The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 119

PW 19 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1973 SECTION 2: Sport, Finance, Classifieds Sport pages 19-21 Weather 21 Finance pages 22-24, 26 Classified Index 70 Jockeys obiect PARIs win boosts title prospects Monzon's Promoters queue to sign Mundine to big field, threaten strike By ROY ABBOTT Jockeys will refuse to ride in the Manly From ERNIE aUUSTENSEN, AAP Special Correspondent PARIS, Tuesday. At least six promoters are chasing Tony Mundine for a world title match now that the Australian middleweight star has proved himself by decisively outpointing Emile Griffith here last night. Novice Handicap at Randwick today unless the field of 22 is reduced, for safety reasons. Bill Burnett, president of the Jockeys' Association, said last night that the jockeys planned to dicuss the matter before the first race today. IV long Tony Mundine watches the effect as he hits Emile Griffith with right In the 12th and final round in Paris last night.

defence campaign BUENOS AIRES. Tues- day. Carlos Monzon, Argentina's world middleweight boxing champion, began nine days of intensive sparring today with US boxer NeU MeUis in preparation for his title defence against Mexico's Jose Napoles in Paris next month. Mellis, who arrived here on Saturday, has been brought in specially to give the champion practice against a boxer with a similar style to the challenger. Mellis, who comes from Houston, Texas, tested the champion with frontal attacks reminiscent of Napoles, putting him under considerable pressure.

Mellis will work with the champion until November 27, when he flies to Rome for final preparations for the December 8 fight Monzon's ninth title defence. (AAP-Reuter) AUST At her last start on November 17, Lady Colice, ridden by country jockey R. Jacobs, won a Bega Flying, 1000m by four lengths. Two starts earlier she won a Flying, 1000m, with 55kg at Bombala on October 20. At her only other Sydney start, last May, Lady Colice came from distant 1 3th on the home turn to finish fourth to Orphaline in a Brighton 3-y-o 1900m, at Canterbury.

Her country form had been outstanding six wins, four seconds and a third in her previous 11 starts. Two-year-old Cobbler's Tale, a stablemate of Tudor Tavem, is an interesting runner in the Moore Park Handicap, 1000m. The colt was scratched from the race Tudor Tav-ern won at Rosehill last Saturday, to be reserved for this event. Cobbler's Tale showed a great deal of potential when he led all the way to easily win a barrier trial, 1030m. at Rosehill on November 9.

The Syd Brown-trained Palamedes has firmed from 5-1 to 3-1 favouritism for the first Yarra Bay Encourage. Several members of the association had discussions yesterday but, as they could not call an urgent meeting of all the jockeys involved, it was decided to meet at the course today. The jockeys claim the AJC acted wrongly in declaring 22 runners for the Manly Novice Handicap, especially with the false rail in operation. The race will be run over 1,600 metres, with the false rail three metres out from the 1,000 metres mark. The jockeys are understood to want the field reduced to 18.

They have sought reductions in some safety limits since six horses fell in a field of 24 in an AJC Stakes, at Randwick on August 29. The false rail was used six metres out that day. The AJC has the power to reduce the field for the Manly Novice if there are no scratching before "pay up" time this morning, 9.30. The club could ballot to reduce the field. In a dramatic betting switch on the Manly Novice last night, price assessors slashed the price of country mare Lady Colice from 15-1 to 4-1 second favouritism behind Affection (5-2).

The adjustment followed the engagement of Peter Cook yesterday to ride Lady Colice in today's race. the other two judges at ringside gave the Australian all but one round. In his first real trial against an accomplished 1 d-class opponent, Mundine rose to his greatest height so far by boxing coolly and not making any rash attempts to knock out the veteran American. The crowd was with Mundine and gave him liberal applause after most rounds. Manager Ern McQuillan had Mundine in perfect condition and he was able to use the ring in the closing stages with remarkable speed for a middleweight.

It was by far Mundine's best fight ever and fully justifies his high ranking in world middleweight lists. In the lastest lists Mundine has only Griffith's stablemate Rodrigo Val-dez. and champion Carlos Monzon ahead of him. WEEK'S REST Mundine's immediate plans are to return to the north coast of New South Wales for a week's spell after arriving home in Sydney on Thursday morning. The Australian party was leaving Paris today and is due in Sydney by Pan American from Los Angeles at 8.30 am Sydney time on Thursday.

Mundine celebrated quietly with the few Australians who were at the fight last night and was in bed early. After Mundine's win the Australian welterweight champion Paul Moore was narrowly outpointed by Frenchman Marcel Gior-danella over 10 rounds. $95,572 profit from Cup tie MELBOURNE, Tuesday. The Lawn Tennij Association of Australia made $95,572 profit from the Davis Cup semi-final between Australia and Czechoslovakia at Koo-yong. Gross receipts from the three days totalled $162,269, of which $33,500 was pained from TV rights, radio and sponsors.

The LTAA announced today that from this amount $11,740 would be allocated to the STE (Standard Travelling Expenses) Fund, which assists smaller nations meet their Cup commitments. The running costs for the series totalled $28,925, while Czechoslovakia's (hare of the profits was $20,522. A total of 27.549 people, 12,000 on the final day, were at Kooyong to see Australia beat Czechoslovakia 4-1. In Adelaide yesterday, r-serving Czech-oslavakian Vladimir Zed-nik was eliminated from the South Australia singles tennis championship by Victorian Cliff Letcher 6- 2. 6-4.

The timing of the 26-year-old Czech mechanic from Prague was sadly astray, allowing Letcher to race through the first set and establish a 4-2 lead in the second set. The second seed Ross Case, of Queensland, was taken to a first set tiebreaker by NSW junior Chris Kachel but won the second set 6-1. Bob Giltinan of NSW, carried too much power for Victorian Emie Ewert winning 6-3, 6-2, and Syd Ball, also of NSW, national junior title-holder Paul McNamee, of Victoria, 6-3 7- 5. fr Emile Griffith winces and water spray flics as a powerful right by Tony Mundine jars the American in the 12th round. CARLOS MONZON nine years, will draw a huge house from which he will receive SUS140.000 (S94.0OO) when he fights Napoles here next month.

Promoter Delon has fixed the ringside seats at over $100 and expects a sell-out. Mundine probably will reject a ($40,300) offer to fight American Denny Briscoe in Paris on December 21. Most likely McQuillan will wait until the Moruon-Napoles match is over and then try to sign the winner. Mr Pegg said before leaving for Australia that he thought Mundine would draw a tremendous crowd in Sydney against either Monzon or Napoles. He said he would offer either Monzon or Napoles ($134,000) for a fight in Sydney with the title at stake.

Mundine outfought and outsmarted Griffith over 12 rounds at the packed Palais Des Sports last night. Waiting in his corner for the decision was only a formality as Australia's Commonwealth Champion was in command from start to finish. Referee Bernard Mascot judged Mundine to have lost only two rounds and Cycling i 9 camera A photo-finish camera will be used to film the finish of the State 10,000 metres cycling championship at the Camperdown Velodrome on Sunday. This follows the disputed decision giving Keith Oliver a close verdict over Bob Whetters in the NSW mile championship last Sunday. Whetters claimed he won and was not beaded by Oliver until after the pair had passed the finishing line.

Camperdown promoter John Scott commented yesterday: "Cyclists usually wait for the final burst to the line. "Most races, including long distance events are Won by inches at times. "Both Whetters and Oliver claimed they won. "A camera is the only way to decide close Pre-TeSt Worries for Kangaroos 0FF IN WORLD CUP HUDDERSFIELD, Tuesday. Decisions will be made tomorrow on the Kangaroo "doubt-fuls" for the vital second Test against England at Headingly, Leeds, on Saturday.

In Mundine's comer were two promoters who want to stage a Mundine world title challenge in Australia. They are Ed Silver, who has been responsible for the public promotions in Sydney since the old stadium closed, and Warren Pegg. general manager of the Sharp Corporation of Australia, which has liberally backed Mundine throughout his career. At the ringside at the Palais Des Sports last night were the veteran Los Angeles promoter George Parnassus, who played a vital part in Lionel Rose's lucrative career, and the top Italian promoter Ro-dolfo Sabbatini, who promoted Johnny Famechon's last world title defence. COMPLIMENTS Quickly into Mundine's dressing room after the fight was French film star Alain Delon, who mixes fight promotion with his screen career.

Delon complimented Mundine on his showing and said he would be interested in using him in future promotions. Delon is staging the Carlos Monzon world middleweight title defence against world welterweight champion Jose Napoles in Paris on December 8. And of course America n-bom Paris promoter Charlie Michael-is. who staged both the Max Cohen and Emile Griffith contests for Mundine, will expect to have first claim if Mundine fights again in France. Mundine's win over Griffith has gained him a firm place among the top middleweights at a stage when the division is booming.

Monzon, unbeaten for FIRST strongly for the teams event. The titleholders are Hsieh Min Nan and Lu Liang Huan, of Taiwan. They won the team championship at Royal Melbourne last year, when Hsieh Min Nan also took the individual trophy. Thailand have a strong team in Pradana Ngarm-prom and tiny Sukree Japan, runners-up to Taiwan in 1972, are represented by Isao Aoki und Tohro Nakamura, both playing in the World Cup for the first time. The tournament is over four rounds of medal play, finishing on Sunday.

The team trophy is decided by aggregate scores. (AAP) Thomson in putting form HASTINGS (NZ). Tuesday. Peter Thomson! sank a three-foot putt on the 18th hole for Australia; to beat New Zealand one-up in an exhibition golf match today. New Zealander Bob Charles failed with a similar shot Thomson and Kel Nagle had trailed Charles and John Lister until the 17th where Thomson squared the match with a birdie.

Thomson finished with the best individual score of the day, a five-under-par 66 which included six birdies and one bogey. (AAP) proach, then striking the pin with a short chip which again put the ball off the green. Miss Lock finally got down for seven and turned square after dropping a stroke at the ninth. She matched par to the 15th before carding a bogey followed by a birdie and another bogey to inrush the day one-over-par. Miss Jellis put a 79 to her first-round 77 after taking a triple-bogey eight on the first' PHILLIP CHRISTENSEN US name Cup side NEW YORK, Tuesday.

Stan Smith, Erik van Dillen, Tom Gorman and Marty Riessen have been selected to represent the United States against Australia in the Davis Cup final. The final will be played on an indoor court in Cleveland. Ohio, from November 30 to December 2. In reaching the final round, the United States beat Mexico, Chile, and Romania, each by a 4-1 margin. Smith will be playing in his sixth consecutive Davis Cup final.

In this year's competition, Smith has won three singles and two doubles for a 5-1 record. He was forced to default a singles against Chile due to a sore shoulder. In the 1972 finals against Romania, he beat Hie Nastase and Ion Tiriac in the singles and also won the doubles with Erik van Dillen. Codes clash on dates at SCG The X-ray of his face showed no fracture and doctors said Walters should be fit for the Test. Record fee of $48,600 Manly-Warringah have been given permission to approach Phil Lowe, Hull Kingston Rovers' Test forward, about joining the Sydney club.

Manly secretary-manager Ken Arthurson said yesterday that he would talk to Lowe on Friday during training for the second Test. The Hull forward has MARBELLA, Spain, Tuesday. Australians Randall Vines and Errol Hartvigsen have the best of the draw for the opening round of the World Golf Cup here on Thursday. Vines and Hartvigsen will be the first of the 52 national teams in the tournament to hit off on the fiicturesque Nueva Anda-ucia course. They will be partnered by the host team, Spain's Angel Gallardo and Valentin Barrios.

"It suits us," Vines said after the draw. 'The course has been closed for the past month and is in perfect condition. "But the greens are so soft that they will spike up after a few matches." The favourites, Americans Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller, the last group off, will play with the English pair Peter Butler and Peter Wilcock. Tournament organisers are expecting the Far East players to challenge By ALAN CLARKSON Rugby League and Rugby Union both want to use the SCG on May 18 and 25 next year. Gaynon, Watkins win bowls By PETER RHEUBEN St George bowlers Bill Gaynon and Clarrie Watkins won the State pairs championship at Clovelly yesterday.

They beat Mona Vale's Ron Clark and Frank Soars 31-14 in an all-metropolitan final. The man of the match was undoubtedly St George skip Clarrie Watkins who played brilliantly all afternoon. Down 8-1 and two on the head. Watkins converted to three-up with his last bowl. This was one of the vital shots of the game.

On the next end, when lying shot, Watkins again trailed the kitty for five, only to see Soars draw third shot to lead 8-6. A good three on the next end saw the Mona Vale pair lead 11-7 but a dramatic change then occurred. Gaynon. who had not been playing well, settled down and gave his skip the necessary support. The St George pair won 10 of the next 11 ends, scoring 24 shots to three to run out convincing winners.

BIG TROTS NIGHT FOR NEWMAN Odds-on-favourite Opera House (Kevin Newman) gave his backers no worries in his all-the-way win in the Quality Handicap at Harold Park last night. Opera House (7-4 on) seemed to relish the waterlogged conditions in beating Ike Medal (10-1) by three and a half metres with Koala Rip (10-1) four metres further back third. Kevin Newman had two starters in the Quality, electing to drive Opera House himself. This big six-year-old gelding has proved highly successful since joining Newman's stable from Melbourne in August Last night's win was his third in a row. In the previous race the Kevin Newman-trained and driven Con Areon landed a plunge to win the Welcome Stakes.

Although Con Areon, an ex-Victorian who had done his recent racing in Queensland, was having his first start at Harold Park, be finned in the betting from 5-2 to money then eased to start at 10-9. Bob McCarthy, Gary Stevens and Elwyn Walters are carrying injuries as the Kangaroos, one down in the series, begin their preparations for the Test. "We have to win this one," commented team manager Charlie Gibson. "If we don't beat them on Saturday we may as well go home. All the interest will have gone out of the tour." McCarthy is still receiving daily treatment for a bruised hip that has kept him out of action for 10 days.

McCarthy, named as captain for the Test in the absence of Graeme Lang-lands, trained last Thursday. But he found that the injury still troubled him. He pulled out of Sunday's match at Featherstone. McCarthy's second-row partner Stevens is expected to try out his strained hamstring muscle for the first time today. But Stevens has been told that he must give the injury as much time as possible to recover after he aggravated it by training too early last week.

He reported that the swelling and soreness has eased with rest. Walters had an X-ray yesterday after suffering a black eye in Sunday's match. US jockey in Sydney American jockey Alvero Pinada arrived in Sydney yesterday and will ride track-work for trainer Tom Smith at Randwick this morning. "If Pinada decides to stay in Sydney we may well give him the ride on one of our horses at Warwick Farm on Saturday," Smith said. "But I understand he may go on to Melbourne." Pinada, 28, is from California and has ridden more than 2,500 winners.

dates, but the League has already scheduled a full round of club matches for May 19 and May 26. The League probably will suggest that the Union apply for the Sunday dates. The code will set a precedent for Sunday representative fixtures when they play the Sydney New Zealand match at the Sports Ground on May 12. Following an application from Eastern Suburbs, the SCG Trust has delayed the closing of tenders for the use of the Cricket and Sports Grounds until mid-January. Easts asked for the delay because the club premiership draw has not been completed yet Easts will apply for the use of the Sports Ground as their main home ground but they will probably ask for the Cricket Ground for the match against Manly Warringah.

by plane from London last night to prepare for their match against an Italian national side at L'Aquila tomorrow. SOCCER LONDON, Tuesday. An unsuccessful attempt to cure a long-standing knee injury has ended the Soccer career of Newcastle Uniteds Scottish international forward Tony Green, 27. Newcastle paid Blackpool 140.000 ($227,000) for Green's transfer in October 1971. League player says The League has applied to use the ground for the Sydney-Country match on 18 and the NSW Queensland match on May Rugby Union want the SCG for their official cen-ttntary match, NSW New Zealand on May 18 and for the Australia New Zealand Test a week later.

Neither code will alter their schedule to avoid the clash, which probably will be resolved by the SCG Trust. League's representative program has been arranged to build up to -the first Test between Australia and England in Brisbane. Sydney Country and NSW Queensland will be followed by State games in Brisbane on May 29 and June 2 before Test selection. Union officials were hoping that the League would switch to Sunday expressed interest in going to Australia but Rovers want a world record fee of about 'Untrue' says Fairfax ROME, Tuesday. Australian Rugby Union full-back Russell Fairfax has dismissed as "completely untrue" a report that he would switch to Rugby League next season with the Sydney's Eastern Suburbs Club.

In Sydney, Easts officials confirmed that Fairfax would not play with the club. the Australian selectors. Goodwin was trying to telephone home this morning to clear up the matter. "We've got the team mc likely to win the second Test on Saturday and I don't mind missing selection this time," Goodwin said. "Anyway, I would never come out with criticisms of the selectors even if I did disagree, which I don't That would make sure that I'd never get selected again." Miss Piper, the Gosford junior who established a course record 73 on the opening day, went out two over but then tired to return in a seven-over 43 for an 82.

Her plight was the order of the day. Isabel Blumberg emerged as a threat in the opening holes after a dis-asterous 84 on Wednesday. Mrs Blumberg, with birdies at the first, second and seventh, was two under before the ninth but dropped five shots at the next two holes, "It wasn't the wind; it RANDALL VINES LOCK TAKES BIG LEAD SFIELD, Tuesday. Australian Rugby League player Ted Goodwin today described as "some sort of misunderstanding" reported criticisms by him of the Kangaroo selectors. "I've never said anything like that and I wouldn't say it," Goodwin said at the Australian team's hotel here.

Goodwin's mother said in Dapto on Monday that her son believed he was not getting a fair go from on 155 with Vicki Jellis, 79 yesterday, on 156. If the heatwave conditions continue, officials of the Ladies' Golf Union will confer before hit-off today and could reduce the tournament by 18 holes to a 54-hole evenL Miss Lock was one of the few competitors not to relent to the weather which provided an early temperature of 33 degrees and later high winds. Melbourne's Jane Lock shunned heatwave conditions to steal a clear lead in the NSW women's stroke-play title at St Michael's yesterday. VOCA ALARM DIALLER 43 CENTS PER DAY LEASE BUY When a burglar breaks In, Voca take overt The Alarm Dialler automatically and silently dials 3 pre-recorded numbers and delivers messages to the right people POLICE, SECURITY SERVICE, MANAGEMENT, ate. On second track, same facility for Fire, Main tenance, etc.

Ring Voca now (24 hour number) for free) demonstration or literature. PMQ Permitted. VOCA COMMUNICATIONS PTY. LTD. J4 moth mm, WHUttill Sydney: 660 5022 ACT: 49 7211.

52 3444. Wollongong: 28 8717. Offices in all States (24 hours) was just the heat," she said answering for a further three strokes she dropped for an eventual 79. Elizabeth Cavill also failed on the back nine. She was one-under-pax after 10, still square after 12.

but then collapsed for a 78. The new leader opened the day's play with golf as blistering as the conditions, firing birdie, birdie, par, birdie for the first four holes. She lost ground to par on the par-five fifth, missing the green with her ap- SURFING HONOLULU, Tuesday. Competition was postponed today in the professional division of the World turfing champion-- shi ps. weather conditions wen good but there were do swells along Oaho's north store.

Thirty champion surfers are competing for $10,000 (SA6.723) in prize money. RUGBY UNION ROME, Tuesday. The Australian Rugby Uojoa team arrived her a Returning a one-over-par 74. Miss Lock dragged back the five strokes she trailed overnight leader Debbie Piper and finally finished three shots ahead. Miss Lock added the 74 to her first-round 78, which included a two-stroke penalty for playing the wrong bail and on 152 will have the field Struggling over the final 36 holes today.

Debbie Piper it second.