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YAMASHITA AGAIN BEATS FORD KONNO
Osaka, Aug. 6.
Nineteen-year-old Katsujl Yamashita, of Waseda Uni- versity, ngain nosed out Olympic Champion Ford Konno of tho United States in the 1,500 Metres Free Style with 18 minutes and 42.8 seconds at Ogimachi pool in Osaka city last night.
Konno
clocked was
minutes and 52.6 seconds.
at Jó
Both Yamashita's and Konno's considerably slower time reno than
Tokyo kash week, a sensational
Yamoshita scored
upsen over the Ohio State Uni- versity star at the AH-Japan Swimming Championship with the time of 18 minutes and 27.4 seconds.
was
Kono's time in Tokyo 18 minutes And 45.2 seconds.
WBA His Helsinki Olympic time 18 minutes and 30 seconds flat.
Coming in third in the 1,500 Molmes event was Kiyosh! Acti of Nippon University with a 10 minute and 5.8 second per- formance.
and
10
Eighteen minutes seconds is the world record held by Hironoshin SES,
the "Flying Fish of
Meanwhile the Olympic Back- stroke Champion, Yoshi Oyakawa of the
the United
States, bettering time at the All Lala winning Japan Swimming Championships in Tokyo by two tenths of a second, won the 100 metres Backstroke at the international invitation swim meet at Ogimachi pool last night in 1 minute and 7 seconds flat.
·
Takuro Ashida of Waseda University finished second in i minute and 10 seconds flat. | Noboru Kajiura, also of Waseda, i placed fourth.
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1958.
EASY MONEY
ExEMANDED
The Big Batting Mystery has put the glaro of news on those people who droam always of quick cash without work. What kind of a world is it —the world of easy money, the world of Guys and Dolls? today the background portrait of the raco-track fringe- their methods and the logands they live.
THIS IS THE BLOWER
HEN the call from Bath 7510 did not come pre-
Wcisely at twenty to two, 41-year-old George
Ladbrook did not worry unduly, although it was the first time he had ever known it happen in his 25 years' experience.
He gazed across at the tele- phones suddenly going silent in the green and yellow room over a stationer's shop in Poland Street, Soho, with its three clocks and four loudspeakers.
He kept a special eye on tele- phone No. 3, waiting for the bulb beside it to light up.
Every race meeting day, at 20 minutes before the first race, No. 3 always rong with details of the runners, jockeys, and prominent boekmakers on the course..
This information was relayed by his firm, the London and Pro vincial Sporting News Agency-- usually known as the Blower--
all to bookmakers
over the country.
FTER attempting to call the Bath number for ten minutes, Nineteen-year-old Oyakawa Mr Ladbrook, still neat and un- took a one stroke lead over the ruffled in his brown suit and stiff Japanese contestants at the 25-white collar, sent out a message metro mark.
to bookmakers over the Blower Но was two strokes head service that they were unable to
get into telephone at the 60 metro turn.
Ashida and Kajiura followedtion with the Bath course.
the Hawaiian Nisci.
Oyakawa
ter.
finished
three
communica-
By JOHN DEANE POTTER
IG TA' XBIKK
* Car
FLANS
1.
1 ON
Happy
ALTEN
7, LAKE
7
BALDEN
"Then a message curliest of bowlers. Some would | Blank, Altwenly past three, the
The numes of the greatest them on the shoulder. Others metres thead of Ashida-Roupanting voice of the course line not know an aitch if it tapped from the Aga Khan.
operator came over the phone could be Nicely-Nicely Johnson men in racing are taken in vain He had driven in a luxi' three if he had been to pubile with the greatest abandon. By miles before he could get a school. telephone which would reach had been London. The cable *cut mile from the course. And the greatest horse racing mystery for years hud broken.
MAJOR LEAGUE
were:
BASEBALL SCORES
a
room
Yet the cable-cutting which shut off the little Soho New York, Aug. 5. Results of Major League from the bookmakers in Britain baseball matches played in the iso opened the door of national United States this afternoon interest on the shadowy charas
ters the fringe of horse racing
on in Britain. And five minutes walk from the same room is the Coliseum, where the musical "Guys and Dolls" tells the story of the gamblers and zany gents around Broadway.
NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago Cubs 0, New York Glants 0.
Pittsburg Pirates 0, Cincinnati
Rels 4.
Milwaukee Braves 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 3.
AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Yankees G, Detroit Tigers 4,
Boston Red Sox 3, St Louis Browns 0.-Reuter.
such "Guys" and "Dolls" Dexist in Britain?
Te only 01 difference is instead bright shirts and suits they often wear the tightest of trousers and the
U.S. EASTERN GRASS
COURTS TENNIS
CHAMPIONSHIPS
South Orange, New Jersey, Aug. 5. Two Australians and two Americans today moved Into the quarter-final round of the Men's Singles play of the Eastern Grass Courts Tennis Championships,
was
Burrows of
0-4, 0-3.
was
on-
in the first set.
Trabert's opponent in
|
a
BANK
Helen
weny
SOLAN DAR
At an address in the centre of Soho...
In
OXFORD STREET
CIRCU
routine,
the time the third telephone call has come through the man Most of them will spend 10 the next chair is moving nearer, hours a day working hard to
Then comes the old avold work. And among them, from the tic tac roen to the the fake letters, the cheques, the wealthiest racegoer, is free story of the unbroken winnings, In a few minutes the man in the masonry as soild as cement.
But what do you need to be a next seat is begging to be allow-
Youred to put on money for him.
The dodge? Never open
taken at the the Tus picture must most precious possession regular racegoing man?
Blower headquarters, be a fathomless reservoir of conversation yourself. Let them
start
you. They talking to
Poland Street, Soho ma place where a camera always do.
bas hardly colossal bluft.
been seen before shows the main operating room.
THE NERVE ... as it is known to the racegoers, goes with a very good bowler, a "not-too-jaunty - Savile. row suit topped off with a Oin. cigar..
THE LUCK
Where the Blower le
The Blower has three private
course.
they believe it lines to every racecourse. There 'can never desert them. are 9 to 12 tic-tae men on, the Otherwise how could you have a happy ending like this?
The Blower's ́ellef ́man"or"the" grandstand is called the 'root- man, and the chief man in Tat- tervalls' ¡betting ring is called the floorman,
KEN SMITH Show Talking
Page
Leslie Caron Says She
Dance For
Will
The
Films No
More
mo
Jump in folks, and help girl, who ran away from a film
The hairdressing department
and made haircut - and
matching shots had to be redone, Of Hollywood Leslie Kaid: "Life there is fccction-you saw her first in must not take it too serious.
STUDIO WENT MAD 1948, when, as a thin, underfed
FLED TO MUM
Gene Kelly
{newcomer to
out. I'm tearing my star at 10, cuts and washes her wrung its hands and gave her lush hotel in the treatment. But one day sho own ha, laft: hair with frustration.
Hollywood for a one-bedroom walked in wearing a home- Reason: Vivacious Leslie apartment over a garage,
all the Caron, the best screen married steretly, dancer since Ginger Rogers, announced boldly in her fascinating broken English, that she will dance
Des the Ballet for the films no more. Champs Elyseos, ske danced her But ng n dancer she wan Saya Lealle: "I want to be way to acclaim as the Sphinx superb. M.G.M. took up her
option and scheduled her an actress. A serious ac in the ballet La Recontre.
As the audience applauded | stardom. tress. Ballet dancing? You Gene sent round his card to her dance, you are suddenly dressing room, and went back feefty, you dance Swan stage. Lake and poof! that is how you have leeved."
Leslie read the card, realised who Gene was, and ded, shyly home to Mum.
How old is Leslie Caron, who
Mr Kelly shrugged an Ameri- talks of "guddenly being can shrug and went home to the
States, She is 211 fcetty"
How many films has she
Two years later M.G.M. and made? Four: two she has danced Kelly needed a girl for An
for
They also tried to teach her
to behave like a star, and tried to improve her English..
Results
WCTO discouraging. Instead she learned to daneo "Lebop" and to like "b-ana spleets."
Then she shook the studios by gotting married.
M.G.M.
went mad. They buk-
in quite a bit (An American in American in Paris. América couldn't find out who her Paris and Glory Alley), two she yielded no one, so Gene Went band was. Gossip sald she had hna acted in (The Story of back to Paria. Three Loves and Lill)-in which she dances for a few minutes.
This time Lestle did not run; away. Instead she made a film:
run away with a jazz musician —or an American "mililonatre.
Both were partly true.
23-year-old Geordle one-man-band who
test was put under a one-nim married contract by telephone, down to Hormel, a
plays 13 instruments. of her pictures America and given the role.
NOW ITB UP TO YOU
Only three have been seen in London's West End: one of them, Lili, made its debut only recently as Paul Dehn tells you below.
Now, without giving her fans a chance to register their votes, she calmly proposes to throw up a brillant career in favour of a chancy one.
And she's so modest about her dancing she thinks Jeanmaire is better.
11
You
Now it's up to you flmgoers.
like her better as dancer she may change her mind. If you prefer her os scrlous dramatic actress, dance no more.
FOXED THEM
Hollywood and anub-nosed Miss Caron did not understand each other.
The Studio put her in a swank movie-stars' hotel..
ono
Miss Caron, with her ward- robe (one woollen dress, two pairs of panties, brasslere and a cloth suitcase iled with string) moved with Mum to the place over a garage.
Airl At tho
She
His father invented Spam and mindo a 7,000,000 dollar fortune.
St. John Ambulance
Orders
rehearsal the studios, expecting a glamour Macintosh, CMG, OBE, Knight Order by Commissioner D. W.
queen, got instead a girl with a she'll
of Grace, Venerable Order of pair of patched and aged black St John of Jerusalem, Commis tights. The director thought it sloner of St John Ambulance was a gag - until Miss Coron Brigade, Hongkong District, No. Limbered up.
32/69. Dated August 6, 1953.
But what I want to know is: why can't she try both?
Her hairstylo foxed them, tos.
Of course, it's quito in charac- ter with this unconventional It resembled a thatched hut.
Gavilan Is Aiming For The Middleweight Title
Milwaukee, Aug. 5.
Ambulance - Natles-Hongkong 98.53/16,88N, TIKYMCA Amb.-Div.: 16.8.33-23.85), ) SCAA. Amb. Div.; August. 1963; Central Neg. Div.
Ambulance · · Duties Bouzoan. — 10.8.53 10,8.33, Mong Kok Amb. Diy.: 178.33—238,53, Kong Wah & Tai Po Amb Diva: August, 1953: Bhamihulpo Neg. Div.
Penetration Squad Duties/-0.653, Dr David Yuo" Pui-lam, Dentist Young T2#0-Wind Simulaka Nag. Div. 10.0.53, Dr Ng Yeok-kin. Dentiri Lf Min«yne & Shamehulpo Nig. Div.
转
Wave Bay, Kennedy Town Am
Bosch Dulles 88.53 2
Welterweight Champion Kid Gavilan is ready to de-pulse Bay, Wencial DIV. DE fend his title "against anyone, anywhere where he can diva stek-0, 9th Non Div: 22.03 Revilo Bay, Honor get a good gate", but his manager also says he's aiming by. Die Wave Bay. Weston Dist. Div.; Shek-0, Central DWS for the vacant middleweight title.
1.30 p
Repulse Bay, Chung fing Gavilan won a unanimous 10-round decision over Div. Big Wave Bar, Confucion Ramon Fuentes, a novice from Los Angeles, here on July Div Shok-O. SCHA big 13.85% 16 in Milwaukee's first nationally televised fight. Fuentes les bis Wave Bay, HICKMA said after the fight he thought he would get another bout Shok kcon Div.: with Gavilan.
odda piso
4
3 pm. Repulse-Bay, Causeway – Bay,
Div.
.m. Repulse Bay. Shaukhar KF. Div;" Big Wave Bay, Shaki wan Div.; Shek-0. Eastern Div 1.30 pan. Repalle Bay, Kennedy Team Div: Big Wave Bay, 5th Nen DIY: Shek-O, Wanchal "D", Div. Homuntin Refuses Camp Dutie 1843, Dre Clay Yeung & George
Amb. Div. Yeung, and KYMCA 118.53, Dr C. 5. Wel & Benjamin
MAN saw an old farmer TAKE the man who keeps A wearing a heavy gold watch
Gavilane to fight middle- Gavilan out-weighted Fuentes, owing the bookles and so and chain. He rushed up to him: Allogether the Blower has 200 weight Joe Glardello In Phila-152% pounds to 1484. can get nothing on. It does not and whispered: "Look out, I've telephone lines and a staff of 40. delphin on August 10. Lopez Fuentes admitted after the take him long to get over that heard plekcpockets talking about They back the horses for book said. The Cuban Kid's plot fight that he needs more polish small hurdle.
your watch and chain. I'll put makers at the prevailing
sold' that Gavilan was and experience. on the racecourse. This general- | tentatively scheduled for
3 The defeat was Fuentes 5. Les and Mone Kom Amb. Dar He must be seen walking with it in a safe place for you"
ly has the effect of shortening Garden fight with an as yet second in the 23 bouts he has 14853, Dre Wong Yiu Lai & Barbara well-known jockeys and train- The farmer parted with it. the odds.
urmamed opponent.
fought, This was against the Man and Kong Wah Amb, Div. ers. They know he has an Incredible? Then you have not
Fucates headed back to Los Kid's 94th victory in 111 fights. Ordery omers or Sergeant on angle, but hè is a good man. So seen a desperate man in search The Blower pays the book- Angoles after the fight. He was Fuentes said that Gavilen, nt Daty Mainland Bub-list ligh although they do not actively of the price to put on 3 sure maker the 'starting price edils unhurt except for a slight cut 27, had experience behind him associate with him they allow thing.
and pockets the profil. Quite over the test oye and a re-lajury) and "you can't take that away
mide knuckle of his from him."--United Press, him to give the impression he la
He dashed to bookmaker often it works the other way. to the
A with them. This is to impress and said: "I'm a bit short, but They may have placed a big left hand. his companion. He always has this is worth a tenner, you can commission at 2-1 only to find Neither fighter was "seriously companion in these circum-see that. Let me put it on that the final starting price is hurt, and Fuentes went down stances.
bear for a nine-count in the only The bookmaker took the bet.
kneck-down of the bout, which And the horse came in, and He says in a loud volce to the
come in the 7th round. He was racing notables: "Isn't it awful? the farmer got, his watch back,
weaving again in the 8th but snapped back to land several telling blows on Gavilan's body before the bell.
arc
کو
31. They then have to The loss.
In Cuba
to
New Olympic Stadium In
Budapest
Though there was no official
70.50, Kowinan. Amb. Div 3.5.03. KYMCA Amb. Div, 9.853, Hong Wah Amb, Div., 10.8.53, Mong Kok Trisnaiskoul Amb, DIY, Amb. Div: 12.3.49, Shamshulpo Ambi, Div: 13843, Kong Wah Amb. DW; 14383," KYMCA · Amb. Div.
Appointment * Promotion: Khonkiwan K.F. Amb. Div.:. Pho Ng Ping-kwan appointed fion, det.
Wester & Div. Bec, w.ed. 11.7.33. Dist., Amb, Diva Cpl. Con Po-tak appointed on. Set, & IMV, Rec WI.1. 15.753. sih Nan Amh. Divi /C Sit Kwong-cheung, Shea Chow-ming # Chan Itor-wat. pro moted Cpa wel. 304.22, Tetrasha-
Yok- Tsui Amb, Div.: Pica. Tang
promoted hong & Pang. Flu-tung L/C wet. 27,7,83.
Tak reservo
Sham-
The top seeded foreign player, 18-year-old Ken I've picked too many hot pots and the man lived happily until
a professional racing man. They Rosewall of Australia, gained his round with a 6-2, 9-7 jand the bookies have closed my he lost the lot next day.
could not apologise, but when Bccount. win over eighth-seeded Grant Golden of Chicago.
THE CODE
ever they meet him they always He waves lettera
the on
Είνα him the best tips they Mulloy, the country's top-headed notepaper of well-known'
ALL THE KNOW-HOW Rosewall's Doubles mate, 18-
however, must know. He must have recovered year-old Lewis Hond, eliminated seeded player and second-seeded bookmakers which read: "Your
that card loss many times. what-
Taken Atrength-fa) EntolmenÉ Although Fuentes tried
Budapest, Aug. 4. IKYMCA · Amt, Divi pixth-seeded Bernard Barlzen of entry, relied on his vast tennis betting is of such a nature that never be broken
Pies Choy Hoy-bung experience to beat the Japanese we cannot entertain It any
It was the operation of the carry the attack to Gavilan in
Kwok-hung & Wong San Angelo, Texas, 6-4, 7-5.
ever else you do. Three
veteran word out in Hunarinn, sem srolles we.. 20.1. Hoy, boun langer und Miami, Davis Cupper. The 30-year-old
account Is Your
code that probably returned to the early rounds, the
30,1,53, Gardnar Mulloy of
Takyuk enrolled. w.c.l. card sharps unwittingly Sir Garden Richards the golden bolo-puncher from Camagucy,
that Budapešť'a new
Hong Kok Amb, Div, İ Pte. L Florida, second-seeded player, Florida player kept Kano on closed."
Chun-wan enrolled wet. 3JKE during most of the American to the run
Amb. iv.1 the first
Pen. ma Attached to the letters broke it recently when spurs which were stolen from Cuba, had too much know-how to know
20. Eastern him last month. When Sir Gor- for the 28-year-old Callforian, Olympic Stadium will be solemn
ty industurated on August
Chern-bun, Cinn Kam-ping. La advance to the quarter-finals by match after making a poor start
cheques for £300, £850, and they took on an elderly don appealed for their return, who has been fighting only two new Constitution Day, formerly
Chor enrolled wed. 31.70, beating the Japanese Davis
£700, and other fancy sums.
there is little doubt that certain years. Gavilan (ought his first St Stephen's Day, commemora- Decrease of Sirenik,~(s) Nezervo player, Kosel Kano, 7-9, 8-2,
the How he
get the professional racegoer,
-shamanino Neg. Div.: A/S Wong at the ting Hungary's first King. manages to
men were taken aside. They amateur bout
Lai Kuen reserve Wed 275 while Tony Trabert of Cincin- nail, seeded No. 3, outplayed Hal quarter-final round is Rosewall, notepaper to write the letters to
of were in their usual were told if they did not hand tge of 12.
Tho ́stadiaan, supposed to be BCAA NIT, DIY. A/S Woo. So dan Charlottesville 1-5, while Mulley meets Hoad Both himself is another symptom
reserve for 6 months w.e.t. 30.0.83; threat. Sir Gorden ro- of these matches are scheduled the nerve.
positions, two in one corner
one of the most modem sports | Chung sing Amb. Dly; Pie. Ho Bina
w.e.f. 21.7.53 instations - in the world, w1⁄21 for Friday-United Press.
of a railway compartment, the colved his spurs shortly after-
shulpo Amb. Divi A/D Liụ PROZ This often-performed panto- third sitting in the opposite wards.
Japanese Athletes have a capacity of 100,000. The Lam reserve weź 1.759; (b) 576- mime convinces his companion, corner reading a newspaper.
Do Well At
A "Road of Youth”, 320 metres gChang Hing Amb. Div.: who,
long and 45 metres wide, fianiced Pie. Cheng Heung Wan resignet without being prompted, them back information would be
Hanover No More Snooping offers to put money on for hin.nld with the police. This is the
bo. two vater courses ench 12 a 17.03: Walerion Neg. Div
A/59. Yuen Wai-Xis & Lom Kni If he wins they split 50-50. I
E code does not apply out-
metres wide, will dead to the Tunt resigned, we. 20,750) Wanchai The man reading the news-T side the betting brother- the big "betting man
Hanover, Aug. 5. stadium. The road is to be de- "A" Amb. Divi Pte. Yick You Fat Punters Byvealshes quicker than the queen polished shoes of the victim and £80 on a day's racing. This
paper commented on the highly hood, however. On
One man made
Josh Culbreath of the United corated with 10 ure statues,igned w.0.1. 20.7.53.
Metres showing young Magyars no vari- States won the 110 pointed out there was a spot of made him o sentimental ho Hurdles
event at an inter-ous sports. The stadium Fiself is Penang Police
grease on them. As they got decided to send his wife some national athletics meeting here the boats of the Hungarian claim into conversation the two men money. Next day he posted a
for the 1000 Summer Olymple when
Hood the second
Penang, Aug. 5.
needs to be brought in the opposite corner started a registered envelope with £50 tonight, clocking 16 seconds.
Nakajima, of Japan was GemesUalted Press. let up, was Bart- The Fenang Turf Club Pub into play to strike up an they suggested a four-handed momentarily
rummy. After a time worth of fivers in it. gume of
second with a time zen able to make any headway. ly announced to punters today
whaThat afternoon he lost
the seconds. The Texan was able to pick up they would be able to place bets acquaintance with such game of solo. The
remaining £30. Shortly after-
competitors took a 4-1 head, but Hont sbon cut at the August holiday race
was most indignant at this Bug words he booked out of the the first three places in the with-victim. the deficit down to 8-3. From meeting here tomorrow
gestion was the man who had
hotel, 'much to the surprise of | long Jump.. Masaji Tajima won here on it wype: Hood's match as out Police taking "sneak" photo-WHILE a race meeting in on been reading the newspaper. his friends who knew the meet with 6.00-metres, followed by he made point after point on graphs of them.
the man goes into an hotel Eventually be was persuaded to [ing had two more days to 1o. Sonoda with,, 0.70 metres and. Placementaars
The Club had protested after
take a hand. passing
He was back next day in tine | Nishimura Mth 6.68 metres Rosewall
alte Police at the Monday meeting lounge looking for people read- encountered
For the first few rounds the for the racing. He had got Charles Capozzoll of the United opposition the tet from photographed punters handing in the sporting papers. He sits
doalt unbeatable home in time to catch the post-States took the 6,000 Metros Goldon after fornes Northwestern over money at a tote window. next to one of them and waits victim was University star had had a chance The Police explained it was for his accomplice to telephone. cards. But after a time the man when he arrived with the event in 14 minutes 30.2 seconds. Soon it comci: "Sir Gordon handa of the other three men registered letter. He signed for Olymple Champion Furry to take the set in this 1diti saknas: /ihe, activity of the anti-corrup“ Falchards on telephone for began to be just es fitito better.it, kissed his wife, and-csuRAF | O'Brien of the. United Stater | Golden had set point but tion, ngund, add As Mr. Hank” The man busties out than his, Ho hoće P,200 loss in the next train back to the won the Shot Put with a throw
BEST MATON The best match of the day
the Hoad-Bartzen counter, with the young Aus- displaying one tralian
of the best services in the game today. At times Bartzen had trouble even handling Hood's service,
Kont
which was just as powerful as the first. Only in
ECL
in the 3-card trick.
THE DODGE
-
mon
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Rosewall male the next three The Penang Turt
A of 30.07 metres. points to take the game and mentaald ie "matter of pro watched by an interested lounge his pocket when he stepped of course
The Pole Vault was taken by then went on to win the match sorting, punters' rights has been. Soon another telephone message the train. But, then h op 'n vervice brepic in the 10th amicably gettled with the comor Marcel Boussack ford came into persist card Continued next week the Yugoslav, Blin
Polles, llamar a Pars wants to speak to Mr Harper learned that h
Biharifs, man WAS London Expresa Bervice. ·I with 4.20' metics—Router.
code
“Millskov,
Colds
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