1952-04-09 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1952,

THE RUSSIANS HAVE THEIR LERWILLS, BANNISTERS AND CHATAWAYS, TOO

Says HYLTON CLEAVER

No doubt the real kings and queens of soort are the gay amateurs, middle- distance runners such as Roger Bannister and Chris Chataway, wonder scullers" like Tony Fox, skaters of the quality of Jeannette Altwegg, sprinters to the pat- as Sheila tern of June Foulds, and high jumpers like Shella Lerwill, who Alexander won a European championship in Brussels, heenuse they all compete for the fun of it,

Yet before we condemn their Russian contemporaries as subsidised servants of the state, it will broaden our minds to look behind the Iron Curtain.

First' meet VLADIMIR KAZANTSE V. who lowered the world record for the 3,000 metres steeplechase las! year by 9.8 sec.

Original

#

Kazantsev

was

track runner who surprised everyone by covering five

kilometres

UCTOSS

m 18

country

minutes.

Two leading

Russian runners, Karakulov and

Tsyba, foresaw

a great future

dor him and helped him,

MESINKOV...power through

the water..

Within a year he had become fied with the limitations of the national cross-country cham-rircke. So be began swimming

series of with one breath to pion. Then began a

two cycles which brought him such of movement. Next he applied that be this innovation to the butterfly to feel

it que This innovation

altogether.

He

Quinns | Stroke.

terton why there should not be another great race between the man of Queen Elizabeth Stalin.

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DIA

Russians Will

Judge Our

★★★ A SEAT IN THE STALLS ★ ★ ★

★ SHOW TALK reports a sillier-than-usual futs in show-world

politics...the story of Hollywood's ——

Blackout

on

Redgrave

HOW

London,

TTOW complicated, and how absurd, can Con- show-world politics become?

sider this latest example.

Michael Redgrave, Google Withers and New York actor-producer Sam Wanamaker opened in a new play, Winter Journey, last Thursday, It was the West End's big

night of the week.

first

The three stars were to have televised a half-hour

extract

from the play, Cecil McGivern, TV

programme controller, planned to make it the

hadl Arst

Games Boxers

Boxers preview-by-air of a West End

At Helsinki

By GEORGE WHITING British boxers at the Hel- this Bum- sinki' Olympics

Hey have their efforts referced and judged by at least two Russians and other "Iron Curtain" officials.

was dissuaded by Nikolai Denisov, the Russian To swim a 200 metre course coach, to

that he at high speed using the con- such effect

butterfly stroke is came back and can remarkably tracted

human strength, so Czecho-Slovakian, beyond gainst the recard holder. Emile Zatopek. Meshkov tried a combination of

Behind this not unwelcome of butterfly stroke, finisang enly cap seernd behind two types

ina:le

his evidence of the Soviet's possible him and putting up a new Rus- and this

USSR record of 2 min. 33.2 sec. "play along" policy is the bur- siap rrezed for 5,000 metres.

And now ly figure of Mr A. Zaplatka, of LEG INJURY

consider Poland. FEODOS 1 VANIN, the

Next,

BOV

Deni-

suggested

that he should try the steepler chase. Fallowed the national--

routine of long eoncentrated study. Eight months Kazantsev was

ago

rendy. Then he injured a leg.

To one

of

his tempera-

ment this was end; the

he

came from the

doctor's

anitation

con-

de-

daring ail was

fast..

FEODOSI VANIN

new

It is he who has put forward * the names of the Russians -

Ru- narathon run-plus Czechs, Hungarians.

ner,

premiere.

But

the

was

programme

narly banned-by Paramount, 0,000 miles away In Hollywood Why? Because they have rights of the bought the film original Broadway play.

Paramount have cabled Henry

is Sherek, who presenting

London, saying hy

froni "would violate a policy which the film studio refuses to deviale."

the thut

So the tangled web of stage- enables screen-radlo rivalries Hollywood to deprive British viewers of an important star event. Yet pre-views of TOW Hollywood pictures get regular time and space on our TV pro- grammes.

THE WHIP HAND

It is a short-sighted ban by the American pleture-

picture

He held manians, and Poles at a com- the Soviet remittee meeting of the Assocta-mikers. cords for 20,- tion Internationale dc Foxe Forbidding Redgrave and 000, 25,000 and Amateur in London.

30,000 metres

until 1950. His

technique is curious.

II e

takes short

Aus- Some months ago, the stans Indicated that they nad Messrs, A. V. Timoshla, V. G. E. 1. Ögurenkoff Slepanov und V. P. Mikhailoff available

and accomplished scarcely fan his feet! perienced international referees, being The Arst two are now thel

put forward for nominatión at This,

Helsinki,

Very steps

from ground.

he says, is the most "econo-SEVEN

mical style over

When lecturing recently to

His greatest friend. Alexei a long distance:

carly

Tyulery, who had trained

with days,

him

the fram

ex-

TIMES CHAMPION

Mikhailoff, 45-year-old Giar of the party, has been referce- ing since 1034, when he gave after cruiser-

ven

Seven

up, competitive boxing "Ac-athletes in the Soviet Army he him. consolid

winning the Soviet cumulation of experience," he described how, on May 2, 1938,

lown cross weight championship sagely said, "Is never wasted." he took part in a

novice, and

years in succession. Eventually Kazantsev resumed country run

broad-

Will the Russian idea of box- training and made up last time. picked

ing rules conform to the pal-. He had test runs once a week. shouldered man to follow.

tern laid down by international a third, half, or full dis- over a

usage? Yes—or else! tance.

Kazantsev.

at his firal at-

tempt, broke the record for the 3.000-metre arplectics? knock- ing 4 of

#sveand oft Pusa chevsky's time. Afterwards he declared: "I coul faster. I must try again run

first

A week later, in perferi con-

the covered .ditions. he

1,000 meres in min. $3 ace. and continued at such pace that at the end he welt

hap:fully

to hear the verdict. had put

40.8 sec.

Here is ore runner we shall

out

الها

He was determined not to be left behind and succeeded so well that he wondered: "What about passing him?" He made the, attempt, went by easily, and was so encouraged that he ran faster and faster till he had pased evizyonz who had been fahead.

NO NATURAL GIFTS

Messrs. Stepanov and Mik- halloff, in common with all other new and untried referees and judges in Helsinki, will be asked to undergo practical tests in specially staged contests before being let loose on unsuspecting Olymple aspirants.

Miss Withers the air will not help Paramouni. On the other hand, the more public interest Is won for the play, the more likely is the film version to be

successful over here,

THE PLAY THAT, STArted the ARGU- MENT: Michael Redgrave as the one-to- seed actor, Google Withers as his offe.in

Winter Journey,

by Harold CONWAY

TV's Bun- classics.

Many West End plays come from New York; most of them are listed for timing. If a TV- is able to scared Hollywood

from hold the whip-hand

will distance, Mr McGivern and his theatrical pickings least and many theatres will lose a valuable good-will medium. BUNTER MOVES UP

Campion, Gerald *

much-debated Bully ter, steps up to the He will make his screen debut as the Fat Boy in-George Min- ter's production of The Pick- wick Papers.

Casting the Alm has

Elven headaches Minter a year of But this part practically

obligingly, itself TV had unwittingly, done the research. I should say that Master Bun

good ter is going to prove friend to 20-year-old Mr Cam- plon during the next year or

50.

cast 1r

James He,

Pickwick goes into produc-

5, with tion on May Hayter in the title-role, lite Campion (1st, 121b, out TV camera range), will have to do come generous padding. trakt For Dickens shares one with the creator of Greyfriars School-his characters are to be somewhat larger.

British stage and film

pro ducers ore coming to realise that the entire entertainment world, like peace, is indivisible, Until their transatlantic

cof life. leagues think the same, how- over, co-operation is going be difficult.

te

Grand National Broadcast Did

Not Please All

\1 London, Apr. 8, BBC chiefs are discussing the "Topham's Trial" Grand National broadcast.

100 bod."

Never again, says the AIBA, will

they be held up to the ridicule and opprobrium of 1948, He had no natural gifts what- ever, but after this victory he when early Olympic bouts were the up a record this time of 8 min. determined to persevere till he refereed and judged on

of error. Only a rigorous system reached his present position as principle of a little trial and a lot

champion by persistence In! training and the systematic at-of on-the-spot sackings got them

out of frouble. quisition of skill.

Incidentally, Britain's only

the course, po in. for Olympic referee in Helsinki will bu Stanley Royle, manager of a boys' club Shefeld.

see in the Olympics.

128 RECORDS

Take LEONID MESHKOV.

What made him swimmer who at the age of 35 tong-distance running? He says has broken Sovlet seimmig that of school he read of n records. 120 times, and who Greek warrior who ran holds the world record for the 26 miles to carry the news of 100 metre butterfly stroke.

victory to Athens, and he didn't

It

over

*Hillsborough.

A CLUE

actor

opt

than

Vist

Not

distinct compensations. having to get lost in the crowd. is one of them.

Brian

to

WANTED: A LUDWIG

Flying to Hollywood: Bri- tish film produces · Desmond Hurst. He hopes sign up Tyrone Power for the role of Ludwig, the mud or not so mad?-king of Bavaria, You know! the one who be- friended Wagner.

1

Well, well. The things our

American name-and the con- producers will do to get a star sequent promise of an Ameri- can showing.

He

Hurst.

had three of has Ludwig's Bavarian castles, lent by that king's descendants, all past ready for filming these three months. All that he needs are some actors to put into

em.

Anton Walbrook had thoughts of playing Ludwig. I believe. Mr Hurst would prefer him for Wagner-If, when the time comes, his musical comedy pre- cccupations at the Coliseum

maj permit.

So long as Mr Power is not

wiched to playing Wagner, 1 awalt this excursion into Ger man history with Interest.

COWARD, 1952

Noel

Coward's can't-go- wrong season progresses, The Vorlex, 27-years-old, •hoa been prospering at Hammer- smith; will now come into the Criterion on April 9 for another West End run.

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Dirk Bogarde leaves the cast HIS ENCHANTED EVENING?

to make a film; he is a good American

Hartley actor, but not so good at pre- *

Power-who has made his tending to believe in a Coward. home in this country-stepped part. At the Criterion Michael across the road from the little Gough will take over. Duchess

"Theatre to the

Mr Gough is the nearest ap- to the Drury Lane a few months ago. proach we have now

of It was

the a disconcerting step: young acting Coward

acting nineteen-twenties, I mean from top stendom and honours at the Duchess-in The rs a compliment: Coward was a Biggest Thief In Town to much better actor than writer to-morrow. Subscriptions should be

scunt in those days. small-type billing and notice in South Pacific.

was The change in stature because of an earlier contract he had made with the Pacific But on Saturday management. Mr Power removed his naval

captain's make-up for the last

10

time, hands over his part John McLaren-and enught the Sunday morning train to Black- pool.

Monday night a week ago he cpened there in the pre-London production of Come Back Little and Sheba, with Joan Miller Sheila Sim. Back to straight drama, a small company and the name of Power going up in star type once more. The salary coes up, too.

Appening in a high-powered Drury Lane musical was an ex-

this elling experience,

actor its thinks; but departing has

Wally Thom And

More than 200 people rang the BBC at the week-end. Only one praised the "private" com- mentary recorded at Alnirec.

Mr S.J. Lothinlere, BBC's outside broadcasts chiel, who was listening at his Hampstead home, said: "Considering the dimculties I didn't think it was It is felt that the BBC has wor the Aintree battle with Mrs Mirable Topham, lessec of

FOUR SECONDS Mrs Topham, to protect her demanded that copyright, had the race commentary should be accorded and then broadenst to i+ is said that if the total believe it was possible. So he

So What of Russia's boxers? listeners four seconds later, and diacnge Meshkoy has cavad tried It, In 1850 he ran that far, the Soviet's Internationalthe BBC gave in rather than in swimming baths were added distance at an average speed of efforts have been rigidly deprive listeners of any broad-

I would_far exceed 10 miles an hour, six minutes restricted

there Curtain together,

cast. Now the breadth of the Pacific at the better thair the winning countries, with the exception of against the technical and artistic Equator.

Olymple time of 1043.

odd matches against Sweden and quality of the broadcast. Meshkov, an ardent patriot,

Finland,

Listeners were kept waiting four was wounded In the fighting As a result he appeared in Information, here, therefore, longer than the planned around besieged Leningrad, and Brussels to run in the European neither plentiful nor reliable. seconds, the commentary lacked

London, Apr. 8. regleds participation

in August 1950, However, I came across a clue urntmosphere, ani world sport as his contribution JACK HOLDEN beat him! And two

in recently Copenhagen, technical hitches."

Wally' Thom, British to the strengthening of friend-about that day Itolden relates where I had a long talk on the For BBC, comnientators Ray Welterweight Champlon, ship among all the peoples. his story.

subject with the Finnish protes- and Glendenning took notes of that end he has swum in

sional light-weight, Ella Ask the race. These were built into a drew a ten-round welter- Holden told himself: "Hullo, one of the few con-Soviet boxers story and broadcast in the even weight fight with Danny

to be Stalin or with personal this is going

acquaintance of ing-Reuter.

(Bang Bang) Womber, of King George, is it? Then I am

Russian rings thesu last few

the United States, who is running for King George"--and

mouths.

now a resident in France, became the winner.

at Earl's Court tonight.

Them matriained his vastly Improved form against a dan- gerous slugging opponent and weathered wisted. He' some tough carly rounds agains! aran hailing from Ray Robin-

he

in Marathion

То

Sweden. Denmark, Finland, Norway, Czecho Slovakts, and Germany,

Meshkov was n breast stroke swimmer who became discatin-

TODAY'S SPORT

Lawn Tennis Hongkong Cricket Club Tourna. ment at Clister Road.

Fencing

Boccer

At

·

Holden has hung up his thoes, Vanin has not. But there is no

10

"Iron

Ask lella me that, for technique" the Russians are

tlist non-starters-but

overy man they put in the ring will be fit to fight for a fortnight.

Unencumbered by amateur definitions and the niceties of "broken time," their spartan

training methods are a guarantee of absolute physical perfection and toughness.

Is

reaction

there were

Peter Keenan And

His Manager Settle Dispute

+

Danny Womber Fight A Draw

THEVET.

London, Apr. 8. COAL-SCORING

Peter Keenan of Glasgow, RECORD TIED

for a knockout. British and European Bantaman's stable, who tried his utmost

Champion, and -his weight

He fought back from seeming London, Apr. 8.

manager, Tommy Gilmour, in-ly hopeless positions to rock nounced Jofnily today that they Womber with solat left hooks to Colony Open Championships By scoring two goals against

Neither Ells Ask nor anybody have settled their diTerences the head. European YMCA, Kowloon: Sabre Crystal Palace last Saturday,

Womber tried everything, even mal at 7 pm. Epes finat at 8 pm. Jack Lewis, Reading's left-half, cise outside Russia, could talk and will work together again.

Keenan stated that he was changing to a southpaw stance, equalled the record number of about individuals.

Nevertheless, It is worth prepared to work with Gilmour to catch Them. Guilty of hitting Koala ever scored in ang season 1st Division Chinese AA v Army by a player other than a for-noting that a crack Soviet side under certain conditions, In-with an open glove, the American

Y PCA ward in the history of the Foot performed with much distinction cluding one that he should be was several times warned

in an "iron curtain" international consulted when contests were Thoms eyes were damaged In (Navy "1" H.V.); Club V 4 Joseph's ball League, (Club); Taikoo v Police (Navy"

championships

the later stages, but ho meeting in East being negotiated. Lewis, former West Bromwich Germany recently.

Gilmour, it was stated, accept always willing to trade punches ard Division,-Gymnastle v Talked Albion,

and Crystal Palace

the. winners there

cd are Keenan's

I's point of view, but with A stronger opponent and (Caroline HUN)..

Bournemouth player, brought pfeited for Helsinki-look-out retained

terms..

proved considerably since win- Grimsdell's, record of 14 in the weight. 'Stepanov, featherweight Koenan ta defending his ning the British title, and on

and 1010-20 season, when he played | Sokolov,

heavyweight | European fitle Dgainst Joan this form will be dificult to beat.

Snoyers of Belglum in Glasgow in the welterweight division

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Atesting Hongkong Football Association. Council meeting, 6.30 ..

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