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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1956,

The Little Girl In Red Took It Slap On Her Fair Head & Laughed

By JACK WOOD

Roy Shiner, Sheffield Wednesday centre-forward, missed three goals against Portsmouth. But the shot that worried him most was a real scorcher that flushed six yards wide, slap on to the fair head of a little girl in red.

Roy, aghast, immediately rushed to the barrier to see that the little girl was all right. So did Portsmouth's Tommy McGhee and Norman Uprichard.

I've ni defenders stagger- "That's the sort of football; that he had not seen anything. ing with less powerful slika,” we hea about at home," said | Stokoe gave him a juli report of said Roy

Manast It's the sort of foot- the incident he alloges caused The girl soon recovered mad i ball that will make Spurs forget the cut on bis lip.

Than Two minutes was the bad times and recapture

the old glory Inugling RRDIN

130 than 25 not the only 'Eval Spurs

right-wing After triangle happy vnd in the story

must be one of the the match wallunt Ray got the most dangerous attacking for bull and "autographed "forntions in the gani We all plucky Little Miss Redeunt "| seem to be clicking ut Once

I hope P's as exciting to watch a to play." stiet Blanch- flower

BLAME GRANDMA

Alert Thore goals Hoy nussed

blame then on h -Your Car grandmother who, with a dozen

Roy Maki “She's a stern old

HIS HEADACHE

underton the referee will include the statement in his port, but in any case a report will be sent to the Foolbail Association

by Newcastle United"

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Newcastle home. Stokoe sul: -1 don't objret to Du physical tambge, but to the principle of the thing.

"I

other relatives, came by inst Chairman Percy Mitchell, of ;

would have been quile From Ryde, Isle of Wight, to see | top-of-the-table Laiton, has a content to let the matter rest. has play

heticrete But he doesn't want | but Mr Seymour woa most annoyed and took me to see the Ganikeeper Buynhan wad referen

Now, I understand a be made to the ftport 14 10 And while Morton and Frothall Association

were bealing

character i tried to make loo

<

Portsmouth looked good, par «

Land:left Cummins

are

tri

hculurly two-gral Condon Hen-: Cullen Kool eje meds, who got the goal of the Churfton, LINH nternational

centre-half Rutter | Cummins was scoring tone) Wednesday. beatra 3-1, also are

4-1 Junkers

Except Boud

Kane, DIR

gom

CHEERS TEARS

reserve

near Spurs

Win

Some faps Wi

want them return against Wolves on Wednesday," says Mr Mitchell

But our triumphs so far have! It's a nice! former Sunderlund reader dine team triumphs my Sheds, who blasted in two problem to have "

Southampton cheers - were for

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The Woodl Jimmy display, should stuy. lasat Comunis Exeter manager houki replice Groves, not too Norman Dexigin ery,

Wolves and impressive against Charlton

be

Norman wanted Shields when WIN Transfer-listed during But he couldn't

the summ

¡.(Fors!

usker.

Kevin McHale is 10 For

Players Gain A

Seven Wickets

Victory Over Gentlemen

London, Sept. 4. English first Class cricket, ¡now raptelly denwing to a close,

is ending on

dump note t the £2.000 Swiderland give him if he thinks of more keeping with the wet Summer Southampton, glamorous things this morning Two *f the festivni matches : eeel n

as he clears out the stands on HE'S ALL.

were abandoned early today (W)RIGHT

The Huddersticid ground.

England

Australians anet Peter Wright, Colchester left This eleaning 14

of North v South. 1 winger, played most of Kevin's chores as a Leeds Rond *4.com! Balt

Northampton

staff inry Kro

the

H

right- In addition no piny wua pos - hoking like a negotiator at gwing effort in his debut against sible before lunch in the cham- Busterb conference Beneath Leyton Orient suggests he will pionship games between Wor- the turbutike bandage were

regular estershire another

Jel Surrey and seven slitches in an ugly head

Huddersfeld | Sussex and Lancashire,

Kain also ruinest the possibility of an Orient manager Alec Slock is exciting finish between Hamp- not downhearled by the one-shire and Nottinghamshire. Ruy point-from-three-gares start.

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with

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Pior, curved off unconscious

collision

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Northampton

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ARMY SPORTS

PARADE

The Spot of Honour at the Top of the Sports Parade ls a little bit overcrowded this week for we welcome the swimmers and divers of the Hongkong Chinese Training Unit to take a bow for their magnificent achievement of winning the Challenge Cup for the fifth successive time

Other the annual Hongkong

Ranks Swimming Championship at Victoria Barracks on Saturday.

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On this occasion the Training Unit scored a clear cut win in an afternoon of competition that was as keen as it was sporting.

Oh! and a word of praise_for| Completed entries must be in excellent the hands of Mr Ed. A, dh Roza, show, gentlemen.

the

organisers

The Hon Treasurer of the HK Amateur Swimming Association, sc/c Sassoon Backing Corporation, Holland House, Hongkong, before 5.30 p.m. on Wednesduy, September 19.

of

AROUND HOLLYWOOD

I'VE LEARNED

THINGS

Page

I'VE

NEVER DREAMED OF SAYS MARLON BRANDO

By HENRY GRIS

An "Okinawan" has come to Hollywood.

Hollywood.

The other day I had a chance to sit down for a chat with him." The fellow with the unruly jet-black hair and the slanted, roguish eyes has just finished a long and exhausting scene in front of the cameras,

"You think nice day, ye?" he said in pidgin English and grinned. "You like village?"

The village was the movie set he had just løft. As he stretched out hia muscular bare feet it seemed as though he was the McCoy and not Marlon Brando,

The time was the lunch break talented and known as the Tony Couper sings two songs in the In the fliming of "The Teahouse | Curtis of Japan. Negant plays Allied Artisti production, One, of the August Moon" which had the role of Jeiko,

"Lasid Her Like a Pigeon", ha resumed in Hollywood after the

sings to his wife in the alm tasco of the location venture in The next time you see Gary Dorothy McGuire, nad the Japan. At th signal "lunch' Cooper you will be meeting second, "Mocking Bird É the sit emptied within seconds, Coop, the singer and musiclan,

Willow Tree". ho sings but Brando lingered on as handling the pump organ, violin Robert Mickleton though reluctant to leave his and the bass fiddle and raising | Catlett, surroundings for an American his voice in song.

backgroundTM

For Army soccer folks it now a case of ail-out training in preparation for the opening the Colony Football League on September 22. This

The entry fee for this event is season therm in feeling of quiet $10 per person and has been uctor,

1

ixed at this comparatively high opumism among the officials

serres

of

the representative teains for the level for two very good reasons. compr. besİ VE

of trials The first is to restrict the entry have shown that the framework to manageable proportions, and of a really firs class side is! It.. second સ to discourage Inteponsible elements from

available.

the

At Gun Club Barracks last attempting the crossing Lact member o

The Friday the season's eleven were set against of

and of newcomers two leun while the "Old Hands", as the new Team Manager called then. showed the understanding and snoothness which is developed between play who pluy together for long time, they were given a hard tattle by the new players and

subtle war- ing that

The place ling in League team will

not be In fact after simple ritual (seeing several of those trials, i do not envy the committee the task of deciding who has to be left out

FINAL TRIAL

the

(

NAUSO from to

tho

rate LOVIN about

1,600 YUTLIN the Railway Pier, Kowloon the sea wall that stretches from New Queen's Pier to the Royal Naval Doctyurd ei Hongkong side.

This is

excellent really event and it is rul with the

for efficiency

the which HKASA so well known A certificate Awarded 10 all competitors who moke the crossing within the speelded time, 30 if you fancy you chance

at this sort of thing. and would kemat accept- able Bouvenir

POWERS. #s chance

to prove your your big

OR

The frual trial was staged al

At least you will not be able Sookupʊo yesterday

once to say you did not have enough again produced some promising warning for the race is scheduled football. The *tltl Hunds" ไป take place

Sunday, Framework October 7 and will start at 10.30 agnin provided of one of the sides in the opena.m ing session and this time proved really big military splash? ? a Btle bit too strong for the opposition. It was interesting

to #ce Jones, 15 RAMC boy,

ut back

1300 centre-forward. position in which he did so well at the back-end of last season.

Two on returning The boys have not been hit-

newcomers in this Red And he wasting it together" he told me, lared 116 behind ut 143 for six,

sico caught the eye with some But the same team play against | Humpstdre lost five wickets for

accomppished play and it seems insol Rovers.

Balland likely that centre-half 27 runs in their chase for quick

aki inside-right Evans will get At that point Hampshire

chance to show ther an ramy also declared, leaving Notting-

minutes

worth against top class oppost- hamshire 110

to gel 144 runs. Then the rain washed

for out pity. Best batting Nottinghamshire was by Peter Harvey who hit 57.

after 20 minutes Colchester's slar.

"What's it like to play with Those stitches m,” asked a leum- Northampton had mate after AVDH

1-0 "What dutchess," aked Wright"

MUD MUD

Stick in the mud. that was Wext Ham goalkeeper Ernie Gregory when centre-hunt Dudley Peake's "maybe" shot from 35 yurts went

for Swansea's Brat goal in their

Crowd note from Birmingham City's new explain Roy War lavir

They won the maleh for 18 Arsening were giving us | 2-1 win, મ hiding

until the crowd sauted to roar "

Holton and Roper goals had City trailing with 10 minutes to go. Then Birmingham slammed In four, with one from litte left-winger Alte Govan,

And Aire wanted that win bonts got caught in น storm on the way to the ground, so rushed inio a store and bought a plastic mae and rap. They se me back 308 "

Arsenal manager Tom Whit taker stayed at Highbury to see Vic Groves score once in the

5-2

WIB over The Whittaker verdict....Vie is coming on But it's a little early to playing for the

well. think of him

Lea que side."

IMPRESSED

In

The wickets But don't blame Ernie. goutmouth mud was more sult- able for ducks than goalkeepers. Any sort of quick take-off was impossible.

a seven tie «Ve

Ballard of Nottingham Forrest the is a commanding figure in middle of the pitch while Evans is a big strong inside-forward who not only possesses but uses the ability to have a crack at goal. In his play there is much of the enterprise that character- ised the work of Derek Reeves a They

of sensons ago. hair coupl

The Army committee members

can we count on

BROAD SMILES

the

young

movies

with

Walter

OFF TO PARIS

a Cooper, who actually has ready car for a

tano, catchy easily picked up the melody on both gongs

Malinoky worked about

with him at Irregular Intervals over a six-day period on phrasing, inflection and other fine points.

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pump

As

who know Brando It's all part of having to learn expected of him,

a lot of things in the who his

parlayed the world of make-believe. T-shirt into a genuine desire to

Cooper's intest picture act, and act well, has taken his Friendly Persuasion," role of the Okinawns inter stolid Quaker who, like preter so seriously he is living Gunkers, Is supposed to shy away from music, singing and OOT WHAT HE WANTED

such frivolity. So, naturally,

WCTO He didn't realise it.

The conching Intervals Brando the successful luring of the man irregular because they had to admitted

surprise, registering

Into the fold of musle-lovers be squeezed in daring Cooper's that he was speaking a broken English.

becomes a innor yet significant acting choros on the picture A After ព Engi

while. his point of the story.

small rehearsal room was rigged speceli became nat only Krom~

up in one corner of an adjoin- matical and

but much

Cooper tackled bla latest

ing intellectual

yound

anch than

when elog those assigmanent Brando fans expect him to use. despite friendly heckling from

scene or when there was a pro-m Gremendous director William He spoke er the

Wyler wha, duction lull, he

went into impression that his trip to Japan doubting the outconie, whe hart on him.

session with Malinofsky, ready to sendi take over.

more

M

paire

with enthusiaan Cooper wasn't Teeded!

Ary

doubles

TWO INSTRUCTORS

in

to

Because Cooper can play music plano a little and reads

dequately. he found it com-

Into

wha

pump organ for his purposes in the picture. **Sergle

лю showed

a few tricks and taught me to handle ther? on the tops, and from i had no trouble," he said.

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Without our going there," he said, "I don't think I could have founet the Interpretation of Sakini 1 am putting into my role,

"This, far

('on- Two men took charge of Coop Pratively simple to master the cerned. nothing was lost and ato direct his enthusia

channels. lot has been gainest by our stay proper

One musle director Dimitri Tlomkin There

To producer Jack

the Cummings of "High Noon" fame, and

Dimming's and director Daniel Mann, the other was

assistant. Malinofsky. The six weeks of attempted filming Sergel between rains yielded only four Russians coached the lanky full days and we aggregate of American in singing and organ to learn when the time comes three more driblets of shooting, playing (Molinotsky) and violin but Brando got

all he went and bass nddle (Tiomkin), There for, he suld

"He sings pretty well," Tiom- STAYS IN CHARACTER

insisted after Use "I've learned things I've never lesson. "It's pleasing streamed of," he continued, "The ; tone." world

first bar-

for

There will be something else

text Cooper's

picture, "Ariane," which takes him into a very different world and onto location in Parts.

Whatever it is, we'll tackle it," the actor said te he paciced Cooper, for Europe. "It's all part of a

like movie

actor's job, Make- believe? Never heard of it!"

doesn't outskir

know "You usk me," said these people as it should, people "and I thinks 4 lite There were broad smiles On

with 罐 precious, deep-rooted hog calling.” the faces of the Army Hockey

and a fabulous under- Milture, and officials as they left Sookunpoo standing o2 sen

the end

of the

Even yesterday at

though he's back trial games which they hadi ar-

Hollywood, Brando within him- ranged to review the potential playing strength for the corndalf is still in the Orient, and he seems to enjoy staying that way until the picture is completed,

season.

even mome

-50

Some forty players took part and the standard of play was, is one official put 11, most re-

Already several

exponents have caught the official eye and the impression seems to be general that the Army 'A' side wiļi be

powerful then was last sea

season. This is a mast encouraging slate of

of affairs and we expect to have me good news from the Hockey organisation after the next series of trials which will be held at Sookunpoo on Satur- day when a start will be made at 4 o'clock. According to latest Allen and Gor McNicholl | reports about 40 players will

Gor Hogan and Syma again be taking part in (Goal); Skan (Right-back); Tprs Mullett games.

Oliver (Left-back) Spr McInnes and Cpl Driver (Right-

"the

got

The Players gained

victory Gentlemen in the second match of the Scarborough festival bui their task was not easy. had little under two and R hours in which to get

But their Happy return to Doncaster necessary 183 runs. for Bristol Rover's kipper opening prir Maurice Hallam Geoff Bralford. His two goals | (50) (Lelcashire) and

Gordon ka 4-2 w.n convinced mana- Barker (45) (Essex) gave them ger Bert Tann he is as good as n good start of 85 run in ever .even without a knee cartilage to call his own.

an

hour. Denis Compton (29) hit Awo sixes and three fours in halt

Seid Tomy "Geoff was hurt an hour.-Reuter, in a Cup replay on Rovers' ground last season. It was quite a test to go back there after only three Komes this season, but he stood up well,"

'BUTTING' REPORT

An allegation by Newcastle Unlied centre-half Bob Stokoe that he was butted in the face "Choose a match in Lon- by a Sunderland player as the don," said Jack Bowers, chair-team left the field after New-

man

of England's

HOME SOCCER

RESULTS

London, Sept. 4 Results 2 tonight's Asyociation amateur castle had won 2-1 at Roker Football matches were:- selectors, to the bare-foot foot-

Park is to be reported to the baliers from Uganda. They Football Association. chose to watch Tottenham and saw slick, swift Spurs crush the John Charles team from Leeds 5-1.

Manasi Owiny, the Matthewa of Uganda, was most impressed, So were all the lourists as Blanchflower, Medwin

And Harmer corved great gaps in the Leeds left flank,

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cald:

Arsenal

director Stan Seymour

After the

Bristol C game Slokoe came to me.

HIS Grimsby lip was bleeding. He sald a

player had buffed Brentford Sunderland him with his head as they were ¡eaving the field.

"I, myself, had not seen any Southport incident, but I took Stokoe to. Tranmere R.

who also said see the referce,

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The actor, to whom this, his ninth starring role is his most challenging assignment to date, avolded contact with Western culture, has been spending most of his free time with his Japanese

Interpreter Bob

and Okazaki

has mostly with the Jup- meeting anese members of the "Teu-

been

house" east who were flown to Hollywood from Tokyo.

His closest tomadachl-pol to you--is Japanese Actor "Tom handsome, young,

Negani, together

immediately after the trial was over and selected the following players for pre- season training:-

the

to

A point of importance half); Pte Batard and Dvr Davis soldier football enthusiasie was L/Cp! Tollrey being widely discussed at the (Centre-bak): und Gar Laycock (Left-half): Hongkong Stadium last Satur- Pte Hough and Sgi Chesterman day when Hongkong met the (Outside_right); Dvr Evans, Spr larael national side in the Asian Smith, Ple Woodhouse, L/Bdr Cup. The discussion con

concerned Spr Higgins and Tor the fact that although the HKFA wering (Inside forwards): Pie always

always reserves a a section of the Kay and L/Cpl Jones (Centre-

tre ground for servicemen and forwards); Spr Halligan (Outside schoolboys and charges a special left); Opi Pursions (Left-back). admission fee of only $1.20 the

This

training facilities Arrangements precedent and instead of being anything like capacity. carried out at Sookunpoo players will undergo their pre- parations on the Kowloon side. There are many

advantages in crowds

In

year

the break

with

are seldom used to

the

Last

ALMOST EMPTY

the Saturday whic were being directed to

main road was

Typhoon Dinah

Washes Out Soccer Match At Taipei

Taipei. Sept. 5. The Karcan soccer team on Tuesday cancollid an exhibition match with the Nationalist Chinese XI because the soccer nd was ruined by heavy rains which

come with Typhoon Dinah The

Korean team. which already has defested the Nation- alist team twice, is scheduled to leave Thursday for the finals of the Asian Soccer Championship tournament at Hongkong.

Ti Korean team defeated the

the new scherpe and with Team entrance gates away up the Chinese teara last Sunday by

Dick Webb, valley the Services Section neur two to one score and won the Manager,

Major and Team Coach, S/Sgt Burdell the

.ølmost | right to represent the North- cloze

proximity fourteen empty With the big crowds Eastern zone in the foals of the days of intensely hard work lie who clamber for admisolon to tournament now going on in

A most the important games played ahead of the players.

Hongkongt. comprehensive training schedule

Korea won the first match a has been drawn up and it is the Colony this has become a ས

controversial point and week ago in Seoul by a score of unless comes there will be no fitter team better use of the facilities avail-

the servicemen make two to zero-United Press, in Hongkong than the Army. able to them

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the Js being given to something of an Institution in FARELF Inter-Unit Knock-out Hongkong and is one of the most Competition. This is of course, important swimming events on the premier competition of the the sporting calendars. In recent season and particularly in the it has attracted a very later rounds it produces some years

and heavy entry from the Army of the most exciting rugby scen units havo · είναι the race n lot

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