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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1956.

This Tailor Wants His Stride To Suit Melbourne's Track

By GEORGE WHITING

A pink and downy-cheeked six-footer, no thicker than a pencil, has just dropped in to knock for six the uncomfortable tradition that the only go-getters in sport are foreigners, with the couldn't-care-less British sauntering along behind in a haze of hope.

His name is Brian Stanford Hewson. He is 23 years old. He lives at Norbury. He cuts gents natty suitings for a living. And he is going to lick all creation in the Olympic Games 1500 Metres in Melbourne next November. Or bust.

Hewson murmurs deprecatingly into his orange squash about not yet being selected; and about the hot company of Messrs. Pirie and Co, to be encountered when he defends his AAA Mile Championship at the White But such offerings on the altar of City (He was second to Ken Wood). politeness need not fool anybody.

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Pay all the next breath, he pervested

1»l¢ e¢ཝཾ£, he will not be welling for the offent aircraft lund to humil the Olympic team to Australia, This young ajan is in a hurry and he will be making his own Individu way to Melbourne at Jeast : 1x werkes before begin lighting. torchis and what not to beggin those fiznes INVITATION No looth-brush

they

"IC uny body over runs Me in 3 min. 50 seo., B Mili probably be Brian

JOHN Hewson." LANDY,

Kays

Mast transtear P Spes when the Zatupetes arud the Winds www paling rush for the track-spier and

Norbury Expans Instead, he the

Will

En

peal best one of 4maiti, 5.4ser. Nine months later, in May of list

nic his first year,

plmed attack on the once im- 14able four-minute barrier In the British Games at the

The result is in White City

books of world

The

athletics

Laszlo

gary,

solither Tabora

The fastest-ever

nule in Braam do return 4 mins.

Chataway, cond, en outside

Hewson arrived simo igyously at the tape nu more than eight-tenths of second later

headlines

50 Cames at Wembley, dank gold esuka- prevved at leisure, park Now,

of Beltales, homself by invitation on fast your

Trinidad,

Hungry. Inimitadale

athletics each, an in.

Norway. Sw deg at Holland, 16sve

bennurk. Switzerlinel, Czechos serguite Best

Hussin, he come slovakia

From the great athletice

Franz Stampfl. Jenst

month to ar

hand knowledge of Australien vilmate.

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"I ns the aty sensitifemuthematics way to approach what is likely

a

think I have seen the best

to be the toughest 1,500 Metraler in the work in Hewson,"

of

Nays

il time,"

Hewson And if there is any difference 18 pay on the fixes, 117 piny it-mithy or other

**Incidentally,

Furprises ir Chris Chataway, Gorton Pirms and pussilly one

two others do (

th 24120 The lads are really try- thing ing this tim

Good for all of them les blazes with the State-led battalions of you-know-whitre

Beson Saumiges

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LETTERS TO

says Demis Shore, hated South African quirlertaller of yester- Cay

desi-

--Favourites, are not onsdy forkuvinte in the olympies. Nevertheless, Hewson Is - viously of world class, and his

Melbourne chances

1341 With

great respect comanamá The pood <if a half-nifer. he become favourite rend well

for an Olymple event some 120 short of mile" says Bron-manager 1.5k (p. who has probably

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ARMY SPORTS

PARADE

This week we use the Spot of Honour at the Top of the Sports Parade to say ‘Au revoir' to the many fine sportsmen in the 1st Bn, Essex Regiment who left the Colony earlier this week.

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Texas Beauty Not Worried About Playing Same Parts Over And Over

Says RON BURTON

Hollywood.

Kathryn Grant, a Texas beauty, isn't worried about one thing that causes much grey hair among many actors and actresses so-called "typing" or playing the same kind of parts over and over.

-

As a matter of fact, she might even like just a small bit of typing. It would be one instance in which a lack of variety might be variety. That's because she has played six different kinds of roles in the past year.

The roles range from the

from indian to 20th century And in one inginnca palomace. the is mistaiseu for a male, This scene Impossible, but it effective blamed on costuming.

This comes

wild West to wild parties and

(41

be

interesting

episode In "The Guns of Fort Petticoat," Audie Murphy is 17001 guy who makes the What really happens she has to try to kill thinks she's n

a) because of her

while in 24

state of great emotion. 11 was shot on a Warner Bros street On its back lot that would reviver a hamesick New Yorker

The street Was filed with 100 extras driving cars in about six inues. Twelve stunt drivers

handled the close-call depart

Instructions to come on on

near to the actress possible without hiking her.

дя

SINCE CHILDHOOD

25

community since its face is nl- ways changing.

com-

The town is actually a munity constructed nt Para- mount as one huge film set. It has seen more violence than many rip-routing ploneer com- munities. The idea of violence some per- may not appeal to ScND. but In the interesla of belling storics

of

Axperica, makers havÓ found they can not ignore the subject.

motion picture

The 'Pompadours' enjoyed great popularity and a fine reputation for good sportsmanship in many spheres of Hongkong sport and their sojourn here is recorded for posterity through the brilliant athletic achievements of men like Kolth Burch. This accomplished athlete broke record after record and his name is in consequence entered several times in the appropriate books of the Hongkong Amateur Athletic Association.

However, the Essex effort was latest issue of the News Of The

affair World to reach the Colony. by no means a one

Cham mistake. and it is safe to say that it was is written by ex-World their brilliant successes Key the plon Johnny Lench and is under

is that a heading which

Army Murphy. Various team competitions which brought the greatest pleasure to life Won't Harm Your Gange,"

The article is full of

Some good the men of the regiment.

phasizes whning of the 1959 Land Forces

tug over possession of a gun on Athletic Team Championship that, contrary to the word ex-

an Arizona desert. She didn't a fitting finale to two years | pretations of many promising was

enverge completely scathed of thoughtftd preparation 1 players who are called up for

but received what is usuall National Service, bard

there training

termed minor outs and bruises, a different feld we generaly excellent facilities for

Time of the story is the 1870's. 1 1:11

the prodigious | The game in the Forces, PENICILAT

in the middle of the block, too Capt. Orpen-

RUNNING THE GAMUT Smelli with 11,4 Fifte This

I simply use the movements bulliant shot valled probably

I'm glad I knew something | the bullfighter in dodging curs. twice won the

"In this only by his with-

hout guts," she said. Colony Championship and also. of war, assisted the regimensi to win the awan Bisley award

Antrag the buskies RSM Me- Gever's ability with both the hairer and the discus will not be easily forgotten, while thave

4 k who find their main pleasure in

will reall delightful exhibitionIN by 1 100 Hi Murray who fled the in- sal berth mi the Army

The latest blood-letling is in In preliminary rehearsals a

"The Lonely Man"

in the attire, and they wind up fight-standing was used. Then Mias VistaVision process. One ectne Montiel rejected any idva of shot at the sludio-made lown double for the netuni shoofing.

which probably will be "In Mexico City," she said,membered by fans is a fight to with laugh, "I have crossed the death between Jack Palance the Parco de Reforma at the fand Neville Brand.

performance% of

Pily about the mathematics. 1 prefer Hewanir's more human

of

fremendou tu persion

Says he "I was Hurst Park the day before, and

Tr! not doing al dl well reambered my mothers od-

hone

+

10

In

Bankers I spotted our, backed it at 100-0, got my losses back, Brit felt

for weniterful next day's re

The

124)

Mian Hewson WenŻN

But if you can gel bilukes 100-0

about his gold metal harves in the

Dymur Games of 1956-take 11.

-Landon Express Service).

(COPYRIGHT)

international athletes than any WELSH TENNIS TOURNEY

non alive

I[

The acknowledggrał

Easy Second Round Win For Lew Hoad

some

the

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Quoting his

uwn case, Leuch that he went in points out The Services as nothing more than na ordinary club player

Lo

like Brian Thornhil]

they were represent were stil

woman

Miss

Grant

completed

Reprisal Just before starting In "Reprisal her present Alm. she had the role of an Indian girl and had to ride a horse at List gallop over rock-spattered ground.

but Heated ก international picture 1 found I had to be ab badge within a few weeks of to load a breechloader and an his dernob and he also points

and fry it like a real pioneer out that other stary Kennedy and Michael did even better as both

selected England while they in the Services,

Jobrazis Leath Anishes Jus

the with 242 Let-les

following durub paragraph:- "Even if t

you me unlucky in your posting, and whee proudest nennent weaEN

thik up wir.n he scored! a magnificent n't Just

your table tennis is finished. goal against South China in the

If initiative. Jow of 1055 Senica ise Best manule

right spirit have the Strid Fina

1 Hlways

sad to see old always flod sumy way of getting

practice успі friends depart, but the members | the

team A couple

give

height of rush-hour traffic and

"In fuct, now that I think every man, about it, so dora

Mexico. woman and child in This is meevossary, as here are 30

ALSO KITTY HAWK

**

This bit of violence followed on the

ver

deres.

And

heels of two similarly unlidy epics"Gunfight at the OK Corrid" and "The Mave- rick"-which also utilised tho

of several tow troffe lights, and the there's no indication that this sort of thing is going to stop. pedestrian is really on his own."

There BTC more Aims Miss Montiel said the dodgingchedule which

will use

the she

town's facilities for their brawls

on

does 11 "Serenade." Q Warner - Colour protuction

tion and shooting battles. starring Mario Lauze, Jou Fontaine and Vincent Price 4s The recently constructed com- well

MINS Montiel. reat-munity was designed for versati-

"I have as well as shoot a gun,"

toreador's footwork since I was difficulty Before the Indian part she alx," she said. "My stops in the any

"I wa glad for my Texas Training i this picture, too,'

she said, "I had learned to rider began when she was a chill.lity in that its backgrounds can

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But

专家

Her two rules before these were

need.

of the Essex Regiment can be without the urge to help yourself

the you with never get to the top. whatever assured

Excellent actvier nichereck and mentories they have taken away with them, they leave behind the main principle is as true lor nothing but pleasant ones inalinost every other sport Army, Combined Servlees and is for table Colony sporting circles.

EDCLOT

tennis.

DIDN'T WAIT LONG

as it

and

admired

was a jazz-happy young girl really #re

Wild Party' and previously adaptations of netual bullfight That takes in places from old- was cast as a blackjack dealer steps, Ara "The Phoenix City Story.

"Maybe this is something that

Interest Los Angeles migh pedestrians very much

"The

the be altered with mlmum of and expense to show town in the West from 1850 10 1010. copies or approximately

time Dodge City, Kan., to Tomb-- stone, Ariz., and way stations.

The town which

on yet has no offelal game-will have coo |exception in the general charge-

pioneer This is the story of a ghostter of its

It's town that bo

can be one of the going to look like Kitty Hawk, Ilveliest places In the country N. C., somo time next year Furthermore, al- when the story at intervals.

of the Wright though its appearance places it brothers and their pioneering in us 1850-1910, it can be called the Geld of aviation is made by America's moyl progressive Paramount.United Press.

1

to

as a co-ed in "Five Against House" and a teenage gun mall in conviel-author Cury! Chess- mum's "Cell 2455, Death Row"

"I don't know what'll next," she said, "but it probably The departure of the 14, Bn.

According to abrict

wih be something different, report Essex

co-incides Regiment

Hying saucer pilot, maybe." the Colony reaching the Colony, ex-Amy with the arrival in

players Chalmers Green Howards of the Est.

McMillan did not have to

walt

Actors all actors should and in welcoming them to our

"drop flead," very lung for the opportunity

according that a nildst we as ure them

Frank Lovejoy. The actor said still bearlier and more practicatto discuss their prospects in the

game. Soon after their arrivalit would help most of them. welcome nwalls them when the

In Scotland both players found "Most actors fecl they've unto seuson gerie winter sports

that news--particularly foot- They full swing.

will indi-

fust and competition stiff but traditional-ball news travels

several people were interested Newport, Wales, July 17.

in where their future Soccer Sach African Trevor Fancutty healthy, and

That from the strength of early

would be played. Perspiring from 58 seconds scored an easy win to reach the

third round of the Men's Sangles reports they will be fully cap could out of schoulboy leg-work

able of giving a good secount of મ male, Hewson, In quarters

opened themselves, S., stepped up to revive paper hill we ge,

THE EDITOR

rests Jurn out to be true golti- Finesdal prophets, our Mr Hewson Lean thank a half-remembevest jarmunities of schoolteacher, and lol big-shols who, lined up jen the Tooling i Mitehain ,femiball gerund one Wednesday afternoon in 1948, pleked him

Test Coverage GUT AN A Kerformer of promise

Sir-What alls your

Edfor? I searched your

on Tuesday but

Sports!

mention of the Test Match

the morning

AS

The

COURAGEOUS

Der

111

the

Welsh

1.W21 which

Tennis

Championships here today.

In his serond-round match bent H. Butterworth

la Reuters potted report. con-his prize year's subscription sequently it is with a sense of the Mitcham Athiette Club.

anticipation that engir

S.nee then, under the coaching Facult

first. Frank 18-0, 8-1. at guidamer of, China Mail is seanned SUR

In a first-round match Andres Drew, ou later Starop, the as it hits the streets. One ex peets a syndicated article by andripling has been one of the Hammersley of Chile beat

Jones of Newport 6-0, 6-9. English

Australian cricket only eight men in the world le in less than tour 46 1311/ journalist giving us on the spot run

On

Sinutes. impressions from Headingley as well known, perhaps, is Instead of which, what do we get? two three column Blurbs that whate the Bannisters and about footballers

whose

nce Landys and the Chataways

for any

seusons tex cult be Autrel

pinnacle, Hewson on Moxie right up to it at the firs

real attempt.

Livities

surely

publicised at a more appropriatechieve that

seuson instead of intruding the summer scene.

There must be very many of vour readers who are as dis- half-mile

all the both

Enviosition as

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We are sure

INTER-UNIT GOLF

по

have Chalmers should difficulty in getting back into be must the game, but there some doubt as to whether the unfortunate injury which kept out of the Army side

Good progress is being made with the Combined Services MeMillan

of Competition in the closing weeks Golf inter-Unit

the have season will enable him to play and the following results

the Immediately. come to hand so far. It Brst round Gurkha

Y.

7 Hussars seven up, Fd. Regt. RA beat

Pancutt and Hammersley went their third-round lu win matches to enter the quarter- #nals.

has

Rides beat

Chalmers and McMillan are #1 and 18th not the only Army players

A at the moment. REME 41 the eye

prominent English First Division have side has been following the pro- The following results

is 11 second gress of two others and in the been returned round ties: HQLF B beat 27 understood that It has now asked for private opinions on how they HAA Regt. RA 'B' 37 up; HAMC

Regt. RA A 12 have devoloped. There may be beat 27 HAA

Rext. RA bent more news about this in the very HQLF 'A' 12 up: 15 Med. Regt, near future.

'A' beat Kings Own 30 up;

Just about A year ago we and

Med, RHKDF beat 15

found that roller skating was Regt. RA 'B' 40 up.

wave of great The Royal Air Force team has enjoying a

young soldiers extension of one popularity with been given an ext

made regular trips to week and will now play their

of Lai Chi Kok to make use second round game against

the facilties there. The men Northamptons on July 23.

and

dimculty Funcut had le

of in boating Michael Rowe Newport -1, 0-1, but Hammer- sley had a shock when he lost hly Brst st ugainst Ivor up: 74 LAA Warwick of Oxford University. whom he eventually beat 4-6. RA 0-4, 6-0.

Wimbledon Champlon Lew

who Australia, Hoad of Already collected the Wimbledon, Australian and French Cham- plonships, had an easy second- round match when he beat Richards of Cardiff 8-1, 0-1.

In

first-round maich, Jaroslav Drobny of Egypt MEMORY

0-1 0-0 scored an ency

win AI the end

against R. Jones of Newport.-- senson, he had clocked a per- United Press,

on

with such scant respect.

C'unic

please providem You better coverage during the re- mainder of the series?

"TESTY".

gruntled as I am that their ex-junior and senior, and chased treated Roger Bannister home in Imin. been pectations hove

Hewson considered 51.8sve.. himself

equipped for an assault

Mite magnetic

Pirie sharing of honours with ever that distance at Chiswick and Beckenham confirmed his

The decision

Hewson leg [The two agency reports re- ceived were, in effect, a repeti- muscles. It seemed, were well tion of the coverage appearing up with his spirit and ambition

We do in the morning papers. not think renders desire to read thing twice, Ed. the

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T. Kocerka (Poland) winning easily, from T. A. Fox (London, Rowing Club) in the Anal of the. Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley on July 7.- Central

Press Photo.

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Third Round gamei have to be of 33 General Hospital were played off by August 1.

Army motoring enthusiasts who may have been disturbed by last week's crop of rumour concerning the Macao Grande Prix must have been re-assured to hear Mr Paul Du Toit, one of the organisers, saying in a broadcast Interview on Saturday that the rumours were complete ly without substance,

particularly koen cathusiasts and

won several trophics in- for one I believe, cluding, roller hockey.

would A recent conversation muggest that there has been some shown the interest decilne in

for this most energetic type of summer evening pastime,

In this I may be wrong, of course, and I would be glad to hear from individuals or groups He refuted the suggestion that who are still participating in the the organising committee was various events at Lai Chi Kolt encountering unusual and un-rink. expected difficulties and con- shamed that entries were being received in the normal

Way.

*

There is a feeling in come quarters that with a little ex-

What was much more im-pert coaching the Army could portant was his re-assurance nowadays put out a basketball that there had been no undue de fit to meet the belter clubs civilian community. deterioration of the track and in the that only minor adjustments There is plenty of support for made before this this progresive suggestion and it would be year's race in November. may well be that in the near

This exciting event is already futuro we shall see such a ven- 1 great favourite with Army ture being undertaken.

folks and the latest reassuring

nows will be most welcome...

Tho

Royal Artillery Swim-

ming Gala will be held at the

His First

Warwickshire

made the grade when they get the girl at the end of the pic- ture," he explained. "Fur years this has amounted to a badge uf success

To Lovejoy a death scene can be much more important and a short-cut to success.

"There's a way besides get.. "And ting the girl," he said. it's a proven short-cut to the big time. An actor should find death himself a

good, solid Не scene.

should sink his into

ita realising 1 potentialities.

has IL

dono wonders for some of today's top stars."

Lovejoy cited Jack Palance's final throes in "Shane."

"Now there was a real top scene, and it was in a top pic- ture,"

ho said. "It gave Palance's career the big boost.

ALSO LIVE A LITTLE

"Of course, one of the classica was Lew Ayres scene in 'All Quiet on the Western Front,'

26 That was

years ago and without

show,"

A girl in the

whole

• Lovejoy recalls vividly a per-

formance by Walter Huston in "The Treasure of Sierra Madre"

theatrical excellence in de- parting from this vole of tears. William Holden's expiration in Gloria Swanson's pool in "Sun- set Boulevard also was a high point involving a death seene, he said.

Involves

"I guess the esp example of all

Frank Sinatra," sold Lovejoy, now co-starring Screen Gems' "Sweet Checlio" for the Ford Theatre felevision series.

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JUST TOO TRUE

An article of interests to tablo tennis players appear in the

Edgbaston on July 26.

Singh,

25 years of age tomorrow, was born at Amrit sar, India. He is a left-handed bateman and right sure medium pace bowler.

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