1954-05-17 — Page 7

SING TAO 2, KMB 4

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1954.

TIGERS MOVED WITH A SILKY TEXTURE, BUT BUSMEN WON THE MATCH

By I. M. MacTAVISH

How different this result might have been. In the carly stages a casual visitor would have been excused for thinking that it was the Tigers and not the Busmen who were on the verge of Championship

honours.

There was silky texture about the Sing Tao play that compared more than favourably with unything that KMB showed at any time in the match. They moved the hall about with speed and accuracy and the right wing partnership of Chow Kit and Yeung Wai-tao suggested danger at every move.

Sing Tho drould have opened of these breaks enme from your fence, inspired by Yue Kni-yan, their account immediately after, goalkeeping.

held out until the dual whistle THE TEAMS

the start but the score was het

to become the first team to tako long delay and Yeong Wil- Blog Tao: Yue Yu-tak: Banjahree points from the soldiers 100 left

the KMB defenders ¦ Yung-sang. Mok Kam-theunx; us reason. standing to drive the fall Water Sit Pei-yin, Ifonniball,

the

the

at the third

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Tigers

The tr superiority and it was all minnast

run of play when Woon-chnung 201 equaliser.

Mo Chelant-yau hart & couple of possible chates be restar the Sing Tao lead hat it want left to Yeung Wai-tro I do the needful in the 20th minute

The winners 201 excellent

Keng-chuen: Yeung Wal-lac, services from Yue Kal-yars, Sit

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and

Chow Kit, Cheung Kam-hol, Hu Kam-hung. So Sas-ming in de- Cheung-you, Lau Chung-sang. fence and 1 Sap-touk and Tomm KMB: Wal Fat-king Hang tau Kai-chiu in the attack. completing-yuk, a

Szeto You Tani | Inside-left Lo hail a particularly Sum, Ng Kee-cheung. Les good game -- probalily his best Chun-fut, Lee Shlu-fal Szeto of the season and he was Man, Tang Vorskll, Dec Tai-largely Instrumental in claiming fal. Taru Waon-chrung

the points for his team

For the Army, Granger had 3ttle to do aut had no chance with the goats that beat him. Crowhurst was uncomfortable at

PS \right back ani it was only clever covering by a top-form Wells that prevented the Kwong Wah left dank from exploiting the weakness

ICMI got another simple grad

KWONG WAH 4, ARMY

in sweltering heat, on a in in the 28th panne when goilhard ground, and with

a light keeper Yue Yut-lak made less than hati-hearted attempt all Kwong Wah conquered the

clements to

a

wil-

lo stop a soft set by Tang Yo-deserved victory that was even

KR.

TRAVESTY OF FACT

It was a travesty of thet that

the

than the

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Server

ly suggests, The Army team shows all the teats should be on levels of having had a terms when Referee Willcock sufrency for this season, and blew the interval whilsta Un

༢་ཟླ་ * -tainly they never revealed this Pressure orach play the Tights sur care-fire alsutidens as their were much tagasi

to our

opponents 12 this game, potential champions and it

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The departure of estate

established only indifferent goalkeeping by

players huis left weaknesses in the Yue Yiu-tak that left them

sude, but newerner Riley gave such a false position

promise But, as we have seen on many

of being an important andedition to the team for next dung the

121

KMB are at the mast danger Dis just when the tide seems to

got galust privil

them and

Intertitely after the interval they launched a strving attacks down the night

15 FIN dimmative Lee Shar-far put his side in the lead when has strt

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left back Muk Kam-clerung This really wom pleted the

Tur tale of w arul thes never Peevered from the unfortunate reverse.

A

Frazer gut through a lot of sound work in the midelber und when he reverted to his normal Higgins showed improved form

seer

the

position at left half In the second half.

Lunnon and Reeves were danger men up front but both of them received Injuries after Lio

Anished the interval and game limping.

Thomes allsuppointed early Ion but when be hug to take on

coving cormission fair in the [game he got through a god work

Tot of

Kwong Walk startext off EJE fat silyle and although they Just a quick goal, when defender Lerret non s ot

VERDICT: Kwong With wer In the 10%, they never really worthy winners. The Army kaked to be it much danger al

was a disappolating side and is sing the pune.

obviously suffering from the arrivetss of

many of its star lead by thres players #3140 al twenty-twa the result

La Suu-k Players could have been pardon-

When The Intrevel goals to one as they were in the

Ik

good shots from 121 and Lou Kal-chiu.

Immediately afur the terval the Chinese boys svet

further ahead when Tam Yang-

ki k advantage of covering in the soldiers' defence 10 send the ball into the Hot wide of trungur.

ON HIS WAY

WORLD

THE MOUNTAIN !

John Landy, the famous Australian runner who has made several efforts to run the elusive "four- minute" mile, pictured on his arrival at Londen Airport on his way to Finland and Sweden where he will attempl to break the world records for the 1,500 Metres and one Mile.Central Press Photo,

HOLLYWOOD HEADLINES

MR DISNEY DECIDES IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER FAIRY STORY

By

JENNIFER JOHNS

Hollywood.

Thrilled with seeing "Pinocchio" for a second time (its revival here is outstripping its first-run popularity) I decided to see what the animators at the Disney studios had on their drawing boards for the future. I found they had quite a lot.

Although currently achieving an outstanding success with his Intest Nature documentaries ("The Living Desert" and "Bear Country"), Mr Disney has decided that it is nevertheless time for another fairy story.

As a result the famous Bur-time to get your teeth Into but, more compliented Alm elreuses, bank studio is to start work! couldn't get along without So much so that "Girl Rush" such on its most ambitious singing sometimes!"

(which beging lining in August) cartoon project ever-nearly £2 Nor it seems could his publie stands a good chance of getting million worth of "Beauty and get along without Frankie. One Frank Sinatra, Charles Cobură the Beast"

When production of his latest songs. "Young Atand Edmund Gwenn into a tean starts more than 600 people whit Heart" has sold 750,000 records, together. See what I meant be fully employed on the film. "This isn't enough," says Frankie. It won't be shown before 1939 I wont it to be ove

Looking for over the million

Kossip оп but a best-ever" from Disney

mark. But it's

Command" not bad all the "Strategic

sel MK should be worth waiting for.

Nor is it.

Paramount I came across a heart- STILL SEARCHING

warming story good to read in Marilyn and Joe

stil Hollywood these days. Or at

(and

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are

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VOICE IS NOT SILENT Even though "From Here to looking for their dream house, any time for that matter. Eternity" has made him a fully-Plenty of people willing to seli

It all concerns June Allyson flodged

Oscar-winning)them a dream. For million and revolves round the fact that dramatic slar, I gather that dollars, "All We want" says I have never seen a star wear Frank Sinatra has no Intention Marilyn "is Just a small place. of slowing down the production | One bedroom." of his records. In fact he In Mario Lanza recently refused recording every ruure moment a one-week singing turn LE he can get off from his work on Philadelphia. At £25,000. He "Suddenly" the thriller in is still sorting out his Income which he has the job of killing tax

problems Doesn't

the President of the United any more compilentions. Stoles,

David "This dramatic acting is

Mottram And Paish-

They Were Veterans When They Started

First major event on the British lawn tennis calendar is the Hard Courts Championships at Bournemouth,

shirts

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British? In name only. The goods have usually been foreign,

"I wonder what American or Swede will play the Australian or often the crowd's conjecture on the final.

Dane"

Was

ed for

removing their and setting down to a Infertable spell of sunbathing. hi was that kind of weather, Centre-forward Tang Yee-kit

THE TEAMS completed the scoring when he

Kwong Wah Yue Kai-yan: theed through

Sit Kam-hung. the defence

Cheung Ting- great Individualistle

sum: 1tsu Du-vad, So Suu-ining, Receiving the bull un

Chen Yu, Chen Ming-chin, through pass near the middle of

For the first time the Army Kwok Cheuk-cheung, Lau Kal- Reid, Tank outstripped | started tu Bght back

chiu, Lo Sau-fook, Tam Yung- to take five defenders before driving the charge of the play.

A penalty kan. balt home.

goal by Wells and fast ac

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Army Granger; Crowhurst, Once in the hud KMB never curate shul by Reeves put n Wells; Higgins, Frazer, Riley: looked in any rent danger. They better appearance on the score Lunnon, Reeves, Bennet, Wing

show flashes of the vard but the Kwang Wah began tu brilliant

constructive play of which we know they are calzin able but even in thus they never really matched the early bri- liance of their opponents.

SHOWMAN

Hear nget shoulders

everyone else in this game stood

He wes

Hou Yung Ing to his enthu~ sim

timen several

in the out position later stages of the second half,

enuight

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the

if some

in

of the thers Tigers' team had played

with the

same

determination

and skill they would not have left the fold a defeated side.

His delightful side-of-the-

foot passing and his Interventions bore the bal

of the class footballer. I have often

#

do- fteld, Thomas,

But not this year. Conjecture was blown gloriously sky-high. The tourna- ment ended last week. For the first time in 17 years the final was between two British players-Tony Mottram and Geoff Palsh.

To reach the last round. the A wonderful performance from British pair linocked out two of the international prestige angle,

top hard the world's

courts And even greater one from the pleyers, those two great Danes, national sporting point of view.

For, as Britain's Kurt Nielsen, Wimbledon tinalist

top tennis Last year, and Torben Ulrich. pair. the lot of Matrim and

Palah has been a strange one.

Many New Players In County Cricket

By DENNIS HART

As the new cricket season gels under way speculation runs high on who will gain the honours; England or Pakistan in the Tests; Surrey

of sixteen challengers in the county championship.

or

onc

While such things are a matter for conjecture, one point is certain-much of the limelight will centre on fresh faces.

Dea

For the first time ever from Pakistan, Britoin's young- est Dominion, ore the visitors.

criticised bus attacking play but no one can deny that he 19 personality. in fact I'd go so fur RS to say... showman. How our game would benefit from o lew more charac- ters like him.

Apart from Hau Yung-song, Sit Pel-yin. Yeung Wai-lau

Chow Kit pul

a lot

of True, all the faces will not nud

play while,

be entirely new. Sume have

cust of 20 runs

HELD THE FORT

Wayne has becom

wonk

prospector. In oil. At least he's Just picked up a slice of an oll- fold in Kansas. Price t vealed. There's plenty

there.

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so little Jewellery, I discover due to now that this in all husband Dick Powell. They have been married nine усага and happily so every mement of them. On her dress June wears wedding ring

Not hers, she explains, but the ring with which her mother-in-law had been married.

a

"Dick had mo.

I mounted on and gave it to me us golden pla and

It would cost a lot. It was bound to happen. Låd Sherco North who was groomed by

Mother's Day gifi lust year."

I probed further and June add- being ed proudly: "Diek has the most exquisite taste of any person I

20th-Century

case Marilyn didn't come back, have ever known. He gave me

19

now complaining

that she's the only other piece of jewellery wet what and she pointed

being played down. Marilyn is

back There's nut

room for

of four tiny gold to a bracelet Which two of us" rays Sherre.

angles Jinked together with would seem to be dangerous fresh-water pearls. "And that's thing

stage.

tu say

a

the present not

Baid all,"

June. "Each

117

Clark Gable is taking it easy angel has a distinct personality. and quietly way vut in the They represent each of our two children and the other two are backwoods. A secluded moun-20

Dick and me. It was tain spot 191 Upper Californie,

niversary "Gone Fishing" say his friends

1 think Personally

he's just to get away any pince gone from the furore over his pro fessional future.

gift. Dick's own quiet way of saying that curs is one family which will always be tied together. Here's wish- ing it m

ROMÁN DISCOVERY

in

Believe it or not bul Hur- phrey Bogart

for (heading

I hear from a colleague Africa again to make the "Man Rome that the flourishing Italian Who Would Be King") has fim Industry, not to be outdone collected Ռե English accent. by Hollywood, has just dia. Not from his last ("African covered the Bible. future was assured. But if his

Queen") visit to Africo but decision was easler, he still had from

Biblical alm illes have from the Oliviers in England. to put in the same hard work. They have become frm friends. been registered by Italian Alm

So the firm Mottram and Palsh come into being.

As senior partner, Muttram has enjoyed more personal glory.

An enigma of Inconsistency-

time.

Five

"A Star Is Born" (Judy Gar. companies during the past fort- land's come-back) took an extra night, ranging from the "Walls

to the

"Prodigal of Jericho" Jong time to shoot. Now I learn

Son". Another

company why. Judy couldn't manage scheduled to produce the "Life more than two hours acting at a Of Christ'in technicolor.

All a very far cry from Italy's recent run of "bad girl" stories in one game his play often Heading back this way any played by such curvacious varies between the world-beating day now is Rosalind Russell. wonders as Gina Lollobrigida and the rabbit class-his She will on-days have produced brilliant months on Broadway in "Wonderful Town". Rosalind's

victorles.

ROZ RETURNS

be

back after 14 and Silvana Pampanini!

They buve beld the fort through some of the leanest years Britain has experienced.

But, by some queer reasoning, less discerning followers of the game have attributed the had spoil to Mottram and Paish.

Their argument runs some-

like this: "Being Britain's that first thing

season of 1946 he best, they strould have made.

reached the doubles final of the their mark in the international frish open tournament, wan the and-wife teams that do better neld. If they couldn't let them mixed doubles, partnered by make way for younger blood."

countrymen.

He soon Justified

his decision return to the screen will start with a musical Western ("Girl

to concentrate on tennis.

Won

In

the mixed

A new

Rush") produced by her hus band, Frederick Brisson:

This is one of those husband-

Favourite Team

Luis

da

So the talk is the Knights, the Doris Hart, and, partnered by in Hollywood than many of the

All well Jean Bostock, Wilsons and Oakleys,

doubles in America's Youth must have

Pacific He Did Sec His and good.

lis

Coast Tournament, head. Especially in tennis essentially a young man's game. But his two greatest per

But not util It has proved formances were at Wimbledon

in the singles.

Lisbon. The Tesis sel the pattern. Blue bowler. nt дл average country. Included In their line-self worthy of the heritage.

50 Mottram and Paish have will be a West never won any top world tourna up this season

The first was in 1930.

Costa, 17-year-old Al the end of term he came Indian, Peter Wight, an Aus- ments?

Maybe not. But they American star had been born. soccer fan in Portuguese Guinea, down to Sussex and took 56 tralian Jim

McMahon. who, are unbeaten by their own Name of Trabert,

stowed he WOR

away aboard

a Por- County Championship wickets incldentally came via Surrey,

steamer to predicted to shine brighter than tuguese for less than 25 runs aplece. and Lancastrians John Hilton

And their record against over-all the other great names from Lisbon to see the team he had But perhaps

read so much the youngster and John Lemax.

scas players bears examination, across the Atlantic. At nineteen es

about, Sporting who engenders most hope, from They face A difficult task. In the seven years they have he came to Wimbledon.

Club, actually in action. county at least,

la Lust

was arrested and the second collected 34 Davis Cup victories. John Balley, of Essex.

time in succession, Somerset And they are stilt Britain's front

being sent home when until he tired in the heat, already made brief appearances

of the table. rank. bottom Of medium pace, John-nonished Cheung Kam-hoi was the brains and given hopes of great in reintion to Trevor-burst onto Everyone wishes the new men of a forward line in which to to come. This

season, o full

last Cheung-you

in well. show the strangely summer's

In his fiest quiet.

whether these hopes are likely sensational fashion. to be fulfilled.

match he took seven Notting- Hung Hing-yuk. Ng Keu-

hamshire wickets cheung, Lee Shiy-tai and Tang Yee-kit were the outstanding

effort into their

Was

In the County Championship new men are a feature of many sides.

cricket

Con

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his

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summer

for 32 ruins,

season.

for

RESCUE ACT

Another overseas

Busmen but there were long i The progress of a young cuch perlods when i was hard to Northamptonshire lad' will be gained him top place in all the Kent colours. realise that this team has ul- followed with much interest. frst elusa averages. most got the Championship He is Frank Tyson, a burly 23- trophy within its grasp.

year-old who originally

balls

NO WONDER

STARTED AS VETERANS

some

SUNK HIM

Pettiford, who gave so many It avalled them little that in since the days of Fred Perry, fine displays for the Australian 1037

Tony sunk the young'. American In three straight acta.

The following year, Tony came up against someone very much fancied to win the crown

Jaroslav Drobny.

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Headaches BAYER

Whe

Sporting Club directors heard his escapade and pleaded

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Rotary. Ball

He was not expected to win with the police on his behalf. the title, straight off. But it They went ball for him and With all this talk of youth, it was reckoned he would collect took him to the match as their is interesting to record that, by

Important scalps. He guest. "Import" modern standards, Mottram and probably would have done, too. He finished the season with 25 looked upon to do a rescue set Palsh were veterans when they gut in

Then he reported back to the the second wickets costing a mere 13 runs és Australian all-rounder Jack entered the International field,

round he pollee for shipment back home. performance a

which Pettiford,

came up against Mottram. Play-|--China Mall Special, now qualified for Returning from the war,

ing the best tennis by a Briton Mottram was 20, Paish 24.

schoolboy Mottrom wan Air Force in the 1945 Engllan hailed as another Fred Perry or VERDICT: Not a great game from Lancashire, tipped by

And no wonder Essex

the the following year, nro BCUBON, is a fine forcing bats-that, but there was a lot of enter- Freddie Brown to become an-

were levelled a pines

Their batting is the man and leg-break bowler. His same claims taining play. The result might

Larwood.

hopeful.

will be brightest In the country. But task

to instil the schoolboy Paish. easily have gone the other way Last season some 250 overs

bowling, The

still

characteristic of Many years had elapsed since reiying sparkle ....in fact this

was a clear earned him 20 wickets. In mainly on the willing.

but no pre-war Kent cricket.

then. Years which would have case of the points going with approved fashion ho време

been the formative and peak can longer young, Ray Smith, the breaks....but at least two some of the winter felling trees do with a boost,

Suffering from malaria, doped Strangely, while Kent will be ones of their careers, but in with quinine to enable him to to build up his physique. Hu

strengthened by one new all-which tennis played an almost walk onto the court, no one gave bowler who rounder, they Another pace stamina will be closely watch-

Jose

another non-existent part.

anything for the British player's chances. Barthel Runs His cd, for in the past he has been should catch the eye la York- Brian Edrich, youngest of the

Inclined to burn up quickly. thice's Bob Appleyard. It may great cricketing family

Mottram, indeed, almost gave has "emigrated" to Glamorgan. up the top-class game. Up to: But, despite his weakened Fastest Mile

He should prove a steadying the war he had been at school. { state, Tony produced perhaps Influence in the Welsh side. After that his only trade was in the greatest post-war upset in

Air Force pilot. He had to the championships He beat! |

Glamorgan will also kavu think of earring a living.

Drobny in a gruelling five-sei car first full summer's cricket, was two new young batsmen in the can

match, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5, 6-B. Frank a trip to Australia in stricken with pleurisy and has ranks, Brian Hedges, kept out He couldn't do that as an the winter.

been out of the game for two of the side last season through amateur tennis player unless he Yes, my limelight has been

Jim 'Injurios, and

He had to centred

whose Pressdee, roached the top..

on Mottum Such a prospect may also bu Now he is starting all over kapi out through national Judge whether he could do that dark wavy hair and striking- In store for

profile", "give him a Hollywood another young again,

it service.

Reason said no. At: 26, he appearance. bowler, a slow one this time, Not all the county now off-spinner Robin Marlar of comers are youngsters however an old stager to give them. But reason isn't wyprything. Tony But the County, still look to could never start, all over again. Sussex.

soodon Robin Bome have made their names

good start. Opening the indinge loved tenesla.“ Love; found Its skippered the Cambridge Unls with other countles, some asumiini will be Emrys Davies way? versity side, On the feather- other countries. bed Fenners wloket he cap

WAS EASIER. found now in his 50th year, thirty of tured 01 wickets, nearly twice some of each, in the moin which have been spent in

service of Glamorgan, aldo w in the

London: Express Mercles)

Cambridge, Mass, May 13.

Josy Barthel (Luxembourg), the Olymple, 1,000 metres cham- pion, won a special mile race in 4 mins. 0.3 seconds in the Hep- at Harvard togonal Games Stadium hire today.

time was Barthel's

only a of the Stadium second short record sot by 'Sweden's Gundar Hoogg 11 years ago.

Fred Dwyer, Horace Asher- felter, Fred Wiit (all USA) and 'Alex Breckenridge. (Bicoland) followed Barthel In that order. ----Reuter,

seem

strange to talk of make bowler who has captured over Test grado this season~~~True- 200 wickets in one season as a nowcomer. But Appleyard, after achieving that feat in his

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Although unlikely

man and Statham are the main candidates to keep out Bedsor

good summer

to

years.

· At Somerset' (can" be

na many, sa......any other Light | cosmopolitan

For

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- Plain, bespectacled Palali, z0- Habla: rather than spectacular, has remained in the background,

he has had only one aim--always

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