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THE CHINA MAIL. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1961.

All-time Greats had colour, now .. EDUCATION KILLS OFF THE CHARACTERS

Fred Corcoran, organisor of the

Canada Cup and manager of top American golfers for the post 30 years, has been described as golf's greatest showman.

He is already planning next year's battle of the nations in Buenos Aires, and believes that golf so far has only touched the fringe of public appeal. Here he talks man- to-man with the China Mail's special correspondent Jock Wood, who has just returned from reporting the Walker Cup match in Seattle.

WOOD. You have been close to everything big in American spart for 30 years and mure, and this is more a picture of the greats through your eyes than dissection of Fred Corcoran. But, briefly, how did i all begin?

HAGEN fabulous

SNEAD mean

DEMPSEY respected

The Huge "Can you blame me for feeling a home here?". Add top erowi wouldn't let him -top talking.

Úlabe Ruth mould.

was of the same

They were both men of iron, The Barber's dad was a black- mith and Bife was his forge.

Respected

When he went away with the Yankees the opposing team oft-

CORCORAN-Back home it Mussarha, els i was a enkite at 12. 1 becante a Pressman, zut lxed up with radio, managed 4 player or two, linked up festake Baby, out on the town.

with the Professional

Golfers

gals always organised someone

But after a night out it was the

BABE RUTH

iron man

The whole place Koos crazy

when he walks into il TOM starani, yet Tunney, the an who beat bun Twice, woed chout unnoticed.

AA with Snead, golf often breeds meanness.

CHESS

By LEONARD BARDEN

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In this game from the Rus- stan phampionship, a former world titio contender hammered to defeat (Spassky v. Bronstein). 1 P-Q1, KU-KI33; 2 Kt-KB3. P-KK13; 3 P KK13, D-Kt2; 4.B-KI2, 0~0; 5 0-0, P-Q3; 0 Kt-83, P Q47; 7B-Kis, PB3; 8 R-K1, Kt K3; D KXK, PxKt: 10 KI-Q2. P-KS; 11 BXP(KJ), BXP 12 BXB, QX8; 13 P 83, Q-84; 14 Kt--K4, Q-Kt3: 15 Q-Q2, B-04; 10 KI-KIS. R-QI: 17 Q-B4, P-K4:18 QXP, P-KR3; 10 P-KA, B-- Hi: 20 KixP), KỵKt; 21 R-K3. K-Ktl: 22 B-BI, R-Q2; 23 Q-Kê ch, K-KI 24 K-93, Q-84; 25 H-QUI P-KR4: 20 RXR ch. RtXR; 27 R-07 ch, K−R3: 28 Q-RB ch. K-K14; 20 P-R4 ch. Resign (29

X-Kt5; 30 R-4 mate).

Solution No. 8100: 1 Kt—QZ, F_RKD. 2 Khi chỉ KIXHI 3 B-R4, and 4 B-QA matr. Not at outc. 1 B-Nd?, P-KIG.

London Sagres Servies.

garded in Britaln as the greatest Colfer of the past 20 years?

Ben ! In a great appeal nuri sluts a TV series with Shred.

he doesn't like people. Play go with him. and the only words he'll say #11 day Bre: "What ball you playing?"

In union-comelous Amerlen Ben is the only gay Sa violate the right-hour day WRularly and get away withoul Trouble. I've seen him dig a trench big enough to Lupy a husky dog when practising fron shots.

Hard work

Most of your players

Kame

This capacity for hard work, as the malu reason for American superiority.

10% just that some guys won balile thele way up gei cautious | officials see this dedication to the i with the lateks. vu ren Gene Sarazen d Therately hunk il bali at N exhibition match 30 he cla check whether a rumple of juspicious-lonkan characters had paid their

Haner Bemoy.

tooking after BUY Who was supposer to t After Jack Sharkey, 14

whu

beaten Max Sebmeting at Long Island in 1932 1 govy Shuckey complimentary lekets for m

Association and then the Inter national Golf Assomation.

Who would you name as therried out of the club four greatest characters of your day Babe would hit fine?

hall out of the park.

waz

and

the

What of Dempsey, still a most respreted citizen of New York?

exhibition Gene nnel Jou Kirkwood were giving.

They both got mad and said Jack had to pay to wo Sturkey hew the German.

What of Ben Hogan, often re-

They Are all ok-timers be-, cause education has taken away the colour.

It is 30 years since he ful, they You can't have edtration

but when he walks down Brogal Rich colour. Per- sonality it spart is an expre

way the toxi-drivers stilt nunt. sion of the light a guy ho tal: und when schooling knocks the rough edges uff, the four Herg 100.

PH settle for Jack Dempsry; } Hube Rath, Walter Hagen, and Sum Shond.

Legend of meanness

Since you inve managed Suoad for years let's begin with hlm. A legend of meanness has grown round him.

I always any that Hagen was

the est mon to make a million

bucks from golf and spen! It.

Snead was the 1st to make a

mon, and save two.

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once asked him to have friendly game with my brother John for ten dollars. Although | I'd told Son that John was ten-handicap on, he sald he'd decide whether to play for! money when he had seen him phy a few holes.

Legend has it that Sam buried the first dollar r earned In a bucket at the heftom of fris garden and hasn't spent one shice,

Just after the war be won the Bing Crosby Trophy and heard the "Old Grogner" had won the Academy award. I suggested Sam serid Bing a cable of con- gratulations. tie asked if a post- card wouldn't do just as well

Son came straight down from i the hill to make his mark in golf, and he sill thinks like a -billy. But he can be 0 Jovable guy.

Fabulous

Wint of Hagen?

He was fabulous. He still Is. I Arnold Paliece and Walter tum up anywhere together the fans crowd around the ald timer. He would stay up all night, drink enough for twe men, then bust a field wide oposi the next day. He had a great gift for doing the right thing.

There is a famous story about bim when he accepted the Hyder Cup the first time the U.8. won

is on Beltish soil.

Ate wrote out

12

specci

together. He put it in a polo cont

he was wearing, then left the

coat hanging over a chair when

The got up to speak.

FARLY FAM

MN

Boxing title was his Christmas present

By DENNIS DREW

Eric Boon, the blacksmith's apprentice from Chatteris, Cambridge, WAB just another youngster with ambition when he first climb- ed through the ropes at Jack Solomons' newly-opened Devonshire Sporting Club in an East End back street in October 1934.

But there was something out of the ordinary about this 14- year-old youngster. He had courage, speed.

power, strength. And Jack Sulömans, that shrewd boxing promoter, was quick to spot li He nursed lim along sind in January 1935, Boon Was climbing Into a Peterborough. Northants, ring for his Brst really serious boat. The flight was stopped in Buon's favour afler five rounds.

Three years later, on December 13, 1938, Boon was to became the youngest-ever British lightweight" champlon when bu knocked out Dave Crowley In the 13th

round-just a fortnight before hla 19th birthday.

Four title bouts

He began, "I gives me a great | Four liner he was to fight a

thri to be captain of the Best American team to win the eup an hame roll!"

The crowd yelled; "You mean; forcim soll, Walter." Back came

Sports Diary

LBC. 8.30

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TENNIA

Divisions:

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BOWLS

ARCHERY

Club y BAF K Tak Archery Club, KGV grosted, 8

UK Arelincy

Hightweight title Lou, the last In 1944 Wach be rurrendered ite champion's title to Ronnie James. But let us go back to 1930. First he disposed of Jimmy Walsh in a non-litle Buil

Erlo Boon

Aghi of his 10, ngaitist European champlon Neburt Villemain.

greatest then crushed the Bel- ylan chimpfor Naymond Renard In a mere 30 seconds, Then cam: the delent of Five years the senior of the two

Crowley and the champloa- ship.

Colony Ladies championships at Boon decided to open up his field for making nuncy. In 1830 12 started a tour of the musle hults

as an accrdim and trumpet - playing exhibition boxer. The war curtailed both his boxing and entertainkitų nellvilles. He joined the RAF. bul wis not allowed to prosa 111 Atlantic for the f the world title this held by Neary Arinstrong.

Int

TOMORROW

,

FU Y

Tykion: KBGC v Regreto "W". Hoctric "" y Ch RCC, RDC v uane,

and Division; BRCC ʼn INC "N", IRC G PRO KEC V BKFC. PHC AV FC, HEAC e ECC.

3rd Division! FC v 1870, ccc v SC. FC V KOG, Kiệc v ARCE,

Ladlog, zná dividen: CEE "G" V TISHC Recreioane v cu lự Recreio "w“ v KDQC.

Endles Triples: KIHIC,

Rec, 4 pm.

РОССКА

Beetelo,

As war clotida rolled away the now tip-ons Boon fought fo Het back into the big time. He hod baten Arthur Danalar in 1930, but in 1940 welterweight oliminator, Dovator turned the tables

Battle of iritalit Week: Con-Two years later he was inatch-

hined Chinese v. Fat Khal Air Force

X4 Carvilise KIRI, 2.30, pới.

'ed in what was perhaps the

and considered by may to

be a has-been, Boon recited

the Frenchman and scemod within an aco of victory MON than once in the night.

Ain defeated though

he was magnißcent,

und Doon ad won his way back into the hearts of the Sght fans, Eric, Doon was always a trier

and even us into

* -050,

when he was 30, he wanted to make another" como-back, He had been taking ħ couro of youth-giving gland treat- ment and claimed he WAN OS good as a 30 year old. But the British Deaing Board of Control refitted his appiten- flun.

The chopter

of the Agating teennger in Boon's Tira had

fually come to a close,'

Flest, you have to have the talent. With hundreds of thou- sands in our land crazy abomi the mine, the talent Inukt an airing. Then it's hard work ... I've seen Hogan and Snead præetice till their hands were

raw,

Shall we ever catch up?

I should like to think so, but I doubt it. For your fellows the Incentive isn't there at home,

and, they don't seem keen to

come out here and get the ex-

perience. Maybe with your lax laws it doesn't pay them.

How good Palmer, the modest fellow we took to our i hearts this nummer?

He's good and will probably be great. But he will never be lite The Hage and Sarazen and Snead. As I sold, all this edu- cation has taken the colour out of the guys. They say and do what they are taught, not what they feel like saying and doing an instinct.

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