The Seaforth News, 1960-09-15, Page 7Ladies Are Barred
-- Weil, IMt stlyi
Regularly every fortnight for
cline months of the year, five
hundred dinner -jacketed men
wend their way in the Cafe Royal
in Regent Street, London, at
around seven o'clock on a Mon-
day evening.
They comprise the members of
the National Sporting Club, to-
gether with their guests, who
enjoy a sumptuous meal, then
'lake an elevator to the beauti-
fully appointed arena where they
Watch in elegant comfort a se-
lected programme of bolting.
Women are barred from at.
tending, because this is and al.
ways has been an all-male club,
Although in recent years a
Ladies' Night has been introduc-
ed annually, a brainwave on the
part of the management as it
;satisfies wifely curiosity as to
how their husbands spend their
time every other Monday night,
There is a story, however, that
in the clays when the all-male
rule was rigidly enforced, Marie
Lloyd, the famous music -hall
singer, smuggled her way into
the club clad in male attire and
remained undetected throughout
the evening. Afterwards she said
that she had done it to win a
bet,
The N.S.C, first opened its
doors on March 5th, 1891, at No,
43 Icing Street, on the north side
of Covent Garden. The premises
had been a variety theatre,
which provided an ideal venue
for seeing boxing matches, the
ring being set up over the front
stalls, the Press and the boxing
fraternity occupying the stage.
For the next thirty-eight years,
from September to Derby week
in June, tournaments were held
every Monday night. The accom-
modation was limited to eight
hundred and every man wore
evening dress, The majority of
the members comprised the titled
gentry, the President being Lord
Lonsdale, the sporting earl who
sponsored the famous champion-
ship belts that bear his name.
The greatest fighters that
Britain has ever produced and
famous boxers from all over the
world were proud to box in the
Covent Garden ring.
In 1929, however, the lease
expired and the N.S.C. was forc-
ed to find other premises. It
was housed at one place and an-
other and did not become per-
gnanentiy settled until Septem-
ber, 1955, when it moves' into the
Cafe Royal, a fashionable re$ort
for wining and dining London-
ers sinceVictorian days..
It was Charles Forte, the
famous restaurateur, who effect-
ed
ffected the housing of the N.S.C. in
its present site, An enthusiastic
member, he felt that the historic
club could only regain its former
glories if it was situated in the
heart of the West Encl,
No one knows better than he
how to provide a perfect even-
ing's entertainment. His varied
menu, which always includes the
eiub's traditional baked potato
in its jacket, never fails to put
the members in a good mood
for the fights.
The N.S.C. committee, com-
prising many notable names in
all walks of life, is under his
chairmanship, while the manage-
ment is in the capable hands of
David Thomas, a former flight -
lieutenant in the famous 627
Pathfinder Squadron, whose ef-
ficient organization and person-
ality is responsible for the
smooth running and success of
the club.
Thomas has been associated
with the N.S.C. since pre-war
Clays and since his appointment,
three years ago, membership has
Reached saturation point, the
number of tournaments has
grown steadily and the standard
of boxing increased.
The bolts are staged in ae
atmosphere that has no equal
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MALI SPLIT •- Senegalese Pre-
mier Mamadou Dia pulled his
fledgling nation out of the
Mali Federation to cause an-
other split in Africa, already
deeply troubled by events in
the Congo, Chief of the other
section of Mali, Sudan Premier
Modibo Keita, has tasked French
President Charles de Gaulle for
troops to help keep the feder-
ation intact,
SET FOR THE BIG SLOW - Ten -year -aid Cliff Sellery is taking
no chances with rain spoiling his sweet notes.
anywhere else in the world. The
members and their guests sit on
the four sides of the ring with
a table for refreshments at hand
for each group and waiters to
attend to their wants between
the rounds.
At each end of the arena there
is an illuminated board that de-
notes the bout in progress and
the number of the round being
fought. Silence is a strict rule of
the club during each fight. Ap-
plause and comment are reserved
for the intervals.
Boxers .from all parts of the
country strive to get on a N.S.C.
programme and many provincials
make their London debut in the
Cafe Royal ring. No fewer than
ten boxers appear on each bill,
so that in the course of a year
some two hundred promising
youngsters get their chance to
face, the best nursery for fistic
talent in Britain, writes Gilbert
Odd in "Tit -Bits."
Apart j'romeir �lurses, box-
ers at the N.S.C. can always be
assured of a generous "nabbing"
should they put up en exciting
scrap and it is nothing for two
boys to share a sum that amounts
to more than the fee they re-
ceive from the club,
The record "nobbins" is held
by two light -heavyweights, Gor-
don Corbett, of Birmingham, and
Alan Peacock, from Hull, who
put on such a tremendous bat-
tle for eight rounds that the de-
lighted members tossed no less
than £98 into the ring at the
finish.
When the Duke of Edinburgh
attended one of the club's tour-
neys last May, he was greatly in-
trigued with the way the mem-
bers responded to the efforts of
the boxers. On that occasion two
middlleweights shared over £40,
Prince Philip was eager to know
how the amount was divided.
He was assured that the money
is handed to the Board of Con-
trol inspector, who splits it
equally and hands each fighter
his share without deduction of
any kind.
Fighters who ' appear et the
N.S.C. box under ideal condi-
lions. The modern chromium -
plated ring has a sill in. felt pad
under the canvas which protects
them from head injuries in the
case of a knockdown, an inno-
vation that has recently been
adopted by the Board of Control
for riugs throughout England.
A doctor is always at the ring-
eide,
Apart from encouraging prom-
ising talent wherever it can be
found, s handsome trophy is
awarded annually to the best
prospect who has appeared at
the club during, the preceding
year. He also receives a cheque
for £100, The selection is made
by the committee which invites
suggestions from a special group
of Pr.essnlen, of which I am
proud to be a member.
It also presents complimentary
dinners to personalities in other
realms of sport - like Denis
Compton, Sir Len Hutton, Stan-
ley Matthews, Sir Vivian Fuchs
and the late Mille Hawthorn ---
and is rapidly gaining the influ-
ence and prestige enjoyed by the
original Covent Garden club,
which lifted boxing nut of the
gutter and removed its smear of
Illegality.
Q. liow eau 1 easily clean plas-
lic.playing carets?
A. Wipe them carefully and -
thoroughly with a cloth moisten-
ed in starch solation,
Hailstones — Bigger
Than Golf Balls
Hailstones officially described
as bigger than cherries fell in
Surrey during a sudden freak
storm the other day. A record
for Britain? No, say meteorolo-
gists.
They have photographs of
hailstones more than six inches
in circumference which fell at
Richmond, Yorkshire, six t y -
seven years ago.
Pictures taken reveal that the
outer coating was of a white,
opaque substance.
The next coating was of clear
ice and this was followed by
alternate coatings of opaque and
clear ice. Some of these amaz-
ing hailstones had as many as
nine distinct coatings.
Big hailstones are usually ir-
regular and jagged in shape,
which increases their menace
The biggest stones fall in She
hottest weather b u t for some
Mysterious reason big hailstones
rarely fall in the London area.
The largest London stones have
been no larger than filbert nuts.
Try to guess how much da-
mage hail causes, on an average,
every year throughout the
world. The figure is $150,000,000
which is mainly damage to
crops, especially vineyards, and
to glasshouses.
In the south o4 Austria there
are sometimes hailstones as big
as golf balls that rip the foliage
from trees, kill poultry and stun
peasants working in the fields.
Hailstones sometimes kill peo-
ple. The most fatal Indian hail-
storm, of which there's an au-
thentic record, burst over Mora-
dabad in 1888 when 250 lives
were lost during an ice cannon-
ade which pounded many of the
victims to death.
Big hailstorms do astonishing
things, Hailstones riddled the
tops of thousands of cars in Dal-
las. Texas. In the foothills of
Cathkin Peale, Natal, recognized
assembling place for storks mi-
grating to Europe after winter-
ing in South Africa, officials in
1931 noticed a great white patch
up the mountainside,
They climbed up to satiety
their curiosity and found thou-
rands'of storks lying dead, piled
on top of one another with shat-
tered wings and legs over en
area of three-quarters of e
square mile. They had been
slain by a violent lyailstorm.
Overhead clouds of other storks
still circled, mourning their deRd
comrades,
Oki Satehnta
Still Percolates
Hack in 1031, before ir,unrh-
ink into a long and astonishing
professional career that lid fln-
ally to the iia j or traegues
(Cleveland Indians and St. Louis
Browns), indestructible baseball
pitcher Leroy (Satchel) Paige,
performed for a Bismarck., N.D.,
team in the national semi -pro
i.ournatncnt at. Wichita, Kans. In
leading Bismarck to the champ-
ionship, he won four genies, lost
none, and set a tournament re -
corgi that still stands. 60 strike-
outs in 40 innings. Late last
month, Paige returns; to the
scene of this early triumph as a
member of the Wichita Indiana.
Could he break his record? "I
believe I gotta chance," said
Satch, As for his age, variously
estimated from 50 to 60, tourna-
ment records show hint' as 52,
Satch himself would only say:
"Who ever thought I'd last that
long?"
Hollywood Has A
Private Language
Maybe you think a Hollywood
director direct,. Hut hotually he
"reins," "helms," and "megs."
Moreover, a dancer "terse," a
song writer "lilts," a screen writer
crisis,' a film editor ai-is.
sora, and an actor "thesp..."
The unwary reader, such as
1, clipping for the first time into
the trade magazines of show
business, thinks himself sudden-
ly in another world, And he is.
He's got to learn the language,
I was reacting Deily Variety
two weeks before I discovered
teat Gotham, where everybody
secnied to be going to or coiling
from, was actually New York
City.
And when show people go
eierewhere, they don't just go
there or fly there, They "sky"
there, "wing" there, or "plane"
there. Sandra Sweet, for in-
stance, "AA'd" to Gotham; Rock
planners "TWA'd" to Hollywood;
and Kim Slick "SAS'd" to Eur.
ape. When in a special hurry,
show people "jet" places, Or
when not in a hurry, they
"train" there.
Probably the richest of all
show -business vocabulary con-
cerns television, better known as
"teevee." The TV networks are
"webs," all of which run '"tele -
series" "Vididol" Is not a hair
tonic but a leading man, states
a writer in the Christian Science
Monitor.
You can even play games, For
instance, repeat quickly after
me: "tveepee, feevee, teevee vee -
pee!"
If you're a song writer, then
you're a "lammister," "lilter "
"songsmith," "t u n e s mit h,"
"tuner," and "cleffer."
A photographer? Then you're
a "lenser" and a "fotog." You
can be an independent producer,
which will make you an "indie."
If you are a publicist, you're a
"flack." And if you're Bing
Crosby's sons, you are the "Clos-
boy 5."
Thinking of making a guest
appearance on a television pro-
gram? Then you do a "guestint."
Remember that western you
saw? Well, it was an ,"oater."
"The Glenn Miller Story"? It
was a "biopic." And that murder
mystery was a "metier"
The show closed? It "shutter-
ed." Dash Strong, the actor, end-
ed his long association with
Scoop Studios? Then, he "an-
kled."
I tell you, it's a "boff" busi-
ness reading those trade maga-
zines. It's almost as good as go-
ing to a "bash,"
Hypnotism As An
Aid To Surgery
The patient is deep in anesthe-
tized sleep, apparently oblivious
of the surgical team tying off
the final sutures after surgery.
Sitting beside him, the anesthe-
tist suddenly bends over and
whispers: "There was no serious
disease found .. , you will feel
no pain . you will eat and
sleep well, and enjoy your Hos-
pital stay," And when he awa-
kens, the patient will most like-
ly do all of these things.
Farfetched? Not et all, Dr.
Donald D. Hutchings of Bath,
N.Y., told the third annual sci-
entific meeting of the American
Society of Clinical Hypnosis in
Miami Beach recently, Dr, Hut-
chings himself has planted these
suggestions in the minds of 200
anesthetized patients: and 140
had no need for pain -killing
drugs after surgery. "Nausea
and vomiting were decreased,"
he said, "and healing was epee, -
petty speeded,"
- The new technique is based on
e discovery by Dr. David Cheek,
a San Francisco obstetrician who
wondered why some patients
suddenly. after surgery, hate
their surgeons or are sure they
are going to die. Using hypnosis,
Dr. Cheek found the apparent-
ly irrational attitudes were ra-
tional enough: The patients were
able to hear under anesthesia,
and what they heard - and then
"forgot" - were i11 -considered
remarks by the operating team.
In 50 papers, the ASCII dele-
gates made il. clear: Hypnosis is
becoming more widely accepted
in medical and dental practice,
most commonly as an anesthetic.
According to Dr. Seymour
ller:hman, ASCII secretory,
hypno-anesthesia was used In
44.181. surgical cases last year--•
and in 3,8118 of them, hypnosis
was the only anesthetic. The
biggest : ingle use was in child-
birth: No other anesthetic was
used for 4,303 rises reported ieet
year'.
Despite this. Dt•. Hershman
slrtd, medical schools offer little
or no instruction in hypnosis.
Of 866 physicians, dentists, and.
psychologists who replied to an
ASCII questionnaire, most said
they had learned the technique
in college psychology courses, m
postgraduate seminars -- and 80
.acknowledged they learned from
theatrical hypnotists, "I think
more formal training in hypno-
sis should be offered -- if only
to introduce more doctors to its.
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How Can 1 ?
by Roberta Lee
Q. slow can I slake the re -
removal of a tiny, almost imper-
ceptible splinter easier?
A. Touch the spot with some
iodine. The wooden splinter will
absorb the iodine and turn dark,
which not only makes it easy to
ee and remove, but also cleanses
the wound and helps avoid in-
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Q. slow can 1 save the paint
that inevitably collects In the
indented ring of a Paint can,
flows down the outside of the
can, and is usually wasted?
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0± punching a couple of nail
holes in the bottom of this in-
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Q. How can I clean some soil-
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Shake vigorously for several
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CAUTION: Be sure to remem-
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in a well -ventilated area!
ISSUE 37 - 1960
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