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GERMAN WINS TWO MILES EVENT

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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1957.

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Klavs Richtzenhain (No. 2) of Germany wins the Two Miles interrutional Invitation event from Britain's Albert Pattison at the British Games at the White City, London, on June 10. His time was 8 mins 54 secs.-Reuterphoto,

Greyhounds Offered To Distinguished Patrons

London, June 16.

A remarkable and not easy to explain difference exists in Britain today between horse racing and its kindred sport, greyhound racing.

The former is the sport of kings, a glamorous pastime graced con- tinually by royalty; the latter has a totally unjustified "stigma" attached to it.

Indeed, at the Greyhound Berby lunch last week, Lord Brabazon of Tarn, director of the Greyhound Racing Association and perhaps Britain's most famous elder sportsman, said in his speech: "We are shunned by royalty for some reason, though we believe we are perfectly respectable people.

"We are prepared to day hundrols who own greyhounds | sever before been let for опу what the Government does and the majorliy have not the money | professional sport, lease greyhounds to distinguish-į to own racehorses, Ag Lord

Brabazon said, even if they had been shunned by royalty they had the comforting thought the they had given pleasure to

ed patrons."

He was referring to the Na- tional Stud which lenses horses to the Queen.. with one of which, Carrozza, she won the thousands, 1957 Oaks.

LICENSED TRACK

During the rugby close Deu- on it has been used for mass meetings and local sporis, but

tainted never for anything with professionalism.

Mr Solomons is hoping to get a world title fight and a top

A TRUE STORY

OF A

FORMER BOXER

BOXER WHO BECAME ADDICTED TO NARCOTICS

By RON BURTON

Hollywood.

A storm is brewing over a motion picture which seeks to show for the first time on theatre screens a narcotics addict as he takes a "pop" or injection of dope.

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The film, "Monkey on My Back," is the true story of Barney Ross, former boxing champlon who became addicted to narcoties after suffering injuries ag Marine in the battle of Guadalennat,

Ross, played by Cameron Mit chell in the picture, backs up Smali all the way,

Now

the

The storm at present is be-director, but Boetticher had "too that might come in from tween producer Edward Smalt many. V and mollen picture eight-year-old telling me about and the Motion Picture Producers commitments,"

Jenny, I might even get one Ass'n The Association has co-

from Jenny herself." fused its acal

That of approval

was until negotiations

SHOP TALK for the picture. Small cays that began with producer Harry Joe he'll fight to have his complete Brown in the middle.

Brown's happy about having There's almost a langunge story on the screen.

Carroll for his picture, and barrier between Jean Simmons, girl, Carroll has assurance he'll have playing a New Zealand his favourite director for his own and Paul Newman, cost as productión,

Marine, in MGM's "Until They Sall," To her, it's one word, The only mystery remaining in and to him it's another. Here pulling a punch to leave It out,” |---whatever became of these are some her-him examples on Ross said. "This is the mamcit other commitments?

nouns which come up in the of self-destruction in the life of

Actually, It was just a matter film: an addict. This is the moment

Boots shoes,

braces - of despair and what a potential of rescheduling things to every-

mue's convenience. Along with suspender, face addict needs to discourage him.

flannels-wash old western horse cloths, corset-girdle, claeme- Addicts will recognise how vile some good the moment is and, when they trading.

pram-baby carriage, see the whole story, they'll

napples-diapers, dress circle- realise that they can be cured as

balcony, sweets-candy bar and I was,"

"It would be like a Aghter

movies,

Dianne Foster is still wonder-dust bin-ash can.

ing how 竹 fight came out between an eight-year-old fan

However, they

understand

of hers and Jenny, a little girl each other before the picture is She hopes that the eight-year- who lives next door to the fan. over joki will write again and let her

A PERSONAL MATTER Director Andro de Toth said the moment is as vile in the film na it really is. There is no glamourising, no exaggeration,

"We wanted to show how de-know.

ading the drug habit really is," Misa Foster is interested in he said. "I framed the 'pop'everything written in letters to scene in an alley. It's full of lit- her. She not only reads her ter and trash and garbage cans. mail but also studies it. In a

*

It shows where an addict goes. land of analysts, Miss Foster is bia University. He decided then It shows how low he sinka. It rhows his terrible desperation

on analyst of her own mail,

Jerry Stagg is in a class by himself. He's that unusual thing - happy television producer,

Stagg got happy when he was

• pre-medical strident at Colum-

and there to adopt a positive at- titude about life. He first posi- for dopo. Ross told me the "I've noticed many things tive mood in this direction con- scene shows absolutely nothing about people who Bre kind slated of B person-to-person that isn't true, and he should enough to write to me," she survey mado while walking know. After all, he was an ad- said. "I mean that mafi from down a street, diet for 10 years, cured himself Americans at home is different and should know,"

"I asked Americans from that of other

people at random, Mitchell, a great bellever in who may be overseas,

he said. And, of 'are you happy?'"

of "More than 50 per cent said they total realism, wanted the injec course, don to be morphine and probably difference between Americans were, Of course, if I hadn't ap- would have had his wish, but letters and these from England. proached them positively but technicians said it is colourless and probably would not photo- graph well is it is injected into the addict's arm. A vitamin ex tract was used instead because it is reddish and shows up and can be seen leaving the hypodermie. Ross hopes that the scene gets on the nation's screens,

"This is a personal matter with

me," he said.

John Carroll, as an actor, feels like someone who has quit and then goes back to his job for a short time.

release soon,

there

а

And, of course, the difference instead had asked, "are you un- becomes more pronounced when happy?" I might have heard you take in South America and many sad storica," the Orient,

When Stagg left the difficulties "The letter from the little girl of mind and body to others and found the was typical in two respects for went into TV, he

attitude would same positive one thing, It was like letters help. He since has rejected any from Americans in that it was

belief that the world, is made up of people like the hero of "Morty." He also picks a bana

Thoreau's contention that most men lead lives of "quiet despera- tion."

warm, friendly and chatty. And it was typically from a young- ster because it wanted a picture of me RIGHT AWAY PLEASE and then added the item about the difcully with Jenny."

with author-philosopher Henry

I

ENGLISH ARE OBJECTIVE "I like to think that most people are reasonably happy and Carroll's life in the motion Miss Foster, whose

their appear that they trust

fellow picture business from now on is

as far as begunca in "Night Passage," "The humans," Stagg sold. "These as a producer,

stories about TV people who are concerned. He made that de-Brothers Rico" and "Monkey en cision ofter

med out My Back" brought in aacks and supposed to eat Miltowns the hc

of letters, said writing way kids eat candy, make daily "Jotuny

Trouble," with Ethel stacks

techniques generally hold true.

visits to analysts and suffer like Barrymore, which is slated for American women, for example, the devil to bring entertainment sincere interest In her to the masses-well, they're not "I was all set to produce my have a

work and offer suggestions at true as far as we of the Tele- second picture Tiger Mike' -**

Miss phone Time series DTW cor- when a deal came up that inter- times-good suggestions,

said. Some want cerned. ested me," Carrell said, "I was Foster

and others asked to act in Columbia's to start fan clubs,

Budd ask about beauty care.

"We're an enthusiastle bunch "Ducision at Sundown.'

on the show, and if I weren't Boetticher would direct,

*The English are very still what is called 'enger, The Queer, keunly interested

"Well, I wanted to put all my objective and keen," the actress wouldn't belong with the rest of in the turf, has not been to a

More than 17 million people clasu bill for May or June next

energies into production, but at

sold. "I'm continually amazed the group. We have true stories greyhound niceting, but then walch greyhound racing in Bri-year. It will bo the biggest box-

the same time this business of

at how much of the fim about urzic persons, and they have there are number of other tain each year. Oficials of the ing show he hus ever put on, A3

You Boetticher bothered me.

they quote. Now happy endings, regardless of major British sports which the Greyhound Racing Association, present he has only one

pro-

soe, I had wanted him to direct dialogue

you what cynics may say about real has never graced with her pro- which has been going now more gramine in mind but if it is a

Tiger Mike. This put me over South American men, as

romantics life being a pretty slimy affair." gence-lawn tennis

claimed the than 30 years, and

They wanted me to might Imagine, are that success, he may stogo others, he

1 barrel, Wimblxion Championships for racing on their licensed tracks said.

act, and I didn't. They bad and usually profess great love

for me. I'm always the most Stagg said that his stories As the straightest in the world.

Boetticher, and I didn't, According to Mr Solomons,

beautiful, the most seductive-up-beat, as opposed to downbeat are popular and in good anyway the most to them. Punters will tell you, loo, that Twickenham should be the best thai

A TRADE greyhound racing has been "thunned by It is les difficult to make money outdour area in the whole of

"By contrast Oriental writers supply, royalty" does not detract in the at greyhound racing than At Europe for an open air boxing "So, we did the only sensible are very gentle and restrained. "We don't expect to run out

dogs run programme, being so compact, Its attraction or horse racing as tho'

thing, I took the role in 'Decision American servicemen overseas, of material," he said. "For one Icast from rating among British sports, but much truer to form.

with so many seated under at Sundown' on condition that I've found, are lonely and often thing, our stories come from real

Boetticher direct my pleture. We tell mo cover and good visibility

and about theif girls

lite. And for another thing, China Mail Special. almost any place in the stands. hnd deal,"

their families, They also ask John Nesbitt, host and narrator has a file right personal, hand-written of each show, D

now of more than 1,600 stories Miss Foster sald she would which he has been collecting for continue to open, read and years and years.

"We won't run out of stories study her own mall regardless

on Telephone Time' unicas wo of how much comes in.

out "After all,"

of people."United

insance.

The

Jact

it is true to say that for reasons not easily accounted for it is a "poor relation" of horse racing

Greyhound racing is the "poor man's pastime. For the many

BRITISH TENNIS

Kosei Kamo Wins His First Match

London, June 17.

There are

strange results, but not quite a

at times some strange ns on the turf.

Though many humble folk own reyhounds, so do many of the nobility and the senior steward of the National Greyhound || Racing Club is the Marquis of Carisbrooke, a

cousin of the Queen.

ANOTHER MATCH

One of the most staggering sports items of the current week was the news that Twickenham rugby ground, that most

Kosel Kamo, Japan's leading hallowed plece of amateur turf,

iends player,

Arst is to be used for professional won his match in a British tournament boxing." today when competing in the London Gruss Court Champion- ships at the Queen's Club here,

from

World Roller

Skating Records

Ferrera, June 17.

Seven new world roller skating records were set up by the It la almost as "unsational" as Italian, Leg Faggioll, on the road during would be the nws that Lord' Ferrers-Codigore Cricket Ground was to be leased the week-end. He beat Eduardo Argon, of for dog racing,

The new records, with the old Uruguay, 6-3, 6-4 in the first

records, held by Giorgio Venanzi, round

in parentheses, were:

The London Championships| are the last major series before Wimbledon begins next Men- day--Reuter,

The rugby boys have kept their sport BO sumateur that the of their kindred protessimals sport, Rugby League, have al- ways been refused permission to train, let alone play, on the sacrosanct turf..

Yot

Holt-mile: 1 mln. 18.0 secs. at an average speed of 39.350 kilo- metres per hour (1 min 17 soen). Mile: Two mio 12.5 secs, AVET- age 40.857 kph (2 min 42.4 seca). 1,000 metres: 1 min 30 DCCs, AMATEUR TURF

average 40 kph (1 min 30.2 now negotiallons have sees). India's R. Krishnan heat

both completed between thic 1,000 metros 2 min. 12.4 DOS, Bradi's L. Ribeiro in straight Rugby Football Union and Jack average 40,785 kph (2 min^31.1 Gets here today in the fuss Solomons, the boxing promoter, sees). round of the London

Tennis for this famous home of inter- Three miles: 7 min 45.0.Boes, Championships at Queen's Club national and varzity rugby to be averago 30:701 kph (8 min 32,1

used for one of his big open air seco), programmes, De

The score was 6-3 and 6-4, In another first round men's, singles match, Sweden's Sven Davido best India's N. Nath "straight" 'anda, 0-2 and 0-1

Trance-Pruz30,

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5,000 metres: 7 min 44.000, veras: 33.715 kph (0 min 17.3 The 18-year-old ground with nece). Bas

a rugby capacity of up to 20,000 Five miles: 14 min: 45,7 acce

(it can probably lake another average 33.870 kph (17 min 101, 10,000 o so for boxing)

Carroll sold that his present for acting Job represents merely a reply." pause in his own career as far as his production ambitions are concerned,

One Irenle twist to the swap ctory is that when Carroll Arst planned "Tiger Mike," Boetticher was the man he wanted as wouldn't want to miss a letter Press.

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