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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1950.

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Alan Hoby Reports:

THE PROMOTERS ARE NOW ALL CHASING

ment

at

GUSSIE MORAN

Plans for the “biggest-ever" all-professional lawn tennis tourna- Wembley this autumn envisage Gorgeous Gussie Moran, as one of the star attrac Wimbledon's uncrowned glamour queen, tions.

Will Gussle turn professional? I hear that the promoters are chasing her with a number of propositions which should certainly not harm-her bank-balanco- if she accepts. ...

2

When I asked her at Wimbledon if she would be likely to hurl away her amateur halo, she gave a non-committal shoulder shrug and said:~~

"I can't even answer that now. It depends on too many things." The blue-eyed, black-haired ahead of her in sheer technical) Mian Moran, who was wearing ability.

a new white blouse, skirt and plain panties, didn't reveal to me what those "things" might be,

But whenever she plays, she in. The Crowds jams 'em stampede to see her. And, of course, when she concentrales, But any professional promoter the can beat all but the first five

be around or six of the world's women. who happened la would have noticed that

the

I

Glamorous Gertrude posterser

would not be surprised to her turn pro-if the right com offer comes along.

A delure of dellars, or even of English

sight.

in rich abundance that one asset. Kee which all promoters of mercial sport dream about.

The customers adore her. Cussle

is not the gecates Dork woman tennis player.

lu Hort,

Louise Brough, Mrs Pont and possibly Wimbledon's No 2 glamour gal, delightful Nancy Chaffee, rank

Even

FORCING BACK-PLAY

AL Lord's saw English cricket take a hiding. I now the Calvanie, keable Weat Indiana teach our boys a couple of cricket fundamentals we are in danger of forgetting.

SPORTING SAM

By Reg. Wootton

"The Outside Of A Horse Is Good For The Inside Of A Man"

"The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man.”

This is the brisk philosophy of a Welshman who is restoring some of Bri- tain's 'lost prestige in the sporting world.

To start the story where it begins, one must pieturo a PoW camp at Kassel, in World War II.

There a group of British officers, "with nothing else to do," made plans for a team of horse-jumpers to win world championships. Today Lieut.-Colonel Harry Llewellyn (who was in Africa with

the Montgomery when plan was drawn) is fullDA more dreams then ever came to those bored prisoners.

1. They have taught us the value of forcing back-play as distinct from A defensive oft ball pushing-nway of the the back foot.

Art

Europe's now rings being thrilled this summer by bis dashing and superb displays

horsemanship. By When Clyde Walcott slammed of pound notes, is a

ot Lucerne, delightful and often irresistible those shots through the covers victory

and straight-drove the opinners team became the undisputed Gmnck 10 the boundary, he champlons of Europe. And Gertrude Augusta Moran showed us what any leading Continentals wince a smart--as well as a charm-county batman worth his cap colonel's g-girl

For Brazilian Footballers:

Money Beyond

The Dreams Of Avarice

By JOHN MACADAM

Rio De Janeiro.

It is impossible to have any idea of how Soccer has grown into a big-money, game-money heyond the dreams of avarice-unill you see it operated here.

Brazilings assure me that their players, if they win the World Cup, will get not only a £1.200 present, but with feca for advertising beer, soft drinks, and all sorts of things, to say nothing of private gifts from wealthy more like £10,000 a businessmen, they will be on to

man.

thould be able to do.

"Now

their

his

13 the

the ring.

act

of

says

men enter for another 2. Walcott, Weekes, and British aggression,"

"Not Worrell gave us an even more

long go," precious reminder of past glorier | Llewellyn cheerfly. "they were when they went out and cloated telling w we'd do better our low stuff. They used their bicycles." feet-one, two, three, four-to get to the plich.

They never stood at the crease)

as if n like petrified statues, couple of hands had come out of the

and grabbed ground both feet....

WONDERFUL SEASON

Joe Davis, whom I met in a London club last week, has bad a wonderful season.

At 49 ke has been producing

fe! some superb cuemanship. has mesmerised both opponents and spectators.

This has been Joe's mort successful

124 acason strice retired. He has twice beaten his brother. Fred Davis, the ex-champion.

Also among the vletims are Walter Donaldson, the current title-holder; Horie, Lindrum,

Sidney Smith, George Chenier,

Peter Mans, and young Pulman. who many belleve will be as Koor

ns the Master

Furthermore, each player. i have earned themselves as much some day.

be given nome civilios £10,000, likely to service job that will set him up for life.

himself

HE DIETED The FA have campaigned for payment to na- years for the

Not bad for a man in h Realisation of these induce-tional players of no more than

How has he done

has ments

#purred

England a £20 match fee, and, though Gftieth year.

the lavish it? officials here to a belated state- they are forced by ment that the England players spending in Rio to think again, not seem likely they had been told at the start of it does

"I felt I was getting just a "J ttle bit soft," Joe told me. dicted. I took massage. I lost 101b.

weeks. in six

is

on

Lt. Col. Jewelyn

Now, with export orders for its it like

a centaur. Ho 18 British horses rising, success the second pon of the lalo Sir. us work Of LWO men. David Llewellyn, South Wales Lieut. Colonel tolliery owner, and it was be- Llewellyn and

colliery horse that M. P. Ansel, D.S.O., chairman cause of a

Show Jumping the colonel became interested of the British Association and late of Kassel in jumping prison camp.

'OVER-AND THROUGH' Ansel says that Llewellyn, "He was a heavy gold dun,"

Llewellyn. "We called: tall, handsome, 38, has the mind says

international sport. him Over-and-through.* for "Absolutely fair and sporting, "I took him round to loca: shows, and he ellher went right but he goes in to win."

Llewellyn lin been in the over the top of the

fence or was four, and through it," saddle since he

WHERE DID ALL

THESE TROPHIES

COME FROM?

:

By STEVE SNIDER

war,

Demobilised after the Llewellyn, who lives in a "mail 14th-century manor at Goblon, near Abergavenny, found that increased weight prevented him

cife-

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The book contains Important speeches and statements

from steeplechasing, which he record whose usefulness and Importance only history loved.

will judge. Circumstances under which he resigned are Hin attentions turned

With his where,

also very revealing. collieries nationalised ("T'm still waiting he took the money"), up show-jumping.

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"I was lucky enough to get three good horse-Foxhunter, Monty, and Klɲeddin,"

A nine-year-old bay gelding, Foxhunier was bred on a Nor- folk form and hunted for three seasons with ie Quorn.

We draw from the British hunting fold," says Llewellyn, "and the average British hunter makes Ane jumper."

Llewellyn is proud of his team's success for other reasons. "We've Dinpped this smear talk about Britain's winning the war and losing the peace.

HAD TO DECLINE

"The whole object is to plug

the British horse and get foreigners to buy them. Mr Bevir

Rome sc011, asked us to go to

we had to decllac, but could not afford it."

And there's the rub.

We

British Jumping team 19 not Goverment supported as are many of 1ts foreign com- petitors.

Under Llewellyn's inspired leadership the team stands a good chance of victory at the

Games Helsinki Olympic 1952.

1J

There are six in the team besides Llewellyn: Mr Brian Butler, Hampshire farmer; Major Douglas Stuart, Royal Scola Greys; Mr Wilfred White, Cheshire farmer; Captain Guy Wattem, Inniskilling Dragoon Guards; and two young Sussex

Peter brothers,

and Paul Robeson, Paul, at 15, is the

All followers of sport are familiar with the Ryder, the Davis, the Curtis, the Stanley and the Wightman Cups and with the Harmsworth Trophy. The names are youngest of the team. those of the donors.

But who these donors were and why they gave their names to the trophies that mean so much in the world of sport today have been very nearly forgotten by our present generation... And 1 It would be a complete re-trained.

I practised several versal of FA policy. The ques-hours on me own table cach tion they are faced with now 8 day.

the tour that if they won will think that hard. Cup ey would be "well look- ed after."

in the not only whether

This "looking after" appears intended to have been region of a preliminary for the Cup-winning, with of Percentago additional profits accruing from the nerics.

to meet the

£1,000 rough-tough Continental and "Finally I went to work-in an Latin American Soccer with the win. There is only one way to

Brazilians al- do that-intense application." me stuff-the almost alone play our clean game

Corinthian

stick 12 our

but also whether

style,

they in

But, personally, I give

no should compete in the induce-"Intenso credence whatever to suggestions | ments race.

that the England players could

REPERCUSSIONS

This Rio slay

So here are some notes on the tennis series between the United

the States and Britain Wad pro men and women behind

rented by Mrs Hazel Hotchkiss trophies to eagerly sought:

one

early of the The

Con-for world Wightman, Dayla

competition in up for tennis supremacy-was put into great players of the game, why play in 1900, Dwight F. Davis, put it then a Harvard student and a1923 and played herself a few wickedtimes on the American team. with a tennis player That is the winning answer

the She lives in Boston and sul every branch of sport left hand style, clonated

application ** In- trophy to stir up Interest in plays tennis.

The Cartis Cup for the golf dividuality....Initiative."

tennis. He twice played an e United States team himself. series between women of the THE DODDS CASE Later Secretary for War and a United States and Britain was Major-General In World War presented by Harriet and Mar- Karet Curls of Boston, Harriet Jock Dodds, famous interna-II. he died in 1945.

pro- Curtis was The Blanley will most cer-

Cup, the

American Women's tainly have repercussions back torial centre forward, has been fessional hockey prize, came of Champion in 1900 and her sister

from the Football

a Briton visiting Canada, See- was Champion in 1907, 1911 home when the players talk of expelled

League. I am not surprised.

ing players belling each other and 1912. The Cup was donated conditions here.

If anything was certain in dizzy just for the fun of li, ke ĝin 1930.. Though the man from Bogela

Margaret Curtis, once winner fantastic Bogota decided that they should play

United of the

States failed to make any impression the whola

it was that Dodds for more than love of the same. also they cannot but business

to catch the He got in touch with a friend tennis doubles title, played in AM you play left-handed & ex on our boys,

notice the difference in would be the one that question of the nign per help centage of cuemen who are cinturally invishness for players compared lash of the League's displeasure. In England, Lord Stanley, who the United States Golf Cham- an two sent $50 for a prize. This sum plonship as recently right-handed and flad shot like

years ago. I don't often agree with the went into the Stanley Cup. corner at en diagram imposable to There is money here for any League. Again and again I

The Ilarmsworth Trophy for The Ryder Cup for the pro-

•cure Without attractive louring European club, have lashed the League clubs fessional golf series between the motor-boat racing was put up in by Sir Alfred Harms-

in the sport. shall go on doing so until they late Samuel Ryder, a seed mer- further Interest

chant

private He

sportamon but no who engaged a golf professional. Abe Mitchell speed pilot-United Press. But Dodds knew what he The odd reaction here is that

Mitchell and a few fellow Url the saddest people apart from faced. By acting as the Englis put up the trophy in 1927 after

Arthur Peail says: IT'S OFTEN EASIER TO PLAY LEFT-HANDED

the pot red in the top right-hand with English conditions.

RED

➡ALD

wing

Tenk

There Bro no and money for the players.

A

rties to present single match would show almost

over by fontar as much return as some British bridge with League sides could draw in a the right onnd and swinging tho

cus with the

Doing a MAKDE the *Sot very ess), play j

swifter smoother,

the

season,

the

for failing to poy our footballers United States and Britain wax 1903 what they are worth. And I donated by a Brilon too. The worth later Lord Northcliffe, to

do

the British colony, presidented cat for Bogota's Millionarios ons had trounced on American and unofficially by a genial retired Club, Dodds broke Rule 67.team in an informal get-together i

businessman, Stewart Harvey Which

and

bothersome

text can stay in

ita brocarta,

Forsimple snooker at

Braziliana

*he previous year.

SEM

A

Brothers v. The Rest

Buys: "Any club-

The Walker Cyp for the from Kingswear, Devon are the player....gullty,, directly or in- directly, of inducing.... re-

amateur golf series between the another gistered player of

United States and Britain was

of Oakwood aliy

Mr E.H. Down, baffled by our League club to leave, for

recrented by George Herbert defents as we are ourselves and purpose whatsoever, the club walker, then President of the Road, London, wants a festival

them as any-for which he is registered, shall United States

be deemed mully of misconduc who went to Scoiland

Golf Association. cricket match in which a team of for cricketing brother should play "Fancy" and be liable

of England. to be expelled meeting on golf rules in 1920 the Rest

matches like this never renily and get the iden there for match between the two nations happen-ther take so much or- The cup was first competed for ganising-but this one would be the folowing year. Mr Walker a very attractive fixture, and I should not Kka to bet heavily on the result. Here Is Mr Down's team in batting order:

JOOK Dithut try

They are a the wort On diagram left lip ad moout a quarter-ball, or ereas shade hner,

will not accept and send whise to hit the cushion at about the spot where the baulk

thing but pukes. line ende.

To other nationals who crill-fined, etc.... cise us they point to the ocean and say: "Go and take a walk

SETO the hah woa đẹp

Ito nester it stops to the

Coutine follow, the better.

I seldoma soe this shui played with-

out Dront elther gy securing a good

I like Dodds personally, but

what has happened now.

Mayo Inter or through furfalted nd don't stop until your bat he surely can't be surprised at

puints when the opponent masca

the ball on. Sometimes molts leave

and polacs are gained.

K.

Hionta."

-London Express Service)

CANNON

· THE FOLLOWING MDAMING

BUDDE GIORNO,BISHOPS. # SEN MEO HÀNG BIẾN LOCKIES QYỆN

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--{London Express Service)

is still living,

The Wightman Cup for the

THE RIDDLE OF THE, ROME REBELS

I'M HERE TO DO A JOO) CARAMELLA, AND 50, UNTIL IT IS FINISHED, FT 19 BAD, TO PICK OUT:

MANY FRIENDS.

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PETER HOLLIS! OH, YOUPLE HOT

COME ON!

ALONS, THEN? I

'DIDN'T REAUSO YOU'D $2 BRAINDIKO

ANYONE ALONG, CANNON.

John Langridge. Eric Bedser W. J. Edrich, Denis Compton, Charles Oakes, Geoffrey Edrich, James Langridge. John Oakes, Brian Edrich, Leslie Compton, good Beder mighty Alec number eleven.

GORDON'S GESTURE Gorden Richards, a pative of Shropshire, has sent a donation of £100 to the fund of the Shrewsbury Town, the new League Div. III North, club. In a letter to the fund recretory. W. A. Reade, Gordon says: "Herewith please And my I hope you cheque for £100,

w have no trouble in getting the rest"

The fund, was organised privately as a townsmen's effort. to help the clubs 'buy payers.

BRUCE KĀRLIS,

-(London Express Service)

CONTENTS

Reply to Muslim Friend's Critician, President-lees. Press Statement on Noakhali. Calcutta. Lei Facis Speak. Presidential Addrem. .Bravery and Fearlessness. Rincial · Arrogance...Viet-Nam. „Pubile Responsibili ty. An Instrument of Freedom (Concluding address at the Conference of Presidents and Secretaries of the Provincial Congres Committees).. Nallani Week. Report of the Speech delivered in Muzzafarpur during The Bihar Tour. Sacrifice. The Lost fight. Servants of the People.. Patches of Sanity, .A Bed of thorns. „A just consequence of an unjust aci. The National Flag. Reply to Mr. Liaquat Ali, August Fifteenth.. An appeal to Sanity. Cure of Panic. To minimise evil is to condone it. Message of Gandhi. I must efface myself.

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