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THE CHINA MAIL,

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1952.

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Queen's Colt

Wins

York, Aug. 10.

Queen Elizabeth's two. 'year-old coli, Aureole, mak- ing its first appearance on a macs course, won the Acomb furlongs

'Blakes ovČT

bere to-day.

Aureole, a 100 to a shot, ridden by Harry CAFT, won by a

a beid from Mr T. G. Blackwell's Brolly (5 to 1) In a photo finish, The 15 to 8 favourite,

Mr Harry Joel's

North Light, was a further 134 length behind, third of 13 runners,

다

Captain Charles Moore, the Queen's Racing Mana ger, Immediately sout lologram to the Queen at Balmoral informing her of Aureolo's success, ― Reuter.

World's Top Pro Net Stars To Play At Wembley

London,

Sixteen of the world's top professional tennis players will compete at Wembley from September 22-26 in this year's indoor championships.

Jack Kramer, former Wimble

champion and

don

one uf

America's foremost professional

tennis players, who withdrew from the Scarborough tourna- ment a fortnight ago is one who will be taking part, Kramer withdrew

from

the Scarborough event to return to America for business reasons.

Dinny Palls who took his place at Scarborough will also compete. Bobby Riggs, 31-year old U.S. star has also fled his entry. He is one of the select few to win all three titles at Wimbledon. He did so in 1939 on his first ap-

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who was U.S. singles professional champion in 1940,

47 and 49 will be making his seventh appearance in a Wembley championship.

Others who will be taking part Include

Donald Budge, Richard Gonsalves

(who won the Scar- borough tournament) "Pancho" Segura (Ecuador), Huna Nusalein (Germany), J. De Mos (Holland) and A. G. Roberts and W. Mass (Great Britain).-Express News Service.

SedgmanMcgregor Advance In US

Good Catch

Short life for Godfrey Evans, Test player with the highest average, for he is caught by Phadkar (left) off Mankad for 1 in England's Orst innings of the Fourth Test match against India.

Let's Have Less Soccer Namby-pamby-

Pleads League President

By HENRY ROSE

"Let's have

HKDF RIFLEMEN

RECEIVE THEIR PRIZES

Crack ridemen of the Royal Hongkong Defence Force word. warmly applauded yesterday when they received prizes from Colonel L. T. Ride, CBE, ED, Commandant, for varied rifle

Khooling, achievements, at n ceremony at Valley Headquinr- ters.

Cheers and clapping greetid the only two girl recipient, Wren N. Kong and L/Wren F. Brown, winner and runner-up rospectively In the IKWV. Championship.

Aut the biggest ovation of all went to Pte H.G. Silva, winner of the Hongkong Regiment Championship. who reprived "The Joo Read Memorial Trophy," presented by Mr A.E. Manwaring.

Mr Manwaring himself made the presentation, Colonel Rida calling upon him to do so with these words: "Now we come to presentation-the

an important 2

memory

trophy presented by Mr Man- waring in memory of Joe Read. Many of you will remember him and in his

his step- father has presented to us for annual competition a trophy which

year has been won this by one of Joe Read's friends."

bad carlier been mark-

also applause

when the "Dowbiggin Shield" was pre- Bonted to "B" Company for being the 1931-52 Best Shooting Company in the Hongkong Re- siment.

ed

more adventure in Soccer; greater accuracy in passing; a return to the powerful individual | wing forward who can do more than race a few yards before sending over the conventional centre; fewer calls for the man with the magic sponge-bag; less "namby-biggin to present the Shield, pamby."

Who says that? A man who probably has seen from

a grandstand more big-time football than anyone else alive.

Invitation To

Famous West

He is tall, handsome, debonair Mr Arthur Drewry, president of the Football League, chairman of the Committee which chooses our England tearns, and unofficial ambassador extraordinary for England Soccer all over the world.

Asking Colonel H.BL, Dow-

Colonel Ride pointed out that this was fitting since the trophy was being awarded for the first

time,

Light refreshments and film show followed the presen tation of prizes.

a

Master of Ceremonies was RQMS W.TJ, Lant, MBE, Mid- dlesex Regiment.

The

Indian Athletes sinki convinced that Soccer will list:

THE PRIZE LIST

following in the prize

The Officers' Mem v Polty Officers' & Sergeanta Mess:-Winning Team, The Officers Mess (The Mess Cupl Crot Silva, PO Baller. S/1,1 Faber,

Capt Luddington, Capt Huribatt Lt

Mr Drewry returns from Hel-

be a compulsory instead of an optional sport In future London, Aug. 18.

Olympics, and that such progress Two famous coloured athletes, is being made abroad that we McDonald Bailey and

Lightbody. Herb should banish any idea of com- McKenjoy of

have placency, Jamalca been invited to take part in the World Professional Sprint Championship Melbourne, Australla, next February.

The invitation has come from the Victorian Athletle League.

What does Mr Drewry want from the coming acason?

"I hope to see," he says, "an. extension of the strategy of building up attack from defence, at speed, Soccer on the ground; more use of the open spaces, greater accuracy in passing; con- These two amateur sprintera fidence to move the ball first would have to turn professional time; more adventure, and a re- powerful wing take part in the Melbourne raider. event,

to

National Tourney if they accept the invitation to turn the

The

Australian Sedgmon

Chestnut Hill, Mama, Aug. 18.

tennis pair Frank

and Ken McGregor, considered the world's best, advanced to the thind round of the U.S. national doubles tennis championships by defeating Edward today Scheer and P. Sherwood (U.S.) 6-0, 6-0, 7-5,

The unseeded American pair gave an unexpectext brilliant play in the final_set_that_stopped from winning The Australiens

the match easily.

In the women's division, Miss Sachiko Kamo (Japan) and Miss Diane McIlvaine (US) defeated Miss Lola Felix and Miss Katherine Hubbell (US) 6-4, 0-4.-United Press.

COTTON NOT COMPETING

London, Aug. 19. Henry Cotton, three times

former winner of the British Open and matchplay golf cham plonships, will not compete in

the matchplay event this year,

He

was to have taken part s

"I noticed in Helsinki, as in the World Cup, that the trainer The world professional sprint seldom was on the field. I can champion, Barney Ewell, of the recall

only

onco in eight U.S. who won his title in Aus-matches seeing the trainer sun- tralia last year, and Lloyd La moned. Beach, of, Panama, have also

too "Is our game becoming, been invited to compete.

referees do our personal, The Championship will be bring on the trainer too rendily? zun over distances of 76 yards,

believe the individual 100 yards, 130 and 220 yards. player can do a great deal for himself in the way of achloving greater skill in ball control.

The Secretary of the League. Mr. Bull, has stated that Lloyd La Beach had already arranged to visit Australia and replace uthers if they were unable to ments would be sought for the come.-C.N.A.

ORGANISER

FOR NEXT OLYMPICS

London.

or

I think it is probably In-this direction, as well as in tactics, that the improvement of the next few years will be found.”

Churchill Wishes

The Ritkor Championship:-Win- abip Trophy and Biver Medal): 2.

★ ☆ ☆ A SEAT IN THE STALLS ✯ ✯ ✯

DAVID LEWIN'S Spotlight

“I AM RIPE.

AND MY HAIR IS

GROWING A LITTLE??

Louis Hayward is the recipient of knighthood in the above scene from "Lady In The Iron Mask", 3 Wanger-Frenke production by Natural Colour released by Twentieth Century-Fox which opens on Friday at the Roxy and Broadway Theatres. Doing the honours 'is lovely co-star, Patricia Medina.

Louis

Hayward In

New Swashbuckling

Action Role

Says a new MR. MATINEE

Almost unnoticed (except of course by the man with the box-office returns) some of the old-time. IVOR 'NOVELLO matinee-magic is back in show business.

It has taken, a modern American musical "Call Me Madam," with an Ivor Novello-ish plot and ANTON WALBROOK, a British star with a Continental back ground, to do it.

Mr Walbrook is the man who Obviously unsuitable are the attracts mare money to a pictures showing panic at sea matineo

than any other West or shipwrecks, When Jean Sint- End name. By the happy coln mons turned up In "Blue cidence of a French film, "La Lagoon," the opening shots of Ronde" (no need to add in Eng- a ship on fire, and sinking, lud lish. The Mezzy-Go-Round off to be cut. Then it could be

Love"), and the Broadway shown to the Atlantic elite.

musical, Walbrook, at 51, Anda himself a much wanted roman- tic hero.

He is wanted for a new film and for gramoh pono records which he will sing. "Yes,

on

Hugging a line

I can no longer boast the tie of "The Man who Miased 'Geno with the Wind"

At last I have sat 'through It. and

sing," he emphasises. "Me, with discovered the origin of my 2 notes. You would hardly call what I do in the show sing-one of my favourite film cliches

the one where

Clark Gable ing but people like it."

solemnly says to Vivien Leigh:

The future

14 of America being decided in a battle at a little place in Pennsylvania you have probably never heard of. It is called (pause) Gettysburg."

His teacher Especially women. They are heading the queues and bring- ing their autograph books.

How does he explain, this now rush of romance? He told me: How script writers have

I

"I represent a Hitle of yesterday, hugged that line ever since. With am ripe and my hair is grey-slight changes to allow for new ing at the aides, I learned about wars and different countries wo stage romance when I was very have had it for Verdun (World Okinawa young from a great German ac- War I style drama), tress, Hermine" Korner,"

(Pacific war pictures), and any time now expect to hear 1 in a film about Kores,

Talent tog

He pointed to her silhouette

on the wall of his dressing-

Louis Hayward, the Hollywood personality most

room. "She taught me what a lift synonymous with swashbuckling roles, is once again of the eyebrow or a tum of the living up to his famed reputation in "Lady In The Iron wrist could mean on stage. It is MARY MARTIN, Katharine Hepburn and nearly evory Mask," Wanger-Frenke production in Colour by Natural not just a question of kissing"

On Broadway. Pol Lukas American actor and producer in Colour showing at the Roxy and Broadway Theatres on played the Walbrook part, and Hritain have cabled a protest- Friday through Twentieth Century-Fox release.

it was hardly romantic. said about a

new rule their trade to Walbrooks: "I suppose you || unler—American Equity-wants An established actor of the cinema since the middle watched Lukas's approach!""

to enforce. per, Aux AA Noronha Bronze 80's, Hayward's career began in England when he declined

an uncle's offer of a job and part interest In his export-hauteur he replied: "I am not an ing firm in order to study drama and pursue a theatrical understudy. I follow no one.

ner, L/C H.G. Blive (The Champlon AB R.P. Remedios (Bronze Medal) 1. RSM P.C, Jones, MBE (Bronze Medal).

Individual Event:-Deliberate, Win-

Darkin (Bronze Medal); Baspshoot- ing. Wlaner, Cpl 3.W.L. Howard (Bronze Metal).

The HKRNVÉ Charpionships-Win- ner. AÐ R.2. Remedios (The HK- TNÝMI DUD), Miniature Cud: 2, KLA 3. Faber (Bronze Medal).

The A.K. Regiment Championship: --Winner. Pis H.G. Silva (The Joo Read Memorial Trophy), Eilver Mo- Gal; 2. Cpl J.WIL. Howard. Bronza Medal.

The IDCAAF Championship Win ner, Sæt 1.7. Pomeroy (T60 HKAAT Championship Trophy), Bilver Medal, 2. P/U G.L. Baltar, Bronze Medal.”

The Home Guard Championship!-- Winner, Maj J.C.M. Grenham (The Loxley Cup, Miniature Cup); 3. AIX N.A. Belanovsky, Bronze Medal.

The Young Volunteers Champion- ship: Winner. Fie M. Salter The Sporting Arms Trophy), Bliver Me- dal: 2 Aux N.A. Belinovsky, Bronas Medal.

Individual Events:-Deliberate, Win-

hero M. Salter (Bronze Medal); Medal): Snapshooting, Winner, Pts

Rapid. Winner, Pto M. Balter (Brondh

D..Barlen (Bronze Medal),

The_HKWV Championship: --- Win- ner. WREN N. Kong (The Ladies Cup, Silver Medal); 2, L/WREN Y, Brown (Bronze Medal).

career.

SENTIMENTAL, TEARFUL JUST MY CUP OF TEA

BY PAUL DEHN

4

With dignity and

create my own style."

[my own success,"

He could have näded:

Ocean shows

Somewhere

little

And

It would regulate the number of Britons acting on Broadway and disewhere. No more than 40 por, cont in any play. No one. earning less than 500 dollars a week (178) to be allowed in anyway. That

is putting arithmetic into art and a prica

After being

Fuccessfully launched

the actor on as an London stage, Hayward soon booked passage and went to New

in mid-Atlantic tug on talent, York during

when the a parlod

other day a British Alm, retaliation British actors were having a Twenty-four Hours Ia decided vogue on Broadway. In Woman's Life," with Richard no time at all he received the Todd, had its world premiere in New York Critics Award for the Queen Mary. his featured role with the Lunts

Noel

Coward's "Point Valaine,"

in

It may lead to

WO 90

on

The

Britiah

Broadway American in London. Except in would

suffer more than the

US. Low1 musicals, I name the audiences at these actors, New Yoric importa entire ocean shows the Atlantic West End companios. ellie." They are among the most The reason is flattering. Our glossy

in cinema-goers

the actors are

usually better than world. What tempts them into a those America can offer. Why, cinema at sea? I asked Frederick in the West End, in a strictly Ingram, the tall, soldierly man US, play "Winter Journcy

plays an who has been films adviser to Michael Redgrave

American part more successfully the Cunard people for 20 years,

than the original American. Atlantle crossing 'favourites tre comedies, musicals, good documentaries, or Alms with colour and romance (hence the Todd picture).

'I return to you from another world to be more precise, from a small, Italian village where the local cinema has just screened Like other talented actors be- what it is pleased to call a fore him, this distinction led to a praniere" of Springtline, star- Hollywood invitation and a part ring Jeanette MacDonald and in the film, "The Flame Within. Nelson Eddy.

As a result of this, his star of Twenty years on, if I return to fame rose rapidly in Hollywood the same village, I suppose I and his ensuing career included may feel equally sentimental at contracts with two major Individual Events: Deliberate, the sight of posters advertising studios. He was then cast in top

Home life now, ** Winner. WREN Non dear old Cary Grant and poor old roles in "The Man In The Iron

Betsy Drake in "Room For One Mask, the forerumer

ROBERTO ROSSELLINI, re- More," which has just arrived at "Lady," "My Son,

porting in Lundon оп tho the Leicester Square.

Not wanted on the Son," and "The Return of Monte

voyage home life, of the Rossellinis: likes Intensely are Westerns or stories likely to "I don't wish to be married to roles best of all and offend any of the travellers. Bo a big star. And Ingrid (Berge dashing no race problem pictures. And man) isn't interested in being and psychological readjustment romantic costume parts, but also no films pointing an obvious one. When she aims in future of two juvenile delinquenta by likes to do one modern picture finger at Soviet spies. There may it will be for fun-not work.”....... a mother and father, already a year, just to keep things in be Russians on board. burdened with three children of balance. their own.

Medall; Snapshooting, Winner, 1/ WHEN 7. Brown (Bronze Medal),

Munro Bliver

The luiKDP Star Championship

Success To 1954 winner, 9.8 Min (BTOBRE

Empire Games

London, Aug. 19,

A message of good wishes for the success of the 1954 Empire

Cup): 2, RIM Medal).

HK. Regiment Inter-Platoon Shooti No. § Platoon-Lt Jones, L/Cpl Tok- makoff, L/Cpl Luz, Pio N.G. SİYA, Pie H. Remedios Fis Yvanovich (The Adjutant's Cup),

The Homb Guard Inter-Section Shoot-Winning Team,

Au, Aux

Aux T. Buckley, Aux Chu Bal-kin. Aux 'A.M Xavier (The Home Guard Inter-Section" Trophy Sidelo).

The Best Shooting Company in the Regiment:Winning Company 1951/1952, "B"-Coy (The Dowbiggin Shield).

Kurok Tinchi Aux W. F. Norman,

At the age of 60, Mr Arthur Games has been sent by Mr L/C W.H. Cowie, Aux Section, Cales has taken on a job for 1950. Winston Churchill to Mr Stan-

While other people are talking lay

Smith of Vancouver, the Southern section's qualifying about the just-ended Helsinki Canada, General Chairman of play the Championship takes Olympic Games, Mr Coles is or- the organising committee. place in September-tomorrowganising the next Olympics, to Mr Smith, who attended the and Thursday, but an injured be held at Melbourne in four Olympic Games in Helsink thumb has caused him to with. years time.

leaves London today for Van- draw. Reuter.

This Australian business man couver, where

1,000 chictes -father of six, grandfather of from all over the Common- 11-has a million-pound job on wealth will compete from July his hands. "A lough assign 30 to August 8 in two years ment," he

he said

COLDITZ

ESCAPES

to

at his London time.

The HK. Regiment Spoon-Win ners, HQ Coy Pie D. Barton, "A" Cay Col R.A. Fereira, "B" Co Col 1.1. Danilovitch, "C" Coy Cpl BJ.O. Ribeiro,

The Manners Trophy:-Wisner. Ple D. Barton (The Banners Trophy).

TEAM EVENTS

The Canmando Cup Competition:** cam A.P. Pereira, Cul E. Juletin, Winning Team, "B" Coy HK Begt, Col 1.3. Dandlevitch, L/C M.G. Silva, WO GN. Tokmakon, Pie F.N.V.

Certainly, it is a wildly senti-

mental fim-about the adoptarly

I

But it is also essentially a comedy, whose scriptwriters manage somehow to stop on the very brink of sweetness.

He

enjoys

of

My

Like other select

Holly- woodites, Louis Hayward is the Academy Award. holder of an His Award, however, was pre- sented to him not for the usual One, therefore, daughs at the reasons, but for his photography funny bits and weeps at the of many Pacific battles during touching ones without (how World War II. As a young officer important this 59) being in the Marine Corps, he headed ashamed, when the lights go up, a photographic unit and covered of having been caught weeping many Pacific landings. The com- You can imagine how insuffer bat aim he made was acclaim- ablo the picture might have ed the finest of the war in the belen in lass competent hands. Academy Awards for 1944. ·

Co-starred opposite

Neglected child

1

Hayward

in the title role is Patricia

featured ployers

это

The Commando Cup, Silver Medal); A mother with an

urge to Medina, the Primo G.II. Calvert. Lt B.A. Fowler. Runner-Up: Forro Handquarters,

hanbour the lonely! Yet Betsy John Sutton and Alan Hale, Jr. Li E. Maxwell-Holroyd, Sgi G.A. Drake harbours the lonely with Lemay Bgt G.C.R. Tanner, Bigtas little durs as a dog sets about de 8 Ozorio, Pie R. Sequeira, Pio X,

Daniel, (prenze Medal). The Chevicamore Competition 2--- Wirming Team, No. 8 Platoon 11.K. Rex, Camp Pereira,

hotel recently.

He and his wife flew from I feel sure the Games will Austraila to Helsinki and from provide yet another opportunity Helsinki to London, Mr Coles for cementing the Balts which (Continued from Page 4) paid the fare.

bind together Her Majesty's reloading gave him the extra "Don't assume any particular subjects throughout the Con- seconds he needed. He was virtues in that," he said. "I had monwealth,

sald on top of the wall by the time

come to

England to talk over Minister's message, they fred again and dropped to a child Immigration scheme I'm

Mr Smith #id advanco pre- the ground on the other side interested in. Anyway, I wont in a of bullets as the more to pay my own way on this job. parations for the Empire Games distant contries joined in the I feel I can work more effectively were already well in hard. fusillade. He disappeared and if I am free to do

Competitors will be housed in my own thinking."

bulidings of the University of re-caught," was never

In the middle of the football

What

Columbia, qualifications are needed British

whose a manhole

this? Well, Mr facities will also be used for cover for a job like secured by a single thick bolt, Coles built up a chain of 150 the track and deld events The Dutchmen usod to gather shops from a capital of £500 Reuter. round it and hold Bible classes (100 borrowed), organised two during which they substituted post-war airlines and made a

pitch

of

was

Iron balt by a a dummy makie profit within two years, and

Durglass

with

a woodes top, arranged

the

payment

of

During another religious persion, £8,500,000 war damage in New

en hid indde the man- Guines

tur men

hele,

for

the Australian and after dark easily lifted Government. The Olymples Job It with the unpaid-Express News Ser- real bolt, clambered over the vice.

cover,

Wall un made their escapo without having

but

will

trace.

HKAAC HOLD MEETING

YACHTING CHAMPIONSHIP

Cascais, Portugal Aug. 19. The Italian yacht Merope wan

L/C GN. Takmakoff. Pie N. V. Luz, Fte I. Remedios,, (îne Up HKAAY Permanent Staff: Fit a.b. Munro, Syt T. Murkin, 8/T H. pavey, On! T. Calderbank, Col F.J. McTees, Bronzo Medal),

Tok

barbouring fleas.

DAILY EXPRESS

BOOKS

A crippled boy, and a girl whoon drumkers parents have beaten and neglected her shame-

Yet Clifford Tatum, fully. carries his leg-braces, and Iris Mann her scars, with the dogged, KING GEORGE Vi. unsentimental obstinacy of wo ordinary children who insist QUEEN MARY

on

carrying suitcases a shado BABY BOOK. too heavy for them.

Ona is touched Lens

$12.00

$16.00

$25.00

The Cains Competition: Winning Toam, No. 4 Piatoòn 11K, Regt, CAM A.P. Pereira, Cal 0.E. Jujebin, Pta CA Yvanovitch, Pic F.N.V. LAIL, WC 1.G.

by the ENJOYABLE COOKERY. $10.00 makoff, WC 316. Lasalis, Remedios. (The China Cup, Blver enisfortunes theo two young NO HIDING PLACE ....... $10.00 Medal); Runners-U No. aloon people have had to bear than IT'S FUn finding ouT H.K. Rert, G,M. Mači

by the way in which, at the Book N Capt. P.VII. Danilevitoh,

mistortames LW. Piper, call end

their

050 | IT'A 'FUN FINDING OUTU

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J.C.c.7. Loper, WC o. Baunders | Dealy ourmented.

the thin race in the European Pie J. Brooker Pie Kwan Chin

wan. Bronze Medal). and North African Star class yachting championship here lo-

holder of

championship,

the

Held himself broke away with three other Bri'ish offers by a achemse which he regards as a Tho Rules Committed ot

chestnut

which

his the newly-formed Hongkong readers daring and

complicated, and at the Volunteer Centre at 5.80 Complete placings in today's demanding perseveranco and p.m. today, to look over the race will not be announced until Juck

Once outside the walls, final draft rules and to decide tomorrow after ́thọ •Jury' - has they split into pain, and all four the date, time and place for the time to consider several proteste, reached the Swiss fronger 400 Club's first Annual General It was officially announced to- milles away in under four days, | Mooting.

night.-RoutAIN",

consider both Amateur Athletic Club will meetod by A, Straulino and N.

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