THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MAY; 16, 1952.
Drobny Would Win It If Only Wimbledon Were A Hard Court Tournament
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ticking By ROY NASH Dramatic Art student, was about
Tover in British, studios.
to pack her bags for her first Aim location tripto Spain for a Not too optimistically
part in Joan
Fontaine's despite the £10,891 first were. two others snipped and Decameron Nights."
At Shepperton another 10- time-over profit of the ready for screening-Yolando Donlan's "Penny Princess," and Government-sponsored the star-spangled "Importance of delighting studio on-lookers with year-old Ann Hanillo. WAS
her prettiness is a D'Oyly Carte Boprano in "Mr Gilbert and Mr Sullivan,"
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Miss Hanslip was spotted for BEAUTY PARLOUR "Trent's" "Last" "Cuze," Robert nime by a talent acout as she. Morley and Maurice Evans wero was walking into a Kensington arguing about words and music dramatic school. Tested for the as Mr Gilbert and Me Sullivan," title role in "Beauty Queen" last Awalling stowing were Anna year, she falled to get the part which went to Pauline Stroud, Neagle's "Derby Day," David Lean's jet-age air picture The but was given the Gilbert and
Sullivan Sound Barrier" and
role as a consolation Edgar Wallace's "Ringer" in a
new prize. quise as "The Gaunt Stranger." At Pinewood three pictures Down at MGM-Elstree ex- were on the floor. Claudette plosives expert Glenn Ford was Colbert was coping with Malayan investigating a time bomb for
In "The Planter's terrorists
"Time appropriately,
Bor" Dress Wife." Hylton was fighting a battle ih a wife Anne. different kind of jungle, an in-en trigue-ridden fashion house, for "It Started In Paradise."
IN THE JUNGLE
A pair of dark sun glasses and a lightning service are the stock-in-trade of Jaroslav Drobny, former Czech Davis Cup star, now a naturalised Egyptian.
On a dull day at Bournemouth, in the finals of the British Hard Courts
poration which now finds Championships, the sun glasses were hardly necessary. The service though was very
money for eight out of ten much to the fore in Drobny'a victory over. Frank Sedgman by the score of 6-2, 6-4; British pictures. 1-6, 6-4,
Not too pessimistically, des Sexigman is regarded the To be in the company of this pito Equity's alarming report of greatest player in the world, and quiet-mannered Czeen, istudios dropping out of produc- 13 favourite to win the Menadimcult to realise that in addition and the industry's talents Single's RL Wimbledon next tion to tennis, he excelled in the and resources 'rusting for want month. So this victory gives toughest sport in the world, Ice Drobny extra conndence in at-hockey. twining his greatest ambition He represented Czechoslovakia to win at Wimbledon himself. (on many ocasions and frequently
It Wimbledon were a hard captained the team. It was under. court fournament, and not grass, his leadership, in fact, that they he would have already taken won the World Championship. the tie. For he is without
Νοιν
him watch
on the court, London, May 15.
peer on the hard surface. But especially when he serves. He is The boxing promoter, his European training did not not tall. At 5ft Din, he is one of ex-tennis's little men. But he uses Jack Solomons, announced give him the necessary today that he would presentperience to match the Austra- every inch of his height, and every ounce of his twelve stone £10,000 to the first British lians and Americans on grass,
LESS TEMPERAMENTAL
to crack home an aee, And you boxer to win the world
Droliny is
far less tempera- can well imagine that with this
energy transferred to heavyweight title within (mental on the court than many
This him on ice, he would take a lot propelling the next five years.
coolness played a big part in his victory over Sedgman, He Service. refused to be ruffled by the Australian's rushing tacties; Anally he made the
The last British fighter to win the world heavyweight Crown was Bob Fitzsimmons in
other of the bly names,
of stopping. Landon Express
SEEDED NO 1
designer Jano watchedly by screen
Detective Richard Todd was on John Gregson in "Venetian Bird." the track of stateless fugitive
neor
"Bitter Rice" Is Full Of Mangano
version of the elemental Italian picture that stormed filtered
A rather watered-down
the
Across the road at Associated British Kathleen Ryan and Hy Hazel were
ere involved in an East End thriller called "The Yellow Balloon" and George Cote was Curtain--as a sanitary inspector dashing about behind the Iron
On location
Hastings mistaken for ari atomic scientist Anthony Steel was turning uut-in a comedy not yet titled.
world has Paria, May 15.
for a cricket eleven for outdoor
The studio had four pictures Jaroslav Drobny (Egypt) is scenes of another Pinewood film almost tendy for premit through America and the Mr Solomons said, "I have winning shot off a full-blooded seeded No. 1 for the men's "Scmething Money Can't Buy."Father's Doing Fine"
Hongkong censors and ar singles in the French Lawn In the cutting-room scissors were Richard Attenborough as the rived here, a limb or two accepted a wager of £10,000 smach, by Sedgmon.
with from a big London bookmaker
Tenal Chamulcnships which busy on "Meet Me Tonight," that I will not find a World To watch Drobny waiting to begin here next Tuesday. He is Technicolour package of Noel proud
Merle badly amputated. parent of twins, Heavyweight Champion from receive a service, his black hair the
Coward playlets, And there Oberon's "Twenty-Four Hours,"
The substitution of the holder. straight
In this country during the nexsmolired
Tomlinson's "Castle David Franks Sedgman (Australia)
the The Air and the Von Heflin American voices on racquet ficta firmly in his left was benten by Drobny in the years
Hound Wonda Rendrix-Erie Portman
track while Mr Solomonssik-he was hand, he looks-like-i-panther-anal-of-the-British Hardcourt's
you
1807.
five
match-
back and
confident that he would find about to pounce. When the ball Championship at Bourremouth Von Nida, Cotton North Atclcun Jaunt "South of watch Italian lips mouth
world beater in that time.
"Whoever we find to win the world title will also receive the £10,000 which would become due to me," he added.-Reufer."
Don
ONE POUND OVER
comes, he leaps towards it and returns with pulverising fore- hand.
As long ago as 1830, Drobny was hitting the sporting head- lines. Then as a stripling of 14 years, he reached the second round
recently and is sected No.2.
Dick Suviti (United States) is And Weetman
third and Ken McGregor (Aus- traila) fourth.-Reuter..
London, May 16,
of the Czechoslovakian Yankees And Tennis Championships. Cockell, British ght-awn heavyweight champion, who is He lost his match with British to fight Renato Tontini of Italy Davis Cup player G. P. Hughes, at Harringay next Tuesday, is but took a set off his opponent. At seventeen, he won the nearly down to the
The Aght is in the nature of à test to see if Coekell enn make the lightheavyweight limit for the defence of his title against Randolph
British Turpin, Middleweight Champion, at the White City, London, On June
WO5
weight of 178 lbs. Championship-of-Berlin.-beat-
ing the German ace, Henkei.
When his country' was ovel- Germans in 1939. run by the Drony was forced to work in
factory and munition
Httle time allowe tennis.
When the war finished, and
fennis returned, After his workout at Brighton International yesterday. Cockell scaled 179 Drobny soon showed his skill lbs., only one paund over again,
Reuter.
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Wimbledon
In the 1946 Championships, he defeated Jack Kramer of America, who London, May 15. | was frm favourlle to win the Sammy McCarthy of Stepney | title. Three ycurs later he reach- and Freddie King of Wanded the final and was defeated aworth, two of Britain's most by Ted Schroeder only after a promising featherweights, are teine struggle, meeting over eight rounds at nine stone two pounds at Har- ringay on May 20,
purse
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Italian words is where the MELBOURNE
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Ealing was busy on "The Gentle Guaman" with Jolan Yet even with cuts an;t new Mills. Walton-on-Thames had voices, it is casy to see the funda- Just said good-bye to Claude mental difference in technique Rains. "The Man Who Watched which caused the The Trains Go By" who was off There was a day of sur-to do more engine-spolling on prises when the match play location in Paris.
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speaking world to fete "Bitter. Rice" In adjectives they can nover use on their own alms.
Basically, it has a very simple "BEGGAR'S OPERA” plot with a moral pointer: meddle with crime and you come to a Southall was pulishing
off bad end; repent and go straight, Margaret Rutherford's-Mirsand-if you are lucky, you will Robin Hood."
They live happily ever after. Coming shortly
A punish the bad and reward the respectable number of pictures good in the accepted manner in preparation.
were
Why, then, bas "Bitter Rice" Sir Laurence Olivier was re-created such a sensation? Silvana Wilcox's "Beggar's Opera." hearsing his songs for Herbert Mangano and the film's terrigen-
B.
of 0.6lle the British Match David Temlinsons and Petula Italian Mm's direction.
anxious-to-
.L.
there's
Professional Golf Tournament began on the Maesdu Course here today.
The first upset came when Henry Cotton, three times British New York, May 15.
Open Champion, making one of Pre-season favour- his
appearances in The ites, the New York Yankees hole by Ken Geddes of Gosforth tournament, was beaten by one
ous Latin temperament-the and the Brooklyn Dodgers,
Then one
of the Australlan
result of Guiseppe de Santis' Major challengers, leading the
Ealing's moster funster T. E. uninhibited direction
the of Norman Von Nidu,
("Lavender 17111 Mob") drama of rice-workers' lives 122 Lengues today. But not. in was beaten by Arthur Lees by
Arst Clarke was ready with a riew Italy's Fo Valley-Is the answer the won-and-ost standings three and two in another
about an Emett-style to the question. story it's in the left-on-base de-round mat
railway engine "The Tithela No British or American film is, The second round also saw the Thunderbolt" which would soon to begin with, allowed to accent partment.
defent of two fancied players,
the "full sweep of elemental Peter Thompson, Australian take the rails. The Yankees, valiantly strug- gling for a first division bert, Ayton,
Champion, who
Pinewood was getting ready to passions"-which says it mildly. fast to Lauric
Fitch to But just such a theme is in this Working, by four and
and award the Dunmow have stranded 208 unners in 24 games, an average
Clark in "Made In Heaven." Champion,
MORE OF HER Harry Weetman, men per game,
to the went down
Irishman, Casey
Silvana Mangano is tall, lis- Walton was clearing its decks Stengel's DIMogglo- less Yankees are running well
Fred-Daly, by three and two, for "Piciswick Popers" with some and a powerful cross be- A couple of weeks after these head of their closest competi-
The players to reach the last James
Hayter as Pickwick, tween Rita Hayworth and In- They are to receive a record | Championships, international tors in the LOB Derby,
but the tournament are: eight in the the
would Shepperton
Bergmann, be grid acon ot £1,000 and It bas politics caused an upheaval in Washington Senators. Washing Poulton (Burgh
J. Panton (Glenbervie), A. staging an Army, camp brains more
of
of either of her thin been agreed by
HI), B. 8
mere these. The las
was a ton has Jefl 104
trust presided over by padre winner will receive £000 and With fellow ecuntryman
Ayton (Worthing),
A. Lees Alastair Sim for a Frank Lounder seventeen when she embarked the loser £400.
Vadimir Cemick, he was play score runners on buse in 24 con-
(Sunningdale), J. Burton (fill-Blm of James Bridie's "It De- upon this, her first film, but "The topline bout on the billing in Switzerland Competing tests, an average of 8.1 players side), F. Daly (Blamoral), II.pends On What You Mean." there is no question of Is Dan Cockell, British Euro-in the tournament were two per game.
Bradshaw (Portmarnoch) and E. the National League, the
Carol Reca was working on as an actress, dominates Bitter pean cruiserweight champion, Germans and a Spaniard. Be-
Brown (Sandy Lodge)-Reuter: a new script Dodgers
la emnipresent. af Korda head- Rice," Silvana is have averaged eight versus Renato Tontini, the cause of this the Czechoslovak
where
here It's just her sort of film, quarters in Piccadilly Government Italian tile-holder-Reuter,
ordered their men left on base a game. They
Doris Dowling Ference, Rattigan's "Who
pretty players not to take part and to
have stranded 175 runners in
Bylvia?" "Hobson's Choice" and well too in her rather return home.
22 gumos, They defled the Glants are next in line with 171 The New York Johannesburg, May 15, order, and for the remainder of
Princess" were all being planned, bad boy's moll who
the joins Vic Toweel, South African their
stay were guarded by the men left in 22 games for a
rice plekers or "mondine" and Cham-Swiss police,
average per game. Apparently
sticks with them when Walter They
to the League-landing Giants ure
(Vittorio Gassmann) shows up. became getting them a round when it
Le Boulou, May 15 But producers were worried She is a sensitive actress with Drobny
counts. Associated Press.
Haus Andresen, of the com- by rising costs.
"We have almost Itallin looks. bined Denmark-Netherlands brought them down withs
But Walter finds an accom-. team, today won the 11th stage economies, but the general rise plice in the infatuated Silvans, of the Route de France amateur in prices is making it increasingly who sees in the glamorous life cycling road race.
dificult to keep them that of stealing diamonds a way to He covered the 108 kiloway," Frank Launder, one of better things than rice-picking. metres
from
Tarascon-sur-Britain's most successful film.
is inevitable. Arlege
Tragedy to Le Boulou in the makers, told me.
However, Itaf Vallone, ព Eastern Pyrences in 4 hrs. 30
the good sergeant Launder also feels there should Marco mins. 4
bv followed SCCS.,
by
little. Georges Gay (Central France) be more opportunities for young balances things out a Bath, Somerset, May, 15.,
Towards the end there is an in the came time and Marcel writers to develop their talents. Mr Tom Lilley's Titanium.
unter who at 22 10 one was the short-Verceven (Belgium) in 4 hrs. "But nobody has enough money excruciating scene in a bloody
to run a proper scenario depart laughter house-murder
of dripping CATCOSCn ment where they could est priced British-bred colt for 30 mins. 43 secs-Reuter,
learn cover their trade?”
and it is here that the cutcome is all but resolved. The height Some British fetors were also of melodrama.
the continued
Finally there is a scene in of big names
mondine's from the rice fields; the Hollywood to play plum roles in tribute to Silvana's broken body.
BANTAM TITLE
World Bantamweight
plon, will defend his title against
Jirny
never returned Carruthers (Australia) Czechoslovakia, but
at the Rand Stadium here on naturalised EgyptianS, October 4.
said that he had no interest in This was announced by the politics, but just wished to
113
7.0
Transvaal National Sportinglay tennis with whom he Titanium Beaten
Club today. Reuter,
wanted.
SEEDED ALOVE SEDGMAN
new Jaroslav Drobny, the Czechoslovak-born player. who beat Frank. Sedgman in the final of the British Hardcourts Championship at Bournemouth, has been needed No. 1 in the French Lawn Tennis Championships above Sedgman Express Photo,
In 10-Furlong Race At Bath
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TODAY'S SPORT
Stan Greene's Tribute To H.K. Soccer
10 furlong race here today. With Gordon Richards riding. backers lald two to one on the Beckhampton-trained horso
but after being with the leaders
and with It their, forgiveness of throughout he could find no ex-
Berne, May 15. Clark Gable, Errol
her part in flooding the rice- Flynn, tra under pressure and
Duke
Do. destroying their fields and (England), Gene Kelly, Joan Fontaine, Jose work beaten by two lengths by the riding a Norton, brcke the Brem Ferrer,
of weeks. Perfectly it two-to-one against chance, De
Louls Jourdan Ray conveys the spontaneous action, which was ridden he Karten 500se' track record during Milland were all due to make generous as it is typical of here from Hongkong yesterday
today's Swiss motorcycle Grend pictures in England later this such
wus Geoffrey
Prix trials.
He covered the 7,280 kilometre:
year.
TALENTED YOUNGSTERS
monstrate Lester Piggott.
such simplo
people. His ownerstaled afterwards
Guiseppe de Sanils goes a that Titanium could be regard-(4 miles) course in 2 minutes
long way with raw 1ffè, lurid ed as a rather doubtful. runner 68.6 seconds at an average speed
violence," lust, greed and a cer- for the Epsom classic while of 40.43 kilometres (nearly 99
Yet it was silli possible fortain naiveto to prove that the trainer Noel Murless, who has mics) per hour. Thet eld record a youngster to be given a chance moral of such, a harvest is 12 entries for the race, said that waa 2 minutes 68 resonds, set by in British studios.
crime does not pay."
his stable had not you decided F.. Firth (England) on n Norton Dark-haired, 10-year-old Stella on their plans-Router.
in 1937-Associated Press...
THE GAMBOLS
IT'S YOUR WORKS FOREMANT | VOU OUGHT TO SEND HIM LITTLE BOYS GIRTHDAY NEXT WEEK, GEORGE
A PRECENT DONAR-
WHAT : SERO A Colpaesent TO THE CON OF THAT HORRIBLE MAN
SOKING
Riley,
Royal Academy
HES ALWAYS MILKING DE TROUBLE WITH THE MEN 'N
{TRAT'S NOT THE
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Singapore, May 15. The touring Athonian League amateur soccer team
arrived
i
for a series of three. May 10, 10 and 20,
games on
Their manager, Mr S. W. Greene, sald that the players found the best in Hongkong "Father, trying" and were sur prised at the high standard of
Cer here.
stiff
Soccer officials in Hongkong had warned them that Singa pore would give them opposition, he added.
The Athenians tcavo England on May 22.-Reuter.
for
Lawn Tennis
Men's "D" Division-Urban Coun cl “1” v Chinese RC "p": Urban Chinese NC "*"; Counel ""V HKCC v LRC, KCC v IRC.
Mixed. "A"* _Division-likCC SCAA: CRC v KCC,
Water Pols
-
Chine.
Bentor League-Farjung tern; Chung Sing 'v A. Both games at VRC, the first start- ing A p.m..
..
Tan Eng-long To Run At
Helsinki
Tolpel. May 15. Nationalist China, has deoldedi to send a 12-man vasicotball team and a one-man dreck nod field team to participate in.this year's World Olympics et Helsinki,
At a meeting of the prepare- committee 10-day Chen
JID DIV, BTANDINGS
The following bro the Strict Mons atandings in the Third Division of Ying-lan (ako Imown na Tang the Hongkong Football League for the 1951/83 season:
P. W. D. L. F. A, pts, *.... 20
101 17 63
JUNIOR JIVE SET
VORY Lord
367 B.U.
G.M.II.
Lane Crawford
Rediffusion
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Wireless
University
Jaguars
Western
85 41:40
Eng - long), topmost Chinens sprinter, was chosen as the tone Itrack athlete. Chen, a native of Forman, is considered the bea For Eastern runner with 'n ecoord 48.0 seca. for the 400 motzes.
·Chen took part:Se tho· 1948 Olympiad held at Wembley,
A five-man sälection committes was formed to choose the basketball team from players In Formoen, Hongkong and the Philippines. All selected players. will gather in alpel for training |by June11;—United Press,