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'THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1953.

AN ALL-TIME RECORD ENTRY EXPECTED FOR THE SCHOOLBOYS AND GIRLS' BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS

!

By "ARGONAUT”

With the exception of one event, the Men's "C" Doubles, all the other five titles of the 1952-1953 Badminton League season are now prac- tically decided as the season draws to its close to give way to the different events of the Colony Championships.

In many respects the 1952-1953 League beason has so far been an eventľul one, the most striking feature being the keen interest and promising standard shown by a great number of new and young players.

youngsters

AUSPICIOUS SEASON

This and the all-time record | age

Johnny Ramon Young and W. F. Foo entry expected for the Colony Pomeroy. U Sel-lip. Ko Wal- should give an exciting climax Schoolboys and Schoolgirls' bong. Bobby Castro, and to the Men's "A" Division. Championships.

which are Marquez-Lim-ure well In the scheduled to begin on February Colony's Junior class is year.

For St. Teresa's Church Club, 23. are the most encouraging In the League matches there this will be an auspicious reason. sign in years that the game has been some extremely close Their first success in the League will have a continous supply competition. Although the will be in the form of a double of youthful high-cings players Chinese YMCA, by virtue of title the Men's

"B" and

the to put Hongkong on the inter-their national map.

vast superiority in the Junior Mixed Doubles Division. The

Jadies' department, come out easy In their Men's "B" Division Hongkong Badminton

team they have some of the most Doubles event, their superiority start by giving

excellent prospects the stongkong in the Men's "A" Division was junior title this year, Schools Sport Association its wholehearted support and co- strongly challenged by all the singles department, J. C. Kuh, operation in the running of the other three competing clubs, Johnny Pomeroy, Jr and Carios

Recrea and Remedios

Association han mode counters in the Senior Mixed

and

Schoolboys'

Schoolgirls Championships, but still more could be done in organising a panc! af coaches for the diferent schools.

Even more could be achieved In raising the slendard of and Interest in the game if the As pociation could through their

WORD

for

the In the

prominent throughout the season and were given excellent support by the additional doubles pair of J. A. Motta and A. d. Gonsalves.

Craigengewniversity, Hongkong

The defeat sustained by. Uni- versity at the hands of Recreio n couple of days back, which was incidentally the first since a long way back, showed how far the Recreio players have adened in the vanced

The St. Teresa Mixed Doubles team was considerably strength- Jadies' department by the return of Melvle Soares panel of coaches plek the most i In Francis Rozario and Tony to the game, and together with promising 30 or 40 players in Souza they have two potential Joyce Pomeroy. Florence Heng the Schoolboys and School-top-notchers, Cralgengower's and Betty Baptista they were- girls' Championships and give lezen this year featured the largely responsible for their them the benent of special return of the former Shanghal team's comfortable witts in all coaching once or twice a week.Triple Champion, Bill Funk, and their matches.

the improved form of their two young players, Jimmy Khoo and Wong Kal-cheong.

A GREAT SUCCESS

The Introduction of singies

matches into the Men's "B" and

Funk is as yet the only un- "C" Divisions lias again met with great success, The wider beaten player in the Men's "A" the return clash acope of the singlen game as League, and

between Cralgengower and not only resulted in the

quicker

Chinese YMCA which is scheduled development

stroke-play

to be played tomorrow at the but also in

a better apprecia-YMCA court is awaited with tion of tactics play and the much eagerness by a great num-

گمان

improvement shown by a number of badminton enthusiasts. ber of players has been most The return matches between

At least Ave school-Funk and Colony

marked.

Champion

Fernie Steeplechase Produces Some Unusual Spectacles

Leicester, Feb. 10.

The judge declared void the two-ndle Fernie sleeple- chase here today after it had produced one of the most unusual spectacles for many years.

Royal Mond and Master Ruan, two of only three runners contesting the event, foll at the first fence, whilst the other hersc, Lovat, pitched his jockey over the third obstacle, the water jump.

his

Jockey. George Mann made locke,

was caught by repeated attempts to get Lovat trainer, George Archibald, and to clear the Jump but he con- ridden down to the first jump, tinually refused and was ridder where Jockey Alec Freeman back to the paddock,.

-was-walling. Meanwhile the favourite. Master Ruan raised a loud Master Ituan, who was running cheer from the crowd when he elcored the first force safely and went on.

All All was well until Master Ruan arrived at the water jump where Lovat had refused. He

Brazil's Tennis Champion To Play Here

Cable confirmation has been received from Manila

Leam which

Another new claims the spotlight this season are Tylam, who have only one more match to win in the Men's "C" Division to complete an un- beaten record.

A

completely young team, Tytam on its rond to Cham- plonship honours showed excellent team spirit.

Both the Colony's top-rising stars, U Sel-lip and Ko Wal- bong have been the main stat- warts of the team, but both the Arcull boys, who have shown marked improvement over their Inst year's form, and C. H. Wong, who make up the rest of the team, have on a number of occasions come through at critical moments to clinch the crucial sets.

NEWCASTLE V. ROTHERHAM

Quairney, the Rotherham goalkeeper, rushes back to his goal following the clearance of a corner kick in the match at St James Park which Rotherham

won 3-1.

GEORGE WHITING'S COLUMN

England's Track Women Bring Off A

Coup With A Coo

Treading warily along the catwalk, I have to report a major surprise in what I have always thought to be the Amazonian world of feminine athleticism dropped the lady pilot.

they've

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★★ A SEAT IN THE STALLS ★ ★

"LAZY" USTINOV CONFOUNDS THE CRITICS

By PETER CHAMBERS

London.

Three hundred thousand dollars worth of advance bookings in the first fortnight-that is the measure of the Broadway success of Peter Ustinov's "Love of Four Colonels..

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"Wise, witty, downright brilliant.....such taste and intelligence, a flamboyant joke. Shavian gift of satire..... Such is the chorus of critical praise which has greeted "Love of Four Colonels" on Broadway.

Ustinov is gratified and slightly | Four Colonels" in a night...." amazed. He never liked critics, Ustinov is frequently in the much. He is puzzled by their gosalp columns, hòa been twice in Neko misjudgment of public the couris → once when be inste.

divorced his actress wife, once Whon *Tho Love of Four when he was ined 50%-for Coloncia" opened at Wyndham'sunoy it his second cigarette,

Ho leyes fast cara. Theatre on May 23, 1951, threa London critics saucily described "The important thing about the play rs "a gallant falhare." A writing a play is that you must week later, a distinguished critic know where you are going, you Gold Ustinov: "Of course, it'll must know what you are aiming run for a bit-you picked an erotic title,"

said: "It's odd you should say That was twenty months ago. that, because so many people And "The Love of Four Colonels" think of you as a good playwright

resolves his

le still playing to packed houses, who falls down in the last act, Ustinov is still romping, like a who never quite delirious harlequin, through | ideus." • half-a-dozen extravagant roles in

his own extravagant play.

"Ab, the critics always say

Ustinov clumphs. The critics that, They sold the same about are confounded,

Scotsmen, James Bridle.. The Inspired your the post-war theatre Standpunktslosigkeit, that

fat boy of th

at 31 he has written ten plays what a German critle accused and directed films-is now a me of."

dramatist of international repute, All In one word, he sold that Variously described during the Ustinov had no point of view. past decade os "brilliant, slovers

Ustinov answers no questions. youthful.

and

was boperating.

The intelligent modern young Pelor Ustinov roan can only have doubt. Falths into the third gonera- change, but doubi gocsonyfor tion of a family of Russian ex- ever, Doubt is the only thing Russian

Briton with admixture of French, dew and Mitteleuropa. "It is important." Insisted Ustinov in a recent BBC

patriates in London. He is a that binds us all together."

White-haired Mrs Winifred Hughes, Honorary Secretary for the last 11 years of the Women's Amateur Athletic Association, has been ushered out of office on a sur-talk, "to be a mongrel." prise paper ballot at the Association's Annual General Meeting.

fair

"You

Ustinov speaks quietly, with out the actor's customary his- trionics. But he is a brilliant mimic, and a slight tension in his manner gives you the feeling that he is going to burt up this too-normal conversation at any minute and do a cabaret turn. (Later, that's just what he did.). LOOKS LAZY

At

It was Mrs Hughes who, in the sunumer of 1930, was obliged by virtue of her offer to role in the One very promising young play a prominent ster who has regularly played rumpus over Sylvia Cheeseman for them in the less important and Doris Batter-charged and matches has been 15-year old cleared on allegations of being Lo Chung-hon. Lo is one of "not amenable to discipline" on

favourites Lop

Ustinov for the the Empire Games voyage to Junior Schoolboys Singles title New Zealand. this year, and has already ac-

From now on the WAAA quired a variety of strokes.

secretarial duties will be car ried out by Mrs Mary Amies,

the

The greatest problem, how- ever in the League matches this season ant, for the same reason for a number of seasons in the past,-a big problem in the promotion of the game-has been the shortage of badminton

halls.

"I CAN'T TELL” cup with coo. They'll be seasons 1935 - 39 inclusive,

Pudgy Ustinov leaned back in talking about it for months in Nichols was the FIRST to the powder rooms.

his dressing-room chair. achieve the 'double." As the now Secretary, Mrs

know, Robertson Hare never goes Amies becomes

the No. 1 or

"Hiret, Rhodes and the rest to see himself at the cinema," he He ganiser In British women's certainly performed the feat for said. depresses him. athletics both at home and many years in succession, but cannot understand why people

10, when bo lett West- abroad-with the Empire Games none of these great players can think him funny, In the same minster School, the fresh-faced in Canada and the European equal Nichols's achievement of way, I cannot tell you how, and precocious

WUS championships in Switzerland being the first to reach

describing already translating the plays of thewrite plays beyond high on the administrative rola mark in five successive seasons. the mechanics of it.

Maxim Gorki. He has gone on for 1054.

"I write in schoolboys' exercise working.. with unrelenting "It should also be remember-books, always in longhand, often energy, ed

ever since. Ustinov that Nichols was a fast bowler, still quite swift at 30. on the carpet of three in looks kazy. He says he is lazy.

morning. I do not write to But his output le prodigious. Most

of the other great all-schedule. You know the sort of rounders bowled more leisurely thing "Three miles walk In the Six nights a week he is on the and would expect to remain morning; play with my spaniel stage ot Wyndham's Theatre, longer in first-class cricket. for an hour; write a thousand playing Ave different roles overy.

"And if any

Yorkshireman words."

I can't believe pespie night. He part-scripts, his radio should be peering over your really do that.

shows, acts in cabaret, lectures "I brood over a theme for two to Royal Societies, writes for shoulder, ask if he remembers

newspapers. You will see him the visit of Nichols to Hudders- years maybe, then suddenly my new feld in 1935!"

brain starts working like shortly as Nero in MG.M.'s Reminder to all peerers: York-turbine woomph, woomph "Quo Vadis." He meal to shire scored 31 (their lowest for a tiny thing will trigger it off, equeeze that in, somewhere, too. After the theatre Ustinov 20 years) and 09. For Essex and I begin writing furiously.

drinks (334) Nichols got 140, and had wrote one play in three days.

couple of bottles of à match analysis of 11 for $4. wrote Act II of "The Love of beer, eats sometimes, and then drives furiously home to Cheiren. In his eighteenth century house by the river (interior decoration:

to Princess

If the hopes of the WAAA are six times winner of the Enfield realised, Mrs Amies will also AC sprint, Southern Counties one day be organising

an en Secretary, Olympic Women's thusiastic welcome Team Manager in Helsinki, and for the last two years assistant who to Mrs Hughes. It is sho beat the boss on votes cast and counted.

POWDER ROOM TALK

The statement made recently by Mr Lim Chuan-geok that Hongkong offers an ideal venua for future international matches As a mere male listener to because of its winter cilmato come of the ladies who attend- and the increasing demand for ed the meeting, I can only de- suitable courts by an increasing scribe the election result as a number of followers of the game have encouraged the Association to make a start in an attempt at a self-help policy in building a hall of its own.

It cannot be known how for is attempt will materialise, also refused but was finally but in electing a sub-committee persuaded to clear it at the at its Executive Committee

Afth attempt.

Meeting this afternoon to look At the next obstacle, an open into this matter, the Association ditch, Master Ruan had reis at least taking à definite step fused six times when the Judge in this direction, left his box declaring the race; vold,Reuter.

by the Hongkong Lawn ICIRC To Play

Tennis Association that Mr

Vieira, the Brazilian Tennia Chinese Referees

Champion will

come

to

Hongkong with Mr

and

Mrs Tony Mottṛam,

A friendly nine-a-side football geme will take place on Sunday morning, Feb. 15, at 10 am, on The HKLTA has therefore the Sookunpoo ground between ICI Recreation "Club and the

d:cided to stage another series Chinese Referees Association.

af exhibition matches at the Hongkong Cricket Club stand the ICI team:

The following will play for court on Tuesday, February 17. The re-arranged schedule is: MONDAY

(At Chinese Recreation Club)

3.16 p.m. Mrs Joy Mottram v Mrs Mary Chow.

4.00 pm. Tony Mottram v Ip

Koon-hung.

4.40 p.m. Tony Motiram and

F.

Kuo (Capt.), S. B. Lai, S. K. Wong, Y." Z. Wang, Y. T. Loke, C.F. Ng. S.Y. Pang, R. Chen, F. Chak. S. Pang, M. Leung, W.C. Yung.

Snooker Results

Eastorn

Kowloon

Taut Wal-pul v Vieira and Ip Cricket Club "Red" by 4-1, in

Koon-hung.

the

LEAGUE STANDINGS Men's "A" Division

PWLF A Pts. Chinese YMCA ... 4 4 0 24 12 8 University Recrelo CCC

Men's "B"

CYMCA University

5. 2 3 21 24 A 32 3 10*20 41 3 17 12 Division

Close Finish

To Chess Club

Championship

There has been a very close finish for the Kowloon

MES AMIES Ble beat the boss

who

has become

HAROLD CONWAY'S Show Talk grey-green, antique) he is next-

Chevalier

Is Asked

To Turn Detective

door neighbour' to film director Carol Reed.

EXUBERANCE

Ustinov's tonth play, "Death For Beginners," "is finished and will be produced in London shortly. Meanwhile he trimming the 100,000-word novel which he has been over-writing,

At odd moments during and knows nothing of gaminerie with characteile exuberance,

tine.

the

years,

his long career, MAURICE | ~let alone the saga of Valentinov. He waved an in-.

has

tun-

It would be a plece of cast-suld

effective

it

39

1s

Chess Club Championship with the title still un- decided. The top six play-

past couple of ers in the tournament finish-Margaret,

say. 1. do too much, Patron of the Association and CHEVALIER ed within

a point of one allowed it to be known that her talised us with Intimations ing

dignant arm. "It an imper- another and Johnny Car-Interest is real enough to en- of considerable acting audacious; and 1 congratulate tinence. Who, at the time of the 23valho and Karel Weiss are courage visions

to play three games to de-ing when the pressure of Royal do not mean his

And by "acting" Robert Clark the boss of Elstree Rem would have, told visit to a Championship meet- ability. cide the winner.

occasions is caned.

Lover manifestations of The first of these games is to

the 1980's.

51 Teresa A 3 3 0 34 11 10 Recreto

4.1 3 17

Alen's "C" Division Tytam

11 0 18 Kowloon Tong CCC CYMCA

Police "V" Police "D"

University

10 00

Men's "C" Doubles Division Tyłam Recreio CCC "Green"

10 15

413 31 30 60 22 18

КСОВА

St. Teresa

CCC "Yellow" Chiness. YMCA

Union

Nav Bharat

5 80 40 18

6 40 50 30 4000 8 22 41 0 7 23 40 2

St. John' "A" best

Benlor Mixed Doubles Chinese YMCA .. 440 207 Recreio

34 2 11 10 Younger Colony CCC League last night, Junior Mixed Doubles

George

5.30 p.m. Mrs Joy Mottram) Snocker end Vicira or Tony Mottram V.Lusitano "White" bent Lusitano St. Teresy

"Blue" 5-0, and RAF Sergeants Chinese YMCA

Mr and Mrs Ip Koon-hung.

TUESDAY

(At thongkong Cricket Club)

3.15 p.m. Mrs Joy Mottram v.

Mrs Jo Keon-hung.

p.m. Tony Moftram v. Vieiro. 4.45 pm. Tony Mottram

and

K. C. Dao y Vieira and I Koon- hang.

5.30 pm. Mrs Joy Mottram and Taui Wai-pul or Tony Mottram Mra E. Litton and Vieira or dp Roon-hung.

Austrian Soccer

Team Arrives

The Linzer Athlific Sport Klub: soer team from Austria returned to the Colony, from Manila by PAL, plane this morning: for a series of games to be played.fr during the Chinese New Year holidays,

Mess beat Cosmo Club 4-1,

OCC ....

University

THE GAMBOLS

WALLY WANTS TO KNOW IF HE CAN ONLY A FEW MINUTES —JUST"

CIVE US A LIFS TO THE MATCH INT) AS SOON AS I'VE MADE UP MY HIS NEW CAR -HOW LONG WILL

YOU DE BEFORE YOURE READY

GAYE?

MINO WHAT I'M GOING TO WEAR

be played on Thursday. Final

personal

CRICKET STATISTICS

J

he was doing too much

Great Studios, en lils imagination in

putting the idea forward for because as well as painting pic Chevalier's first British picture tures he also jumped off houses It remains for Chevaller to to find out if he could fly? They take the plunge: there is

theatre. In fact, I never know how much money I have

of

the

Heaven help the column that Now, at 04, Chevalier has the scores in the tournament were gets itself involved in cricket chance to show what he can rival offer for a screen muslcaj say I am making a fortune out Johnny

Carvalho

and Karel Weiss, B1⁄2 points each;

statistics and susceptibilities,

really do as an actor--for the and he le uncertain whether, the Hay Danenberg

(last year's Club

Innocently, I recalled the fact first time. He has been offered for off his 04 years, the pubile really got."

to A Champion) and S. B. Kho, 9 Nichole-ha-quick Maurice the role of Hanaud, A. E. W. would respond kindly points each;

G.

of Exxx, had achieved Mason's popular French deteesongless Maurice. 5. Coxhead immortality by performing the tive, in an adaptation of "The (Colony Champlon) and A. E. 1000 runs

I think Hanaud may win; and-100 wickets House of the Arrow."

the Great Lover of yester-year |

Wen, 4 points; H. G. Hynd mun, 21/2

points; F. C. Gamble,

The tournament commenced on November 0 with 12 players, two dropping cut of the tournament after the first few rounds.

-

figures concerning the 11 con- secutive "doubles achieved by George Hirst.

Now the Essex battallons hit buck. Mr S. A. Hands (Leigh- on-Sca) writes: "In each of the

Flor

Ustinov pays so much tex he would be just as well off it ha Idied in the South of Frerice for months every year. Why

Barton, 6% points cach; Peter double in Ave successive sea-・ Hapaud, the suave, middle is fascinated by the notion of doesn't he do it? "Because then I should be succumbing to the Whereupon sundry Yorkshire aged outwitter of murderers; becoming a great detective.

hero who neither sinds nor Another

system, I should be allowing the offer also revolu- Pois; and August Briedis, 0) men leaped in with facts and

dances, whose smile is steely tionary reached him last week: tax Inspector to destroy me.".

to star at that concentration of

Ustinov's pot distlices are: all the cultural arts, Edin- burgh's 1953 Festival.

1. The Lord Chamberlain's their purposes the organisers censorship,

The

people aro regard Valentine — not M.their own best censors.") Hanaud-as Art.

2. All manner of quiz pro- grammes and brains trusts, ("The public's mind is stuffed with Stewart Granger useless, superficial knowledge. Who cares what the birth rota la "Directly I reached London, in Arkansas?"). - Tusiness Hotes Sports Federation: I wanted to telephone. Jean's Competition at Dairy Farm Sports mother. Bir Siramons.

by

Barry Appleby

HO THANKS, OLD MAN, I'M AFRAID WE SHAN'T BE READY FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR B0

TODAY'S SPORT

WRONG NUMBER

one

Basketbal Hongkong Other Hanka Champión- ships - Bauthor

Playground Stadium. Waschal, Hongkong Chines Training Unil v Hongkong Squadron story I have not read: R... 7 p.m..

Table Tennis

bert Road. 7.30pm. %

He.bog

The

Then

3. Bad Journalists.

minutos, Mr. Ustinov" Association Clubroom, Lower Al-1 found Jean had given me the cried the call boy. Urtinov com. wrong. number: she had for-posed his elastic features for the Tinala of Service Individu gotten her mother had moved, make-up stick It was a good Charity Boxing Tournament at chins though she helped to

for Britain's brightest night

dramotila the new house which is rather | 2018-

European productions of "The typical of my dear wife.

"So I had to cablo, Jean Love of Tour. Colonels"--and -

ர் Hollywood to hunt up the new now a hit on Broadway. address...... and cable. Mes Bim The dbilars come rolling in.

¡Fleet Mub, 8 pm,

**-. Difffard Badekar..

choose

Sixteen

Colony Open Championship ratches at Bouth China, Athletis Association, Eastern ''Alhletic · Association and Como Club, commenting a pan. {

Interport hocker pracilos at Clubmona In London, asking her to and also the dinars. Yes, the "Four Colonols" was produced fa telephone me at my hotel. It

Heckry: CENT

de_Beorging: King" Başk, 4.15 p.m.

Park Pool Ground, 4.65 33

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was the only quick way of make Yugoslavia recently, Ustinov ing contact.

Is this a record in costly, son- in-law devotion? just

(London Express. Bervice)

Just received the royaliles cheque for £3. 3. Gd.

Now he wants to know how many dinars' make:e-pound, for | goodnoss,sako,