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THE CHINA MAIL,

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1960.

IT'S BILL THE BOOTER'S

It happened in Tony Canzoneri's bar the day before I left New York. They put the notice of the old champ's death on the till and it told the customers how, if they went along to the funeral parlour, they would know which one was the Tony.

I watched that till through hours of dollar-forty

BALL....

Banned from baseball,

takes, and thought that all boxers should go to he aims to hit 'homer"

heaven that way: with the money still ringing in their ears.

But I was also thinking who else in New York had

money ringing in his cars.

None other than William Drought Cox, the

booter

from Broadway. He had just flown out to London to complete his £135,000 plans to promote annually a European club Soccer tournament In New York, the like of which no one has ever seen outside official competitions.

As our Football League, the Scottish League, and the Irish League are up to their ears in this scheme to recoup in the New World a little of the money they are losing In the Old, was interested.

But who was William Drought I sought the answer in C41x London.

Suspension superb

Cox has all the characteristics of my American automobile. He looks smart, he moves quickly. he knows all about credit termus, and the suspension is superb.

Particularly was Interested Sixteen years In the suspension. ago Cox was suspended for life fam holding office in American «Baseball. That was for betting in a small way on the club he owns, the Philadelphia Phillies, Now, purged this in- reinstated, discretion but not

Di

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ny l . Other countries have dung the Game.

only

for British soccer

By

J.L. MANNING

admission money before he starts.

WILLIAM DROUGHT COX

to

WEEKEND SOFTBALL

Yim Laisheung’s pitching should give SCAA ladies

fifth straight win

their

By OLLY VAS

It seems a little strange to have to report, once again, that the SCAA ladies will be playing off a league fixture this Sunday against the Cheyennes whom they were supposed to meet only last week.

The fact is that someone within the Softball Association got his signals all crossed up, as they say in softball circles. The Matadors-Squaws ladies' match was brought forward one week and the SCAA-Cheyennes deferred for a similar period of time.

A pliching. between

the

My colleagues were also keni New Asin should win without alone are favoured to recount for

[the Glasts. in the dark about the switch- any diffeulty. League 2 p.c. of all "gates." As 30 games averaging 12,000 JULY-AUGUST: Five clubs over but it is sincerely hoped At 3.30 p.m. the Cheyennes The Senior league Braves must nback-to-form he has also to pay 10 ne. Pater- | 16,000 spectators. Good luck to { from each

agaiosi of Hungary July, that in future, advice on last-play the Pandas. The Cheyennes win Britnin's entry came

changes in schedules have faded fast since the league SCAA le to stay in the run- after approval of the cumpet-tainment tax, there's a sixth of him. He'll need it. Sport has Austria, Sweden, Portugal for minute

gone gone so sour in New York that Poland), and the New York will at least be communicated began some months back and ning for the 1tle. tion was given by the United his

even the top two basebal-teams Club-15 games.

by the responsible party to the are a spent force. They dit duel is expected Stater Soccer Football Associa-

have had to emigrate to Call- tion. When I inquired about this

various softball conespondents register an 11-10 victory over Braves Pedruco and the Corom tornia to buy vemselves some

Luers' "Goose" Wong, two of instrument the Pandas that handy

iny over in New York all

an extended and fundry

the best hurlers in the Colony spectatots. Will New

Rame but pick the Chinese vlcul not

Yorkers to be named or

known as the telephone.

today. now mish to Soccer to relieve

boys to reYCISE the dreision quoted direct.

the tension in their busy lives?

Ihla time, in view of their good showing against the Dodgers last week. The only thing is The Pandas will have Cyril Law In the outfeld not behind the plate,

KAVE The USSFA clearly

reluctantly, their permission

given no inancial and have guarantee.

They feared that a flop would involve their own good maze. They did not think Cox had enmigh experience of the game and that he was a bit of a well- meaning dreamer who had got his logistics wrong. On the other hand, they did not want to be the accused it holding back development of American Soe-

top pay

The onus

to £7 for part-

timers). it was this League

he is in the Broadway Soccer business with customers

So they put the onus on the Preston, Glasgow, and Belfast.

American Football League (ten not to mention Paris, Rome, Bonn, Budapest, Madrid, average gates 1,200, and Blockholm, and either Lisbon Or Waraw. A remarkable man you will think. He is Before I recall for you how Cox proposes to run in New York between May and August a two-section league of leading

which gave Cux their suppori.

So when he formed his inter- national League

M. Schwarez, business manager of the Ameri- can League, was put on the jay-

roll

¦

i

If there is may profit will go to the sponsoring club, New York Club Inc., of which Cox

president, and is

for which Welsh international Walley Bames, late of Arsenal, is now rce:ulting players here

so that they, too, can play in the tetiniament as New Yorkers

Confident

prolit

Each club plays each other in Rs section and the section August winners meet final.

Çox it offering bonuses of up Cox also 9239 that Ave TV to £330 for section winners, bui sponsors-beer, cigarettes, and the Football League club will tazor blades-have "nibbled" have to pocket most of this t him for screen rights. And that they

Their rules prohib|į win. this, and the pre-sale of tickets, Janý extra payment to players. will provide the money he will need in advance to buy the charter-plane Bights and

find club guarantees, Good luck to

BR will there be a Will there be even enough to pay the expenses of lying 200 European footballers to and fru|him ngain.

Crad The Atlantic, teeping them in New York for a month, and paying the clubs a quanin- teed £1,000 per game in a lotal programine of 30 matches?

Huge task

But I find all this very opti- mistic. I don't want Mr Cox

My advice

Faded fast

Now for the weekend games.

The Austers and New Asla open the programme tomorrow at 2.00 p.m. in' the first of iwo Junior league KAMPE.

The

Collegians

2

inflcted defeat on heavy

the winless Austers in five short innings during their first-round meeting.

If the Servicemen could only come up with a pitcher of sorts they might have FONIA kay against the opposition. As it

to

put

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The defending champlais are defensively a sironx side but their hiting leaves much to be desired.

Good hitters

Sunday's opening Pe features the Cheyennes and 'SCAA. With Frances da

SCAA. on The other hand, of Silva now definitely out

have a well-balanced hitting the game the Cheyennes have team with some playkers reatly no plicher to match the cham-able to hit a tong ball. Since plans' Yim Lal-sheung and they cannot resort to bunting champions against Pedruco they will have to rely on power at the plate. 1 p them to triumph over the Braves by margin.

So that's the scheme nat that's the man who thinks it will work.

the For my part, I ad. the British Leagues to vise look into the matter much more carefully.

, they go down heavily week In and week out which speaks to volumes for their sportsmanship trouble in They may think it's nee

have a paid junket across the In showing up regularly, know- Atlantic and

Lásk

It takes my breath away. Hut j to suffer, He has had more not Mr Cox's. He is breathing than his share uf

easily, Su, 1 American sport: confidently' and hope. are the Football League.

1a Aremendous

with one man

a private largely personal organisation to

of run an annual tournament this magnitude.

Cox will put on most of the games under lights at the Pois Grounds, where the New York Giants used to play

baseball When I asked the ground offle. staff, how much a week at would cost to hire the studium 1 was told: "The Jehovah Witnesses

dus 20,000 last summer.”

The idea

defending

should register their arth straight win.

Surprise team

The lat

the

AUTOW

game of the day the Cardinals and

The latter victory!

out 1 3-4

Mr Cox maying full well that the result of

At 11.00 nm. the Indians and Starcharts in action. for think he is going to become their game is a foregone con-

Giants meet for the first time,queezed and Uncle Sam's Soccer pioneer. Bui elusion

The Indians are the surprise over the Carte in their pre- team of the Junior league, now vitus medinst but the Cards

IT in accond spol the league are only now showing a wel- and overdue return to table but with only an outside

the title. chance for

form. The Stardusts will start Lately they have been playing some as underdogs, as they always good softball and for this reason I do,

25

Chess News

the fundamental question is not will like whether the players

Chartered bring

across the ocean like Circus performers,

wheller. is to arrange two but,

Willar Drough Cox himself has asked sections as follows:

in another context: MAY-JUNE: Five clubs from each of England, Scotland, Irc-

Is there really a Santa West Cox laughed this 10

Germany, scorn, land.

and Claus after all? And, if Soy, BX P chi; K X 8, -4

toins the Queen. New York will he be around the New York Even 50.

budget will be France, and

Polo Grounds this summer? American tight. And he bis based it on Club-15 games.

First Division clubs from Eng- land, Scotland, Ireland, West

Cox had Furthermore,

to Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, undertake to pay bolli The Spain, Austria. Portugal and USSFA and the Poland, let me tell you more Sout The mun because he holds the key 10 the whole situation.

More philosopher

Cox is, believe, more philo- sopher than philanthropist. For since graduating at Vale he has written a book called "Boxing In Art and Literature" (which he described as a symposium on fighting from Homer to Hem- ingway), the "Standard All- tical Text Book," ' and he has bought and sold a nice litle treatise titled "Yes, there is a Santa Claus."

Not even Danny Blanchflower has that literary output'

Even earlier Cox ("I am called 'Drought' after maternal grandparents who left Ireland before Prohibition") showed promise. He was a credit in- vestigator for a bank.

in

In which job, he fold me London, he had to check on a Clursman selling searchlights In Ceylon. and how, the inter- ellies railway at Minneapolis had the King of England as 2 stockholder

During the war he had a lum- ber business and retirisi a low years ago. In 1943 he bought the professional baseball team in Philadelphia for around £80,000. And he bought trouble.

He sacked the manager that should put him in good standing with the Football League-the players threatened to strike, and someone squealed about his $25 to $100 bets on his own team.

Disqualified

COM-

The national baseball missioner, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, a mild man who once awarded $29,000,003 damages against the Standard Oll Company, disqualified him from holding office in basebali for life. Anzi stuck to his ver- dict, although, Cox told me in London: "Landia and since became good friends."

AN

Cox had a longer rug proprietor of a New York' pro- fessional football (American style) team and all his life he has been interested ja sport. But not in Soccer-until

18

months ago, he said. Now he is

a world-wide promoter, talking

in half-million dollars.

of

This, and the baske idea eaming money in New York in hes shrewd, hard- handed Soccer boyses to glan on the dotted The."

the summer, is what induced

our

Between October 81 and November the 'League segre teries of England, Scotland, and Ireland wrole hir" "letters in (densical terma, saying t FAVO them "much pleasure!! to accept membership of his Injeraional Legatio and “ ming to for

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