THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1955.
British Cyclists Have Done
Well
To Raise England's Prestige In Tour de France
Says. NTACA
Cyclists all over the world will raise their racing caps to the fabulous Louison Bobet, idol of France and the only man to win the Tour de France three years consecutively. British cyclists will also give an embarrassed "Well done" to the two wearers of the Union Jack who finished, with 67 others, this most punishing of sporting events.
The British boy getting all the head lines is the indefatigable Tony Hoar, whose courage and "guts" have won him the unstinted praise of the most critical of judges, the French cycling enthusiasts.
and the
Se of the contest. Lunn's actual
But surely Brinn Robinson Trial around the gruelling New deserves at least as much in the Territories Road Circuit. way of laudatory remarks, For
Winner of this race, and of after all, he falshed too,
whole competition, was with did so
a higher placing Lu, REME CC, who also led
Alno than Tony He
had bis his team to victory in the Team share of netbacks and troubles.
be that the whole of time was a dne 2-32-01, beating !! มาเส
nex man, Burrows, also of the sporting world loves the
part. no REME CC. by seven and a half underdog. For praise can be too high to give minutes.
third Surprising whose Jars, either of there
Essex, whow 2-40-54 efforts during the last three Bartlett, weeks have done more to raise was reduced by his 10-minute 10 2-27-54. Dis- the prestige of British eyellsta allowance
appointment Wus Escx xy overseas than perhaps
anyone
could only Harris or Tan Templeman,
лу
who
man Wak
other than BCBnner of the manage an actual time of 2-31,
Wersuw
Steel, the
the 101
Berlin
- Prague
t
11
in
marathon. British cyclists
one
Une led the world.
that their turn
would seem
coming round again.
el up to his asund TITA.
Lunn aggregated 28 paink, to Setting with the
the gallant Philcox, Essex, in sesson 1 Dilee with 18. REME CU and the ESSEX shared trad place, theBurrows and Bartlett having 17
points.
NOVICE COMPETITION From the "Ace" to Novlees. The NTACA Novice competition came to its clase Inst Wednesday, when len ol
be that of the 7 Hussars. With Jones, Rail, Cowlan and Bouch, they stand an excellent chance of pokig up most team records and a lot of team prizes during the next eight months.
the NT
Tommy Atkins ARMY SPORTS
PARADE
There is a whiff of Chlorine in the Top Spot this week as we welcome the water polo players of the 1st Bn. King's Own Royal Regiment to the place of honour at the head of the Sports parade.
Consistently sound play and a general superiority over all opposition in the North League has given them the Championship of their Section and brings one more honour to the long list of sporting successes of this grand old regiment.
L. B. ROARS
IN
A 200-GUINEA TUXEDO OVER A SHIRT-FRONT STUDDED WITH DIAMONDS
By DON GRAHAM
The man coming into a London hotel the other night was wearing a 200-guinea tuxedo over a shirt-front studded with diamonds. Up to a year ago, at £700 a day, he was the highest paid man in the world."And still the receptionist was having trouble over his name.
"May-air?”—he shook his head. “Louis B. MAYER!” I 'hissed at him. I might have added: “The man who ran Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for nearly 30 years. The man who discovered Clark Gable. And Greta Garbo.” And Judy Garland. The man Joan Crawford called the greatest natural showman in the world.”
"But
of COURSE. Mr caller. For L. B. Mayer can | Doro Schary over the type of The Army representatives in The party spent both Sun-MAYER!" beamed the recep-change his personality in a flash, pictures to be made, the Colony's boxing contingent day and Monday In this tionist, And Mayer, short and to suit the occasion.
Sehary revelled in films with at present under training for vigourous recreation and ac-stocky, with the face of a genial
THE FORMULA
It message, like "Crossfire." the South
East Asian cording to one member they seni, wackled acrons to me with Not long ago Robert Taylor | Mayer, who had made "Brond-
making brought back some excellent that kindly smile of his shining stalked angrily into L.B.'s office way Melody." couldn't stand it.
photographs taken under almost through rimiess glasses. progress and team trainers
10 demand a raise in salary.
Sald
LAB. ofterwords: CPO Herrett and Sgt. Tye are Ideal conditions.
Half an hour later, he tottered wanted to be associated
with well satisfied with the work that
pictures which showed America is being done by the boys,
unhelpful gooPlonships,
to n
1
ore
Talking of records, Ron Beck made an attempt on the Colony
Cirenit, but Bure of 2-21-13 for Roki weather kept hun down 2-25. die is confident that he can
tirne to around the lower the 2-10 mark, ext I am certainly
Cfn. Allison, very recent het going to argue with that,
got himself arrival, has now acclimatised and is showing just AMATEUR CIRCUIT
Brian the sort of form that measures While young brother
up to his very big reputation. wns making his
According to the training Tour de France,
taff Allison is showing plenty Desmond Rublason was dinning of round boxing ability and lots of spirit and is flnding the climate a helpful aid when it comes to sheduling a few un- wanted pounds,
his clan bo the scen Britain.
name in the elder brother
fame by winning Amateur Circuit of
His time for the 1068 inlles,
fficult routes over the most
was 49-10-31.
second man, Don Evans
GOOD RING FIGHTERS
Allison comes from a part of
them completed the final events being Lunn, Burtws and Clegre also rien off with the Team the country that is well known
of the series, the 50.5 miles Time
"LITTLE MO" IN MOTOR ACCIDENT
San Diego, Californig, Aug, 2.
Maureen ("Little Me") Con- nolly, the former tennis Mar. Injured her right leg after aeculust yeste day
Mis Connolly, wh netfred from tennis after seriously in- Juring the same limb in a rinn accident last year, was driving EF car which struck ple, police said.
She suffered cuts and bruises, -China Moil Special.
WATER POLO
MAN S
cle
Once
and
HOME
BOCCER
As suggested in this column & few weeks ago the talent spot- ter's arm is a long one especially if the medium is soccer. When Joe Walmsley, the Army's left winger, afrived home in Black- pool a few days ago it was to find that his accomplished and often brilliant play even it 10,000 miles away had not
passed unnoticed.
Awaiting
his arrival were invitations to visit the grounds of two league clubs with the idea of his showing Just what he could do with a bail.
One of these came from_ex- Sheffield Wednesday star Dave Russell, manager of Bury, and the other from the old Preston North End and Scottish Inter-
Bill Shankly, now manages Workington.
who
the country". In the Team balti, REME CC In totallest 54 p
the riders nearly 2 minutes better than York- BONY while the
award, and the "King of the su breeding ground of good again took second plaer with 51
by Pholus, Baitfett and Mountains points
trophy went toring fighters the Elephant and
Castle district of London Scotland, in the person of J. Stoc
as member of the famous Both the Novice competitions Kennedy.
Fitzroy Lodge Club he has been nationalist, Last week I was exulting the Arst-class have produced AIR-
in good hands since he first took The com-
over the new "25" record," "kay- riders, and
up the boxing game. petitors can now be classed as a ing. In my foolish way, that it
like belagt
It is believed that Walmsley He had "Nov"
shelf. f fact, 1 expect one looked
#particularly lively
with Ch. Din-will visit both clubs before them to frighten the Normion Shiel has made a lar training session or tw
definite decision "Hal" before the of me by knocking of 14 ning the other evening and gave molding any
the watchers in the gymnasium about his future but Working- seconds, to record the Incredible
ton, with Walmsley's two old of 55-51,
entertalt.myst time
Excellent averzgeom speed of over 26.85 miles and
King's Own colleagues Bill Rob Next Sunday seen the opening bour The lot of the prophet is
son and Ken Wallace on their books, must surely be Lav- of the third grost-war cycling hard.
ourites. season, the "Pipe-opener" beng Ron
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il
Jowers, who
un
recently
Lome
Unfortunately the practice bout had a premature end when, in clash of heads, a minor cut
art accidental Dinning received near his eye. 10 miles Tune Trial, starting | broke the "30" record, has at 11 am. In spite of its being started to take his name tel: Sgt. Hilton and Ple. Jones are the first
also showing excellent form and event of the season, among the leaders of the BBAR
are finding in local star Henry I expæet to see the Culony re- table," with a smashing 1-57-23
grand training com- (cord, (24-30, by Phipps, Cygnets in
the Belle Vue 50", beating Wong a CC) broken by at least
panton. ene both event and course records, rider. Beth Beck and Wilkinson
A measure of his supremacy have it within their grasp, and is shown by the three-minute the 7 Husar boy, Jones, cannot margin which separated him overlocked BJ IJ possible from the second man. We are going to hear a lot of this chap the in the future, especially as The Cyguely also hold Team
for the distance, is turning his attention to the
but ris with 1-17-20,
looks Mastod Start game, fairly safe, as none at the really
Can Last short-distance
1 leave
with a you adequate team backing.
though17 When you read of a It is always folly to Forecast 55 minute "25"; a 1-7 "30"; o so carly on, but I will slick out 1-50 "50", and a 4-4 All the above games will be my neck to say that the Team don't you ever feel like "sign-work-normally
Jef the Year will in all probability ing on'? played at the Victoria Pool.
Following is the draw of the second round knock-out water polo competitio
August 3: RAF y w/o For- tuna/Hol Tin, 5.30 pm.
August 4: EYMCA » CYMCA. 0.00
U p.m.
August 5:
Royal
Navy
South
V
Eastern 6.30 p.m.
August 0:
Army V China, 5.30 p.m.
be
contender.
тер
have
THE CHIEF ASSASSIN
SUCH A NICE
.
ክር
Incidentally, every section of the Colony's football community that will be pleased to hear
was
married D few Robson weeks ago.
We shall hearing how out in his teams.
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look forward
Walmsley makes games with both
•
scheduled for
DEDICATED
We sat down. "Saw you with Joan Crawford In Paris recent- ly," he said. "Wondered you were,
"There's a dedicated
A
who
woman.
t remember she turned down a part soon after I took her on. Jean Harlow played it instead.
"Terrible flop. Joan Was
out, his yes wet with tears.
oyea
and
"What did he telt you?" naked in the right light -- not 04 friend waiting outside. "Ho❘nation of gangsters told me he wished he had a son trunkards.” Just like me," said Taylor.
Now L.B. is "having a little "But what about the raise?" fun in Europe-checking up on
odd interests."
asked his friend.
discuss
for
"Oh, we didn't even that," said Taylor, curtly. always right about bad parts the key to his success he replied
When I asked this man For a man who has spent his with his favourile quote from life being right, Mayer should . L. Mencken: know
"No man
mass
ever
went
broke
The "odd interests" Include ́a chunk in the fabulously success-
ful
London and Paris.
Cinerama now running in
In New York, Los Angeles and Europe, Cinerama is making
II would.
entertainment underestimating the taste of the L.B., of course, knew
He has probably had more to do with than any man living. Possessed of almost mystical shrewdness,
He sold
Gable for
he peddled escapism for over 30 the timid officer-worker: Garbo
years.
he for it.
he
He got up to go. "What else do I do? Well, and for the lonely shop-girl.
I've got a few racehorses
No. As Joan Crawford who rates some off wells.
I'm not He knew what he wanted, and
didn't mind what he paid him her closest friend-said to sure how many."
But I know one thing as. I me: "He's got antennae sticking "Money what's that?"
out all over him to tell him watched him waddle out into the London dusk-all the horses asked me. "Listen-there was a what'll make a good picture."
But four years ago, producer
Mayer are sure to be winners and all told ONCE found a great story.
quit M-G-M. He clashed with the wells bursting with oil. "But the writer wanted 150,-
dollars-and this 000 figured t
wasn' 100,000. than
"I asked him:
mo he'd
producer wonta marc
Do you mean
to tell me it's a great picture at 100,000 and not at 150,000? A great pleture is a great pletare. What the hell โร 50,000 dollars?'"
When Mayer merged with Goldwyn and Metro Pictures in 1924-to
form M-G-M-one of the properties, he took over was the unfinished "Ben Hur."
A million dollars had already
been spent on it-and nobody even knew where the company had got to.
Mayer tracked them down to darkest Italy, shooting the great charlot race in the Circus Maxi-
'mus.
Gold
Among
The
Silver Hairs
By ROBERT OTTAWAY
Stewart and I. He was stroking them gratefully. We were discussing his grey hairs, James
Tall frame nodding like a beanstalk that had been overlooked at last year's harvest.
"When I went to Hollywood in the early thirties,” ho said, "I gave myself ten years of film life.
A
While the lighter men In the training team are concentrating pced and stamina the big-
While ger men like Travers and Postle
эмочь are reading this are working hard on the heavy colume the result of the eagerly
Army equipment looking for the sort awaited
North VCTSUB of punch that makes the work Army South water polo match of the judges very easy indeed. will already have been passed
He brought them back 10 "I thought I'd go out of Charles Heston plays a Patton- comment California,
reconstructed the favour as the creases came into type soldier sent to train a troop It says a lot for officials and with 'I told you so...
enthusiast. Circus Maximus at terrifying my forehead-and a new crop of jol cadets as a punishment for xoxers alike that they can show from enthusiast to
was The game so much cathusiasm in weather noon, today as the highlight of
expense, and finished the filmstriplings came on."
his terrible temper. Result: at the cost of another millio
But Mr Slewart "100", which
now knows few faint chuckles. must be making their
the
Royal Artillery Gala at When it a hard grind-Sck Kong Swimming Pool.
in- was released, it belter, He's forgotten his
THEATRE grossed over ten million dollars,surance policies, is turning down still more tiring and exhausting.
I counted my blessings as I and remains one of the great offers "through lack of time, not listened to Rose-Mary Clooney These notes are being written No
has yet announcement
all-time box-office flims. He too much conceit," and still at the Palladium. the night before the game always knew. been made about how the team
so I can record only the specu- will be travelling down to
lations of those supporters of Singapore but, as those who
both sides who have heard trainer Herrett's talk over
Very different though equally con- Rodiffusion DA 1he work-and will know, alterative Planefident ideas about the outcome.
North point to their superior have been made to meet the different requirements of sun or individual play while those who favour South are Just as definite that the better team work of their men will see them through.
IS MAN..
There are terrible things going on just off the Fulham Road, Human beings are being strangled...kicked on vital nerve centres...flung high in the air...hammered into the floor. Pain and perspiration are on tap. Strong men squawk in agony. Any minute now the neighbours are going to start complaining.
Have you ever seen a Royal Marine Commando corporal having his neck wrung? Quite a spectacle made the more astonishing when the corporal, having recovered some semblance of life squats on his haunches, makes profound obeisance to the man who has nearly throttled him, and says thank-you-very-much. Such a nice man, the chief assassin.
A 28-car-old Cockney called Geoffrey Gleeson, son of
a bus conductor, and the one contemporary
Englishman
whom the Judo-merpect,
have a healthy
for
of Japan
You knew about judo? “Ju" means soft, tender, pliable "do"
road, Or means
way.
A
Japanese named Jigoro Kano thought it up in 1882 as a cosy
of the mortal form
combat
known as Ju-juteo. Ever so jolly, Thousands of devotees enjoy pledged them-
it, having first
selves to "iny no blame on any- one, except myself, in the event if it should
of accident even
result in my death,"
These body-bouncing shenani- Hans take place in a school buliding converted into offices and torture-chamber by the Budokwal, judo's top club in this country.
GEOFFREY GLEESON-healthy respect from the Japanese.
George Whiting's COLUMN
In these parts, took our hero in and and told him to train for three hours day for three years, plus week-ends.
+
Which
he did to #uch excellent pur- pose that he moved into third grade,
Even the Japanese began to take notice of his limb-twisting, which is akin to the MCC going gaga over a Hottentot cricketer. Come to Tokyo, they said,
So Mr G. threw up his draughtsman's job, invested his worldly savings of £100 in a sea passage, and set out for the Yokohama suburb of Isago and the lush home of a militonaire aircraft manufacturer:
DISQUALIFIED
air travel.
ARMY YOOTBALL
The progressive attitude of the Army Football Association in London has once again been impressively demonstrated by the latest announcement in the UK press.
and
Ion
I believe that some judges feel that in some ways this will be a battle of personalities with Sgt. Smith for North and Cfn. Partridge for South holding the main keys to success or fallure.
As the Championship of the Hongkong Junior League hangs on the result it is certain that the big crowd that turns up for the Royal Artillery Gala will get plenty to shout once the two and cheer about representative sides get into the
Apparently the new set-up
re-organisation of the virtually League arrangements in Scotland has raised a big problem for some of the sides who now and hat what had at first looked a good idea has left them without a competition in which their reserve teams can play.
As a result of this a meeting Avas
surprise called, and delegate was an official of the Football Association Army armed with a proposal that there might be a pince for an Army representative side in any new competition that was planned.
water.
PHYSICAL TRAINING
There tre few Army sports-
who have men
not beneДted from the able work and the willing assistance of the men- bers
Army of the
Physical Training Corps, and there are few units and formations that The raceting considered many do not put a high value on the aspects of the idea but no Im-contribution which the PT mediate decision was reached | Staff makes to the overall although it must be gathered sporting affairs of the Army! from the context of the report that the matter has not been Those of us whose knowledge shelved or turned down.
of the Corps is little more then superficiallinged maybe with The Army Football Associa-úcubtful memories of just one The Kodogan, controllers of
tion's progressive spirit has press-up' too many and early Japanese judo, paid him £16 a teen most marked in the post-morning PT-will soon be able inonth pocket-money, dislocated
war ycara ankl this latest to disperse our ignorance, for a his left knep which he now
example of alertness to the new book "History of the
the Army TOES DROKEN
wears in a bicycle inner-tubo
Corps" by and conceded after nearly three possibilities of each new situa- Physical Training
tion
shows that the polley is Lt. Col. E. A. L, Okfeld, swarg tuition that he was just being enterprisingly continued.
made Its appearance
an t You pay a membership fee of for the
about year
the best non-Japanese six gulnear a
bokstalls in Britain and should got his judo-man they had ever had the
soon be available in Hongkong. privilege of having Mr G. tear Ealing Judo Club and
pleasure of half murdering.
The hot sun and high tem your limbs off one at a time. angers and toes broken,
and finally a snippet or perature over the Bank Holiday two lo When not no ocoupled, he plays
finish off this week'a Mr Gleeson Whereupon Entering into the spirit of the
gavo full encouragement to parade. · The Army scheduled chess and the piano, ready
arki
and thing, Mr G. collected a caull-wrapped his white judogi (locics
hundreds of soldiers to make to meet South China In philosophy, history
#nightshirt-cum-kimono) saves his money so that he may flower car, and began to break like
their way to the benches around Second Round of the Hongkong the University degree la the other people's digits to artis :mly round his Acton-born
Colony, Wherever one Colony. Water Polo Champion Ingunge,
leally that he was awarded thefaro, thraw 14 Japanese rivals
turned unit parties, mess parties, ships at Victoria Pool on Mon- Budokwal's black bell, first in 14 different directions, and character. He is the
private parties, and individuals day, August 8, at 5.30 pm. Arst and only foreigner to be grade, after a 45-minute
(HK) with a special certificate. were in evidence end ery ob-A.G.M. of the Army awarded a judo scholarship by with one of the elder brethrew was-shifted up to fourth grado
viously enjoying the delightful Football Association to be hold the Japanese.
in the NAAFI Tavern on Mon- He is England's
Now our Mr Gleeson is bacis conditions. real hope in the forthcoming have to perform several varielles home, losing Commando car-
dey, Auguert 0, at 8 o'clock. ona
in of mayhem on the parsons of morals, over European
his shoulder: aflor This may have, sulted, the Considerable satisfaction, is Championships
such lesser fry as white belts,
at least one felt in local cricket circles about Paris.
minority 28(1), which prohibits “mean-
party moored It all began seven years en ellow bolts, orange belts, green at having read to them Hule majority but
the the election of RHKDF players draughtsman Gleeson, belts, blue bella and brown ingles erles, remarks or gostura traditional Bank-Holiday at for the rocent Combined Ber- whom
life monaichous on a belts. finding
traction of the seaside to put viods tour of Singaporo,?::Dis- derogatory lo, the opponent.” Then Trevor Leggett, head of
It was this bit that got me in a spot of hill climbingon trict Workshops now assured of sports-dict of boxing, swimming,:
the ringgod rocky peaks near | the... Championship in... Arbiy, water polo, lawn tennis, squash the Japanese section of the BBC disqualifedi
the and No: 1 judo man of his day
Søk Kong. Jodeled and gymnastics,
Bouth Water Polo Larrue "(London: Express · Bervice).
take
Japanes
a
To become a black belt you
110%
the
the
"I think she's got something," he told his companions.
"Yeah-muscles," they re- plied. “So has Strangler Lewis."
HIS GENIUS
like izdies
MATINEE IDOL
Grace
rates a romance with such big No one looked likely to In the
a box-office 1020s he found
swoon, the people in the boxes bjondo
showed no signs of toppling actress, working in n Kelly. German film studio.
into the stalls, and the audience And the same applies to mode far less noise than the Spencer Tracy. Gary Cooper, performer. Jimmy Cagney and Bogart. They So Miss Clooney purled along can afford to smile at the old with a nice little string of toons, Joke about "yesterday's matinee hoping we would like them, Idol being today's has-been,"
K treating us as we were a Mayer ignored them,
They've written their own many-headed. monster her up. He put her on a diet, laws and proved right up lo might bite if provoked, gave her English lessons, and the hilt that you, the public, are
Well-we weren't. starred her in "Flesh and the for more loyal than anyone Devil"
gave you credit for. After that most people agreed perhaps Greta Garbo did have "something."
He couldn't only find stars; he could alte create characters. Mrs Miniver for one.
that
still not over.
signed
•
Against
who
There's nothing more enchant- og in London than Much Ado "Live and Let Live" has About Nothing with Jolin Gielgud at the always seemed to me a pretty and Peggy Ashcroft good motto. I'd like to see more Palace and I'd have it seen by who thinks Shake- Hollywood producers take it to everybody heart. Interrupted Melody is a speare is only useful for win- When he got Greer Garson to biography of Marjoriei Law- (ning scholarships. Hollywood, his problems were rence.
the Australian soprano Greer Garson who was struck down with pallo fiercely resisted the idea of Mrs in mid-career. Miniver.
There are tormenting scenes Finally Mayer, picked up the in which the invalid struggles script and began to read. And with har suffering and attempts as he read, the office walls dis-suicide, They are very solved and there he stood played by Eleanor Parker. alone, amid the rubble of Lon- But Marlerle Lawrence is still don.
alive. I felt like an embarrassed For two days-stopping only onlooker at very private grief. Surely some things are still for meals--he was Mrs Miniver.
At the end of the second day, sacred-and, amongst them.
the agonies suggest, are Greer Garson surrendered.
She was led away, overcome someone still in our midst. she by his heroics. And as walked out the door he pressed
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Lastly,
there's
well
of
The Private the buzzer to summon the next War Of Major Benson, in which
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