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Pirie? No, The Toast Is Johnny Walton

Says HAROLD MAYES

Everybody in athletics is painting a rosy picture. They might even be paint- Ing it with paint Gordon Pirie, the British wonder-man of the track, is hoping to sell.

Far better, in my view, if they did a little sign-writing and let everyone see, in bold letters, the word "hypocrisy."

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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1954,

amateur don's object to

even profes be able to train in daylight, and crowds for sionaliam in any sport-and | that is a very great help to athletics doesn't turn away turn that includes athletics. But I somebody like me who has to stilo takings--neither he nor his do

suffer to professionalism train for long periods overy family, if object

my, should- under any other guise and that day.

financially because it takes him is exactly what 1 regard the

to train as long as he likes every job not so long since 1. had a Frankly, I hope he'll be able time to get fit to do his sporting Pirlo venture to be.

day, for that's the only way our athletes can match the commer-vigorous argument with clalised performers of other athletics chief on the point.

*What," countries.

I asked him, "would be the first question the majority of your athletes would ask me if I were to phone them and

meeting?"

"Puff pust" Gordon was wanted in the States, where a number of universities are stiti to have offered him athletes

scholarships, But the people who run athletics-I hesitate to that beenuse control It, say

WORTHY OF HIRE But please don't, from this

ono

would be stretching a point a day forward let me hear any of tsk them to run at a particular

minateur

121

little too tar-sald That his

status would be danger if he accepted.

So Pirie has a job as a paint salesman, with a reported salary of £750 a year, plus commission plus the use of a car and he is quoted as saying

"No longer shall 1 have to rush bome from work and train In the dark. I want to I shall

our athletics officials complain- ing bitterly that we can't hope to compete with the rest of the world because their athletes are supported from various outside sources

while ours are "pure

mateurs,"

Don't get me wrung. I believe that every sportsman, whatever his field of nelivity, is worthy of his hire.

If he pulls in the

Africans

South Win Fifth

Five

Test Wickets

By

Port Elizabeth, Feb. 9.

South Africa defeated New Zealand by five wickets in the fifth cricket Test here today, and won the series by four matches to nil, with one drawn.

New Zealand, all out for 222 in their second innings, left South Africa to get 212 runs in 225 minutes for victory. They scored 215 for five. South Africa's win was their biggest in a Test series against any country. The previous best margin was by four matches to one against England, in South Africa in 1906-06.

Λ

brilliant

partnership

minutes by

fourth

of 107

hil Watkins also wicket minutes.

70 powerfully In

for 45, including four fours, in 70 minutes. Endean and John

THE SCORES

Watkins cnaliled South Africa to hit off the runs in three hours and five minutes.

The issue was still in doubt

they when

together. Endenn attacked throughout and hit 14 fours in a stay of 94

tume

Colony Tennis Championships

New Zealand, 1st innings, 220 New Zealand, 2nd innings

F. Mooney, e. Van Ryneveld,

b. Adcock

M. Chapple, ..., b. Murray M. Poore, c. Waite, b. Van

b.

J. Held, run out

H. Beck, b. Tayfield

9

8

10

.

Von

E. Dempster, stumped Walte,

"What's the fare?" wats his reply.

HOW MUCH"'

"Cut it a word," I told him. "and you'll be nearer the mark. I'll gamble The first question they'd usk, without any shadow of doubt, is 'How much?"

Make no mistake, that's hap pened to me. As I Bay. don't object.

Bul don't let anyone blind

your eyes to the fact that In goes on, however much the illy whites would like to kid you otherwise.

That's why I commend to you today the attitude of Bury foot- bulier, England amateur Jolumny Walton.

He's signing pro, 30 that the professional club he has served so well can collect a nice fat fee simply by trans- ferring him..

Johnny, my boy-I'd like to pai thot fair, curly head of yours. There's ΠΟ hypocrisy with you. Fresh air is pretty plentiful in these islands at the moment, but for all that your attitude brings us another niec, refreshing breath of I.

"A

STITCH

IN

TIME"

London, Feb. 9.

on

The decision to call in Football League club

for advice managers how to improve English soccer generally, and inter- national teams in particular, has been warmly received here.

The football-going public. sports writers and the managers 52themselves have in general praised the move, which many 12 regard as the "stitch in time" to

prevent

of English the flag

73

1 football prestige becoming tatter-

TOMMY ATKINS?!

Army Sports Parade

KEN SMITH Show Talking MAUREEN O'HARA SAYS IT'S TOUGH BEING BEAUTIFUL

in

before

Brooklyn,

***London.

And Como-back Star No.

3:

Maureen O'Hara, star who thinks, it, a drawback,, to be beautiful, It took me some time to decide who should have the leaned back in bed in her hotel suite, rolled up above her elbows the honour this week of topping the Tommy Atkins' Sports

sleeves of a pair of men's blue pyjamas, and said: "Hope you don't mind Parade. Finally It rested between two teams and an

interviewing me this way, Ken; but I've got a cold and I'm taking a day individual, and when all points were considered I

off." decided to give pride of place to "Taff" Stevens, the

I said truthfully, I didn't mind in the least, and tried not. to notice' how Army soccer star. Last Thursday Stevens came down

beautiful she looked, oven without make-up-and with a cold, from Fanling with the Intention of sitting comfortably

Her red hair framed a pale face and lips to which only the barest touch of in the stand at the Club Stadium and watching the Hongkong Selection in action against Koege Boldklub, lipstick, had been added..

Longland, Stevens' colleague in the Army team, was I asked "the Queen of) and The Keys of the Kingdom, her job as dramatic conch In declared unfit by the Army doctor and the Hongkong FA Technicolor," who is in Erug-|Hor parents attributed her London to turn actress again.

She has flown to Rome to officials were faced with the task of filing his place inland to film Malaga with Mac wonderful caturalness

donald Carey, why she thinks the cameras to the fact that Join Humphoy Bogart and Ava the side. After considering several possible' changes in It a drawback to be beautiful. they kept her' away from Gardner in Joo Mankiewicz's the line-up the officials took a bold step and decided to "Producers look

The Barefoot Contessa, - * at a pretty dramatic schools. invite Stevens, who had not been in the original nomina-face and think: 'She must have At 13 she won an "Oscar" for tions, to play.

pot this for on her looks-then | A Tree Grows nlong comes girl with a plain reored a big hit in Junior Miss, Remember Dolores Del Rio, Mrs lending lady of many Hollywood The defeat of Pte. Curran, face and they think 'she must

broadcast with

films? Shỏ last worked in the Forces the Land

Champion,

A great actress, she isn't Truman and Mrs Roosevelt,

Give her

film city in 1942 in Journey was a great disappointment to

so they give

At 16, it was reported, there the

Into Fear. Welch

treatment, supporters. His

and the were romantle impiications" conqueror, A.B. Venables, is a pretty girl gets left behind." In transatlantic, telephone calls top-class man but many

be- Critica

havo

frequently sho

sho received from 18-year-old Curan has

out the pointed that her many Viscount

heir to the Furness, and the punching

of Furness shipping fortune.. Technicolor spectacles They met when she was 13 If they meet again.

in which she has been praised and he was attending a military 05 "decorative"

"or-school in Hollywood. But

David Wayne's children were nametal" have Bmited her they were "just friends." acting opportunities.

taken to the At 17 her lawyer father, once first time in New York to sec cinema for the adviser to Washington's

pro- their father in How To Marry, 1 British Embassy, had to would urcen "I agree,

good dramatic roles, miso to pay the £4,200 she Millionaire, but they seem hard to come by owed on her Hollywood house. these days, except for the Peggy Ann was then seeking a Bette Davies and the Joan career on the stage.

and, after all, a girl And then-it was the year

1930-Peggy Ann Garner appeared.

When approached by the Army officials Stevens sport ingly agreed to turn out, and to make a pleasant story com- plete he finished up the out – standing player afield. All sec-

ons

love that of the local press were loud in their praise of his play ability.

brought power, to reverse the decision labs as the heroine

but his success special allsfaction to his Army.

who have long colleagues

up preclated his worth as a half back,

Stevens sails from the Colony on 21st of the month and his departure will leave a big hole In local soccer affairs.

Won

·

The Army was well repre- sented in the Hongkong Hockey Interport

sides that tackled Macao over tho Chinese New Year period, The milltary re- presentatives fully justified the honour that was given to them by the local selectors,

HOCKEYING TANKS

and

HARD TO COME DY Saia

the

a

jegat

Now she is to be entleed böck from her native Mexico to play the wife of Spencer Tracy. In Broken Lance.

NOBODY'S MOTHER'

"It was great,” they told David afterwards,

"It had Stevey

F

Bogart's

mother (Lauren Bacall) in it, dis and Vicki James's mother

One of the best games of Rugby seen here in a long time took place at Boundary Street last Saturday, and not only did

My attention was recently must un drawn to the fine contribution Bom Maureen Fitzsimmons the powerful Welch Regiment

Milltown, that has been made to local at

'ear Dublin on XV win the Inter-Unit Rugby

THE WILL TO WIN Championship

but they also hockey by the 7th Royal Tanks. August 17, 1921, she is one of a family of x (three sisters For the second year in success-

You will remember her na-a to represent the

ion the Tanies won their pec- and two brothers). Hongkong against the Cham-

plain little girl with a rather All, except the eldest, have large mouth, a ski-jump nose plons of Malaya at Singaporeon of the League only to be

on Alme beaten in the play-off by the "ppeared in a few weeks time,

or stage, and straight blonde hair who The eldest girl is in a convent, symbolised

and Hongkong Regt.

perfectly and she could have become a

poignantly the average Ameri concert singer she had not ear's devoted, buffed but eager, preferred to take the veil. "ornery-looking"

kid aster.

The

olhar

the

of ex-

doubt of

famous tro-

daughter OT

The score this year was 3-2 in favour of the Hongkong team and the line effect of the Tanks

only appreciated In caly life Maureen started when it is

remembered that to emulate her mother, a mem-

She their opponents included many

toppled the curly-haired, ber of the Abbey Players and

child stars "please-love-me" flight challen yers who a singer of some note, by star right from their pedestals.

Adering in the backyard of her werd in the Recreio

At one of London's swankiest recently when it defeated the home, in plays she made up

renowned i the children of the neigh-stopping-place of royalty

hotels, powerful Army 'A' team

for bourhood.

KP

game

provided spectators with plenty citing play and 72 LAA Regt. RA Bre to be congratulated on their great that and in keep ing the final result in

last moment right to the the game.

The "Old Comrades Challenge Cup" Joins phies on the Dorsots' siddhcard as the result of their Ano writi over the Club soccer eleven at the Stadium Saturday,

оп was really

Erand

per ance for the Club Belded full 1st Division sido and Sgt. and his green shirted Scott teammates are to be congratu-of the Army inted on taking the cup back to San Wol with them

Д

This

The Dorsets were most ap- preciative of the hospitality which was extended to them after the match and I hear that they are hoping to arrange a return game before the end of

the reasori.

INTERESTING STAGE

The Land Forces Golfing Championship has now reach- ed a most interesting stage and

am happy to pay due com- pliment to the Tanks who have not been beaten by any vices side during

two their years in the Colony. They have twice won the New Territories Hockey League and have had regular representation in both

one

tho

and

I found a 21-year-old Sho earned her first money

ey blondie, curly-haired girl with as a professional on the radio

hazel eyes, at 12, and by the time she was

on

letter

for

well

Peggy Ane, now 6ft, 6lm, tall 14 had received many awards and weighing just under nine and

medals in festival and stone, has blossomed into an dramatic contests, as

as attractive, well proportioned being enrolled in the Abbey young lady with charm, intelli- Theatre school.

her gence, a merry twinkle in she

disarming eyes, indischievous The Combiried Services GolfBy the time she was 17

"graduated from spear mile and the will to win. Championships start tomorrow and continue on Friday. With rying to small roles in the

famous Abbey Theatre.

'DISCOVERED' HER 48, soldiers in a total entry of

A year Inter shỏ ̈was given She told me: "I left Holly- 67 the Anny will certainly start the unusual offer of a leading wood at 17 to try my luck on with numerical superiority, but

role with the company, but at Broadway, Hollywood had de- with so many Ano golfers in

the same time received

actress from cided the label child Beld the the outcome is very English film company ament just that. Out there much in doubt.

never believe you can acti inviting her to London Many knowledgeable people a screen test.

they at 12 and 17. are tipping Cpl. Childs of the

It might have stopped her "Unfortunately Broadway King's Regt. as a possible win-

film carcer short, for the seemed to think the same. At victory but while his to be ner, At the invitation of the Foot-only one game remains

plctura was never completed, first they weren't even baterest ball Association's senior and played before the last of the would be a most popular

but fortunately Charles Laugh-ed in giving me an audition er he will have a tough job ahead ton and Erich Pommer saw aa reading. intermediate International Com- quarter- -finalists is known.

The competition

to pull it off. mittee, the managers will confer

brief cut from her scene and "I married. intense that the

popular

LAND FORCES BOXING London on March 22.

time of

the eventual spotting Naturally, they will have no

The first round of the Land winner is but it is delegated

most difficult powers,

ona Forces Team Boxing Cham- Indeed. When I asked for an anticipated that from their ex-

and the further arrangements change of opinions on matters of insider tip I was told that pionship is now well under way while anything' could happen day-to-day concern, mutual,

quito

of folks felt for the competition are as fol- a number ideas will emerge to algnpost an

that the golfer who beats lows: effective and practical policy.

The scrond round matches Colonel Furnivall may Some observers are already

must be completed by Febru- prove to be the Champion scunding a

ary 18 and the final will take of caution, that out

place on February 23. The pre- 7 34 1 however. They point

If all the 92 League clubs are

The Army cricket teams now

sont intention is to hold the 17 5 51 represented, the

look to be well on their way anat at Sek Kong, but if bote conference is 20.01 0.1 going to be, somewhat top-to whing both the 1st and 2nd finalists are located elsewhere Divisions of the local League. the Land Forces Boxing Com- heavy.

It too many are bent

The teams have played committee may decide to stage the 3000 urging pet schemes with

sistently

well throughout the Httle heed to their common ape

final accordingly. to season and have managed 11plication, not much good will

win wh

when

the wickets neve The be served.

or hard. The 'A'

b. Van Ryneveld

A. MacGibbon,

Watkina

e. Adcock, b.

ed beyond repair.

14

2

8

In

222 2/17,

K. C. Dao, former Shang- L. Miller, c. Walle, b. Adcock

easily hai Champion,

de-L. Blair, stumped Walte, b.

Van Ryneveld fented Y. Khan, Kowloon Indian Tennis Club, 6-1, 6-1 W. Bell, not out, in their first round clash of the Colony Tennis Singles Championship yesterday.

Dao still retains his powerful forehand drive and yesterday exploited this stroke with dead- ly effect.

Edwin Tsai, the Colony hurd court Champion, also had En easy pasange into the second round, at the expense of L. T. Leo

Veteran Lee Wal-tong had to fight

hard to gain the upper hand in his match against L.3. eventually

Wado whom he beat 6-3, 6-3.

In the eight matches played yesterday, the results wern straight-set victories, and as the scores indicate, the gomes were more or less one-sided.

THE RESULTS

The full results of yesterday's

matches were;

Extras

Total

Fall of wickets: 1/13, 3/73, 4/122, 5/161, 6/166, 7/181, 8/189, 9/193.

Bowling:

O M

R W 19 I 45 2

14 B 21

1

17

Adcock Watkins Murray Tayfield Van Ryneveld

South Africa, ist innings, 237 South Africa, 2nd innings J. McClew, un out R. Westcott, b. MacGibbon K. Funston, e. Mooney. b.

MacGibbon

W. Endean, c. & b. Bell

J. Watkins, b. Reid

C. Van Ryneveld, not out

J. Cheetham, not out

Y. Khan lost to K. C. Dao 1-0, 1-6; Edwin Tsal bent L. T. Blair

Extras

Total (for Ave wickets) Bowling

Leg U-1, 6-3, L. J. Wade lost; MacGibbon,

to

Leo Wal-tong 3-0, 3-6; Reid,

E.J.B. White beat P. L. Chan Dempster

6-1,

- W. M. Leung lost to Bell.

C. C. Tsou Mooney F. H.

u 1-8, 0-6; C

beat M.W.H. Calvert 6-0, 6-1;

45

10

13

note

WHEAT FROM CHAFF

It is to be hoped that from now until March managers will 11 grasp every opportunity of ex-

changing views

215

OM. RW 7 0 15

and sorting wheat from chaff, so that only the essentials remain for the conference agenda,

0 Such has been the concern

10 0 44

15. 2. 04

0 27

a

9.3 0. 54

1

200

Fall of wickets: 1/44, 2/40,

A. V. Szeto beat W. G. Lem 3/81, 4/188, 6/198-Reuter,

0-2, 6-3; and D. Todd-Jones

lost to R. E. Moore 0-0, 2-0.

TODAY'S MATCHES

Court Sof Faller v T. Lo, Court 2 K. F. Lee y K. L. Ho, Court 3 J. S. Woodhouse V Choy Tin-kin. Court 4 S. Baul VC. Savage. Court

Sanbolle v M. C. Ng. Court 8 C. S. Cheng v V. Wong. Court 7 C. C. Kao v K. C. Lung, Court 8 F. Lonne y F. Ma.

Thursday

Court 1:~#/o C. T. Harrison & Fritz Lin V w/o E. Pergies & X. L. 1o. Court a w/o C... Braun 1. 8. My w/o Y. Khan & K: C, Das Court w/o E. Teal & L. T Lou v w Wade & Leo Wais

E., B. Whito de tong, Court P. Chan V w/o W. M. Leung & PH, lu, Court 6 w/o t. O Trou AM. WH, Calvert v w/o A. V Aceto Be W. G. Lam. Court w/o D. Todd Jond It. E. Moore y w/o Bo Taller de T. Lo. Court WL Chung v K. Lo. Court & A. D. Barnet V) T. WADE.

Friday Court A. C. Hopkins

Fimon. Court 3 Y. Khia/V, 9.

LeMa/P. 7. Trol, Court 4| Häusern, M. Macpherson v

Court Lee V Tung Moon/

AWODE:

Barnet. Court

+112

Wicketkeeper's World Record

For Test Series

Port Elizabeth, Feb. 9.

John Waite, South African wicketkeeper, set a world record with 28 dismissals in the Test series against New Zea- land which ended here today.

Waite took 16 catches and made seven stump- ings in the five Test matches. The previous best was 21 dismissals in n rubber held jointly by Gil Langley (Australia). and England's H.

Thus, a clash on a basic issue is to bo foreseen, For white

been soft

now SO pas-

weil

Coleny

Billlerds

*

It didn't work. those her for the female lead We're divorced. In Jamaica

Inn, which led to "Then television started to the leading femalo role in expand, I got a chance there, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and starred in a few shows." again opposite Laughton,

Now producers in TV, Holly- *THEY PRAISED HER

Wood and on Broadway are She won praise for her per-discovering Peggy Ama again; formance in John Ford's she's in Europe makicg TV Academy award winner How Blm and discussing play In Green Was My Valley, and London with James Damld. them in tum protrayed Buffalo It's not the real big-time Bill's wife, a Spanish noble-gain yet, but Miss Garner's

a staid college WONLINE, AN

dean, stor is beginning to shine, Eastern princess, and swardswoman. In all she has REMEMBER THEM? appeared in more than 20 films. Come-back star No. 2: Bessie The hazel-eyed Maureen, who Love, adored star of the silent stands stt. 74in. and weighs days, is temporarily giving up

been has

on

an

end

ទ

atome,

became

twice

side has been particularly well Snooker Championships have married, both marriages ending

very substantial while attracted served by its bowlers

many of the entry list and with the batting section

there fa a Army competitors team has put up some really

of excellent

scores this season. very good chance of some

the into the players getting

of the advanced rounds petitions.

•

did

The RAMC soccer team well to win their 2nd Division game against REME at Happy Valley at the week-end. They

A

2 over recent international dis-had two early casualties due to plays that the views of many injury and played most of the top-flight managers are already game with nine men. Only widely known,

tenacious defence enabled them to hang on to their 2-1 lead until the final whistle,

CURIOSITY AROUSED some blama England's poor re- sults on lack of pre-match pre- The 'Red Duster Boxing paration and training, others, Tournament

China al

Fleet including Mr Stanley Cuills, Club last week has resulted in Wolverhampton Wanderers soveral interesting questions manager and former England being asked about the Welch

that centre-half, argue

most Regt boxers,

contemporary England playong well that many talks are won

Some of the fighters did so

have

Together appeared

enough to be versed in each dering why so little has been

.

in divorce.

In

she 1940 American citizen,

VETERAN OF 21 "Hello, there!" sald com-voice on the telephone.

member me; Peggy Ann Gar- rer? Why not come over for

1

The Land Forces Squash drink?"

take place Championship will

of this during the latter part month. All rankes are eligible to enter and entries have to be is the hands of the Army J.S. Squash Secretary, Captain Pyper, by February

14.

Many units and formations are now getting ready for their and annual athletic meetings

as most of these contain at least one opan event interested com- make petitors are advised to enquiries at their units.

the moment it is known

that open events have been ar

other's styles. They also asic: heard, about the Welchmen In

long preparation practicable some of the Land Forces Cham-ranged for the RAMC meeting under auch an over-laden League plonships. system

"Is

Particularly impressive

on February 10 and the RA/RË meeting on February 19 and 20.

the

"RC-

I went over, wondering what sort of a woman Peggy Ann Garner hack turned to be. 1 remembered her violent, exclt- the ing rise to stardom challenger and anal victor over doll-like Shirley Temple,

At

6 ahe went to Hollywood. At 7 she made her frst film, Little Miss Thoroughbred,

At 12 she was a star with her name in lights in Jane Eyre

Carruthers Back In Training

Man- teamsend is a widely bad1 : 36 Bde. is including | ary 28, his trainer,

and

war

Sydney, Feb, 10. SNIPPETS: The RMP - 33 The World As an offshoot of this argu- the magnificent display given

Bantamweight ment. a redistribution of the by Ple. Chivers when he was GEN HOSP, soccer cup tie yes.

Jimmy Carruthers, Champion, League may well be suggested. pluted against the captain of terday was a real he-man after will leave for Japan on Febru

The policemen won by :3 goali A number of managers, among the HMS Birmingham

boxing

Bill Mc- them Mr Matt Busby,

Ldg Sea, Townsend.

Commeil, and last night.. Ith

3-milla chuster United manager

Point-to-Point

McConnell, who will accom- former Scottish International, perienced aghter and has fought Race in the Bde. Auhistle Meet

pany

Carruthers, said he want- belleve a less hectic programme many top ches men, but as long ing on February 17 and 18 would make clubs more football as he remains active in the Previg Lammon, the Dorsets" od him to have one month'

centre-forward made big training in the Japanese climate and less points - conscious ting he will seldan have a

Tokyo Small clubs, acutely aware of

of harder fight

Chivers ball officials who saw him in or March 20. the downward trend in gates him by the blonde call given impression on the Army foot before the first fight in

Carrulliers would have since the immediate post-war the crowd's appreciation of action against Club last work-

Dght in Osaka on yours, see in it a further reduce this dah supay anything and many folks are sur non-lite

we have heard here for a lone pred that there has been no April 19 before the world title

· Such are the

time, and if you heard the Army mentored in the fight against the Orlent Chame, Hah: Boccer. If the managers, brosdcast commentary, you peo seal “Badmintono

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Monroe, who's TIO body's mother."

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