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WINS This Snooker NSW Record Will SHEFFIELD

Not Be Broken

London. Feb. 19. Clark McConachy. of New Zealand, the World Billards Cham-

ion, made a break of 147-the highest ever recorded in the history of the game-during a snooker match at the Benyfort Club here trulay,

This great run was made

ધ table reserved for, profes sionals and consisted at 15 reds. 15 blacks and call the colours- the maximum possible for

Mc- scoring. Connchy's effort followed a break of 146 made by Joe Davis in Manchester in 1950.

McConnchy play Horace Lindrum, of Australia, for the World Professional Snooker title over 143 frames at Manchester, beginning next Mon- day. Reuter.

is to

WEEK-END HOCKEY

'-.

The following are League fixtures in Ladies' League, and in

the divisions of

League for Saturday, day, February 23rd 24th.

SHIELD

Sydney, Feb. 10,

New South Wales played like A Test Team today to beat South Australia by an innings and 10 runs and thus win the Shefeld Shield.

With only one match left to play

in the Shield, New South Wales have 27 polnis, while Vic- toria and South Australia will fight it out for second place ahead of Queensland in the re- maining game.

Despite Lindwall's lacbility to Lowi because of a leg injury, N.S.W. attack was strong and accurate and after they had scored 428 in reply to South Australia's 159, dismissed them again for 239.

Austro- Phil Ridings, South |lian_captain, gave a courageous display in hitting 103 but re- the esived little support from other batsmen except the Test wicket-keeper, albert Langley, who was 33 not out at the close.

Ridings was the only one to deal effectively with Walker who, bowing a top speed, was warned by the umpire for body. line tactics.

Jim Decourcy, N.S.W, right hander, hit his first century in first class cricket and was topi scorer with 114. He also reach- ed 1,000 runs in Shield cricket. Standings (with only the Vic- toria South Australia match to br played):

New South Wales. 27 points; Queensland 15: South Australia 13: Victoria, 10; Western Aus- tralla, 3.-Heuter.

MATCH ABANDONED

Auckland, Feb. 19.

Five hours of heavy rain this morning caused the abandonment of the final day's play in the second Test between New Zen... thetand and the West Indies, and the the match was drawn.

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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1952.

★★★ A SEAT IN THE STALLS ★ ★

Jerry (Gene Kelly) and Lise (Leslie Caron) in the Flower Market of the Madeleine, a scene from "An American in Paris".

Hollywood Discovers Paris And Turns Out One Of Its Best Musicals

American

By

At the close yesterday, New botk Men's Zealand needed 309 runs to moke

West

Indles bat Sun, having lost one second innings stay, "An

and wicket for 17 runs after follow-Paris" would probably

the best ing on 388 runs behind,

voted by many They were 160 in their Arst innings in reply to the West musical to come here in the last twelve months or Indies 540 for six declared

more, which would be echo from a number voices both sides of the Atlantic.

-LADIES', LEAGUE

Saturday, Feb. 23

va. Gremlins Gremlins "A* "E" at Pollee Ground nt 2.30 p.m. Umpires: C. T. Palmer, C. Blackburn.

Sunday, Feb. 24

KGV

"A"

vs. Dorians at KGV

at 2,30 pm. Umpires: A. M.. Jorg

dt Silva, J. B. Gonsalves. Little Flowers vs. University at CBA Ground nt 2.30 p.m.

CPO Umpires:

Gilbert, I.

Baptista.

Nectelo

**3" KGV VS. Recrvio at 2.30 p.m. Umpires: Maj. Sasson, Cpl. Blowers.

MEN'S FIRST DIVISION Sunday, Feb. 24

-

Argonauts Avs

RAF AL

West Indies won the first Test

five wickets. Scares:

West Indies, Iri Innings 540 for a declared,

New Zealand. let innings 100

New Zealand, 2nd inning Legalt, not out Emery, e. Walcott, b. Atkinton Sutcliffe, not EUT

Extra

- Total for wht.)

-Reuter.

Gardner

a2

Teddy

Noxon,

To

Reciclu Um-

Fight

Smith,

at

Police Ground at 2.30 p.m.

Umpires: W.O

Gurevitch KG vs.

"A" on RN at 10.30 ..

Wo.

pires:

W.O.I. Letori,

K.GM.

Palloo vs. Royal Navy Police Ground at 3.30 p.m. Um- pires: F/S. Leigh, Sgt. Davies

Thunderbolta

University VA at CBA ground at 3.30 pin. U pires: P, F. Xavier, J.C. Moreal,

MEN'S SECOND DIVISION

Saturday, Feb. 23 IIKAAF v Argonauts "B" at

CBA ground at 3.00 p.m. Umples: Chief Writer Lloyd, Miskey Ram. Sunday, Feb, 24

YMCA VS

at

Terry Allen

Hartlepool, Feb. 19. Teddy Gardner, 30-year- old new European Flyweight Champion, will begin train- ing next week for a British title contest with the holder, Terry Allen, at Newcastle- on-Tyne on March 17.

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Valentino Lives Again?

..passibly.be

must be a composita

there may

They say that Anthony pressed fire arrogant suavity, this was about the greatest con

quest that the Great Lover ever which blazed in The Shelk. -“Valentino” Dexter is enus-

Anthony Dexter has fuller lips, made ing the same flutter among rounder features and a face that Being a sort of 'roview' of his women today as did Thọ looks as though it may run to life, this Great Lover himself thirtytat, Nevertheless, he is a good picture, and for all those things years ago in the Torrid copy of the original, and acts which are omilled,

a few nadol is very well indeed, Twenties. And one can be

· THREE GIRL'S ONLY lieve it; particularly if mothers and aunts and HO It would be impossible, of on have been fulfilling the course, to bring all Valentino role which the producers of girls into the picture, so there are only three. Two, who loved inis picture must have been him and one whom he loved- fairly certain they would really loved. Eleanor Parker, is play in telling their teen-Joan Carlile, the film star, who plays a sort of composite Valen- age children of the fabulous tino heroine, and keeps Rudy at glitter which surrounded bay from the time the meets him the name "Valentino', of the when he is a dancer on board a magnetism and blazing AP until one is well into the picture, ship America-bound from Italy, peal with which he was ignited and conveyed in-

to stantaneously

almost come Into play. When Rudy every woman who had seen makes it known that he has no him in a picture or even intention of marrying her (mar heard his name.

ringe is not for Great Lovers), Joan The very things he touch-William King (Richard Carlsen). goes off to an old friend- ed were Invested with-director of her films,

This provides a chance for the Invincible Volesting wooing to

Rudolph Valentino-1020

and

magic for countless millions Valentino is obliged to act as in those days of silent, their best man.. flickery films.

He later regrets the chunce he mlased-but surely

Valentino Nothing can be quite like that again-nothing so universal. For never regretted anything. Any- one thing, the times are not the way, the real Valentina did gay. carefree, dancing, exten-apparantly have "a stab at mar- vagant years in which Valentino ringe" as the record is worded. spent £1,700 year on shirts In "The Shelk" Rudy and Joan Carlide (the 1928 girl was Vilma In spite of what the advertise-Banky) were forced into a love ments say. Rudolph Alfonzo scene that one can imagine sent Rafaelo Pierce Kilbert Gulielmi the audiences of the twenties

alono,

was slashed by dounately, we, used to two

a halt decades of sizzling

di Valentina, as he was christen-back to see the film again and ed, does not live again. His again. meteorie career appendicitis in 1926, and it was death for Valentine. Anthony Dexter. Y

| Hollywood love - making, are cter, who was dis more or less hardboiled to this covered

Len after

years of

sort of thing, but watching the Anthony "Valentino" Dexter searching, is some discovery, it must be admitted; he has much scenes being shat and the cir- of the story make of the looks and many of the the scene an Important one here qualities of the great "Rudy". but not quite the same shaped face, not the strong lines or fine features and not the air of sup-

cumstances

as well.

is a very

wonderful success in this Figures Don't Lie be hated portraying the with

1951

always difculi filming the life of a celebrity sometime after his (Gene (Loutrec, One ballet number each Judging by the packed | Jerry Mulligan's

RELENTLESS VORACITY

death, not only because a very partial view of the person con- painted in the style of a famous houses and the length of its Kelly) imagination, which has nine different scenes, the in reflects

frustrations, artist:

A good character In the lm cerned is all that can be given, Gene Kelly has excelled him

typical Hollywood but because the film hero's per- be joys and miseries that maké

American self by doing a

newspaperman-how they must songlity is bound to be the one up the young

whole that is eventually remembered relentless voracity of The Press. by the greatest number of peo Besides starring in it, he

··ple. ----- painter's life in Paris.

And most of this, especially

Barbara Stanwyck has returned

Valentino, in the throes of when Jerry and Lise dance, is created the choreography for the numbers, directed three musical

It Is fortunate that the hero to RKO Radlo after 13 years for appendicitis, comes to grips with young, fresh, lively enchanted dances, co-authored the librette

role in Wald and this machine when it has just in this does to quite an extent traditions of

a starring

Rudolph Krasno's "Clash By Night." And recorded a situation which would resemble

Valentino American ballet which has more of the 17-minute ballet-the one classic with nine different scenes-and

so far as the fit of her gowns look particularly sensational. in himself, and whether or not the vitality

he also acted as narrator for the

film is worthy of such an exotic was concerned, she might have print Paris-

picture.

Whether the ones she wore

the battle which personality, it does at least per- gay, sparkling, style.

But the greatest thing he did ben wearing the

1938. colourful, excitably mys-

measurements follows to save the reputation of petusto some of the vitality, was to discover Lesile. Caron in terious and happy-go-lucky;

des Champs Elysees. then were bust 35, waist 20, the girl he loves is absolutely glamour and extraordinary fas in the settings and costumes, the Bullet

the memories of aura which surrounded him. the Champs Elysees. the They are, according to Kelly, Kelly saw her in her first lead-ips 30. Today they are bust authentic, one must discover by cination reflected in the golden Place de la Concorde, the the choreographic counterparting role in that ballet group. 35, waist 25%, hips 36. A net delving into

aunts and so on. If it is, then

---SUE DAWSON gardens of the Tuilleries, of what the great French Im That was in 1948 and she was 17, change of a half inch sroller those who know the mothers,

Paris look waist. the Rue de las Paix and the pressionist painters accomplish- and when he was famed flower markets of the ed in their medium through the ing for a leading lady two years later, he remembered her. This use of colour, light and form. Madeleine are part of the To

done in a perky; fawn-like face and a costumes were background for the dancing and cost effect, the settings Is her first film, and she has a feet of Gene Kelly and way which would seem painted, fresh, naive charm that is like a

Euggesting the various styles of breath of young Paris. Leslie Caron with a host of Van Gogh, Rousseau, Renoir,

created in Utrillo, Dufy and others, many

has than It

SOMETHING UNIQUE Something unique is achieved

Toulouse

CAN CLAYTON STOP ROY ANKARAH?

Featherweight boxer Ronnie Clayton has had one ambition since losing his Empire title to Africa's "Black

Flash," Roy Ankarah. It is to win it back.

It is rather a question whether the story is because of the ballet or the other way round-someone has said that "a trite story has Just been plastered on top." But on thinking it over, it seems as though Gene Kelly sold 'We must have a ballet; now this is the best way of bringing it in'

and so they created a very simple story in which the dancing and the Gershwing music fitted, like tunshine and Suramer,

MUSIC ALL, THROUGH

There is music all the way Gershwin's through George

music and Ira Gershwin's lyrics,

with Oscar Levant who takes the

Gardner, who was behind a Dutch V5 Nav Bharat en RN 1

of his West Hartlepool lle gets his chance on February 25, when he meets at 10.30 am. Umpires: QMSI Day,

public house today, suffered no

Ankarah in a return championship bout at Nottingham; Kishin Lall.

from his European Nau Jawan is Nomads at CBA effects

title victory last night, when hu When Ankarah took the file caution, is British Lightweight part of Adam Cook, an indolent student who lives on scholarships round at 10.30 m Umpires:

Tommy out the Frenchman, off Clayton last April, he caused Champion

McGovern, and calls himself "the world's knocked Capt. Senton, A. Aziz Malik,"

Recrelo "B"

Louis Sekens, in the sixth round a boxing sensation.. It was not when Ankarah beat recently, eidest proiege", playing the piano

to many of the songs, Recreio at 10.30 am. Umpires: in a ring in which he will meet merely his winning of the bout, despite conceding half a stone.

Allen.

but the manner in which he won The "Black Flash" is reputed Jerry lives in tiny roomI WO. Padley, S.Sgt. Pitcher.

Will any teams

Gardner's manager, Abe Shep-it, which created the surprise. to be a "powder-puff puncher" above the Cafe Huguette, and or umpires

Wis perpetual and Mediovern's tactles were de- Adam lives opposite in a slightly unable to meet these fixtures herd, said today: "If Gardner For Ankarah please inform last. Lt. T. Cham- wins the British title he will go metien peironified. He was a fast liberately to take some of his bigger room filled almost entirely

Adorn all out for a world championship in the 15th round as he was in blows, so that he could get in with his plano. berlain, Tel, 58038 immediately.

contest with Dado Marino."

worked as accompanist for a French singing star, Henri

Baurel (Georges Guetary) who comes to tell him at his plans to marry an orphan whom he pro-

Allen, who begins training at Brighton on Sunday, is reported

Toweel Ready To Fight Willie Pep good shape-Reuter.

completely recovered from his contest with Maurice Sandeyron of France and is in

Feb. 10.

plan Vic Towcel said tonight he is ready to meet America's Willie Pep In a featherweight

bout "if the price is right."

Snooker & Billiards Ch'ship Results

the Arst...

WOKE HIM DOWN

fome of his own,

"YLOWED DOWN

ance

Clayton is one of boxing's best stylists, and he rarely allows a wards "Heavy or not, Ankarah's opponent to Burry him. Against punches slow you, and I could and at the same time Jerry has Ankarah he began with a cool feel myself getting tired as themet Milo Roberts (Nina Foch) a condence which implied victory, | fight went on".

wealthy American addicted to but the African's non-stop agres-

Boxing purists

at sponsoring Impecunious artists Con winte

and musicians. Ankarah's anties. He may not

But rs McGovern said ofter- Lise during the Occupation.

Johnnesburg, South Africa,

World Bantamweight

alon wore him down to defeat, Chom-

To match his opponent's speed employ the good old English 'And then, while out with and stamina, Clayton is devoting straight left but he gets results Mile, Jerry meets Lise who much of his training to road just the same, and the crowds tells him when he rings her up. In Colony Snooker Champion-work. He hopes that by running love it.

next morning that "from a small Towcel leamed, today that ship matches played last night, up his, he will put more South African

promoters had Y. C. Hul beat C. L. Chu 3-1, strength in his legs. It is only Ankarah, recently martled, annoyance last night you have abandoned plans for him to and ILK Chung defeated W. H. for the final ten days of training has brought his wife Rebecca Brown into a big nuisance but smeet French Bantamweight Pritchard 2-1.

see him fight the Big Nuisance is unabashed that he will return to his Black-ta: Britain to Champion Maurleo Sandeyron C. C. Lam best S. B. Wong pool gymnasium.

for the first time. Before leaving and makes a personal call and so the situation · gets ob_COM- in an overweight fight because 500-353 in the Colony Billiards

for his Nottingham training

plicated, as it is delightful to of a difference over terms. Championship. Wong" made 靄 Despite this emphasis on quarters,

Rebecca said "Roy The Transvaal Sporting Club break of 70..

stamina training, however, Clay- thinks my presence will bring announced it was ready to Eastern Athletic Association ton is confident that he will win him luck. I don't really want to promote a Toweel-Pop bout in "9" beat the Chargemen's Meas, inside the distance.

see him fight; but if it helps him Johannesburg later this year.-- 4-1, in a George Younger This confidence is not shared shall be glad to be there.” Associated Press.

Snooker Championship match. by all; One who would advise | (London Express Service)

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watch. only slightly weak part in

whole film is the ending, which is rather too abrupt, Jerry is standing on a balcony overlooking Paris during the Art Student's Ball, and one has been prancing with hire in his Imagination all over the elty in ja. dream world. Then ond emerges; there is a brief sceno, 'then Finisi. Perhaps it

were

Better thus, but somehow it is # little too dreamlike, imagination and really have barely a barrier.

This is a film that will inevitably be compared with other musicals. Counting out

the_unpre_classical "Red

and Tales of "Hoffman, "Happy Go Lovely" is the only compedibr But that was London, This Is Paris An American in Faris: the city of the Seine and little bridges and boulevards; the ), art- student's haven. They are th comparable..

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