SING TAO 2, KMB 4
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1954.
TIGERS MOVED WITH A SILKY TEXTURE, BUT BUSMEN WON THE MATCH
By I. M. MacTAVISH
How different this result might have been. In the carly stages a casual visitor would have been excused for thinking that it was the Tigers and not the Busmen who were on the verge of Championship
honours.
There was silky texture about the Sing Tao play that compared more than favourably with unything that KMB showed at any time in the match. They moved the hall about with speed and accuracy and the right wing partnership of Chow Kit and Yeung Wai-tao suggested danger at every move.
Sing Tho drould have opened of these breaks enme from your fence, inspired by Yue Kni-yan, their account immediately after, goalkeeping.
held out until the dual whistle THE TEAMS
the start but the score was het
to become the first team to tako long delay and Yeong Wil- Blog Tao: Yue Yu-tak: Banjahree points from the soldiers 100 left
the KMB defenders ¦ Yung-sang. Mok Kam-theunx; us reason. standing to drive the fall Water Sit Pei-yin, Ifonniball,
the
the
at the third
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Tigers
The tr superiority and it was all minnast
run of play when Woon-chnung 201 equaliser.
Mo Chelant-yau hart & couple of possible chates be restar the Sing Tao lead hat it want left to Yeung Wai-tro I do the needful in the 20th minute
The winners 201 excellent
Keng-chuen: Yeung Wal-lac, services from Yue Kal-yars, Sit
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and
Chow Kit, Cheung Kam-hol, Hu Kam-hung. So Sas-ming in de- Cheung-you, Lau Chung-sang. fence and 1 Sap-touk and Tomm KMB: Wal Fat-king Hang tau Kai-chiu in the attack. completing-yuk, a
Szeto You Tani | Inside-left Lo hail a particularly Sum, Ng Kee-cheung. Les good game -- probalily his best Chun-fut, Lee Shlu-fal Szeto of the season and he was Man, Tang Vorskll, Dec Tai-largely Instrumental in claiming fal. Taru Waon-chrung
the points for his team
For the Army, Granger had 3ttle to do aut had no chance with the goats that beat him. Crowhurst was uncomfortable at
PS \right back ani it was only clever covering by a top-form Wells that prevented the Kwong Wah left dank from exploiting the weakness
ICMI got another simple grad
KWONG WAH 4, ARMY
in sweltering heat, on a in in the 28th panne when goilhard ground, and with
a light keeper Yue Yut-lak made less than hati-hearted attempt all Kwong Wah conquered the
clements to
a
wil-
lo stop a soft set by Tang Yo-deserved victory that was even
KR.
TRAVESTY OF FACT
It was a travesty of thet that
the
than the
Konts
Server
ly suggests, The Army team shows all the teats should be on levels of having had a terms when Referee Willcock sufrency for this season, and blew the interval whilsta Un
༢་ཟླ་ * -tainly they never revealed this Pressure orach play the Tights sur care-fire alsutidens as their were much tagasi
to our
opponents 12 this game, potential champions and it
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The departure of estate
established only indifferent goalkeeping by
players huis left weaknesses in the Yue Yiu-tak that left them
sude, but newerner Riley gave such a false position
promise But, as we have seen on many
of being an important andedition to the team for next dung the
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KMB are at the mast danger Dis just when the tide seems to
got galust privil
them and
Intertitely after the interval they launched a strving attacks down the night
15 FIN dimmative Lee Shar-far put his side in the lead when has strt
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left back Muk Kam-clerung This really wom pleted the
Tur tale of w arul thes never Peevered from the unfortunate reverse.
A
Frazer gut through a lot of sound work in the midelber und when he reverted to his normal Higgins showed improved form
seer
the
position at left half In the second half.
Lunnon and Reeves were danger men up front but both of them received Injuries after Lio
Anished the interval and game limping.
Thomes allsuppointed early Ion but when be hug to take on
coving cormission fair in the [game he got through a god work
Tot of
Kwong Walk startext off EJE fat silyle and although they Just a quick goal, when defender Lerret non s ot
VERDICT: Kwong With wer In the 10%, they never really worthy winners. The Army kaked to be it much danger al
was a disappolating side and is sing the pune.
obviously suffering from the arrivetss of
many of its star lead by thres players #3140 al twenty-twa the result
La Suu-k Players could have been pardon-
When The Intrevel goals to one as they were in the
Ik
good shots from 121 and Lou Kal-chiu.
Immediately afur the terval the Chinese boys svet
further ahead when Tam Yang-
ki k advantage of covering in the soldiers' defence 10 send the ball into the Hot wide of trungur.
ON HIS WAY
WORLD
THE MOUNTAIN !
John Landy, the famous Australian runner who has made several efforts to run the elusive "four- minute" mile, pictured on his arrival at Londen Airport on his way to Finland and Sweden where he will attempl to break the world records for the 1,500 Metres and one Mile.Central Press Photo,
HOLLYWOOD HEADLINES
MR DISNEY DECIDES IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER FAIRY STORY
By
JENNIFER JOHNS
Hollywood.
Thrilled with seeing "Pinocchio" for a second time (its revival here is outstripping its first-run popularity) I decided to see what the animators at the Disney studios had on their drawing boards for the future. I found they had quite a lot.
Although currently achieving an outstanding success with his Intest Nature documentaries ("The Living Desert" and "Bear Country"), Mr Disney has decided that it is nevertheless time for another fairy story.
As a result the famous Bur-time to get your teeth Into but, more compliented Alm elreuses, bank studio is to start work! couldn't get along without So much so that "Girl Rush" such on its most ambitious singing sometimes!"
(which beging lining in August) cartoon project ever-nearly £2 Nor it seems could his publie stands a good chance of getting million worth of "Beauty and get along without Frankie. One Frank Sinatra, Charles Cobură the Beast"
When production of his latest songs. "Young Atand Edmund Gwenn into a tean starts more than 600 people whit Heart" has sold 750,000 records, together. See what I meant be fully employed on the film. "This isn't enough," says Frankie. It won't be shown before 1939 I wont it to be ove
Looking for over the million
Kossip оп but a best-ever" from Disney
mark. But it's
Command" not bad all the "Strategic
sel MK should be worth waiting for.
Nor is it.
Paramount I came across a heart- STILL SEARCHING
warming story good to read in Marilyn and Joe
stil Hollywood these days. Or at
(and
+
are
л
thu
VOICE IS NOT SILENT Even though "From Here to looking for their dream house, any time for that matter. Eternity" has made him a fully-Plenty of people willing to seli
It all concerns June Allyson flodged
Oscar-winning)them a dream. For million and revolves round the fact that dramatic slar, I gather that dollars, "All We want" says I have never seen a star wear Frank Sinatra has no Intention Marilyn "is Just a small place. of slowing down the production | One bedroom." of his records. In fact he In Mario Lanza recently refused recording every ruure moment a one-week singing turn LE he can get off from his work on Philadelphia. At £25,000. He "Suddenly" the thriller in is still sorting out his Income which he has the job of killing tax
problems Doesn't
the President of the United any more compilentions. Stoles,
David "This dramatic acting is
Mottram And Paish-
They Were Veterans When They Started
First major event on the British lawn tennis calendar is the Hard Courts Championships at Bournemouth,
shirts
(017-
British? In name only. The goods have usually been foreign,
"I wonder what American or Swede will play the Australian or often the crowd's conjecture on the final.
Dane"
Was
ed for
removing their and setting down to a Infertable spell of sunbathing. hi was that kind of weather, Centre-forward Tang Yee-kit
THE TEAMS completed the scoring when he
Kwong Wah Yue Kai-yan: theed through
Sit Kam-hung. the defence
Cheung Ting- great Individualistle
sum: 1tsu Du-vad, So Suu-ining, Receiving the bull un
Chen Yu, Chen Ming-chin, through pass near the middle of
For the first time the Army Kwok Cheuk-cheung, Lau Kal- Reid, Tank outstripped | started tu Bght back
chiu, Lo Sau-fook, Tam Yung- to take five defenders before driving the charge of the play.
A penalty kan. balt home.
goal by Wells and fast ac
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Army Granger; Crowhurst, Once in the hud KMB never curate shul by Reeves put n Wells; Higgins, Frazer, Riley: looked in any rent danger. They better appearance on the score Lunnon, Reeves, Bennet, Wing
show flashes of the vard but the Kwang Wah began tu brilliant
constructive play of which we know they are calzin able but even in thus they never really matched the early bri- liance of their opponents.
SHOWMAN
Hear nget shoulders
everyone else in this game stood
He wes
Hou Yung Ing to his enthu~ sim
timen several
in the out position later stages of the second half,
enuight
र
the
if some
in
of the thers Tigers' team had played
with the
same
determination
and skill they would not have left the fold a defeated side.
His delightful side-of-the-
foot passing and his Interventions bore the bal
of the class footballer. I have often
#
do- fteld, Thomas,
But not this year. Conjecture was blown gloriously sky-high. The tourna- ment ended last week. For the first time in 17 years the final was between two British players-Tony Mottram and Geoff Palsh.
To reach the last round. the A wonderful performance from British pair linocked out two of the international prestige angle,
top hard the world's
courts And even greater one from the pleyers, those two great Danes, national sporting point of view.
For, as Britain's Kurt Nielsen, Wimbledon tinalist
top tennis Last year, and Torben Ulrich. pair. the lot of Matrim and
Palah has been a strange one.
Many New Players In County Cricket
By DENNIS HART
As the new cricket season gels under way speculation runs high on who will gain the honours; England or Pakistan in the Tests; Surrey
of sixteen challengers in the county championship.
or
onc
While such things are a matter for conjecture, one point is certain-much of the limelight will centre on fresh faces.
Dea
For the first time ever from Pakistan, Britoin's young- est Dominion, ore the visitors.
criticised bus attacking play but no one can deny that he 19 personality. in fact I'd go so fur RS to say... showman. How our game would benefit from o lew more charac- ters like him.
Apart from Hau Yung-song, Sit Pel-yin. Yeung Wai-lau
Chow Kit pul
a lot
of True, all the faces will not nud
play while,
be entirely new. Sume have
cust of 20 runs
HELD THE FORT
Wayne has becom
wonk
prospector. In oil. At least he's Just picked up a slice of an oll- fold in Kansas. Price t vealed. There's plenty
there.
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so little Jewellery, I discover due to now that this in all husband Dick Powell. They have been married nine усага and happily so every mement of them. On her dress June wears wedding ring
Not hers, she explains, but the ring with which her mother-in-law had been married.
a
"Dick had mo.
I mounted on and gave it to me us golden pla and
It would cost a lot. It was bound to happen. Låd Sherco North who was groomed by
Mother's Day gifi lust year."
I probed further and June add- being ed proudly: "Diek has the most exquisite taste of any person I
20th-Century
case Marilyn didn't come back, have ever known. He gave me
19
now complaining
that she's the only other piece of jewellery wet what and she pointed
being played down. Marilyn is
back There's nut
room for
of four tiny gold to a bracelet Which two of us" rays Sherre.
angles Jinked together with would seem to be dangerous fresh-water pearls. "And that's thing
stage.
tu say
a
the present not
Baid all,"
June. "Each
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Clark Gable is taking it easy angel has a distinct personality. and quietly way vut in the They represent each of our two children and the other two are backwoods. A secluded moun-20
Dick and me. It was tain spot 191 Upper Californie,
niversary "Gone Fishing" say his friends
1 think Personally
he's just to get away any pince gone from the furore over his pro fessional future.
gift. Dick's own quiet way of saying that curs is one family which will always be tied together. Here's wish- ing it m
ROMÁN DISCOVERY
in
Believe it or not bul Hur- phrey Bogart
for (heading
I hear from a colleague Africa again to make the "Man Rome that the flourishing Italian Who Would Be King") has fim Industry, not to be outdone collected Ռե English accent. by Hollywood, has just dia. Not from his last ("African covered the Bible. future was assured. But if his
Queen") visit to Africo but decision was easler, he still had from
Biblical alm illes have from the Oliviers in England. to put in the same hard work. They have become frm friends. been registered by Italian Alm
So the firm Mottram and Palsh come into being.
As senior partner, Muttram has enjoyed more personal glory.
An enigma of Inconsistency-
time.
Five
"A Star Is Born" (Judy Gar. companies during the past fort- land's come-back) took an extra night, ranging from the "Walls
to the
"Prodigal of Jericho" Jong time to shoot. Now I learn
Son". Another
company why. Judy couldn't manage scheduled to produce the "Life more than two hours acting at a Of Christ'in technicolor.
All a very far cry from Italy's recent run of "bad girl" stories in one game his play often Heading back this way any played by such curvacious varies between the world-beating day now is Rosalind Russell. wonders as Gina Lollobrigida and the rabbit class-his She will on-days have produced brilliant months on Broadway in "Wonderful Town". Rosalind's
victorles.
ROZ RETURNS
be
back after 14 and Silvana Pampanini!
They buve beld the fort through some of the leanest years Britain has experienced.
But, by some queer reasoning, less discerning followers of the game have attributed the had spoil to Mottram and Paish.
Their argument runs some-
like this: "Being Britain's that first thing
season of 1946 he best, they strould have made.
reached the doubles final of the their mark in the international frish open tournament, wan the and-wife teams that do better neld. If they couldn't let them mixed doubles, partnered by make way for younger blood."
countrymen.
He soon Justified
his decision return to the screen will start with a musical Western ("Girl
to concentrate on tennis.
Won
In
the mixed
A new
Rush") produced by her hus band, Frederick Brisson:
This is one of those husband-
Favourite Team
Luis
da
So the talk is the Knights, the Doris Hart, and, partnered by in Hollywood than many of the
All well Jean Bostock, Wilsons and Oakleys,
doubles in America's Youth must have
Pacific He Did Sec His and good.
lis
Coast Tournament, head. Especially in tennis essentially a young man's game. But his two greatest per
But not util It has proved formances were at Wimbledon
in the singles.
Lisbon. The Tesis sel the pattern. Blue bowler. nt дл average country. Included In their line-self worthy of the heritage.
50 Mottram and Paish have will be a West never won any top world tourna up this season
The first was in 1930.
Costa, 17-year-old Al the end of term he came Indian, Peter Wight, an Aus- ments?
Maybe not. But they American star had been born. soccer fan in Portuguese Guinea, down to Sussex and took 56 tralian Jim
McMahon. who, are unbeaten by their own Name of Trabert,
stowed he WOR
away aboard
a Por- County Championship wickets incldentally came via Surrey,
steamer to predicted to shine brighter than tuguese for less than 25 runs aplece. and Lancastrians John Hilton
And their record against over-all the other great names from Lisbon to see the team he had But perhaps
read so much the youngster and John Lemax.
scas players bears examination, across the Atlantic. At nineteen es
about, Sporting who engenders most hope, from They face A difficult task. In the seven years they have he came to Wimbledon.
Club, actually in action. county at least,
la Lust
was arrested and the second collected 34 Davis Cup victories. John Balley, of Essex.
time in succession, Somerset And they are stilt Britain's front
being sent home when until he tired in the heat, already made brief appearances
of the table. rank. bottom Of medium pace, John-nonished Cheung Kam-hoi was the brains and given hopes of great in reintion to Trevor-burst onto Everyone wishes the new men of a forward line in which to to come. This
season, o full
last Cheung-you
in well. show the strangely summer's
In his fiest quiet.
whether these hopes are likely sensational fashion. to be fulfilled.
match he took seven Notting- Hung Hing-yuk. Ng Keu-
hamshire wickets cheung, Lee Shiy-tai and Tang Yee-kit were the outstanding
effort into their
Was
In the County Championship new men are a feature of many sides.
cricket
Con
NORTHANTS HOFE
his
own
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summer
for 32 ruins,
season.
for
RESCUE ACT
Another overseas
Busmen but there were long i The progress of a young cuch perlods when i was hard to Northamptonshire lad' will be gained him top place in all the Kent colours. realise that this team has ul- followed with much interest. frst elusa averages. most got the Championship He is Frank Tyson, a burly 23- trophy within its grasp.
year-old who originally
balls
NO WONDER
STARTED AS VETERANS
some
SUNK HIM
Pettiford, who gave so many It avalled them little that in since the days of Fred Perry, fine displays for the Australian 1037
Tony sunk the young'. American In three straight acta.
The following year, Tony came up against someone very much fancied to win the crown
Jaroslav Drobny.
Ha
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Headaches BAYER
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Sporting Club directors heard his escapade and pleaded
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He was not expected to win with the police on his behalf. the title, straight off. But it They went ball for him and With all this talk of youth, it was reckoned he would collect took him to the match as their is interesting to record that, by
Important scalps. He guest. "Import" modern standards, Mottram and probably would have done, too. He finished the season with 25 looked upon to do a rescue set Palsh were veterans when they gut in
Then he reported back to the the second wickets costing a mere 13 runs és Australian all-rounder Jack entered the International field,
round he pollee for shipment back home. performance a
which Pettiford,
came up against Mottram. Play-|--China Mall Special, now qualified for Returning from the war,
ing the best tennis by a Briton Mottram was 20, Paish 24.
schoolboy Mottrom wan Air Force in the 1945 Engllan hailed as another Fred Perry or VERDICT: Not a great game from Lancashire, tipped by
And no wonder Essex
the the following year, nro BCUBON, is a fine forcing bats-that, but there was a lot of enter- Freddie Brown to become an-
were levelled a pines
Their batting is the man and leg-break bowler. His same claims taining play. The result might
Larwood.
hopeful.
will be brightest In the country. But task
to instil the schoolboy Paish. easily have gone the other way Last season some 250 overs
bowling, The
still
characteristic of Many years had elapsed since reiying sparkle ....in fact this
was a clear earned him 20 wickets. In mainly on the willing.
but no pre-war Kent cricket.
then. Years which would have case of the points going with approved fashion ho време
been the formative and peak can longer young, Ray Smith, the breaks....but at least two some of the winter felling trees do with a boost,
Suffering from malaria, doped Strangely, while Kent will be ones of their careers, but in with quinine to enable him to to build up his physique. Hu
strengthened by one new all-which tennis played an almost walk onto the court, no one gave bowler who rounder, they Another pace stamina will be closely watch-
Jose
another non-existent part.
anything for the British player's chances. Barthel Runs His cd, for in the past he has been should catch the eye la York- Brian Edrich, youngest of the
Inclined to burn up quickly. thice's Bob Appleyard. It may great cricketing family
Mottram, indeed, almost gave has "emigrated" to Glamorgan. up the top-class game. Up to: But, despite his weakened Fastest Mile
He should prove a steadying the war he had been at school. { state, Tony produced perhaps Influence in the Welsh side. After that his only trade was in the greatest post-war upset in
Air Force pilot. He had to the championships He beat! |
Glamorgan will also kavu think of earring a living.
Drobny in a gruelling five-sei car first full summer's cricket, was two new young batsmen in the can
match, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5, 6-B. Frank a trip to Australia in stricken with pleurisy and has ranks, Brian Hedges, kept out He couldn't do that as an the winter.
been out of the game for two of the side last season through amateur tennis player unless he Yes, my limelight has been
Jim 'Injurios, and
He had to centred
whose Pressdee, roached the top..
on Mottum Such a prospect may also bu Now he is starting all over kapi out through national Judge whether he could do that dark wavy hair and striking- In store for
profile", "give him a Hollywood another young again,
it service.
Reason said no. At: 26, he appearance. bowler, a slow one this time, Not all the county now off-spinner Robin Marlar of comers are youngsters however an old stager to give them. But reason isn't wyprything. Tony But the County, still look to could never start, all over again. Sussex.
soodon Robin Bome have made their names
good start. Opening the indinge loved tenesla.“ Love; found Its skippered the Cambridge Unls with other countles, some asumiini will be Emrys Davies way? versity side, On the feather- other countries. bed Fenners wloket he cap
WAS EASIER. found now in his 50th year, thirty of tured 01 wickets, nearly twice some of each, in the moin which have been spent in
service of Glamorgan, aldo w in the
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Josy Barthel (Luxembourg), the Olymple, 1,000 metres cham- pion, won a special mile race in 4 mins. 0.3 seconds in the Hep- at Harvard togonal Games Stadium hire today.
time was Barthel's
only a of the Stadium second short record sot by 'Sweden's Gundar Hoogg 11 years ago.
Fred Dwyer, Horace Asher- felter, Fred Wiit (all USA) and 'Alex Breckenridge. (Bicoland) followed Barthel In that order. ----Reuter,
seem
strange to talk of make bowler who has captured over Test grado this season~~~True- 200 wickets in one season as a nowcomer. But Appleyard, after achieving that feat in his
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Although unlikely
man and Statham are the main candidates to keep out Bedsor
good summer
to
years.
· At Somerset' (can" be
na many, sa......any other Light | cosmopolitan
For
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- Plain, bespectacled Palali, z0- Habla: rather than spectacular, has remained in the background,
he has had only one aim--always
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