1952-04-30 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL,

JIM PETERS-BRITAIN'S

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1952.** ́*

✯ ✯ ✯ A SEAT IN THE STALLS ★ ★ ★

HOPE FOR A VICTORY IN THIS IS WHERE RITA CAME IN MORE LIVES THE OLYMPIC MARATHON

The man who came back. That describes James Henry Peters, whose performance in the Finchley Harriers 20 mile road race fully merits his choice as this week's personality.

Jim covered the four five-mile lups in 1 hr. 49 mins. 39 seca,, which beats the. previous recoril, set up last year by Jack Holden, by 69 secs.

puce.

The afternoon was hot, and Jim set off on the gruelling course at a cracking fle covered the first mile in 5 mins.; 7 secs., and never let up. By the time 15 miles had been covered, Peters had lapped some of the competitors, and he even tually finished half a mile ahead of the second man, G. L. Iden,

Jim is one of the few sports- men to make a successful cume- back. Indeed it is true to say that he has made more than a successful return. For in the second phase of his career he is

thun in runner o greater firat.

RETIRED IN 1948

30

He thought the outing woutelį do him good, and intended run merely for the fun of 1. But the race aroused his old Instincts, and from that day on there was no turning back,

road 20-mile He entered hig

race, won it, and then had but 1052 one object in mind-the Olympic Marathon,

Out of a

It was in 1048 that he decided to retire. He wes than a six- miler and had just run sinth in the 10,000 Metres in the Wem- bley Olympic Games. feld of 27, this was not an out- standing performance, and Jim thought he had full.

hi

He and coach Harry Johnston, himself an Olympic runner of the twenties, realised that the

LETTER TO

THE EDITOR

sir.

No Publicity

gives

Monday's China Mait ronel to success would be, tough, on encouraging report on Sun-

Athletle Meeting worked out a tough day's

and Sa ay

To outsiders regards standarda training schedule.

is

com-

(19 per- it seemed that the 2,000 miles aformances, but no publicity repeked

the chaotic oganisa. would given to year they had planned break the slimly built optician, tion about whler much

had ment was made by competlters years before who, four been invalide: out of the Army, and spectators alike.

The retirement lasted just six months, The following year he acepted an invita ion to run the his club. Essex Beugles, in a erors-country event.

JIM

PETERS

Bowls Teams

The

CHAMPIONSHIP STOCK

The officials failed to notify competitors of their handicaps before being called to their

run-

But Jim is of true champion-marks; denied available ship stock. He stuck manfully ners the right to take part in for which 100 fow to the task. Night, after night events

he would slag ten miles over albeter lined up, cancelled- the Essex sods, with clubmute ithout explanation four events, Reg Robins.

pays to run in which several athletes

Here, he

I tribute to Reg. "Wiliout his bud travelled far: and aliso a time-table companionship I think I would failed to produce

unt after the meeting scheduled to begin..

have

These

were

the

Was

But since 'all's well that ends well, the colour lent by root- ballers during the latter races made everybody's visit nut en- tirely a waste of time.

P. WEST

weakened," he says.

runs were no jog The trols.

ten miles

less, or covered in an hour For Jim and his coach reckon that the Helsinki race will be won in about 2 hrs. 25 mins. Therefore his training emphasis Is on speed.

"Recorder" regrets that these After nine

of months

"incidents" have not sufficiently rigorous training, in which tw distressed him. His personal covered over 1780 miles, Jin impression was that mlid irre-

for his fist Marathon, entered This was the 1951 AAA Changulurities did occur, which were i kleed mild in comparison to plonship race from Windsor to the real chaos that existed at Chiswick.

The majority of athletic meet- Defending his ille was Jackings in Hongkong before the Holden Jack, champion at HKATFA took over, Great Britain, Europe and the For example, an athletic Empire, had been burning up meeting before the war at the Boundary Street Polo Ground all the opposition, and seemed

was held up by a mule train cel for a long rein.

But i

aid by the time the mules were ended that

finished with the track no race

220 yards longer than possible. By

comparison, iwo or three footballers put in on appearance in colour- ful uiforms at Coroline Hill on be-

noon.

after

A BRILLIANT RACE

Jin ran a brilliant race, and surprised everybody except those who really knew him. He won the race, beating Holden's Saturday were very wel! record time by aver two and a haved.

the

was the

who

To Rita Hayworth, again a Columbia Pictures star, It's a familiar and enjoyable programme-the Holly. woud sunshine, the photogenic costume and a familiar face.

The heiress is seen taking a stroll with co-star Glenn Ford between scenes of her new film "Affair in Trinidad,"

Rita was teamed with Ford three years ago when she made her last film "The Loves of Carmen," and before that she appeared with him in “Gilda” and “The Lady in Question."-Reuterphoto.

THAN A CATA

EVER HAD

By BEN COOK

Hollywood.

The cat that has nine lives is a piker compared to "Sailor" Vincent.

Vincent, one of the best known stunt men in the movies, died last week for the 500th time on the screen. Errol Flynn polished him off with a belaying pin.

It was his ability to turn in a that led realistic death scene Vincent to give up a ring career Ever since. he 20 years ago.

has been meeting his maker on the Hollywood sound stages, in a series of violent deaths.

In his carly movie days, he often diod as many as five or six times a single picture,

g

"In one Bequence, member of the U.S. cavalry, I'd get plunked by an Indian arrow and fall from my horse," he recalled. "Half an hour later I'd be dressed as an Indian and take another fall as I got some hot lead from the soldiers."

·ALL KINDS OF DEATHS

Vincent

"died eald he has every death" possible in his two decades as a movie fall guy. He has been hanged, shot, stabbed, garroted, clubbed, polsoned, run de- through, electrocuted, capitated and run over by nutos.

Not once has he "dled" a natural death.

"That's easy stuff," he scoffed. "Any actor can die in bed."

It was Atting-that-Vincent- should suffer his 500th demise (during filming of "Against All Flags") at the hands of Flynn, More who has done him in

other leading times than any man, ran a sword through Vincent's gullet. 16 years ago as "Coplain Blood," and has been polishing him oft in one form or another in just about every subsequent picture he has made.

-United Press.

The dashing swashbuckler

The Value Of X

not

0

Not

By DILYS POWELL

London. ago

selected to represent Hongkong had only sixteen days rest, the heel. The bar sagged about cinemas in the West End long struggle the Board won

have following Football Club in a lawn bowls match against Kowloon CO at Cox's Road on Saturday at 3.30 D.m.:

Wha inappropriate power to license public cinemas certiäcate and say what may or may not could not be shown uncut lest

After a some child should see them. be projected in them.

Το remedy this Injustice general acceptance of its certi- category X was introduced a year fleates. But a local authority ago. The X certificate does, it is can still reject a film passed by trus, deny you the privilege of the Censor or give consent for taking your little girl, to ice s the exhibition of one he has] young man Iri

"Quo Vadis" and

then vet On the rejected. The Board has often being crucified

hand, other been more liberal than the local alight.

the certificate you

half minutes. He also became la sa athletic meeting at first British Inner to Chatham Road after the war, beat two and a a half hours for the Brigadier's pet dog con- fast times tributed to several the_marathën distance.

You would think that

fol- and better than average leaps lowing this

great victory, Jim by picking on several compell- would have allowed himself a tors who, it thought, were rest. But resting is

doing as well as they should. is not

One athlete cleared 5 feet of his make-up. Straight-away

luches in the high jump, the back his

on

nightly for being helped by a nip in

long

eight been he was

and since then

five inches but the record still stands for the competition were showing films with an which it was måde, The X certificate; American and naughty pup also bit most of European films were about the prize-winners.

equally represented in the At one of South China's pre- war open meets, which was in list, and equally prohibited gcheral- is

sixteen a Colony Cham- to anybody under the nature of pionship, it was suddenly de-years old. down Essex way they cided

pro- to speed up the are convinced that Peters will gramme and competitors who The cinema is the only form near-ambled in on Sunday morning of art in which censorship in Thic following are selected end Britain's record of

in Olymple Marathons discovered that the events they

this country consistently distin- to represent

Hongkong misses the

occasions were down for last

had all been

what is per- gulshes between Club in the Electrle Recreation

Last three

have British

been decided the previous day,

mitted to an adult and what is runners their League

against

Sam Ferris Athletic organisation in Hong-

10 his children. permitted Club de Recreio at King's Park second: through

comparison to what it was Sports Ed.

training run, and run another 1,800 mites.

The Olympic Marathon PIO- mises to

to be the fastest ever. Excellent runners from all over L. C. Parker, K. A. Baker, the world will be competing. Strange, B. A. Mansell;

Eciko Karvonen, the 25-year- Strange, N. Craig, H. B. Dowlifegin,

L. G. Young; Told Finnish postman. Pile, E. Gautler, R. Butler, K. ly regarded the favourite.

Forrow.

IIKERC

match

un Saturday at 4 pm.

E.

J.K. Mundy, N.E. Dunstan,

V. Bunch and A.G.

Gardner:

C.W. Johnson, J. Bot.omley,

Barron;

E. Puulson and J.F G.W.K. Crawford, E. Wolsten holme, W.E. Macfarlane

G.T. Padgett.

"POLICE RC

anci

The following will represent the Police Recreation Club in their League match against Tal- koo at Taikoo on Saturday:

J. W. McDonald, J. S. Howarth, H.B.

Dewar and K. Bodie; T.

G. Williston, Kavanagh,

Jillott and

A.

J. H. Goodwin: G.

Bui de

:

authorlties. But in trying to set WHO would not be able to a standard for the majority it!

neglected the sce

sce "La Ronde";,

de"; you can't make has in the past

this witty and elegant film needs of the minority.

suitable for infants by hacking The cinema is always open to bits out of it. And let nobody that the new measure moral attack; from the Churches,

suppose from magistrates, headmasters, puts us out of step with the

the and diehards of no Continent. On

contrary: parents could have prevented particular Occupation. Any most European countries have the theatre to see "A Streetcar ing in the street may blame the Holland, Belgium, Italy, Western Named Desire"; but although

in 1932; Ernie Harper in 1936;kong today is almost Utopian by Nobody taking your child to body who sees a little boy light- their own form of X certians

and Tom Richards in 1948.

-(Loxton Express Service)

Max Faulkner

Leads In Dunlop Tournament

Sunningdale, Berkshire,

Apr. 29. Max Foulkner, British

Open Champion and master golfer, recently

SOUTH AFRICAN HEAVYWEIGHT

came to London

has for

you

on its pussage to the screen the cinema, as if there had been no Germany,

piece has been slightly disin- tako him fected, you may not

NO STATE CENSORSHIP

by

old

every

the Scandinavian countries and France oll control yuung rumans before 1895.

children nĩay There were at first two certi- the Alms which IN LONDON to see the film. It is worth can-cates: U films suitable for all see.

A. fims

which sidering what are the special audiences;

-It is unless

significant that people !dificul.ies which force the children might not see

should complain when London. Apr, 29.

adult; later a Rn dinoma into- D censorship taken Johnny Arthur, six feet two differem in kind from that of category was added from which film programme in London is not

audiences alto-designed for

under Incles, 203-ib,

chlidren were excluded heavyweight

the theatre.

But sixteen years

We don't Lether: H for horrific. boxer from South Africa, to look

children have if way of finding (except at Christmas) order the is willing to box nny We have no State censorship complaisant adults to take them stage for the benefit of children;

And here comes to the cinema.

but until the censorship adopted Europe," said of films. The British Board of the difference between screen its present enlightened pelley we back

heavyweight in from the Far

Children don't go did so order the screen. who will monage Film Censors was set up in 1912 and stage. East, led a field of 150 at the Sam Burns.

at the request of the Bim alone to the theatre; but by then the high-and-mighties of the first round in the the South African in England. In the end

professional 2,000 Arthur had 30 contests as an industry belt is purpose Was tradition they can go by them tack Third Division League match Dunlop

to admit to against Craigengower at home on guincas 90-heles get tourns- amateur, being beaten once-in to confer respectability on that selves to the cinema; I myself childish! It can be little else as

cinema and, as ment here today.

the semi-final of the Olympic vagabond the Saturday will be:

revulsion from the the adult subject and the adult Faulkner's 8t on

Old Games in London in 1948 and Rachael Low puts it in the third remember, once I had got over long as we refuse G. R. Laurel, D. S. Roberts, 11. Finney and T. Pilkington; P. W. Course stood unbeaten when as a professional has won 17 of volume of her excellent "History screen, tratting off with a friend comment. Now the Censor has

by of the British Film!" "to protect to some pieces. 14 of them

not made a first step towards allow- which, it

it in this the trade from harassing local exactly rare, were at any rate ing

country to Metcalf, P. Lowe, A. E. Jones and the last man came in and the bis 18 fights,

the only knockouts.

adult,

The X certificate A. Souter; A. Stewart, T. V, C. Open Champion was

As for the printed Raynolds, C. J. Askew and C. man to break 70 on a day of "He is considered the best in variation in the definition of on curious.

'undesirable' Alm. Willcox.

Local word, the book "undesirable" for paradoxically, a relaxation ter. Reserves: W. P. Apps, R. Yu.

C. Dowman, C. Pope and

W. R. Hiller.

Well.

The Police RC team

THE

the

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the cinema for.

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at-

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undesirable. I doubt whether I for one am thankful for it. any child would desire to wade through "From Here to Elernity." The cinema is caster to understand, harder to forget, and far less boring.

Film Critic Is Film Actor

critte

INJUSTICE TO ADULTS Perhaps authority was right in trying to protect the young from Hollywood-Amovle certain kinds of cinema; my own who dares to double in brass as experience insists that it was a movie actor is brave indeed, certainly right in trying to protect Henri Letondal is such a man. them from terror excited by | Letondal, a film critic and oruelty on the screen. All very Hollywood correspondent · for well to say that parents should | "Le Canada," Canadian nowo-

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