1952-02-06 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1952,

★ ★ ★ A SEAT IN THE STALLS ★★★

A CHANGE IS AS GOOD AS -A REST-SO NEWCASTLE AND LEYTON ORIENT FOUND

By TOM

FINNEY

As the old maxim says, a change is as good as a rest. But most of the teams which took part in the fourth round of the FA Cup last week. end followed another old maxim: “There's no place like home,”

As Leyton Orient were not beaten at Birmingham, Newcastle won at Totten- ham and West Ham were not knocked out by Sheffield United, the change-as-good- An-a-reat policy had some pretty good evidence to support it. For Orient, Newcastle and West Ham were three of the five teams who went away prior to their matches for a change of air.

Bristol Rovers and Southern United were the other two clubs whose players went away from home. As they were drawn together, Southend's victory at home proved nothing.

them for tickets for the match postfeript, lets the ical, eat out at White Hart Lane.

Ideas on the subject of special training for big occasions have changed in recent years, Even in There isn't a footballer who my time as a professional foot- won't subscribe to that

state baller the number of clubs whichment. When an important match have embarked on seaside holi-is about to take place, I get deys and intensive training have stopped by senres of people who become fewer and fewer.

think I can produce an unlimited There are many reasons for supply of tickets. the change, some ot tham econd- A few months before the Cup mlc. parly, of 15 or 10 could Final letters begin to arrive from go to the seaside for a week in acquaintances many of them January before the war for £50 very casual acquaintances of or £60. Nowadays the gure long ago. "I am glad to see you would be

nearer £200-if not are playing so. well, Tom...." more.

they write and then a page or But another explanation latwo of very much appreciated that many players do not like praise, The last paragraph, or a being unsettled from their normal life. After all, some of us some-

times travel 500 miles there and FANling golF back for one match.

STAY-AT-HOME TRAINING

With certain exceptions I am very

much in favour of stay-at- home training. As I have written before, I do not find it difcult to keep football-flt once the carly-season effort has been

made,

I set myself the task of keep

ing the body "Licking over". And i

I enjoy following a quiel rouline |

Draw & Dates

For The

G.M. Young Cup

football, day-by-day work at The

football for

of the big-s ticket, please!

I don't complain. The day people stop writing to me, ur stop asking for my cutograph, is the day I shall begin to worry about the worth of Tom Finney in professional football.

Some people despise systematic training altogether. But that is undoubtedly a mistaken View, A simple proof of this is to be found in the great difference be- tween professional and amateur football in Britain.

Bill Holmes, of Blackburn, and Bill Slater, lately of Blackpool Bad now

Brentford,

are amateurs who admittedly hold their places in Second Division sides, but there is a great gap between even the top. London: and North-Eastern amateur sides ond the average profcasional icam in the Football League.

on

THE GREATEST ASSET Training puts the polish the basle commodity of talent. Experience gives it lustre, And I'm not 80 sure that experience is not the greatest arset of all. after natural talent.

When I was in the Middle East

following is the draw during the war with the Royal my job of plumbing, and the and dates of play for the "G.M. Armoured Corps I learnt a great usual home life of a family man. Young Cup Golf Competition deal about football in the odd If I did nothing beyond play of the Royal Hongkong Golf

living, my opinion Club: might be different. The other job

1st Round-Messrs. Harry, Wick keeps me happy and contented, ing & Co. v Mesra, Pest, Marwick, The exceptions are the very ichell: The Bank Line (China) big occasions like International

onal 140, v The H.K. & Shai Banking ****Corp. matches, when pre-match gather-

Round-MessTS, Byea Into 2nd ings are extremely important for Dodwell, de Co. Ltd. V Messen

moments one could play. I play- ed with

men like Stan Cullis. Andy Beattie, Bryn Jones, Mi-ky Fenton, Spud Murphy, Willie Thornton, Ray Westwood and Willie

Admitted/

some of

the

in Egypt and Syria were

more

tactical reasons, and Cup Finals Butterfield & Swire: Imperial not very good. But I was learn- or semi-dinals, although I have any, Wicking & Co. v Peal, Mar-

Chemical Industries v Winner of ing all the time. I was getting never reached those exciting wick, Mitchell; winners of Bank experience in a tough and cap- stages of the F.A. competition. Lide v H.K. Bank v Messrs. Jarable school. And any of you who

Mr Stan Seymour,

of New-dine, Matheson, C Cable & Wire-play games will know that castle, sold that his players Lid. v Union Insurance Society can be learned in a match wanted

Away and that they put forward one ex- cellent reason-to escape from the people who were pestering

ما

LADIES' GOLF

Mrs Wai Wins Eclectic Competition

The eclectic competition con- ducted by the ladles' section of "the Royal Hongkong Golf Club

of Canton.

round to be completed by February 24; 2nd round to be com- plated by March D: semi-final to be completed by March 23; final to be completed by April 0.

Tho

OPEN FOURSOMES

Kent,

against a better opponent In table tennis, lawn tennis, soir and other sports than in a dozen games against someone you can

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beat.

There may be differences dates of play for the Open Touring at the seaside and there are following is the draw and about training at home and train-

somes;

differences great

about the lat Round-T.N.

Capt. T.G.C. amount of training necessary GLA. MoClean v T, Low, Knight; J.D. Clague, D.I. Bosan- but there can be little doubt that V A.B. Cloeman, G.D. experience is the best school of Scramatad.

Byes into 2nd Ilound.-B.3. Ciế- land,

T.S.M. Terrace V W.A. Nicholas, D. Hung: R.S. Barry. E.J.R. Mitchell y N. Downie, J.K. Watson; D.5. Robb, L. Goldman v P.A. Laroche, J.M. Ouding R.C. Craig J.M. Beazley v Maj. A.W.L. Hooley, 2/Li Yiend; G.. Cauthorley, f.ir.G. Thomson V Ñ.A. Brown, H.B. Neve; J. Dick- pon Leach, S.M Garrard v W.C. Choy, W.C. Hung: A.A. Zopes A.B. de Pinna A.D. Dury, W.H.

Paterson; H.C. Baker, J. Markham

Kinghoro. 1.W.E, Heath/v J.L.

Dr

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL

及

This is Ursula Thiess, acclaimed by Hollywood as "the most beautiful girl in the world,"taken at

'cocktail parly given in her honour in London.

Some Quotes'

Jane Russell;' "I'm the girl with the disgruntled glance, I'm not our about anything, everyone in the family looks that way. Boue" structure I guess."

Fred WhoMurray: "People are always baying

ADY...

I've got a

ic of money stacked away and I'm one of the wealthiest actors, No true. As for owning wells have a share in one with a dozen others. And the well produces a cupful of oli a Ban Duryea professional Hollywood "bad man." "I shot Jesse James in the back in 1938 and I've been slowly de- generating on the screen ever inee, To be a successful vil- lain you just have to think

hat way. It isn't the curl of the lip, the voice or the face, It's just what's' going on inside your head."

NO MORE NASTY

Change from nasty girl roles for Jean Kent in "The Lost Houm" pt Worton Hall,

She's sweet, understanding and sympathetic this time as a London girl who helps an Ameri- can test pilot to clear himself of a murder charge.

to get out of Pit."

that

Young man is played by Mark Stevens, who helped Olivia de Havilland "Snake

who

Brown-eyed, hustler Stevens, obviously doesn't believe in applying the fim's title to real life, started work on locution scenes at Kensington's Imperial Selence Museum almost as soon as he arrived' in England fron Hollywood.

Miss Thiess comes from Hamburg, Germany, and was spotted by Hollywood when her picture appeared We

un the cover of an American magazine.

She arrived in the film colony last year, went to a dramatic art school; and amazed everyone with the rapidity with which she learned English. Note the large bracelet.-Central Press Photo..

JEAN

SIMMONS' MOTHER SPEAKS

"Give My Daughter's Marriage A Chance"

Mrs Winifred Simmons, gotten it people are talking and

if widow in her early fifties writing about them as

divorce were only a matter, of has four children-a son time. and three daughters.'

Her 32-year-old son is a toolmaker, married to daughter of a Leicestershire businessman. They live in Hertfordshire.

Lorna, aged 85, lives in an unpronounceable place in Wales with her engineer husband. Edna, aged 27, is alao married, has 錢 two- year-old son, Neal, and lives in Rome.

IN LOVE

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the "Believe me, Jean is very deeply in love. You could see it in her eyes before she lett

for America. It is visible every letter she writes to me." Mr Simmons gets regular cables, letters and parce's from her daughter and son-in-law. in one recent letter, written on engraved notepaper

"Stewart Granger at the top of

a French page, Jean refers ta poodle which her husband gave her. Jean, her youngest daughter, it's the last kind of dog I

actress is a 22-year-o'd film

ever wanted," she wrote, "buz who married a Mr

Stewart they really are wonderful cam- ("Jimmy") Granger, also In

panions. She has a great per- the movie business, just over a socality and is very funny and year ago. They live at Holly- | naturally very spolit. lastwood, California.

It's A Perfect Runner-Up

FAMOUS' DAUGHTER

cath

Sayı SUE DAWSON America winning the

"I take her to work with ine war being almost a classic

and, so far, she has only ruined theme for the films from

four takes, but the crew don't that country, it stands to If you speak to grey-haired, seem to mind as they love her

Mrs resolute-eyed

Simmons, as much as I do. reason that America's sons

Jimmy

if says that seated in the sitting-room

Cheviot-gardens, Golders ever do get divorced, she will departing to win the new

be the cause of it as I take one should be a fairly stal-

WIN Green, N.W, villa, she wart runner-up.

ber much more care of her an I probably tell you about

do of him." children in that order.

FCT proud as she is of

"I Want You" is quite

her

uf

the

we

Parcels of chocolates, sweets

and other titbits are constantly in arriving at the 18tle house Cheviot-gardens Simmons's birthday last month

And Mrs

was won by Mra John Wat with winners of Kent, Mockan v Low, a score of 74-5%, nett 68%. Knight; winners of Clague, Bozan Mrs P.S. Cassidy was runner-quet-Coleman, Soramated v A.0.8. up with a score of. 74-4%, neticCallum and N.E. Arthy: K.8. 09

Kay, A.V. White: F.M. Cotton, Mrs H.J. Armstrong won the M.D. Cooper v F.J. Gibbons, J.A. bogey competition played over Cook: T.D. Drysdale, W.M. Cha the Chinese New Year holidays Mal. Edgar Capt. am; A. Sowell, 2/12. Frend v J. with a

score of 2 up on the Wa R. Pan: R.C. Gairdner, A.K.

Petrie v R.R. Coombs. new course.

Col. J.B. Macfarlane; 6. Allen, T.A. Butler v Mrs A.M. Brown was win-w.N. Gray: F.A. Klerman; er of the L.G.U. monthly N.J. Whelpten, R.E. Rodger v D.L. that, with all the acknow-fame achieved by her laughing- medal in the bronze division Prophet, F. Hunter.

1st & 2nd round to be completed ledged 'rightness' in a blend eyed, talented youngest child, with 25-22, nett 73. Mrs Brown by hachd ord found to onions of pseudo philosophy, bonti her other children mean just a was also one of the players to pleted by March 10; 4th round to be qualify for the

Captain's Cup completed by March 30;. semi-final mentality and balance; it much to her, and she will tell with 92-22, nelt 70. Mrs to be completed by April 14: final

answers to that horrible.

"My den thould be paying

·HER BOOKS Collis was the other player to to be completed by April 20.

but graphic description me a visit soon. It's such fun

The presents do not flow only qualify with 91-10, nett 72,

having him here," she began.

It is Jean's one way.

28ra 'tear-jerker." Fixtures for the Spring Meeting have been arranged as follows;

interrupted her. Tell me birthday on January 31. Mrs Tuesday, March 18.

Mrs Simmons. Simmons has a'ready despatch-- morning: Medal round, Old or New Course.

Sho

listening. wasn't

"I chiefs and a number of Jean's often go to Wales to see Lor-favourite books. "She'll

prize nu. She's my eldeut, you know, them more than anything," She and her husband, are ter-loughed Mrs Simmons. ribly happy"

Sometimes Jean, 'phones her. "But Jean-′′

"It's grand hearing her voice," said Mrs Simmons, "ana Jimmy usually chips in to say

omething is ch

Afternoon: Shanghai foursomes,

Old Course

Wednesday, March 18, morning: Bogey competition, Naw Course,

Aftemoon: Approaching and`put» ting 18th green New Course,

Morning competition on putting green,

Detalls and conditions of play are

And afternoon putting

posted in the Clubhouse at Fanling

[The *- Men's ClubhouDES will be open to Ladies during the Bprint

Meeting and bookings may nový bi made for overnight accommodation.

Quarter-finals

Of Squash Tourney Today

MATCH CANCELLED Owing to insufficient entries, the gel match between Married

you so,

was not forgotten.

But in spite of that, it is a and Singles, originally arranged comfortable enough film. The about Jean, by the Royal Hongkong Golf characters are so well-known, Have you missed her since-7ed a selection of linen handker

Club for February 10, has been the situations called off.

ones. It good Doctor ordered,

There were some very scores in the February Qualify- fing Round Captain's Cup played on Sunday, February 3, on the Old Course, thero being a tle between F. A. Kiexman 76-

.67 and R. Firkins 00-23 -87. Those two will play off to decide the Qualifier.

There were three les for second place at 68 nett.

On the New Courte, K, R. Coombs qualified with 80-13 =07,

Asian

Tennis

much common just what the

DOROTHY'S BEST Best of pil is

Dorothy

"And

McGuire, wife to Martin Greer ---Dana Andrews-cldost son in

so, of course, is Edna. the Greer family who has been You ought to see my guni through the last war and la sen. He's so bonnym te doing wonders for his father's 20 to Rome and see them at the business.

end of the month: Might stay Father Is familiar

un the Spring." type; living room bristling with things

She smiled. "Of course, you he didn't win in battles he want to know what I think of

Jean's didn't fight in World War One.

marriage to Jimmy He and his wife Mildred Granger. Dunnock do as well as they can In rather dull parts. It is their youngest son Jack-Furley Granger--the spoilt and selfish baby of the family and his girl- friend. Corrie Turner PegRY

revolves, They play honestly

The third round of the Colony Open Squash Cham- plonship was *completed on Monday evening and the follow-

Colombo, Ceylon, Feb. 5. all of them. Ing quarter-ünal matches will Frank Sedgman, Australia's Martin Greer's principles are be played at Victoria Squash honeymooning tennis dur, easily put to the test whem an old Court today: ̧

www won his second round match in man, an employed in his firm, 8.30 p.m.--Holmes J. K. the Aalan Championships today. asks that he write a letter to the Wison; Cook v Fyler,

Holding a lot in rearve, Sedg- Government saying his young Of p.m.-Besanquet v Pease man trounced Cleam Ebert of ron, who is in the same business, Watkin; Garnett v Fritchard,... Ceylon 0-0, 6-3, 6-0.33 0

· Ono semi-anal, match will be In the first upset of the is indispensible, so that he will played nå 6 p.m, timorrow and tournament, H. Kamo, Japan not be called up.

Tournament Dow, Bround whom the story

Later, Martin faces the same The other at 6 pm on Friday, third ranked player, was beaten alemma with his own brother's February 0, with the pant ou by R. W. Ferdinands, 15-year e

ald Ceylon schoolboy who is caso. Jack Greer is put to the

too, ko that matter

Monday, February 11,

Bo far: there finya been

upsets in the championship and The scores were 5-7, 6-4, 6-0, Nancy, for in the end Martin ng Junior Champion of the bland testemor and Martin's wife the four seeded players, Bosan mo, obviously affected by ands himself going off to WR [quet, Fyler, Holines and', Prite |=“Kamo,

chard have won their early the oppresAre heal, tired too. But they all come through round matchos" without undue quickly and netted many of his with bannern, dying. It is, a dificulty,

Jahots-Associated Press.

Iogical story.

always calls me Mum. 1 like it that way."

She admits that at first shu missed Jean with her gay ban- ter and high spirits.

"For the first month, I kept [her bedroom exactly, s "I think it will succeed 11 left it,” she said. *Nothing a chance.. was moved. Her furniture, people give them The trouble la people won't. clothes, even hor favourite Sometimes Jean and Jimmy little, glass animals were. left have a quarrel. But long after untouched.

I cried a "I believe I they have made it up and for-

bit whenever I entered, the room.

Then I realised how sidy it

Fencing At YMCA

A Fencing Competition be tween the European YMCA and the Royal Air Force has been YMCA, commencing p.m. arranged for today as the The following are the teams:

FOILS |__BAR,~~Taylor,, Whites and” (Judson, YMCA, Ozorio, G. Orario and Alollands.

SABRE..

RAV-Wake, Templing and White,

biCA, Ozurip, Dierry and

10.

EPEE

RAF-Templing. Taylor are

and Ommaany.

was to be sentimental about it.. A friend has now come to stay with: ma, and, she is occupying the bedroom. And I don't weep any more.

HOMECOMING

I told her that Jean's contract is reported to end in June and{ she has said she and Granger intend to return to England.

Mrs Simmons answered, but

I'd love her back, of court, her place is by her husband's with side. If Jimmy comes her I presume he will not be here perronnently as he has a seven year contract,

Then she sotÜled

harsof

son. KYMCA, J, Marcel, G. Oferte more comfortably in her arm- RAJ Captain-Temping EYMCA chair to tell me more about Captain.

Marcel.

/her other children,

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