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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH; -WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1950.

HOW THE BABE GETS HOT Big Fight Today.

Babe Didrickson Zaharias, Women's professional golf champion, puls her irons in the fire to take "the chill off my game."

burned The Babe recently

up Chicago's Tam O'Shanter course with her hot frons in posting a 293 to cop her latest title, one of many for

the lady athlete.

Why England Lost At Rio-Lack

Marksmanship

of

Says ARCHIE QUICK

THE BROWN BOMBER SAYS IT WILL BE A KNOCKOUT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER

BY PETER WILSON

POMPTON LAkes, new JERSEY. “IT'S GOING TO BE A KNOCK-OUT-ONE WAY OR THE OTHER."

The big, cafe-au-lait coloured champion sat on 4 rabbing table* while little men taped his hands and patted the huge sleek limbs, which look as though they belong on a statue and not on a living, breathing

man,

SPORTING BAN

By Reg. Wootton

Jack Solomons Is Ready For The Biggest Promotional Battle Yet

SAYS GEORGE WHITING

Boxing's biggest promotional battle for years will break out the moment Jon Louis and Ezzard Charles have settled their so-called World Heavyweight Champion ship argument in New York on September 27.

On my left, in the Union Jack corner Jack Solomons. On my right batting for America, Jim Norris, boss of New York's International Boxing Club.

Joe Louis was the speaker, and he was telling me how he thought his fight would go against Ezzard Charles at the Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, Septem. ber 27.

Someone asked Louis what he would do if Charles ran from him. The champ -it's impossible to think of Big Joe na anything but that did not hesitate. "I don't think he'll do that," he said. "Charles is a stand-up fighter." Somehow there wasn't the What makes him think 1 am He was in Max Baer's comer wild animal training atmosphere| betting on Charles?

when the clown prince of the which you used to get in this

BEER'S GOT IT

Maxic ting tangled with Louis. takeside tree-girt camp when 11 You

WIS out. He of the Was knocked Bet rome lea

The pair are friends and business associates but, as from September 27, they flist saw Louk training to de- difference between American working hard for Jhn Braddock. fend his le here 12 years ago and British

Jimi Was knocked out.

become no-quarter rivals for one of the most glittering prizes of post-war boxing. boxing when you When 20100714 asked

team that the television right sweated for Jack Sharkey. Jack Immediately Louis and Charles step out of the ring, the two promoters will be what he thought of Charles for the Joe

knocked out. So were Loula Ezzard Was boxer,

bidding against each other for the services of the winner in a fight with Lee Savold he replied

Natie Mann, Charles Bght nt

at the Yankee

Al McCoy, Lou diplomatically: "He's a ver Stadhum on September 27 have Niva, Buddy Buer, Johnny for the undisputed championship of the World next June. well-conditioned fighter."

been sold to a beer Arm for the Paychek, John Henry Lewis and

this was Pabling Uzeitun.

Norris, whose organisation host told Solomons equivalent of £71,428.

Ray was

certainly a glutton to Otherwise the situation seems

but pipedream-to which he replied heavy- that he only smoked cigara! HKCC TRIAL very much the same as in Briar ether people's punishment, headaches

but I con authoritatively deny weight situation will 1150 Jack Cappell, threatening to tal, with lots of critics de- livering fibre telling lovefitte

the statement that he bought a dollars, guarantees, percentages, become Salomon's No. 1 promo

Not long ago

The they had the from carrying Aim Mighty Joe Young." and

most

DIFFERENT WAYS That sort of stuff is all very well for UNO, but it doesn't i can't belong in a fight camp. help feeling that Lour base come just hile too civilised for the rough, tough business which is professional fighting.

tried ta Even when someone

neelle him by saying that the Aght could be dull unless be, Louis, forced the pace all along. ¡Jue only

that you mumbled different nighter.

fought

tifferent ways.

I asked him PANTANGAN

when he Wah

going to make

up his mind

what sort of

#ght was

going to make.

Trainer

said:

"When he

The reason for England's defeat in the World Cup series at Rio de Janeiro was explained at Stamford Mannie Sea- Bridge, London, when, substituting for the First Division champions versus Cup-holders, the Rio eleven met the gets into the Canadian touring side in the annual FA Charity Shielding," match. The Rio boys won 4-2 alright, but there for every- one of the 38,000 crowd to see was the cause of our South American debacle—lack of marsmanship.

Joe Then went into the sparring ring -which is as different

Ezzard Chazien

# place from the real fit of punishment as playing with a Teddy bear is from going

Finney, Mannion, Mortensen, Baily and Mullen weaved all manner of pretty patterns, but when it came to shooting at goalkeeper Hanson well they just passed on the responsibility to the next man. I have never seen such poor finishing although the game as a spectacle muscle to earn his keep the was brilliant.

into a

a bear bit. Tit" firsL piece of hired

hard way was young Harryj Wills, from Los Angeles, AL Mat. 121b. be was 101b, lighter-

In front of me spectator; complacent about it all when I shouted to Mathews, the Cana-spoke to him at the evening's than Louis. dian outside right, "Stan, you lanquef

with

"There

nothing Bin Joe was caught with more : afe on the wrong ride How wrong with English foolball" helft m to the head and face right he was. There should; said "What finer display enuld | Uman you could count never be any question last that you with for then this offers comptameter, and huming| Mathews is in an England i neon's." ↑ must disagree. While was bad. shirt until he retire, and his conservation of energy is such remain so ganbhy we Phall thai that day seems a long way never recover our proper place i atway.

However, bow-leggest Bekersley, the Blackburn

Lack, played the

maestro

13:13 la-f1-

225

well as anybody I have seen since the War, and or this form is preferable in the tional eleven to Aston.

Another

claim for honours

Who laid

TH-

Wa Harry right-

Johnston, the Blackpool

half, who was the outstanding man of the match.

What a

head chr

for

the

Fagh h

profesional forwards

LOUIS WARMS UP

in world newer. In all other I Long worked up heat by thu Tarts of the rame they lead. end of the first three minutes, at the cash customers-mostly coloured, like all the sparring Partners who bat paid mora than 75, to come in did not seem jable to get equally warmed up.

IRELAND'S

After working with Wills, Joe boxed two rounds against Baby

SOCCER XI Dutch Culbertson, whom i last

London, Sept. 26. Ireland's soccer team to play Egland at Belfast on October

contain: Uree new Cops

Fallon, arc

Cush

Thy

Seicclors. Can they drop skip-Campbell. per Billy Wright or move him to left-half and displace Die- Itinson? I know for my part I would have the Elackpool club: right wing triangle of Matthews,

and

The team is as follows: Kelly (Southampton); Fallan (Glasgow Celle); McMichael (Newcastle Unit-

Mortensen and Johnston opera-Blanchtower (Barndey),

ting in my international eleven.

ENGLAND ELEVEN

In-

at

Vernon (West Bromwich Al- hion), captain.

saw an a Glin Naples

Rome.

Was

Fathe

and

fael

nothing over the

₤

than some of the fighters. wheelbarrow to save himself letevisión contracts-even a few tional rival in England, is also

weights.

MATCH

$

Cull,

น

ponderous slighting remarks about Britain's talking it term of at least two devalued currency-In an all-big open-air shows during the

The Hongkong C.C. held an now they are saying that they Arcel has, in fact, said that out effort to keep Savold in Festival of Britain.

yesterday Here again New York comes all-day trial match be strong should have hnd Lous storringe is very confident about this America next summer. His case

into the picture.

Cappell tell at Chater Road which Wax in it and renamed li "Mightght because he believes that will undoubtedly

to an agree. featured by good batting per- Jue Old."

Charles has the equipment to but Solomons is not going tone he has com

by Kilbee, beat Louis, I'd just

to New York this week-end with- ment with Nat Bugers--one-formances #ke

at Madison Pritchard and know who Rave Ezzard aout a few powerful shols in his time match-maker tommy-gun.

watch his Thorpe Square Garden-lo trans-Atlantic interest in cap. analysis of turing.top-class American talent four runs. for British rings next sunumer

-(London Express Service)

'BATTLE OF BULGE' They use to refer to a world heavyweight tile light as the "Batile of the Century. But youngsters are referring to Joe's efforts to get himself into shape the Battle of the Bulge.” n: the

They have got some ammunt. toy for their cracks, because carrying whert Big Joe started training Roman candle,

·

locker. THE OLD JAKE

For one thing, he has n pro-

notc But if Arcel is quietly con- missory

UA Savold's dent, Charles's manager, Jake services, with a proviso that Lee Mintz

is his old maniacal sett. may tear it up if he thinks he

more money other clay, when he was can make

by Dy ilke

America, £13 angry fighting: Louis

he someone sug- Solomons, however, claims

G11

En

"York offer if he can get a little

at his old camp in Pompten gested that he should sit down. will be able to match any New Lakes, New Jersey, he Upped How can I?" yelled Jake. the beam-and nearly broke can't stand if I sit down."

scales at 15st. Bib.

the

been have already

Moreover, his trainer, Mantle made for Louls to

Semmon

the

doesn't expect that he defend

title, which he is vill gel much

more than exported to win back, in February. Suprested opponent

Rock

Marciano-who

than a

round or 50 off.

As they almost have to weigh is Charles In diver's

bouts to el

more lead-suted thing m to register vice-and that is over 12st weight is going to be that he is good. a big factor in this brawl.

It could be of use to Louis In clinches, but if the fight goca

.JOE LOUIS

good assuming

Then, next June, the Brown Domber would go in with Lee Savold in an effort flually to clear up the heavyweight mess, Incidentally. Savold landed

at New York the other day, and Jack Solomons is expected any day to see if he can arrange a Louis-Savold or Charles-Savold fight for the Festival of Brilain next summer.

From where I sit, it would, be easier to arrange the Festival of Britain.

-(London Express Service)

Betting 9-5 On Louis

JACK SOLOMONS co-operation from Lendou higla- ups on the question of maximum crowd capacity.

"If 10,000 people con watch football in safety," he asks, "why cannot the same number

New York, Sept. 26. watch boxing?" As Joe Louis and Ezzard the Festival of Britain, and a Nexi June we shall be having Charles relaxed in prepara-world championship fight here, tion for Wednesday night's between Louts and Savold, heavyweight title fight the would attract Ameriem dollars manoeuvres of professional CIVE ME A LITTLE HELP

by the bucketful. betting men

the dropped price favouring Louis from 11-5 to 9-6,

"Let me get a le help from the

authorities who control crowd Umits and I guarantee Since the two-point drop con- to eup any offer the minericana

sharply with the can make for this fight" public's increased confidence in

But supposing Charles beats Louis there is a possibility the Louis. In those circumstances, price

trusted

would lengthen before says

Joe and Ezzard climb into the

ring at Yankee Stadium.

Solomons,

would

on an

embark immediately entirely new set of "eliminators" Harry

Marksen,

managing for the world championship. director of the International

LRC TOURNEY

Ladies' Double

Quarter-Final

Stokes

returned

tho

while

three wickets for

Teams were captained by L.D. Kilbee and LF. Stokes. respectively, the former side Amerging cusy winners.

Scores were:

KILBEES X

LD. Kilbee, st Oliver, b Sloker GP. Prichard, cMahon,

Borthwick

Mabon

RS. Cull, e Oliver, "b" 1 ILB. Thorpe, retired R. MacPherson, retired A. Raynor, c Oliver, & Ball 3. O'Driscoll, o Hu, ball II.1. Rankie. • Oliver,

White

G. Holdsworth, e Nolaa, b Dail

The main attraction of this Jowelt. not out..... ufternoon's tennis programme N.I. Meffan, not out

Recreation Club

at the Ladica

Xrizas

Total for #' wide, cloc}

Mation

will be the remaining quarter Anal Axture of the Colony Ladies Open Doubles between Mrs Litton and Misa H. Y. Law White and Mrs R, Stack and Mrs G. Alokes Campbell

Borthwick

17121

00244

STOKESS XI

ACPACKS

Holdsworth.

Given a fair amount of sup port by Mrs Campbell, it is not İlkely that the Stuck-Campbell combination will go down. Mrs N.R. Over, b Cul Stack is undoubtedly one of the A. Borthwick, e beat lady doubles players in the FA hard............ Layton, 1. b. w. Pritchard Colony today, and it wil 1 AM Nolan, o Itarmor, b Cu interesting to see how her usual. Alexander. O'Driscoll ... LJ. Stokes, o Raynor, i Cull.. y deadly overhead smashes and TP. Mahon, & Raynor, b Thaipe volleys fare against the steady!L. While, not out......... defensive play of the CRO DJ. Hu, MacPherson, b Cutl K.G.A. Bal, 1. b. w. Thorpe pair.

J.C. Fulcroft, ʼn Therpe

Extras

Total

The full programme is: 5.15 p.m.-Mrs Litton and Miss It. Y. Low v Mr Stack and Mrs Camp- bell (Colony Ladies Doubles); Ath A.D. Scholes and Mrs Lynn liebin ይፈንን Mr Tamworth and Sire Arm Pritchard strong (Club Ladies' Doublest: DD O'Driscoll 9. Evans and Mrs Lldwell v. DR. Raynor foirnes and Mrs Sainshary and Thorpe cap Mixed Doubles); S.M. Garrard Holdsworth

Winner of J.A.C. Hurlbait v A W. Cutcher Handicap Men's Sin ries): M.C. Yaiskin and I. Arafuron Cable & Wireless) v B.G.W. Wei dan and M.P. Downie (Bank Line) C. Cive (Mediest Depti v 1. Owen Hughes and G.N. Gonno (Harry Wicking) (Interhong); I. Smith:

ដង៕

(inter-henge Dr. C. Smart, and Fine Trial Run By

Richards' Mount

and W.A. Sanders (Cable & Wire.

lesal W. Pomeroy and A.B. Kil chell APC) (Inter-hong).

Colony Golf Championship

Competitors

For

Cesarewitch

Newmarket, Sept. 26. French Squadron, Gordon Richards' mount in the Cesarewitch Stakes here on November 11, ran a splen- who intend did trial for that race in the the Colony two-mile Melbourne Stakes

Louis was at his best in these two rounds. He showed that incredible speed of haul which still has not deserted him, but when he

with hig eut loose rih tist, 13st. 5b, Culbertson never dinehed under the attack.

It

the

vgainst Shamus O'Brien who, despite his

is

of the blackest one have ever seen. men I

In between each round. Louts Cush (Glenavon 1,

Starting with the British uitlo to enter for would do some quaint topa into

anywhere near the full Campbell (Fulham),

fight between Bruce Woodcock, Amateur Golf Championship today. long Club, predicted a crowd in ex- air like a distinctly over- the Or perhaps Mannion at

Croston Dackburn Rovers), weight Peter Pan, and all I can trek of 15 rounds, he is going cess of 30,000 and a gate of und Jack Gardner at Earls Court are reminded that entries

en November 14, he would close on Saturday. side-right and Mortensen

tugging all more than $200,000, McMorran (Barnsley),

conscientiously say about Joe to get very tired centre-forward. Baily would

winner with the Brennan (Fulham),

that he ly that around,

Louis, returning to the ring, match the as a dancer is be by side-left and hotelafe

McKenna (Hudder#leld)

While Louis is almost within to par income tax money, will world cruiser champion, Joey strictly

man's Fred a po

a pitch and pult of New York, receive of Huddersfield his wing part-

The

McKnight Astaire. is:

percent of all the Maxim-winner to fight Ezzard you Charles has gone to ground in proceeds, and Charles 20 per- Charles, winner Williams and Ramsey are unckpool).

to fight Lee! ner.

Work-outs EVA Cush and Fallon are the only more than a #ghter decides to trainin

South cent superlative, so my side against Treland would read: Williams; non-English Langue players in

a three-hour drive but Louis still Fallsbury,

cald Markson

unseosonably you know,

from the Ramsey, Eckersley: Johnstone, | the side.-Router.

meds to get big Winning

cold weather during the past Taylor, Dickinson; Matthews,

A REVENGE FIGHT four days sharpened up, and there seems

slowed ticket sale to be a certain alant tension about the camp.

When I tried to walk down the corridor past Louis's room 1010 and cable this story, was grabbed by a New Jersey state policeman with a pistol on his belt who seemed to think he

ou to nobble the thut I was favourite.

Mannion, Mortensen,

Meteinfe

*

Baily.

because

PROEVE

SOCCER RESULTS

London, Sept. 26. 'Taylor gels

The following

were the re- atsults of football matches today: Hughes injured himself

THIRD DIVISION NORTHERN Stamford Bridge and looks as though he wit be out of the Accrington Stanley 2, York Liverpool side for a lonst while City o

to come with 11gament trouble.

OTHER MATCH

The Chairman of Selectura, Abertisen 3, Manchester Unit- Mr Arthur Drewery, was very jou 5.-Beuter.

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In charge of Ezzard's training somewhat. The weather burçau is our old friend Ray Arect, is uncertain About Wednesday who handled Joe Baksi when night weather,

Bruce Wood- Ezzard predicted victory "by Baksi splintered eeek's jaw.

a knockout or decision.”—United This is by way of being a Press. revenge fight for Areel, because has been conditioning fighters to beat Big Joe for an awful long time.

by Barry Appleby

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Savold.

Springbok Boxers

In Debut At Albert Hall

London, Sept. 26.

In holding the going, Richards rallied French Squadron, a 5-2 The Championship (30 holes)he only falled by a short head favourite, to such purpose that October 8. will be played on

Winner of the Bogey Fool overcome another Cesarewitch played at Fanling act weekhurse, Royal Oak. end was W. P. Birtwhistle (14)

Come To Good, also engaged who returned a card of four

in the Cesarewitch, was only a down. The

Reck away, third in a field of for nexi competition weekend at Fanling will be tight runners to the driving Qualifying Round

for the Cop.nlsh,

The new double camera and tain's Cup.

mirror photo-finish wan uced by LADIES' SECTION

the judge before determining

Lady Golfers of the Royal his verdlet

Hong Kong Golf Club are re-j minded that the annual Autumn

Two South African box- Meeting will be held

A Bogey Competition

French Squadron was quoted at Decpint 20 to 1 at last night's call-

will ur

the Cesarewitch, in

over

071

Rugby UnionTeam ing champions had mixed Water Bay on Thursday.

fortunes when they made! played In the morning. The which he meets Royal Oak and Lost £1,000 On their debuts in a brisk box-afternoon events will be put. Come To Good on much better

theling, long drivingt and ing tournament at

puting terres thien hie de today Reu. Australian Tour

ter, and approaching. Albert Hall tonight.

An entry list is posted, at Water Bay, but past. Pat Patrick, the Welterweight Deep The recent tour of Aus- Champion, why beaten in theentefes will be accepted. Player: tralia by the British Isles 10th and last round of his fight are to arrange their own Rugby Union team resulted chester, the referee stopping the

with Jackie Braddock, of Man-ners. in a loss of about £1,100,

fight with Patrick helpless on This was announced today the ropes.

I

Sydney, Sept. 26.

with a

part.

TENNIS LEAGUE FINAL TODAY

The undecided flo-match be

South China tween

lon Club will be played off this afternoon, commencing at 5.15 P.M.

n the sharp

HIKOO ground.

Athletic

Table Tennis Tour Association & Chinese Recrea

Cancelled

.

Sydney, Sept, 26. India's table tennis visit to

by Mr Laurie Stevins, the New The Middleweight title-holder,

Wales South

Rugby Union George Angelo, atoned for his Secretary.

compatriol's defeat by outpoint- Tuo loss compares.

ing the American, Mel Brown, reported profit of about £30,000 over 10 rounds. Patrick had made on the New Zealand tour, been doing most of the forcing Australia has been concelled be- If the match is not played off It is understood that the Rugby against Braddock, but the fight cause the extended tour of on account of weather condl- Union here will not agree to took a startling turn in the ninth Melaya left insufficient time to dons, it will be played on Tuss- another tour by a British team round when Braddock staged a make the trip, unless the visit to Austraila 20 | magnificent rally and pummell- This was announced today by Sadick & Leonard will umpire made before that to New Zos-[ed the South African round the the Szabados table Lond.-Router.

ring.-Reuer,

agency.-Reuter,

day, October 8. Mesa Hancock, tennii the matches and there will be

no charge for admimson.