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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
June 15, 1939.
By Ernie Bushmiller
-ERNIE -
MAP-BY
ENGLAND UNLIKELY TO SEE JOE LOUIS YET
Heavyweight Champion
Too Busy At
Moment
To Cross Atlantic
There has been a swift and seemingly offcc- tive reply to the story issued from New York by Joo Gould, American Manager of Tommy Farr, to the effect that a £30,000 offer had been mado to Joe Louis to defend his world heavy-weight crown against the Welshman in London during the
summer.
Mike Jacobs, America's ace promoter, de- ares that he has planned to match the winner the Tony Galento-Louis championship battlo June 28 with the winner of the Lou Nova-Max. er clash, scheduled for June 1, some time in
tomber.
would strictly limit the timeliner bound for England, even if the
the negro would have for purse offer was trebled.
gland to meet Farr un- In any case, the negro might not he was able to pull be interested in £30,000, for he is Galento engagement, one of the most heavily taxed boxers
Ainly
agree not
to in the world.
could not see any By the fine various authorities and self from it, but it is managers had had "bites" at his
et that promoter Sydney purse money, there would be little
no is reported to have made enough for him to ruttle in his
fer to the negro, is optimistic. pockets.
re is some sort of backing for
Gould's story for it represented in
דיי
NEUSEL WANTS FARR
words a dream which has recently Walter Neusel, the German heavy- been seen by several promoters In weight, has been in touch with Sydney England.
Hulls testing the prospects of meet- Hulls was quite frank in his ex-ing Farr in a return. When the pair in June, lanation when tackled about the met at Harringay Arena story before he left with Farr for a 1837, the Welshman created a big short stay in South Wales.
£30,000 LÚRE
He made no secret of the fact that
sensation by winning on a knock-out in the third round.
Neusel appears to be under the im- pression that given the opportunity. he could reverse decision
the
and he would consider it a sound Invest fulls is, toying with the idea of let- ment if he could tempt the world ting Welsh enthusiasts have the bene- champion here for £30,000, and heat of seeing the two men in action refused to
believe that hope of doing again. There seems to be little ren- so was non-existent.
tulla thinks that there may be a son why such a match should not chance of interesting Jacobs in Farr-Prove a big attraction-in-the-Prin
elpality. Louis contest in England, and Gould, London. enthusiasts are asking when It is stated, is now negotiating along the Weishman is to make his next ap- these lines
It would seem that the power of pearance in the Metropolis. This is Mike Jacobs is being felt again in another question which Hulls hopes to decide in the near future, but again British boxing, for without his OK. it is the choice of an opponent that Louls would not step, aboard
ony is the sang.
Tonnis League
Kowloon Tong Overcomes
St. Paul's Unbeaten In
Recreio Team Volleyball
Playing at home, Kowloon Tong) defeated the Club de Recrelo 54- 31.
H. Lin and T. E. Ling beat A. M. Remedios and L. A. Carvalho 6-1; beat M. Gutterres and J. C. Fonseca 6-1; beat H. A. Noronha and G. A Noronha 0-1.
Lam Kwan and D. Chan lost to
Remedios and Carvalho 4-6; lost to Gutterres and Fonseca 3-6; drew with
H. and G. Noronha.
P. Fletcher and P. Chan lost to Remedios and Carvalho 3-6; beat Gutterres and Fonseca 0-4; beat H. and G. Noronha 6-3.
Competition
In the Senior Division of the Inter- School Volleyball competition, St. Paul's was again victorious after a very close contest with Pal Ying.
The first three, St. Paul's, Pui Ying and King's were placed in the same order as last year.
on
It's Bedlam leading by a nose with the Ritz Brothers up account of Damon having the Ritzes on the Runyon in "Straight, Place and Show." 20th Century-Fox comedy now showing at the King's Theatre.
Minimum Requirements
For 1940 Games Violate
Olympic Ideal
'Democratic Nature' Of Meet Threatened By New Ruling
Philadelphia.
Lawson Robertson, veteran conch of the University of Pennsyl- vania and America's Olympic track and field teams, declares the minimum qualifying requirements for the 1940 Games in Finland violate the Olympic ideal.
"The democratic nature of the Games" is threatened by stepped-up "arbitrary requirements which benefit large nations and squeeze out small ones," Robertson said.
International amity' may sound alry, but it is what has been behind the Games,
"Every effort has been made 13 encourage every nation to compete.. Now, with the stiffest requirements ever laid down, many small nations will not be able to send representa- lives,
"We are turning, the clock back. I will concede a classier, more com-
The International Amateur Ath-
ANOTHER FAMOUS
COACH AGREES.
Brunswick, Maine, May 11. Jack Magee, who helped Lawson Rboertson coach. three American Olympic track teams, seconded last night his former chief's heartily
contention that 1940 minimum quali-
pact meet could well result; but tying requirements set up by the world peace, not world records, is International Amateur Athletic the objective."
Federation violated the Olymple ideal. "He's 100 per cent, right," decinred lele Federation has set up these Magee, track
at Bowdoin minima for 'quaiifying rounds in the field events at the Olympic Games: College 20 years and President of the 1994 | National Association of College High jump, 187 centimeters or 6ft, Coaches, 1in.; broad jump, 720em, or 231t. in.; pole vault, 390cm, or 12ft..
coach
་་
In the Junior Division, at
GOOD WILL Onished, Pul Xing is an easy winner, 94in.; hop, step and jump, 14.50 having lost only one game in the meters or 47ft. 6in.; discus, 45
Contending that there should be series.
meters or 147ft. 7%in; javelin, 05 "no minimum standards," because Fong Lam won the competition for meters or 213ft. 3in; hammer throw, small nations would be "squeezed. beat Small Boys just as cuslly.
40 meters or 1601t, Din.
out," Magee sold: Final standings are:
South China entertained Central British on their ground, and them by 5%-34.
Indians Overwhelmed Playing at home, the Chinese RC.
beat the Indian RC. B-1.
S. L. Ma and C. N. Tsang (C.R.C.) beat D. M. Razack and M. R. Abbas SL. Paul's 6-2; beat A. R. Kitchell and K. Ismail Pul Ying 6-8: beat K. M. Rumjahn and I. M. King's
Razack 6-3.
Pong
10. L.
Kwok Man and W. K. Ma beat Ver, Mid. Sch. Razack and Abbas 0-2; beat Kitchell Wah Yan and Ismall 6-2; beat Rumjahn and Queen's Razack 0-3..
beat
3 C. Leung and F. K. Lau
Razack and Abbas 0-0; lost to Kil-
chell and Iamall 4-0; beat Rumjahn Pui Ying and Razack 6-1.
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At King's Park South China beat. the C.B.A. by 5% sale to 3%.
Scores:
Wah Yan TK. Leung and C. L. Lau (South Tak Ming hina) drew with G. H. Fowler and Sal Nom A
Whitley 6-6, beat J. Sloan and D.
G-1, beat M. Yatskin and V./
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Kwok and C. Y. Kwan (South best Fowler and Whitley 0-2, to Slean and Smith. 2-8, lost to Likin and Raight 3-0, ****
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Fong Lam St. Paul's 1:200 300 and H. C. Kwok (South Sal Nain Grey beat Fowler and Whitley 8-1, Queen's 316 Sloan and Smith 3-0, beat Yai King's
and Knight 6-2.
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Paris, June 14. In the other two quarter-final of United matches, Bobby Riggs States beat the Pole, Szynski, 6-2, 2-0, 0-0, 7-5, while the Hungarian, star, Christian Boussus, by 7-5, 1-6, Stigeti, beat the French Davis Cup 2-6, 7-5, 6-4-Trans-Ocean.
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Robertson said "of course, the new "Now, more than ever before, due minima will have little effect on the to the unrest in the world, the Games United States delegation" and "the should be open to every nation, no minima requirements set for our matter how small or how remote. own semifinal trials are Another The whole idea is to create inter- matter entirely."
national friendship and good will."
Magee, member to the American Olympic Committee, voleed hope the July
"WIN GRACEFULLY"
"Win gracefully and lose without nations would protest the minima Oct. rancour has been the motto, the Amateur Athletic Federation would Mar. so vehemently the International Dec. Penn mentor continued. "Now many have to relent. small nations cannot even lose.
"It is a mistake to
assume nothing
is gained by nations which send wards," he declared. nothing
but also-rans. Their men
learn the latest technique and
the
nowest theories in national athletic organization. More important, they make friends with athletes of other nations."
his Recalling his
30 years' association with the Games as a competitor and coach, Robertson observed in group. of Americans' I have after. group noticed a deeper respect for the other fellow on the trip home."
"I may be overoptimistic, concluded, "but I still think any athletic event which can attract the world's athletes in friendly competi ton should be extended, not curtall-
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