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HAVING HAD CUCH A GOOD CHRISTMAS THAT HE NOW GAYS BIRP INSTEAD OF

CHIRP

OUR

SPARROW

To be Teduced by Joining EAMONN ANDREWS on his EXPRESS

diet

ASKED HIS FAVOURITE SOCCER PRO IF HE TOO HAD ENJOYED THE FESTIVE SEASON

Just wear a

paper hat. Nothing

100 hilarious

mark you.

-WITH ANOTHER ON

BOXING DAY

IF WE DON'T, THEN WE

START SUPER SPECIAL

You can pulla Cracker, but ever to gently

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1954.

・WOT, ME!

A MERRY CHRISTMAS:

- WE AD A MARCH

ON CHRISTMAS DAY-

Watch

Your Calories

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FOLLOWED BY INSTRUCTIONG ABOUT SPECIAL TRAINING FOR THE COMING CUP-TIES

TRAINING TO ASSURE PROMOTION

OR AVOID RELEGATION.

THIS

TAKES

US UP

TILL

MAY

IF WE DO WELL WE GET

EXTRA SPECIAL TRAINING TILL WE REACH THE FINAL,

AND WHO THE HECK WANTS TO EAT COLD CHRISTMAS PUDDING IN FLAMING JUNE?

ULLYETT

DESMOND HACKETT Finds It

A TOUGH JOB PICKING THE

OF THE YEAR

FOOTBALLER OF

Now is the time when all sports observers start to pencil in their list of probables for the Footballer of the Year accolade. This used to be a simple, joyous job.

HOLLYWOOD HEADLINES

Jean Simmons' Next Film Does Not Require Her English Accent

By JENNIFER JOHNS

Hollywood.. Janet won the first Oscar hand- | many of them that they now re- Motion Picturefer to them in a new language. The step ladder of fame ed out by the

Academy for her performance | Howard Hughes, for example has many unexpected rungs in "Seventh Heaven”.

says that he has "Seven head and Jean Simmons came

Oh, for just one of Cadillac." across one of them recently

lonely steer. đ QUIET YEAR GONE when she discovered that

Now that Old man 1

*43 abo had a new boss, an inde

packed his bags, this is as good pendent producer Mr

a time as any to sum up the Howard Welch.

highlights of Hollywood during the past year.

Now, nearing 50, Janet has just broken out Into the lime-

TV

actress..' light again as a a successful one at that. much so that offer her debut she was wined, dined, feted and congratulted is it was 1029 all over again.

Jean must have qualified as one of Hollywood's most surprised actresses when she was suddenly informed by RKO officials to report to the Howard Welch Company at Motion Picture Centre. Otherwise, however, Janet Immediately after the news Indeed had got around 1 rang. Jean! heaven". and she told mie, quite frankly: "I had never heard of Mr Welch."

Be that

even

in 0

has

All in all, Hollywood has been

withing the weed as the thousands

Gent

and

Janet's only complaint at the moment is that TV dates may pretty quiet. Omcially there force her to sell her Pulm have been no shootinga and it Springs establishment and move appears that marijuana addicts to Los Angeles. "And I ceriain-have become as scared of smok-

Not ly don't want that. the smog you get in these parts," who have this week scared off

because is smoking

of cancer new "seventh warnings. And she deserves to As for brawls, accidents and be, I saw her show.

almost forgot divorces, PRETTY DEFINITE

ther have all come along in It seems

that now

their

bits

pieces but, Tierney will never marry during 1953, all have been

Aly Khan Mr Prince as it may

while his | fewer than usual. In fort, ruch father the Ago Khon is alive. events seem to have dropped to Welch had heard of Jean: "This is pretty definite. It ap- an all-time minimum. have bought Jean's contract pears that the Aga Khan is more Bing Crosby was involved in from Mr Howard Hughes than somewhat opposed to hav-a spectacular crash which in

another actress In thecluded the demolition of his for more than the £60,000 ing

£4,000 car and the subsequent she will receive from

RKO family.

Mentioning marriages that fling of a a mighty big damage Studios."

most probably won't come oft, suit against the crooner by the Until this happened Jean had that of Kirk Douglas Mra Injured occupants of the other been living quietly in her hill-Estelle Auguste should go in tank in the battle. top house, talking two or three he some c-tegory. times a week on the transat- Poor Marilyn and others, It slon knocking the movie box- lantly phone to husband Stewart has just been revealed positive-office out for the count. Or it Granger in London. She dinedly and conclusively that,

મ

on looked like that anyway. On the occasionally with the

James colour TV, blonde hair comes call of 8, however, the movie Masons and with Judy Garland out green. As most people don't world staggered up again sup- but, for the most part, she was have green hair It looks as ported CinemaScope meet Hollywood standards though there's

going to be a Now, as the year ends, recluse while she walled for an shortage of blondes,

Robe" and "How To Marry A RKO decision about her next It happens sometimes that Millionaire the only two films Alm.

when a star arrives here to do released in this

I

stars in a

The year started with televi-

atly

hack)

"The

process are

for hyp-

Now decisions are being made a fim he likes to rent a car. having a sensational success. all around her. Her first flim Such one was Phil Silvers Such a success that CinemaScope for Mr Welch will be a suspense who arrived here recently to do can now be said to have tolled drama Bullet Is Walung"—

Top

Banana", "He hired a car the death kaca of all those 3-D with Jean playing ari American too. To date he tells me that efforts which had (or suppoan- girl living on a

ranch the hire charges now stand smo!!

patrons fumbling near Los Angeles.

their 3-D glasses is a just over £1,000. Hearing this troubled Jean Goodbye to the Mascus soon. notised state of terror. Now, for the second time and asked When James

has finished "A Cirse has won and her how she thought she'd Star Is Born" they both hit the looks staying that way. make out with her English ace road to New York where Mason Discovery of the year has cent. "Your quers is as good as

been, without a doubt, Audrey mine", she said. "I dare say

I hear tha

an entire room at Hepburn "Roman Holiday" Bing Crosby's home Today it is a chore as grim, and unattractive as cleaning up the dining-room shall have to say such things as

is papered Audrey hug easily established I haven't herself as the screen's number on Boxing Day morning. There is not a single star-sized player on the Soccer sky-, Fop, ain't no water in the with his song hits.

seen the effect but can add an new personality. On this side of Jean asked

me how that

even more interesting 1ew the Atlantic anyway. What you I said I guessed it words. Bing has been seeing kidnap on your side is another sounded. didn't sound all that American. quite a lot of Mons Freeman matter which

over here, mean have still to see, ten laughed: "I guess it didn't again recently. And I

quite a

And that apart from the John Wayne and wife divorce quarrel which looked good but fizzled out-ls about that. Al- together a pretty quiet year.

line.

It does not need second sight | League spot No. 1, present as a ball was on the way back within or should it be second hea candidate Wolverhampton-born seconds. ng to know that in the solid Johnny Nicholls, whose 24 goals city of Leeds they will be say- make him the trest shot

Division I Ing: "Now stendy lud, steady. What about our John Charles?

Well. what

pens to be a

Deprec

27 goals

ticular in Division 11.

creck!"

1929 ALL OVER AGAIN The conversation that buzzed Janet around me when I met Gaynor the other day Look a

See the point? So long as the customers howl away good foot- ball there will be no footballer of the year,

no team of the Nichelle's best But even

year, and precious little Soccer him friends would rate Alauk

aler! this

worth watching, the as "Their John Charles, who hap| Johnny-on-the-spot

And it will serve the fans a lot of other people back a good Welshman.

many years before my time. It has Anest in the field of footballers,

Run a Leeds for

pencli

the Jolly weil right. through

when took them back to 1920 -London Express Service) United, who are nowhere par- hopefuls who are lying handy in the League-your Hudders- Held Towns, Burnleys, Man. Mighty John may be his chester Uniteds, Boltons, and club's life-saver. But a

Fool-Prestons

... and the Deak boller of the Year

well. player is still missing. hardly.

energetic Jack Probe around Division JI,

City hold Connor has scored even more where Leicester

This same Leicester goals. He tops the League ist frail lead.

present the name that with his 20 ially for Stockport cannot County (Division III North) And there andy his claim to fame.

Abundantly

FUTURE STAR

will readily stir the blood unless you happen to be of the parish of Leicester.

UNKNOWNS

Ipswich Town and Port Vale are complete masters of their sections in Division III. per-

Take top of the League Wolverhampton-a grand alco, coloured by gate-filling sonalities, yet lacking o player of whom you would say: That is the man.

Commanding attention is their young Master Peter Broadbent, but he must be filed for future preference.

Fans remote from such places could not name even one of their Ahl players, let alone declare: Now there is THE player,

have You

your may

own

unshakabic ideas abit" fixing the football fomed, but I will take some convincing.

West Bromwich, who take it My opinion is that the old in turn with

Aven

50

I know that there are many Cadillacs whispering up and down Beverly Hills these days that the whole place looks constant and gigantic ilke motor show. What I didn't know was that certain people have so

3

SPOTLIGHTING THE THREE-YEAR-OLDS OF 1954

Next Season's Problem

Horse Is Tudor Honey

Says JAMES PARK

Jack Jarvis had his best year as a trainer in 1953. He topped the list of winging trainers despite the fact that he did not discover a top-class two-year-old. The best of the colts according to the official estimate was Tudor Honey, and there was a time when 1 thought he might Take a higher place.

That was when he won the valuable National Breeders' Produce Stakes at Sundown. I had liked the colt in his earlier races when he was not in a condition to do himself justice.

He looked

•

Wolves to All crowd magnets, those darlings of the terraces, Reich Carter,

a picture in the If there had been another fur in the pan, which is what two- Stanley Matthews, Hughie paddock

before the Sundown long to go Tudor Honey would year-old running suggests. The Gallacher, Alex Jaines, Peter event but the market suggested have won by several lengths.

Sandown performance was more Even If The

Doherty, Tom Finney, and Frank there was much more fancy for That gave me the idea that in keeping with his looks than Swift are no longer in

pro-his stable companion, Prudence. Tudor Honey might be the one his other efforts. Horses Have To duction.

to make a race of it with The

-(London Express Service) The Ally could never go the Ple King at Goodwood. The colt Too many of the new genera pace and, while

Tudor Honey had

done so well after the Stay Home...

tion of Soccer boys have their also left himself with something Sandown race that I believe the

t style in the last furlong. Laying Into what is amusingly himself down to his work like them described 32 the systern of a good coft, he caught up with the leaders to beat them cleverly. planned play.

Lausanne, Jan. 4. M. Otto Mayer, Chancellor of the International Olympic Committee which is to meet here shortly, said today

natural ability drilled out of to do, he opened out in great trainer was of the same opinion. JAMAICA ALL

them as efforts are made to

And you fans are no better than you ought to be. Every

that he personally favoured week some unfortunate youth leaving the organisation of making his first nervous, falter- the 1950 Olymple equestrian Ing steps in the big game is events to Melbourne al- shattered by the abominable though it might mean in howls of: "Get rid of it!" practice that they would not be contested.

It is one of He's mysteries why so many people ignorant of the Laws of the Game and' un- "I think this is the only conscious of the finer points of

unless wo change or play desperately storm the turn solution zo against the Olympic rules/les to hand over their that all events must be held in talney,

place," ho told

good

BAD TO WORKE Tudor Honey was allowed to He was not asked to stir him- settla down in his own time. ¦

OUT FOR 266

Bronstein Leads coming and he went from bad to this morning at 200, and the

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South Africans

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In Third Test

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WEEK-END

ngaku but whether they can get The following ere the fixturca the home side out a second time fer all Divisions of the Hockey remains to be seen, even though | League: the pitch is, showing signs of wear.

Spinner Rabcrve and MacGib-

tron, with fast inzwingers, have

no so far done all the damage.

exhibition of accurately tafood bowling on this tour,

The Belding too reached a high standard.

It was New. Zealand's best

403-

Kingston, Jamaica, set for half the journey. When

Jan. 4. called upon nothing was forth-

Jamak's first innings encked worse to finish inst.

MCC had made two for er on the Goodwood loss at lunch. No

advance

was forthcoming when,

Jamales, overnight 220 for after

a good rest, the colt sappeared in the Middle Park six, added only 10 more runs for the 106 of their October. He

never today looked like making a race of it last four wickets.

McGlew batted for 273 minutes Hastings, England, Jan. 4. and finished a poor fourth in a With one of the few balls and hit seven fours in his 80, the David Bronsteln of the USSR fold of five.

that turned, Lock knocked South African top score.

THE SCOREBOARD moved into the lead in the Pre- Tudor Honey by mo guessing back Valentine's middle stump mier Tournament of the Inter-I had no doubt in the summer at 258, and then a half-hour J. McGlew, c. Sutcliffe b

Bouth Africn, Ist innings national Chees Congress today that he would train on into end for the inst wicket which

MacGibbon by defeating. D. M. Horse of really good colt. He did not HAD A THEME

18 runs

ended with J. Walte, low b. MacGibbon Britain after 31 moves and four and for the present that is all accid

at short square leg. B. Westcott, c. Leggat b. there is to it. I shall smartly holding a fast travel-

Hutton, Australien

Take the 01,00-plus who saw hours' play in the fifth round.

MacGibbon Chaises defeat Cardiff City 2-0,

Brorsstoin now has four points finish when the colt turns out as ling catch off Binns to close W. R. Endean, c, Sutcliffe b Committee is willing to organise For 25 minutes, Chelten were from five games C. H. Alexan- a three-year-old and hope for

MacGibbon Innings for 208. the equestrian events.

surprisingly pleasant to watch,

der of Britain in

ruman claimed this last R. Mclean, & Money b sacond the best, in think we should lot them..

wicket';' to'' gain TeVongo for

Rabone the quarantino law cannot be here was some obvious intent place with three points. He

about their play

a litio

BY OWEN TUDOR" : | Binns" (sacapes carlier in the C. van Ryneveld, e. Mooney changed and if no one enter | unpolished, maybe, but it had was matched :: today with R.]

One thing in favour of Tudor. day, when two leg micks

b. Rabone!50 Teschner of Germany. for the equestrian events, it

theme...

hands J. Cheetham, not out- cannot be helped," he added, The crowd became resilve and R. G. Wade, former British Honey That he is bred of the Want beneran hands

Champion lost to right lines," He als by Owen we he dived and the ball, travol- A. Murray, lbw 6. Mayer was commenting wholly unappreciative, because parts cower Primed Tuong out of LEA DOL Winner-led 10 Boudary

H. Tayfleld, not out.

Extran on recent statements by Mr there were no goals before half after 24 moves and two midia producer Honey Bussray who trusman took two wickets

always half play dam of

Sinthim, B Avery Brundage, Americas tidy to cheer lustily the art mach hours that today is the war the oum Ceea ce and translator Total (for soven wickets) a

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