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THE CHINA
MAIL, WEDNESDAY,' ‹NOVEMBER 8, 1954.
A Rich Field Of Sporting Activity Is Locally Not Even
Marked Out For Cultivation
Says
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"N"TACA”
Hongkong has an enviable reputation in the world of sporis, one of which It can be justly proud. The number of persons who give time, and effort to maintain and improve this standard is truly amazing for a place of Ha size. All the more reason, then, for my surprise to see that one
of the Colony's richest prospective fields of sporting activity and fame is completely untilled, not marked out for cultivation. I refer of course to Cycling.
even
The Colony is without doubt rich in potential cycling talent, the local boys having the strength, courage and endurance called for in such high degree by this Sport of Sports, All they lack is encouragement und opportunity.
IX
21. T Teatang ya
ARMY SPORTS A
PARADE
It is a long overdue visitor who fills the spot of honour at the top of the Sports Parade this week, and for the first time this season it is a soccer player. Lance-Corporal Robson of the 1st Bn. King's Own Regiment has been the outstanding performer in the Army soccer side since the competitive programme opened six weeks ago and, apart from his skill as a player, his good sportsmanship and ready smile have made him a most popular figure with the followers of local football..... Chinese and non-Chinese allke.
MICHAEL RUDDY Reports
ROMANCE STILL FLOURISHES AND SOME COUPLES DO STAY MARRIED IN HOLLYWOOD
Amid the woller of divorces and separations. It's pleased to nole that romance stil flourishes in Hollywood and that family life goes on and on,
After church last Sunday, I had coffee with Robert Young and his wife, celebrating 21 years of marriage, with their four daughters.
Coffee on the sunkissed terrace under the olive trees is a local custom. You mect Van Johnson, Fred Astaire, the Michael Wildings, Cary Grant, Greer Garson and directors, writers and producers in the film industry who live in Beverly Hills,
And not a soul mentions movies,
thin
an
Tyrone Power and Linda want to go to London. I want To an eggrissive newsinan who Christian announced the end of to travel. All I've seen is the wanted tu know It she'd their marriage, Jane Wyman | good oli USA,” Her hobby, un- like to take Busan Hayward's fold me
she and third usunt for
in American girl. Į place
Soldier of Fortune', husband Freddie Karger had cycling. She owns a lightweight "First of all, I'd like to read the separated for the fourth time. faleigh, treasures it.
script. Sure, I'd like to go to Jean DiMaggio got her
Hongkong and I'd like to work Norma
Who's sher
Martir.
with Mr Cable," she whispered. "But I wanta rest." Rooney's third wife, announced
Marilyn therefore will rest. that her $250 weekly cheque
ZANUCK'S HEADACHE
divorce
In the pad racing spilers, they | Bon of Hongkong's sportsmen and Start Circuit. Winning pair wng ure farly will catered for, the sports leaders.
Gower and Wilkinson, RAF Søt antar is sqen evvels beki les Properly presented and run. Wan, who beat the only REME Has Army and NAF elute pe with-isele track racing is vtre of the entries. Rylance and Ayion, by larisst exciting and spectacular of 22 seconds in 1-23-10 on a hard Some Tranking aners in world competition The starting events, a sure-fle crowd afternoon. It is a pity the event
but lack
tuat
There is no doubt that was not me widely publicised, stakable phasel
Corporal Robson came to the Colony from Korea a tock beh
exial in the as it would have been good few months ago and will be returning to the United King Martha Vickers, Such a track shack Lot
yon Packs dan
Colony there would be no luck see how well the
SCAA lads dom early in the new year to resume his football career cute compete of clubs and assentions willing could do against stiff uppoattion. the experience and eager to hire it for their own | We hope to sase them on Sunday
with Workington in the English League Div. III (Northern them to motams, I' evenue from next at the
Soction). #475 w; which would pay at least in part,
PB original outlay
The Hume season has ended, with Gibbons again a worthy winner of the will receive hands of one
fed in
on they
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Is there any individual or body in vverall stallierently interested sport to take available such an wid:1km to the Colony's sporting faedities?
He
<m~
Hist recent displays for the team members may also
com- Army have been the subject of pete for the individual award, many favourable comments from
Entry forms
have been. cils- all sections of the soccer public tributed but if any urdt with fr Is Award!
t II
and his readiness to have a shot
tending competitors has of the greatest at goal makes him a good and culty in obtaining the Frenchinan
year completed dangerous opponent.
han | profitable clubmate but very should contact the
QLF. "doubles" in
Entries both the
3,000
living eyelists,
Bobet, why this und Sport, winning
of the roret
Champions, will
The question of whether or not REME FC Team should be vel handhrapped has around a veril-miles-hing Tour de Fiance
1. storm of interest, resulting the World's Road Chumpionship.
Das Belephone calls anat
Both Harris setters being revived on the sub- World Sprint tal bankist od d jeet, many of them from biebers | spend the winter abad, racing
the m-cycling pubbe General Continental track. fer bot, on what?s would prosalily
J'enock existing
opini 4 sees to be is to turn professional in the New nets of Be the at that handicapping would defunct, Your, and is expected to ride
cost in rather than add to Bis for Rudge Cycles, would be high, but which would be bestperl, if not, terend taken by
Back
1.
but d tunning back
1
in tush, serfamnis is added justi ( giving false results, and destroy
ke the already sporking
at
Espinosa Retains Orient Title
Onaka, Nov. 2 Bonnie Espinona of the
relalbed Philippines
Oriental lightweight boxing
Utle
defeating of Japan technical knock-out in the seventh round of a 12-round boul
Sonight by Katsumi Kosaka
by A
Konaka started the light in grand form but midway through the bout he reotiv- H a cut on his eyelid and In the seventh round was forced to abandon the fight. About 4,000 spectators the fight-Itealer. watched
Choy And Tsui
Win In
Straight Sets
Choy Tin-kin and Taui Wai-pui defeated F. K. Hu and V. F. Wang in straight
Colony Hardcourt Tennis
much of the
It
forma they
SOPT.
muurst bo
CONSULAR BANQUET
Michad Gilett, IBM Consul- General in Los Angeles, gave # (f Jrati from Mickey was being attachednquet in honour
Summon and Stewart Granger, by the U.S. Government for
to mark the selection of "Beau $7,000 unpaid income taxes. "I Brummel as the film for Mickey would just pay me the Communic
the 201
Performance $20.000 arrears In alimony
...
1 November 13 in London. could pay it easily," said Murtha.
this time, Jean and her husbanit Webl as his mentor, Mickey's comment: "Well, arrears plied up when I wasn't
will be in London for the event | learning Bettiah
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working."
marry
KOUT.
n star
the ເ
on
Darryl Zanuck is headache
getting "Lord Vanity". Wagner's By
having
11 for
which is Robert
Clifton Wagner accent by
next with
and also to co-star in "Deal having a British actor stay with [lock", bused on the W.W. Jacobs | him eight hours daily, Whom ཝཱ་་ ་ ན་ "Interruption.” with do they want to co-star: Lana
The Turner Arthur Labin directing at
Ava Gardner
or Shepperton Studios,
Audrey Hepburn or Grace Kelly,
It's Jenn's test visit hume in four years. She's thrilled and
completed
But Debbie Reynolds, MGM'S The outstanding performance and forwarded
the SOPT youngest
sold she and xton. of Eddie Carvalho und
Not ir winning (Note:
the HKAAA Eddie Fisher, the ind with the the Macon Grande Prix has been direct) mot later than 4 p.m. Peacock,
unguiden valee, will marry
next received with much satisfaction Friday, November 12.
And June.
Vera-Ellen. the by Army motorists with whomi:
The route is at follows: Start dancer, told in: she and Victor he is a popular figure.
देशक Mieston Road, Muny
then viu Tin Rothschild of the banking family exeluid about it. Army Muny
notoring Kwong Road, Ma Tau Wat Road, would
Which enthusiaste make frequent enits Prince Edward Road, Waterko leaves Richard Gully, Jack
Mr Carvalho's wide *x- Rond, and Argyle Street. Both Warner's social secretary, out in perience and bla s.und
and eveals will start at 2.45 pm. and the cold on the Riviera where willing advice has always been competes in the walking event he's looking after Mrs.
Warner inest beneficial to both competi-will make one lap of the circuit in the little Warner vilin
near and pleasure-seeking and those in the run will make Cannes. inotorista,
four tops. TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS Assembly will be
This work's questen. How do YOU train for reati racing. un Ixed wheel or with gears? And why?!
STOP PRESS ITEM An item of "STOP PRESS" News. [1 has often been sald that "The bour brings forth the
our-warming to note that of the Latv letters rverved from regular opponents of the team, at one suggests handiwajapang.
ANOMALOUS POSITION Au anomalous position exists regarding the Colony and NTAÇA mon," but in the case of Rylance reads for the 25 Maes Time and the 25 miles TT record it is Tal, in that the NTAVA read the "Man bringing forth Under
the Hour"
the Taking the faster
was set up by S Hurford, un
NTACA Tules,
Pegasus CC Open 25 TT VR Octob:T 31. Sunday, which allow private attempts to; Sun
Eylance at existing records, smashed be made, and stands at 1-1-38. The present Colony record stands Colony and NTACA, and became to the end of Fey, the he he first rider in the history of
Cokmy
Cycling representative
with for the distance. had ' NTACAL
Ha actual Time was 59 minutes 24 servands, med
tw by
Donet 1-2-10
recurd
ot
Championship event (A Colony can only is established during actual competition).
Its time the heads The various bodies got together and standardised these Rules. How ever. Rylance intends to do us! bit towards straightening out the tangle by collecting both records at the fist opportunity
He had hd fuck in his quest NTACA Championship the
punctured after event, when he
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On the boulevard: Edward G. Robinson in his while sportscar, enocinous cigor (same DA Sir Winston smokes) in corner of 1 watched Marilyn Monroe do his mouth. Z.84 2 flabor, a scene with Tom Ewell, a up- parcels surrounding her as it top comertion, The Seven tho'd been Christian shopping. Your Itch". Marilyn slipped waiting for her Imousine. into a blue silk dressing-gown before she drove her convertible the "You doubted me when I said Cadillac to the Cafe de Paris for Hard on the heels of the re-pavilion of the King George Vlast year
wanted several (lunch with Hugh French, her cent visit of Jack Kramer and School and both
like events" will children," Elizabeth Taylor said (agent, who guards her his fellow tennis professionals finish in front of the school over the phone. "Now will you Secret Service man, to the Colony comes news of the buildings.
belleve ne? We expect our arrangunculs for the forthcoming
second baby March 1st. Michael
I asked Marilyn whung her Heward was born January plans are. Hugh French grunted,
nudged her, Marilyn "Don't tickle me, Hugh,"
Latel 1054.
This year the will be held on 13. 14 and 16 and through the operation
generous
beat
the
watches, and watched by a large Rallery zoectators who chevred him frantically over the last few hundred yards.
Deeley, the
and
Tag your
anw
of Mirs
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And a note
Shirley Temple in San Francisco: "While my husband, Cicorge Black. works at Stanford. I'm going to do interior decorating. I have three commissions for next month."
she
giggled,
Orchids to Ginger Rogers for
vision in Tonight at 8.30,"
BOXING SHOW Forces Championships, 1 s certain that Army box- ing enthusiasts will be out in Championships force on Friday when the big
preview December 10, Charity show is staged at the Wilding's last film. The Last said. "Well, I'm gonna have a her ne performance on tele-
once again Southern Playground. It will Time Saw Paris". As the rest to me."
disappointment that neither capricious, wilful American girl the Hongkong/Cpl. Rollinson nor L/Cpl. in Parla who marries ex-GI Cricket Club all games will be Reaney two of our most ex- Van Johnson, she's very good played on their excellent courts perienced
be and I think you will enjoy the at Chater Road.
taking part.
nim which is like a pleasant In all, dive
week-end visit to Paris.
-03
competitions are
planned They are as follows:
Open Men's Singles, Open Men's Doubler. Open Mixed Doubles
Open Ladies' Singles.
A
Open Ladies Doubles.
Conditions were good number of riders turned in their of the greatest last times, vine
that of | improvements being
diminutive
rider Battle DIY 40
School, with his 1-4-04.
REME CC did more
individual winner.
Sium
The cligiblity clauses for the Championships are 13 follows Ail
regular and National Ser- vice soldiers of uit
runks are 495 eligible for the men's events. while all ranks than services,
of the nursing WRAC, Red Cross, WVS and wives and daughters of Army personnel new serving in Hongkong can enter for the 1 adles tournaments
Mutches will, in all cases ex-
miles. 1 haside the a few WTY furt
nother change on Sunday, when both the Individual and the they turned on with their work newly-gamed Team records are of winning team awards as well,
danger in the RAF
25in
setting up a new Open
Teum seord ut 3-4-22. T.7. But Hurford, (this Fear Co
⚫f their
If
Championship Winner in 1-2-45), six-minute beating
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be the
Must
First Fight
be
and
boxers will
one
Was
Champlon
and won
ດດ
at
CX-
Producer Hal Wallis told me, 'Rose Tattoo' was written for here. her, so we brought her
Is in The setting of the story New Orleans but we shall flm it in Floridin beginning next week. Burt Lancaster meets us at Key West on November 8.
At the party, gentle, demure Marissa Pavan, twin sister of Pier Angeli who plays Signora Magnoni's daughter.
These two
members of the already King's Regiment had accepted an earlier Invitation to COCKTAILS WITH MAGNANI Cocktails with Anna Marnanl box at. Maeng an November 7
could obviously
not bent the Rodeo Room. The un- expected
take on another glamorous actress from Rome hard contest a couple of days in i was an hour Inte at the recep advance.
Hon for her. Turned out she However,
very special i went shopping for groceries
This the Farmera' contest has been arranged.
Market, she brings together Cpl. Thompson, plained through her interpreter- RASC att. 1st.
Bn. North Stuf- companion. fordshire Regt. and Kamna.
To me in Italian, she said "I Kelly of the 1st Bn. King's Regt. like to eat and to cook-myself."
Thompson
the Scottish
She has il grand sensc of Junior Flyweight Champion in humour, whipped off her glasses 1951. Southern
Command whenever the score of photo- Featherweight
ingraphers came over to shoot her, 1952 and later the same year he didn't care how she looked. won the MELF; ISBA Feather- Roll of 7 Husurs and the threewn time it up un Wednesdayet the semi-finals and Anals last. But still no one wants RAF
of the Men's events, be played
weight Championship. shortmarkers, Phipps,
neods Keily of course as the best of three sets. Gower and Wilkinson, alt intend them handicapped!
In the introduction to Hongkong Lans, semi-finals and Anals ut the to have a say in the matter.
Men's even's the best of Dve
He has given many fine displays This should
the έπι local rings e's will be played.
FARELF Featherweight Cham- An entry fee of $2 per person
has been fixed and pionships in 1953 and 1954. per event entries, together with the nects-
This bout goes
on at the Sury Nes, should be sent to
featherweight limit and seems Cupt. H. Hurst, RAPC, Comm- certain to set the standard for gand
Pay Office, HQLF by Novembar 20.
A GOOD START Last year
in ali football fans the Championships sections of the community will Sundae Party: After the pre- produced many excellent games
be pleased to hear that and the organisers, with forth-soldier and Army
view of "PITIL", (British title as London, Nov. 2.
Inter-Service coming
soccer star yet undecided) a riotous cemety Dai Dower of Wales, the
and Alex Fraser has got off to starring Judy Holliday, Jack representative matches in mind, British Empire Fly- are hoping that there will be a
start in good
resumed Lemmon, Jack Carson and Kim carver It is a pity that such a fine weight Champion, will have big entry list for the 1954 com- baller.
-as a professional foot- Novak, a new blonds for whom
predict il of the singles sehil-finals, K. C
zooming career, the Army to meet Eric Marsden (St petions in order that they can He signed all the necessary Columbla publicity chief gave a Dao chushes against Edwin Tsal port, especially
available talent for for the right to meet Ip Koon events are coming up. His Unit tish
Inter-Unit Team Championship Helens) for the vacant Bri- review
papers as soon as he got home party
the party in these important games that
ice-cream shop are and s by hung in the finals for the title.
flyweight title
full-time pre across the road from the West- due to be played.
festienal with Carlisle United. Although
veteran Duo
wood cinema, Pleasant to Chppears to be short, not of riders
December 31. Edwin Teal
enough ut of
In a letter to a friend the ex-Joan Crawford, Kim Novak. high number
calibre, to but of cycles for them to ride British Boxing Board of Control Snal minute of the game against he is finding it a little dificult
This way announced by the A bad defensive error in the Colony captain says that so far Cleo Moore eating banana splits years, his amazing ability 10
everything sent over the There is an opportunity here for
a meeting of the CAA at the Club Stadium on to get used to the heavy, muddy
and cocktails. net at him, may prove to be tha
an enthusiastic Sports Ofeer to today, after
friendly, delightfully emergency committee, beid to Sunday lost the Army 'B' side deciding factor
sun-baked In this after-make a name for himself.
grounds after the consider a letter from Mr Nat Its
In Novak reminds one unbeaten record la the pitches of Hongkong. noon's match.
Seller, manager of Dal Dower, Hongkong Football
Fraser of Jean Harlow in her heyday. KEEN SUPPORTER LOST
League. Toal is
was a great favourite with team-She spent a a powerful player,
day posing for When Brig. R. W. Urquhart, in which he stated that he must
The team has been playing mates, opponents and spectators photographer Baron, shooting capecially in his overhead, but DSO, left the Colony on Satur withdraw Dower from this pro-
some attractive football since the allier, and they will no doubt the cinema queens for "The been seen to relax his
season started and there was watch day lust, the NTACA lost a keen posed contest. powers of concentration,
his future career with Sunday Graphic", The reason given by Seller plenty of confidence that it could interest.
Kim puses against such a player an
enthusiastic supporter as Dao, and
casily, relaxedly told us, "Oh, I It was that Dower had a chance keep on the winning way. this would prove fatal.
well as an active Chairman. was his encouragement and as- to fight Yoshlo Shiral of Japan, sistance which made
and London next March
sets when they met in the fastest-ever event in the Colony Dower Championships at Chinese The NTACA Championship 25 ( Recreation Club yesterday T T. resulted in an easy victory | for the REME CC tesun, who took i afternoon. The scores were
fest, second and fourth placeS, setting up a new Colony and Assælatkin kom record in the of process. The rider to split the REME boys was again Holt, who was getting really it and will be a
7-5, 7-5, 6-2.
It was a close
Battle whleh went to 12 gomes in each
the first two sets, and it
only in the third that there was challenge to the best in a couple
4 measure of difference between of weeks.
the two couples.
This afteroon, in the second
spot
return
has
น
and
Rising Fast Wins
Melbourne Cup
Melbourne, Nov. 2.
rider
embut obtain lea sup-
new
Marsden
This defeat, however, should
formation of the Association the the header of the world title, in convince the players that there!
Chairman he attended many of
After a
an inecting lasting
is no casy way to winning o Lengue Championship; every big game and territorial advan
the racem, taking a keca interest hour and a half, the President game must be regarded as a in all the Association's activities of the Board, Mr Onslow Fane, said that the Stewards, after His loss will be felt, not only | 530) by mombombers
of the NTACA, but consideration of the facts, were mombors of
unable to find
adequate also by
of other clubs,
for Dower to with to whom he was a familiar and grounds
tage must be turned into goals.
ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE
It will certainly bono fault of
the Army If the HKAAA Novices
Rising Fast, the New Zealand welcome figure at Open meeting original decision of the Board Sunday next is not a great stic gelding, won the Melbourne Cup know they will join me in
with regard to this contest ton today, Hellion was accond wishing him the very best of
rtune wherever his next must stand-France-Presse, good fortune
und draw, and decided that the Meeting at Boundary Street on
jun over two millea at Fleming-
and Gay Helllos third.
Rising Fast covered the dis- appointment may take him.
tance in Uhrte minutes 23 Beconds, winning by a length
and a quarter. Rising Fort,
vor to a number of In answer to o enquiries the present Colony New Zealand's Record for the New Territories Is held by Gower a grandson of Road Cireult Epsom Derby winner Midday RAF Sal Wan, who rode
champion and
Sun, starts at odds of 3 to 2. Incently to set up thei- |
"ATI" SHIELD BOWLS
The following have been
The response to the call for entries has been most enthusins- tle and promises well for the athletic season ahead. In ali 02 entries
wwero received from soldiers and I am told that the organisers are most appreciative. of the support that has been given to this opening show of
of selected to represent the Filipino the season,
He was well back in the carly 12-21-38 on September 24, just 48 Club in the "ATT" Shield Lown And now here is more curly stages of the two-mile race and hours after Hurford had put the Bowls match against Craigen-news for athletes. The fourth Gay Hellos (200 to 1) led from me still stands as an NTACA November 7 at the Flipine Club, 42-Milb Road Walk of the Aguros at 2-25-11. Hurford's gower Cricket Club on Sunday, Annual 10-Mile Road Race and the 10-furlong post into the straight.
At least three riders King's Park, The match com- HĶAAA will be held ons Sun- But Rising Fast, who Is a expect to attack, Gower's time in menees at 3 p.m.
November 28. five-year-old gelding, put in the next few weeks, but to C.M. Franco, C.A.B. Pereira, W. The 10-Mile Road Race will spurt to beat the fast finish better his figures over the 60.5 Cogley, Dr. V.N. Algun.. have individuki and team.com-
Pereira,
6 Tan, D.L. Edwards, Ry ing fiction (7 to 1). by 11⁄21⁄2 hilly miles will tales the right fan, M.1). Nunek. Alt. Hour, petitions. Zenme Whi, comprise lengths.
day ar
of woll
the right rider, JA.V. Ribeiro,
four runners and *tho Gay Hellos was: halt a neck
1 Cotton; LM.Never, And Coping, will be $10 per team. The in further away third.
The "Kal Tak Exiles" hold an 11.A
dividual entry Noronha, W.J. Howard] ""A.
How fa Rising Fast wins A£10,000 open friendly 32 miles Torm Bechoo, M.Ag: Rahman, V.A. Neves, saked to areas adat 3) novice (£8,400), AN
Time Trisi on Bunday last, over I-MAV. Ribeiro/EE Tho going was good.--šteuter, two laps of the Beic Kong Mamed, rigton and ad
| BossFTR = 1.8;) Caited, r. nog.teame may be sestarwa from the
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