THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1951.
Colony Swimming
GLIMPSES
OF THE BIG FIGHT
Kin-man Turns Stylist
By "RECORDER"
Cheong Kin-man, the' Colony's free-style swim- ming sensation, turned stylist yesterday.
Ha
arrived for the Colony Championships with
a
new pair of red and white swimming trunks, raising the comment that "John, Bell has a new pair of trousers on", and then disappointed all
present by winning the "CENTENARY”
880 Yards Free Style!
without setting any new
record.
For some
unexplained
reason, Kin-man is known toi
MATCH AT
THE HKCC
Celebrations in connection
other Interporters as John with the Hongkong Cricket Club Bell. He encourages this
KIN-MAN
form of address. He had a surprise in store for the fans, though.
Centenary will
Formence on
Saturday, September 20, when a "Centenary" lawn bowls malch between members of the Hong- Hong Cricket Club and Visitors will take place at Chater Rond, commencing 3 p.m.
The following are the teams for his watch:
1- G.
HKCC
Ruk
Volckaert. A 1t Graham, R. S. Capell. F. Goodwin, Bank 2-, Philips, 1., M. S. lvd. 1.W, Acuter. A. W. Brown: Rink
-G. W. Sewell, R. R. Bead. P Candy, H. Jebastón: Mink 4-K Baker. A. P. Wric, .. Lumeri. E
. . Mitchell: Alul 57 Ghutter!
A. S. Mehr Roberts, L. G. You: 10 € -20., C., Patrinern. A. M. Bison. E. Bayroll, F. D) Aurus: Hover-1. W, Coxan, . E. Wall- work.
Visitors
Bink 1-F. G do law. II. A. de П. Botelho, A. . Chult 4, V. N. Atienza: Rink V. Kruse. F. Poul- Bon, D. Neish. J. McCulebene Wak 1-I. Gitts, G. Lee. A. M. Wahat. A. K. Minu Rink 4.-J. 11. O'Gundy,
W. H. Brown. R. C. Butler. Royle: Rink .-11. G. Baker. A. P Perele C. P. Basto. E. Elliott Itinic - Dults. . . Terts. Perkins, A. Marshall
J.
and Kwek Ngan-hung ended up 100 two of the fastest 220 Yards swimmers in the history of
That came in the Yards Back Stroke, in the Championships with times which event
Cynthi, he spread of 3:01.4 and 3:01.8.
only capable 13, was eagled the field in Lane 4 at nud finished in 65.4 seconds, 3:01.
clipping three seconds off BACK IN THE BOOK
the old record held by A. V.
Round One Turpin on the offensive.
of
Round 'Six
Turpin on the defensive.
Veteran Ng Nin,
коте -05
Lopes. His record-breaking whose long-standing Singapore so far had been in the pro- records have been broken only
letarian free style.
Loen!
past-masters
It
this year by the Asian Games Champion, Neo Chee-kwük,
the came back into the record roll
back stroke seemed slow by yesterday.
comparison. The winning time
would have placed Kin-man in
Swimming without compell-
the nal af the British ASA tion in the 150 Yards Mediey,
Championships last year.
STANDING ROOM ONLY
It was in
day of
the
he broke Wilfred Lawrence's DoorĀ with formance.
ມ
1:45.2
pc
many respects a One of the races of the day dluppointments though was in the women's 50 Yards gallery was one of the Breast Stroke. It was a live- larges: in history. Standing
at half-distance and way fight
75 yards the European Hurt. Jennifer YMCA hope, suddenly spurted within a foot
room was being sold for hard
casli,
The other big attraction was of Kwok Kan-ngor and Wong having
an
off-day. Cynthin Yuk-bing.
Euger only clipped the 220
Yards Free Style record by
twd-fiths of a second, bringing
J down to 2 minutes
47.2
PEEK-A-BOO
At that stage Jennifer became
in interested
exactly
seccnda-grod enough, of course, more
for the last British ASA final, where she lay
in the Beld and lost
an pecomplishment that now this game of peek-a-boo
quite commonplace with swimmers.
Cynthia was
htt
ailing turamıy
our her valuable footage.
It is doubtful that she had
suffering from the strength to get in among the
a fan prize-winners, and
lelier. It was the second of her good
but she looked enough for third. She
experience. The first one come finished fourth by a tough,'
when Ehe was in Manila last
year. A Filipino boy wanted
to
Kwok Kan-ngor won in 38.G
know what her favourite colour seconds with Wong Yuk-bing a ice filth of a second behind. Wong
was, what
her favourle
crcom was and what her fa- Kar-yee was third in 42,6 and
vourite beverage Was Among come other 50 preferences in
long list.
LEFT TO VANESSA
Round Eight
-
the others cloved up the field, in 42.0.
#
THE RESULTS
lo
She wasn't: even trying swim very fast. That was left
Results of yesterday's Anols:
free-style: 1. Men's 10 yards Cheung Kin-man (Fortuna): 2. Wong Kwal-chee (CYMCA); 3, Wong Long- challenger to be, hol tunstinched), Tineli minutes Vanessa Giles,, 13, who made up 1/5 seconds,
to
her
her mind that she was going to Women's 50 yards repet-stroke, 1. reverse the decision in the heats Kwok Kanungor (CVMCAY: 2. WODE when she had been beaten by a Yak-bhin (CYMCA): 1. Wong Kar
yea (CYMCA), touch by Kwek Ngan-hung.
seconds.
It was a terrifle zase all the way with Chan Tsing-mul mak- Ing a three-cornered Agh; cr !! for second place.
The three tsuchid the wall at
Time. 38+3/8
Renalbes 100 yards backstroka
School! 3, 1. D. R. Townsend (KV); 2. Wong Tan-chung Soloslan Alan Ng Kook-chung (New Method College). Time.-0 seconds.
Men's 150 yards Individual Biedtoy, Ng Nin (Chung Shing); 2, Cheung
Time
200 Yards together, Tsing-mul` Chungerin (Fortuna) about a touch behind. I was 1 minute 45-1/5 seconds. Recor bad luck for Tsing-mul there. Sho
Women's 223 yarda free-style.—1,
lost badly on the turn and the cynttiin Fager VRCH 2, Vanemi fight went out of her. It was Ollas (RYMCA): 3. Kwok Ngan-
hune ICYMCA), Timed
•hing breaking enough.
47-1/8 arconds. (Record);"
Thus it was a 'two-way, fightsten's 200 JATUN
fan Cheuk-wa
to the pole. Vanessa, who put Cheung Kineman
ninutes
backstroke-1. (Fortuna): (Ifal Tin):
2.
up á very unstyllsit per Sham. Ken-chiu (CYMCA) Time. formance yesterday and Just 15-2/5 seconds, Record). about beat the salt out of the Women's 3 x 80 yards medley re water, had more jeft for tht 19.1. Chinese YMCA: 2. Victoria lost stretch.
lecreation Club: a, European YMCA. Time, minule 43-4/5 seconda...
Sho won second placò by: Exhibition Water Polo: Combined -jwo-fifths of a second in a' brate - Chiness : 1;. Combined.... Non-Chingan
Up-thio-water effort. Both sho
Round
Turpin in a clinch.
urpin on the mat, Sugar Ray Robinson winner. Express Photos
A SEAȚIN THE STALLSWO
Logan Gourley's SHOW BUSINESS
Mason Is
Is Catching Up On Granger
OMPARE the progress than 25.
in Hollywood
Yet he has been in aflings for more than 10 years und
has made nearly 30 tims. Britain's ex-leading mon~~~~ WHO didn't display damboyant James Mason and Stewart Jewellery with every gesture.
She had no rings on her fingers. Granger.
tem- WHO dhin's furn noramentally
because she
Mason left Britain first. He arrived in Hollywood in 1946, with high hopes of prosperity and with fow kind words for the British studios which had nurtured
him.
He started off badly with two or three indifferent films, in- cluding The Reckless Momrat, and Caught,
WAN left waiting at the hotel door while 1 dis- entangled my
car from parking Jam. WHO didn't ruin a midnight
K
supper by reminding me too
often she had to rise at 5 a.m. to get to the studios (where the is aiming Saturday island),
WHO didn't say "I've enjoyed the evening," as though she were reading a line from a script.
Claim to famo
Granger followed Mären lo Hollywood in 1949 and in- mediately leaped to prominence WHEN Marie Macdonala, whose
!! only claim to film fame Is. in King Solomon's Miura,
nickname, The Body, Hollywood, worried about its her
London a few days cohort of ageing 6 ars, welcomed came to Granger as a virile recruit and ago, she was asked what had In Hollywood. conscripted him for p long series got her ahead
She replied: """My voice." of important parts.
I think she deserves some kind of award for that reply.
1 am
Well ahoad
So, at the moment, 37-year-old Granger is well ahead of four- year-older Mason in Hollywoo success minrch.
But now, After several soi- backs, Moron may begin to over- ake. I'm told he has his het Hollywood part to diale in Rommel Desert Fox,
th
not sure what kind.
Pill man
MET man recently who, as
I a part-time job, poses for pill
advertisements and who has an- praising the peared in a film life-giving properties of certain pills. He
The him is based on best-selling book about Rommel, fession? which was rerialised in the Sunday Express. Mason with,
and close-cropped twir
stid milltary bearing plays the thie,
role.
my
inust postpone verdict on the film ill the premiere In Britain next monili,
Meantime, it is ironical to think
an undertaker by pros
London Express Service)
It's Possible-
A-Fly May Have
that Mason was win pers Been His Tutor
success from Bommel's story li ticfeat und death.
Mason, by the way, has becoing an American citizen, and
35-rcomed Holly- Installed in
gained more from 118
Says ADC
Fred Astaire dancing on wood mansion.
the ceiling is the highspot But Granger, who has so far of his new film "Wedding
Hollywood, remained British. and i Bells," in which he appears moving from his 14-mamed for the first time with June Hollywood home to a maller Powell. Quc.
That is also 'ironical.
Money's worth
Outside of this the flim contains nething keeptional.
20mmen enzuga story of Ameri- 2an entertainers finding empity.
PROVINCIAL lmgeers from meat and emetica in England,
now on will see the full- but additional eclcur is introduse length, two-hour seven-minute by a background of the Rayal
Wedding version st The
Rscif. Talck "j Hofmann,
When the film was generally released a few works ago, the distributors British Lion, pre- pared a short 94-minute version at the reaust
of exhibitors whs
Mr Astaire, one of the mest versatile dancers in the business, nimbles absu: gracefully on the zelling and walis,
NJ one doubts for a moment that trick photography is respon- feared the Tales would be tonsible, but the cleverness of the long for average pudiences. whole arrangemcat suggests that it's just possible be might have akeh lessons frem a ny
When he dances on water, ha will have done everything.
The whole of the Inst séquence, The-Tale-of-Antonia, which cost about £50,000 to him, was cut.
"But when filmgoers in Man-; chester
and Birmingham suw this short version. they cam- plained that they were being cheated,
They
tomplained FO vehe- menlly that it was withdrawn. Now the distributors tell me tha
It will never be shown again.
Pity I was ever shown at all
Law's an ass
DANCES MUCH
Miss Powell, whose voice. Is exceptionally lovely but whose neling leaves much to be de- stred, sings little in this picture end dances much,
Revolt against Being "typed" Is perhaps responsible for this the same thing made Dick Powell a "gangster" years ago), cut lu truth it must be said she Pelite and danres quite well, coy, she has an easy grace, though perhaps with other than Mr Astaire as a partner the result might not have been so happy.
AST week, I asked here why the Festival film The Magic Dor had been denied exemption frem
tax, entertainment although it has been made by A non-profit distributing
cam- pany.
According to law, it has as much right to exemption as any of the stage productions which have benefited.
•
Why can't singers merely sing in Hollywood? Why must they strive so desperately to be ver satile? Most versatility in ma- trimonial partners be carried into every field?
The film also serves to, in- troduce Miss Sarah Churchill to a world audience. She dances a Peter and sings, too.
A few days ago Sir Michael Balcon, chairman of Festival Films, which made The Mreglej tule, Box, phoped me and said:
Lawford
"We have been given no ade" | "appeal. Krpletes
for the fact that quluta reason exemption has been denied us,
"I think the law has been in- terpreted unfairly to the dis advantage of the film business. I think the law is an as9,"
I agreed with Sir Michael.
Praizo
WRITE in praise of Linds
Darnell-
WHO didn't look round quickly before sitting down in her hotel sulte to And out if the light was at a flattering angle, Mori
"WHO didn't disturb the con- versation
do.
o we sat facing a large, mirrored wall by gianeing Irequently # her beautiful image. Most stars cannot resist coy, narchistle, glances if there's a miTor. In range.
WKO didn't sound unconvine- ing when she said: "I'm 27," With her tinifned face framed by black hair and large clear brown cyts, she looks no more
HOME SOCCER
London,
Sept. 25. Accrington Stanley drew wit Halifax Town with two goals. encls in their, Third Division Northern, foalball match today. Halifax Town God at half-lime }-by-1-07--Hauter
the
star
Wynn, playing! two roles, pitches a Brooklyn necont against an Oxonian ene,
with the inevitable ex- aggerations. He is non-plusaed when his British win brother coys: "Pip now" (for goodbye). But, in fact, who wouldn't be?
··Forget the cỉnh rules' and baþ
-rée e ́namber, two frant
Happy
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