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Thursday,

HONGKONG · TELEGRAPH. July 13, 1939.

ERIC BOON "BOOED” BY CROWD YOU CAN'T KEEP THESE

BUT HIS BLOW WAS FAIR

Eric Boon

. He could not understand the

"boo-ing."

YOUNGEST

TEST CRICKETER

Honour Goes To

Stollmeyer

London, June 20. The youngest cricketer to TC- present his country in Test matches

Disappointing Finish

To His Fight With Johnny McGrory

By Ben Bennison

London, June 29.

Eric Boon, British light-weight champion, knocked out Johnny McGrory, of Glasgow, in the ninth round at Poterborough last night on the ground of the town's football club. The blow that finished the fight was to the body, perilously. near to the border line.

A large majority of the 16,000 spectators decided that it was unpardon- ably low, and merited disqualification.

They hosted and boord when the eight scenads. Though he rose, and referee. Moss Deyong, declared that was still apparently full of fight, he the Chatteris youth was the winner. did not have it in him to hold Boon It happened that I was within a fewịnt bay. Then it was that the cham❤ yards of the position Boon took up pion knocked him out. when he landed the punch that gave

11 victory. In my opinion the I talked to McGrory when it was blow was not a trespass on forbld- all over. He did no more than clen ground.

complain of his bad luck. As for

The punch doubled up the Scots- He fell all of a heap, face downwards, near the ropes, and there he lay with bis little old fashioned face distoried, but with all his faculties alive. His seconds ap- pealed for a foul,

Boon stood off, wondering so it seemed, at the chorus of disapproval.

TOO MUCH HURRY

in J. B. Stollmeyer, who was ta- cluded in the West Indies side

It was a disappointing finish to a which lost to England in the first contest engerly awaited by the folk of the Test series of the present set-of the country-side. They had

коп.

Johnny McGrory

he was knocked out.

Boon he frankly confessed that not League Tennis having fought since. February, when he defeated Arthur Danaher, he had not done himself Junties, "I would be all the better if I fought once a fernight," he said.

There is no reason for him to

doubt himself. His job, however, is in the ring, not on the vaudeville

stage.

SHOULD BOX MORE There is no other British fighter at his weight with a heavtor punch, counted Upon a victory for the none with two rendier or more tell champion that would permit of no ing fists, but if he will read his fight Stoltmeyer is 18, and he holds the dispute. It was not like "Our Eric" with McGrory as I read it he will record by only a few days, for H. lo win buy a questionable blow give freer rein to his boxing ability, G. Vivian, the New Zealander, en-Though the crowd

were partisan, tered Test cricket in 1931 at the Oval they inde is plain that they did not I do not advise him to put the when he was 18 years, 240 days old.pprove of the punch that ended curl upon his relish for a down

right fight, but he is the more likely It was not possible for other than to reach the top of the world if he His inclusion in the West Indies those who had a close-up to appre-first innites the way for his puncis side brings the number of playersciate exactly what happened. who have represented their country did not commit a foul

Bour instead of speculating with them. The most to His right hand la not as sound ns it before their 21st, birthday to 14.

be charged against him Is that he might be. He would be wise to have

a hurry to win, the hurt nended before he fights) But that is like Doon. It doesn't again. matter to him whether he misses by

the fight,

was in too

great

Of this figure, four played for England, four were South Africons, three Australians, two were New Zealanders, and ono was West In-uails his innn. He is Indifferent to

lian.

The other Australions are Archle, Jackson and Stan McCabe.

FIRST ENGLISHIMAN

male so long as, sooner or Inter, he

the making of any howler, and that) ls to his infinite credit.

The greatest naine of them all is, He left his corner In answer to of course, that of Bradman, who the first bell at racing

speed and made the first of his many Test op: before the first round had ended

when England pearances

were ate put down McGrory for a count Brisbane In November 1928. He was of eight. It seemed that within then 20 years and 05 days old. three minutes the Scotsinan would;

be forced to surrender. McGrory, however, having pulled himself up. boxed and fought like a hero. Hix) poker face held out no sign of distress.

Having tugged himself into the The first Englishman in the list was J. N. Crawford, who was a mem-perpendicular he

fect gave his ber of the Engilsh team which be generous employment, and so worked gan a Test Match against Australia kis head as to give it the appearance

ride 1007. He had then of a swivel to at Sydney in

punclics that only just passed his twentieth birth would otherwise have left him all of a heap. He is not subtle, but he has day.

ficulty for making his opponent wonder why punches miss.

"J. W. Heurne was the next, for he was still a few weeks short of 21 when he first played for England. Lite Crawford's his first Test was also on the Sydney ground.

McGRORY SET PROBLEMS

REVISION OF RULES

IN BOXING

Important Proposals For Meeting

London, June 10.

Some important proposals affecting

the rules and the general control of Professional boxing will be discussed at the annual general meeting of the Britist Boxing "Board"of “Control”al Cardiff.

Indians Overcome University

"DREAM"

YORKSHIREMEN

TENNIS BY DOWN AT ALL VON CRAMM

Little Difficulty In Winning At

Queen's Club

Weakened County Team

Defeats Derbyshire

London, June 26,

The most surprising cricket news at the past week-end was

C. von Cramm of Germany, had not provided by the Test Match, but by Derbyshire and Yorkshire. le difculty in accounting for You can't keep these Yorkshiremen down! Even without four of Chaus Mohammed at Queen's Club their atar players-Bowes, Verity, Hutton and Wood-they brought in the Men's Singles Championship off an amazing feat in their match with Derbyshire at Sheffield. of London. It was a matter of two, straight sets, Von Cramm

winning

6-1, 6-3, was hardly to be ex- After Derbyshire's Pope brothers,| pected that Ghaus would put up an Alfred and George, had put them out effective challenge to a man who in for 83-their lowest total of the sea- his day hus not only benten both con-Yorkshire replied by dismissing. Austin and Perry, but also once fed Derby for 20! Jim Smurthwaite and Donald Budge 4-1 in the filth set of Frank Smalles were the Yorkshire

Davis Cup contest.

heroes. Smurthwaite who had only once played for the Brst team before, The Indian seemed rather over-and then without success, came out awed by the occasion and made with the wonderful analysis of:- several errors which could have been

4—2—— due only to over-anxiety. It

Was

worse with:- 4.30-11-

Lawn Bowls Rinks For Saturday

The following will represent the Indin R.C. in their Lown Bowls League match against the Police R.C.

interesting to watch a group of his Frank Smalles was only very little (compatriots seated near the side-llac. When he made a bad stroke they suffered with him; on the rare occa- and, of course they bowied sions when he produced shots which changed. Smurthwaite who was born drew forth admiration even from his at North Ormesby. Middlesbrough, on Saturday at Hoppy Volley: opponents, they radiated happiness and plays for Sheffield United in thi like a bunch of contented school-Yorkshire League, is a right-irm.

D.M. Khun, A. M. Wohab, M. Y. boys.

nedium-fast bowler and uneful Adat and A. R. Dallah (skip); J. bat. Curiously, he went to Sheffield as a spin bowler.

Ghaus's service was his strongest

Hoosen, A. Bakar, A. R. Minu and point although on the small side,

A. K. Minu (skip); S. M. Rumjahn.. he is exceptionally well-museled- The innings took only sixty-seven A. H. Rumjafi, A. o. Madar and

and

was this whilch gave him his baits, and their job of work took only game in the first sel. Oller only forty ruinutes. Not since 1922 M. R. Abbos (skip). wise it was a Von Crumm picnic. have we had such a low score, and In

CIVIL SERVICE RINKS The second set looked like heing the that season. Yorkshire rattled out sume when he fed 4-1. Ghaus had Sussex for 20, and Warwick fizzed The following will represent the Indian Recreation Club enhanced mastered his anxiety by

this time, out Hants for 15. Warwick, incl- Civil Service C.C. In their matches their prospects for the "A" Division and played more like his rent self dentally, lost the match by 155 runs on Saturday: League tennis title yesterday, when to draw back to 3-5. 11 was only after Hants had followed on and they visited Pokfulam and beat delaying the end, however, and Von scored 5211

First Division v. Craigengower C.C. Hongkong University, by 6 matelies Cramm's anal service game gave him

Smurthwalte hos to 3. Although S, Wong and C. C. the set 8-3 and the match.

(at home).-E. W. Simmonds, J. been never

Grimmitt And

F. coached and gained his cricket know- Deakin, A. W. Ma caused considerable surprise by winning all three of their matches,

ledge before, you could hardly call Jones (skip); M. E. Purvis, W. Bur- beating the formidable Rumjahn cou-

it that seeing that he only fielded in, M. N. Rakusen and H. Strange sins, "S. A" and "H. D." in 12

Von Cram followed this up by and did not have a turn with either (skip); R. R. Davies, R. R. Wood, L. games, University's remaining

two success in the men's doubles in part-bat or ball:

A. Collyer and J. Hollidge (skelp). pairs were unable to withstand the nership with J. Oll; they "beat Derby went out like this 1-2, 2-2, formidable visiting pairs and lost the 1. G. Collins and R. Tinkler, 6-4, 37, 4-), 8-10, 0-10, 7-13, 8-14, 9-10, remaining six matches,

3-8, 0-2, but had to pull out their best in order to do so. Von Cramm

DOUBLES WIN

10-20.

Second Division v. Talkoo (away). -E. Kirman, J, Carr, W. Bagiey and

S. Wong and C. C. Ma. (Univer-left most of the work to Oil, who sity) beat Omar Rumjalin and I. M. rose nobly to the occasion. Collins markuble. Smailes followed up his Crawley, C. Strange and W. Hillyer The second inings was equally re-F. Haynes (skip); V. Ebbage, D. A. Razack 7-5; beat A. I. Minu and and Tinkler made a great effort in fine bowling in Derbyshire's first (skip); F. Austin, A. Allan, A. A H. Madar 6-1; beat H. D. Rum- the second set, but Tinkler's return innings by taking all ten wickets in Stevens and S. Eccleshall (skip). Jahn and S. A. Rumjohn 7-5.

of service was a weakness. All the the second, thus enabling Yorkshire

H.-P. Ong and T, 5. Wong (Unl- same. this event provided the most to win by 270 runs, versity) lost to Rumjalin and Razack exhilarating lawn tennis of the day. 0-0; lost to Minu and Madar 2-0; lost to Rumjahn Cousins 1-0.

Lind

Lim Thlan-tet and S. H. (University) lost to Rumjohn and Razack 1-0; lost to Minu and Madar 2-6; lost to Rumjahn cousins 4-6,

INDOOR BOWLING

Twenty-three minutes of dream tennis by C. con Cramm put paid to the hopes of America's nee, Bobby Riggs, in the semi-anal, of winning. Riggs was annihilated by a stream of fast, perfectly controlled shots to the extent of, 8-0, 0-1, Riggs' only success being in the twelfth game. No amateur could have withstood such an onslaught, and it appeared that Cramm was determined to win without the loss of a point. Yet it

NORWEGIAN ATHLETES' RECORDS

$

The Norwegian Universities' tour-

tenm broke

overy

"Champs" Re-establish must be confessed that many of our ing Athicile

Team's Superiority

The Champs, who were beaten for the first time last week, had a return match with the U.S.S. Tulsa at the Hongkong Bowling Alleys yesterday to decide the better team.

Perhaps the most revolutionary As a boxer pure and simple Mc- and controversial proposal will be Grory is splendidly near to cham that in future boxing shall be con- No other England player appears plonship class, and having weathered ducted under rules to be known as It was the most exciting and closest In the list until 1927, when 1. A. R. the storm which Boon beat up in British Boxing Board of Control game ever played in these Alleys, for Peebles visited South Africa and the opening round he set the cham- rules. Those would displace the after the end of the fourth game the played in a Test a month before he plon problems that puzzled him not long-established and widely accepted Champs were Betually 90 points

In littic.

Any other fighter but Boon would National Sporting Club rules. The down, but they took advantage of the tenni breaking down in the have despaired of reaching finulity stewards of the Board will place this Tulu but the Cambridgeshire fad is not proposed alteration before the meet-ath game to win by 24 points.

The Champa given that way. ile set out to crust

Dick Venezia 102 157 142 170 103 120 and bank, and so he continued.

143 The stewards will ask delegates Doc Molthen 154 102 143 105 617

Gene Forgiano 132

131 700 to sanction another change, which Ches Miller 134 170

was 20.

Compton, the only other English Test minor, is also the only one who first played for his country at home, being just over 19 when he played against the New Zealanderg at the -Oval in 1937-United Press.

In the ninth round McGrory, for

the second ilme, was put down for

Social Successes

in

110W

6penko.... 213

Pete Peterson, 137 Al Sureler....

100 357 107

would enable a boxer who has fallen Eznie earther 109 207 through the ropes ten seconds to re-

Total gain lils feet unaided outside tho ring and be permitted to elimb back w. Michals 241 agal immedintely afterwards. As the suggestion

stands there would scem to be a certain amount of ambiguity as to when the count begins and the exact length ilme which will be allowed to expire be- tween the time when the boxer dis-] appears through the ropes and is back again in the ring set for fight- ing.

Certainly the new rule will require| careful drafting. As the rules now stand a boxer who has fallen out of the ring and failed to get back again Inside ten seconds is adjudged to have been knocked out. This hap- pened twice last season, when Ben Foord and Jack Doyle were the un- fortunutes. Admittedly it is not ni- ways unfortunate to be knocked out of the ring-much depends upon who remains Inside.

Total

rlaing players would have. "had a ground record for the field events on go" at the German, tried to rush the programme when they recently him out of the net position which met a team sponsored by St. Andrews Riggs allowed him to attalu,—

Americans

To Hold Own Title Fight

H. E. C. TEAM

The following will represent the Hongkong Electric R.C. In their Third Division match against the Kowloon B.G.C. at Austin Road:

V. Sorby, WE. Macfarlane, S. Deacon and W.H.B. Muskett (skip); R.C. Butler, R.A. Owens, A.F. Paul and L. de Rome (sklp); J. F. Barron, A. G. Gardner, G. T. Padgett and G. G. S. Thomson (skip).

This match starta at 3.30 p.m.

BOWLS _MATCH POSTPONED

| University on University Park, "St Andrews. The programme consisted of seven track contests and five Beld events, and the records which were

The Arst round match in the Lawn brokan were the high jump, broad jump, putting the shot, throwing the Bowls singles championship between discus, and throwing the javelin. J. F. V. Ribeiro and A. M. Omar, Included in the Scottish team was which was scheduled to take place Sergeant E. Anderson, of Dundee on Monday at the Kowloon B. .... City Police, a former holder of the has been postponed. The game wili workl's record for putting the shot.now take place on the same green on

Tuesday. The only events in which the Scot- New York, July 12. tish team secured first place were] Americans, who do not recognise the half-mile and the mile. 304 Harvey as light-heavyweight cham-first record to go was that for was beaten by the Norwegian, K. 172 600 plon, are holding their own world the high jump, in which Knut Holm, Strom, by 9 inches. II. Sivertsen title night to-morrow, when Mello of Norway, cleared 6ft. 10 in. In the broke the record for the discus throw Bettina opposes Billy Conn at Madl-javelin gyent, Erdabi Aase, of Nor- by D feat. Schneiderman, of Atalan- son Square Garden.

way, with the magnificent throw of tá, holder, broke his own record 1 190ft. Bin., easily broke the ground foot 2 inches.

3,201

The broad jump record of 220101⁄4lp,

It is generally thought that a fight record of 147ft. In the putt, the re- will be arranged later between the ecrd for the ground-41it. Sin-was Norway won the contest by 70 3263 winner and Harvey-Reuter Special. lowered by all the competitors. The points to 40.

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STICK TO SHERRY! Amontillado Fino leacabuck hinc graphi

Third Round Results In P.G.A.Tourney

New York. July 12.

In the third round of the Pro- fessional Golfers' Association Cham- pionshipa now being played at Long; Island, Paul Runyan (holder), de feated Ben Hogan by two and one;: Byron Nelson, recent winner of the American "Open" Championships, beat Johnny Revolta by alx and four; and Horton Smith beat Doser four and two..

The quarter-finals will be played | to-morrow. ---Reuter.

A group photograph of the basketball team of St. Paul's Coliere, winners of the Inter-School Championship during the 1933-19 'season. -- Beated In the centre of the front row is Mr. E. G. Stewark, Headmaster of the College-Ming Yuen.