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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1938.

TWO SURPRISES REGISTERED AT FOREST HILLS

K.O.. for the B.B.B.Q

G

ENTLEMEN,-You must

know that nearly every-

thing is wrong with pre- sent-day professional boxing. How much are you to blame for the muddlo Into which it has drifted?

Let me take your minds back to the March of 1929, when the asso- ciation was launched as the British Boxing Board of Control. I know that the constitution and regula- tions were framed after much arduous work. A limited number of stowards were appointed; men famous in many of the profcasions. but few intimately connected with professional boxing.

Every name was meant to carry prestigel Legal "big shots" like the late Sir Henry Curtis Bennett, K.C., Mr. Roland OHver, K.C., Sir Walter T. Monckton, K.C., that well-known racing oficial, Bir William Bass, Viscount Scarsdale, Earl of Drogheda and many others.

We were told--and were ready to believe it-that the newly-created body was not only going to control and safeguard boxing, but to clean it up. But it is now in a worse condition than ever. During the forty years that I have been Rctively and intimately connected with pugilism it has never been in such a low plight.

BOXING to-day is less a sport and more a racket than any other gate- money spectacle. Revolt is scoth- ing in the ranks, open antagoniam in various quarters.

Preliminary boxers declare that they can only a scant plitance after the rake-off has been col- lected; contenders become "fed up

"because of the dilly-dallying, with the never-ending series of eliminating contests.

Then, again, there is the impresario, the big-night chief, without whom big nurses would not be possible. Most

such men, from what they have told me, are more than dissatisfied with the tax imposition they are compelled to pay.

This, of course, is a matter of opinion. If promoters are to be given the protection of a governing body then, the latter say, they must make a contribution to the financial chest, but I have yet to learn what benefits the promoter recalves for paying the tax. It certainly would be of interest to know.

It may be argued from your stand. point that a dearth of talent in mainly responsible for the depression in box- office attractions. There is, unques tlonably, poverty among most of the different weights. Yet what is being dono by your Board to encourage youngsters?

YOUR essential regula- tions are for the control of boxing...to promoto and safeguard the interests of tho British professional baxors throughout the world. But you have also pledged yourselves in your printed "objects to 44- courage professional boxing in the United Kingdom.

How have you carried out tha promise? The boxing pubile-those who, through the newspapers, follow the careers of the fighters and those who give their practical support at the box-office-would be glad to be en - lightened.

Timo and again readers of the

Tommy Farr wearing the Lonsdale delt after he had just won it,

OPEN LETTER

to the Stewards of the British Boxing Board of Control by the "Daily Herald" Boxing Expert.

"Dally Herald " have written strongly protesting about the alleged Star Chamber" methods

of the Board. Many on Merzey- nide were Indignant and disgusted, for instance, when the former schoolboy champlon, Chris.

Ginger" Foran, was denied the opportunity of meeting Jolinny McGrory, Glasgow holder of the British feather-weight champion-

ship, after Foran had decisively beaten the title-holder.

That affair was a bad break for one of the most gentlemanly hoxers in Britain. In the provinces the attitude of the Board was severely criticised.

Then again, the recent suspension of the American. Phil Zwick, has created a grent amount of bitter resetilment in New York. Two of the most pro- minent newspaper critics, Dan Parker and Nat Fleischer, have since used The Btrange Case of Phù Zwick to taunt the British with their peculiar sense of fairplay.

To me this was one of the most mysterious suspensions of a boxer. He wan not only one of the most popular Americans to reside in England, but had the support of many influential people. Yel Zwick'a, aentence was carried out after his appeal had been dismissed.

THE stewards may be in- different

to the opinion of that usually honest critic, the "man in the street." If they are, lat

5 me tell them they are riding for a fali,

It would have been much better for overybody concerned if the Board had frankly published the reasons why Zwick was penalised so drastically.

Before he left England Zwick called to tell me in most emphatic language that the Board would be sick and sorry for suspending an innocent man. From his evidence he apparently had not broken any regulation; but the Board must, and did, have a reason for Ils decision.

Why did the Board refrain from publishing its reason, as when dismis ing the appeal of Tommy Farr? Bup- pression of дета ด nobody's interest.

in

The National Boxing Association- formerly the National Union of Boxera -claims that it came into existence because your Board Ignored the Interests of the underdogs of baxing, There is a great deal, of truth in the nssertion.

The N.B.A. wanted to co-opérate with you. For reasons you believe to be against your constitution you turned them down. This is another of your decisions that I feel sure you will one day regret. The N.B.A. in won many sympathikers to its cause.

Now I am in full agreement with many of your legislative decisions. Control-completely impartial control

HOME Polo Star SOCCER Serving A

Prison Team

RESULTS

Leicester Rogistor Second Victory

London, Sept. 12.

match of the reason in the

Washington, Sept. 6.

-is essential for such a difficult business as professional boxing.

I can assure you that I am not in Aunt Bally "fan." Mine has been a Metime spent with boxing and boxers, The great majority are very human, decent living men whose ambition is to make their familles as comfortable as they possibly can. The few irrespon- sibles bring unfair discredit on boxing as a whole.

British boxing. I maintain, would become brighter and more entertaining If the so-called eliminating series were scropped.

And scrap also the rule-ridiculous In my contention-liat "a champion shall not be called upon to defend his title until the expiration of six months from the date of winning or success. fully defending the title."

THE Golden Age of box- ing was brought about by champions fighting for titles as often as opponents could be found for them. Both Jim Driscoll and Jimmy Higgins won outright Lonsdale belts within one year!

Take a concrete case now. If Dave Crowley had to defend bis light-weight title_ni_all times what a blaze of excitement he would cause to flare i the South.

Think of those two lusty young chal- lengers, Erle Boon

Arthur BR Balir, walling for a tilt at the ebampion's crown-and thousands of young sparismen craving for these

natches!

Yet Crowley may take advantage of the rules and rightly refuse to defen his championship until the end of the year. He will try to make capital out of the title, although, knowing him as I do the Clerkenwell boxer" "wouldn' mind if he were fighting either boy at the end of this month.

And again, those irritating: "ellmi- nators "I I know that the majority of night followers look upon theso long-drawn-out affairs as pure farce. Most of them are. My suggestion that "eliminators" should

dis- carded and championship contender competitions at various weights staged to start and finish inside a month.

YES, I know that boxers' managers will object But who cares? It is the public that must be studied, not merely boxers or their agents, Think of the national interest that would be awakened in boxing if wo had at least two title fights every month.

And will the Stewards consider the necessary question of looking after the interests of the young aspirants? It baffles me to know why the Board con- tinues to allow six-round fighters to have managers who do not understand the elemeninls of a boxer's training.

They represent and branch of the chiselling service Will the Stewards hold an Inquiry about this great #busc? reply.

We are waiting for their

Jimmy Butler.

As 1. See Sport

By "Abe"

AMERICAN

PORTUGAL LOOKS PLAYER IS

Helen Jacobs

SET FOR BOWLS DEFEATED INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT

the

WHEN one looks back von

record of ta Club do

Shield.

Recreio in local Lawn Bowls com- petitions, one cannot help wondering why Portugal has never been able to win the International presented by Mr. L. A. Gutierrez, member of the in commemora-

Club, in tion of his success in the Open Singles championship in 1932. There are enough Portuguese players from whom to choose a rink good enough

ENGLISH

RACING

CALL-OVER

to carry off the tournament; but Cambridgeshire And

comehow in the years that the Shield has been up for competition,

the right combination has not yet been found. This year, the For-

Cesarewitch

London, Sept. 12.

tuguese Selectors hit upon the idea The following in the call-over for of changing their players in the the Cambridgeshire: various matches. Not a very good

but it

method, admittedly, 13

now

has

The

worked, and

in the Anal with Scotland as her opponent. Will this be Portugal's year? six players who have represented Portugal in the two matches she has played have certainly been showing impressive form, and they need only to produce the same standard to be sure of victory: especially in view

of the fact that Scotland only just scraped through against what is generally regarded as a wenk Chi team. Certainly the

Scots will

to improve appreciably if they ex- pect to bent Portugal in the final and thus put Scotland's name on the trophy for the second time. Judging by the form of the respective rinks in the earlier rounds, Portugal seems to have more

thrin fifty chance of winning the trophy at Inst. And if she does, there be no happier man than Mr. Gutierrez, the donor, who has waited In vain these five years to see his country's name engraved on the Shield.

A Wasted Green

win

HE excellent performance of the Chinese rink against Scotland in the semi-hols on Sunday recolls the failure of the attempt mudel during the last

two years by the Chinese R.C. to interest Ueir mem- bers in the

.A game. very ane green has been laid at Causeway Bay at considerable expense

but

13/1 Domlaha (0), 100/8 (t)

300/0 Agincourt (0)

2011 Gainly (0)

2/1 Bombay Duck (o)'

20/4 Micholimy tot

25/1 Carlinie (0)

25/1 Zatris fol

23/1 Loll (0)

23/1 Couvert (0) 25/1 Daytona (o) 25/1 Foxitove (o)

24/ Sonsalvo (0)

23/1 Inalibufiin (0)

25/1 Pacioula (0)

23/1 Artists Price fo)

31/1 Golden Saverelņu (t, and a.)

331 Tankerlan, fo)

33/1 Cherioptie (0)

33/1 Sen Bequest (a)

23/1 Mannance (o)

33/1 San Miguel (0) 33/1 Bamtapa (t, and o.) 33/1 Dan Bulger (o)

33/11 Kar (9), 40/1 (1). 40/1 Quarter Maltro (0), Gó/1 (0) 40/1 ton (0), 45/1 (1) 40/1 Khasnader (0), 45/1 (5

CESAREWITCH

Reuter

London, Sept. 12.

The following is the call-over for

the Cesarewiteli:

100/0 Epigram (o)

In Silpon to

30/1 Bnfpewood (0)

20/1 Punch (0)

20/1 Fet to).

20/1 Sanke Lightning (o)

20/ Michoumy (0) 25/1 Celibate (0)

23/1 Nanield (of

23/1 Near Stolation (o)

2 Trevisani (0) 25/1 Marcu Superbus (0) 25/1 Bultol (D)

25/1 Faring_(0) 25/1 Naval Display (a) 33/1 Harewood (0) 33/1 Valerian (0) 33/1 Benor (0) her 3 Winnebar (0)

40/1

to the Club; for all the use that has been made of it since it was

It was ready for play, it might never have been lold at all! Members of the

any

seem Club

to have

Dotree (0)

-Router.

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ONE BASEBALL TIE DECIDED

to be far too keen on tennis and their

amusements indoor time to

to spare for bowls. It is pity. For with the aptitude of the Chiffcar to shine in any new kind of ball-game, I am sure that in a short time, the Chinese R.C.

New York, Sept. 12. would be able to turn out players Baseball League to-day, the Detroit Only one match was played in the

as good as those of any other club Tigers beating Chicago White Sox

in the Colony. When the green was by 4-3 in the American circui being Jald, It was generally under-

stood by all local bowlers that to

their ranks would shortly be added Chicago members from the CRC. and that Detroit

R. H. E.

3

D

4

7

homered (Greenberg

for the

tho Club would participate in the League during the 1938 scoson. However, owing to the inck of en-Tigers).-Reuter. thusiasm shown by the Chinese, all these expectations have come to nought and a fine green is wasted.

I am now told that since there is ittle likelihood of the members taking

up the

game, a suggestion has been put forward to re-convert the green into tennis courts! To outsiders, it is dimcult to understand why the green was even laid if the members were not keen at all on the Whether it is true or not, I game.

In cannot say, but I have been in- formed by £1 member that the

game wis never given a really fair trial. A few have gone on the green and rolled a few,

tl were bow woods, but as nearly

attain

they could not any great measure of skill and gradually the game, never at ume really popular with the mem- meny bets, died A natural death: What a shame that such a splendid green 13 this should be allowed to run to seed! There are many clubs in Hongkong which would give a to have the space and the money to lay down a green like this; and yet, with one all ready for them, mem- bers of the C.R.C, studiously avoid

Attempt On Capt. Eyston's Speed Record Hockey Visit Possiblo

The War Department disclosed to- John Cobb Fails By day that Capt. McDonald Jones, star A Narrow Margin

polo player, began serving a five-

First convicted

and

lot

N item in a recent Straits paper A reveals that apart from a visli from the Hongkong Aren hockey team, Singapore is also expecting an year term in the Federal penitentiary Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, Sept. 12. severni of India's Olymple team, to

Indian

containing louring side, at Atlanta, Ga, last

Capt. Jones was dishoomly dis- |

John Cobb, driving a 2,000-pass through, that clly this year. It' Leicester City won their second tilted at Fort Bliss,

charged from the Army, court-mar-power Railton car, narrowly falled seems that the Indian players are

and to break the former world record set to make a tour of Japan and it

probable therefore that on their attempted of

felony, up by Captain Eyston who recently | WO

will visit Division of the English Foolball conduct prejudicial to good order established the 345.49 miles per hour way to that country they League to-day, beating Birmingham discipline

Singapore. If they alay and conduct unbecom-

long at home by the odd goal in three.

matches were played in the ing an officer and a gentleman. The mark. Cobb averaged 342.52 duringį enough in Singapore, it is hoped to arrange a game between them and Second Division, both resulting in War Department declined to elaboran early morning run here to-day, nor

averaging 343.8 on the southward local talent. This news should be draws.

run and 341.6 on the northward run. of interest to Colony hockey players Cobb stated later that he would because if the Indians pass through 2 Shefeld U. certainly try again since the damp-Singapore they probably will also

in which case in the northern section of the Third THIRD DVISION (SOUTH)

ness of the flats certainly slowed the touch Hongkong,

the visitors and a Division.

Bristol E.

• Aldershot

car up considerably. The car was game between THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)

perfectly satisfactory.

team selected from the Colony may Halifax

be fixed up. Of course, nothing de Bradford:U Doncaster

Rochdale

Captain Eyston, who told of the finite is yet known by the hockey 4 Barrow

attempt, did not disclose if he had authorities, in Singapore, who are Lincoln

New Brighton of further plans for establishing a new only hoping that the game will come Barndey Rotherhaa

1} record-Router - Svecial.

Two

ate on the case.-United Press.

As a result of winning their away match against Rotherham, Barnsley have gone to the head of the table | Tottenhäm

Results of matches played to-day. were:

FIRST DIVISION

~3 Difmingham ·3 | Hull

ELSECOND DIVISION

: 0' Burnley

*

about.

Also Beaten

Cricket

G.

Australians Not Doing Too Well

London, Sept. 12.

At Scarborough to-day, Mr. li. D. Leveson Gower's XI declared their first innings ut 383 for eight wickets in reply to the Australian tourists' total of 300.

Forest Hills, N.Y., Sept. 12. Two surprisen were registered to day In the American National tennis

Joe Hardstaff, the English ·Test championships now in progress here batsinan, scored 108 for Mr. Leveson

In Ue fourth round of the men'a Gower's team, while Leonard Hut- singles, Gilbert Hunt defeated Bobby ton, the record-breaker, made 73 Riggs, the American Davis Cup play- and Maurice Leyland 61. er, by 0-2, 0-0, 0-7, 0-0, 0-4.

W. J. O'Rally took four wickets.

In the third round of the women's for 75 runs. championship, Mlas Margol Lumb, Going in agoln, the Australlana of Great Britain, beat Aliss Helen had not yet scored when stumps Jacobs, the Wimbledon runner-up, were drawn. by 7-5, 6-2.

E. L. McCormick, the Australian Miss Jacobs, who fjured her fast bowler, pulled a leg muscle to- ankle during the Wimbledon tournay and may not take further part in ment, showed no trace of her injury the match.-Reuter, when the Forest Hills championships

commenced.--Reuter,

In the third round of the women's

United Press adds that Misy Lumb Gene Mako beat Punccc 0-2, 6-4, was amazingly speedy on the fore-0-7. hand, and was inagnificent in her volteying, smashing and service. She never let Miss Jacobs get set, and singles, Miss Nancy Wynne, of Aus- wrecked the methodical crafty game tralia, defeated Miss Helen Pedersen of the latter.

6-6, 3-6, 6-1; Madame Mathieu, of France, beat Miss Gracyn Wheeler In the fourth round, Joe Hunt -4, 6-1; and Miss Dorothy Bundy defeated Yvon Petra, of France, 6-4, beat Mrs. H. O. Hopman, of Aus- -1-6, 0-1, 0-7 in a two-hour, battle, tralin, 6-4, 0-1.

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