1939-01-25 — Page 32

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January 25, 1939.

ODDS HEAVILY IN FAVOUR OF LOUIS DEATH OF FOOTBALL

IN HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT

Critics Think Challenger Has

No Change At All

Now York, Jan. 24.

Joe Louis, the heavyweight champion of the world, remaina a prohibitive favourite for to-morrow night's fight at Madison Square Gardens against John Henry Lewis, the challenger.

-Chinese Net

Stars Plan Trip South

Shanghai Players For South Seas

Sports, writers are all wondering why sonic 18,000 boxing fans will pay about $100,000 to see what they con- sider a sure thing." They feel that perhaps the fans want to see the champion cut down his opponent, or perhaps the fans think John Henry can land on Joe's gloss Jaw, although this seem very unlikely.

The odds at the moment are 10-1 on Louis winning; 4-1 that John Henry will not last until the end; 2-1 that John Henry will be knocked out before the niith round; and even money that he will be linocked out before the Bfth round.

NO CHANCE

Although the challenger has never

LOUIS v. LEWIS-Joe Louis, lefl, heavyweight boxing champlon been knneked out in 90 professional or the world, will meet John Henry Lewis, right, the light-heavyweight fight, erities give him virtually no elampion, at Madison Square Gardens to-night for the former's title. chance. They believe he lacks a punch, and they also know that he This is the first time two ruloured fighters have been matched for the

heavyweight championship. will be giving the champion at least 17 pourals.

Moreover, John Henry has lost

Shanghai Several well-known Chinere tenals players are reported to be about to leave on a tour of the South Sen Islands, mys the Shany-one of his previous dazzling speed, hai Times. The team, six in num- ber, also plans to give a series of exhibitions at various cities In South China, Malaya and Java.

Members of the team include Itubert Poker" Tong and Harold

and for this reason he rasy be an sy target for Joe Louis's lethal right, which has ended the hope of so many wouki-be champions before.-- United Press.

BOTH CONFIDENT

New York, Jan. 24,

K. F. Li, who won the Shanghai Joe Louis is a 7-1 on favourite to Doubles Championskrip Jost season. beat John Henry Lewis, light heavy- These two players have also re-weight champion, in the first "all-i presented Shanghal In Interportblack" world heavyweight champion- tennis-against Tientsin last senton.

ship Aght in the history of Madison Other members of the party

If Lewis Tsai Kuo-chi, Wel Chen-using, WSquare Garden to-morrow.

wins it will be the first Ume_in_40 Shih-tun ond Hsu Pel-ise. The con-

years that a heavyweight title has) tingent will sul on January 25 for changed hands in an indoor fight. Hongkong where they will give an exhibition, before proceeding 10 Singapore.

Further details of the

Itinerary have not been revealed. Whether they are making the tour on thel nwn hittative, by are being financed by some organisation, hus" also not been made public.

BROADCAST ON INTERNATIONAL RUGGER MATCH

Scotland v. Wales

Scotland and Wales will meet on

- the Rugby teld for the Aftieth' Bre on February 4 (the field, this year, being Cardiff Aring Park), and once again oversen listeners will be able to watch the game through eyes of

The majority of critics predict an early kunck-out for Louis, but Lewis who is confident of outboxing the champion, anticipates a victory en points.

Here And There

With "Abe".

Boxing History Will Be Written This Evening

OBJECTIONS

LEAGUE PRESIDENT MOURNED IN ENGLAND

London, Jan, 12.

Mr. Charles E. Sutcliffe, president of the Football League and for many years one of the leading legislators in the game, died at

old.

TO RELEASE. his home at Rawenstall, Lancashire, last night. He was 73 years

OF BARNES

Board's Attitude To Player's Contract

Sydney, Dec. 24. The feeling among Victorian mem- bern of the Board of Control is that S. Barnes, the New South Wales Teal batsman, will not be released from bls contract not return to England within two years of the last Test team to play cricket; and if a motion is moved at the board meeting next Thursday to grant his application for release, it will not be carried.

He had been a vice-preslètent of jed as a policeman. It was not sur- the Football Association since 1910, prising that he took a large part in and during his distinguished career the formation of the Referees' Union, he had taken part in every phase of of which he became the first preal- the game as player, referee, direc- dent. Mr. Sutcliffe afterwards re- tor, and legislator. It was he who presented Burnley at annual meet- kept Association football going during of the ing the War, and it can be said that joining the Management Committer, his whole life was devoted, to the of which he was the game. Last May he was made a life in 1008, he missed only one member of the Management Com- in the course of 30 years. He was mittee of the Football League.

Football

League,

and

oldest

member,

meeting

elected president in 1930, when Mr. John McKenna died. On many Perhaps Mr. Sutellife will be best occasions he was appointed legal remembered as the man who, natur- adviser in big football cases. ally trained in law, complied the in- The compilation of the fixture was triente fixture Usts for the 88 Foot-his areatest and most trying task in ball League clubs. Ife

the

Cen recent years. Mr. Sutcliffe had his trul gure in the controversy, be- own system, with special maps and tween the Football League

and the It Barnes were to go to England to Football Pools orgmitation, which charts. In addition to fixing the play ericket next year in deflance of in February, 1936, and fasted League games for 88 clubs, he ar the Board, it was stated yesterday, for more than a month while fixtures and London Combination, all without ranged these for the Central League official representations would be were withheld

from the public and made to the cricket authorities in clubs until the last moment. No one clashing. Actually he had to r has played a more vital role in the range something like 3,000 Axtures and control of the game each year, and these could not be organization and Barnes signed the contract and he than Mr. Sutcliffe. He began his but the clubs moving from knew what he was

burn of dotug," said a member of the Board. "We "won't

long: association with football when

Mr. Sutcliffe's scheme of compil- be able to hold a first-class cricketer he played for Burnley as a Rugby en section to another.

half-back. When Burnley changed in the Football League fixtures will in Australia if this sort of thing is fa

over to Association footbail Mr. Sute carried on. Three years ago the aliowed to go on."

eliffe continued playing for them. League entered into an agreement and he afterwards joined the com- with Mr. Sutcliffe, and his only sur- Initter and became one of the first viving son, largid, to continue the dirtelors.

fixtures for 10 years. system of Afterwaris, the copyright of the fix- the Football

England to bon him.

It was revealed yesterday that some concern is fell anyong members of the Board at the general atitude of players toward their English tour contracts. The agitation to have the wives of some of them in England this year, notwithstanding the pro- hibitory clause in the contract, is quoted as a casc in point. The desire to return to England is -

other.

It is felt that the Board might as well abolish the contract entirely as suspend its provisions to suit every

ndividual case,

H Square Gardens to-night better qualified to challenge the bouts ready and if any of the pre-

ron

Burman-but

that the promoters contest he feli men should have three or four emergency A crowd of about 20,000 is expect- TISTORY will be made at Madi- in the heavyweight Geld are | od," Odds of 1 are beina orted

against Lewis standing on his feet at when, for the first time in the annals champion-men like Tony Galento, liminary bouts are very poor, the out and the end of the flight.

of boxing two coloured fighters Max Baer (whose come-back is an fighters should be stun

brought in. He also "Lewis weighs about 185 lb and is

will meet for the heavyweight

of the waste of time beat Tommy Farr, and Red complained In splendid condition. His managers' championship of the world. This mpressive one), Lou Nova, who re- two new ones

main fight comes in by! a fight between the two when the consker in capable of outboxing another indication of the supremacy}rocs who are slated to take the introducing various

boxing celebri Loula, who may be handicapped by which coloured men are his lack of actual fisting practice as pugilistic circles. Joe Louis holds spotlight tonight was bound to come ties of the past and by the referee calling the fighters together und he has not fought since he knocked the heavyweight title, John Henry sooner or later, and it is better for out Max Schmeling lust year.

have heard a hundred times. Ile "If the fight goes the full distance, Lewis, the challenger to-night. Is the it to take place now, when one of giving them a lecture which they added that there are a lot of other as I think i will. I will just the Joe

holds the welterweight

things too of which he complained and said the promoters should get

out."—Renter.

Soccer Matches At Home

London, Jan. 24. Grimsby entered the fifth round of

assuming in

10-

wise.

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will fures

pass

to

REFEREES' PRESIDENT As a referee he once sent off five Longue, and fixture-making may players in a match at Burnley, the then be dene at the Lengue offer game eventually bring undnished, unless a new arrangement is made. and or another occasion, in a League Mr. Sutcliffe received a fixed sum match at. Blackburn, he disallowed of £3 from each club a season as seven goals before allowing che. It an acknowledgment and to was said of him that he once got out expenses. This payment will con- of the ground at Sunderland disguis- | thule to the end of the ten years.

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Arthur Danahar Scores Another Victory Via The Knock-Out Route

By Harold Lewis

London, Dec. 20.

Arthur Dañahar, chief challenger to Eric Boon for the British lightweight championship, gained another spectacular victory last night in the National Sporting Club tournament at Earl's Court when he beat Billy Murdoch, of Whitehaven, the referee stopping the fight in the third round.

that veteran of the commentator the F. A. Cup to-day when in fighters who are well on their way opponent inasmuch as he is the suggested on the lines of the Davis fight. Murdoch was scarcely half eventually in the seventh,

replay against Millwall in the fourth round they won on their own ground by 3-2.

up to the top rungs of the tht game A Gamble?

In the First Diviston of the Sentiish League, Hearts, at home, WHEN the fight between Louis and drew with St. Mirren 1-1-Reuter.

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up and outbox hitn," declared Lewis, "usan lumpion; while Henry them holds the title.

Louls said "It is going to be a real and lightweight illes. ad Am-Both Confident fight. I expect to win by a knock-strong not relinquished the feather-

would still weight

lic crown,

be porn men are confident of win- triple champion now.

Furthermore, Larry Galns, the coloured Canadian,ning. This is not suprising it Badminton Tour

would have been had one expressed matched at 37 years of age, has been British his doubt of his ability to beat the with Len Harvey for the

other.

Murdoch. had been knocked down track affair, Villar's single thought As only to be expected. the first English badminton tour and is champion is the heavyweight championship, and

favourite for to-

of Australia and New Zealand for counts of nine and seven seconds, being to land under the heart and even conceded a good chance of

the challenger has been sanctioned for 1940 by the and when he staggered to his feet Delaney's to evade the blow and winning it. Besides those already night's bout, but

Badminton Association. Internn- from the second of these Mr. C. D. catch hin opponent with a short right thinks

to out-box that he will be able to

tional

badminton competitions named, there are still other coloured

re Thomas quile rightly stopped the hook to the Jaw. He succeeded faster man his feet. Lewis, for bax, Captain If, B. T. Wakelam.

all bin coolness in the ring, must be Cup in lawn tennis. About twenty conscious and in no lit state to con-

countries, including the Dominions, tinue.

Vaughan, of Becontree, After the War, during which he

a better boxer than most judges of America and the Scandinavian coun

Southern Area lightweight

tille served in France, Belgium, Gallipoll,

the ht are think he is if he tries are keenly interested in bad- Donabar has been steadily Improv-holder, who is also challenging Boon, Egypt, and Patrsine, Captain Wike

able to evade the champion's heavy minton.

ing, but he has never looked su beat Antoine Abad, of North Africa, lam entered the building and con-

artillery; and if he lasts the full dis-

impressive to me as he did last night, on points. He did so with great dif- tracting world. But then his interest

His opponent, Murdoch, a Norther- fculty, starting far too slowly, for- and, experience in sport came upper descriptions not only of rugger, but

ner with good record, had an ad-getting his advantage of height and meat, and he has since won a con of course, cricket, tennis, boxing, and

vantage in height and was a good reach until the later rounds, and siderable reputation us sporting

MISS Dorothy Round, twice

agressive boxer with Il useful allowing the quick and wiry Abad Journalist. He has

colour line is not deiwn su rigly played both even the Tidworth Tation.

I Wimbledon chanfpion, will re- punch. He seemed to be carrying to fush him out of his stride. hockey

Wales, beaten in the same tie last th at Cambridge

these days, JUKET and

and the fact that two

JACK Dempsey, the roughest and turn to lawn tennis next summer.

his left hand dangerously low, how-

and his law consequently the last two of the eight rounds, The fight never became lively un- (but without getting his Blue') and year at Edinburgh by nine points to coloured boxers will be in opposition

bruiser of the recent Even if her forin does not warrant Is an ex-captain of the Harlequins. six, needs to win this game le squal should not affect the "rate" to any heavyweight ring, complains that selection for the Wightman Cup looked invitingly open.

Scotland Ilis broadcasting career began in Scotland's record again,

and then Vaughan war scen at his great extent: this particular match

As the Won twenty-four against

fight game to-day is uncouth team, which meets America in the is bound; for obvious reasons, to in-

Shedding the caution he January, 1927, when he gave the firm having

hasbest. shown in the opening sporting commentary ever attempted Wales a twenty-three. The other two trigue many whose sporting cutlook and is neither streamlined nor cul- U.S.A.. she may be selected as can-

but we have New

tured. Dempsey, Interviewed intain. Miss Round has not played generally of course,

drawn. is no were

not otherwise Halted.

rounds Dantdır went straight for fn Great Britain, the subject being matches.

York, stated that the fight much tennis since her marriage to the England v. Wales Rugby Inter-Approx, 205 words) 1.30 am. G.MT. Cone far from the days of Jack John-game does nat

his man, and his sense of timing, in cater properly for Dr. R. Little last year, but she national at Twickenham. Since then transmission 3. Feb. 1. 2.43 p.m. GMT: son,

whose defeat by Jesse

and in coming in with a lead or a his work for listeners has Included Transmission, Feb. 4, 0.45 pm. G.MT., Willard it was announced that the cash customers. Fights are at-now practising hard and is said to judging distance to avold

notincting a better class of men and be playing really well. She Was coloured fighter would ever again be women, and they pay higher prices born in Dudley

was something for 20 years ago, and the expert to appreciate. The lay-

counter-punch, given

the Worcester- the world's to see big fight than for any other her first win was championship. To-day, a

man saw the effect in the accuracy ja form man

shire

Junior

began to title. She measured by his ability and not his they get sots that are too small, represent Great Britain in Wight- and power of his blows. colour, and none will deny that both and rown that are too nar-man Cup matches in 1031; was in In the second round I noticed that Louis and Lewis are estimable row. He also said he thought hot the final at Wimbledon, being beaten Danabar, concentrating on landing a fellows Inside and outside of the dogs and beer should be cut out at in three sets by Mrs. Helen Wills-vital punch, rather forgot his own ring. Nevertheless there are those fights where the crowd is all dressed Moody in 1933; and won the tile in defence, so that Murdoch hit him who feel tint among the topnotchers up. With regard to the preliminary 1934 and 1937.

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Lewis was arranged, manstance, let alone winning, he will have Champion's Return the promoter, was taking a risk from peuple thought that Mike Jacobs, done well. the financial point of view. But the Dempsey's Complaint

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In return

Tusale for the ball in the match between Ireland and Wales in the International Rugby Tournament 'last Baturday, Ireland, through' being beaten by Wales, became the wooden-apovilala-Photo by Kalin.

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LIGHT (8 rounds): Len Wickwar (Celcester) ut. Herbert Booth

(Chesterfield) en pls. a punch

SHOP TO BEST ADVANTAGE AT

rather freely at times. But Dannhar THE

took these punches almost without noticing them and stepped in with some damaging blows."

DECISIVE BLOWS

The first knock-down, in the third round, came from a heavy left hook to the body followed in the same action with right to the jaw. The complete, movement was excellent, and when Murdoch arose little re- mained to be done, After this fight I felt thoroughly convinced that Danahar would not only be a fitting opponent for Boon but would cer- tainly give him a tremendous battle.

I am Informed, moreover, that an offer of £1,700 hnd been made for n Danahar-Boon tht for the light- weight championship. This offer, which exceeds by £200 the offer recently made by the NS.C., is made on belial of the annual tournament in old of Jewish charities.

In a heavyweight Aght Al Delaney, of Canada, knocked out Poncho villar of Spain in the seventh round of a fight which was exciting. If somewhat crude. Villar unfortun- ately usually bleeds a great deal when he fights, and this makes him appear more distressed than he is,

Compared with the light-footed Conodian, Vittor was clumsy, often on the wrong fool, often leading with the right when the left was wanted. Delaney out-boxed him with some enre, but Villar proved a heavy 1 rather desperate hitter and in the

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