Evening Standard from London, Greater London, England • 55

EVENING STANDARD WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22" 1909-55 Tommy i I Gibbons dies at 32 linked FORD HAS reached the jawn Tennis Association hat Zelijko Franulovic Jugoslavian number two -Is xpected to play the Wills Irltlsh Covered Courts jhamplonshlps at Wembley lext month This will raise further conjecture concern-possible professional a 1 entrance to aB matchea And the' that it will hn nnssihl tn fact that it will be possible to INSIDE SPORT Walter Bartleman the tour Is to enable Glamorgan supporters to watch the champions flex themselves for further triumph In the first class game the cost imposes considerable restriction Yet at £380 it seems a bargain this sum accounting for travel luxury hotel accommodation and entertainment and iture for the lant-kUler Already here Is one-time Brl-Ish Davis Cup player MIKE JAVIES now an executive with he World Championship profes-iional set-up with whom name was closely linked luring this Wimbledon In his group at the moment )avies has NIKKI -PILIC one compatriots and fact that they both come om Split gives him some Advantage over the National ennis League rival group Franulovic would bring an dded interest to the Covered jCourts event in which the leading professionals irili be bidding for the £20000 money They will be beaded by BOD LAVER the ttop money spinner -y Franulovic recently beat ARTHUR ASIIE to become the American clay courts champion-- fvJ'- And among the victims V-: this year are CLARK GRAEBNER JOHN NEWCOMER ROY EMERSON and DENNIS RALSTON with whom he toyed in the French Open when winning Bargain trip CALYPSOS In the rich tones that have made Wales a land of song are almost certain to be heard In the Caribbean next spring when Glamorgan take to the West -Indies the brand of cricket that has made them County champions It Is a three-week pre-season tour that will find Glamorgan playing matches in Bermuda St Kitts St Lucia Grenada and TMnidad Barbados may yet be included While the main purpose of 5fi i Las Vegas perks pitfalls BEEN a very exciting in the desert of Nevada Peter Townsend talking to Wilson Jack Nichlaus all the critics WALTER BARTLEMAN rioxing has had few more colourful personalities than Tommy Gibbons mine host at the Thomas a Becket the pub-cum-gymnaslum in the Old Kent Road who died last night aged 32 While Tommy was accepted by ready dry wit It was on his retirement as a that Gibbons became London's youngest licensee as a bachelor nine years ago Gibbons also became Britain's youngest fight promoter when staging tournaments at Manor Place Baths and Bermondsey Baths With ticket agents Frank Goldberg he founded the Premier Ring Sporting Club whose shows at the Royal Garden Hotel are among the most popular and successful of the private dinner-boxing setups Gibbons was an 18-year-old recruit in the Coldstream Guards when as a member of the Hanwell Boxing Club he first came to amateur boxing prominence He hurriedly came In as a second cruiser-weight substitute for England in an international match against Ireland in Dublin Brief career Although beaten in that first international contest he went on to win bouts for England against Austria Italy Scotland and Wales in successive matches Yet an Amateur Boxing Association title eluded him Gibbons became a stable-mate of Henry Cooper when coming under the management of Jim Wicks and although his-professional -career was a comparatively brief one his friendship with Cooper and Wicks has always remained very firm Wisecracking Wicks was one of his chief was always eager to raise money for charity His "Nights at The Becket" enabled Olympic boxers to go to Tokyo and Mexico City with generous pocket-money allowances Amateur boxing in general also benefited through the indefatigable efforts of a young man who always brought lightheartedness into a sport that often has more feuding than fighting One thing Is sure Boxing will be all the poorer for his passing DOG TIPS 926 Wagon IJta: 9-45 Quarrymouift Deb Doublet Quiet FJaab and Georgia Sam KINGS HiATH 730 Sin ton Pride 745 Delton Dalny 82 Conrican Jims 819 Up (nap) 137 Twelve Point 855 Dandy Way 913 Fixed Free 930 Steam Again Double: Tail'a Up and Twelve point RAMSGATK 730 Tax Paid) 747 Greenane Rouqe 84 8 bearin' Jet 921 WRAC Driver 938 Final Round: 855 Woodbank Alice 912 Mina Snowdrop 930 Big Ben (nap) Doable: Shear In's Jet and Big Ben 715 Aahpark ShiGo: 732 Seltdriva Hill 749 Greenane Sable: 8-6 Wrong Edition 923 Dream 840 Carry Oa Tom (nap) 857 Brecon 915 Fred's Fawn Double: Carry Oa Tom and Fawn Chess Solution 1 QB8 If 1 KxP 1 or if 2 Or if 2 or if 2 spread the cost over 24 months may considerably add to the list of taken Bow Belle IF CATHERINE ELLIOTT chose to throw the Javelin or the dlsctis her sturdy build at 12 suggests that she might well help to fill a vital need in athletics As It Is she Is applying her strength to another field archery Appropriately Catherine lives at Hastings where an arrow once changed destiny and she a great favourite with the Hastings and St Leonard's Bowmen Club Often she uses a bow taller than herself which demands a pull of many pounds Yet she has revealed a considerable potential this year winning the Sussex junior title and revealing a keen eye and strength when succeeding in Surrey Kent Middlesex and London under-15 events A poor last round of 74 sent exempt from qualifying for all tournaments in the UJ9 next year A poor last round of 74 sent me from 16th to 34th I unsettled myself by missing a 12-lnch putt on the first green The pay-off snot is the putt and the more I play here the more I realise it I got £205 and left Las Vegas without blowing it It really Is the most amazing place In the lobby of every hotel are says immt Peter Townsend Indians hit out over Test row MADRAS Wedsesday The Indian cricket authorities will take up with New Zealand the pitch-mowing row which flared up in the final Test at Hyderabad last weekend Mr 8 Sriraman honorary secretary of the cricket board of control claimed that the New Zealand team interfered with tiie umpires He said that the umpires ordered the pitch to be mown last Saturday before the start of play "But the New Zealand captain protested and threatened that his team would not take the field if the pitch were cut The umpires also reported that the New Zealand captain interfered with them in the discharge of their duty" Judo men drug checks MEXICO CITY Compulsory drugs checks are to be made on competitors for the first time in the world judo championships which start tomorrow WIST HAM 743 Util Suabow 4F1bIi Nolr HathduH Lady go Ivy alia Lylu Lane Northern Squire 816 aliintoro Tliar Merry Meeting Future Spirit 83f Wtitmcad villa (napi Gurtcommer Park Noble Down 850 Jonce Wonder Some Effort Cool Val: BEST WESTMEAD VILLA Trap 6 (West Ham 833) 97 Sovereign Mint Mannon Ranger Rlngout 924 Prince Riago Hare Fun Hi Stoney 940 PloverieiS King Angli- gur King Velvet John "ilia anil Plov 743 Ft Silver Flame Cormac Era: 8O Move- aleag Dome (nap) Hi Paul Norma 'a Fancy: 815 John The Nark Bandit Idle Charmer 830 Deck Strangler Kilroa Betty Dawns- Ace S45 Some Motor Lady Tiger Kingewell Peg: 90 Derry Palm Ringroe Boy EaSeld Pride Corral Romeo Farm a Sally Jorral Sunset 930 Moordyka Chartia Parkwaat Lady Fait Accompli Double i Movealono Dome and John The Nark 730 Drumlaph Duchtm 74ft Mbs Penelope Quiet Flh (nap): 26 Bow-Wow Hi 145 Fleet River 94 Georgia Sam: I 3 ZELIJKO FRANULOVIC due to play in the Wills tournament hundreds of fruit machines blackjack tables roulette wheels dice games and a bingo-type amusement called keno At the same time topless girls were dancing in the adjoining cocktail lounge I did not do much gambling I just watched and did not see many people make a profit out of it Nevertheless uS Open Champ Orville Moody won £208 and then retired gracefully saying it was time for dinner A lot of the tour players say: "Thank goodness Las Vegas is only once a year" Now I know why! '41 sssfS I i -j iff ITS week says Mark answered who have been saying wrong with by winning the Sahara Invitation This was a particularly pleasing victory for him as it ends a frustrating period of near misses and minor blowups when in contention Our own British Open champion Tony Jacklin played here and left for Australia £1604 richer and happy that his good golf this week has secured his position in the top 60 American money spinners so that he is 0 saS mi spill 11-53 cA iSssJfsSi S3 SO nxJe mifllll.