SOUTH KOREAN SOCCER TEAM CANCEL TOUR
The South Korean National Soccer Association In a cable yesterday Inform- ed the Hongkong Footbal Association of their inability to visit Hongkong for a weries of matches over the Chinese New Year holidays.
The
cablo read "Deeply regret unable to vialt Hongkong owing to un
the
1.on
avoldable circumstance. Latter follows Mr Come-luck, South Korean representative on the HKFA. In a lasi attempt to bring Koreans over has sent a letter and also tele- phoned them. The Korean Dentul in Hongkong has also cabled ht nativo land urging the team not to cancel the tour. The long- kong FA sent a cable to
the Nouth Kurcnu FA ask- ing them to cable a reply before 4p.m. this after- порт The Interport Sub- Committee meeds again to-
day at 4.30 p.m.
ABC Staging Boxing Tournament
THE CHINA-MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1956.
Owners Place OLYMPIC ICE HOCKEY
£5000 Limit
On Yearlings
Many racehorse owners have decided to put à. £4000-to-£5000 limit on their yearling purchases. They maintain that the odds against any horse bought in excess of £5000 proving a success are such as
to make the gamble too hazardous,
These owners have the record books to support them but it must
be remembered that the price of horJES of all ages is going up and up, due to the remarkable interest taken by the Americans.
Here it to Interesting and t Significant to examine the 10 | highest-priced yearlings of 1954 because they have had the op- portunity of one year's rucing. WORTH MORE
The 1op
priec, Mamounia (17,500 guineust, was bought by Mrs Ellžabeth Grubam. The fity won a £1,500 race at York and is at present worth more thnh her purchase price.
Rain Cloud (16,500 guinens), filly bought by Aly Khan, Nad
walk-over nt Bath but han hot gene down in value.
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race.
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The tcp-priced colt of was d'Abernon (13,500 guineos). A magnificent specimen yearling, ho did not improve ut all physlenily and Paddy Prendergast sent him to America before he ever ruit.
So at present only one of the has probably high-priced colts retained his yearling value.
Final Court (10,5000 guineas) double WOH worth more than his purchase price utter his first Then canie a narrow victory.
Park but defeat in the Middle he is still a good buy.
Drum Beat (9,200 Ruineas)
Warrior
(8,800 Mongof and guinea, have not run and ean- not be assessed, Ungava (0,000 (10,500
gvinens) proved unreliable as a Alycidon. two-year-old. gumens), & Ally by IBN
Testament Fult Trial 18,000 guinees). Ally, has won her only She has been difficult to Egashar but is a the foundation mare for Werth stud and north her purchase price
India Gome (8,200 guineas) was hought by Mr H J. Joet Trad and work her
only
NO LIMIT race She IN worth great ease great deal more than her pur-j
Fillies for founding aluds than Chase priets
have to do so much less vrts to retain their value and Therefore at the end of their
nut оп no limit should be two-year-old carcers of the Ave
But in Mr Marcal was not a member highest priced filter four have valuable yearling fly of any aminted club and as the
of colts gent up for gone down in value and respret Angora U; n's evafitul, t
public auction there can be no have almost certainly gone up.
171 Buying outrageous When it is their hirm to go to sense stud their two-year-old curvers prices. will stilt count in their favour. If every colt sold for a very
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At a Commulley Meeting. the Hongkong Amateur Boxing Ausociation held at the Missiona to Seamen
Major yesterday,
aquest
A. C. Walker, who was to the chale, turned shown from Mr F. I. Marcal to stage a charity boxing tournament.
Major
Walker stated
that
that only omilated members or clubs equld be permitted by shingos
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boul, he waE forced lu reject the request.
The Chinese Gymnasium A- nociation in Jeter requested i permission to withdraw from
The Association. Major Walker then directed the Hon. See. Mr J Wakeford, to write to the club ask my them in iveonsuker this drisTO,
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The fuflowing are the league A letter from the Amateur
standings up to and Boxing Club requesting peFelruary. 5. 16. mals. with
the Combined (New Territories i
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was read to the meeting. This however changed tu date was March 16 after o discussion of other boxing matches place around tha; period.
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Amateur the
Boxing Club, provided they bled by The Associations' rules of using 25%
of their own boxer: The eard Arasy will be of 12 la retro and they must submit a fist til lexers to the Assocation 14 days before the fight.
the
Mr Kurt Weiss, a represen- ARC. informed talive the meeting that he has ceived
frum
verbal Information
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Police
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Club
St Joseph's
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that
50me five amateur Korean boxers would like
to come to
Hongkong to light against the ABC.
As Mr Weiss
has not re- ceived any further confirmation from the Korean authorities be was advised by the Committee to write to the Korean As- sociation.
The next meeting was ten- tatively fixed for March 6 pt the Missions to Seamen
5 p.m.
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high price na it yearling bein exportert would have practically no difference to the bloodstuck breeding dustry of the British Isles.
For, even the few who have 012 the face- been a staccess
have not followed this Pulirse, up at the stud.
London Express Servicez.
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PROFESSIONAL SQUASH
Last Three British Players Out of Tourney
London, Feb. 9.
The last thrte British players wire swept uut of the Dunlop 500 Guineas open proferstormį squash ratkets tournament by Asian spp.nents in the quarter- Anais at the Lansdowne Lendor, hiday
Club,
Les Keeble (Lansdowne Club), Bill Athford (Ueated Servier Club) and Dennis Harman (un- attached) all fought galluntly but nguins superior players, wore beaten in straight gaines in less than 25 minutes,
Hannun took six gumes when 9-2'10 losing by 9-3, 9-1 and Azam Khan (Pakistan), Keeble took five in losing 9-2, 9-1 and 9-2 to Roshan Khan (Pakistan) while Ashford could gain only down two games when going
Din, 0-3, 9-0 and 9-1 to Jamal the Indian Champion.
The other quarter-final ended unfortunately when Nasrullah Khan (Paldstan) had to retire with on injured knee when trailing 5-0, 2-7 against the top Khan, France- peed, Haskim Preise.
VISITING TABLE TENNIS STARS
Douglas Carlinnd (left) and Märtin Reisman, visiting Canadian-A table tennis stars, pictured in exhibition matches at the Southorn' -Tuesday" against Hongkong's Bilt Bu-chi and Lau Selefong.
19-21, 19-21, 21-17, 21:19, 21-132 China Mall
An overhead shot taken during the recent Olym. pic ice hockey match between the USA and Poland The USA won — 4-0. — Express at Cortina, Italy.
Photo.
World's First Big Game Hunting
Competition Next
July In Belgian Congo
Cups and medals are to be won in the world's first big-game hunting competition to be held next July and August in the Belgian Congo's Luama
reserve.
who,
HOW TO BE VERY, VERY POPULAR
OWN A
HOUSE IN
PALM SPRINGS
Says MICHAEL RUDDY
Beverly Hills.
We drove down the desert road beyond Palm Springs, Brian Aherne and I. Overhead were. the clear blue heavens and the heat shimmered off the foothills. Suddenly we were in the date-ranch country and Aherne said, "I like this country, I've bought 1,500 acres, not very expensive. The crops are dates, carrots and seedless grapes." That was in 1987. He built a thick-walled adobe house there and spent long week- ends working with his tractors and graders.
Last week at MGM Studios where he was doing Boops" (dialogue over action) for "The Swan,” the man from Birmingham casually said, “Remember that little ranch of mine near Palm Springs? I've just sold it for forty-five thousand pounds which is about five times what I paid for it."
This le typical of the xtrà- | Hobart-born, Flyn may do an | Masons and the Jack Bennys. ordinary growth in value of adventure Alm, "Istanbul" (All nice people to drop in on land in and around Palm rc-nake of another Eastern for a cup of tea.
Springs, winter resort 110 miles yarn), at Universal for a small by cash salary to cover him for 90 from Hollywood, sheltered
Since the engagement of Miss two days, a required sojourn, Mean-Kelly to Prince Rainier III of THE w-capped mountains miles high, warmed by clear while his lawyers are trying to Monaco, "Your Eyes are the Mrs Eyes of a Woman in Love" has sunshine, smog-free, but crowd-settle with the first two
Flynns about moneys owing. aotred to
hit the top of the parade.
It's the disk jockey's
•
ed in the season.
Around Thunderbird Golf
ja Far from pleased
Joan delight. and Course, Bing Crosby, Desi
Collins about her ex-husband, Lucy. Martin and Lewis, Frank Maxwell Reed. Tired of wall- Sinatra, Clark Gable and Freding for a divorce, he's working have forgiven the British press Astaire have huge homes, with in TV filma but Joan standard
Apparently Martin and Lewis
wishes and critica as they blandly an-
nounced last week on the set of - "Partners" that they were re- thta turning to the Palladium summer and might even do tour of the provinces. Auty thing goes-as long as they are funny.
annoyed
I was extremely with Liberace's poor taste when allegedly he announced on his TV show that when he goes to Landon for a concert, he'll as Princess Margaret for a date!
door of 0 A sign on the Hollywood spiritualist: "Please ring the boll. Knocking causes confusion."
equipment -- swim- he'd go home.
barbecues, ming-pool, cabanga, and a minimum of four guest rooms. When you own a home at Palm Springs you suddenly find yourself very popular!
A GOLD MINE
More than 23 yeurs ago, Charles Farrell and Ralph Bellamy were partners in the Racquet Club Now It is owned by
Farrell who Aside from 趋 weekly TV show Mas retired from acting. It has proved gold-ming for the former star musical re-make of "Golden
SUPERB SINGING Next for Morio Lanza-a
now
these
In most of their films, 1 And Jerry invariably funny,
crazy, a zany with a marvellous sense of pantomime and the ridleu- lous. But Dean Martin often looks as it his singing is in the nature of doing you a favour.
ALL THAT TALENT The latest on Princess Kelly:
of the silent days, He cm Buy." Marlo's the Golden Boy "D'you realise who didn't con-
run the ploys 160 to restaurants, three bars, teen tennis courts, two swim- ming pools, twenty-one bunga- lows.
club's al Warners
days, {sult MGM and he didn't consult four- "Serenade"
being scored Elsa Maxwell?”—and *Imagine will bring back Mario in great wasting all this publicity on a voice, I've listened to some of girl with all that talent.” the arias he sings. They are in- deed superb singing. Now it he con net
well, "Serenade" should do the trick.
49
For the most honest actress of the week. I cite Deborah Kerr. "I can sing but not good enough to record the songs in The King of land L.'” she told me, "My low by notes are all right but all the ahigh ones will be dubbed in by Vaa professional singer.**
Ginger Rogers
Charlie is also Mayor of Palm Springs heads the Annual Rodeo-Circus Week. Big deal. Big money which is what you A week in the sun at need for
Among the many cables congratulations received Palm Springs.
Newest development is the Grace Kelly for landing
(Caravan) prince AVIS оле from Blue Skies Trailer Park. Owned by Jack Benny, Gardner in Madrid. I'm sure Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, G. she'll be asked to the wedding. Two stars are without clothes this week. Burglars Tansacked Cooper, H. Bogart and a score They will go to the gun-toting huntsmen,
of Palm Springs Investors. Blue Strolling down quiet Lexingthe homes of after a seven-day shoot in the "abundantly stocked" game reserve bring in the best specimen of an elephant, Skies Park charges forty guineaston Avenue in Beverly Hills, I and Kirk Douglas, Ginger Lost
a month for ear and caravan. met Jezane Crain and husband, furs and jewels buffalo, water buck, swala, giant forest hog or a hippo-This includes use of swimming Paul Brinkman, looking at a surance companies are fed up
pool, solarium and clubhouse, white brick
with these "Hello,
robberies, which potamus.
And it's the only Park in Michael, Our new home." said seem to run in series and al- the world that
Rolls-Jeanne. "We've just bought this ways look
need house""and I'll have
Scotland to do But we don't Royce pulling a
the
in while she's work Yard to solve the crime. With- moving
in 24 hours there
was a tip out of ing in "The Fastest Gun Alivo''
underworld. Police five said Paul. Their neighbours are from the back Dest and Lucy Arnaz, Rose-from Los Angeles and Beverly his mary Clooney and José Ferrer, His moved fast and the gang
the James Stewarts, the James was in clink.
According to a Belgian Congo tourist ofdal in Brussels up- plications to take part in the competition
VIFC
pouring
fu.
P
Price for shooting one cle- phant is £36; for a hippo, £15, A European guide will cost
£ 18 уск
day. Additional They are coming from huntsmen | native bearers on the huntingt in America, Britain, Spain, trck are cheap-the official price
The Indians list seta them Africa and Indio,
at only 35. 6d arc fervent big-game hunters, a day. you know," he said.
Anybody can join the hunt.
the According to
way the rules read there is nothing to Mop you using an anti-tank gun or a howitzer, but pea-shooters und catapults are borred.
There are, of course, certain official Imitations. You must pay your own return fare to the Belgian Congo bunting grounds. There is an entrance fee of £14 which included the cost of a temporary ilfe insurance policy.
Cost of a big-game hunting licence is £24.
HUNTING PEE
Hunting fee to be paid to the keepers of the reserve is £9- which Includes hire of two native trackers who will fully follow you on the day shoot.
But you must not, be too am- bluous.
The rules are mrict. A hunter must not shoot more than one elephant, two buffaloes, one water buck, two swojas, two forest hogs and one hippopo- tamus.
Don't be afraid. You can carty five gurs--but things ilke smal shot and buckthot are forbidden,
a
an elephant or To shoot hippo you must use a rifle of a bore of at least 9.3 millimetrës And no ere less than 8 milli- metres may be used for shooting antelope (swala and water buck) and giant forest hogs.
And if competitors want to hunt other animals?
According to the rules "the faith-shooting of lions and leopards
is authorised during the com petition period."
sever
Provision is also made for bringing home the trophies.
Cleaning and curing of
PEREZ WILL NOT trophies according to size 35
DEFEND TITLE AGAINST DOWER
Buenos Aires, Feb. 10. Pascual Perez of Argentino, the World Flyweight Boxing Champion, will not defend his title against Weishman Dai Dower in London becaufe of the "lack of impartiality" shown by a British-relerce in the Kid Gavilan
(Cuba)-Peter Water- man (Britain) bout on Tuesday. Perez's manager announced last night
Lazaro Keel said he had broken off talks with British promoter Jack Solomons, who had offered £9,000 to Perez to defend his title In, London, be cause of Tuesday's verdict.
ed to 175 Od a plece, would-be huntsmen are informed.
No medals were offered, how- ever; to those who prefer to do their "shooting" with a camera,,
London Express Servicu);
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Special Ski Jumping Event Cancelled
Garmisch, Partenkirchen, Fed, 9. The international trials for.. special ski jumping which had arranged for this been
Garmisch- int. afternoon Partenkirchen, were,cancelled owing to a violent mow-storm
It was also learned in Buenos which made it impossible to Aires hat might that Tondel hold the competition.-France-
Pace, the Argentina "promoter," Presse
had offered a return match to Waterman and Gavilan, to be.
raferead by an Argentinian 11, Luna Park here..
In a communique,, Pace ferred to the British reform's decision as "the most extr ordinary scandal in the sport world for some time."!/
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