1953-04-15 — Page 7

Home Soccer Standings

Football League stand- ings, Inclusive of Tuesday's matches, aro:

Wolves

Preston

Arsenal

Dumley

FIRST DIVISION

West Brom

Charlto

Blackpool

Man Un

Bunderland Tottention Cardif Bolton

Portaalatt

Aston V.

Newcastle

Middlesbro

Liverpool

Manoli C.

Stoke

Wednesday

Chelsea Darby

R. W. D. L.

40 10 13 70

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SECOND DIVISION

Sheffield U

Huddersfield

Luton Plymouth Notts F.

Fulham

Latester Blackburn Birmingham

Swans Weut arr

Rotherham Doncaster Everton

Nalty Co. Lincoln Brentford Bury Hull City

Southampto

Barnsley

ANNBRCSCRA

40 15

36 11

28 0 17

33 12

39 12

BRAZKANGVORANGSE383819 - BRASEREBROSO

51 54

3

43.30

1874 30

30 12 7 10 20 94

30 12 10 50 100 200 30 31 27 43 10 17

THIRD DIV. (SOUTH)

Bristol R.

Millwall

Northampton

Norwich

Natul C. Coventry

Watford

Southend

Brighton

Bourne mutl

Read

Torquay Now part Sprich

Colchester Leyton D. Exeter

Gillingham C. Palace Aldershot

Shrewsbury

QP.R.

Swindon

المWeis

41:26 10

3 42 GA

40 22 11

41.20 #

36 59 32

41 12 to

97

727 51 106 22

THIRD DIV. (NORTH)

Oldham

Port Vale

Wrexh

Boutipart Grimsby York City Carlisle Crewe Dradford

Gate lead Scunthorpe Stockport Trannkre Cheaterneld Marrow

Mnonfield Halifax

Battlepools Bradford C

Chester Dartington Hochdale Workington Accrington

14 42 34

60 49

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DAYIDE LFW

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1953.

★ ★ A SEAT IN THE STALLS ★ ★ ★

The gimmick

DEFINITION: A gimmfck-is a stunt, an angle

or a trick which focuses the attention of an audience and holds it fast. For a whliq,

while

not alib sayings and incredible it dresses.

HE gimmick was

gonil klen lasted. Now everyone

is getting into the act, and today gimmick-itis is the Bore of the Business.

Look what has happened now. Everywhere you go a gimmick greets you. In the theatre; An un- Johnnie Ray crying.

long usual gimmick, but how ean it last? He must remember Hose Murphy, who created

of tap-tupping gimmick out

14 sounding with her feet on

the

That board by

piano.

It did not seem so bad when Winters brought the Shelley

and gimmick idea to London,

new helper weave the

word into the showmen's vocabulary. Inovelty has hardly lasted a ytor,

That was two years ao. Today am sick

of the gimmick. and tired of the people who trade on it.

Miss Winters put it like this: "To get ou in Hollywood I found you had to have

mmck to create in- terest.

My

15

a

gimmick

Just for fe plus

a voluptuous figure,”

She put ueross

personality

Ther

Himmick

with carefully select- and rehearsed Sample:

wisecracks.

"My syeldatrist bas promised me my dig- nity or money back."

When she resigned her position 713 the leading Gimnack Girl (to Ket married the Winters pluce

Just

year

FROM TOP.

Shelley Winters tarted it all.

TO TOE

The Bone Murphy foot. line gimmick.

was hastily Marilyn taken by Monroe and Zsa Zsa Gabor. To boost themselves us stars they relied not only on their netin

and parts. which were small unremarkable, but on a series

Home Soccer Results

Results

London, Apr. 14. of footbalt matches

played today were:

DIVISION ITE

(Nortlier)

-Southport 2, York 0.

Rochdale 1. Hafifox 1.

Friendly Matel Plymouth 2, Third Lanark 2.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

(Division B) Queen's Park, Dunfermline

0).— Reuter,

Sue Dawson Speculates On The

3-D

Spectacle(s)

One thing that does stick a mile out of the 3-D we have been seeing here — further even than those things which seem to be coming out of the screen at you ... is that the whole technique has a very long way to go before it can satisfactorily replace the 'flal' films, the 2-Ds. That is, technically speaking, for spectacularly the 3-D effect läcks nothing — provided of course that it is pegged on to a good story.

of

her

she for

Dorothy Lamour was firing gimmick-that sarong when came to London variety. Just the same she was made to wear the garment in

her act,

Even with

her gimmick she was

hardly a

triumph.

music-hall

Go to the cinema and

gimmick

the

was

game has spread to a whole Bim. "The Thier

just a fouling spy picture. What made it talking point was the shooting glumick of

a

dia-

It without any logue. The trick work- ed onec. No one would repeat it.

A gimmick is good there just as long as

else to is something sustain appeal when its initial Is over, Jimmy usefulness Durante's nose was a gimmick. So was Tessie O'Shea's once, weight.

Neither Mr Durante nor Miss O'She relies exclusively on them today, They know their aels are safe enough without a trick approach.

I would like to see the gim- mick game called off now. It begins as a novelty. It ends all tro often,

sad sub- stitute for lasting tulent.

OLD TIMER

45 a

★ THE AMERICAN Wisc joc- keys those gentlemen who rule the records played on the rulio-made the request. They wanted to present in America a group of dance num- bers recorded by British band leather Ambrose. The titles in- cluded "Deep Henderson" and "Cotton Pickers Rag."

an

To meet the demand, American record company is re- issuing six numbers 25 they were recorded by Ainbrose, not in 1933, us you might expect. but in 1935 to 1930.

No wonder a New York music publishing fr today instructs its telephone operators to answer calls with the slogan "The old songs are the songs.

STAMPEDE

best

I CAN answer the question that has puzzled show

IOC Officials Congregating At Mexico City

● One pleture Fumist at up. All the

trick

of the tor weary gimmick

picture of Jetta Hayworth In the Dance of the Meven Velle from her new fim, "Salome." The head is thrown back.

"a sad stage in star-boosting

A word that foo often takes the place

of talent wears out its welcome

the arms outstretelina KG 13HI her Rus forms a veil ... arunt her throat, a seven- row necklace ; at her hips.

from Birt heavy Jewellery shoulders, heavy heading. Gimmicks, one and all

business: What sort of a part

a

is it that can be played either 38-year-old actress by (Vivien Leigh) or by a 21-year- old nim personality. (Elizabeth Taylor)?

It is apparently possible for Miss Taylor to take over, with hardly any trouble at all, the

part once held by Miss Leigh in the film "Elephant Walk,"

KUTIC

may explain

sho lose

This is

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB TWELFTH RACE MEETING 1952/53.

Saturday, 18th April, 1953.

(Held under the Rules of The Hong Kong Jockey Club)

The programme will consist of 10 races. The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 pan. and the First Race run at 2 p.m.

Through Tickels (10 Races-$20.00) also tickets at $2.00 each for the Special Cash Sweep on the "Hong Kong Derby" scheduled to be run on 2nd May, 1953, may be obtained at the Cash Sweep Office of the Club at Queen's Building, Ground Flour, Chater Road, Through Tickets reserved for this meeting but not paid for by 10 am. on Friday, 17th April, will be sold and the reservation cancelled for future meetings.

dinary." Which why Vivien Leigh, before fell, was beginning to

of her early enthusiasm. Now she is recuperating in a Coulsdon, Surrey, hospital....a hospital at which the medical with staff has had experience filming before.

The

doctors RACE. there helped with the shooting of a fim, "Out of True."

In that picture Jane Hyllor gave a striking performance of a woman who had been suffer- ing from acute mental strain. HORIZONS

I find that the woman in the story is aget neither 38 nur 21% She is supposed to bo about 27, suburban an ordinary London dia and becomes involved with type of girl who goes out to In-

two inen and a

of Stampede

alter elephants. Somewhere in

dance plot she has to perform a hip-executing his first-ever

routines in a new fim: "I have wriggling snake-dance.

the glimpsed horizons I never rus- word

pected could exist."

Friends who have read script tell me the best to sum up the part is

the

QUOTE of the week by

Alco Guinness,

-(London Express Service)

Why Should Referees

Retire At 47?

Asks TOM FINNEY

Last Friday the 92 Football League clubs met in London for a preliminary discussion of matters which will come on the agenda at the Annual Meeting in the

summer.

has already passed through several intermediate stages cussion on the venue of the 1958 want to tolk

render unnecessary further disped to a serious low,

17.

TC-

t

TWO REFS. AT ONCET

THERE WILL BE NO SPECIAL CASH SWEEP ON THE LAST

To avoid congestion at the Cash Sweep Office at Queen's Buliding, sweep tickets may also be purchased at the Club's Branchi Omers at:-

5 D'Aguilar Street, Hong Kong

or

382 Nathan Road, Kowloon

TOTALISATOR **

The attention of Totalisator Investors is drawn following rules:-

to

Lho

Dividends will be paid on the winning and placed ponies so declared by the Stewards when the "ALL CLEAR” is given. The "ALL CLEAR" signal 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 EXHIBITED. Totalisator Tickets should be examined and checked before leaving the Selling Counters as mistakes of any description cannot be rectiiled later.

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

All winning tickets and tickets for refunds must be pre- sented-for-payment-at-the-Race Course on the day" toTM 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 will any Dividends be pald or refunds made unless a ticket is produced. Payment WILL NOT be made on torn or disfigured tlekels.

MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE Members and guests are reminded that they and their ladies MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the Meeting.

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

i

The Branch Offices and the Treasurers' Compradore Ofce will close at 11 am, and the Secretary's Office at 11.45 am, The Trea

urers' Compradore Office is altuated at Queen's Buliding, Ground Floor, Chater Road, and the Secretary's Office at Alexandra House, 8th Floor,

This is Soccer's policy-making gathering. It was here a season or two back that the clubs decided on the broadcast ban which operated for a few weeks. The attitude towards many other important matters has been settled at these "gel- togethers". This year it assumes a new urgency.

Third Division clubs - and

Badges admitting ladies not in possession of Brooches and Another, Mr Arthur Blythe of ing after one half and Bill Ling. has taken inter- the Cambridgeshire official, res-

gentlemen, non-members of the Club, to fire Members' Enclosure many in the First and Second London who

and the Club Rooms at $10.00 including tux, for ladies or gentlemen Divisions are laden with finan-nationals in several European possible for the other. Mexico City, Apr. 14. But in speaking of three dimensional pictures here,

cial problems; fleedlighting and countries, claims that he can do I think, too, that the Commit- are obtainable through the Secretary at Alexandra House, on the Omoials of the International television threaten to change the 00 yards in little over eventee might spend a few moments written or personal Introduction of a Member, such member to be one must remember that we are seeing the great 'dis-Olymple Committee were meet-whole face of Soccer-and gates time. But he has only one to think over the suggestion tint responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for payment covery' in its infancy, and infants grow fast. This one ing in secret today in an effort to all over the country have drop more season on the list.

all our Football League officials of all chils, etc. I don't

should be full-time referees. By Only a limited number of badges admitting to Members' En- and will go through many more before it emerges as & Games

this week about

devoting each working hour to closure will be on sale at the Race Course. when the Committee an

study of the game, good referees fully grown adult.

Congress opens on Friday, Aprit any of these points. 1 am, moi.

When good men are short, might elevate themselves to the interested here in a proposal There has been Cinerama and which are required to be in use)

not folly to discard these legendary level of perfection. Il 1. gather, will suggest competent offcials? which, Mr Otto Mayer of Switzerland.

Surely it would no be beyond the now Cinemascope. on theal the some time.

Counsellor of the Olymple Com-that the Lengte should

is not beyond the powers of the League's resources to pay £1,200 panoramic lines; that is, using

FIRST TASTE

mittee, said he was completing a consider its whole attitude to huge screen and without the The show currently running report

"the Australian legion of forgotten men the League to devise some other a year to top-class men and tent which settles when are provide a pension fund to look audience wearing specs.

at the Lee Theatre was the frat question", but would not reveal referees.

feree is too old to carry on? after their retirement, faste 3-D the British public its contents until the Congress WHY RETIRE AT 477 In the other 3-D technique, has had. since movie-makers mcata.

The proposal at the London But whatever comes out of which produces 'depthies' of started taking it up seriously. Delegates arriving hero' all

I understand, Friday's discussions, it is a step kind we've

The customers on the terrace meeting will, been having These six shorts were shown | declined to express an opinion on here, and which, incidentally, at the Festival of Britain in whether the Gumes should dill do not always appreciate the trees the removal of the age in the right direction that the MISES DURING THE MEETING.

Hmit-or at least its tifting, referees' Interests should figure first appeared in a musical in 1951. All are interesting be- be held in Melbourne or on the deus part which

this Important agenda. I plays. His Many clubs wilt be prepared to on the Nineteen Twenties, the cause of their, novelty, but only move to switch them to Argenti

hope that it is not swamped by latest thing is the Metroseeple two are really entertaining.

to make or mar the support it tina, Einly or the United States.

The Australian delegates being game as a pubile spectacte. In What system they will then the pressure of "othe: business" even that has not

Perhaps I yet done away with the need One is "The Black Swan", rushed over for the Congress are Britain we are fortunate in that use I don't know.

whole business in the

is to be spectacle-wearing, though a brief ballet to Tschaikovsky's expected here later today. now they are polarised specs, music, and the other a delicious Latest arrivals includie Prince the world.

examined, the League's Referees instead of the old-fashioned if delirious fantasy of colour Axel of Denmark, Lord Burghley I have played in most of the point made in London last week Committee will bear in mind a as the and shapes which recede, chase of Britain and delegates from countries of Europe and many poi

each other and, in fact, ably Cuba. Finland, Puerto

American Fico in America as well.

referee, None of by an lemonstrate the potentialllles Japan, Venezuela, Argentina and them has men to compare with

Rodgers, Mr. Rodgers. out that the United States-Router.

in the States | Mr Arthur Ellis of Halifax, Mr Pols

are short They Just

the

ilm.

But

for

onca

coloured

such "Queen's" has been using

But until 3-D has reached a more or less stable form, there la no use in Hongkong theatres in vesting in a mass of the latest expensive equipment, which is Hable to be outmoded in a few months. ་

In the meantime the faws in

of three dimensions,

It is the last of the six, and called "Around is Around". An the film programme is a short one, the Loe have brought Ray del Val and his orchestra on the stage in an elaborate setting, and with them Miss Teresa

3-D are very obvious and re- Liang Ping who sing a song or

on,

WINS AT

NEWMARKET.

Newmarket, Apr. 14.

whistle

the man

we have the best of elals

Alf Borid, the one-urmed Ful-

But,

•

Mr

A ́limited number of timins, 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-

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

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

Any person leaving the Public Enclosure during a Meeting will forfeit his or her right of admission to the Enclosure and will be required to pay the requlalte fee of $3.00 in order to gain re- edmission.

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

MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE IN THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURE,

SERVANTS' PASSES

;

NOTICE

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

Draft Programmen And CEYLON, OWNER ham newsagent, Liverpool's Me can't afford to retire them. So, Entry Forms for the 13th Bill Evans--and a host more. with typical American ingenuity, Race Meeting 1962/53 to be introduced the they

two held on Saturday 2nd, and As ench hos don't referees system. even here, we

Saturday 9th May, 1953, posscas enough good ones to go only half of the field to cover,

as long. MF(weather permitting) may be

Servants passes will be issued to privato hox holders only,' round. Occasionally a First Divi- they last twice

is controlled by a Rodgers himself is still going obtained at the Secretary's who are requested to distribute them with discrimination and to Sir Donatus Victoria, a mem- sion game

Omes, Alexandra House; the endorse their names on the passes. Holders of such passes are not ber of the Ceylon Senate, won man who, through lack of ex-strong at 55. One can't help feeling that on the first race of the Newmarket perience, can make un

Club House, tho

Happy permitted in the Members Enclosure except for passing through The pair not no their own of

been exhibition thom have already

of dancing would flat season today with his three-which might even alter the linesmen which reduces the Valley; and the Stables, Shan on their duties and must remain in their employers' stands. eliminated in the newest fans have given this rather anti-year-old colt Kithyra, hla, first whole result,

number of necessary officlai-Kwong Rond, being made...

climatical part of the show au runner in England. extmik.

Kilbyrh, x-to-four favour. It is, I believe, a fault of the and the general view over the Entries close at 12, o'clock The cumbersome polarises

Notwithstanding the draw-ite, was ridden to a thrilling system that many good men are other side is that the method

NOON on Monday 20th April, spocs moed can eye-straining acts, a Grst

vlow of this head victory by young 3. More retired compulsorily by the loses nothing in efficiency, adjustment of focus with every fascinating spectacle suggests loy in the Brandon Apprentice League when they reach the age new flth. See under or aver that, spectacles excepted, there Plate despite a strong last sec-of 17. Me Evans, still one of

By Order, there and you get a dizzy. And is room for some unsception, ond challenge: by tho second the test and fastest of officials It raises. Intercoting-points." thies must be two breaks is the appeulation on the re-discovery favourite, Netsuke.

--Rometimes he can give us promerDEDEUS Wo that the reols can of three dimensional film photo- The race was worth £200 to players a start in. 20 yards, be changed on the two projectors graphy.

Lihe winner:----Reuter,

good off the list this venSON, `

sommer, even if one does have the soțiafaction of knowing that come

two.

error

FULL-TIME PAY

The¦ Cup Find at. Wembley, for example, wouch make - a dine spectable with Arthur Hills look-

1953.

H. MISA,

* Secretary.

Owing to the congestion in the Members' Betting Hall and at Booths adjacent to Boxes in the Coffee Room, Bex-holders and Members are requested to ensure that their servants make use only of the Fubile Bellby Hall, Military Poller will be posted af various paints in the enclosure to ensure that this regulation is adhered to.

By Order,

·H. MIBA,

Secretary.