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BRUSHING UP HIS PUTTING BROUGHT DAI REES

green.

A £3,000 CHEQUE

Few golfers escape the soul-destroying effects of the missed sitter"

on the

It is as liable to ruin the round of the big tournament professional just as easily as that of the high handicap hopeful.

Inugine then the task confronting the player who, on a course where the greens are not in the best of shape, knows he has to do a 68 to win first prize. And the first prize is worth £3,000,

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upon demobilist- Um in 1940 he found hims. If starting to play the game all over again.

cue,

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In reached the final of the Match it was that pisition found him:play Championship.

After 18 holes of this 38-hole en the fast day of the Spaicheng

Moornal he was five down to Eric £1,350 TOKET ant

The road back was a hard Park On, rument he had an Whitcombe and victory appeared qu:silon. it was

selected for wng in sight, out of the Apparently

Ren The next Bar Brown hat eume then

showed his 1947 Ryder Cup team but this time was beaten in both singles In with a reord-in eaking 84 and amazing powers of recovery. In

In 1948 came b: played and fourwomen, round Bres was fan ung one of the big- the afternoon

emendous golf and Whitcombe's another setback. He went dowu allenges of luas eure I.

Tromacul, to end was swept away They

with appendicitis. This put him J1 Later

fow of the game for golf hep hy vietny Laget in stood on the 18th le: all square out

for Recs gave months. fo the last and a win here

Then after a

rest Reas : got

m the Match-play title.

set off on a 4.4.3, mediaf

a golong junker' which Offers to tak: up en appoint- Ingled three and a half years and die to win.

ment as

to took him all over the wor

world. professional come wedding

different parts Continual play improved bis os cach of him from many

and in 1950 he was right of the country a result. Rees

Kame Kreens at two and

bay pickel himself Kind-out-t

at the top. He won Bie Tom o

back at Match-play fle for the fourth time, to equo; Jomes Braid's 40- Masters year-old record, the tournaistest. Wal two other event, bainging his prize money for the season to over £ 2.000

Tu turn be sited Australia, South Africa, Malugu, Eust and in cachi Africa and India place the cheerful bitte Welsh

she unfectious k with. made many new friends.

Tinying on so many different he encountered all sor's courses of conditions.

Perhaps tho strangest no Sydney where in 2 match themselves contain

as against Be then Australian Open torren- Crenda, the winning Champion, Erie TE

carried tal rain caused many parts of

It be flooded the course to lucken

the match as though would have to be abandoned at the ninth where R was une But rather than disappoint up the 250 gallery who had braved Cremin the rain, Rees and decided to curry on

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The following

saw the vh que fur

in Fugland for American stærs

At This time the Hyr Cup

other top-notch files and thi

were pitont un - US playors be talde Almost-buy not quite. Altfanigh Bri'an went down by to three, there et A 1_fhs1r-it A

win and spectacular WAY Phat

ite s 3 & WAS

Victory Nelson,

holder of ver Byron the US Musters' Thurmanent.

The cheering crowd who had of bring the mist dasing plovir followed the match could

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the Barne, tual differed

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ed stroking the ball into the beskulder high in triumph from the 17th green to the club house. ult and the

quarter of a mile away. Even 14 success did not 1a become a fully tempt D Hedged professional, although by this tune he was probably in the first six at the country. No for another twelve months did The consider his education com-

Then be plete

accepted the West Hindhead,

the He remained there izzatil

war, when he at-outir ak

Joined the RAF and became Corporal driver.

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Detroit's Gromek Coasts To His Seventh Victory

Detroit, May 18. Righthander Steve Gromek of the Detroit Tigers coasted to his seventh victory of the season today 8-3 triumph over the Philadelphia Athletics.

...... an

Gromek gave up only six hits as he sent the faltering Athletics down to their 11th defeat in 12 games.

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lot was of the

t

Putting was extremely diffi- cult. Often they arrived on a waterlogged. to finet green Undeterred, Rees and Cremin produced their 5 rous and holed out for Under of the round with the Small wonder then that Dur found no trouble in putting at Moor Park,

London Experas Service)

HKAAF WIN ON TOSS OF COIN

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the of the soccer

The toyal Hongkong Defence Force conunued their celebra- tion of the Volunteers' centenary In the sporting field yesterday,

HKAAF beat when the JKRNVR by the toss

semi-final coin in match ul Sookunpoo.

W&H 20 The game, which milates each way, reached no decision when the whistle went and so five minutes each way was played for extra ume. Where Ume was up and still neither team had registered a goal the referee tossed a coin and luck was with the HKAAF.

In the first half, the HKAAF goal with the Navy

Detroit pounded two Phila-fated to defeat, tagged him for attacked delphiu hurlers, Morrie Martin his only loss. and Art Ditmar, for 14 hits in- cluding

THE SCORES

a two-run homer by Frank Bolling.

The scores were;

American League

R H

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3 B

2

8 14

0

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Detroit

The Tigers acored once in the Philadelphin second on Jim Delsing's double, a single by Bill Tuttle and a sacrifice By. Three more runs followed in the third on singles by Balling, Ray Boone and Al Kaline plus another double by Delsing.

Bolling rapped Martin, who was tagged with his third loas bais ogainst ane triumph, for third homer of the year after a single by Frank House in the fourth.

An error, a walk and House's double produced one can off Dilmar in the fifth, and Harvey

vigour, but Navy's goalle proved his worth. The next half saw the Navy on the attack but they were not able to get passed the 11KAAF's strong defence, and so

ended The garne

in

a draw even after extra time,

FIRST ROUND HOCKEY

The first round of the hockey competition

Tommy Atkins ARMY SPORTS

PARADE

There is no question of who should be accorded the honour of Alling the top spot in the Tommy Atkins Parade this week. Driver Mike Granger, the RASC, Army, Colony and York City soccer star, won the coveted title of Hongkong's Footballer of the Year and it is safe to say that his nomination by public ballot has found favour in every section of the local community.

Behind Granger's rise to popularity there is an in- teresting story of grasping an opportunity when it arose. At the start of the season Cpl. Brinsford was first choice as goalkeeper for the Army team with Gunner (lift as his deputy.

The Army offels knew all about Changer who had been turing is goal displays in unit forstball but Brinsford was play ing well and there seemed me ikelihood of the dropping and of the side.

The Brinsford suffered sample but slow-mending injury and, with Chift temporarily disposed. Granger stepped inter the side He played well enough for the offietals to give hum an extended etianer and the stress that has alnew crowned his work between the posts is Bow foral history.

Granger hos remained con- the pletely unspoliert by all hours that have come his way and his selection na fotballer of the year tunk este agent ils performances and his sportsman whip on the field of play.

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Round The British Film Studios

Page

'Bad Boy' Widmark Now A 'Good Type'

By ROY NASH

London. bad boy,"

for the

for a same

bounder

They're reforming Richard Widmark, Hollywood's "best British Alm and turning "good type" Nigel Patrick into a picture.

Thirty-nine-year-old Widmark of the belligerent voice and the sadistic laugh arrives here next month to mako "A Prize of Gold" for Warwick Films at MGM's Elstree studios, reopening after their recent shut-down.

Widmark, an ex-college mo fessor and a mild character away from the camera, was here in 1950 to make "Night and the City" in which he spent most of his time running round London.

by

liant Cholce," is a Scots missionary

not only ...Jose Ferwer is on actor who can make a bril- Bant Job of walking on his knees. He's a composer too and has written the theme song for Ginger Rogers's Shepperton picture "Beautiful Stranger.“

Patrick and other Warwick's adaptation of Robert Truc, he steals the gold of the waves"---30

cast, Anthony Graves's "The Golin Fleece."

bril- Banzi, .... Brenda de but he does it only to help & Steel and Sydney Tar among le cache of ex-Nazi hullion members of the

Maggie of "Hobson's group of war orphans to get to them, spent much of their time South America and he repents reading or playing poker.

braving jungle and Japs for before the ent

DEFLATING DEFINITION Gregory Peck's ***The Purple D: dating definition of ski-ing | Plain."

actres Yvonne Mitchell: Two hours' tail getting to the top of a slope; two minutes' thrill Coming down."

Miss Mitchell learned how to "1 st 22iba," he said when hen he skis while doing outdoor Colony half-buck,

for in Austria has achieved his ambition and he arrived, thankfully no doubt, scenes has become a professlunal foot-back baller with Brighton and Hove wonder. Albion FC. Longland

expected to Join Portsmouth but Brighton manager Mr Bill Lane had Longland out in a trin match within three days of his arrival in the UK. and was so in- | bullion-will go by plane. pressed thus he immediately signed him on.

Army

Wild

in

This time

should find it more restful.

Champion And Contender For

"Tho gather sho California. And uo Divided Hearts." I For one atquence. I won't be going back for a winter "Apart from remember, I appeared to sprint sport: holiday.

framing about I'm all the way from Tower Bridge all that bo Putney with the cops in pur-terrified of heights," she said. suit.

Soon, however, she will have Wichmark-and the to be geling her skis on again Heto tackle the snowy slopes of

Ealing for studio sequeNETS,

With her in the picture aro

who has bren "another Real villa of the piece will be nell Borchers,

ingrid Berg- де a former RAF called Nigel Patrick,

atid Armin Dahlen, who over control | man," officer who takes of Widmark's plane and tries to said to be "a younger Spencer

Tracy." tak: the bullion too.

Miss Borchers-fair, and Champion, and Percy Bas- the surface, "A charmer on

(5ft 7in)-seli.

interim champion but a real dirty dog underneath tall for an actress

something of while Saddler was in the was the way Patrick described really does have

the radiant Bergman look.

both out- the part for me.

"A Prize of Gold" is from a

Those who know this greal-best-selling nervel by Max Catto. two stars from Germany Cor Title Both Lose

hearted player will be satisfied the Sussex club has obtained the services of footballer who will give them grand service.

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New York, May 18.

World Sandy Saddler,

Boxing Featherweight

wore

US Army, And curly-haired Dahlen, pointed in ten-round non-

years title bouts here last night. the pre-war Tracy Courageous" and

Saddler in his Brat bout since his release from the Army last the decision to on A spitt

Hoacine lightweight Aigerion

Nicholas St. the Khalf Arena.

What do they think of these Hollywood tubels?

The start of the Headquarters Land Forces six-a-side hockey tournament has provided good recreation sund entertainment

Quit #elange after his herote When Granger took part in a

Sound Barrier born in Austria for the personnel of the various Saturday

rious attempt on the radio Interview

sterling efforts is very like branches of the Headquarters and his recent evening he asked to be allowed

Majesty's of "Captaina behalf of Her to thank the other members of staff. For those who have little on

of the competition Custom Service knowledge

in "Forbidden "Pier 13." He said that the Army shie.

and the enthusiasm no gralkeeper

Cargo." 410171 to Hope *2114

without intich uchleve sound support from his lean- and during the past sea- males

tha hy had been given right kind of assistance by the

front of him....

...and main cun- that had

been the tribution to any success he had attained.

men in

VIEN

can do no better than suggest that they go along to Victoria Barracks

and tine afternoon

watch

a couple of games in progress. They will be surprised at how

much the players put into their efforts.

BASKETBALL

COURSE

I have several times made re- ference in this endurn to the rise

"I don't mind at al" Dahlen told me. Tracy is such a won torful actor.

13

A few miles away in the Arena, Parkway

A swich too from his current role as a member of a wartime RAF air-sea rescue team in "The Sea Shall Not Have Them," for just spent three which he has

tho about in

"I don't think it Brooklyn, man business. werks bobbing

outpointed by Orlando Zulueta, North Sea o Fixtowe for

a good thing. Teration scenes,

"A wonderful compliment, ot Cuba's No.

110 1122

or Sun

But

wishes Miss Borchers

forge this Berg- people would

ส

Bassett wDA

easily

contender for the

Bassett is the leading contender for Saddler's title,

The weather was hardly over course, but she has reached such world lightweight championship. right "Either w: had

The popularity of o Army. sport la still on the increase and to meet the ever growing call fver

Granger will be returning to the Unilest Kingdom in Augustins importance of basketball in the and local football fans will no doubt follow his future career with great interest.

MOST SIGNIFICANT The other day I was speaking to a prominent Anny sportsman and look the opportunity of him what was, in hin asking

opinion, the most significant single achievement ire Army sports circles during the season that has just finished.

Hungarians qualifiest officials a specti

being held at H.Q. Land Forces from May 31 Lis Jupe 9. The course is open to all ranks who are interested in the administration side of the ganic

The Anual General Meeling of the Land Forces Sports Board will be held on Monday, May 24. 1 should explain that his own The meeting will consider every Interests Dre

divided aspect of sport in the Army I equally between

crickel rugby,

and and Hongkong

constructive athletics and although he is no criticism, grievances and compl!- longer setive was quite pre- ments will be given sympathetic pared to and his thoughts run-hearing.

channels. ning along those

t little u must admit! I was just surprised when he said that he considered the greatest achieve-ph ment of the Souson was the astonishing rise to prominence pr the New Territories Army Cycling Association.

he knew

He confessed

thist

WATER POLO LEAGUE

The

Water Swimming and Leagues have TOW zob underway. Fourteen teams will compete in the South' compeu- tion and 12 teams will take part in the 'North."

The 'South' competitors are very little about the finer points as follows:-REME, HQRE, 170 of cycling or cycle racing and Lt. Bly. RA., CPO, RHKDF, 72

the

the

by the

bub

and not in fact attended any of LAA, 40 Dlv Pro. Coy.,

meetings or competitions HKCTU 15 Fd. Park.

NTACA. staged nevertheless be followed closely COD, 25 Fd. Regt. RA., H.Q.

RE 33 General Hospital,

of reports

the different

Sig. Regt., RASC. events and got to know names Bike Todd-White, Hurford and Lord In the same intimate way as he did names like Matthews,

French Tennis centenary celebration Volunteers' Finney to Lawton back home.

Championships Start

Paris, May 18. Lewis Hond of Australia, Kuenna single, a stolen base top seeded player, had an And a base all by Boone ended easy first round match when the Detroit scoring as the eighth, the French Lawn Tennis Jim Finigen solved Gromek Championships opened here for a bases empty homer in the today. He bent J. Zulpal of third, and Bill Renna duplicated Egypt 6-0, 6-3, 6-1. it in the sixth. Philadelphia'a

A total of 120 men other run came in the fifth on

Wilmer Shantz double, a walk, a bit batsman and a sacrifice

Ay.

Gromek's victorles have como at the expense of six different teams. He has stopped Washing- ton, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleve lund and Chicago once each, and Baltimore twice. The New York Yankees, the only team he has

ITALIANS WIN DAVIS CUP TIE

Madrid, May 10. Italy completed a 5-0 win over Spain today in their second round European Zone Davis Cup lawn tennis tie here.

Italy will meet Sweden in the next round.

Results of today's two singles

WAWO:

N. Pietrangell beat C. Ferrer, 6-4, 0-8, 2-0, 0-2.

O. Birola beab E. Martinez,

Router.

6-2,4-0, 6-4,

The following teams will be petition-14h Fd. Regt. Ra.. competing in the 'North' com~

20th Fd. Regt. RA., 32 Meu, Regt. RA., HQRA & 27 L. Bly. 24th Fd. Engrat., 7 K. Tanks, ist Welch, 1st King's. 1st R. Norfolks,

shops. 18 Fd. Ambulance & 26 I know that many folks have FDS. been impressed by the affairs o

In fact he assured me that he was a staunch supporter of RA.. Todd-White and that he had

ed off last night at Sookunpoo.

Those that enter the second round now are "B" Company, had a spell of real concern when 1st Dorsets, HKAAF Control Unit, the Ilonic the Welch star fost his form for HQ 35 Bde. & 11th Inf. Work- Guards,

Company. HQ a time during the middle of Company and "A" Company..

the season.

יימי

Giants Purchase

Hoot, Evers

From Red Sox

New York, May 18. The New York Giants and 54 announced today that they women, representing 25 nations, have purchased outfielder were taking part in the Cham Walter (Hoot) Evers from pionships. Play begon in over- cast weather on the hard courts the Boston Red Sox for in the Roland Garros Stadium cash "in excess"

here.

walver price.

the

Teams will meet each other NTACA and there is no once and the South games will that it has built a per- be played at the Victoria Bat- manent place for itself in the racks Swimming Pool, and the Any sports programme... and North games at the Sek Kong with Captain Lord and his Swimming Pool. enthusiastic committee as the architects they have built on a sound foundation,

Keep those wheels turning... your efforts have brought pleasure to many beyond your normal circle of interest...

DESERVED SUCCESS Recently I paid tribute to the

to

the

am

competition.

A

Prior to the start of the water polo gomes the teams swim two relays. These are a 4x 1 length free style, and a medley 4x1 length backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly atrakce and free style.

According to the present schedule the games in theso competitions will be completed by July 19.

can holder of the Wimbledon i New York in time for tonight's Broach informed that in spits diance and presentation of Club

currently

are in

-

of the ane work of the RAPC Bayonet SNIPPETS: Army fencers Fencing team that won the were In good form to defeat Hond had an easy workout

FARELE Inter-Unit Champion-the Police Fencera the other to be in need of To make room for Evers, thie | ship. As a result of my comday. Congratulations to Lt. but appeared

He missed a Giants optioned infielder Ronniements last week I have received Col. Carey on his fino win in metch proelice..

Samford to Oakland of the letter from one who travelled the Bogey Competition on the number of cagy volleys.

Other seeded players hod Pacife Coast League.

to Singapore on the same ship Old Course at Fanling at the little difficulty in their opening

as the fencers and he said that week-end. The Army foot- of them gaining matches, two

A Glant spokesman said that

they

deserved their success 1 ballers and officials get together walkovers, Vic Seixas, Amori- it was hoped Evers would fly to only for uleir wholehearted ap Lonight at the NAAFT Club in Chatham Road for the annual titie, who is areied number game with the Cardinals. The four, had a walkover against an Red Sox Italian opponent, G.

G. Clerici, and Cleveland. Enrique Mores, Argentina, had

a similar advance from Paton, United States.

Australians Mervyn Rose, Rex Hartwig, Nell Frazor and Ashley Cooper were all successful-only Fraser tropping a set to the Hoot Art Cama up to the in this type of sport then you On behalf of Army aportamen Major Leagues with the Tigers can get some fics of the effort 1941. He was sent back to of the team members beaded by Beaumont of the Texas League Captain Gordon Compton

1942 and came up to Detroit SACHIEVED AMBITION

Local foot farm wilkiko pleased to hear that, a-ha Cơn porni "Blondie?". Longland,

Italian, M. Bellardinelli..

Budro Patty and Gurdnar Mulloy Solned fellow American Seixas in the second round.

of the high temperature the colours. Several important members of the team put u guests from the local football of practice while world will be joining the gather- Evers went to the Red Sox many hours from Detroit in 1952 after a long aboard ship en route to Singa- Jug... In spite of the high tem caror with the Tigers, Ho

port.

perature Army cycilste can still appeared in 99 games last your

When one remembers the be seen at practice on the roads for the Red Box and had, n 240 heavy protective clothing that in the New Territories. batting average.

Nine seeded players" are due to stay in 1940, after spending.

to make their art appearances | three years. In the -- Army?

on Wednesday, ----Neuter,

United Prom

has to be worn by competitors

1

in the Colony The Tommy Atkins Columns special Au Revoir", day the many grand athletes aboard HM8", Birming- žarn, Bon Voyage we shall look forward to mesting some of

waves | heights as an

ant

actress and I am

The comparison and

really, you

Beat

thing like hør,"

no so for below,

is fright:ning

The referee In St. Nicholas know, I don't think I look any-Arena voted eight rounds to two

Peking Cage Team

London, May 19.

ke another

in favour of Khalil, One Judge When I suggested she should marked 0-4 for the Algerian. look in 1 mirror and the other gave Saddler six Mists Borchers did something I rounds and Khalf four. have never seen a film actress

This Aght was mainly a duel do before. She blushed and I

right bond

punches of

A selected Hungarian basket-liked her very much for blush between Saddler's left and the ball team last night defeated Ing. the "August The First" Chinese team from Peking by 101 points to 68 in Budapest, according to news agenes the Hungarian

MTI

The Lungarians led 59 to 32 at hul time. Reuter.

his There were smaller opponent. TELL ME

and several no knockdowns, William Holden Umes the referee was forced to co- star for "break" the boxers in clinches, Kerr in "The End of Saddler was repeatedly warned It was Saddler's for holding. also 12th defeat in

90 THEY Oscar-winning isa likely Deborah, the Affair."

Tyrone Power may

be bound for Britain to star in fights.-Reuter.

Grand

for Hospitality

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