a pa erevernes a Pa ee Million dollar gate expected Marciano hot favorite to kayo tubby challenger Rocky Marciano, the Brockton Blockbuster, blew into San Francisco last week to begin training for his May 16 world Don Cockell; prefaced his trainin a dozen oysters and- two-and-a-h to a hotel dinner, where he limited himse: ROCKY MARCIANO g grind by dropping into DON COCCKELL Poland is inviting world’s top athletes By LESTER RODNEY There comes a ripple of Olympic flavor in the mail from the which announces that sports-minded Poland is pre- paring for the greatest athletic event in its history, the Second Inter- national Youth Games, which will be a sort, of pre-Olympic year est in almost all the’ branches of sports to Polish embassy, The games will bg held in bustling. Warsaw this August 1-13, simultaneously with the holding of the Fifth World Youth Festival. Invitations will be sent by Poland’s National Committee for Physical Culture to athletes of countries all over the world, in- cluding of course our own, and we here can only hope that our dear old state department will stop shouting “Iron Curtain” toward the east long enough to let Ameri- can: young athletes join European, African and Asian young athletes in friendly competition. Or bet- ter than “only hoping,” we can generate a little. steam in the direction of the stiff necks and striped trousers who would isolate our young people from the rest of the world. According to the Polish press release, from 3,000 to 3,500 for- eign athletes are expected. The host country itself will enter about 700 men and women in the 23 branches of sports, most of which will take plate in the brand new 70,000 seat multi-sports » stadium now being completed in the city the Nazis left for ashes. Poland lost some fine athletes during the’ years under the Nazis. Yet in the last five years young Polish runners have broken every national mark. Poland isn’t quite yet in the}; class of amazing Hungary and crackerjack Czechoslovakia in Olympic calibre, but, like all the new democracies, has a teeming! sports life in which all can partici-|} there’s only}; pate, which means one way ‘for them to go—up. Poland has held the boxing} 4 since || 1953. Among its better athletes |} championship of Europe at the moment are Janusz Sidlo, 21, European javelin champ who is regularly beating the 242-foot mark which won the ’52 Olympics; Harek Petrusewicz, holder of the world record in 1 minute, 9.8 sec-! ends for the 100 -metre breast | stroke; Edward Adamezyk, who tops 14 feet in the pole vault. | NEW YORK be included at Melbourne. May meet UBC Winners over Oxford last month, the Cambridge rowing crew may face University of British Colum- bia crew at Henley. The UBC rowers are currently seeking funds for the overseas trip. heavyweight title defense against Britain’s blubbery a steakhouse and consuming alf pounds of T-bone Porterhouse, then hopping over f to a glass of water and a few softly-spoken words on the coming fight. “Cockell keeps coming .at you and he has a handy left hand,” said Rocky. “Against him, Til have to move fast, and that means Vll have to be in top shape. Right now I weigh 194 and feel fine, but I need at least a month in training to hit my peak.” There’s talk that the fight may gross a million bucks, although everyone seems to feel that Cockell won’t even give the champ a good workout. Fight filberts remember that Cockell was’ knocked out ‘by light heavy Jimmy Slade and even iby middleweight Randy Turpin. Since those defeats he’s won quite a few against such boys as Harry (Kid) Matthews and Roland La- Starza, but the memory of the earlier, inept Cockell lingers on. Fat men somctimes spring sur- prises, however. There was Fat Willie Meehan, who knocked out the: great Jack Dempsey just a couple of years before the Man- ss Mauler won the title from Jess Willard. And back in 1939 a big slob named Tony Galento put up a whale of a brawl against Joe Louis until the Brown Bomber found the range in the fourth. To date Cockell has shown hifn- self to be a willing receiver but hasn*t demonstrated much of a punch. “Unless he breaks Rocky’s rebuilt beak he doesn’t figure to bother the champ. The bulky Briton isn’t paying much attention tc the odds against him. He’s confident that he can lift Rocky’s crown, probably by a decision. : It is hard to explain the rush for seats, except to say that San Francisco hasn’t seen a heavy- weight title bout for five decades and is willing to buy almost any- thing. On February 23, 1906, Tommy Burns won a 20-round decision over Marvin Hart in San Fran- cisco and claimed the title. Yanks, Braves top choices Milwaukee Braves and New York Yankees look like the best pennant prospects this year. Of course, many fans will string along with the 1954 world ‘cham- pion Giants and the Cleveland Indians, last year's ‘League pennant holder. Experts who have watched all the teams in spring training think that the Braves have a pitching staff that is tops (Gene Conley, Waren Spahn and Bob Buhl) and a strong infield. They call Braves, Dodgers and Giants in that order in the National. In the American League, the Yankees are much stronger than they. were a year ago, and are fav- ored to edge the White Sox and Indians. Cleveland Indians, depending on a bunch of veterans who slip back a bit each season, don't rate this year. Hank Majeski, Wally West- lake, Dale Mitchell, Hal Newhous- er and Bob Feller just ain’t what they used to be. Washington Senators, under management of, Chuck Dressen, figure to be a much improved club and could take fourth spot in the American. . They have a strong hurling staff in Bob Porterfield, Mickey McDermott, Chuck Stobbs, Dean Stone, Johnny Schmitz and Camilio Pascual. : American! Gert Whyte's ROM Budapest comgs an inter- esting booklet, telling how 25 Hungarian men and women achieved world fame in sports. The preface points out that at the London Olympic Games in 1948, Hungarian competitors captured 10 titles. In 1952, at the Olympic Games in Helsinki, in which 69 countries: had en- tries, Hungary took 16 first, 10 second and 16 third places. “Hence. Hungary finished third, being outpointed only by the Soviet Union and the United States, and coming out ahead of recognized sporting nations such as Sweden, England, France, Italy, Canada and others in the unofficial points competition,” says the preface. “In 1953 the Hungarian foot- ball players won the European ~ ‘Cup and defeated England on its own home grounds, where it had peen unbeaten for 90 years. In (1954 our sportsmen and _ sports- pionships in gymnastics, fencing and wrestling, and finished sec- ond in the World Football Cham- pionship games. During the last five years 21 world records were broken by the Hungarians.” The booklet then gives the formula for Hungarian achieve- ments: “Modern training technique, good competitive and team spirit have certainly contributed to this success. A contribution has also. been made by the many promising youngstets who are coming to the fore from among the hundreds. of thousands of | people active in sports in Hun- _gary. Additiona! factors are the many new sports grounds which are built in town and village alike from year to year; the large quantities of low-priced sports equipment manufactured by our fattories; the fact that, there is a lively interest in sports |everywhere, in factories, shops, PACIFIC TRIBUNE — APRIL 8, 1955 — the first time a B.C. team had ever beaten a t visitors won all their other games. winning 16-8 from UBC Thunderbirds. breaking away from tackler and starting a 60-yard run. women won many world cham- Oxford-Cambridge provided thrills B.C. All-Stars played brilliantly to defeat the touring be) fort as Photo shows the English tea” John Newton of villages and institutions 4 the Hungarian “tate exte SPORTLIGHT § nd the! ni financial and moral sup encourage sports.” Are you listening, ottawa? * * * {0 Senior A baseball mover et Capilano Stadium this SUM og supp? and the league is seeking through a method ‘of blocks of tickets in advance? 30 tickets for reserved seats only $10. 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