1949-06-13 — Page 6

BRUCE WOODCOCK IS

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

The Same Champion-

But

A New Man

By RONALD BOXALL

The bell rang out for the fourteenth round. Freddie Mills, the cruiserweight champion of the world, came out of his corner to make one last desperate attempt to connect with his lethal left hook and arest the British; Empire and European heavyweight championships From Bruce Woodcock. Nearly fifty thousand people in London's White City Stadium held their breath.

Mills was so far behind on points that only a knock-out could swing the verdict his way--and he knew it. With all the courage that the British boxing publle, have come to know so well he tried to fight his way through Woodcock's unflinching defence. But he might as well have tried to cut his way through the Iron Curtain with a can-opener.

Boxing better than he has over done before, Woodcock kept him at arm's length with well-timed and delivered straight lofta. Mills went back-and Wood- cock saw his chance. He measured his opponent with a left to the head, followed a split second later by a crashing right. Mills wilted, and as he sank to the canvas another vicious right landed on his head.

SU

Acen

GOING BACK

day

o the

drew nearer.

ing effect than ever.

Liberation Shield

The first game in the Libera- tlon Shield Competition between

MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1949.

SPORTING ÷SAM

By Reg. Wootton

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Laidon kaprem servic

On

Brooklyn Dodgers Hold

To National League Lead

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New York, June 13 ~Taird baseman Billy Cox and first baseman GI Hodges clouted two homers each and drove in 14 runs between them as the League leading Brooklyn Dodgers walloped the Cincinnati Reds 20-7 In a National League game yesterday, Hodges drove in eight runs and Cox six.

The Dodgers were alded by. 11 walks in stretching their winning streak to seven games. They walloped five of the Red hurlers for 10 runs in the fifth inning to break n 5-5 tie.

THE SCORES

teams

DAVIS CUP

·

Italy Reaches

Semi-Final

London, Juno 12,-Italy today advanced into the European Zone semi-final of the Davis Cup competition, benting Chile -by.

four matches to one in the third round.

Italy won both singles matches at Turin today in her third round, tie with Chile to win the tle by four matches to one.

Italy now meet the winners at the Yugoslavia y Sweden tle.

Today's, results were: Glann! Curelli (Italy) beat R.: Balbiers (Chile) 6-4, 6-6, 7-5.-

Marcello del Bello (Italy) bent M. Taverne (Chile) 8-10, 6-0, 6-1, Taverne retiring because of cramp..

CZECHS WIN DOUBLES

In Paris, Czechoslovakiła won the doubles match today in their third round tie against Franco to reduce Franco's lead in the lie to two matches to one.

Today's result: Jaroslav Drobny and Visdimir Cernik (Czechoslovakia) beat Marcel Third baseman Grady Hatten; two on, as the Phillies won the

Henri

Belellt Bernard and hit a grand slam homer for nightcap 0-3. Phillie pitcher

4-0 6-3, 6-4, Cincinnati.

(France) 4-0. Robin Roberts halted right Left

fielder Halph Kiner elder

New York, June 12, A04. Stan Musial's hitting

The remaining two singlex played blasted

a homer in the seventh streak at 14 straight games in Major League

doubleheaders today. Scores of matches will be played to Inning to lead the Pittsburgh the second content. Pirates to a 6-5 victory

morrow. Reuter. Cleveland Indiana de- the openers were: the New York Giants

fealed the League-leading New York Yankees in the American League. The tribe took the

the shutout opener behind pitching and two-run homer of New York Dob Lemon). Second baseman Cleveland Joe Gordon alio homered for Cleveland,

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over

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

R K 0 0 0 11

YUGOSLAVS LEAD

SWEDEN

Exhibition

Chess

An exhibition chess gamo will be played at the Peninsula Hotel to morrow evčhing, com- mencing at 8 p.m., be tween Serge Jiritsky, of the Kowloon Chess Club, Champion of Shanghai, and R. W. Borsodi, of the Marshall Chess Club, New York, formar Intercollegiate Champion of the United Statos.

Mr Borsodi, who in. with the Standard Oll Co., is here on, a bust-" ness visit. Mr Jiritsky,' who has been resident here now for 'some months, has given one- simultaneous and ono blindfold exhibition at tho Kowloon Chess Club, proving himself a. player above the class of our local. best..

Visitors, will be wel- come at the exhibition.

Zagreb, Yugoslavia, June 12- IBA MEETING

2 Veteran Josip Palladn of Yugoslavia today defeated 24-

Yankees: p. Lapat, Marshall: year-old Lennart Bergelin of Amateur Boxing

c. Berra.

Indians; p. Lemon: e. Re-

Referce Som ilussell began to even tiles; if he lost, he would Mills still be the world cruiserweight count. One-two-three was on one knee. his head bent champion. Bul Freddie has KCC ONE UP IN low. Four-five-six... the crowd always wanted to ascend to the heavyweight waited would he get up and planacte

this tight cvine back for more na they division again and Ind

often

kin do?

to him

na any Seven-elglit-nine

Not

as important had ever contracted. he move from Mills. The crowd

The tension mounted were

as the already on their fee; and how

We heard they roared when the word OUT that Woodecek over at Galway echoed round the stadium from Bay was getting tough with his n score of loudspeakerst

sparring partners, and develop-

The Chiengo Cubs closed out punch that was knocking the Kowloon Cricket Club and Charlie Grimm's long National

Kowloon Bowling Green Club them silly.

career by To appreciate the full sigril-

And reports came from was played off at Cox's Rond League managerial

doubleheader with teance of what happened during Surrey that Mills was using his yesterday, resulting in the victing a those few seconds of the four-left hook with a more devastat-tory for the former by 173 shots Boston:

to 127. teenth round it is necessary to

Catcher Al Wollter's Aist in- Two more games will be play ning triple with the bases loaded go back nearly three

pinged and the tears who obtineti clinched the fient amme for dee Lou Boudreau mashed a homo Chicago

Manager second baseman an. the night when Bruce

most shots will win the competi-Cubs 6-2. Rookie right hander climbed through the ropes at Mills

eight lon. Inside Harringay Arena to

to face Big

more cautious,

The following were the results Warren flacker, called up from run and a single to drive in two Chicago Joe Dinkel. Alrendy British, rounds; others,

Shreveport last week, relieved runs in the nightcap, called in Thompson, Sargeant, W. Hong Sling Johnny Schmitz, Chicago grounds.

eighth Empire and European heavy raid Woodcock could win if he with KCC Floks Brat:

champion. weight

Woodcock managed to keep out of the

and F. Gondwin beat . Tindall, and

way of Mills's left hook and Creighton, D. Tratt and J. Frasester, with none out In

Mike Garcla allowed the was on top of the world,

took the fight the full distanco 22-10 C. Stapleton. T. Baker, J. inning and limited the Braves the British boxing publie ex-

to one hit the rest of the way. Yankees only three hits. pected great things of hun. of ifteen rounds. In view of Tibble and . B. Landolt lost fr

In the scand game, the Cubs their negative opinion of Wood-Hughes, T. Wren. Thompson and Simpan 18-21: Daggott, 8. A. Gray, the second round of that fight, cock (and his recent record). E. P. Guest and . M. Forrest were blanked by lefly Johnny

beat Styles, H. F. Shields, 3. G. Woodcock stopped a Baksi Sun- it wasn't surprising, therefore, Meyer and A. J. 11all 27-10: A.

entered the ring Tribble, W. Baker, W. Butterworth day punch with his chin. Al that Mis 1 though he fought

achado in his and F. E. Skinner lost to B. F. 5. Antonell to on bravely with the odds

Baker, Melnues. A. Warren and until the referee stepped in to favour.

McKelvie 17-13;. A. Crahatn, F. 1o sat in the ringside warth. R. Leith and G. Lee beat A. prevent à maasucre, this was the As we

sharp while the formalities associated Plume, J. Hempsey. S. Strange and beginning of Woodcock's

A. Eastman 20-17; H. Giune, J. Tang, with a big fight were going on decline.

to hospital under the arc-lights, we won- Kew and C. 8. Nosselet beat

Bruce

It is now well known that in

Then came the great day. Boxing critics Were

to

win

Antonelli's four-hit

the

star-

the

There double pluya Penabled New

Frisch. Brown, W. it. Baller, H. Wiggin

over the Frankie

because of wet

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2

15 14 3 0 Red Sox: p. Parnell; c. Teb- belts.

White Sox: p. Judson, Sur- kont Geltel; e. Tipton. Washington Detroit

0 D

0

9 2

D. Scarborough;

c. Evans.

Definition: D. Newhourer; c. A.

For Amateurs

hold his Ahutout and the Braves to take thu game 2-0,

Grimm wiit turn managerial

to post

St. Andrews, June 11- Woodcock went

Louis The Royal and Ancient Golf Philadelphia and St. with a broken jaw. For months dered whether

doubleheader. Harry Club of St. Andrews today he was out of action, and the stand his ground

spilt Breechen allowed the Phillies Intimated that Bghi fans went around with long fold back-pedalling taelles.

the now three runs in the Arst inning of faces. Then the wiseacres got he did the latter, we would

Bohe busy. Woodcock had had it, they said. He would never get have a new heavyweight charrier, Wong and E C. Pincher beat the opener, then led them in amateur status regulations over the effect of that shattered plon. If he did the former Grison, L. Lam-knots for the other eight innings will come into force on July

well anything could happen.

was

would

or start his

If

jaw. There were more things Our doubts were soon dis- wrong with Woodcock (accord~pelled. Woodcock went in from ing to them) than any other man

bell, opening

and we who had ever laced on a pair of the

breathed a sigh of relief. He boxing

oxing gloves Woodcock's first was going to make a fight of it trial after his spell of inactivity, and what a fight it was! His

After a couple of seconds, a another opponent

appeared on American, Lee Oma. There at nanty red patch Harringay,

y, the British champion Mills's right eye-the result of He made hard work of beating a Woodcock straight left. man who wasn't even worthy to get home a couple of hard left hooks, but Woodcock Just be in the same ring with him. In the fourth round Oma went blinked and started a new at- Then a crashing n blow that was tuck going. slap than a punch-and right hod Mills down for two, he stayed down. Those four-and the crowd began to sit

flown from

more

rounds did Woodcock's reputa~ | up

tion months later he was when the first round, ended.

ไ

ton and V. Chittenden 19-12; E. R. fosselet, C. R. Rosselat, Ht. 5, Capell and T. Lock beat R. P. Phillips, C. E. Crouch, L. Collyer and E. A. AL- kins 36-18; Champotovler, C. Rosse

mert and L. Sykes 24-34.

OPEN TRIPLES

A. P. Pereira, C. Ross Perlera and

C. C. Pereira beat S. R. Solina, Tay and G. A. Saura, 21-10, in the Open Triples tomatillon yesterday. C. M. Siva, J. A. Luz, R. F. Luz beat af, Jinggal, 3. Yusuf, W. A Rumjahn, 20-19,

LEAGUE BOWLS STANDINGS FIRST DIVISION

Shots

LF A Pts

378 240 24

208 287 15.

321 291 131

3298 292 12

233 227 10

P W

ccc

0

IRC Reer 'A' 5 2 KBGC KCC

5

5 2

4 2

2

5 2

3

240 354

8

51

4

275 302 7

3

104 253

5

SECOND

DIVISION

1

340 244 21

4 3

239 218 15

4 3

5 3

7

283

53

2 3

take notler, up nad

It won Mills who was looking troubled A few

Woodcock

get seemed matched with Lee Savold, yel another American. Again Wond- stronger as the fight went on. KORC

connected with cock backed away from his op- Whenever he

PRC the sanked at ponent, more intent on guarding his right. Mills his mending jaw than landing a knees. Several times the crowd Reer 'B' 4 1 "Blow on the other man. He won were on their foot-rearing to

the night, Recreio 84 -on a foul and left the ring Woodcock to falsh

but Bruce was heeding the ad- CCC amid boos and catcolls.

Bruce Woodcock was at rock vise of his manager and trainer FC

calling to him to KCC bottom. No heavyweight cham-who were

TDRC plón had ever been lower in keep boxing.

KBGC IRC

the public esteem.

WDS

:

230 224 134

230 13

308 273 12

14

270 302 0 224 212 8 209.338 7 193 281 THIRD DIVISION

305 240-18 238 185 124 4 2 2 234 221 1134 4 32 253 258 91

222 248 74 158 189 5% 108 260 5

1

NOT ONE-SIDED But things began to look Yet this was by no means a HKFC 4 1 3 more cheerful when he went one-sided affair. When Milis

4 4 0 HKCC to South Afrien and battered" | got inside he punished Wood- their heavyweight champion, cock with his left hooks to

НКЕРС 5 Johnny Ralph, to defeat inside the body--and the heavyweight POC

..4 3 three rounds. Thore

no champion wasn't liking them a KDRC sign of nerves from Bruce in bit. But keeping his right high

KCC this scrup, and once again the to guard his doubtful jaw. Reercio 11% 234 fight fans began to take heart. Woodcock boxed splendidly with

Meanwhile,

lion-hearted his left and extracted himself KBGC. 31 2 Freddie Mills, had won

the skilfully whenever Mills got

41 3 PRC too worldom America's

cruiserweight cham-close for comfort. Nevertheless, plonship

Gus the blood that poured from his Lesnevitch, Always an extreme-nose testified to the fact that

straight left

left with punishing

ly popular fighter, he sudden- Mills, too, was employing a

Cad-like in the eyes ly became of those who follow the effect;

Gentle Art.

INEVITABLE CLIMAX

Verdeur Fails In Record Attempt

Paris, June 12-Joe Verdour, Although he was decisively world and Olympic 200 metres beaten 1. by a rejuvenated Bruce Woodcock, Mills covered him at stroke champion, falled af Marscilley In an at-

Then come the Inevitable self with glory. No other man tempt to improve on the world tion Woodcock was matched of his weight in the world could 180 metres figure.

climax to this confused situa-

have taken those shattering talefend his three titles

He showed a time of one galbst Mill

rights to the side of the head minute, B.1 seconds, compared Woodcock took himself off to down for short counts in the Erst minute, 7.3 seconds standing to and kept on his feet. He was with the world record of one Culivay Bay to prepare for this

and third rounds, for a longer declave contast. deainst a man

If he lost-count In the tenth--and Anally/the credit of Richard Hough, of

Tightor

than himself there was What is next for Bruce Wood- nothing left for him but cock? On September 4, he meets oblivion and he knew ll.

Lee Savold in a return matcli---

Mitri Wins

7-3.

The amateur will be defined

Philadelphia St. Louis

4 12

Sweden in the opening match of the quarter final round of the European Davis Cup com- petition, 3-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3, The second singles match was post- poned by rain.-United Press.

May Have Two More Weights

County Cricket Chile,

Standings

Oslo, June 12-Soven na- tions, the Soviet Union, Iceland, Bermuda, Bulgaria,.

Puerto Rico, and Yugoslavia, were accepted as members of the Associn- tion Internationale do Boxe

London, June 12. The 2County Cricket Champiously (the International Boxing O table, up to and

included Association) at a meeting of Athletics: p. Coleman, Shan- games which ended on Friday; the. Association's Executive-

Committee held in Horten.

Applications for membership.

also been received from

tz. Scheib; e. Guerra,

Browns; p. Fannin, Ferrick, Garver; c. Lollar.

Cincinnati

June 10, in as follows:

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Worcester Yorkshire Middlesex 0 I

Spinerset 20 13 I Kent Reds: p. Wehmeir, Lively. Surrey Raffensberger, Gumbert. Fox, Northants Dobernic. Vandermeer;

Warwick Howell.

Derby

Glamorgan Gloucester 0 21 1 Notts

A

or the Cardinals won decisively | 1.

Second baseman Red Schoend-

as "one who plays, the game Dodgers: p. Barney, Minner; Essex est and catcher Del Rice homer-solely as a non-remunerative or. Edwards. ed for the Cards while catcher non-profitmaking sport or pax. Piltsburgh Andy Seminick drove in nil three Phillie runs with a four bagger.

time."

New York

There are nine categories de- Pirates: p. Lombard, Dick-Lancs In the second game, Seminick fined as a non-amateur: those son. Sewell, Casey; e. McCul- Sussex

for money.

goli lough. slammed two homers, one with competing

Giants: p. profes.

Higbe, teachers, apprentices, stonets

Hansen, Behrman; those who receive payment for expenses, those payment

FOOTBALL

Spain Beats Eire

and regular caddies, ston, Cooper.

who

Cubs;

Hampshire Webb, Leicester e. Living-

0

10 0

2 4 0

Voiselle,

11 1 3 3

1st Inn. PWLDL D.Pis

8 5 2 1 1 1 08 had

7 4 1 2 0 2 66

93000 4 52 Chine, India, Palatan, Iran, 94581 0 62 Jamaica and the Lebanon, and these countries were amliated 8 3 4 11 1 44 temporarily, a final decision to 7 3 1 3 0 2 4 be taken when the alterations 03330 140

211

83 2 2 0 1 40 to the laws and boxing regula

2 3 1 0 1 2 tons have been approved.

20 240 1

Among the matters discussed 1151928 at the meeting was the possibi- 2 2 1 0 0 24 lty of increasing the number of 2310.0

weight categories from eight to 10, and the matter is to be placed before the béxt full Congress of the Association in Copenhagen in 1950.,

1.0 -Reuter,

The question of the training and qualBeation of referees was also discussed, with the, proposat of the title of "International Referee" for those proved competent.-Reuter.

Schmitz, Hacker: Germans Get Back of the award

receive Chicago for advertisement, Boston those who receive payment for being photographed, those who C. A. Walker.

Braves: p. Sain, receive payment for sponsoring articles, those who receive gifts, Barrett; e. Masi, Salkeld. and those who play golf to as-St. Louis sist business,

Philadelphia

A whole section is devoted to Cardinals: P, Brecheen; c.

Rice.

be re-Press.

Dublin, June 12.-Spain notes on re-instatement to the D.

Phillies: p. Konstanty, Trin- beat Eire by four goals to amateur status and it is laid

down as o gulding principle | kle: C. Seminick. United one in a football Interna- that no player will tional at Dalymount Park, instated more than once-and- Dublin, today after leading that a player who hus been a

Rve years by three goals to one at professional for

more will not normally be eligi- half-time.

ble for re-instatement-Reuter.

·

After the Irish goal had some narrow escapes in the first half,

Eire against the run of the play scored first from a penalty kicked by Con Martin.

20

TENNIS LEAGUE

Today's matches In the Mixed Doubles "A" Division of the Lawn Tennis League are:

KCC V V CRC

Middlecoff Wins SCAA

American

HKCC

Open USRC.

Within dve minutes, however, Spain scored three goals through Zarre (two) and Basora (one).

Chicago, June 12.-Cary Just on hair-time, Artigas, the Spanish Inside-left, was carried Middlecoff, the 28-year old off the field after being injured golfing dentist, who gave up substitute, Igos, took his his place in the Walker Cup and place.

Right to the end Spain were team two years ago in order In command of the game and to turn professional, is the Just before full time feda new open golf. champion of scored their fourth goal. The the United States. attendance was 30,171-Reuter HUNGARY AND ITALY TIE Budapest, June 12.Hungary today, each side scoring once. Champio and Italy tied at soccer here

Router.

He won, with a 72-hole score

Snead, former British Open "jinx" rose up to haunt Sain

of 208 while an old familiar

Snend, who lost in three pre- vious United States opens, HOLLAND BEATS finished in a second place to

DENMARK.

with Clayton Heafner, of Charlotte. North Carolina, with Copenhagen, June 12-Hal-a score of 207.. Alanidbeat. Denmark by two

In third place came Jim goals to

a football Turnesa, of Briarcliff Manor, International here this after- New York, and Bobby Locke.: noor-Reuier.

of South Africa, each with 209.-Router.

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AUSTRIANS LOSE IN RIO

MIUS withdrew to his train this time billed by Promoter Venice, June 12, Tibeflo ing camp in the fair county of Jack Solomons as the world's Mitri, the Italian-holder of the Surrey, and immediately set heavyweight championship: European middleweight cham- Rio de Janeiro, June 12.- about winning the hearts of Savold, in the ringside last night, plonship, beat Gaston Cham- The Rio football team the loent population. He had must have seen enough to give braud, of France, on points in a Flupinrae today bent Austria's Good Luck Wins everything to gain and Uitle to him plenty to think about in 10-round non-litle contest here Rapido team by thres goals to lase. If he won, be, would have the next few months!

CAST OF CORRARD, STRIPSY

tonight.Heuter..

Mister Conquest

two.-Reuter.......

GOODBYE!!!! PETER, OLD BOY.. GOODBYE.... SCORPION ROCK

AND SO WE BAY KAREWELL TO SCORPION ROCK AND SAIL AWAY. WITH KITÆ STRIPEY URU TOAST NEW. ADVENTURE. [}=-TOMORROW!

French Derby

Parks, June 13.-M. Claude Victor Thomas Good Luck, by Goya out of Ma Conaille, won the £3,000 Prix du Jockey Club, the French Derby; from M Marcel Boussac's Ambiorix and Báron Edouard do Rothschild's Violoncello, at Chantilly today.

Paul Blanc took Good, Luck into the lead as they turned into the straight on the one and a half miles journey, and com- fortably resisted a late challenge- by Ambiorix to win by half a length; with Violoncello K

A 10

AA

v LRC

Olympic Stadium

Fausto Coppi Wins Tour Of Italy

Berlin, June 12.-Major- General S. K. Bourne, Britain's one-armed Commandant Berlin, today handed Kitler's In Olymple Stadium back to the Germans. Nearly 50,000 cheer

Milan, June 12, Fausto ing Berlin football fana walch Coppi, of the Bianchi Club, to ed the handing-over ceremany, day won the Giro D'Italia- which preceded the semi-final (round Italy) cycle race for

of the German football cham- the third time. His preylous plonship.

victories were in 1940 and 947. Major-General Bourne sald

The race, run in stages over a that the British

started authorities course of 2,425 miles). were happy to retun thé from Palermo on May 21 and Stadium to the Germans in the finished today at Manga, north course of the transfer · ́of of Milan. grenter powers to the German authorities-Router.

There were 102 entrants.-- Reuter.

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