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France Expects

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1986.

To Win Two Olympic Boxing Titles

HOPES ON LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT AND

FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS

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Two Olympic boxing titles are Olymple post and possibly an Olym-1 the team. The already counted upon as the pro-pic victory. He

latter is not very perty of France when her team, of with either hand and is unusually fint, is pressing him closely for the hard hitter sure for Jean Despeaux, the latest boxera meet the world's best amateur wily for an amateur,

past; sluggers at the Berlin Games in August.

The two boxers who are, expected

to turn the trick are veterans us for

NOT A LARGE TEAM France will not send a large team a non-professionals are concerned to Berlin, Rousseau said that only for both of them, took part in the even men would be sent to, the Inst Olympics at Los Angeles in 1932. German capital, which is one re- The first, light heavyweight Roger presentative from each class except Michelot lost in the final and was the heavyweight. There is no man crowned European Ch While "worthy of representing lils country dyweight Gaston

As the team will not be designated may happen between now and then. unil the last week in July anything All of them have plenty of fighting to do in the next two months and as prospects may forge ahead of the some lads not heretofore considereit present favoured ones.

was in this class”. andly reflected the Rousseau told United Press that climinated in the first round by the French president.

all of the kely prospects will be Hungurlan Stephen Enakes,

who

While no great hope is lield out seat to the military camp at Join- went on to win the Olymple title. for the other five men of the team, ville, on the outskirts of Paris, in In 1931 Michelot went to Chicago they are nevertheless counted upon July where they will undergo In- with a French team and won Ue to make a creditable showing with tensive training. During the last

two of them looked upon as semi-week, Golden Gloves title.

he said, the team Analisis and finalists.

will be These two are picked and "they will be sent to featherweight. Robert Wagner and Berlin on the 20th in order to give lightweight Francois Aupelit, both them a full_week__to_adjust them- of them champlong in their respec-selves and become acclimatized to tive categories.

the new conditions. One thing you my boys get into the ring in Berlin can be sure of. That is that when they will give a good. account of themselves for French fighters have always done well in foreign rings,"

GREATLY IMPROVED "These two-men have improved greatly since 1932," Paul Rousseau, president of the French Boxing Federation, told United Press. While the game and succeeded to the title Wagner is a comparatively new in it la risky to make any predictions held in 1935 by Robert Peyre, who so far ahead of time and without was not able to defend it. Both personally knowing the foreign fighters,

I conndently expect these men are on a par but it is far more kely that Wagner will be picked two youngsters to give a good acto go to Berlin. Despite his lack count of themselves and possibly of experience Wagner is fast, strong score triumphs for France in Ber-and very game. These qualifles

In

Some newspapermen and critics are more outspoken than Rousseau and confidently count upon. Miche- lot and Fayaud to

the

win.

coupled with the fact that he is a southpaw may decide the issue in his favour,

Aupetit won the title for the first Of the two Faynud is undoubted a full year away he might be in- lime this year. If the games were ly the classier fighter. In March he cluded with Fayaud and Michelot. won the French flyweight crown for He was the revelation of the season fourth successive time and in but is still too cruds to get by the April won the British crown for the strong foreign competition in Berlin. second year running. Foyaud, who Is 20, is fast, clever and boxes with plon, will have to

Roger Triiz, middleweight chum- to fight it out with the surencsa of a professional. In Jean Andreotti for the Olympic post. winning the British title in 1935, he Tritz successfully defended his accomplished something that other

no in a very close fight from Andreotti, Frenchman had ever done As Tritz, because of his style of before.

Michelot is the more experienced very popular, here it is quite likely boxing-holding and stalling-is not and has been light heavy-weight champion for six years. Despite his that the younger Andreotti will be outstanding class he had to give lits picked for the team.

best to eke out a close victory against Jean Deguerre, France's latest find.

Pierre

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tile

It was his experience that proved

Bonnet, bantamweight the deciding factor and it is this champion, and Robert Grante, mid- experience that will win him hisdleweight titleholder, may round out

SPORT ADVTS.

THE HONG KONG

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Sixth Extra Race Meeting, 1936.

The

postponed from Monday, 1st June, The Second day of the above, will be held (weather permitting) on Saturday, 6th June, 1936. p.m. and the rat race will be run First Bell will be rung at 1.30

at 2.00 p.m.

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Sculptors of ancient Gresce would have found a striking model for their Olymple statues In this action picture of Clarice Kennedy, champion women's hurdler of Australia, taking a fence during a recent meet in Adelaide, South Australia,

FRENCH OLYMPIC SWIMMING PROSPECTS VERY BLACK

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Paris. The spring-board diving assignment Her sister Therese, who will be France's Olympic swimming fe is inferior to Henri Poussard, metre back-strokes, has 1 21" as her will be handled by Roger Heinkele. France's representative for the 100- hopes have always been rather French champlon who recently re- fastest time. The third swimmer, black. This year they

are tired and who finished seventh at Los 10-year-old Louisette Fleunet blacker than ever.

Angeles. The other distances and turned in 5' 47" for the 400-metre Jean Taris, the best French swim-

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mer extant, took second place in the Prospects of a woman's triumph qualify these girls for the semi finals 400 metre free-style event at Lonare al dimmer, with the excellent in Berlin. Angeles in 1032, If he finishes as foreld of American and up as fourth in Berlin in August, his swimmers will be making their Olym- Roby Prier and a 400-metre four- murs as opposition. France's women Spring-board champion Mme. S. A. SLEAR,

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woman relay, which will probably in- Considering the exceptional, Actg. Secretary.minde by American and Japanese pate in the 100-metre free-style, has Fleuret, will round out the women's progress Reno Blondeau, who will partici- clude the Blondeau elsters and Mile. Hongkong, 2nd June, 1936. swimmers since the last Olympics, only 1 8.8" to show for her best time. trum.-United Press.

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Taris, if anything, has deteriorated.

The one straw of hope to which the French cling is a ponible Olympic victory by their water-polo team, The Federation officials say there is a good chance for victory in Berlin but with the same breath they admit the existence of high grade competition. The last time the French sent a water-polo team to the Games, they won the Olympic title. That was back in 1924. Hungary won it in 1932 and is a heavy favourite to re.overywhere except on the green. In peat. Germany, Belgium and Hol-fact, at the start of the round she land, at worst can still be considered even holed some good putts and the

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to halve her match. Her long putt. nearly went down, but she missed the return, and there was Great Bri- tain urgently needing the only re- maining match out to halve on the Miss Jessie Anderson, after win-

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on a par with the French seam. The match was square with five holes ning the first hole in a great 3, had Federation's hope is not likely to be played. Then after reaching the been last heard of 2 down with 0 to realized.

long 7th In two impressive shots slie play; later news still was of her took 3 putts and allowed Mrs. Vare bunkered at the 16th. But she came to emerge from the deep gulicy on Gut grandly, and holed a 3-yarder to the left to snatch a

half. Three putts win it in 3, Mrs. Cheney unaccount- France's swimming teain to Berlin again at the 8th, where Mrs. Vare ably taking three putts. All square will probably not exceed a dozen com made one suffice, three again at the and the 17th halved.

Both nteely petitors men and women included. This is partly due to lack of funds and, and instead of being 2 up. Miss on the 18th in 3. Mrs. Cheney, pul-

Morgan was

1 down. Her 4 at the ting first. put her eight-yarder stone to lack of first class swimming 10th squared-matters,- for Mrs,- Vare cleach-Miss Anderson-was left-with- The most notable absentee will be had three putts there, but after that one a trifle shorter for her match and Great Britain's hall. Shc Jacques Cartonnet, until recently the Miss Morgan could not win another

studied it just long enough, struck it holder of two world's records: the hole, und Mrs. Vare won

perfectly, and it dropped. 200-yard and 200 metre breaststroke richly deserved by 3 and 2. marks. Strongheaded, lazy but pleas. D

Mrs. Holm, meanwhile, had only sant, he has been consistently in hot played one bad shot and one bad water with the Federation: At pre- hole against Miss Patty Berg. Mrs. sent he is very much in that body's Holm was level 4's, omitting the 3th, bad graces.

and was one of the only players all to make up. day to reach the long short 14th into Repeated failures pearances at meets at which he was the teeth of the ever-strengthening scheduled to swim forced the Federa- wind, from the tee. Still all square. tion take sanctions against him. Neys drifted across the hills that Furthermore he has always shown Mrs. Gazon was ievel 4's too, was 3 strong antipathy against systematic up, d up, and then the joyful fact training methods, which further irrit-appeared in person. She had won 7 ated the august body. The final and 5. blow was Carlonnet's ultimatum that

But MIs Barion was 2 down by he would gladly represent France at then to Miss Glutting, and there the Olympics, but only on his own were only five holes "left to play. 380 W, Morgan © Mr. E, H. Väre, 3/2 1 terms. Naturally the Federation has Miss Barton attacked bravely then, Mm. A. M. Holm. 4/3 3 Har P. J. Berg..? decided not to include him on the down in one putt to win the 14th, Mr. J. 1. Walker & Mrs, 3. D. Crews, i up

Sth P. Barton... Mim C. Glutting, 1 up ! got LEATH.

nearly holed a chip at the 15th, won J. Andean, 1 un 1 Mr. L. D. Cheney Taria, whose test time for the 400-the 10th and went to the last hole Mr. M. Gazon, 7/61 Mrs. 0, 5. Hill .......... metre free-style is 4 47, will be only 1 down. But a pulled second France's representative in this event. and gorse bush meant she could do He is by far Europe's best swimmer****

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at this distance but tha: bit of glary ne more than halve, the hole, and won't get him for against the Amer there was the whole match stand- can and Japanese avlmmers, Tarising square

APPOINTMENT AUTHORISED Mrs. Walker had been believed to will also participate in the four-pion

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emes, 3 down and 4 to go. 800-metre relay. The other three

Washington, June 1. swimmers are Alfred Nacache, Marco But all her fighting Irish: blood rose

The House of Representatives has Drener and Rose Cavalers. Their then, whilst Mirs, Crews had become passed and sent to Fresident Rouse best time is 9" 20". If they Anish miserably chilled with the ever-in-velt for signature the Bill authoris among the first six, said a member creasing wet and cold; they came to ing the appointment of an acting of the Federation, we consider that the last green with every chance of United States High Commissioner in progress."

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