———TH E SPORTLIGHT By BERT WHYTE ’ ASK ME IF Jack Batula is Olympic calibre and I'll have to answer in the negative. Ask me if he’s a better fighter than some of the boys picked by the ‘AAUIC badgers to represent : é a Canada at Helsinki this summer, and I'll give you an unqualified yes. Fact is, the hard-punching Mine-Mill battler from Kimberley sé ; was the victim of a raw deal when the Olympic selections were Hurry! Hurry! s made following the dominion boxing finals at the Forum last — Saturday night. I've been watching amateur and. professional boxing for’ more than 28 years and I think I can tell a champ from a chump. My opinion is that Len Walters is the sole Canadian © é ; amateur champion who might capture an Olympic title. ‘A fa oe shifty boxer with a head on his shoulders, Walters was the onl f | De ringman who showed any class. ¢ But ‘with Len thus tabbed as our best bet, how could the » Amateur Athletic Union “experts” bypass Butula in favor of ~ et ae hogfat, inept heavyweight James Saunders, who floundered 2 a pas ha wae _ | ‘around the ring for three dismal rounds with awkward southpaw received at press time Se Glen Carlson;and gained a decision without having struck a: single straight blow? ; Granted, the Kimberley crowd-pleaser is no great shakes as a boxer. He hasn’t even learned the rudiments of the game, and — : os 3 7 : ye his attack consists almost solely of Straight lefts and rights to ps aati ik te the head, with hardly ever a shift to the body. Granted that he 3 I : at the Olympics Butula wouldn’t have a chance. But the fact remains that no fighter throws more leather, no fighter in _ amateur, ranks at present possesses more courage and com- _ bative spirit. a ‘eo s = . On paper, yes, and on the basis of what he showed in ‘the re : ring Saturday night, rugged Reggie Chartrand of Quebec should still neede ; have ‘beaten Butula. But he didn’t and the reason he didn’t , .. | Was that Butula kept throwing punches from the first bell to the last without let-up. “I like monsters,” Chartrand said before he tangled with the Mine-Mill fighter. After the fight he left the ring crying, mainly from frustration. Butula got the nod ina split decision. ~ : : * oe ie * ; THE WISE MON®Y has made ex-champion Ezzard Charles a three to one favorite over heavyweight titleholder Jersey Joe Walcott mane i i in early betting on the big June’ fight. : PRESS BUILDERS BANQUET =f) 0 Saturday, May 17, 6:30 p.m. Russian People’s Home ABOUT 100 TICKETS TO THIS CHINESE © BANQUET, WHICH IS FREE TO ALL PRESS” BULIDERS, ARE AVAILABLE AT THE PACIFIC. | ac: feo TRIBUNE OFFICES, ROOM 6, 426 MAIN ae Oe eee ae a a STREET, PRICE $1.50 EACH, TO PRESS WORK- | Battle of the month may turn out to be, not the Walcott-Charles — affair, but the Joey Maxim-Ray Robinson bout June 23, with the : f i el stake. ce ERS WHO HAVE NOT QUALIFIED AS PRESS De eens ee | * - * IN ENGLAND the goal posts are coming down and the BUILDERS. : / : 5 _cricket stumps are going up; the battle for runs is replacing vs hs ; the battle for goals. ‘ g.? Newcastle United edged Arsenal 1-0 before 100,000 bee x : ; : : : oh ‘ : +e ¥ Saturday in the 'Cup Final, to wind up the season in sensational — } ? ERS D ANCE < _ | style. Other highlights of the soccer year included the achieve-— / Ne : a ment of Wales in sharing the International Championship with England; the brilliant play of Sheffield centre-forward Derek — Dooley; and the rise of young Tommy Harmer of Tottenham. Russian Peop é $ ome oe . . SEVERAL READERS commented on the article we ran last a ‘ : Fer Matin, eee aS _| week on Cayton, the London Daily Worker racing tipster. Well, ERS -p ‘4 Reema hi te Vege eae _ |. Cayton has gone and done it again. Alone among the principad vee : : “ . ‘i a British newspaper tipsters, he called Thunderhead II to win the — : 9 ; ae _ | 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket April 30. The French horse was Saturday, Mayl/, 9 p.m. | | Bh | ccs Seekers a te Bren horse BD hint. ont es