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TWO GOOD SENIOR BADMINTON LEAGUE MATCHES TONIGHT

By “ARGONAUT”

Two good Men's Senior Division League badminton matches will be seen this evening when Recreto clash with the holders Chinese YMCA at the Recreio court and the University meet Craigengower at the latter's couri In a return encounter,

Although the Chinese YMCA have already won all their first round matches and are almost assured of re- taining their title, their return clash match with Recreio | this evening will not be without Interest.

In their first encounter Re-youngsters In F. Rozario, Tony ereld held a commanding lead Souza and J. A. Soares and all the way through from 3-1 veteran Mamie Gonsalves, who

to 4-3 only to falter in their] is,playing, as well as ever, are last two sets to lose narrowly fully capable of staging an up- by 5-4.

set win,

STRONGEST TEAM

The Y's ore expected to field

with

second

Foo,

with

the addition

to be

Originally scheduled played at the Jewish Recreation their strongest team tonight Club, the match between Uni- of their versity and Craizengowe: will singles player W.F.now be played at Cralgengower. but ever then Recreio

The undergrads just edged out three up and coming the Valley players by 5-4 in thei: first round notch and with the greater cofount of practice that they have had during the past few weeks are likely to improve or their previous" margin of victory.

Criticism

Of

Footballing

Cricketers

+

The undergrads, particularly L. H. Tan and H. T. Heol who lost both their singles games to Bui Funk in the first match, have been keenly waiting for this return clash to settle their account with the Cralgengower player, but will, however, he sorely disappointed as Bill Funk will not be available tonight for the CCC team which will probably have. Jimmy Khoo,

Kai-chcong Wong

and Bill Gillies as their singles players.

Leeds, Feb. 1. Mr T. L. Taylor, York- shire County Cricket Club President, mildly criticised Yorkshire's young Test players, Fred Trueman and Brian Close, for playing serious football during the winter months when he spoke at the annual meet cYMCA ing of the Club here.

LEAGUE STANDINGS Men's "A" Division

Men's

2.1 13 14 1 2 12 03 12 15 Division

HKU Лестето "I am not too happy about CCC this," he said. "The risk of St. Teres Injury that would adversely Recrets affect their bowling is so great CYMCA that I feel sure they would beKU well advised to take long

Men's "C" Division view and concentrate on their Tytam cricket."

Kowloon Tong ccc

4

Men's "C" Boubles

MY Taylor did not refer to CYMCA Willie Watson, Sunderland and HKCU

Police "W England footballer, who is

Police "B" batsman.

Tytam CCC "C" Recreio KCOBA

Close, who plays centre- forward for Bradford City, has been on the Injured 1st since he was hurt in a tackle at Port Yale on December 20. "Ife has been suffering from knee CCC

"

trouble, a City offelal sold,

"but he

mour

is getting better

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& Teresa CYMULA

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St. Jalin's shoe

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Senior Mixed Doubles

took part in a practice MCA

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DAGERSONAS

11

4 14

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2 0 2 Junior Mixed Doubles

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for their reserve aide just be- fore Christmas. This was hla St. Tereso

third match as an amateur Lincoln's colours.-Reuter.

CYMCA

in ccc

BKU

THE CHINA, MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1953, FULHAM

LEEDS UNITED'

the

match at

Scott (Leeds United goalkeeper) comes out to clear but Burden (Leeds United left-half, No. 6) clears from Jezzard (Fulham centre-forward) in Craven Lodge, London. Fulham won 2-1.

SPORTS ROUND-UP

Freddie Brown To Retire At The End Of

The Coming Season

★★★ A SEAT IN THE STALLS ★ ★ ★

Page

Looking In On The Film Of The Future

By MICHAEL RUDDY

Hollywood.

When handsome Robert Stack, wealthy young man whose hobbies are huntin', shootin' and flshin' and making occasional nims, kissed beautiful Barbara Britton In the film "Bwana Devil" it shook the United States from California to Maine threa ways:

1. Women's clubs protested..

2. People wrote angry letters to the newspapers.

3. The Johnston Office of Censorship withdrew its seal of approval, of the look-with plasses:

Offending

Why? The kiss was not longer glasses but the gring than Hollywood's censorship delighted and Crowns of the close-ups have been cut. allows, nor is the story more shocked were evident. sensational

fact, It's

What

The brec-dimension passion does mediocre) than many unoffending Oboler say of Bwana Devil?

produce; Arch has been modified. movies.

"Extreme caution had to be maintained while Britton in close-ups, either alone

Alming Miss houses.

The answer is simple. The Alm is three-dimensional.

members of the audience

Issued

The

arc

or with Robert Stack."

with special glosses which

A SECOND LOOK give the pictures "depth." And Incidents which in two dimen The cinemas showing the alm sions

and even in Los Angeles, Hollywood and are ordinary banal, in three dimensions are Beverly Hills had long queues startlingly real.

for every performance.

After the furore, and the "Bwana business

But it's still playing to packed

In addition to Mr Stack and Misa Britton, the film has a short prologue in which Lloyd to the screen Nolan introduces three dimension Shirley Tegge,

anti also Misa named "Miss Three Dimension" by the Holly- I know. I've seen it.

wood Photographers' Association, Wondering what all the fuss stupendous

Having Miss Shirley Terre, in was about 1 paid my five bobDevi!" was doing. the censors three dimensions, on your lap is (plus fax), was given my pair (who had first seen the Alm dne, I guess; but not in a crowded

of polaroid plastic glasses in without glasses) had a second cinemo.

cardboard frame, and took my

scat.

SCAL

Miss Brition and Robert Stack embrace right under our eyes.

Or, as it scemod, right in front of

noses. Much too close. our

There WCI something em- barrassing

ard

uncomfortable

about the close-up of their florce kiss, even though It was in Central Africu and they were on the edge of a movie-made Jungle.

The teen-agers around me

It. Grown-ups first winced, then There was a slight fortunate unanimity in that everyone around me was also wearing

loved Freddie Brown, the former England cricket captain, is to retire at the end the Northamptonshire County of the coming season. Last week he Informed Committee that after this season he will not be available as either captain or player.alggled, then whistled.

Freddie's departure will be a loss to the game. He has proved himself a great leader and an inspiration to all who played under him.

He first played for England in 193, but it was 20 years later that he really made his name. This was as captain of the MCC touring side in Australia in

scored over 10,000 runs, and taken more than 1,000 wickets.

SUCCEEDS COTTON

Jimmy Adams, British Ryder

1051 when he led the English-Cup player who last week re- men to their Grst postwar turned from a stay in Australia, victory over Australla.

has lost no time in getting back Into the swing of the British game.

Northamptonshire in parti- cular will feel his loss. He was appointed captain of the county

Within 24 hours of stepping in 1949, and the following off the

boat he reported for scason took them from bottom duty. at the Royal Mid-Surrey to sixth place in the county Club where he has taken over table, his personal contribution as professional from Henry being the performance of the

Cotton. double..

Ho has been playing first class cricket since 1930 and has

THE CUP. TICKET SPIV PROBLEM

The Soccer Bosses

Should

Have Acted Long Ago To Help Cash-at-Gate Fans

Says DESMOND HACKETT

- London.

The Soccer arena has been littered up with Cup Final ticket troubles for many.

a season....and the Football Association chiefs have grabbed a broom to sweep them away.

share.

In December a promising New Deal plan ordered clubs:

Jimmy is now deciding on his tournament plans for the season with an eye to gaining selec tion for the British Ryder Cup team in September.

HONOUR DELAYED

When the British Open Golf Championship is played at the ourse next year Royal Birkdale

it will be an honour delayed 14- years. The Championship way Cue to be staged there in 1940. bat war intervened

With its huge sandhilis, whien form a series of natural grand- stands Royal Birkdale is the finest course for spectators in Britain.

Many major tournaments have been held there, including the Amateur Championship, the Match Play Championship, the Walker Cup and the Curtis Cup, The course was reconstructed in 1935 when a unique club- house was built.” It is designed to represent a ship ploughing through the "waves" of sand- Mills,

NOVEL IDEA

olympic sprinter, has hit upon a

Nick Stacey," £14 BriUsh

novel

idea 15 pay for hla theological training at Oxford

University.

1.—Cut down drastically the number of tickets which a player may receive and keep records.

2-Investigate ways of seeing that regular supporters get their rightful

One team pointed out that its Jimmy Guthrie.

He has become a one-man rivals were given 50 tickets, and the players' movements, says: | film business. He has a com- it wanted the same. The club "All right, we know that this plete silent film of the Helsinkl weakly gave in.

ticket abuse has taken place. Olymple.. Games, mado for The numbers for some of the But do not forget, we asked the instructional purposes. He In- It in schools in the players of both tends to show

Anyone selling tickets illegally, they said, would be blocklisted, But before the football bosses take a self-satisfied bow over this apparent stern attitude. let

power behind

when

the

"That would be fair, and the

CRIMINALS

Kcores of

Nick also hopes that tèsides. Supplementing his inccene, the film will do much to further athletic Interest.

Jennifer Again Is Full O' Badness

By LEONARD MOSLEY

JENNIFER JONES

Bo costly to be bad.

SPEED SKATING` CHAMPIONSHIP

Hamar, Norway, Feb. 1. Kees Broekman, Dutch Olymple skater, today won the 1953 European Speed Skating Championship hera,

FARR ..COCKELL

Another Dutchman, Wim former British Tommy Farr,

Van Der Voort, Mas' runner-up, Heavyweight Champion, will with Ivar Marlinten (Norway) Aght Don Cockell, ut Notting-third: ham probably - on the 2nd or 9th of March.

me point out that this sweep-up clubs increased, Clubs promised team, acluding due reserve, the Oxford area, supplying bis broom was pushed into their ticket bonus, and the number in each for appearing in the own running commentary. bands by the Home Office, which of tickets grew with each round. bad bluntly demanded: What Mayers became less guarded showpiece of the year the Cup happens to the tickets?

Final. about making sales,

That £2,400 would be

smal It was this that first caused First they were handed out to pathetically the threat of a Wembley ban friends who acted as agents. receipts top £43,000, for the black marketeer. This Later there were those who Home Office nudge should not decided to cut out the middle players could not expect to cash

man and there was the in by being given have been necessary.

some players That broom-and the room-pleasant view of

tickets," hand should have been out dealing openly in tickets. long ago, and used to amite those

DOES THE FA FORGETT who so eagerly discovered there It looked as though there Praise be that all is not rotten was cold in them thar Cup, would be a complote clean-up in the state of football, Mont tickets..

The fight will be labelled as when a Newcastle court case clubs agree that the dirty play the final eliminator for Johnny £300 APIECE

revealed that 27 tickets had been | ungið is easing off, although Williams Britlih. and Empire sold for £170,

is still much the cleared, titles, but the winner will have Not so many years JKO A Newcastle produced a Ucket The Soccer criming who goes to satisfy the British Boxing Midlands club offered informa-distribution list, but not before over the bell who pretends to Board of Control

stowards. tinn about a Cup' team whore the Football Association said it have made. A bad tackle and who will watch the captest, players had cleaned Un £300 was ready. If necessary, to de- brings a foot over the ball in an that he is a worthy challenger.

mand Mats from ail clubs attempt to maim or crock, a rival receiving tickets.

So what happens now? Does one of the vanishing race.

·

apiece on the sale of tickets. But action there was none.

Thera

1

The Championship was de-

500, cided over four events 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000 Metres. Broekman Won

the two long- distance events, was runner-up in the 1,500 Meters, but was unplaced in tho "sprint," Reuter.

E

VER since she made that sweaty example of Hollywood hokum, "Duel In the Sun," film men have been trying to get Jennifer Jones back into films as a beautiful girl just busting out with badness.

It has taken time because her husband, David Selznick, now handles Miss Jones's affairs-and he is a specialist in getting the' best possible price, for any com- modity (best selling novel, story or star) which the studios idca, want and he controls.

his So when they asked for wife to play the lead in "RUBY CENTRY"

some of the hardest Hollywood bargaining of all time tegan. The settlement is re- Worte 25,000

a down payment | to be

a similar sum on completion, and a percentage of

of

The takings,

You would be right in. pre- suming that, for such a sum, the part in "Ruby Gentry" played by Jennifer is hardly that of a lady. She is a wild fir who lives in the swamps, a crack shot who kille one.man, scratches the face of another, and passionately loves (but tragically loses) third.

"—¡London Express Service)

Austrians Beat

Macao 8-1

Macao, Feb. 1. The

Austrian visiting team today beat a Macao selection by eight goals to

оде.

led by The Austrians four goals to one at half time, but Maene were the first to score."

The Austriants Icave: on Tuesday for Manlia-Reuter.

TOM DOLLERY AGAIN TO LEAD WARWICKSHIRE

Tho

a

THE

HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

EIGHTH RACE MEETING 1952/53 Saturday, 7th February, 1953.

(Hold under the Rules of The Hong Kong Jockey Club)'

The programme will consist of nine races. The First Bell of There will be no Cash Sweep for this race. the Extra Race will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the ruce run at 2 p.m,

Through Tickets (8 Race-$16.00) also tickets at $2.00 each for the Cash Sweep on the last race of the Meeting as well da the Special Casti Sweep on the "Hong Kong Derby" scheduled to be run on 2nd May, 1933, mry be obtained at the Cash Sweep. Office of the Club at Queen's Building, Ground Floor, Chater Road,

Through Tickets reserved for this meeting but not paid for by 10 a.m. on Friday, 6th February, will be sold and the reservation cancelled for future meetings.

To avoid congestion at the Cash Sweep Offer at Queen's Building, sweep tickets may also be purchased at the Club's Branch Offices pt:-

5 D'Agullar Street, Hong Kong

or

362 Nathan Road, Kowloon

TOTALISATOR

The altention, of Tglalisator, Investors, is drawn to the following rules.

Dividends will be paid on the winning and placed ponies so declared by the Slewords when the "ALL CLEAR" is given. The "ALL CLEAR" dignal will be indicated by a white light.. at the Totalisator Tower..BACKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO DESTROY OR THROW AWAY THEIR TICKETS UNTIL AFTER THE "ALL CLEAR" SIGNAL HAS BEEN EX- HIBITED.

Totalisator Tickets should be examined and checked before leaving the Solfing Counters as latakes of any description cannot be rectifed later.

Cash received in respect of Dividends should be checked before leaving the Pay-Out Counters as no claim for short payment of the value of tickets presented can be entertained onco Investors have left the Counters.

-All winning-tickets-and-tickels for refunds must be pro- sented for payment at the Race Course on the day to which they refer, but none will be paid later than one hour, after the time for which the last race of the day has been scheduled to be run.

In no circumstances wilt ony Dividends be pold or refunds made unless a ticket is produced. Payment WILL NOT be made on torn or disfigured tickets..

MEMBER'S, BADGES AND ENCLOSURE ·

Members and guests are reminded that they and their ladies MUST wear their badges prominently displayed Uroughout the

Meeting.

NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.

Badges admitting ladies not in possession. of Brooches or Season tickets and gentlemen, non-members of the Club, to the Members' Enclosure and the Club Rooms at $10.00 including tax, for ladles or gentlemen are oblainable through the Secretary at Alexandra House, on the written or personal, introduction of a Member, such member to be responsible for all visitors Introduced: by him, and for payment of all chits, etc.

Only a limited number of badges admitting to Members' En- closure will be on sale at the Race Course,

The Branch Offices and the Treasurers' Compradore GMco will close at 11 a.m. and the Secretary's Office at 11.45 a.m. The Treasurers' Compradore Oflice is situated at Queen's Building, Ground Floor, Chater Road, and the Secretary's Office at Alexandra House, 8th Floor,.

A limited number of tifins will be obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 27818).

NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PRE-. MISES DURING THE MEETING.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

The Price of admission to the Pubile Enclosure will be $3.00 including tax for ale persons including Ladies and will be payable at the Gate.

1

Any person leaving the Public' Enclosure, during a Meeting will forfeft his or her right of adınission to the Enclosure and will ba required to pay the requisite fee of $3.00 in order to gain re- admission.

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BOOKMAKERS, TIC TAC MEN, ETC., WILL NOT BE PER- OF THE MITTED TO OPEKATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB,

MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE IN THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC EXCLOSURE.

SERVANTS' PASSES

Birmingham, Feb. 2. Warwickshire County Cricket Club have announced that Tor: Dellery has been Servants, passes will be issued to private box holders only, Captain for the who are requested to listribute them with discrimination and to reappointed

Fendorso their nomca the prsace, Holders of túch passes ́ ́aro Dollery, who led Warwick- not permitted in the Members Enclosure except for passing shire to victory 1051, will be

In the County | through on their duties and must'teniain in their employers' Champlonakilp In

Owing to the congestion In the Members Delting Hall Captain-Router."

Swimming Record forthcoming season.

Ames, Iowa, Jan. 31. James McKevitt, an Iowa

Temmy Lawton. Bagland There was no check-unless

centre-forward and Brentford you pronounce, those cheques

the FA forget? Will it fear. But the go-slow player black-player-enanggar, is now sa fim collected by the ticket racketeers lealy pursue a complete inventi- mailing his club, inis giving him acter. In the Alm The Great ration, or is it reluctant to push a transfer....the boy-atar's Game?; bared on soccer, Tommy Regular supporters' changes of on a ruthless probe that would tathor who cashes in on ability appeats with Jamer: Hayfor. State College freshman, maak. / in 'his fifth muccessiva year, at Booths adjacent to Boxes in the Coffee Room, Box-holders and

up, too big, a football | before the boy has even left "Pickwick Papera Ime, and ed the National A.A.U, record

#olling tickets

pushed open were "further """and 'further back ·cs | scandal?

demands by players rose.""

school. The arena has yet to Sheila Gibbs.

The front camp of Soccer. be cleared of these pests. Those Some of the scenes were shot swimming meet, The clubs weakly, gave in the man on the terrace, wwalts are the black · márks alongside. until che manager with a touch the ext move-it any,

of uneshaélous"" humour : com- pisfied: "They are getting more 'than the directory.***

POWE ASKED.

for the 220-yard, free-stylo event-10-day in the Town AAU

at the Brenizard Prouni, Tommy-

ན,*, the black market which must enjoyed the experience but saya

Mckevitt swam the distance be cleaned up, and cleaned up colonik: de a lot easier than in 2:06. The record was 2:00.6 Players Immediately,

Make thins 17 never make a dlm start set by Wayne Moore of Tale **London, Expreis: Servion) when

in 1951-United Press. Asam Plant London Express #arbios)

Chairman of the Union straight, hard-hitting

Sports Postponed

Owing to inclement weather, all cricket, softball, hockey and tennis fixtures, including the "Most: arranged for Athletic yesterday, were postponedi",

Members are requested to enture that their servants make use only of the Puble. Betting Mail. · Military Police will be posted at various points in the enclosure to ensure that this regulation la adhered to.

By Order, an

40H, MISAY

Secretary,