PROFESSIONAL GOLF
Too Few Players Get Among The Prize Money Says Dai Rees
By ARCHIE QUICK
THE CHINA “MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1956.
At a time when more and more tournaments are being introduced into the professional golfing calendar, that broth of a boy from Dublin, hefty Harry Bradshaw, laments that there are too many,
When he came over from Eire to Richmond, Surrey, for the first ever Amateurs versus Professionals match on level terms, he told me he had lost the savour to play, and was tired of the constant fray, "I would be much happier playing in only a few tournaments each summer," he said, "and treat them as re-unions my brother professionals."
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Today our professionals
are naked to play only 24 round fo
Join the
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Where are the young men?
for Portsmouth for it player and a bastion defence.
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ARMY SPORTS
PARADE
Into the Spot of Honour at the Top of the Sports Parade this week there steps a group of slx young stal- warts from District Workshops REME.
To prove their worthiness they have brought along the shield presented to them on Monday evening by Brigadier F. C. C. Graham, D.S.O.,; in recognition of their grand performance in beating 'G' Branch in the final of the Headquarters, Land Forces 6-a-side Hockey Knock- out Competition by 4 goals to 2.
Congratulations then to Messrs | he headed the bowling averageB
for the team, Tutt and Lodge who Grant, Whyte, Mullins, Bridle. wore the Workshops colours.
too for word of praise A Ordnance Branch who surprised friend and foc alike by the fine 3-2 victory over G (Int) to win the plate competition in the other game on Monday's hockey pro-
Komune.
Durin The Annual General Meeling of
(HK) the Army Football Association the Chair-
Cui LI [12511).
0 D A. L Feuvre, RE, once uguin stressed the importance to Army sporl and prestige of a strong an Buceristul Army representative team in the Colony
I am afraid Harry's is a me national Les Phillips for Poole get a knock." In fact, 18 balls voice crying in the wilderness. | Town. Phillips was injured in ;
were delivered by Loader and for all the other pald exponents lawining with the England team,
Alec Bodser before Essex scored doctors want more and more tourna and when, Bnally, the ments so that they can improve said he would never play ngairs their first run and when Loader was got Williaans soon ufter he had the Football Association, as was their chances of Ryder Cup re- cognition, and, more important their responsiblity, paid Ports-taken three wickets in 14 balis
with the total at one. their still perhaps.
have the oppor-mouth £15,000 through
Talking of Dodds, he has re- This As Insurance company. Aunity to earn more cash.
of them on
disfused, on religious principles, to on the grounds of "tola! club coaches very few
such a xed ablement" and was pour reward allow matches to be played have to pick up
in this £25,000 Sundays on his behalf salary and additurul
"perks"
their his beneft season. Sunday games are a big source of income to henelleiaries, and one must ad- RETIREMENT PAY Hurry Vardon The club, in turn, paid Phit-mire Dodd's moral courage
would what which whereas in Amerun the ps £4,000
WAS more Spurning schedule E 6 rounds
1710291
In amounted to hundreds of pounds. could have curned The junglesanal golf truble four seasons' play.
Skloper Stuart Surridge who Be also got
does so much for the Oval club ani wew it is that there are too something from
Players the many struke play
Union Benevolent Fund, and his with bat, bull and in the field. ments and t enough match "retirement" pay from the FA convinced he is going to lend Surrey to their fifth successive play. A few more of these ant a nice little
A TRICE
nest-ckg for the pu
Championship --
ell-time then perhaps there would not be talented, i
ir stormy.
Londoner, record. The handicap of losing a repetition of the recent Open whim Pompey discovered as
Peter May, Tony Lock and Jim Curapon strap humalintro OVU wartime footballing Marine.
hes Laker for eleven county matches Jock then
Now, out of the blue, Philip has been tremendous." seas players
he said, 2,800 19" total £3,500 prize.
signed for Poole Town, the 320 has
and "but we have overcome It. money, while South African and Southern League club managed cannot pay too high a tribute Austration players left the home | by Stin Rickaby, Ex-West
EX: West to the Sccunki Eleven
players inen trailing in several of the Bromwich Albion and England whe
stepped into the have the club with vacant places. The triumph w Wilf Mannion whom
the senior rebe as much theirs Charlie Ward. 44 years old, eurecently connected. And, despite
spite payers if we pull it off." The that "total disablement Pro-
One anomaly this year's Championship nouneement and the £4,000 odd Championship
Surrey is that which was almost a complete compensation Phillips was quite play their greatest rivals Lance- triumph for the over-40 brigade.
within his legal rights, 1 at shire, only once-and that at the Not
tournaments | assured, Too many
Portsmouth Oval! afthough the FA take a pretty poor
of view
11.
hale Indeed. happened
before. If this jovial Irishimae is [6
Mr Lever came to Town to disappear from the tournament
see the FA and get a ruling on hig scene it will be poorer for
the Iwo Neil Brack Phillips loss. If his ball had not gone
but, although he got into the neck of a broken bottle points,
sympathy, ha got Do would Y to cost bum a stroke he
satisfaction. The FA pointed have won the Open Champlon- | SILIN ship at Sandwich five years ago. out that, despite the cables of had of each case, nothing illegal He has been "Master" golfer of
taken place. Neil, as an amateur, the the year and he has made
Bonneville, Salt Flats, Utah, Ryder Cup team. Above all, win can naturally play for whom he loyalties hislikes although all his
Aug 14. or lose, he has slways been hits
with be
Portsmouth;
Austin-Healey British the should taking own breezy self.
there is nothing to stop Poole sports car driven by Roy minimum of time to address his shots and get round the courses. taking a chance with Phillips, Jackson-Moore of Los Angeles Iwo 16-year-old Dat Rees, when I spoke to who, naturally,
today broke hit at Richmond about Brad-tained, transfer-listed or offered records for a 200-mile and 500-
In effect, kilometer course. mon, solf: "Although lets by Portsmouth, rhaw's
he was on a free transfer and complain, cannet
took advantage of thre
oppor- the big weakness in British pros fessional golf. I think, is that foe | tunity. few players get among the prize- It is the same names every time at the top of lists. Others
out of retirement Brah Clone
lo win
surely. Hairy Bradshaw ~
JOVIAL IRISHMEN
's opinionally,
money.
was
not
re-
A cricket record of which the thealer infallible "Wisden's" con“ disheartened lains
entry. came to light and cannot afford to make
up lately the field. That was shown
At the It happened this way the Oval in the Surrey-Essex malch the poor entry of 83 in Close Championship. Of course, Jast bowley Peter Loader
Fast
Came their only remedy to make with a
of an "ibw hat a touch good by constant practice.
Without on Essex run on can spare the time the scorebcard Peter, in his very not many
few overs, from their club members."
had Gordon Burker Low with his third delivery and Ken Barrington the with his fourth.
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British Sports Car Breaks Two Records
The
sports car customary are 152.51
International Class D records, subject to confirmation, FIA
miles an hour for the 200-mile and 152.32 niph for the 500 kilometre course,
These records will also stand as American Class Records when confirmed.
The
previous records-150.12 for the 200-mile and 145.98 for the 500 kilometre courses--were set here in 1940 by George Bar- Finger driving a Miller Special.
An Austin-Healey team, led
George by Captain
Eyeston, plans more record runs here in The next few weeks.
The runs are made on a 10- circular course.-United
to the Major' units com- petition it was decided by the meeting that in view of the many difficulties and implica tions involved in such a project the arrangements for last year should be repented.
SUGGESTIONS
Also leaving is the well known goller Captain David Kennedy, RE.
Aa well as being un thusiastic and successful player Captain Kennedy also carried out the duties of Secretary of the Army (HK) Golf Society for # Lime and did a lot
Society towards its help the present healthy stale.
to
HOLLYWOOD'S GREAT RIVAL.
ROME IS DOING PENANCE
FOR ITS MOVIE “SINS"
By HENRY GRIS
Hollywood.
Hollywood's great rival, Rome, is doing penance for its movie "sina,” To understand what's taking place one has to glance back to the early post-war years when, free of Fascist regimentation, Italians tackled movie-making with vengeance. Rome was out to regain the cinematographic prestige it had lost in the early 1990's following some spectacular trail-blazing in the silent film days.
It
Later,
won it back within an The leathery, sun-dried and was the setting on a recent amazingly short time with what weather-beaten face of the old Sunday for a party given by a became known as neo-realism, an in the pair of patched-up Hollywood star.
epresented by such Interesting dungarees belongs to none other The best, wearing a maroon- specimens of down-to-earth than movie star Spencer Tracy, coloured western out-guns, cinema triumphs
he "Open and everything
doca Is holsters and all-worked hard City, "Palson.
"The Bicycle recorded on film by an accom- to keep his guests amused. Thief and others,
panying camera boot for a Jerry Lewis greeted cach This phase brought inter-movie. "The Old Man and The arrival with
grin, a poke-in- national fime to a handful of Sea."
the-rib and a joke, itulion directors
The headed by
origins of this Cuban He patted the kids' heads and Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio adventure go back to some time played any request character de
In 1952 when producer Leland alongside a child as dad or mom The second
phase involved | Hayward, upon reading an proudly snapped their picture, Italian actresses rising to inter- Ernest Hemingway manuscrip!, en-
Lewis took part in a mitional fame-Anna Magnani, grew fascinated with the idea
weglern show, slinging his gun Gina Lollobrigida and Silvana of translating II into film,
with the nonchalance of a Roy name those who Mangano, to
After securing the services of Rogers and then putting on a scored first,
Tracy пя
and star
Fred mock fight with towering Connoisseurs of the arts Zinnemann as director, Hayward Mickey Finn, Hollywood's shook their heads at this display enlisted of practical showmanship and Hemingway for the tosk of thrashing of his life.
catching Paid Rome had gone Hollywood; actually
The audience, big and small,
with laughter. that its placing of pulchritude 1,500-pound murlin in the story, howled Kennedy it is "Bon Voyage above the theatre in typical | The Job of writing the difficult how
again when Lewia pleasant Hollywood tradition wag turn- screenplay was handed to Peter
havoc with a square Ing to naught the accomplish-Viertel. noted
Hollywood
on the patio near the dance ments of the iramediate writer.
swimming pool. Then the post-war years.
Thus the stage was set a full movies great Cadillac-driving This accent on
It took all of Indian, rich ald Chief Youlachie, startling | Two years ago. Imaic
did the time since then for all con- Inducted stars
into his tribe, certainly italian Alms no
10 barm at the cerned box office, but
Four hours and a half-dozen apparently the shooting stage.
Inter Lewis was For instance, Zinnemann has other events art-minded protests
himself out resulted in the Italian directors been shuttling between Holly- still knocking
Havana and setting a guilt complex.
Talar, keep the audience amused. The were members of the 6 result, the more worthy among Peru, for the past six months guests
looking for doing
Viertel Hollywood
radio pres,
and currently
corps with
who had typical Italian came up with a tight 84-page televison
job after a year of writing and received an invitation signed, rewriting and doing his own "Dean and Jerry." shuttling
From the Tommy Atkins Column to the Calicys and the
And and may you sport wherever you go."
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BEHIND THE SCENES
up
not the
In recent years the Army has enjoyed considerable success in Colony rugby and if the active He asked units to co-operate
the on behind with the committee work going to the hill
in- for building and scenes is to be taken as an responsible
dication of what lies running the team and to make
uhcad forthcoming season clected payers available when then they were required.
promises to be as satisfying as The meeting was held at the any that has gone before. NAAFI
Road Club, Chatham
With this target very much in last
and attracted
mind Thursday
Army rugby toiks get Road at Chatham large number of unit represer together
o'clock on Friday. latives
Camp at After a great deal of discus- August 24 when the Chairman,
BACK IN STRIDE Waldron, C. C. slon regarding the possibilities Brigadier J of
admitting the stronger Minor
DSO, OBE, will have a heavy Neo-realism is back in stride
The technical
problems took units to
"We would love the pleasure the units
Agera
before cover
not been since the as much time to solve and when us it has 1940's. meeting finishes.
of your company at a Western De Sica, who can be as they were ficked Hollywood
Hoc-down at the Circle J Ranch According to the latest avak-naughty the most
US
risque studio had enriched its movie-
་-- in Newhall. French novelist,
Take your spouse able Information the following
and as star making equipment with a two-
and little "Buckaroos".. conscious as a Hollywood mogul, on diving bell. 12 fe:t long and rugby football competition will
to three fe be run in the Colony during the
But Dean is again playing Pygmalion
Martin had feet in dameter, a sound cast In
to transmitter the size of a pack of shown incoming season: The FARELF
non-professionals
greet tourna- Inter-Unit Knock-out
latest," Tello" (The Roof)
and cigarettes
microphone buckaroos. The two had feuded His heroine had to be a plain as small as a dime, among a lot through the preceding summer The meeting heard many sug- ment; Plato Knock-out for teams
girl and she is just that, the
of other unusual paraphernalia and their relationship had not gestions on how the season's climinated in the first round of
the
Tournament:
17-year-old FARELF
of daughter
improved with their working in never seen before. heavy programme of competi-
Competi- Kuman walter She acted for The old
the two pictures in succession, IL tions could best be run in order Colony Proliminary
first time when she boy's shack and a shaman's was not
the following sinti] to provide
balanced schedule on in which the Army will
auditioned for de Sica long cafe were especially constructed Monday that the guests at the throughout the months when the orter four teams; Colony Hex-
other hopefuls to Hemingway's own specifica-dude ranch and the world pre game is played. This item pro-angular Competition in which with some 500
who answered his newspaper tions The harbour of Colimar miere" that night in Newhall of vided some Interesting discus- two Army teams will partici-
was "deglamorised to miet the the latest Martin-Lewis pictura sion and an equitable solution pate; and the Barney Stone
Competition
Tetto," as documentary movie's requirements and after read about a new split, based on previous experience 7-a-de
as the early Italliall In addition to this meeting it in style
this wie accomplished,
Behind the was agreed upon.
scenes, the day. offerings, rivals Pietro Germi's Zinnemann sat down to the task is understood that Major J.
was marked by a studio sp Just completed, of training the villagers for directorial RA., who is the Army
entry, and
proval to let the stars go their the Referee
Ferroviere" ('The Rail- their parts in the movie as ex-
After Loader)
separate ways. Honded down despairing Representative, is planning some road
from a production boss' Inzer interesting and original methods
ethods getting Spencer Tracy for the
sanctum. BRIEF SEQUENCE
it was still a strictly nuncu lead and feeling that no other of getting rugby folks together
confidential matter when the actor could comprehend the role to talk about, and Improve their
With the exception of a brief party Fot going. Oblivious Be could the American, Germi knowledge of, the game. I hope Secretary (Leagues):
quence at the beginning and studio publicity men gayly dis- took the part himself. Capt. H. Leader, MBE., RAPC. to have more news about this
at the end another
showing was that he was
rolled press releases for the premise Represent-feature of the Manager
morning Army
which react only one person who knew what other Ashermen and a group of next ative teams: Major R. Webb,vities in the very near future.
tourists. the human conflict in the story
and the few glimpses "Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis RAMC.
boy, the movie has akicked off the national publicity. was all about, Already Germi's of the
facing performer
campaign on their latest picture- most single picture
sustaining by playing hosts to more than interesting picture of the year. gigantic
audience
Spencer 250 guests.... Renato Caste). Then there's
Tracy.
By a strange coincidence, it lant, best recognised for his
Yet, while
camera is was the anniversary, almost to a International spectacular
leem which had focused on a lonely figure in a day "Romeo
cf the and Juliet and the lonely boat, the view from the generously handed out laughter carller "Due soldi di speranza"
Old Man's skiff opens to a huge to the American public for 10 Hc (Two Pennies of Hope).
floating studio and a flotilla of
¡years. It was in the summer has emerged with a project en-
manned by
Dino Crocetti, 29, seagoing
1046 that versels lled "I sogni nel cassetto"
movie-makers, And behind and Joseph
20, un Drawer) (Dreams in a
which bc
by populated
non-
"who have come a long way to gether in an Atigatie City night This one professionals.
deuts
a Spencer Tracy movie
started the act that club, and With with the dreams, trials
made them rich and famous. tribulations of Italy's post-war being made.
That partnership is now in the university youths.
albers
typical Hollywood dude process of dissolution. Ironical are Antonio Petrucci
with all ly, the party at which it camS has just
completed ranch guest Cortile (The Backyard) and modern conveniences, swimming to an end was to launch their Mario Mattoll who wound up pool, two well-stocked bars, 320 latest picture. "Pardners." "Le Dielotten" (The 18-Year- acres of land and four horses United Press. Olds). Luigi Glachl is shooting
The following officials were nominated for the season.
incoming US
Chairman: L. Col. O.D.A. Le Feuvre, RE,
Hon Secretary AFA.: Major! C.D. Elrick, MBE,
Hon
Hon Secretary AFA Referees: WOI Gordon, RE
in
very
pre-season
Detl
Congratulations to 173 Local- ing Battery, Royal Artillery on the excellent sports day held last Friday. It was an imagina- ive programme and provided for class entertainment spectators and competitors alike. MOTOR CYCLE TRIAL Once again the 48 Gurkha In- and fantry Brigade Motor Cycle bo д great Trial proved to success both from the standard
and the sound or of riding ganisation behind the scenes.
Compolitors were sct gruelling course with a Judicious selection of the sort of hazards part of that are so
It was decided by the com
of s mittee that programme trial matches would be staged
to order
and select first potential players for the Army This is representative towns.
mich
with the In line last
year arrangements units should endeavour to make their nominated
players avail- able for the trial which is being
nearest their staged
own
Trial A will be held at San Wai on Tuesday, August 21 and will be followed by Trial 'B' at Sek Kong on Thursday, 23rd; these events. It is a tribute to Trial Cat Gun Club Barracks man and machine that a very on Friday, 24th; Trial D at high percentage of the 72 riders Sookcunpoo on Sunday 26th; and who finally Trial 'E' at San Wai on Tuesday 28th
Portsmouth Football Club has suffered a double blow last week,
Heldsminn Every the
guthered! Perhaps the bigger was announcement by his father that round the amateur Williams for mile
ball, Sure
enough, Press. 17-year-old Pat Neil had signed the next umatour forms for WolverhampLoader rapped him on his pade frantic appeal, This ton Wanderers. This is the boy, and made a
however, Grammarine, Portsmouth
umpire still at
Ale 22 Competitors location. School, whom Pompey munager. Skelding shook his head.
Would have been Mr Eddie Lever, lifted from his
A diligent search of "Wisden's Take Off For third team to his first and who
Amateur showed no such equal tent We thereupon
gained
Swim and Olympic had just agreed it was a unique Channel and
Folkstone, England, Aug. 14.
Twenty-two International long distance swimmers sailed from here tonight for Cap Gris Nez where they are due to enter the water in the early hours of to- morrow morning for this year's marathon France-England cross- channel swim.
International
mu
achievement in first-class cricket at such a tender age, " sill has a year at Gram-
when someone remembered that Fisher had done the School. Then there will be Horace National Service and a Univer-same thing for Yorkshire against ity, so he cannot take Jimmy Somerset at Sheffield 24 years Mullen's place on Wolves' left ago. And a quick look at old wing for some time to come yet score records proved that It HAD and he has no intention of turn-happened. ing professional. He left Ports- mouth, he says, because the
THEIR FIRST RUN While all this was happening
other Essex balaman, 12
The swimmers, representing crowd booed him, but Mr Lever has been his mentor and coach the
countries, are taking part in from his footballing cradle, No Tommy Dodds, stood helpless at the annual swim sponsored by
showman wonder he says he is stunned". the other end. He said to me Canadian-born
and Eurprise afterwards! "I was beginning to holiday camp "king," Mr Billy The other Pompey
been the signing of Inter- wonder whether I should ever Bullin-Reuter.
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the 48 Brigade The City Streets), as its title Tho kick-off on all these ve Hussars won
in the once again indicates, casions will be at 3 o'clock tom trophy while
Signal Regiment plleys of although provision been Hongkong
has
MastrocingMilen, while Camillo collected another premier award an earlier
in start
team *Porta the Open winning Trial 'D' at Sookunpoo it the by
Bring D Kiss to Florence), in number of players nominated event. This strong trio com-
Sets the shadows
of the domes of WOII Bowden, warrants several
prising games being
All have been
using Sankey and Doug Steane look- Florence.
"artists from the streets." As in previous years no player od good enough in action to who feels he is up to the stand-
suggest that they may well add the trophies to and required in first class Colony many
before the Signals sideboard football will be refused
Trial season is over. opportunity to show his paces,
A special word of praise to All trialists are required to pro- vide themselves with shorts, L/Cpl Puthabahadur Haf who stockings and boots and they was winner of the award for should arrive at the appropriate the best Gurkha entrant, ground at least 30
n.
minutes
before the time set for the kick- off.
Mond
The Divisional Artillery Trial
will fake place on Friday,
Sept.-7
-7 and on part reputation
heavy
At the conclusion of the pre- alone. It should attract a very
of
Of the picturesque little har- bour of Colimar in Cuba a hungry old Čuben Asherman is sailing his AKHT across the endless wastes of water.
The entrics.
liminary trials 24 players will be organisers have decided on five selected to undergo Intensive
awards. training for two weeks under the experienced eye of Major winning Webb, the
team; new team manager;
These will go to the Divisional "Artillery
to the winning
team if
and it is expected that during is not in the Divisional Artillery
the training period one or two games will be arranged against local civilian sides,
DEPARTURES
group, or to the second team; to
the rider who turns in the best performance on a BSA 500.ce machine: to the rider who tums
the best
on a performance
Although only a small number Matchless 350 ce machine, and
of military families will be finally to the best National Ser leaving the Colony on the troop-vice rider in the event, shipy Empire Orwell at the Entries, for this:!
closo
week-end their departure will next Monday that is August 20
be felt in local civil and military and the entry fee is $10 per
porting cacles. Among those team and $0 for each individual getting ready, to say goodbye to who is not a man ¡of-à foam.
Ungu Hongkong will be/Ma};
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