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McCARTHY

BEATS ANKARAH

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1954,

YE_THE_AVA GARDNER STORY

Sammy McCarthy of Great Britain recently scored a victory on points over Roy Ankarah at Harringay. The British Featherweight Champion is seen here (right) in action during the match.-Agence France-Presse Photo.

ASIAN TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sih Su-cho Eliminated; But Two Hongkong Players

The Last Eight Reach

Singapore, Dec. 15.

SHE

FELT MORE SECURE

AS A KID IN

NORTH CAROLINA

By J. M.

RUDDY

"Looking back, and I often do look back, I think that when I was a kid in North Carolina I felt more secure than I do now. What do 1 want now?

"Where am I going? What make me try to probe the future? What does success in Hollywood mean a Mansion? convertible?

"Ne for m. I don't give at hoot for jewela or fura. I like small houses that 1 can run mysolf. And I drive the oldest Hittle car, a Ford, that ever goes M.G.M. the gates of

#

through studios.

"Security. There's too much talk of security, I thinks If you have scrently within, then you Lave security.

Ava Gardner strode the length of the living-roons of her flat, turned down the music on the radiogram, came over where I sat and poured some coffee. She smiled.

"My birthday I'll spend

me

ת!

Madrid, I think. Christmas Eve. speelal cake

It used

10

to be wonderful home. I'd get a

even though it presents

Christmas next Mother never forgot"

and

Was

day.

Jewels? Minks? Sables? The Intest

And there's Ava Gardner as the le. A gay, amuring woman of deep modesty who has no hesitation about biking you what words mean and how you

they spell them and why used that way.

Sho is high-pitched and nervous. She wishes she could admits she relax more. She struggles to relax. She ewear ke a trooper, and recsil

a line from a ronnet.

Pare

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

BRIGADE ORDERS

Orders lasted by: Me Fung 19.12.51, KYMCA Amb Div.: 30.12.04. Ping-fan, CISt.J., Commissioner Waterjun Nex Div: 21,12,14, Mon

Kok Amb. Div.; 27,12.54, Kong Wafj of 8% John Ambulance Brigade, | Amb. Div. Hongkong District, Order No. maceutics 17,1 DIVE 50/84, Dated December 16, 1954, Co. Causeway Bay Amb: Div.

leadquarters, Shaukiwast K.F. Amb. Ambulance Dulles — Hongkong~ D'V, 1.1.55, At Have Course, Shau 10.18.54 - 15.12.04, Westetil Dlat kiwan K.F. "Anib, Div. „At Bead- Amb. Hv.; 20.11.04-1.1.3. Kennedy quarto, Causeway Bay Amb, Div, Town Amb. Div. Decembar 1954; Football. Uurzen, —–—– 19.12.04. 2.16 Shaukiwon K.F. Nu, Div. January pum BCAA Ground: SCAA Amb.

bv 19.12.54, 1938: Chun Sing Neg. Div

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Orderly Duvek for Mainland Area 16.12.5 KYMCA 'Amb. DiY; 17718.04. imshatsul fund. Dív., 18.12.04, Kong Wah Amb, Div.

Shoot For NRA

Htrost Sleepers Shelter Booteky Duties — Shamshulpo, 14.19.54 10.12.54, Waterloo Nag. Div.; 20.12.54. 23,12,84, KYMCA Neg. Div.

Shelter

· Street Sleepere

Society Datfas- Wertēm Disti(--) December- 1954;. Central Nag) Div.

Mong Kok BYWA AIn, Clinin Duties. 17.12.51-10:12.54, KYMCA Ni. Div. 20.12.64-21-12,36 Water- 100 Neg. Div 21.12.64-23.12.54. Shamhulpo N. Div

121H Exhibition of Hongkong Pro-

dets Dudes, - 16.12.54-18.12.04, `

KYMCA Amb. and NIKD 19.12.14, Shaukiwan Amb. "Div., and HKYMCA NIZ, DIN; 20.12.84-21.12.84, Sh Nam Amb. Div. and Central

Amb, and Nag. Divi,

13.04-23.12.09. Expla

Appointment" Promotion,Sham-

"Burt Lancaster did the test Silver Medal And Amb. Div.: L/C Lau King-ki

with me," said Ava, "It turned out well enough to convince Me Helager I could play the part, end I'm glad I did, very gind now, because The Killers' not only gave my carcer a boost, but it changed my whole attitude towards work and study and training. can "shall never

forget Mark Hellinger. Ho talked to me Biko д father, and he sald and again that he had You could never

faith in me,

let a man like that down.

The Killers' was good for

everyone connected with it.

And it

It

Donnegal Badges

the

and Pie Long Sum-wing promoted to Cpl wef. 1.12.64) Səsuldwan Kr Amb. Div: H.8. Ng Ping-Hwan and Peak Yuk-ban promoted to Cpl w... 3.13.34.

Taken On strength. — (a) Róturn Hongkong Members of

to Active Strength from Leave+- HKYMCA Amb. Diy: D/O Chow Rifle Association will compete

Wing-yew returned to Active for the 1954 National Illo Asso Strength from Leave wed. 1.12.64. clation's Silver Medal and Don-(b) Return to Active Strength from Reserve-Mong Kok Amb. DIV.UL/C nogal Badge at Kal Tak Ranga Chan Bhun-heung and Pie Ho Chung "A", on Sunday, December 19 returned to Active Strength wed 0.13.04. (c) Enrolment Eastern commencing at 9 am

Amb. Divi: Pto Li Charm-keung, en- rolled wof, 0.14.8

-Decrease of Birength,--(s), Leave.... D/5.0. V Tina Cho-chuen leave for

was Miring will be all deliberate, with Div/D/O Poon Sau-chun, Amb/Bin's

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(Sgd.) P. L. THEUNG, C.ALJ,

Deputy Commissioner, District Headquarters.

The highest aggregate at 300, If Ava Gardner likes you, you

300 and 000 Yards will Bo know 10

IL If she doesn't like again.

awarded the Silver Medal and one month we.f. 15.11.64; Kowloon you, you know it. Her humour is Infectious but she wishes she

the highest aggregate at 200, Amb. Div: Pie Chow Chi-l leave 800 and 600 Yards will be for six-months wes. 8.12:54, 22(b) could express herself better and

Discharged-The following members awarded the Donnogal Badge. have been discharged from the Dri- she will say: "I

established Burt Lancaster DS

As in previous years, the shoot-gade wef 0.10:54 under Brigade May I use it like that phrase.

Regulation No. 113--Manthuen Neg. dynamic soter. After her divorce from Mickey a

It Rooney Ava looked after by a picture.

fust "We were Hellinger's

important 2

Chim Mong-k Yuen-met. Tam eighters and 7 to count

Yuen Wal-ching. Bald: ust children,

gave me just

The bi-monthly practice shooting Chayin

Lal-ping, Kao Miu-fong, Tong Wai- bellave. It benevolent studio which wanted role that I could

will also be incorporated in the

you, Pañry Leung and Is Yuen-yee. to make

did the right opened my sure wo

суса to what I

above competition, and spoons thing

ing, said the right thing. Our

thidin't

until known

then

will be presented as usual, to lives were run by a lot of that

making motion pictures the winners in each Clana. other people, including press can be very exciting. agents, who were damn near "Even though

1 he had with us night

that and day. Our

superstition

women wETD marriage didn't have a chance." bad luck in О projection

theatre and shouldn't ever peo the first cut or first screening of a Alm, Mr Hellinger Invited me, because I was the only "AVT100

woman in the cast. He called me his good luck piece." "After we parted," said Ava, I wondered aloud how Ava "I tried to settle down to learti | met Artic Shaw. the band- has the kind of allure,

that's А

about

her second had to learn leader who became Beting and I Scx-appeal

international to smile when Mickey and I ran husband. basic clement in

the studio. other at glamour.

1 looked at the woman who talked so gently and warmly share- of her childhood.

worked cropper's daughter, she

day at chores, just na ber

brothers and sisters did.

Today she is a famous flim stor. Why should she be rest- less, unhappy, unsure of her

Sih Su-cho, the Hongkong Champion, was surprisingly beaten by Kok Kwai- seng of Penang in the third round of the men's Asian Singles Table Tennis Champion-self? ship here last night.

Kok created the major upset by playing Sih at his own game of hard smashing to win 11-21, 21-19, 21-15, 23-21.

Two Hongkong players, however, made the last eight along with the Asian Champion, Mai Van Tou, of Vietnam, Tran Canh Duoc of Vietnam, two Singapore players, one Malayan and a Filipino.

18-21, 3-1:

M. M.

Yip Slow-meng (Singapore) Nguyen Kim Hang are le Malenlered the quarter-finals } by beating the Singapore Cham-beat Mah Chuan-k (Malaya) Huu Nhu (Vietnam) beat Lam

Kok-wah

George and

Chen plon, Los Heng-chow, 21-0, 21-14, 18-21, 21-12

Chandarand (India) (Singapore) 3-0:

Mal Van Hoa and Tren Canh Duoc (Vietnam) beat Loke Seck-cheong and Chow Kam- meng (Singapore) 3-0.

Mal's defence was brilliant last | beat Kwee Tjeg-ho (Indonesia) night and Loh could not pene-|3-0;

trale it though he tried his D. Aguasin (Philippines) 80

hardest In The und Loh 11 suffered a bad lapse, sending his Amashes either into the net out to suffer his first defeat.

THE RESULTS

or

walkover from meng (Singapore);

Lim

Chou Kom-

Quck San-chiew (Singapore) bent Lim Chee-heang (Malaya) 3-1;

Peng-quce (Singapore) Motiwala (Indla)

(Singapore) Nho (Vietnam)

Men's Singles, First Round: Loh Heng-chew (Singapore) bea! S. M. beat Cho Young-jae (Korea) 2.0:

Chen Grorge 3-0:

Seek-long (Hongkong) beat Lau

Le Huu best Lie Tien-hock (Indonesia) 3-2; 3-0.

Men's Singles; Third Round

D. Aguesin (Philippines) beat Loh Kum-son (Singapore) 3-1; Kok Kwai-seng (Malaya) beat Sih Su-chu (Hongkong) 3-1;

E. Pingel (Philippines) beat 3-1;

Ανα

the old

BASIC ELEMENT

OUTGREW ROONEY Experienced observers of the Hollywood #ceno summarised the divorce this

simply outgrew M

Into

cach

"I first dow Artic art the "I did a few better parts. Did Mocambo- think it was the A leading producer and star-

I better?

Well, they were | Mocambo," she said, a glint of Say crtator

told me sotne years

discussed longe: walk-ens For a while, amusement in her green eyes. BRO When We

com- my only job was on loan to an- "I fell for him when we met glamour 83 an export modity: "Ava Gardner will be other studio to do the girl-part later in New York, and I fell

has in one of these five-day won for his line." a great film star. Sho

genuine ders with the Dead End it was in hand as a sort of intellectual that rare quality, glamour atmosphere. Few have

When it is there, it. have to do is present it. Light it Embellish H."

1

"I call her the aperitif," said a French editor, visiting *She stimulates Hollywood.

me.

I agree with both. She has glamour. She 18 stimulating and provoking.

lives

A Hollywood im star

thre: different

lives.

has

"It went so fast

Kids.

1

Mr Shaw, took Miss Gardner

READ DOSTOYEVSKY

Under Mr Shaw's forceful persuasion and intellectual hypnotism. Ava read Dreiser, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky-“I could never pronounce his nome," says Ava-Sinclair Lewis, and other powerful writers.

all you finished before I got used to project. They married in mid- the drive to the studios. In one 1945 and he took along a scora scene, one of the players tripped of books on their honeymoon. over a rug, tell and missed his From what I can gather, about The director yelled: 'Fine! the only important book Ava Print it. It made no difference had read was "Gone With the

Wind." with the Dead End Kids,"

"Then one night I went to a party. During the evening producer named Seymour Nebenzal told me about a pic- ture he was making with George Raft. To my surprise he offered me the lend in the picture.

"A few weeks later I started working on 'Whistle Stop." the

That was 1945, a big year for me. I think it was the turning point for me, for my At the time I didn't only deviation from this career.

"Knights of the Round know it, for the critics didn't tho ploture much. But when

she wooed from Uke Table" under her wimple and men did the public did. And for doughty desde for her favour. Arst time I was in a film from who remembers how she tried

There's her life as chronicled beginning to end!

Some months later Walter in the gossip columns and the Wanger phoned me to say he movie magazines, Full of soul-

had seen the picture and liked revealing confessions.

my performance. He said he had called Mark Hellinger to. tell him he thought I would be ideal for the girl in "The

Quck San-chicw (Singapore) at least beat E. Pingu (Philippines) There's her life on the screen.

For some years now Ava

fatole. been the femme Lice Boon-grok (Singapore) Soh Chew-hor (Singapore) 3-2; Tran Canh Duoc (Vietnam)

Wong Tour-goon (Singapore) beat Lim Wal-shing (Singapore) low-voiced, slow-moving like

calculating woman of passion, walkover frem Leong got o Yew-an (Malaya);

beat Liem Ngo-soen (Indonesia) | 3-1; Poon Weing-hoe (Singapore) 3-0;

Mai Van Hoa (Vietnam) beat graceful animal. bent Saw Chong-pek (Malaya) Tran Cunh Duoc (Victeam} Low Heng-chew (Singapore)

Ho (Korea) 3-0;

3-0

beat Rhee Kyong

Chan Cheong (Malaya) beat || 3-2. Chang Hung-kl (Korea) 3-2;

D. Callanga (Philippines) beot Chua Kim-hearn (Singa- pore) 3-0;

Women's Single

Qol Cheow-seah (Malaya) Y.S. Vyas (India) beat Loke beat Huang Kee-chee

pore) 3-0; Ho Seck-cheong (Singapore) 3-0;

Poon Weng-hoe (Singaporej beat Lau Seck-fong (Hongkong)

3-1;

Chu Cheung-ling (Hongkong) (Singa- beat Callenge (Philippines) 3-0.

-Reuter.

May-yein Chu Cheung-ling (Hongkong)(Singapore) beat Lam Sult-ying beat Neuyen Kim-hang (Viet. (Singapore) 3-0; Lau Wai-lim Tan Kit-fong (Hongkong) beat (Singapore) 3-0; Meena Porande Lam Kok-wah (Singapore (India) got a walkover from

nam} J-1;

got

wolkover from Khouw

Hoey-lam (Indonesia);

Chung Ching-shing (long-

kong) beat Chaa Hon-weng

(Malaya) 3-0;

-Khar Bee-eng.

The

woa

Lancashire League "Appreciation Money"

Men's Singles, Second Round

66

Poon Wing-hve (Singapore)

Sth Su-cho (Hongkong) beat boat T. Ibanez (Philippines) Bak Kwang-duck (Korea) 3-0 3-1; Chu Cheung-ling (Hong- Loh Kum-goon (Singapore) kong) beat Y. S. Vyas (India) beat Teh Tlong-hian (Indo-3-0; nesla) 3-0;

Sports Diary

Lay Seck-fong (Hongkong)

peat Lee Bonn-geok (Singapore)

boat

2-1

1

To Be

Taxable

London, Dec. 15.

She talked "War and Peace" took a course at the University California. She strove to cut "The Magle Moun-

of

"I

the

"Some days stand out in That life, don't they? your day did. So did the day when Mr Hellinger asked me to

Universal to make a test.

"I remember it well, because

thought I'd never finish the damn book," Ava recollects as

to participate in desperately loty checussions on the arts. and the cultures with Arile and his polysyllabic pals.

"One day in Chicago I came back to our flat with a big book in red, and white cover l'a bought," said Ava. "I showed

to to Artie. Trash!' he said, and threw it on the floor.

"I felt small, rà dai preity low before, when I'd listen- ed to some of these — Cis-

carats on philosophy, economics, booky

I had just got a very good mark

an examination paper I'd But when he told me what he donc in English Herature

who would thought of anyone course I was then taking at the read such tripe as the book I'd University of California exten-bought, I felt small. I wept, but sion,

years later I reminded him "Man, it's great to discover of the book. The London Court of Appeal today allowed an appeal you are not really a thumb as (Singapore) by the British Crown authorities here for the right to tax you thought you were, or others Artic married Kathleen Wissor. beat Yip Siew-meng (Singa- 548 collected for former Australian Test cricketer, Bruce said you were!" pore) 3-6:

Wai-shing (Singapore) Dooland, by appreciative spectators. beat Wong Tong-goon (Singo-

F. Pingol (Philippines) beat

George Chen (Singapore) 3-0;

Loh Kum-so011

Lim

Land Forces Tennis Championships | poro) 3-2;*

TODAY

Tennis

at Chator, Road. 10 am.

Table Tennis

men 7.30 p.m.

at Farling.

D. Callanga (Philippines)

You guess. It's funny when I

Colony Non-Chinees Table Tennis beat Chan Cheong (Malaya) gesture among supporters when- money paid to professional foot- I recalled her marriage to Artis vad mere and better books, and

Championships at Missions to Soa

"It was Forever Amber) and

know, and divorced her, too.

SIGNIFICANT NOTE

look back on it now, but I did benefit from

being

married to There was a significant note him. I got a bigger inferiority. The Crown had supported The Appeal Judges concluded

customary this, pointing out that benefit in Ava's voice as she said this, complex, but I also learned to that the money-a

taxable.China Shaw, the intellectual bandleader I did do that course in literatura Was professional cricketer ballers over a

with the hot clarinet.

land another one in economics," puts up a particularly good spell Mall Special. (Philippines) of batting or bowling-was sub- beat U. M. Chandarana (India) stantially part of his cornings.

Lawyers had wrangled for 3-0; Quek San-chow (Singapore) beat Lim Peng-quco (Singu- nearly a year in this test case whether such money received poro) 3-0.

was playing in while Dooland Women's Slagics, Second Round the Lancashire Cricket League, should be taxed., Dooland. a Baguio Wong (Hongkong),e-broak bowler, now plays Junior Mixed Div: Kin Tong y st boat Col Cheow-seah (Mulaya) for Nottinghamshire, TOÀN IWCA Y CHICA; GIỞ v 21-12, 21 12, 21-0

Boring „Land Forces' Novices Competition,

Coll

Taggart Cup (Final).

TOMORROW

Badminton

Exec. Citan Meeting at Cosmo Club 3.30 p.m.

Hereja..

Overceza Second Cricket Test at Sydney.

SATURDAY

foccer

3-2;

D

Aguasin

"WITH SOME REGEET"

Wlo Song-suk (Korea) beat Lord Justice Birrot accepted Ho May-yeln (Singapore) 21-17, the appeal "with some regret," 21-10, 20-22, 10-21, 21-10;

He quite oppreciated that "when generous

Han Yong-ja (Koros) beat the warm-hearted and Div. 1: South China v Kitchee 21-14, 10-21, 21-14;"

Lau Wal-lim (Hongkong) 30-28, Lancashire public. were con

Meena Parando (India) beat huling their sixpences and Hatokon of the

· Blv. a "n": Dairy Farm v Teir-

phone (UV) 5.30 p.m.; Dookyard: Khtr Bee-ang V°C &OW_HV) 4. p.m.

Div: Hollandia v Watsons (Ivi | 21-9, 21–12,

1.30

-Jatator, Bhield:

(Meisyn) 21-5. pleasure Mr Dooland. bed given

they would be much

that he we

WAS

Mixed Doubles, First Round whole of.}}

Bouth China Taikoo (CI) 18 Chandarana (India) and Oolong

Wolleflors v Road Worka (8kp)" Pants HATV Any Choow-sosh (Malays) beat Tan

p.m Ladies locker

Doriária "B" ♥ Victorian (135) 230- p.m.; Beryloba Doria

(RPH KOV +ALV Becrala “3” (KPA.

· Cricket:

Diyffa": Palies v Roncato;":

ne Polios (Cab).a`pima Club

thel

i

the

Kil-long and Bch Cheow-bor Raymond Evershed, said he had (Singapore) 3-0,

resohedi' theczne) concium on

Men's Doubles, Second Round with ifttle satisfactory

Chu Choung-Linna, Chung thứclama en Chinching (Hongkong

for

JULIUS KATCHEN

9.30 p.m. PROGRAMMES. 9.30 p.m.

Wednesday, 5th: January.

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