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THE CHINA MAIL MONDAY MAY 16, 1960,

Siamese boxing is TWO DEATHS AT BELGIUM

a great sport

By STEVE DUNLEAVY

If you are "hurtful,” fearsome, ferocious, devastating and

dashing I have just the sport for you.

All you need is an iron constitution, a punch like a block- buster and a kick like a mule to be an average boxer in Thailand.

Licences of three

1.

horse-trainers withdrawn

Added to this is another essential—a love for the national music which, hammers wway ceaselessly while you exchange uppercuts, elbow mashes and stomach kicks.

Last week as the guest of the Royal Thai Airways Ör- chid Inaugural fight to Bang- kok” I enjoyed - the most en- tertaining evening of sport. in my -life.

Another boxer, Rejaandaxchi, (never spelt by newspapers the same way twice), is described as fearsome, ferocious not to men- įtion devastating.

The boxing scene itself something strictly out of Runyon.

The customary cigar chewing promoters are still there. could be New York or London, only that instead of hand-made It did my Ane Irish heart good suits the Bangkok counterpart to see for the first time two settle for sports shirts, hanging

on shattering loosely over their trousers. was young men bent

each other and having a free time without the continual an- noyance of a Queensberry re-assortment of hoodlums, splys fence.

Kingston, May 15. Jockey Club Stewards have withdrawn the Moence of English trainer Gerry Skelton, leading Jamalca trainer whose horre Gimme Gimme found to be drugged at the time of his Easter Meeting victory at Cayman's Park. - The action by the stewards came on Saturday. Skelton, who also owned Gimme Gimme, was fined £50.

Stewards also withdrew the licences of trainers Ivan Smith and George Bucknow, whose horses Wee Pet and Great Chance also were found to be coped. They were fined £50 and £25 respectively,

Smith

was third winning trainers list.-AP.

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Juventus clinch Italian Soccer League title

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to

Except using a sledgehammer the contestants can use just about anything they like stretch their adversaries on the canvas.

Circular

The uninitiated foreigner is humourously introduced to the combat by way of a typewritten circular In English.

The circular lists the attri buies of the contestants in no uncertain manner.. On this the greatest sheet is recorded collection of corrupted English

ever put on paper.

The

author, apparently Rome, May 15. John Charles and Omar Sivori searcher for description, relishes today led Juventus of Turin to in his use of the word "hurtful" its 11th Italian Major League last five boxing matches. This a word that has crept into the Soccer Championship.

Juventas defeated defending one reads: champions, Milan 3-1,

And' no boxing arene would be, complete, without the usual.

and gamblers. These they have in abundance clustered in small skister groups around the cheap seats.

But there are a few installa- tions that would not be found in the western style ring. For instance, there are a group of five bored-looking men in a the box enclosure behind the ringside.

Musicians

they loosely

MOTORCYCLE RACE

Metter, May 15.

Pare

Russia to make biggest

Mattempt of winning

Two British motorcycle 'driver were involved in

a fatal accident which caused the death of one of the "drivers "and "ond spictator Hire today.""

The other driver suffered à double, lag fracture and another spectator was seriously wounded?.

The two drivers were Parld Chadwick and Biti Sawford.

Both were competing in a 500cc category_race at today's meeting in Matter, Belgium.

Two. laps before the faithing the

landing the pack; $150

Entering the straight. Chadwick tried to spurt out shead but his motorcycle ran into Sawford's. Both drivers were thrown to the ground and Chad- wick was killed instantly...

Meanwhile the two motorcycles ran into the crowd and killed a 45-year-old spectator and seriously wounded another one.—AFP; Jung

They massage the boxer as if he has just bad every muscle in his body torn out. Then they get to work on particular parts of the anatomy.

First the legs...the tourist wincos as he sees the seconds place. their clenched fist-be- hind the boxer's knee then push his foot back until it touches the ends of his shorts,

The arms get the same treat- ment and to finish everything of they give a very ceremonious dishful of water in the face.

-

Content that their charge is Uw ready for another onslaught they vault lightly out of the ring as the round bell sounds,

Roundin, round out the In their hands hold a strange variety of cave-

boxers exchange every blow in men-type instruments. Between the book,

including some that rounds they sit there, anile-oc-have never even been included

at the gathered Casionally audience or sneak a signal to one of their friends to place a bet on with a' taker (a practice that is illegal as in many perts but which still of the world flourishes).

But when the bell goes, they swing into action in a manner that would make Bermy Good-

10 "Kraapthaloon Sonkotraat slip-man envious. They blow on clinch the title. in the 31st ping diving product of boxiana their trumpets and beat their round. With rutmer-up Floren- always uses his hunthul elbow drums until the round is over.

ver dina of Florence losing to smashes while using do or die

The round over, the Sampdoria of Genoa, 2-1, method which many times gives tomary two seconds leap Juventus would still win the referee tiresome job of counting

zealously over the ring ropes 1960 Championship even if it one two-ten into opponents and get to work. It is in their were to lose its remaining ear whilst dreamed happily."

methods that the seconds Whew!

cease to become customary.

three games-AP.

in the book.

Elbow-smash

One will lead with a fierce klok to the solar plexus, the other retaliates with a shaifer- ing elbow-smash that may

bone.

injury with a toothy grin which, I'm toldi, Indicates ahything from genuine amusement Fight just for revenge.

But despite these exchanges of seemingly ungentlemanly blows, tempers rarely tray..

They clinch, the referee steps in, orders them to part and they obey implicitly.

No boos

By round five or six both con- testants may be covered in each other's blood...till they keep on battering away until one tops for the austal 10 seconds in dreamland or they walt on the rer's decision.

the

Good decision or bad the little, Siamese gladiators take the referee's judgment as law. For once, I was inside a boxing stadium for two hours and never once heard a "boo" of catcall.

are

The decision is over and the boys in the "bleaches" busily settling or collecting their debis,

most Olympic medals

could run, jump, swim and throw in the 15 Soviet Republics.

Moscow, May 15, Soviet sportsmen, basking in the reflected glory of a 21-medal suoress at the Winter Olympics, are now preparing for their biggest attempt at capturing a major share of the 268 gold medals to be handed out at the Olympic Games in Rome this summer. The nation's sportsmen, back ed by the all-powerful organisa tion of the Union of Sports Societies, have already begun limbering up at numerous out door and indoor competitions."

During the next four months, they will be bidding for one of sdebe 320 places in the Soviet team.

Sports 'army'

ularly take part in competitions. By 1985, this "army" la ex« pected to number. 50,000,000, and the sports authorities here. hope The Spartakiad, apart, the that by that time the Soviet country can call upon 20,000.000 Union will be firmly established sportsmen who are members of as World Sports Power No. 1- affiliated sports dubs and re- China Mail Special.

The real pre-Olymple train- BE A REGULAR READER

ing, however, is only now beginning. Bagies selcefors, tager, to shew that Soviet" sport leads the world, hope to antar a record mumber of in- ternational competitions to five the side confidence and practice' against top-class opponents.

The accent will be on the glamour side of the games - track and felt successes. At the Helsinki Games, in, 1952, the Soviet squad won 17 medals. At Melbourne, a better harvest was reaped 22 medals including five gold ones.

Tough standards

With overall team successes Last year erakst powerful United States West German and British sides, the Soviet Union is determined to improve on their Olympic results.

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set tough standards by the Union of Sports Societies. Many are equal or beiter than existing Olympic records, particularly in the woman's held events in HONG KONG which the nation has excelled in

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Mok Yuos, 11-A Tung Shing Road, and

Floor.

The cigar-chewing promoters, cut the opponent's eye to the a little less demonstrative, put recent years.

their heads together and natter Meanwhile, more than 60 like machine-guns over the athletes future prospects.

have fullled

the CAUSEWAY BAY Kior's Store, 18 King's Bosd, The band?

Olympic qualifications establish-

Paulina Blore, Causeway Bay Mansion, the liveliness with one of their Track and Field Federation.

Paterson Street. They added toed by the International Amateur masterpieces.

The boxers? Or, they just go

As the blood spills onto the victim's face his eggessor's fans roar in delight they may have won a few ticals (Bangkok first blood. currency) on who would draw

The injured' only shows the extent of his concern over the

Four D. Jones THE BIG FOUR AGREE ON

BY HADDOCKS

THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SUMMIT TALKS NO BUDDY, WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!

AND YOU, MON AMI, COMRADE, NO RUSSIAN)

LARKS

THE PILFERING PIRATES RECEIVE A TELEGRAM...

THIS IS IT, LADS, GET YOUR HATS AND COATS

THE LADS GET A TAXI TO THE CONFERE

WHERE IS

IN A SCOUTS'

¿THIS SUMMIT MEETING BEING HELD, NOBBY?

HUT NEAR

HACKNEY WICK”.

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ALAS, I HAVE TO AGREE, BUT I WON'T

ENJOY IT

FERDINAND

NANCY

ALL THE KIDS ARE GOING IN FOR SWINGS

THESE DAYS

I HEAR EVEN ROLLO. THE RICH KID, HAS

ONE

LET'S

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BRICK BRADFORD

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Athlétes achieving the Soviet out together with their girl- standards will quality for the friends to other young foursome.

a movie like any USSR Individunt Championships Siamese boxing is a great sport. event will clinch the sought-

Yes; to be held in July. Success at this JARDINE'S

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shine and excitement of Rome.

In addition to the I NORTH POINT dividual Championships there

will be two big meetingm. £nz Mojdow and the

Znamensky Brothers Tourna-

ment in July, at which 19

other countries will be gain PEAK

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The other aspirants for the

Soviet Olympic team will also be STANLEY showing their hand at InternaWANCHAI tional tournaments. Boxers, Wrestlers, TOWCLE,

Paullan, Store, 123 Leighton Road, Bunngilde, Company, 127 Leighton Road, Shing Cheong Store, 33 Sing Woo Boad Tack Sing Store, 47 Sing Woo Hond Cheng Kam Hol Corner of Broadwood &

Tai Hang Roads, ... Lens Hor Kee, outside Chung Shen 1979-Restaurant, 113-115 Belcher: Street. Lan Ching Store, 935 King's Road North Point Lain Ken Blore, 328 King's

Slore, Bond.

marksmen, WEST MID-LEVEL gymnasts and basketball players all have heavy European tourna- ment commitments throughout the spring and summer.

KOWLOON

Outstanding chance | HOMANTIN

Athletic experts here have so HUNGHOM far been generally reticent about

plumping for any sure success at KOWLOON CITY the Games

Vasky Kuznetsov, 27-year-old

Shanghai Blore, 336 King's Road: Winner House, 810-315 Eligʻg Bond The Peak Stall, Upper Peak Tram Station. Leung Hong, 34 Spring Garden Lans,

Ground Floor.

Repulse Bay Hotel,”

Ah Ylok Store, 10 Wong Mi Kak Tiny Store, 7 Morrison Hill Road, Chren Kre, 45 Bonham Road Kwang Ming Co. 27 Bonham Road, Wal Bang,. 38-A Bonhamn, Ebad.

Asia Frei Lád, 09-A Waterloo Boad. Tin Yat Sigre, 63-A Waterloo B664. “Ling Nain Book Store, 99 Ma Tan Wel RA

Kwong Cheons Store, 110 Kirang

Rozd

Woo Ping Biore, 55-A Nga Tain Wal Rosa,

world record-holder, who has KOWLOON TONG Crescent Store, 37 Cumberland Road

five times topped 8,000 points In

the decathlon is. however, view-

ed as having an outstanding

chance. He has been quoted as MONGKOK saying that his ambition in the

Games le to gain 8,800 points.

The Russians also expect their marathon team, walkers and TSIMSHATSUI Jumpers to be strong bidders for Olympic laurels,

Their weak spots, sporting to criflelamms-voloed ́In the Soviet sporting press, appear to be in the men's sprinta, middle distance running and men's throwing events.

These shortcomings are ac knowledged in spite of a system

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