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7, CASTLE VIEW. GLITHEROE.


FRANCK GOALS WIN


OVER FAD HAM Clithcroe 3; Pad ham 1


well-taken goal i by centre- forward Francis,, Ringing his


total for the season t i 70, and, a third by Aspinwall, jave Clith- •eroe a, deserved ivictorz over loeal rivals from Padiham at Shaw Bridge on' Saturday,


I Padiham’s reply wak restricted .to a penalty goal bj their out-


; .standing forward, Barker. ' They would ha've Had mo:'e to show


.for much, honest striving had they cut out the tendency to try ■one move i tq'6 many In mid-fleld


! and possksed: a marksman to I compare I with., Francis. But while territorially Padlham gave


I almost as'good as thw got, they never emu l a i t e d Clitheroe’s


' greater punch-; in tl lo penalty ! area.


. ! ■ ' ,. ' i '


! Deprived iof-’-the . / ervices ; of their two regular'-wing ;rs. Palmer


I and Wild, j and wi :hout the ! injured Coates; to defence, Clith- ; eroe were! compelled to . field a much-changed side, "which con-


! tained as'high a prcportlon of local players; as any fit Ided by the


jclub for some time. Five mem­ bers of the team nave their


IS^VILE ROW


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• piEPAIR TOO D IF F ICU L T SON CLITHEROE agsaafagyatojK^^


; homes in Clltheroe It^lf, among 'ithem a new outside-left, Pietrzak, !| whose debut'was one c f the most encouraging features of . this Clitheroe viotofy.!


ACCURATE CENTRES


! His tenacity, precise passes and accurate centres; gave Cl'ltheroe’s


'ilbft flank !a; forcefulnless it has Jarely possessed thik season. 'And nowhere was thi improve­ ment more,;'noticeabli! than in


the standard of corner kicking,


j Largely as a| result of this accuracy, Clitheroe took the lead in the 28th minute from the third of successive comer kicks, Francis headed!'the ball'.babfc. into the goalmouth and Aspinwall scored with a .beautiful volley from close! range;


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is would about


" b y pi district


iOtelDERABliE I n t e r e s t las beeir aroused over the


rights o£ hikers oh rural foot­ paths because of a recent incljdent at Chipping. ■ ■ j


i Aj member of a party of'> hikers wrote, to a Lancashire'


! evening newspaper calling attention to the fact that he


ianp his friends had been itutned off some land kt Cli^ipplng, He said tha t they


had caused no damage arid were within their rights by wijlklng on a public footpath.


'A number |of residents and


members of the Parish Coun- clj replied and told of the damage caused to land trjrough ramblers on Good : Friday about four years ago. Ah official : of the Parish Cpuncil added, however, that as long as the ramblers were on the footpath and caused nb damage they were within their r ig h t s .!


day crowds had dispersed, oiie farmer found a lamb bleeding from the skull. On Mondky it died and a posf-mortein y a s carried out. Embedded in the skull was an air-rifle slug. This, along with the sur- ‘|:oundlng skin, Is to be kept,


J Last Friday, after the holi­


i A resident reported that on Friday he had seen a party of ifour, shooting an air-rifle in


.that area, but they were on 'the footpath. .


VICTORY, » I , ClithcrM ; F.t


( efeat and a draw were [ .’s Easter egg


last


"Without I two key of their; three East^: results i^iould have Centre-half Coates field, for only ten ' the Easter progr den began on Eric ieceived| a severe ■which sent him to half a dozen stitchi cut above the with oiily ten men the gams, lost 4-2,


'ABLE DEP


Considering that plavi


they were! ers for most!


r games, thej been worse, was .on' the;


miai


ijinutes when e at Droyls-


eye. ;s


ay when he acial injury! hospital for in a deep Clitheroe,


for most of Coates was' absient


two remkining' gam the centre-half posit ii filled by Butilerfield periencel and skill value in' supporting of young local junio; into the side over Another.absentee ft on Saturday and outside-right Palmdi egived a family ber;i the sudden death of


suffered I in bis 'absei;; well enough , to gain


DEFEN'C: HOME


IJXY from the


5S, in which on was ably whose ex-


was of extra, the number


t ie


■s introduced week-end.


r the games


:donday was r, who re- ,vement by lis brother,


, But if Clither' n


le’s attack :ce, they did both points


gained three poin I s out of . a possible their point-a-matcli average forithe seasjm.'


REWARD BUSY STER


the Varirf contents of vfeck-end, | rjihen the club six and th


s maintained ;1


with clear-cut 3-1 victory! pvet Padlham at Slnw Bridge on Saturday Twfo of the goals w.ere scored ,by centre-forward Don Fi-ancis,'iwht se total ;|for the season isj now! 70 goals’,


i on Mondaj Clitheioe


Most disappointing msltcli of the thred was thi return;fixture between Clitherde den


and iDriylk- night ! when


compleied their home


programme by sbiring thk pbints in a . goal-less dr, iw. Droylsden, who are jabove Clitheroe 'i ml the league


out of Easter


thus


although; Clitherle with


theiiselves, (inly two more games to


play before the end of their lfirst season; in! Division Two, jshiiuld still finish in . a comfort ible berth bi the uppir half tof the table.


“ Gale”'


further • ' although the club; jfrom debt. ___ jtwo hom^ games £55.


receipts showed a improvement, .Iwlich,


only slight, should pelp end ■ the season free' Proceeds frdm the totalled ineirly.


IIS ON TOF IN GAME OF ' SEASON


[ CLIl HEROE Ol DRGYLSDEN


IfHERE was an end-of-the-season flavour ahojit CUthepoe’s reful-n t match rvith Dr lylsden at Shaw Bridge! on Mo n d a y night,


which concluded a crowded Easter week-ehd programme. Clit!h- erqeI strove hard t( avenge their Good Friday defeat by Droyli;s- den.ibut they: had to be content to share (he p o i n Is with t ie visitors! who were he speedier and more assured tekm.


I free-scoring leader Kancis, whose shooting,; in companion with the ■displays'lof previous matches left |.a lot to be desired., The forward line was outclassed by the fast-


It was an off day f6r Clitheroe’s


imoving Droylsden jc efence, who [were l swift to clullenge any (clitheroe move/'


I .


j visitors came dangeriusly near to Lscoring, but when C itheroe took


! -In the opening ,Ininutes, the


'.play to the other end Francis gave ! Droylsden i n anxious moment Iwhen he headed in from a centre. Only H o u s t o n ’s


lirilliant save prevented the ball 'finding the target. I was largely 'due to Houston’s flrst-class goal- : keeping oh numerous occasions that Clitheroe did rot score.


! In the; Clitheroe 'oal,. Gillow also acipiitted himseil well.


■ .Fr a n c I s , the I ceitre-forward ■headed over the !bai from Close


When ! Wild put across to bi-,.' ■ i ' ■ ' ' ' ' ■ A, young, wiry} team! Droyls-


-den had ithe advanti ge' of speed over Clithefoe,' who lontrived in


-spite of this, to havi the better of the i : play. Fr incis tried, another header, but Houston was quick to catch theball and return it into play: ! •,


'


’ The interval cat le without either side, having opened their


.account. | A goalmouth mele! just after


, brought I Clitheroe goal, but! I when Pietrzak received the ball; •he drovdit against t ie comer of! the' posl. Later, Yfild almosl


the resumption r l i^ t have


.petted, but^ once agi in Houstonj proved equal to the occasion.


In return, the visiors pressed;


hard for a time to give Clitheroel some anxious momei.ts, but the home defence were ] flaying well and broke ' up the] Droylsden attack. '! But furtfer scoring attempts !by both fo :ward lines


.resulted in failure, leiving Clith- eroe having to be c intent with onjy one! point fron a match


' which was ■ conspicu lus for its Jack of incident—and goals,


“ Gate” ; £28 15s.


Coates Huri At I Droylsden


. Droylsden 4; jClitheroe 2 }


_^N injury to ceiitke-half Coatels in the'tenth'minute of the game a t ' IDroyisdin o a ' , GMd


' Friday gave Clith'eroe an , un­ happy start to thfe Easter pro- gramine. : '


For the' remainir g 80 minutes


Clitheroe j p I a y e d well-placed Droylsdeni with oily (ten men,' while Coates was 'having six'


' stitches inserted- inja deep facial icut at a nearby hospital., I 1


Deprived'of one 'qf {heir' best


defenders,' Clitheroe did well |to‘ hoi-d a young and . mobile'Droyls-i den attack'to four goals.' !;


| Some grand saves by Gillowj


■'denied them further goals duriig la sustained!period!of pressure in ithe first half, but'handicapped J though they were, 'Clitheroe w|^re 'by ho means forced entirely the defensive, arid goals


; Aspinwall' and K,'j!Holden i wdj Just 'reward' for.' a 'Clitheroe a':tai;k that jeept on' trying !


Semi-finalists


ip w o .teams in the CHltheroe Amateur League, Rib'ble


Cement 1st and Chatbum, have both Reached the semi-finals o f , the Clitheroe F.C,' Medal Compe-' tition, along with Eleven Extras and Pendle Rangers.


This week’s results: .Replays:


Highfleld Rovers 3, Corporation 0; Falcons 1, Pendle Rangers 3; Third Round; Highfieid Rovers 1, Ribble Cement 1st 4; Ribble Cement 2nd 0, .Chatbum 3. The semi-final draw, is: Ribble Cement v. Pendle Rangefs; Chatbum v. Eleven! Extras. i


IIAIMffiS I M I ISO PLAY-OIiF CAN JR


I^EODE m rj' )H IS: week’s matches ; in the Clitheroc Amateur League will 'remaining matches, there., w'ffi'


Moor’s 2-2'draw with Uanghc If I both' teamj win- i thl ir


have;, to - be a' playjofl. ;' Oh the previous'pocasions, that the t-i/p teams have met' 'ttos season. Langho have won; two matchep, Low Moor 'two, and there hk been a dra-w.


|j ; ■ ' | Langho’s ' last .ffiatch, juppn


which the championship might well depend, is against' Read, who, along with Ribble Cemeht and Low Moor,. have' already beaten 'the c’haihpions


season. Low Moor, may have a'difflch


task I in 'gaining the vital! four i when .they; meet Ch^t- and the Amateurs, who a: strong! teams;


C.R.G.S.O.B, 2; Chatburn 3 Chatburn ‘ proved! the better;


CHATBURN WIN 1 ■


!, I I;


team! during the first half laid Cowell had scoreq 'two Igoa-^ wlthlh- the first thirty minutes. Just ibefpre half-time, Rud^thd broke away .from the villager|’s defence and' reduceii 'the arrears.


■ lAftier the interval! there ;we(e somelfairly brisk exchanges, ai the equaliser resulted from i


■defensive blunder in the Chat a i i r n I j g p a l m o u t h . ' ' I ' B u t H f t e e i tes


burn '


minql 5s Hater,. Den: clinched! the issue l|with a.lshp that gave Chatburh full poin' by'the o'dd goal In!;five.


vitally; influei(ce' the chanlpionship issue as a result of Low: 'at Low Moor yesterday, week.


HONOURS EVEN Low Moor 2; Langho 2


Low Moor had Improved the


condition of their phch consider­ ably by ■ means of! ithe heavy roller when Langho turned out to meet them in this vital


closing minutes. ' Proctor was sent racing down the left wing t o : cut in and score wlth-a fine shot.


match. The league might well have been won and lost had the referee riot been persuaded, by the. linesman that Martin’s well- taken shot wais off . side. With the .score then-standing'At against them, Low. Moor really turned on the heat, and It was amazing how the ball only managed to enter the Lahgho net only once -in those hectic


Previously, Langho. had been


controlling the play. An early setback when Clarke. scored from .the spot was Soon overcome i when! Schofield slipped through ’ the defence and flicked the bal , , Just inside the post. A-free kick,; twenty-five yards out, was beauti-; fully taken' by Martin, who rammed the ball Into the back' of the net before any of the.' packed defence could move..


The play-off 'that can now be ; ' "


foreseen may well produce one of the most interesting coiitests. seen in the Amateur League for' some time.


' The goal warmed up a, gime


that had previously sliffcred, from the lack of perseveranct by: players op both sides, who too easily allowed the j light ball md bone-harqlground;to beat! them. In the doth minute Cllthdroe were twa goals' I ahead,; wl:__ Francis r'an,on!t() a well-judged centre from Aspinwall to; score with a lovely header into comer of|;the net.


the


.escape t^o minutes froL_ interval when only right; bkek Howarth’s! alertness in cleailing twice off ' the' goal-line .denied Padlham ;a goal.


'Clitheroe had their nanro'r o >m


;[ But the! visitors did noij hive;


long to wait before reducing the' arrears. The second half was' only three minutes oldl when ,ButterfleId, deputising for Coates iat centte-half, made the one slip of ah ptiierwise faultless display in. handling .the} bail- in the penalty area. 'B ak e r made!no mistake from the spot. ■ (i


But ivhile Padiliam conlii,____


to stow speed and luiiderstandjng in their approach wo^k.'l they rarely lijoked capable of a victory, ibid, and it was Ictoched'tlie issue minute with a lovely goal ; in' which to!.beat off a defender's close, challenge to lob thd dall, over the head of ;he advancing goalkeeper! from ten yards.) i I


nued


Francis' who! in the 60th ■


Cricket Begins • li


Champions At


Home Fot First Match of Season


•yHE 1954 crickel season opens in the Clitherob district to­


morrow with a full programme of fixtures in three leagues. i


With largely the same playing


strength .as last year, the' local Ribblesdale League, clubs have been taking advarvtage o f , the longer evenings during the past ■ fortnight to put in! tot practice


In readiness for !the opening games. Each of the local clubs retains the services of last year’s professionals,! and only at Read, where Harry [Howarth has relinquished leadership, is there


any change - in the captaincies of local first, elevens. ; In their first game as reigning


c h am p i o n s , Clitheroe’s first eleven start the nevi season, with a tome game against Earby at Chatbum-road, while Ribbles­ dale Wanderers face a stiff test In their opening game with a


visit to last seas'on’s runners-up' at Bamoldswick.


j


WHALLEY’S DEBUT | ‘ Whalley, who ilmp.roved


sufficiently well' to finish in fourth position last 'year after a disappointing start, make their 1954 debut against Lancashire opposition at Baxenden. but Read start off oil home ground with a game against traditional rivals and 1953 champions. Settle;'


Newcomers to the Ribblesdale


Junior League, Sabden play their first game in the competition bv! entertaining E.E.C.,' while the! champions, Clitheroe, make a visit to Earby. Ribblesdale Wan-, derers entertain Bamoldswick Whalley are at home, to Baxen­ den, and Read visit Settle,


To-morrow also' sees the


opening .of the Ribble Valley Amateur League, fenlarged this


season by -the inclusion of Chipping c.C.


!


run a side in the Amateur League despite their new membership of the Ribblesdale Junior competi­ tion, ten teams will he competing for ;the championship, compared' with nine last year!


As Sabden are continuing to D ow n h am , the present


over Wiswell, begin I their defence of the title with a ■


champions, who' Won the title last season by a onej-polnt margin


home game against Hurst Green, while


Chipping make their debut at home to Sabden. I


s po r t in g ! SPOTLIGHT


on Clltlieroe Amateur League and mMal ^competition results, while Clitheroe ' themselves em-


^bark on 'the last lap .of the season by visiting Blackpool ” B.”


The game revives memories of


Clltheroe’s visit to Blackpool for their filial I match of last season when they, failed' to get the one point th p would have staved .off relegation. Blackpool! ” B ” , and


Clltheroi {descended together into Dlvlsiop Two, although Blackpool, the league leaders, are already sure (if promotion to the senior drade | after setting the pace fo r most of 'the season. Clitheroe thus face- a stiff test and will do ryell to'get a point, although they have a brighter chance df victory when they end the season with a game at Great Harwood on Tuesday night.


Meanwhile, [ attention in ■ the


Clitheroe Amateur League is still riveted on thejduel for,champion­ ship honours between last season’s champions. Langho, and their close ' challengers, ' Low Moor. A crop, of re-arranged fix­ tures has extended the league programme a fortnight over


. schedule, but even -though there . are vital matches still to play, the possibility of 'a championslfip play-off between the two rlva£ Cannot be discounted.


Busy Climk For Amateur Footballers


rpEAMS in the ■ Clitheroe Amateur league will have a


busy end of -the season this year as a result of the many re­ arranged fixtures. In addition, two of the 'teams, Ribble Cement and Chatburn,' are still interested in the Aitken, Shield and Clith­ eroe P.C.’s ifedal Competition.


• The final-of j the Medal Compe­ tition will b e ; played, to-morrow,


' while the. final of the Aitken Shield has I' been arranged at Shaw Bridge ^ound for Satur­ day, May/lst.j


The championship Issue may


not be resolved for a time yet If Low Moor ; beat Chatbunt' to­ morrow : arid I


thus tie with


Langho for {first place. A play­ off will have ;to be arranged,


■ "The re-arraiiged league fixture list is as 'follows: To-morrow (Saturday): Low Moor vi Chat­ bum; Bffiingtiin v. Read United;


Cjlar Eas


on Cyclists’ ^ f e e t i n g


IN a different town each Easter, ! our National Club organise [a


Meet arid Conference so that representatives freim Sections all over Grriat Britairi can congre­ gate together. ■'Usrially, -we have ha<i quite a long ride to get there, bi:t this E^ter we . were •lucky in having the venue at' York,' and at six o’clock in the' morning | of Good Friday our first! {cotutingent set off, others later in jthe day.


following When


evening for a re-ufalon gathering oUTi (party numbered 25, slightly, moreXthaln half opr total mem-- bership, io that wje were one of •thOjbest ::epresented clubs there. Saturday morning and afternoon were lefl; free for sight-seeing, and 'meriibers forind'plenty to interest them , in "


we. assembled in the


city,; the! Minster; the {old wfalls, and,


...VI


early for morning.


cent: Asse busy; day the! only OUT; fast inen who


GOODl


thpt historic the Museum, of course, the


river witi Its boatirig, all claimed their share of devotees. In the evening p dance in the ,'magnifi- mbly Rooms brought a to a happy conclusion, worries being those of had to be up,


the racing on Sunday PEIWciBlUANCES


ciation awards , h a i e been monopolised this season by the two teams pictured here Clitheroe Wesley and f(loor Lane “ A,” league Champions and runnei-s-up ros- neotively. |-Wesley also-I won the knock-out cCmoetItion by defeat­ ing Moor Lane in the final. The Wesley teani (seated) Comprises! M, Jones, R,! Carus'and! R. Scott. ■Moor Lane's; team (back row), is: R. Dowhurst! J. H. Cowgill and T. Hincks.


' I


^Ovef The Sticks’ At Sawley


QNE of Ribblesdaleis most popular sporting! events


takes place at Sawiey .to­ morrow, tyhen fine weather will bring thousands of spectators! from a wide area lo the iPcndle Forest and Craven! Harriers point-to-. point steeplechases.


Wi t h ! vantage points


• which oner spectators an almost UMestricted view of 16 jumps in typical'hunting country, the races annually succeed! in attracting Rib-


blesdale’s biggest crowd of the year. Once {again there will be


five races,; the first at 1-30 p.m.


. I ' ' ' I j


€R QW to WEEK- END- OF T O T


0RICKET, football and steeple- chasing arc the ingredients


of one of the Clitheroe’s most- crowded sporting programmes of the year to-morrow.


The biggest crowds will con­


verge on the racecourse at Sawley for 'tile Pendle Forest and Craven Harriers annual p6int-to- pomt meeting, and a programme of five |Taces' promises an Inter- esfjig and exciting afternoon In the best traditions of this popular and well-established feature of Ribblesc alb’s'sporting life.


And while' the attention of


thousan is will be riveted on the Sawley J ences, a new Ribblesdale Cricket :ijeague season opens "with Clithero: playing their first game as leagt e. champions in a match against .JEarby at ChatWn-road. ‘ On the soccer field, consider­ able local Interest is still focussed


.Ribblesdale Table Tennis Asso­


!e four a; stake in theinr tures


^ heroe,


took three' points 'Vith Clitheroe!


»l i f;Ss,L'


T R O P H Y W IN N E R S 1. Is —T”


• i- ! Tricks of the 3-D Trade


'J'HI P


cldit^on of a third dimension to the screen has opened up


maker; need in whistf with


issibilities ivhich are being enthusiastically exploited, by the s of HoUywood Western f i l^ . St^y arrows, for instance, - loplgcr fall harmlessly bjj at the side of the screen. As


THE CHARGE AT FEATHER. RIVER” (King lane) they le straight out at the audici ce, or at least they appear to, a rcallsni that makes the hudience duck.


jWith! other tricks of .the 3-D


tradesmen,' this| device is effec­ tively, |employed i n - a Western


. i '


that makes good use of its extra dimension to, tell an all-action story ; about .a! lonely ' frontier h e '


o f 1860s. news !


'hen is


r e c e i v e d that i Chey­ enne Indians


have 'raided a waggon train land aiiduct


sends Guy


Joy, t dislr mlsslo: find t:


NEXT


WEEK'S FILMS -


[adison and Frank Love-- resoile {the damsels in They return with their, accomplished only to iat in their absence the


id two women, the post lut a j patrol, headed by


post has beep massacred in an


. Indian raid, and with the Red­ skins : massing j for a further assault on a-nearby settlement, It,is lelt to Mr. Madison and his handfu. of troopers to withstand the Indian’s blood-stained bharge at Featjher River!' 'If 3-D has not yet .changed the!familiar pattern of; the Western istory, it gives a new and more intimate twist to the actiijn arid jadded grandeur


to,: the outdoor I settings, filmed here in Warnercplor.


'!; •i Among the most I


GRAND successful of film- |: I makers are those


energet c public r e l^a t i o n s officers of pomp and circum­ stance who ! are at


their


happiest, wHeh jthe subject is costume drama j and romance, and ard thus able to point their cameras ^ at | Itlie glittering elegance and spcckcle o f . more onstentatious days. A.lavish case inipoint is “Young Bess,” which turns the clock back for a Tech- nicolorel glim'psfeiof the first Ellzabetian age. j Intrigue, spec­ tacle and romarltio drama are the Ing'edients of this story j>i the cok urful early days in the life of the girl! who at 25 was to .become Queeii j Elizabeth the First. Jean Slmpions gives one .of'-her- best performances in the title rolf, and otner distinguished players ' involVedl are Charles Laughton, repeating an earlier lour de : orce as King Henry VIII, Stewart Grangelr, . the young E f i z a i e t h ’s; Guardian, and Deborah Kerr :af King Henry’s last Qu e e n ; the beautiful Catherlie. Ypulng Bess,! in love with her handsope guardian, suffers jruelly j when she finds that he Pas been In lb\


— J---------- ... .bve for years with Queen Catheririe, for whom


she! cheriishes a 'deep affection, but."she hides! her disappoint­ ment to seek Itoyal consent for marriagP between the couple after King Henry’s unlamented death. ] Jut intrigue scandalously accu«s Mr. Gtanger of an illlqlt affair, with the young Elizabeth, 'and he is condemned t() death. The story concludes with Eli labeth’s accession to the throne, rind- if the prelude to that greit occasion was, on thJs' scarcely a happy one, It •sustained Interest.


occasion possesse/


PALL/1 ]


account intrepid helped durtng Cody 1 ai Charlton


characte, -S, Wild BU " Pony


DIUM''West’s most pl-o-l 0 u rif u 1


.{Two of the


Buffam Bill Cody and Hickock| join forces In


Express,*’ I an all-action of the early days of the riders and horses which speed 'communications


rlestem pioneering* dajfs. Hickock, played by HeSton; and, Forrest


rd , # ' *


Tucker respectively, have th3 task of establishing new relay stations for the pony express on the far western frontier, and find plenty of adventure in combating hostile Indians and. renegades employed by a rival mail service who try their best to see that the Pony Express doesn’t g e t through. Rhonda Fleming and ,Jan Sterling provide the romance


'and the settings are embellished by Technicolor.


‘ The Million Pound Note ” ;s


an entertaining comedy based (>n the story' by Mark Twain, -and notable both for the wit of its dialogue and the ability of Gregory Peck to make the most of it. No role seemri beyond the range of the talented Mr. Peck, who ; emerges here, las a light comedian of considerable dis­ tinction. He plays the young man; presented with a million pound note by two eccentrics whose plan is to settle a wager. They stipulate, however, that he must not spend a penny before


returning it to them at the end pf the month, a task which proves as difficult as you might ^xpect. ; Jane Griffiths is an attractive heroine, and others


involved include Ronald Squire.


A,'! E. Matthews and Joyce Grenfell. i #


, * * At the card tables,


WHALLEY as e l s ew h e r e , . ■ honesty is .the


Jest policy, says Tyrone Power in ‘The Mississippi Gamb l e r , ”


although he finds'plenty of snags m persuading others to; accept his view. The broad Missikippl- pf the 1850’s provides the Techni- colored setting for this blend of adventure and 'romance, with Mr. Power in dashing form as the riverboat gambler i who encounters plenty of .bpposition-


to his theory that honesty pays. In an effort to prove his point, he tries to set, up ari honest gambling saloon;' a task which tests his ability as a swordsman Imost as much as his skill at


cards] Piper Latirie and Julie Adams provide the romantic’ interest.


I “Road fo Bali,” the sixth in ffie eyer-popular' “ Road ” series


(or comedies involving Bob Hope, Bing; Crosby a n d .Dorothy, Lamour. This time •tto road' lakes them to a South SeS Island, where Messrs. Crosby and Hope ire hired by a villainous prince


to dive for sunken treasure; Later, when 'the prince attempts - to steal the 'treasure, which rlght- lully belongs tlo his cousin. Princess Lamour, she and the boys escape to Bali, where erupt- ng volcanoes, marauding-;.head-


lunters and other hazards keep jhe fun moving briskly. Techni- lolor embellishes some spec- jacular musical' numbers and lush settings.


Sport Fixtures FOOTBALL:


] .ancashire Combination, Div. 2


To-morrow (Saturday): Blackpool “ B ” v. Clitheroe.


Tuesday Next: Gt,' Harwood v. Clitheroe.


Charity Match Wednesday Next:


Clitheroe v. Leyland Motors. Clitheroe Amateur League


Tormortow (Saturday): Low Moor V . Chatburn. BlUington V . CB.G.S.O.B, Clitheroe Am. v. Ribble-C.


ilonday Next: [ Clltherpe Am. v. Read Utd.


Tuesday Next; 1 CLR.G.S.O.B. V . Clitheroe Am. I Aitken Shield Semi-finals


I Chatburn ,v. Ribble Cement, Thursday Next:


'Tuesday Next:


' Low Moor v. C.lt.G.S.O.B, CRICKET


Read v. Settle. ■


Ribblesdalc League ■


Clitheroe v, Earby. Barnoldswick v.: Ribblesdale W. Baxenden v. .'Whalley.


Ribblesdale Junior League


Settle'v. Read. Earby; V . Clltherpe. , RibblesdalelW. v. BarnoldSwlck, Whalley v. Baxenden. Sabden v. E.E.C.


Ribbic .Valley Amateur League


Chipping V . ! Sabden. BrockhaU v. RibcheSter. Downham v., Hurst iGreeil, Chatburn v. Wfswell. Barrow v. Church Bank Mill.


ODD GOAL DECIDES Billington 2; C.R.G.S.O.B. I : The Old Boys ivere unlucky not


n take, a point' from bottom-of- he-league BlHirigtoa 'When, they


. They put up Very' creditable performanc.es, however,, several completing'the 25 'inile course


1 hour 5 minutes,;whilst one Of our lady neinbers put up a good time-in-tile Indies'110 mile event. Later that morning our (Jonfer-- encel Iwa: held and both the propositio as put forward; by our' Secllbn, V'ith a viqw to simplify­ ing'awards of trophies; were cayriecl uianiriiously.


Altogether, 589, jmembers h'a'd


attended' die Inten-Meet, and on' Monday riiorning, as'we rode out of York at the start of our home­ ward rtin many were the fare­ wells ; an 1 . promises to' meet again jnecti Easter. Our home­ ward' run had been! by Ilkley and Otley, so on Monpay we chose


Qli-theroe Amateurs v. I Ribble dement. Monday next: 1 Clith­ eroe, Amateurs v. Read United. Tuesday next; C.R.G.S.O.B. v. Clitheroe Amateurs.


the!. Haijrogate and Bl'ubber- houseS; road, • and , whilst' the traffic was quite heavy, we were not idelayed-by-it, and after an easy Jommey Clittoroe was reaiified at seven, o'clock.


“ GEARS” t o


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Billington defence .to scare. ■


I After' {about 25 minutes, the jSiHingtoB fonvardg tore through the ' Old Boys' defence and knatched--two quick'.goals; After the resumption'; the Visitors’ for- jwards kept up a constant stream Of. attacks and penned .the Biliihgton defence hi their own penalty area for Ibtfg periods. In the' 20th minute, however, Rudg- yard scored, biit 10 minutes later ffiissed'. a penalty; to make' the anal score' 2-1.


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