1953-03-12 — Page 7

- THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1953.

FAVOURITES ALL ROMP HOME A SEAT IN THE STALLS ★★

SAFELY IN JUNIOR BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS By "ARGONAUT”

★ ★

Bette's Still High Voltage -If It's Not Her Best Film

Says SUE DAWSON

Someone has called Bette Davis "A high priestess of n highly paid, expert business," Someone else "A force. ful woman but she knows all the answers". Others |

As far as her screen say simply "A great artist".. appearances go, they all add up to much the same thing, which you can see in her first since "All About Eve",

Man's Poison", She is Janet Frobisher,

All the favourites romped safely home in the course of the third right of the Colony Open Junior Badminton Championships at Victoria Recreation Club 'yesterday despite sone game opposition from the under- dogs,

"Another The curtain raiser saw Jimmy Khoo and Mrs Mary Chow fully extended to 18-16 in the first set by Bernard Brown and Mrs Margie Nozario,

Margie Rozario, after having been out of the game for one reason, made a welcome refurn to competitive badminton in this match.

Though showing signs of the shuttler Su Chuen und former long lay-olt from the game in St. Stephen's College champlott the initial stages, she recovered ¦ U Sei-lip.

Although

team, made an auspicious debut

in the Colony Championships.

Though they lost to the mare favoured pair, Z. A. Abbas and

in the

great deal of her forner

U Won in two. T. Louie of Craigengower, by form as the mateji progressed,

Mrs Mury Chow of local ten-straight seta, 15-7 and 15-5, the 14-18 and 6-15, they fully ex

long tended their opponents match was featured by rallies for every point.

first set and enjoyed a lead of 10-7 and 11-8 at two stages of the game, only to crack up at the critical singe. |****

nis fame displayed os great un aptitude for the shuttle game clops at tennis despite us she The

she practer that had been able to get, and was prominent with herd ser- vices and tet shots.

With Khon

employing his greater experience and superior

courteraft 10 full advantage, į

U's steel-wrist action

in turning his opponent's ashe with full lobs had the less ex- perienced Queen's College boy The winners took no chances caught on a great number of oc- in the second set with an all-out emons, and his sudden accurate offensive to streak through to

shots were frequent point-n 15-6 score, winners.

* TODAY'S GAMES

A number of good games will

the Chow-Kher combination U will meet Johnny Pomeros. had their opportuts of the run-Jr., in the next ruaid and the ning end in the second set to clash between the two foramos | be in store for badminton fan

of the Colony | tonight as the Junior Champion- tiich it comfortably by 15-4. youthful hopes

will be awaited with keen in ships conthiuo at Taikoo Dock terest by the majority of Bad-Club,

EVENING'S HIGHLIGHT

The highlight of the evening was provided by the 'Singles

t.etwem

ال:

Queen's College

mintem fans,

Newcomers

the 10

game, top-ranking 5. A. K. Bux and Fung Kum- schoolboy | pang of the newly-owned Union

Eddie Choong Hopes To Win Two Titles At All-England Badminton Championships

London, Mar. 11.

Highlight of the evening's matches should be provided by the Singles match between Jim- my Khoo, one of the top con- tenders for the tile this year and Ko Wal-bong, the likely Senior Schoolboys Champlon this season,

THE RESULTS Results of the Colony Junior Badminton Championships play edot Victoria Recreation Club Just night were:

Junior Bien's Singles Sel-lip best Slu Chuen 13-7, 15-5:11. Xavier beat Tony Silva $5-13, 13-4,

Junior Men's Doubles

Eddie Choong, 22-year-old Malay badminton star, hopes to win the Singles and Men's Doubles titles in the All-England Badminton Championships which begin alana Frank Yeh 15-7, 10-10; J. A the Empress Hall on March 18.

Chong, who makes a hobby of winning badminton trophics in between his jaw studies, has already won 40 cups this season. 17 of them in singles. He has won ten eups outright, but he told Reuter he would be leaving thini behind when he returns to Malaya after completing his law examinations.

Cheong, who was

Fiber-up He is noe

of

the seeded

with starts

# Arst

15-10.

3

the

of

shown originally in London successful thriller-writer, living towards the end of 1951, has just in a bleak house against background arrived here. It is very far from melodramatic being the best film Bette has sombre Yorkshire mpors, A discontented und starred in. rather the reverse in ruthless, fact, but her performance is us ageing woman of Dowerful full of interest, character, mature personality seeking happiness, understanding of the part, and love and youth. Instinctive acting as any she hos ever given.

Scotland And

England Draw "B" Match

Edinburgh, Mar. 11. Scotland and England drew 2-2 in the first "B" international soccer match between the two countries here this afternoon.

But, the only creature she really loves to her horne, "Fury", ("Beware of people

too who love animals

much; cannot Love they.

people the enough" says someoné in Alm.} There 14 something pathetic about her.

Anthony Steel provides the emotional freworks

LITY Stevens, flance to her secre- tary ChrisBarbara Murray, Ite is being drawn into Janet's web like a fascinated fly.

her

Alone in the house one week- end, her fortune-hunting hus- band relurns. One does not kee One sees Bette returning this

a phone call to from making Larry, asking him to come over. In her siting room at home she finds fugitive (Gary England led 1-0 at half time.

demands to sec A draw was about the fairest Merrilly who

husband. his

accomplice ending to a match which failed in a bank hold-up and respon- to full the promise of a brightsible for shooting a policeman. start and apart from three gon's "He's in there dead — I In four minutes soon after the killed him this morning" an- interval the 25,000 crowd had little to enthuse over.

The selectors were Riven ttle guidance except perhaps ments' Emlyn Williams as nosey of the Dr Henderson, amateur psy- the performance Charlton left-back, John Hewic, chologist, pops in, and #inds # South African, who played himself meeting Mr 'Preston', for Scotland. He kept Graffer, Janet's husband" just returned the England winger, subdued from Malaya, and used the ball well.

little

on

nounces Bette.

In the middle