1940-07-31 — Page 6

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 31,

1940.

U.S.

NATIONAL PLAY-OFF

Lawson Little's Claim To Fame

Veteran Gene Sarazen

Declares Retirement

(By "Birdia").

WORLD'S

FASTEST HUMAN

Junior College Sprinter In Line For. Title

SALINAS, Cal-The most sought- aflér trackman In America to-day Is A young Salinas Juntor College

to Stanford's Clydo Jeffrey as the "world's fastest human.”

WHEN IT WAS THOUGHT that things were nicoly settling down, and at a period when one was about to set out confident that for the first sprinter, Harold Davis, the successor time in many weeks one could set foot on firm dry ground, came the typhoon and deluge turning Colony courses once again into lakes and swamps, It washed away what local "copy" there might have been, but, fortunately, a few further details of the U.S. National Open and the play-off have come to hand,

In a way, perhaps, the com-| petition proper, when Lawaon

Douglas, of the U.8.8. Mindanao, at bat in the all-important baseball. Little, Cene Sarazen and Ed. match at Caroline Hill on Sunday between the Mindanao and 14.B. The latter won and a play-off will probably be necessary to decide the shield. Oliver (subsequently disquali-

Garcia's Manager

Squirms

As Title Flies Away

Left Him Limp

Fight Left Him

NEW YORK, June 12.-The importance of a boxing championship to the holder thereof was strikingly revealed by George Parnassus, the garrulous little Greek, after his Ceferino Garcia had blown the world middleweight title to Ken Overlin in their recent bout here.

When Overlin's hand was lifted at the end of the 15 rounds it wiped out about $50,000 in purses which had

find) tied, was more thrilling

Garcia Matched With Promising Welter-weight

than the play-off. The play-off may have earned for Little a place among the greatest golfers to-day, but Sarazen's indomit-

NEW YORK, July 24-A new, able courage and thrilling finish-and exceedingly promising young ing burst in the competition welter-weight has suddenly appeared gave him the right of way into in New York boxing circles, in the Golf's Hall of Fame.

person of Steve Belfalse, brother of Milke Belloise, former feather-weight champion of the

The penalty incurred by Ed. Oliver

disqualification for starting ahead fought Dave Crowd

of schedule-zeems drastic, but it was also shared by five others. But they had not the mortification of having had first place snatched from their grasp.

He teed of thirty minutes be fore his scheduled time, and falled to notify the offelal starter. His brilliant last round of 71-one. under par-gave him 287, but i was posted on the board.

been lined up for the Filipino former champion and Par-force the U.S. Golf Association to

nassus.

As a champion, Garein was af drawing card in every spot that could boast of some local pride and joy who fancied himself a good middleweight.

As an ex-champion, Garcia is Just- another fighter,

Garcia at

groaning over Garcia's loss of the title, and that's probably what he had in mind ishen he kept holler- ing

and actually Corner threatening him in the between rounds when he saw that - title slipping away.

It's enough to drive a guy nuts, His loss of the title doesn't mean that his Income has stopped entirely with $10,000 shots at Chicago and

and, among other things, he Ket

A

There was a strong movement to admit him into the play-off, but the Association were adamant over the! breaking of one of more sacred rules. Little and Sarazen were most wB1- ing that Oliver should be included,

Sarazen: "Shucka. Let him play. can beat both of them."

HOWEVER, Sarazen's

once

Davis, running in the West Coast Relays, stole the show from the

cream of the weal's college track-

men including Mr. Jeffrey himself. Conches are unanimously agreed that

[destined for cinder immortality.

the young Salinas, speedster is

Davis won his trial heat at the event in 9.8 to the the national re- cord. Then he stepped out in the finals to humiliate his field in the rousing time of 9.5, cracking the junior college record, coming with- in a tenth of a second of the world's record and beating his scarest.compelltor by 10 yards.

Sure, Jeffrey came back to the track Ave minutes inter and turned in another 9.5, but what of it? That's great running and it's just what you'd expect from the brilliant Stun- ford senior.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

of England. JEFFREY had already run, 0.4 this a terrine punch with

year to equnt the world's record. Steve sports a

ruins 9.5, 11 isrit newn. either fist, and greatly impressed the When he boxing writers when, in n prelimin-Bat when a 17-year-old kid, just cight months out of high school, ary bout in Madison Square Garden, he knocked out Vie Dellicurt! in chalks up that record under offeini quick time and with a due displayefreiunstances, then its time the col- of boxing.

lege roaches do some long, profound thinking on the subject.

And that's just what they're doing

HIS BIG CHANCE

TOW Belloise has his first really

bla charice.

Mike Jacobs, promoter of the 20th Century Sporting Club, Inc..

here will Davis go to college? Sald he of his future plans:

"Gosh, I'd like to go to California or Stanford or U. S. C. or any good has matched him with the college. But I wouldn't like to middleweight champlon of the make a decision now. I'll probably world, Garela for a ten-round bout stay at Salinas through my sopho- in the Garden on August 1.

more year and won't "enter a four- Since his inst

appeurance In the Garden. Steve has won a decision Year school until 1941, anyway, so over Sammy Luftspring. the Cana- there's plenty of time to think about dlan we

welterweight titleholder, from Toronto.

Belloise has won 27 out of 29 pro elec-fessional fights and has scored 14 knockouts in his two years of pro-

trifying finish provided the second sensation of the tourna-

San Francisco, and bouts with Dilly ment. wil pretty good payday on September Conn, Al Hostak

12 In rematch with Overlin here at up. Madison Square Garden. But he

and others ined

Little, home first with 287, tent and Here was Carela with one of the sat in the Press

Sarazen won't be making as much money in most feared punches in the business watched the board. the future as he did between Octo- being tantalised and befuddled and needed an almost impossible 34 bor, when he knocked out Fred Apos-banged about the body a light hliter, to tie, and the course was muddy toli for the championship; and May and

11 Parnassus' pleadings and 23, when he blew it to Overlin. threats failed to do anything about and heavy from rain.

TITLE VALUE

it.

Garcia would sit blinking and lis- out and throw (VONSIDERING the value of the tenlog, then run

ho had at Overlin in 100-pound title to Garcin, who everything was neither a great fighter nor an sheer desperation, but Overlin would undisputed champion, a drawing card dance away when Garcia, hoped he such as Henry Amstrong, welter would stand still, then would leap in weight title-holder, can count the punching when Garcia-expected-him crewn as a potential $250,000 asset to

not mentioning Joe Louis who is

dance away.

And so

It went, with Parnassus

He did it, and, not only that, nearly won the tile outright on the last green when he just missed with a 45-foot putt It was a finish that was as sensational as

fessional boxing.

.

European "Y". Water-poló Team

The following will represent Europe- an Y.M.C.A. at water-polo on Friday evening, at 8 pm, against Chung Sing Benevolent. Society in the YMCA. pool:

Incidentally, the new Pacific Con- ference code which went into effect in May prohibits ambitions college representatives from making over- urea to young athletle stars such as

Davis.

SHUMCHUN FLOODED River Overflowing After Excessive Rains

Walchow, July 30, Excessive rains flooded the Nam

H. Eardley or J. Semmelmann; E. W-tau-Shumchun highway last night, Railton and I. A. Denn: G, T. May;

nidman, G. Fowler and L. 1. Chater, whereupon the Japanese troops drafted over 120 Chinese to repair Reserves F. Wills and Peter Wilson.

the road and the defence works. The

that of 1932 when with a record Jack Lovelock is stalloned Shumchun River has overflowed, in- !

at emergency hospital that was breaking round of 60 he snatched once a public school. the title from Bobby Cruikshank The irony-of-it! and T. Perkins.

Over those last nine holes, he in the million dollar bracket i earn- getting whiter and whiter around the Ing powers.

gills in the corner and Garcia gel-needed two blidies to draw level Overlin will find

about the with Little, and he got them at the his income ting vedder, and redder doubled. henceforward as he goes body In each round from the barrage 11th and 13th. From then on he barnstorming about the country, for Overlin was pouring at him. needed par figures to keep level with the leader. He did it though the 10th, but the 17th nearly lost for him.

the quite obvious reason that he lo the champlon, will be paid accord- ingly

over-the-weight even matches and will be more appealing to the customers.

in

IN BETWEEN THREATS

THAT'S what George Paraisuus realized when he was around

Canadian Club

Whisky.

Bidilled Rolled by

CORNER SIDE-SHOW

S Overlin went on piling up A points round after round, box-

From the rough on the right he Ing Garcia silly, Parnassus finally pitched 30 feet past the pin, but was shrieking and Ray Arcel, an- without a moment's hesitation he other of the corner men was growl-smacked his ball firmly, and it ing so that the anties in the corner rattled in the cup to maintain the looked

ikea aldeshow to those vorage. The 18th par was com-

Eparatively simple.

THERE IS ONLY ONE

CANADIAN Club WHISKY

WITH THE

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√EANWHILE, Little watched with

MEA

anguished cuer, wondering what, if Sarazen could play like that, would the morrow bring.

But as things turned out he need never have worried. He went out in 34 and came home in 36 for a

two-under-par 70, while Sarazen was

out in 27 and home in 36 for 79,

Little won the first two holes, and. BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET from then on kept ahead of Sarazen

AND

DISTINCTIVE FLAVOUR

from tee to green.

AND after the match, in the locker room, veteran Gene Canadian Club Whisky makes a remark-stated that this would probably ably pleasant variation-and it enjoys be his last season of competitive world-wide reputation.

golf.

..?

Financially well off, Sarazen plays

As an ingredient in cocktails, it permits golf for fun and at his own expense, the creation of something original, yet he had a grouse over the ex- subtle and most pleasing.

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penses of the play-off. A

He had, it seems, to pay out $300 out of his own packet to play in the Open, on top of which he had to "cough up" expenses for 'the' play- off. He can cnally afford that, but, he says, $300 is $300.

"Golf" he said with satisfaction,”

la now a game that belongs to the public, which is a great improve ment over the days when I started."

close enough to hear and see what was going on.

But in spite of all that Parnassus couldn't sayo 'that $50,000 in futuro bookings, based on Garcia's retaining the finish.

Wingsworto shape "probably --than This fighter, who only had to do the fighting. Mr. Parnassus had to I worry about that $50,000,

undaling the Japanese pill-boxes and outposts.

Four years ago he had Nazis on Over 20 civilians were killed and their

feet, cheering him home in many wounded as a result of tivo Olymple 1,500 metres final in Ber-raids near Shunchun last

week- International.

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