1949-08-05 — Page 6

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1949.

KING'S PRIZE WINNER Drobny & Cernik WINNER Drobny & Cernik Plan To Play At

WOODCOCK BARNSTORMING KING'S PRIZE HIS WAY TO TITLE FIGHT

This way for Woodcock! Step up and see Savold! Definitely the first and only appearance in this town!

Britain's Bruce Woodcock and 'America's Leo Savold, fettling-up for their world championship meeting at the White City on September 6, are now flashing their diamond-studded flats-carefully wrapped in 16 oz. pillows-In a series of one-night exhibitions up and down the country.

"Ted Greensinde, the Yorkshire smallholder-cum-politician-cum-comedian who stooges for Woodcock's exhibition punches, must be finding his job of camp com panion a bit harassing these days. Ted just has to keep fit, in spite of himself.

Barnstorming over, Bruce will settle down to strict training at one of the dozen or so beauty 'spots being placed at his cils- posal by hotel proprietors, holl- day camp Impresarios and lurid- ed gentry.

freedom

RINGSIDE

George Whiting

To date, our hoped-for world to five, 4-1; in rounds alx to champion has been offered the 10.4-1; in rounds 11 to 15, 0-1: of half the English to win only at the end of the coust, the Lake District, Gal-15th round, 5-1. wny

Bay. Loch Lammond, the Welsh mountains and the Isle of Man.

Meanwhile smiling Suvold is hearing the end of his tour of wht lena polite Americans call the hick sticks, Having per- formed at Reading last night- his fifth

show-Lee hits the

Woodcock-To 'win at any stage, 6-4; to win in rounds one to ve, 8-1; in rounds six to 10, 7-1; in rounds 11 to 15. 6-1; to win only at the end of the 15th round, 4-1.

Draw-30-1.

Interesting figures, even to a road for West Hartlepool on non-betting man. They reveal Monday and Grimsby on a mature and considered opln Thursday, Then, following a look-nce at Paris and relaxathat tion

(t

Cannes,

jon.

where pro- | goes,

with

which I

dollar offering. It is obvious that lend-leate should be, re- nored immediately."

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ol

Parker says that when Ezzard Charles, recognised by the Na tional Boxing Association

world's

heavy- Americn weight champion, fights Gus

mevich in New York August 10, top price for seats will

on

be 10 dollars 50 cents (about £4 sterling).-Reuter.

--(London Express Service)

Improved American Reaction

agree. the longer the fight better Brice'n

London, Aug. 4-With At this early

about 150,000 people apply- Woodcock against

the 50,000 in rounds six to to ing for

the

7-1

moter Jack Solomon is also chance.

for September 6,¦ stage, Ketting it comes the hard grind of train winning

probably

Coast..

sents 0:1 the South looks like reasonable business, available, the September 6 between Britain's Another set of American fight figures, this time concerned with Bruce Woodcock and Leo punch-power, hove been Savold of America at the Here is how Eddie Borden, tabulated by oue Johnny Salak, White City, London, has Anglophile American whose who has been amusing himself proved itself as one of the persunsiveness made pornible | with

the e-records of more

the first Lesnevich-Mills night; than 15 outstanding fighters biggest attractions in the

three years ago, "dopes it out" of the past 70 years, for September 0:

Savold.-To win at

history of British boxing.

Captain E. Brookes, Inte RASC, won the King's Prize at Bisley with a score of 278. He comes from West Wickham, Kent, where he is a garage manager. He is 17 years old.

Here he is enthroned on the traditional chair after his winning shoot, before being chatred off the range.

Cricket's Only Converts

On The

The Continent

Forest Hills

Genova, Aug. 4.The two self-exiled Czech tenuis stara, Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir Cernik, will lenvo;

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ON THE RECORD

Why Not An Interport

*

Football League?

Zurich for Belgium next Cities Football League is being than for

The suggestion of a European, and the time is, perhaps, other the fact that the. Tuesday to take part in the seriously considered at the mo-political situation Lg getting Ostend Championships. ment and the League may well more tense, ripe for an Inter-

Switzerland issued the play- materialise, given a feeling of port. League. orn with

European "Stateless" parsports Western

security,

North China ports are now when they decided not to re-sooner than many expect. turn homo after the Swiss

out of the picture, but we still Earlier this year, two distinct have Hongkong, Manila, Singn- Championships is Osloud last League competitions were play-pore, Saigon and Bangible month

ed in Europe. The rather un-)form They will play in the North friendly Mediterranean Friend-League. However tense the pull- the nucleus of such p of England championships at Scarborough Yorkshire,

ship Cup competition, which has tical situation will get, 1 doubt August 15 and plan to play in received the more publicity of that it will interfere with foot- the

United

States Champlon- the two, saw Italy, represented ball until that moment when the whips of Forest Hills.

by its "D"-team, win with six whole barrel explodes,

Turkey Drobny was

finished with reported today points. 10 have promised

four points, Egypt with two and next winter 10 coach theGreece with none,

cans have got all ready for the Ostond ice hockey team--pro- While this was going on, the World Football Cup with a enter the Italian "A" team was engaged League in which eight countries In the Europe Cup Tournu participated. The Anal result ment. This tournament saw was: Brazil, 14 points; Paraguay, the following final result: Hun 12; Peru, 10; Dollvia, 6; Chile, gary, 6 points; Austria, Ampan & Kumar Loso Czechoslovakia, 3; Italy, ; and end Ecuador 0.

4:5; Uruguay, 5; Colombia, 4;

Orange, N.J.,

Aug. 4, Switzerland, 1. Felicissimo Ampion, of the Philippines, and Naresh Kumar, of India, were eliminated from football has caught

in our part of the world, anyone blush who is still argu the doubles

un to an ng about the expense of run-. difficulties of rung a European Cities' Football serious in League or, for that matter, a

encounters Far Eastern Interport League.

to return

vkled ho does not Forest Hills Anals.-Reuter.

in the Eastern

where

Fre never

grass court lawn tennis cham-extent pionship when Herb Finn and Anance Sid Wood of the United States interport. football

beat them by 10-3, and 8-0 in the second round.-Reuter.

Luxury Travel For

Race Horses

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*

Meanwhile, the South Ameri-

The amount of travel that this Lengue Involved should make

"Greatest Of Them All" Controversies Again

This

"In

1039 I roomed with while touring

Kuala Lumpur-The Malayan Two of those, "Greatest-of- Railways have put into service | them-all"-controversies are on Cunningham

new type of hocke .couch again in the American press. Europe with an American tracks which provides luxury travel The first has to do with who team. During this tour, Cur for race horses. The conch is was the greatest middle dis- ningham ran a 110 and a 440 equipped for running in fast (tance and distance runner, with us on relay teams. passenger trains between the

"On one occasion Glenn ran various Batting at Lord's the other day with fair success

racing centres FONS

distances comprises Molaya.

from 440 Yards to One Miles leg of a Mile Relay in 40.1 and he also run better than According to Mr Salak, our Jack Solomons, promoter of were our old friends from Holland, the Flamingos. An

It is made of wood and ls and leaves out most

of the 9:20 on

the Two Mile. If n stage, 1-2; to win in rounds one Bruce Wondrock is the hardest this "Europeni: version" of the "off-centre" occasion certainly, to judge from the absence capped with a shining roof of Scandinavians who are not too man can be greater than this, I

hilling heavy-weight in thie world heavyweight champion of a crowd, but we should hail them as

aluminium a missionary lacquered world, Bruce rates from Jelny ship, said

which fast at anything less than 1,000 would like to meet him." here: "1 suppose a "punch power" represented by there must have been 150,000 bishop might his handful of converts in a heathen keep the interfor seven degrees Metres.

cooler than the old type. "The in figure of 000-and is surpassed, applications altogether, and the Continent.

stables are set on either side only by

two old-timers, Pat whole of the permitted 50,000 Kitten (007) and Bob Martin seals are over-subscribed," (847), and by the retired for Louls (830).

County Cricket

London, Aug: 4-Tho close of play scores in first class cricket matches today were:

At Chesterfeld: Gloucester chire 108 and 302 (Emmelt 92. Allen 80, Carr 6 for ; Der byshire 140

(Cook for 40) and 00 for 4.

At Canterbury: Middlesex 362 for 7 declared muxt 163 for 2 (Edrich 50 not out); Kent 201

Todds 68. Young 7 for 47).

At Hastings: Sussex 273 and #3 for 3; Nottinghamshire 209 Harris 74 not (Simpson 129, out).

W. It

Klink Harry

36-year-old pride in a letter today from captain of the present side, told My Arthur H. Walker, of me that a propaganda fund is Gunnersbury Court being raised to stimulate youth should convert the neutrals to ful intercst in the game, played | league cricket right away. entirely on matting.

of

Controversy No. 2 rages over whether Herb McKenley, that great Jamaican Quarter-Miler # large fodder compartment. The controversy arose over a

who was beaten so spectacular- The door has shats which gives clalm made in favour of Don

by his fellow Jamaican, quiet and sure footing for Gehrmann of Wisconsin who Arthur Wint, at the Olymple maged in the Drake Relays to Games, will lower the 440 run fast legs over 880 Yards,

rds, Yards record below 40 seconds. One Mile and to run a leg on

This year again he has done la Mlle Relay team. His per-

Close observers 46.2. formances approximated to 10.6 running tactics think

that seconds for the Quarter, 1:51.5

McKenley

has been robbing for the Half and 4:10.5 for the

Himself of a 45.5 performance Mlle.

by invariably running the first papers 220 Yards in 20.9 or 21.0 seconds

"most and then coasting in.

BREAK, BREAK. BREAK

Europe, indeed; in "heathen" in a cricket sense. Holland, one of the two or three countries which play The fight has assumed a high it at all, bus a mere 12,000 performers. But these con- the animals.-Reuter. stature in American eych. The recently despised Wood Colonel Eddie Eagan, Clunan verts are trying to spread their gospel. cock, it transpires, packs a much of the New York State Athletic more considerable clout than Commission, And the former was

ever achieved

by Tom champions, Joe Louis and Gene Sharkey (685), Pelino Carner Tunney, have notified Solomons | (667). Jack Dempsey

(059), that they will be present, and Max Влег (641). Tani 20 American boxing writers are Mnuriello (633).

Bombardier

eriler | expected to take the trip. Well

Burns W

Jack Schmelling (557). Jess Willard Georges Carpentier (543). (500), or Jack Petersen (500).

Savold gets no mention at all. presumably

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(014). Tommy (800), Bob Fitzsimmons (585), Meanwhile, on August 10 In

.Johnson (509). Mux New York, Ezzard Charles will

because his "hit

AL Manchester: Lenee ratio" falls below the qualifying beat Northamptonshire by an mark of 500. innings and 30 runs. Northants! 100 and 138 (Barron 51, Green- wood for 40); Lancashire 278 (Ikin 101, G. Edrich 54).

and

for 27)

14).

AL

Its

TWD

A COMPLIMENT

For

**If competitive cricket t3 introduced, the immediate reae-

Sportsman's Diary.

EDITED BY

Bruce tha

that

are struggling financially al- ready will go broke.”

You

have an omelette-in Switzer- land-without breaking three exes. So Geoffrey Paish, who played in the lawn tennis champlon- ships there, discovered.

Ono day he sent a message to the chef at his hotel that a breakfast omelette made with one ogg would be sufficient.

The head walter told him, with apologies, that order The management's

was three eggs in every oraclette, and there could be no reduction.

as the

This led Midwestern to talk of him lion-hearted of all great middle-

distance runners," with

many

They point out that Rudolf

set

holds the 800 Metres

1:40.0,

run

22.1

tore plaudits in a similar vein. Harbig of Germany, who There were many challenges the former world record. of 40 to this claim from all over the seconds flat for 400 metres and States and about the best came till from Johnny Morris, now track record conch at Southwestern Louisiana seconds for the Arst 200 metres Institute and one-time champion and 23.9 seconds for the second. Would McKenley slow up on high hurdler.

his first half of the race, they think, he will be running Wrote Johnny Morries: "Clann Quarter la 40.5 on his Cunningham won the Mile attempt at this more moderate

Collegiate start.

-"RECORDER.”

in

in 4

irst

National Championships in 1933 minutes 9.8 seconds and came back 50 minutes later to lose by the finals to coincide with the inches to Chuck Hornbostel in world championship series. At a 1:50.1 Half Milo,

"What's more, Glenn was run- present he has eight teams.

The four senior ones compete ning from a standing start while for a trophy given by local Gehrmann, in the Drake Relays skating enthusiast. Licut-colonel was off flying with the baton

Datongings in the Major-Leagues:— P. A. Symmons,

WAY TO GLORY

"Many of the Southern clubs (Mr Walker writes) are GURA tained by subscriptions trom defend his world title. American MCC paid the Flamingos the members who are Very keen version, against Gus Lesnevich; compliment of putting out abot not always very good. Not under the promotion of Joe strong side, including two old unnaturally they want to play Louls' international boxing club. Test players in lan Peebles and as often as they can

Walter Robins, Peebles and the This fight is recognised by the captain, George Newman, have. National Boxing Association of played against them in- all the

tion will be to always put out America as for the world title, games since the war. Mr Salak gets his finding but Colonel Eagan's Commission

best side and The

thereby tourists vary in

pro- the refused to Rive it that fession from Klink, who has # eliminate the mediocre player. from an analysis of the number has of times a fighter finishes his status,

tea and coffee businc55, to No cricket, no subscription,; is, opponent inside the distance.

In insurance

and the next step, and the result While the New Woodcock's marking of 800 is At Leicester: Leicestershire

York Com-members

students in engineering and 270 and

wicket; achieved by having slopped 28 of mission has refused to regard Ave for no

his 35 rivals between 1942 and the London contest ns anything medicine. Yorkshire 404 (Hutton 70).

with a sequence of 17 more than a dhol eliminator, Il At Worcester: Hampshire 238 1948,

Only member of the MCC. is suggested that the 127 for 5; Worcestershire consecutive "knock-nuts"

Encouraging. Isn't H?

winners of the two fights should the 45-year-old vice president 318 (Cooper 115, Keyon 79).

meet to produce an undisputed of the aide, Hugo van Maanen. Dutchinen pre- At Cardiff:

Two oldest Glamorgan beat OUR GOOD FRIEND

world champion.

sent were Mr J. Van Eejhen Royal Air Force

LETS FLY by 273 runs. "Glamorgan" 233 and 100-for-8

world heavyweight and Mr F. Davidson, only sur-

founder nwinbers declared; RAF 108 (Muncer 4 Columnist Dan Parker, of the champions at the same time will viving

look

and there this 20-year-old club. Criketing will be that many clubs rather sly, 6 for New York Daily Mirror, wrote: an 42 (Muncer

that of our the fact that it seems little "Despite

doubt that even- standard is about wouldn't draw mosquitoes over tually the winners will meet to good-class club games.

definite successor to here, even if given away with a decide a

BILL HITCH THERE NOW pound of English breakfast tea, Joe Louls-Reuter.

fight In the Woodcock-Savold

One of the Dutchmen, Van London is expected to draw a

der Bijl, scored, a century gate of £85,000 sterling."

their

match-drawn remarking

previous that the Parker,

Woodcock Injured Jack London

Mr Walker makes the further promoter,

hurst. He comes, like Beach- Solomond had set the price of

Doncaster, Aug 4-Bruce comber's D. Strabismus (whom point that "week-end cricket is ringsido

guineas, Woodcock, seats at 10

British heavy-God preserve); Sted:

from Utrecht, played down here for love of weight boxing, champion, was where Surrey's Bill

the game exercise, cumpanion- Hich is Americans wl injured in

motor

ship and not primarily to win." lorry conching. sympathico with the plight of accident near here London, Aug 4.-Ian Scott,

carly to- In Blighty, who day. He is being detained in

Well, it's still a more or less While sat Chlaichurst, of Marlborough, won the London their cousins

roduced to

free country. By all means such hospital. Now National Cyclist Union 10-mlic are

Dutchmen stayeti in the homes play on those free-and-easy desperate circumstances

On the evening lines if we motor-paced cycling champion-

Woodcock. Is due to fight the of members

don't care about ship at Hearne Hili last night they can afford to pay only 40

In Yankee

standing in international scratch American, Lee Savold, for the of the first day City accountant in 17 mins and

secs. dollars 23.0

heavyweight title In E. E. Spicer was the host at

cricket. But it (money) for this splendid 10 world'

wo do then the Reuter.

London on September 6.

dinner of more than 100

subscription-paying duds must Woodcock has slight

Definition given at the dinner.

be consigned to second and cursion and minor head In-with more wit than accuracy third teams and the first eleven

THEY MIX was slated this of a Bamingo!

plumage made up of keen young players morning that he was fairly A bird of white

anxious to raise their club to would bo which turns pink, or even red, the top of the league. There is

There is comradeship on the given a routine X-Ray exami- when the bird

has drunk too no middle course.

river between Town and Gown nation.

It would enlighten the Club at Cambridge. With

Cricket

send Conference to someone out

Southend: Surrey beat ENICX by an innings and 30 runs, Essex 223 and 145 (Eve 09 not out, Laker 5 for 32); Surrey 407 (Squires 127, Constable 86, Parker 09, Bailey 5 for 112)- Reuter.

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Cycling Title

RING

AND

DIAMOND

that

Marcel Cerdan, a good man in the ring, likes to play on the diamond, as well. Here, the world middle- weight champion pitches in a soft-ball game at Detroit.

Jurles.

It

comfortable and

con-

in

against West Kent, ut Chiste

much.

Green-

the

In other words, these keen Inefficients, in effect are buying places in club sides.

DON'T TRY TOO HARD

our

Because he throws the discus and kicks a football well, a policeman is to go to America

athletic

Lawn Bowls

PRC RINKS

Baseball Standings

New York, Aug. 4-The fol- lowing are the Baseball stand-

AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York Cleveland Boston

Washington

WL Perc. 81 30 .620 57 40 .633 50 43

40 .545 35 47

530 41 50 410 36 50 379 34 00 .343

NATIONAL LEAGUE

for an educational scholarship. The Police Recreation Club Philadelphia What is more, he is given. the team against KCC (away) in Detroit choles of two universities,

the First Division on Saturday Chicago lle la C. Clancy, In the Dublin will be force, former holder of the

D. H. Taylor, T. P. Ross, St Louis AAA

Vilanova and Title."

A. Soutar and Shepherd Cornell both want him

(skip): M. Saul, J. E. Hoy- Villanova believe that, apart ward, W. R. Hillyer and J. M. from his

ability, ha Forrest (skip); H. Brown, J. St Louis would also be an acquisition to Channing, W. J. D. Cameron Brooklyn

New York Tootball and and C. H. Gough (skip), basket-ball teams. Cornell want The PRC team against KCC) Boston him for football only,

Pittsburgh Clancy is 34, 0ft. 3in.. almost home) in the Third Division Philadelphia 17 stone: In Dublin he plays H. Finney,

T. Pilkington, Cincinnati Rugby as a wing-forward during H. B. Dewar and W. E Chicago

Hollands (skip); R. Wilson, J. M. Martin, G. Davies and C Pope (skip); J. Redman, T. H. Goodman, N. Bentor and G. E Willerton (skip).

them for their

the winter.

will be:

HKFC RINKS In a fortnight the Town havo to Australia to their Bump races run exactly to present the KFC in the inach

a friend, Ted

This week-ond Flamingos po slado, who was slightly 112- on to Bury St Edmund's for a study club ericket there. Jured, Woodcock was driving match

the against

Free

REFEREE OF 30

a lorry which he used to con- Foresters. vey training equipment when it skidded on

a bend struck a tree.-Reuter.

and

218 YOUNG BRITONS

Former Toronto Ice Hockey' player and couch, Gregory Professional boxing refereca, Ward, is trying to produce a of whom there are all too few British Olymple fee team in

60.33 .612 50 38 .803 52 46 .531 52 48 50 40 505 52404

43

520

40 50 408

30.03 .350

United Press.

Cuban To Rejoin Athletics

The following have been selected to the University pattern. There against KGC on Balurday at 1appy Estaleita,

fielder

Philadelphia, Aug. 4-Roberto

rotund Cuban out who jumped the are 10 town clubs, including Valles

a. S. Brown, L. Strange, C. Philadelphia Athletics for the busintes houses, college EOT COT, M. N. Hakusen; Y. Ham

and fry A. McAlaing, T. Po. B. I. Mexican League in 1946, will laboratory stat vants, museums. Each town club uses Bickford: J. H. Howell, E. Strange, rejoin the Arnext Friday."

Estalella first. came to the A's a college boathouse boats and J. A. R. Selby, N. J. Bebbington.

in' 1943' in Đ trade which sent oats.

HKCC RINKS

Bob Johnson to Washington. He. The following will represent the batted 200 in 1945 .200 in 1044, the Craigongower atoning in part for his fielding David Jennens, the. University | Cuʊ at Chinter Nid, on Saturday: dimculties.

D. Phillips, T. Tairburn, R. 1, {skip); A WIN, A W. Brown

The Cuba, who has been' Corrie, Graham, John

L. R. Wood, E...playing baseball in Venezuela, University: Boat Club secretary. Mitchell, A. E. Howkins (skip); says he is 30 years of age

C. 1. Black, A. 8. Erson, II. F.

United Press, -London Express Service) Shields, W. Williamson skip)..

on the right side of 40, will be five years. Two hundred and University coaches are help. Canadian Welter acquiring within the next year eighteen boys between 12-and ing the crews. Among them are HKCC

now blood in the person of 1-18 have. Joined his Young Knocked Out

weight International Who Club at Rlelimond.

·Montreal; ́ ́ Aug, 3...... surprised his friends by turn- Word proposes

national 0 Laurent Dauthuille, of professional a few months youths' tournament next year, Paris, continued ~ his. ` vic tories in la American cam Services champion who boxed former Imperial paign tonight when he for Britain in the European knocked out the Canadian amateur championships .10 will bring to his re-

Henry Darby. Calus BC light Britain Amateur Ice Hockeystroke, H. Warrinder, the old

Blue, and

Tt

ngo.

Darby,

welterweight champion, Dublin the Baine' qualities Johnny Greco of Montreal that took him from the ranks at 2:53 of the fifth round to a captaincy in the Indian of their 10-round fight. Army during the war.

"Henry "Is "In, no húriy," Having was Dauthuille's fourth

since he had only, ofte professional con- consecutive victory come to North America last test, he feels he is not yet pro- Autumn. A crowd of ap- perly equipped for the job of proximately 10,000, the largest "third man" in the commtrelal crowd ever to watch an out-ring. At 30, therefore, he will nght In Canada, saw the be seeking further experience speedy Frenchman outbax Green in actual combat before apply- In three of the first four rounds ing for his referee's licence, keeping the Canadian from

door

tanding with his powerful loop- ANTI-LEAGUE CRICKET Ing right.

Greco, who weighed 153 In and out of season I have pounds, a quarter of n bound advocated competitive club less than Dauthullle, took the cricket for improving English third round from the French-standards of play. But let's man on a foul-United Press. hear the other side, na ex-.

GO YOU MADE A HASH OC

TTIN PARIS.

Mister Conquest

REMEMBER IN FUTURE-THE ONLY WAY ANG ĈAN FIND. OUT WHAT THEY WE

UP TO 18 FORE VEU

TO DO WHAT

THEY TELL YOU

LATER THAT NIGHT.

·WELL-

MUST SAY- TS GOOD HOME

Drin

ENGLISH

BOT ANY GUM,

CHUM?

-London Express Bersion