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THE CFINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1957.

TANG AND LANDOLT SCRAPE THROUGH IN FEATURE MATCH

“Toucher” On Yesterday's

COOPER IN ACTION

Ashley Cooper, 20-year-old Australian Champion, in play against the Wimbledon veteran and former title-holder, Jaroslav Drobny, in the Wimbledon Tennis Championships on: June 26, Cooper, seeded Number Two in the Singles, won 6-1, 6-3, 6-3- Reuterphoto.

Yankees Stay Two

Games Ahead In American League

New York, July 2.

Gil McDougald's two-run double with two out in the 11th inning gave the Yankees a 6-4 victory over the Orioles today and earned southpaw Whitey Ford his second triumph in relief in as many days.

Open Pairs

Games

Although no upsets wore registered in the opening matches of the second round of the Colony Open Pairs Lawn Bowls. Championship yesterday when 14 pairs entered the third round, thrilling last head finishes were seen in no fewer than four games.

Hassan and Sadlek enjoyed an early lead of 10-3 after the 18th head, but dropped off after that to allow Tang and Landolt to

TODAY'S GAMES

H. Phoenix and W. Howard (KCC) lost to W. B. Brown and

8. Skedd (TC), 22-16; V. C. Bond and A, L. r. Eastman (KBGC) beat W. Rees Smith (KKCC), and D. T. 18-12;

Six more

round second matches of the Open Pales

Pago

George Formby Is Quite Content To Take Life Easily Nowadays

By RALPH COOPER

George Formby-still a name to conjure with. One of the last of the great music hall artistes; the man years ago made a rip-tickling racing, film called "No Limit"; but who, at the age of 53 and five years after a heart attack that looked like finishing his career, finds that title no longer applies.

"Not to him at any rate.

George has not retired-and probably never will. But he's quite content to take life easily and ration the work. Two big TV shows a year(and a play or a

pantomime, In the feature match of the afternoon, John Tang and Joe Lan,

I found him t and sun-agato, though. as we did at Way back in 1995 that racing dolt of Kowloon Cricket Club just managed to scrape through with a 23-

tanned on his luxury motor twenty, with no money and only film of his, "No Liralt," was one 22 win over M. B. Hassan and O. R. Sadick of. Indian Recreation Club cruiser in Norfolk and he an two weeks work on the books, of the funniest he ever made.

nounced himself as "champion!" | I'd be afraid to-today."

I remembered he rode an old 'with a "fluke" shot from the last wood of the game.

"But it's not worth carning Beryl corrected him on the AJS motor bike in that picture. ** had one of those, too," he more than £7,000 or £5,000 a matter of detail. year today." ho said frankly. *When we started George had | said. “Did all me courting son

Anything over that and you're £70 worth of debts and I had it."

iwar £75 in savings. So after se "That's something of a record; working for nothing.

when paid on the debis we had 25-too. We're coming up to doing well in the days you were allowed to keep some and two weeks work on the thirty-third year of married fo of the money you earned."

...and that's pretty unusual in And and his

George saw car he this business." Beryl have always lived simply wanted for 160. I told him wo and put their brass away for a hadn't the cash and he suggvot= |

"And we've never spent a day. rainy day.

ed getting it on the never- apart, declared Beryl, "excopt "Pyo_never wanted ́ anything | never.

when he was in hospitals. Then else." George told me, as

I went up to see him three times

day." sat on the deck of his cruiser.

draw up to 12-12 by the end of

the 12th head,

event will be played off this afternoon. The following is the programmno with favoured pairs mentioned first:

At PRC

The Indian pair went ahead with a four to 10-12 only to see Tang and Landoll retaliate with a two and two threes to lead by

G. Hong Choy and S. Leonard 20-16. Effective heavy shots by (CCC) v. H. F. Shielda and K. Sadick in the next few heads. Summers (HKFC). brought him to 22-21 on the last head.

Basson and Sadick were lying three shots on the deciding head when Landolt in # desperate drive to take the jack into the ditch for a single, was narrow with his last wood, but hit a front wood, which in turn sliced the jack to one side to give him n count of two,

MOST UNLUCKY

Most unlucky pair in yester- day's games шекс perhaps

Gaddi and L. Cosgrove (KBGC) beat D. Stark and J. Baxter (TC), 21-14;

G. A. Gutteres and J. E. Noronha (Recrete) beat D. B. Sequeira and G. Madar (KCC),

M. 1. Razack and J. M. A. Ramjahn (IRC) v. W. C. Opely | 25-16; and L. Silve (CCC).

A BKFC

T Gasson and P.

Hughes (KBCC) v. L., M. Soume and W. M. Sousse (CCC).

F. O. Madar and C. R. Ros- sclei (CCC) v. C. F. Rozarlo and F. Tan (FC).

At KCC S.

Telford and G. Coles (KDC) v. C. M. Cantilho and F. A.. Santos (FC).

At KDC

J. Chubb and W、 Hong Sling

C. E. M. Terry and A. Har- (KCC) v. G. Jeffries and 9. vey of Kowloon Bowling Green | Bicheño, (KBGC). .Club. Both played some brii- Ilant bowls against their .more favoured opponents, S. Bucka and U. A. Rumjahn of Indlan Recreation Club,

In

In a game that produced the highest standard of bowls yesterday's games they actually had the beller of their opposite numbers on the whole match, but lost the game on an erratic wood by Harvey in the third

last head of the match

The score was then 17-15 in fevour of Terry and Harvey, With Harvey to bowl the last wood of the head, he was lying three beauties on the jack, and when any other bowler would hovo just "talkooed" hls Last wood, Harvey tried to draw in a fourth shot. He heavy, lapped his first shot,

which

was a shadie

was touching the jack, and sprang the jack a few inches back to give his opponent a lie of two.

Bultimore reliever Ken Lohman struck out Enos Slaughter and Mickey Mantle to open the 11th, but Yogi Berra singled and Joe Collins walked. When the count reached two balls and no strikes on McDougald, George Zuverink replaced Lehman and was tagged for Mc-20th head and kept their oppo- Dougald's double.

Ford, the Yankee's fourth pitcher, gave up three hits and struck out three over the last four Innings to gain his fourth victory.

The Yankees remained two games ahead of the second-place White Sox, who defeated Detroit, 4-2,

Larry Doby hit his eighth homer off Frank Lary in a three- run inning to help southpaw Billy Pierce to his 11th triumph, Plerce gave up five hits but gol into trouble because of three Chicago errO:S.

Although the next head was burni, Ducks and Rumjahn managed to score a three on the

cients to a single on the last head to win by 20-18.

Cincinnati, alded by Wolly

Two other matches which Post's grand-stam homer, scored

were won on the last head wene five runs in the second inning, but the Cubs battled back to those between A. K. Ismall and M. Q. Wang of Cralgengower tle the score and cout Don Groes, Ernie Banks it homers for and the two youthful "brothers, Redlegs while Lee Walls and L. A. and A. M. Marques, and Ernie Banks hit homers for between P. Manson nud F. W.. Chicago. Raut Sanchez was the Hollends of Cralgengower and winner and Jim Brosnan the C. H. Gough and R. O. Hughes loper.

of Police Recreation Club.

THE SCORES

We

In a very close match all the way, lema and Wong trailing 16-18 on the list head, but chalked up a three on the lost head-two drewn shots by Ismail and one lucky one by

arrow but tapped up his own

Washington 001 000 000-1-0-0 nostan

000 010 10x-2-3-0 Pascual, Kemmèrer (0) and Ber- boret. Sullivan (7-8) and White. Wong when he was a little bit Sammy White drove in both | LP-Pasegal (5-9). Boston runs in 2-1 victory over Washington. The Red Sox collected only three hits off Camilo Pascual and Russ Kem- marer while Frank Sullivan, tho winner, gave up six hile..

The Cincinnati Redlegs scored twice in the 10th inning doubles by George Crowe, and

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Parco (11.0) and Моря: Lary

(4-10)

Manson and Hollands were

and House. HRS="Bolling || 17-19 up at the end of the 18th, (10), Doby (TEM).

head, but conceded a single, a'

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Dan Hoak and three walks to () Zaverink (11) and Trian: boat the Chicago Cubs 8.8.

on the next four heads to trail behind by 17-19 on the last head. A three on this head pulled them through to the next roundi.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS

M. B. Hassan and O. R.

A. Harvey and C. E. Terry (KBGC) Jest to A. Rumjahn and S. Bux (IRC), 18-20;

A. Coelho and C. Coelho (FC) Stonyer and N. beat A, J. Hart-Baker (USRC), 21-10;

F. H. King and LMS. Lloyd (HKCC) lost to AF. Noronha and C. E. Roza-Pereira (Recreio 8-28.

P. Monson and F.V. Hollands (CCC) bent C. Gough and R. O. Hughes (PRC), 20-18,

N. Fraser and B. Douglass (TC) bent R.W. Hollway and R. M. Hotherington (USRC), 20-12.

A.K. Ismall and MQ. Wong

Sadick (IRC) lost to 3. Tang (CCC) beat LA Marques, and and J. S. Landolt (KCC) 23-22; A. R. Marques (Rec) 19-18,

S. A. Khan and A. K. Minu (IRC) beat R. Sales and F. X. Silva (Recreio), 22-14;

W. Davidson and R. Gourlay (KDC) beat A. Pearce and F Howard (HKCC), 25–10;

Ladies' Bingles

Miss M. Coelho (FC) lost to Miss S. Silva' (CCC) G-29,

Mrs L Marvin (PRC) bent Miss P. Dhaber (CCC) 18-10,

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

BUT THE GIRL AND THE BIG GUY WERE STANDING

RIGHT THERE! THEY JUST DISAPPEARED, --QUCH-

FERDINAND

PISAPPEARED? YOU WERB SEBING

THINGS.

AS HE PASSES THE GUNMAN, THE INVISIBLE

LOTHAR SLYLY

TREADS HEAVILY ON HIS

FOOT.

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we

books.

"I'd been brought up strictly and I was horrified, but he talk- ed me into it.

the had

our

George thought back over his

"Nover again!"

30 years in show business. · He That's The sun was beating down, the only millstone we've ever

was a jockey until 1920 when water lapping idly against

the hanging round oftr necks. And his father, a famous Lancashire and tho we've had about 190 cars since comedian, dies then.

following year he took where Dad left off.

side of the boat and the salls of a nearby yacht flapped gently in the breeze. We might have been a million miles away from the mad scramble that is show bul- "I've never liked the gay life, the night clube and the parties.

e

went on Georte.

“George is með about them.

over

"I feel sorry for some of the

He's always changing them." youngsters starting today," said George normally runs a Rolls George. "We used to say it took and a big Jaguar, but when five years, to got there, Ove petrol rationing came in

he years to stay on top and Ave thought he'd better get some. years on the way out. Today Sthing smaller.

It's more like five months or five "I bought a little ten-horse minutes and they're up there job," he said, "but after years of before they know, what's hit, driving big, fast ones

It was thera. terrible, I thought I was stand- ing still,"

"We've got our house at Anne's and wɗve not this bout ... It's a pretty good life"

The Formbys split their time between the two with most of the summer on the boat. "You wouldn't `_want back to it all?" I asked Beryl after soaking up some of their peace and quiet. Her answ surprised me.

to go

"That car lasted two days,” said Beryl, "and then he got a bigger one."

OUT ALL NIGHT

"Soma of them stay out ail night--and crawl into bed at Went on George: "I kept that eight o'clock in the morning.. one till the end of the week, You can't do that you've. There was a certain wistful | aldn't I?* And the twinkle got a couple of shows In the regret in the way she said: "Oh, came back in his eye as he add-evening." I don't know. It was fun, won ed, a trifle apologetically... Ile George, appropriately dorful fun when you're young "I got myself a little Jag." and battling to get somewhere." George 'ooked thoughtful. "I'd hate to have to start all over ways been Interested in. speed,

BUT NOW YOUR BOSS MR.TUB IS, WAITING TO SEE ME. EXCUSE ME.

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enough, "cleaning windera." With ls famous grin as wide as ever he said once more, "It's a pretty good life."

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