

Bombay, Dec. 1. The Indian Cricket Board of Control, today appoint- G. S. ed 23-year-old Ramchand of Bombay state to captain the In-

said Hoad dian team in its first Test | entered in this year's Kwang- Trabert arc still undecided whether to go on this tour. tung Handicap. Unfortunately

injured in this which will end in Australia in Steadfast was race and at one stage it looked April. as though it would have to be destroyed by the vet.

against Australia which opens at New Delhi on December 12. Ramchand will also lead India in the second Test at Kanpur starting on December 10.

Except for minor changes the Indian Test team is the same as the eleven which India folded myainst the West Indies and England in its lust Test series.

we

However, the severed ten- den was sewn up, and the latest news is that Stefant appears to have a reasonable chance to resume as a racing prospect, Mr WhRing said.

Mr

A noteworthy inclusion is Ab- |bas All Bag, the young Oxford

Whiting will be leaving University player who made a December 9, by ship for preni impression laying for Durban where he will visit a India in the last two Tests relative and have а short against England this year.

holiday. Ho wlit then con- The new Test cap is collegiate time round the Cape by ship,

B.K. Kunderab, the arriving

the UK in team's "baby".

mid-March, "when I hope the worst of winter will be over." he added with a wry grin.

player

THE TEAM India's Test team is: G. S. Ramchand (Captain), Narl Contractor, Pankaj Roy, Abbas All Baig. Polly Umrigar, C. C. Borde, R. G. Nadkarni, that early on in the season p. G. Jochi, V. M. Muddinh, when they beat RASC by alxR. B. Desal and Surendra Nath. points

to three in an un- Twelfth man-B. K. Kunderab, spectacular game. The Wan-Reserves Ghulam Guard and derers with their greater EX- N. S. Tamhane.—AFF. perience, should win this match. At Their Weakest

undenbildly start a favourites which is strong throughout in only appeared once to date and for both the Club and the Police defence and attack. me definitely minong the Top 'The Civilian forwards contenders for the Pentangular fairly heavy, and are a definite nonpurs so that any combination danger in the Inose. In the line of these two must be treated us outs they have been shown how

very serious proposition fix

to deal with the Army's "terrible twins" Winn and Muntz by the In the other evening match Palice. The Wanderers take on 49 Field giment in what should be a gurne

Patterson Fight the Army

New York, Dec. 1. Fledgling promoter Joe Tep-it and exciting little

luis

The Army pack should show Of the two aftercon malcher up well in the serums

with more

the interest will lie in Simpson hooking for them, Police veras 32nd Medium game and should prove their worth for the Pollee are at their weak- In the loose, but although the est for a long time, while 32nd Army has, in Smith and Medium who have been on the |

week-

No Australian

Decision Yet

Davies, an excellent pair of receiving end of two emcella-On Open Tennis halves, their threes lack that tions over the last two Afternoon Games

little extra punch that the Civilian back line has,

There are only two games fixed for this afternoon, the third rame between the Int Lancs and the Tanks having had to be cancelled as the Tanks are

One Of Best

ends are sill a good little team, who in this game should humble

the Police, though the Police

rack could reverse this forecast with theer busting taeties in the loose,

Melbourne, Dec. 1. Australia's attitude to Open tennis tournaments would be decided next February,

OLYMPIC CHERRIES

ned

Rome, Dec. 1.. Young Japanese cherry trees,

a gift from the elty of Tokyo to Jame and the Italian Olympic Committee, were unloaded from The Japanese ship Sanuki Maru at Genoa today.

The trees will be planted along the avenues leading to th main Olympic Games Installations for 1960.-AFP.

CHESS NEWS

by LEONARD BARDEN

ngland's selectors have chosen

a strong team for the annual match against Huband, wo be played at the Dawty Chess Club In Cheltenham on Öctober 24-25. In playing order it is: Penrose, Clarke, Alexander Barden. Haygarth. Wade Milner-Barry (captain), Cafferty, Atardle and Littlewood.

The chief interest will be it how the two youngsters Haygarthi and Littlewood, who did so well in the British championship, will fare in their Brst serious inter- national competition.

Holland's side is the more experienced and os paper will start favourites. They will be headed by the former world champion. Dr. Max Euwe.

Solution No. 5727: ... R— R6 ch: Z resigns.

London Expresi Beriten.

Sports Diary

TO-DAY Presentation

Life Guarde" Club; Presentation of certiftentes by Mr Chan Nam-cheng and annual dinner at Ying King testaurant, 730 p.m.

Rugby Combined Civiliana V Army st HKFC stadium, 2.18 pan.

Cricket Arrival of Bangkok cricketors.

Badminton

Men's "D" Division: CCC v India Club, St_Theresa v CYMCA, Gran- tamv Chung Choong

PEN SKETCHES OF MCC TOURISTS

KEN BARRINGTON-ONE OF ENGLAND'S FEW REAL HOPES

Ken Barrington is one of the few real hopes to emerge from the 1959 England cricket season. He scored 2,499 runs in all matches and was top scorer in the Tests with 357 in six innings.

pendent on May and Cowdrey

With England betting so de-

in recent series the hope is that

Barrington will take some of Mr Donald Ferguson, pre- the responsibility on his sturdy sident of the

Australian shoulders. Lawn Tennis Association, said today.

without the finesce of the big per told a press con-

match. This home is orranged ference this afternoon to start at 6.00 pm, and will that he would announce also be under floodlight. Later today a new major! boxing organisation and its plans for staging world heavyweight cham- pion Ingemar Johansson's

The Army, in this match can- Text Ulle defence.

strong pack, The other match looks like a Tepper just returned from a

exercise, fgvinst this

afford to keep the ball tight, for certain wir for the 5th Field Visit

which 14 Johansson and

precludes them from it is bound to come out often for the Gunners have a sirong adv.sur, Edwin Ahlquist, in making an appearance.

He can also render valuable enough to the Civilians to give pack and a fast and dangerous Sweden.

These two nutches are both them a certain win in that case, set of threes, while the Corps

service with the ball. This en- thusiastic cricketer has devoted A former executive-secretary scheduled to star! at the same and the Army's only hope of lack pracilce.

He WIS commenting on of the New York State Athletic time, to

time to developing his wit, 3.15 p.m. ou ad-winning is to open the game

London report that Australia,

seiflaught Ing-breaks. Un- Commission, Tepper visited joining grounds. On the Pulier wide. This of course is what

holders of the Davis Cup, had fortunately, Sweden twieg within

appearing in the a mon ground in Boundary Street the the Civilians are certain to do

to a question- same county side as specialist to negotiate with Johansson and remainder of the Police who so that as a spectacle this may The teams for tonight's major failed to reply

by the Inter-spinners Jim Laker and Ahlquist.

Tony naire, circulated The New Yorker are not selected for tonight's be one of the best games of the game are: hopes to promote the Johansson- major fixture will be at home to lerason so far, and this column

national Lawn Tennis Federa-Lock, Barrington has had little Army: McDonald, Bede-Cox. Patterson return fight in New 32 Medium Regiment, while on unhesitatingly backs the Civi- | Martindale,

Neal,

Bennett, tion, on the

amateur-proics chance to practise his bowling. But England may be pleased to York this June.

the other pitch on the Armylans to win.

Davics, Smith, Whitmore, Sirun,sional problem.

Mr

sald

the the give him the chance in Ahlquist said last week

Ferguson that ground the 6th Field lake on the In the other match earlier on, Hope, Wing, Muniz, Wil-

Caribbean. ጽሮ። Tepper has a very good chance RASC.

In the evening, Whitfield Wan- lians, Walker, Fitzgerald, Australian association had to promote the fight,

In the Army-Civilian game decers are much weakened by

of the questions, Combined Civilians: Hobbs,plied to som Tepper has declined to name the tatter take the field with the inclusion of quite a few of Laville, Wiggett, Riach, Ingis, but he did not think an answer his backers except to say they the odds definitely on their side, their players in the major Johnston, Tancock, Babbington, on the Open tournament ques- were reputable, wealthy New for they have without question match, but even this should Keill, Williams, H. Ross, Orbler, tion was wanted urgently at

the much belter halves and far leave them strong enough to Campbell, Steven, Penman. this stage.-Reuter.

York businessmen-AP.

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Dual Purpose Bat

Barrington is also a dua! batman who can purpos force the pace when the inillative is gained or die la when the going is tough.

But when at 14 he left Kes- grove Secondary School, Read- ing, he had no cricket ambitions. He liked turning his arm over but was more interested in the job he got as a mechanic in a local garage...

His

former schoolmaster,

KEN BARRINGTON'

however, noting the cricket pro batting attracted attention. In mice in him suggested he took 11935 lip gled a regular place a job as assistant groundsman the Surrey Arst team and in to the Reading Club. A low the same season was picked for games, a fow wickets and young England. Barringtom become the Biost

surprised cricketer in England Began With A Duck

when he received on invitation

to play for Surrey.colts.

He Wis still primarily

A

bowler and it was not until he hit mcorder of 170 and 280 "for Surrey recond eleven that his

But it was

a chaney knock and did not aro him from

the selectors' axe. He did not return cricket until 1959.

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to Test

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Barrington puts a lot into and is philosophical about tho game's varying He began with a duck. He fortunes. After getting his Arst- did not res' another, innings Test duck in a generally painɛ- lalost, matchi" and, ploked taking England inalogs he de- sguin, his, 36 was top soers in clared, "Wall at least they can't Kagland "innings of ∙131. criticise me for slow scoring"!.

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