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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER

McAvoy In Line For World Title Bout

BRITISH MIDDLEWEIGHT GOOD PROPOSITION

PROMOTERS' TEMPTZATION.

TO YAROSZ

By Geoffrey Simpson.

There is an excellent prospect that Jock McAvoy, the British middle-weight boxing champion, will before long fight for the world title.

It is also probable that the contest will take place in England. At the moment two of our promoters are in the market, and one or the other is likely to tempt Teddy Yarosz, the American claimant to the title, to come here to fight.

The more one ares of McAvoy ness to lodge £2,000 with the and his smashing body punching Board of Control for the Rochdale

meet | ligaser to

the more one is led to believe that weight in the world. any middle-

In this young Lancashire middle- weight England possesses possibly the nest 1st. 6lb. boxer in the world.

FRIENDLY HOCKEY

EAST LANCS. BEAT BORDERERS

Y.M.C.A. ALSO LOSE

A friendly match was played ant Shamshulpo Camp yesterday after- noon between the East Lancashire Regiment and the South Wales Borderers.

The former won a well

contented game by two goals to nil,

On Monday the South Wales Bor. durere defented the East Lanca⚫hire

Regiment by four goals to sit on the US.I.C. gr. ant.

Y:M.C.A. BEATEN...

But of more importance is the In a friendly hockey match played news that the Belie Vue, Manches. at King's Park yesterday afternoon, fter, promotera have made their the Royal Corps of Signala defeated biggest offer so far for Yarosz toy two goals to nil. Both goals were a depleted European Ý.M.C.A, tenmi visit England and oppose McAvoy, netted in the first half of play. The

Y.M.C.A. fielded only seven men.

BIGGER OFFER.

RADIO CLUB PLAYERS.

His 71-seconds knock-out of the Belginn Etienne in Manchester last month was only one of hing many lightning victories this year. ing for some time. The first utteri

Negotiations have been proceed-

The undermentioned will represent The improvement he bas made to the Amèrican was rejected, but the Radio Sports Club in a friendly xince he took the middle-weight | la view of McAvoy's recent per hockey match against St. Andrew's championship from Len Harvey is formances a much larger bid has Club on the Maring ground at 5.15

The amount is astonishing, and there are people been made.

not P.m. to-morrow:U. 1. Soura: now ready to support him to the disclosed, but it may be assumed arduman Singh and J. S. Grewal limit in his bid for the world title. that about £4,000 would be needed B. Kitchell, M. H. Haakan and J. M. to tempt Yarosz to make the trip. Awart Singh, Attar Singh and F. A. Tavares; Suriin Singh. Juggeet Singh,

Komp (Capt.). and Bhagwan Singh and Gurdayal Singh.

Reserved:

Mr. Fred Shaw, a Cheshire sportsman and friend of McAvoy, announced recently his willing

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with

FRANCES DEE

BILLIE

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GINGER ROGERS BRUCE CABOT

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CLUB'S SENIOR ELEVEN.

The following have been selected to

Mr. "Jimmy" Johnston, who not having a very successful time at Madison square Garden, is very much interested in the match anil has cabled an offer to McAvoy play for the Hongkong Hockey Club this flatic plum will not lightly be in their match against the 1st. Batt. Aurrendered by Manchester, and South Wales Borderers on the Club London, too, in the person of Mr. Ground at 5 pm. to-day:-C. L. Gre deff Dickson, will bid for 18,

gory: 4. Hodger (Cant.) and E. V. Reed; G. Sommers, W. A. Reed and J. L.. Tetley: N. A. E. Mackny. II. O. Brantble. A: T. Lag, A. A. R. Rotelho McAvoy's future so far as the fand J. W. Pote-IIunt, English boxers of his class href concerned is deckedly dismal.

THE BRITISH TITLE.

He is due to defend his British

championship against At Burke, IN DEFENCE OF THE

the London-born Australian, whom he will stop in quick time. But after that, what then?

There is not an English-born 1st. 6lb. man worth match.ng with McAvoy. Even Marcel Thil, the official world champion, Inking will have none of him.

America claims Yarosz as the champton, he having beaten Vince Dundee, so that IF McAvoy can get A verdlet over him it will mean, something. Thil would have 1 fight him then.

YOUNG INDIANS

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BUTE

the most serious step of abandoning the game, the sentenre of eight weeks on Mr. Baker indeed anlast and not in aceorikaneg with the severity of the alleged faut. Perhaps this only shows the preju d'eed mentality of the Emergency Committee, and it would be interest- Ing to know if the some WAITINK McAvoy is one of the fittest men to any of the ahogy ily, a la pur given the Young Indians was given in England non-smoker and friend "Veritas" could enlighten us testotaller, though he is the pro-en-this point:

prietor of a public-house-and huj

is rated so highly by his backurai NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE. that they are sincero in their bel lief that he can beat Jack Peter-

дел.

Young Indians did it more as an act In withdrawing from the league the

of desperation forced on by the atti tude estiunonāļu wanted ber the

"Pa" Petersen scoffed at this Emergency Committee rather then as proposal when it was first made.an set of heroism. They were left but, McAvoy's representative in- with no other alternative but to with formed me that their £1,000 draw from the league. challenge to Petersen still holds i good.

By the way, the writer can recall an occasion on which a very pro- Personally, I am more interesteminent soccer club once, tied in the Yarosz proposal, and it is with the dietson af commitire ne to be hoped the present negotia-tongue and considerable influence was the Association, withdrew from the tions will be successful.

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