FAR
EASTERN RUGBY UNION
UNION TO
BE FORMED
мета
Mr Chaloke Komarakul na Nagara has had his way (writes Hylton Cleaver). He has received the permission of the Rugby Union (who have consulted other bodies, Including New Zealand and Australia) to form a
Fur Eastern Rugby Football Union.
This will have its headquarters in Singapore, because of its position on international air routes, and the frequent arrival there of Service teams, and will embrace India, Pakistan, Malaya, Hongkong, Siam, Fiji and Japan.
ani And
has boxed!
played
to
"Komma as he is known in the laws 20 pages of hints London, is counsellor at the referees as to how to read Royal Stam Embassy. He was them. What could bo moro educated at St. Paul's School Gilbertinn than that?
Magdalen College, Oxfura, COMPLETELY IGNORED
At the end of apart from
his
five-day coxing
IL university in the Boat Ruce of session, in which the members 1933, as
of the Board itsc
must have hnd serum-half.
wet towels round their heads, of terminological This is just a time to have any numbers produced for his sume simpli complications have been added feather or the laws
the to make confusion worse; of game such a night bave been nothing has been done to clarify written
by an Intelligent the code at all. oul
the Above all.
have two sheets
Board mhoulboy on foolscap,
Pampletely ignoret the pleas of playera
the opposed to lawyers.
of
THE WIRDLE TROUBLE
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The International
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-(London Express Service)
Shek O Beat
Royal Hongkong Golf Club
they TO In a match played under most
fter!
enjoyable conditions at Fanling Sunday, Royal Hongkong
TABLE TENNIS
More Upsets At Wembley
London, Apr. 12. John Leach of Britain, World Champion, former
021
Golf Club were beaten by their Shek O Country Club visitors
by The extremely narrow mar- gin of half a point, twa byes in the morning being sufficient to give Shek O their first victory at Fanling and allow them to avenge their three-point defeat of lost June.
A "eld" of 72 players took part in this all-day match, com- prising 50 Individual games, the closeness of play in the ma
majority of these games being especially and Miss Linde Wert! of noticeable during the afternoon Austria were among five when no fewer than 12 of the seeded players eliminated 18 fourballs were decided on
18th Kreen on the from the Work. Table Ten- the
Course. nis Championships here to- day as both the men's and women's events reached the fifth round.
k Miss Yoshike Tanaka Japan
brought off one of the biggest upsets of the day when she beat Miss Wert, who was strongly fancied to win the te, 21-10, 21-12, 19-21, 21-10. Another favourite went when Mrs G. Gerval of Hungary lost to Miss F. Eguchi of Japan 10-31, 21-18, 21-13, 21-17.
Johnny Leach last to T
21-15, Reiter of Rumania 21-1 21-19.
Aubrey Simons of England became the Arth seeded player to be eliminated today when he was benten 12-21, 21-18, 17-21, 21-6, 21-18 by B. Bukiet, of the United States, in the third
round.
Old
The morning Singles were played over both courses and lunch time arrived with the Club leading by 19% points to
During 14 is
the afternoon, Shek O came
up from behindi to lead by half a point at the end of the 13th game, both sides and drawing one wirming two of the remaining five tussles.
THE RESULTS
Individual results follows:
Bingles
were OF
Dr A. Shoemaker - W.G. Roberi- son W. Stoker, NJ. Fox -
1, Colin Low A.B.
W.D.
K.S.
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1954.
INDIA'S
CHAMPION
Miss Sayeed Sultana, India's National Champion,
in play in the World Table Tennis Championships at Wembley-Central Press Photo.
HKFA MEETING
NO MORE FOOTBALL INTERPORTS WITH MANILA
Around The British Film Studios.
Jean Simmons Among The GIs
By ROY NASH
London.
An unwelcome word made a comeback in British films last week. Once more there is a Crists,
With the threat of a shut-down as a result of the laboratories' pay dispute neither stars nor technicians could get the immediate future into sharp focus.
But the cameras went on The film, not yet shown here, turning and plans for future is the top box-office hit in pictures were still being made, America and Little Miss Swen- Just before the storm broke son (Stt lin) has caught tho with the announcement of the approving eye of American proposed shut-down I talked critics.
with a man who is bravely I am not surprised. She 18 tackling a subject even thomier one of the musi beautiful girls than industrial relations in the in British studios, cinema business.
CONTROVERSIAL
Now there is talk of a done- ing role for her in Leslie Caron's "Cinderella" and also He is producer John Boulting of a second Atm with Taylor- who with his twin brother Roy an adaptation of Sir
Walter set us all arguing about the Scott's "Quentin Durward."
"Seven Days atom-bomb with
To Noon,"
Meanwhile Miss Swenson has Now John Boulting and play-been filming at Bray in "Third have Party Risk” with another Holly- wright written the script for a pleture wood hero-Lloyd Bridges,
Frank
on another
sial theme.
да
Harvey
flercely controver
What is it like to make pic- tures with two such heart-
It deals with the members of throbs? "A wonderful experi- American Air Force unitence for a beginner like my. stationed in England and the self" says Miss Swanson. "They citizens of a nearby country know so much about film acting and can teach you such a lot."
town.
"We show the impact of the
One thing she learned from Americans on the British and
Bridges: "How to relax in vice versa," says Boulting who front of the camera by thinking with Harvey has been doing yourself into the part." some first-hand
into research the things we like and dislike about the Gls in our midst and the things they like and dialiko about us.
FUNNY BUSINESS
"And there is some funny business with a dummy," ald Freda Jackson, telling
me
The dislikes will include most about her part in "Tomorrow of the grouses und grumbles Is Sunday" at Walton-on- that have made recent head-Thames. Iines Brilish complaints that
the Americans have too much Miss Jackson meant funny money to spend and thus out-ha-ha-a revelation as startling. dazzle, the local boys in the eyes though in a different direction,
hearting of their girl friend; American as
that Lucille Ball charges that they are fleeced by was about to play Lady British landladies and shop- Macbeth. keepers.
For since "No Room at the
"It isn't a flm with a pon- Inn" Mias Jackson has made an derous message"
corner Boulting uncosy
in feminine hastens to assure me. "Just fiendishness so far as Alms are a comedy about human beings, concerned.
The Hongkong Football Association, at Its Council meeting held yesterday, decided that all interport foot- these ball matches with Manita should for the time being be cancelled in view of the rejection of the application for visas for the Hongkong School Boys' Interport XI last Saturday.
"We found that basically Now she is tackling a lighter-
Anglo-American differ than-usual role
да # store chces spring from ignorance, fashion supervisor who refusal to admit the
other rather coy" about the display fellow's point of view, and silly manager played by that excell- prejudices. We hope that by ent comedian Richard Wattis. loughing at them we shall be The dummy is a display figure able to show just how absurd which causes them both some
embarrassment.
Mr L. Channing said: "We have always shown good-they are." will and desire to promote a good neighbour policy. But experience has shown that Manila is not prepared to re- ciprocate. They tell us what to do, and we are expected to accede to their wishes."
He also pointed out that next season, while the date for Hongkong had during the past the Double Tenth Charity three years suffered a loss of Match was to be left at the dis- approximately $0,300 in res- cretion of the Management pect of interport soccer matches Committee, against Manila, because Manila Leads were not up to standard,
Mr J. Skinner, Chairman 01
to the
WH. Paterson 1, A.E. Irvine Col the HKFA, said that when he | Wilkinama; 1. P.V. Huyate -: W.O. went to Manila, he would get
Davies K.A. Munro 3 A.V.
in touch with the Philippine White -RMT, Orr Leighton 1.
Donn
Amateur Athletic Federation in Robertson 11.D. Bell 1; R. Harile connection with interport games, 1. E. Hultemoter GP. Ferguson He revealed that the sum of de Jong H. Zinimene LMS.
LMS $5,680 had to be paid Lloyd JN. Baylis P.F. MAC
Cathay Pacific Airways as part Caba 1; D. Show W.S. Vaughan
Inres of the round trip
for Earlier the Czechoslovak pat LR. Billinghurst. PH. Taggart felted owing to L. Stipel and J. Pscipal, took 11.C.F. Aris S.W.P. Perry School Boys' Interport XI's not the Hongkong ilmelight by beating the top 3. Brockbank.AS. G seeded pair
AD Jones 5.M. Backe 1: Jl being able to make the trip. in the men's Leftch 1, E. MacGregor doubles, Ferenc Sido (Hungary) Coombs. A. Graham E.C. Drown and Ivan Andreadis (Czechoslo= 1; J.E. Shoemaker DL. Anderson vakia) 12-21, 21-15.
the
21-14,
1.W.N. Gray
-R.H.
21-13, G. Banham - 6:20. Knight 1.
Andreadis and Sido decided
play together
to
special trials
One Japanese falling
was Kawai, who was beaten
Fourball.
P.A.
Habertson/
2,
Haatle/Grange Hultemeiet/Cowel
week:
COLONY TEAMS
the
The Hongkong football team
will be
Miss Jackson, quite a gentle soul really, has tackled plenty of comic characters
NATURALLY ... Naturally there
an English stage. between
romance
girl and a young US. colonel.
The pleture will be made
She hopes that after
the
**Tom
| this summer-Boulting hop-morrow is Sunday" producers ing to do some location scenes will let her be a funny girl in
at an actual U.S. camp here-films too, and thero is a chance Jean "I'm all for cheerfulness Simmons will be the heroine. breaking in," stic says.
Only a chance because Miss
to the Asian Games, at the cost Simmons is so busy these daya.
of $18,000 to $19,000, will leave But this is one picture 1 h South Korea
packed 1954 schedule which already includes "The Egyp tian" and "Desiree" in Holly- wood and "Esther Costello" in Britain.
for Manlia on May 3. A motion | sho run it into her tightly- was proposed and carried to the effect that the HKFA
would foot $10,000 of the expense, leaving the balance to the Hongkong Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Com- mittee.
SOUTH CHINA CENSURED
the
Mr Skinner censured South China Athletic Assocla-
teams
сол-
mem-
the
With Miss Simmons heading cast Boulting's plea for under- more Anglo-American standing would be sure of a
showing on both sides Atlantic.
Bre
of the
May Quit World Cup
Zurich, Apr. 11. Japan or Spain will re-. the
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And there is no more calm-place South Korea in lon for not having made its | ing girl in films. One glanco Boccer world championships Grange 1. 23. Cowell A.E. Elle
ground at Caroline Hill avail- from those exquisite eyes Morahan J. Barker
The meeting selected
of here this year should the able to the RAF-Kit Chee first hers and we should all feel Stewart, JL. Kay 1.
following two terms (second divialon game fast Sunday as
South Koreans withdraw good deal more tolerant, names for the Hongkong Selee scheduled. He following Lindsay R. G. Smart
Petria 1, LH. Robinson
deplorod the
from the World Cup berth and were given Laroche
don XI) to represent the Colony last-minute A.K. Murray
awitch of the
DOWN THEY GO
they earned when they the top seeding in the event. Troong J. Mould 1; R. Wiltoquet against the All-India team
1, Coltman -
ground to the HKFA which re- serica commencing Saturday sulted in much confusion today
and fashions
the Japanese Down they go, those 1920-ish eliminated
which creeping team earlier this year, annoyance to the by Rene Roothoft of France Backe 3: Stoker/Leitch 2 Fox!
Shoemaker/Jorver
back in plays and films, Goal Keepers Granger cerned and the public. He re- 21-16, 22-20, 19-21, 21-12. McGregor; Paterson/Coombs
minded the Association (Army). MacLoren (RAF); Reuter.
Irvine/Graham -
who believes General of FIFA, told United Young woman bers that in future all changes Wilkinson/lines Right Backs Armstrong (Club), 1. Huyshe/Macdonald 1 Davies/
the schedule
they are far too hideous ever Press today he had not officially Bairy 2. Munro/Wallem White Hung Hing-yuk (KMB); Left-of ground from
to return in Patricia Cutts
of been Drawn Orr/Shoemaker ; Leigh, Backs-Lau
notified that the South Yee (BC), Wells must be made by the ground ton/Anderson
Koreans were considering a Donn/Gray Robertson/Kaight 2. Dell/Banham
(Army); Bight-Halves-Tang owner direct to the Hongkong TV's "Down You Go,"
In "The Man Who Loved withdrawal, Should they with- Redheads at Shepperton Miss draw, he said, World Cup rules Sum (KMB). Chan Fai-hung Football Association. 2: Forguson/Sykes Colin Law/ (Kit Chee); Centre-Halves-Ko McElney 2: Coleman/Ellott, de
Earlier in the Jong/Moralian 1: Gordon/Barker-
first general Cutts is a 1920 dapper named would make Japan the first Po-keung (SC) Frazer meeting of the Hongkong Foot-
Bubbles.
the free berth. for Goldman/Stewart 2: Zimmern/Kay
(Army); -Lloyd/Smart 2: Baylis/Lindsay Sheung (SC). Santos (Prisons) Hon. Sir Man-kam Lo, it was ball Association presided by the
Her figure, she tells me, "is "It the Japaneso decide · not MacCabe/Neale 2: Elsaw/Petrie 1, Outside-Rights-Chu Wing-wah decided that the present officers strapped in 60 that I look to use any such opportunity?
Taggart/Murray (SC), Tse Kam-ho (Eastern): ecco that
completely flat."
Gassmann added, "the organisers Inside-Rights-Szeto Man
She wears, long earrings, a of the tournament would have (KMB), Reeves (Army); Cen-Association be confirmed
officers
blonde wig, chalk-white make to choose
to Council, members
another team tre-Forwards Lau
and Kal-chiu
up, Cupid's bow mouth, and
complete the 18-country lineup, RHKGC players named Art
(Kwong Wan), Gardner (Club); of the Association until the
brandishes an outsize cigarette Obviously, Spain would stand Tinal Score: RHKGC, 18+10= |Inside-Lefts-Yiu Cheuk-yin
next annual meeting. 344: Shek 0. 1334-4-20-347%.
holder.
excellent chances to be designat (SC), Lee Tai-fal (KMB); Out-
od side-Lotte-Mok Chun-wah
Las ́a, lato entry because, Hor dress, full of flounces prstly, they aro
a first-class (SC), Hau Ching-to (Kit Chee).
and well above the knee, is a box-office magnet, and; secondly, perfectly revolting sugar pink."
because they took part in the Several of Miss Cutts's old naal round of the last soccer friends around the studio have World Cup." not recognised her in this get-|
Airconditioning
need not be
Confult
expensive
Vaughan/Robinson
Laroche
Twoong/Aris
1; ifinghurst/
Perry/Moufa Brockbank/Willoquet 2, Graut/Coll
man
SHANGHAI VISITORS' CUP The following are the draw and starting, umes for
the
Shanghai
Left-Halves
Tong
Visitor's Cup to be played for over Reserves-Wai Fat-kim, Szeto
Messrs Lowe, Bingham auditors of the Association Matthews wero appointed
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KMB, Lau Chi-ping of SC, Toth
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eliminated by Turkey...
5.45 p.m. today at Caroline Madiniy Birkin 936 Ja
F/Lt Hides and Mr C, K. Woo | Hill Instead of Št Josoph's. 132 KM.. - WP. Allen W.N.Grey; o.m., AB are to become managers of the Dully--K.8, Robertson; 9.45 am.. I. | Best and second teams respec- Haatio J.K. Watron: 9.48 am. Jitively.
Lich-W.D. Leighton; 0.03 m. N.
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IL Willoquet Lindsay: 10am.
10.00 A.B. Coleman - L.C.
Ko Po-keung and Au Chi-
to the Asian
Kiat Mecausland; 10.04 yin were selected captain and Dm.. A. Macdonald.W.E. Hat: vice-captain of the Hongkong Gordon, 103 m. de Bong-football team Gordon: 10.10a.m. D. Shaw, Games respectively, what Campbell: 10:30. R.m... Aut Petriom
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CAN ONLY BE DONE IN A "ZORIC” UNIT, THERE
IS. BUT ONE IN THE COLONY, IT IS USED AT .
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English trudnor
All the same the 1920s have Gassmann was commenting on honours this year, was one George Deeby, was best backed A certain - wistful appeal for a report that the South Koreans of three horses well backed for the Guincas He shares. Mira Cutts although, at 26, she had not yet made up their mind at, tonight's first callovera favouritem for the Newmarket is too young to remember them, definitely on whether to take
hey seem to have had a part in the soccer world tourna on the 2,000 Guineas and classic with Infatuation, last carefree galety
we have lost," ment. The will make a decision Darby at the Victoria Club week's Greenham Stakes Winner.
There will be only one hockey | she says game this wook-end and this
It was disclosed that the will be the second division game. ==A.G.B, McC Bướ10.30am, D. Hongkong Football Association
has been provisionally admitted between Nay Bharat” and B602. into the membership of the In-unpotest Police Ground, Bout- ternational Football Association dary Street on Sunday at 10.30. (FEA).
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GETTING RECITED
Hollywood, la, getting excited
after their team has proved, in the Artan Games in Manila In May that they, ware good enough to play lile world's leading teams, the reports said, y
"We can say we are going of now South Korian teams director "Lee Yu quoted as saying:
#2537:
the result of the? Aslan: Gürse
Bound
here.
French horse Ferrol was the third horse. In demand for the Chilber. A smart winner over
was supported
Landau,
favourite for the 2,000 Guiness until he was beaten at a mile ot
| Newmarket last week, was open; - France,..
backed to win £10,000 for the to win a 20,000 end wound up first classia on April 28. He co-thin favourite with Landout closed a Arm 100-9 chancs Zor Listle business was troisie bek the Guiness and was quoted on the Derny, but Ameri 10-12/co-favourite; with", Rows- bred Ambler. It wan
on Manor for the Epsom astracting fall-plied wage