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THE CHINA MAIL,- WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1952.

SPORTING SAM

By Rog. Wootton

MADAME FIFI

knows all

THE VARSITY RUGGER MATCH

★★★A SEAT IN THE STALLS ★ ★ ★ Robert Ottaway's Show Talk

THREE WOMEN WILL BE BROUGHT IN TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD

W

MOVIE BUSINESS.

smith recently, a few faint-Ho's onlits way to Ceylon to pre-things since.

pare the ground for Elephant I hope Glyn

LIGHT BLUES' FIERY PACK LIVED UP TO REPUTATION By PETER LOVEGROVE Cambridge University found that 14 men were sufficient on Decem- ber 9 to achieve what their predecessors at full strength had failed to accomplish for four successive years: victory at long last over Oxford inker, in the Inter-Varsity rugger match at Twickenham.

The Light Blues lost their prop forward, D. J. Massey, who plays for Cheshire County, after 19 minutes with an injury to his ribs. He returned a few minutes later, collapsed soon after In a tight scrum, was helped off the field and this time took no further part in the game.

them

senior

Parnell

London. winners, MAYBE THATS Collins, on the path of virtue, THEN the all-male WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE tells me he's Donald's

by two yoUTS. - boxing play. The

Donald had his big break be Square Ring, had DLANING, into town recently fore he was ready for it to better a few rounds at Hammer- camo producer Irving Asher, hasn't done, bigger, and

isn't making hearted females couldn't spalk, to be made out there the same mistake. OR THAT take, it. They were ushered next February.

THE RANK ORGANISATION out or counted out.

So what, you murmur? So Mr ISN'T MAKING IT FOR HIM.

- CORONATION LURE But John Mills saw it one Asher has put up a proposition

the "royal family” night and he's tentatively Shaftesbury Avenue at of STARRING in Emile Littler's Ceronation revue next agreed to play the principal vier and Vivien Leigh should spring will be Vic Oliver and

In fl. They'd collect bruiser, ex-champeen Doc-tar

the film version, if they agree.

about £140,000 between

Jane Morgan. Miss Mcrgon is the champagne blonda from providing the script gives Snag is that Sir Laurence is America, via Paris, who made

Colony, then went on the character, more punch still embroiled in his film of a stir at such night spots as the The Beggar's Opera; and has

winding-up at the Palla- plans to retum

own dium. to his than it had on the stage.

Docker is, at present, a

theatre, St. James's, for heavyweight: John Milla, Coronation season.

This revue will be her first lighter and alighter, will

So they're seeing how the pukka stage show. I hear, that she shores one desire with When this happened, Cam- Before the game, 'most people odds as looked likely earlier on.

schedules dovetail, AL least bridge were goal down and had been agreed that Com- From the start of the term they play him as a welter.

there's no problem

for Miss practically every other Amerl- the Fisticuffs are not every Leigh. She's had neither stage

She wants can.

to see Injuries; had never really been in the bridge's strength lus in their big had, been beset by

Coronation. hunt.

I was inclined to agree and flery pack, and their greatest their three lending outsides, woman's idea of fun. A nor screen part for months.

Ard Emile Litüler wanted her with a gloomy Light Blue sup- weakness at half-back,

the tand-off. first-class Hollywood boxing The Douglas · Baker,

NEVER GROW UP certainly lived and the two South

Africans porter who said: "This is going seven forwards

the fer the show so much that he's in The Set-Up, was BREAKING records to be a massacro."

up to their reputations: though centre Paul Johnstone and full-epic,

Axing her a seat! wilds northern England We were both wrong. Cam-they could only win one in three bark Dennis Robinson had been boosted by the critics-but and Scotland is a little

feminine called scrums, they dominated out of action for weeks; another didn't draw the the tight bridge

resumed

centre dropped customers. Interval so full of fight that for the line-out, were fast and alert South African

starring the Bowery Boys, 10 minutes they hammered the in louse and cover, punished the out altogether five days before

So, I asked Michael. Relph, have now tinned about 30' films Dark Blues unmercifully. P. M. Oxford halves unmercifully, and the match; and, owing to weather working with Basil Dearden under that name at a rate of Davies kicked a superb angled lasted a gruelling pace remark- interference, the XV taking the on the film version, it he's go around, five a year. penalty goal

Remember, the from

Dead ****** field at Twickenham had in facting to soften up the subject tode who first saw the light of Vidor what the English equiva- |

End rom 35 yards, and ably well. Then their one good threequarter But, nobly. as the forwards never had a gamo together, attract the squeamish. passing movement brought a played their part, they did no However, there was nothing in He told me the emphasis day 15 years ago. Well, two of try by the right corner flag-and better

the halves, H. P. the way they than

and set about their

Gorcey would be on.comedy; some of those kids, Leo they had got their neses in Morgan and Tim Pearson. This task in the first quarter of an the ring battles will be played Huntz Hall, are pillors of the front.

was their day, Pearson always hour to indicate they would nut

for laughs. And three women Bowery Boys. record of Ave will be brought into the film to

But you'd hardly call Most of the remainder of the finding his partner quickly and set up a new

his successive wins. Only once did Ughten the load. time they spent

Leo in 33; he's been beating back getting

measure of his

married three times; he has half

Cambridge cross lite half-way way

PLAYING IT DOWN storm after storm from an Oxford opposite side straining every nerve; sinew through the game, while Morgan mark in that time

"We want to play down the san, aged two; he's invested his and artifice to regain the lead.

closed

and shekels in real estate and. the way down the aniddle,

The Dark Blues, in fact, went bloody side of boxing —

-32 and married. ranch. Huntz, with devastating play up the human side. Time and again it looked as if saved gallantly, and repeatedly into netion

found touch their defence must crack under

with well-placed speed and prend in the fight Maxwell Reed will be in it with collects inde

"We hope Jock. Warner and is mad about the rhumba and shoved relieving kleks. the sustained pressure, but 11

Wards held out gallantly in the very

too, tackled as and mats, looked good in the John Mills, The threes. end and Oxford's long fiercely as any in the history of loose and bustling dribbles, and supremacy had been broken. this great game, while full-back backed up on the inside of their

Peter Davies, son of à famatis back, Glamorgan cricket professional, was competent and assured in the testing time, though he did miss a relatively easy penalty in the first half.

after

TEMPTING OFFER TO SEDGMAN

Mclbourne, Dec. 10.

former Jack Kramer, Wimbledon and U.S. cham- pion, who is now a tennis promoter, intends to offer a

the

number

OXFORD STARTED WELL The Dark Blues had started favourites, though not such good

|

And George Rose

of

The

Ghost

Illin

Chasers,

These quickie-cheapies

4

them

arc

19

cast for the ballerina role, WHEN Renee Jeanmaire was in Sam Goldwyn's Hans Chris-' tian Andersen, she had to learn English from scratch.. She asked director

Charles

a

was," Sold lent of lese-majeste Vidor: "Saying no to Goldwyn

NOTED AT RANDOM Jean Simmons, now holiday.

with making with bungalow, is

Granger lined up for her sixth Holly- wood him. Called Years Ago, sholl play the young Ruth Gor- don. nctress -writer-producer. And her movie pow and maw will be

Tracy Spencer

and Teresa

Wright. That makes me feel very, very old.

will repeat his stage perform-little goldmines for the "boys.

In fact, Leo would like to hand Sald Zsa Zsa Gabor to James

ance

And the women? - They are over his job to Leo, fun, in

in typescript

time. the around 14 years' at

that thinks he can stay young that went through on his own from smart heels, his partner Baker Joan Collins will go straight long.. vurled slege-gun

after kicking to into The Square Ring

Scrum-hall K. M. Spence twicement but it's likely

•

Mason: Your wife spends most He of her time

spreading stories about people." Bald Mason to Gabor:

Stre

Just repeats what her Mario

touch with delicate cross-kicks Turn the Key Softly." She'll REMEMBER Donald Houston,

man to elther wing which had the be bad-girl-friend to off-screen Cambridge deferice flustered.

husband Maxwell Reed.

There hasn't been a British boxing film since

There Ain't and Robinson, when the ball No Justice; which brought the came his way, found some men into the cinemas and kept SUGAR RAY mercilessly long angled touches out their sweethearts.

AGAIN

professional contract to the RETIRING?

Australian star,

Frank

Sedgman, immediately after

the

Davis Cup challenge

It

London, Dec. 16.

Johnstone showed himselt a penetrating arid menacing runner,

ONLY JUSTICE

you tell her." Latest on

tco

Lanza

Ko

the

young

who despite the Ave-million dollar Lagoon sult against him, he may cavorted in The Blue with Jean Simmons? That was back to M-G.-M. next spring his big break and for his to salvage The Student Prince,

Key the film he walked cut brother, Glyn, Turn the

fred his psychiatrist, Softly is the same sort of mile-He's stone..

He plays the

Michael Wilding has changed bus-conductor box-office who puts his, girl friend, Joau his mind. He WILL play_that small-Ish part under Lann Turner and Ricardo Montalban In Latin Lovers, Why? He's important been promised two stories and a girl of his own in 1953.

It seems that the female of

species It was no more than justice the

makes when they took the

Oxford lead.

won a serum car the left corner, held the ball and shoved straight forward while the Light Blue wing forwards broke.

As soon

as the latter had been compelled to return to the scrum to prevent a pushover try, nipped

was reported from Oxford heeled and So found his

round the blind side,

round match at the end of Paris today that Mr George way blocked, and gave to left this month..

This was disclosed today by Gainford, Sugar Ray-Robin-winger D. Follard,-who-dived Sedgman in a statement to the son's manager, had told the over near the corner flag. Press. Sedgman said that yet Paris match-maker, Mr Gil Robinson coolly

turned the he had received no offer to turn bert Benalm, that Robinson try into a splendid goal from the most difficult of positions. Play

out more after The interval, but Oxford

looked the

professional but he understood had decided not to defend ihat Kramer intended to phone him immediately the Cup match his Championship.

was over.

Sedgman said that he hoped

Mehed

always

this

blatior, more

great

at the start of Oxford come

Meanwhile Mr Jack Solomons, the London promoter, at present menacing

After to make a prom; t decision if on his way to Australia, had and when he received a definite virtually arranged a Robinson counter-attack

Turpin world title fight for Lon-back strongly; the forwards made

the second half, offer.

"Kramer has said that his offer don next June.

most Mr Solomona has stated that advantage

of their weight will be so handsome that 1 wil

in the tight, and not be able to refuse it," Sedgif Robinson retires, he will im man declared:

mediately match Turpin with twice nearly shoved the Light

Blues over their team Charles Humez of France for Spence was so

line-once manuger, Mr Airicis Man, said the vacant title, disregarding had scored that he jumped for sure that they he saw no reason why Sedgman any elimination which the should not help Australia to Americans considered staging.

The

United States

defend the trophy no maturi Randolph Turpin, the British

Joy.

All who'

not well ht half-back,

how soon afterwards he intersi Lightheavyweight and Middle- however, Spence tried his break- ed turning professional,

weight Champion, is expected through too often, and he was

white

Mr Man added: "I am sure to relinquish his lightheavy-frequently caught in possession, our team feels the same way weight title on Saturday.

Baker, though very much about it. Of course it is nono Under the British Boxing marked man, also attempted

Board rules, o boxer cannot do

to too much, and succumbed hold two tilles at the fama repeatedly to uncompromising time and Turpin has been told tackling.

of our business. It is a motter for the Lawn Tennis Associa- tion of Australia, Reuter,

"DISHONEST"

Sydney, Dec. 18.

leading Australian lawn tennis oMelai sald today that it would be "dishonest" of Aus tralia to play Frank Sedgman in the Davis Cup Challenge Round if it was known that a few hours later he would turn pro- fessional.

Johnstone

shone when to make a decision by Saturday

still as to which he will drop. given the opportunity, beating his He had been given several opposite number and finding months extension by the Board amazing touches, one less than because negotiations were end a yard from the Cambridge line. for world Be fights with but there was no finding a chink Sugar Ray Robinson at middle-in that Cambridge stone-wall weight

and Joey

Maxim at defence,

kick of cruiserweight,

The usually sound Turpin's manager, Mr Middle. Robinson deserted him when the "I would rather, we lost the ton, would not commit himself Light Blues were penalised for Cup." he added.

dennitely today on what deck not playing the ball not far from The official was commenting sion would be taken, but it is their 25-yard line, drop

Sedgman's statement to the considered probable that Turpin by centre J. M. Jenkin awung press carlier today in which he will decide to retain the midille-Just wide of the left-hand post, sald he expected to receive a weight title.

and then it was all over, and telephone

Jack

reared frum

Maxim and Moore meet for Cambridge supporters. Kramer, former. Wimbiction and Maxim's World Lightheavy- | their relief, and the players American Champion, immediate-weight Championship tomorrow. trooped off the fold shaking ly after the Challenge Round." Reuter,

hands.

on

offer

¥

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Doublet, hose and high boots recall the age of the first Elizabeth,, but the wearer is a well-known subject of Elizabeth IL Actress Glynis Johns, costumed as a Tudor page for a shipboard deplin "The Sword and the Rose", now being made at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, The Alm, Walt Disney's third British picture, will be shown In Coronation year. - Reuterphoto

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