October 19, 1958

STILL fifty - six shopping days to Christmas. But you may wish to make a note that the Yuletide season will bring us John Gielgud in his already celebrated solo reading, "The Ages of Man." Sir John, who recently opened his North American tour under the sponsorship of Peter Lawrence, Jerry Leider and the London firm of H. M. Tennent, is heading for our town some time between Christmas and the New Year.

Wilt (The Stilt) Chamberlain made his New York debut and the New York Knickerbockers of the National Basketball Association made their first appearance of the 1958-59 season at Madison Square Garden last night.

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IT is the unqualified privilege of anybody who sees a film to take any meaning from it that he may choose to take -- although it does rather obviate contention when the producer makes his meaning perfectly clear.

Inside Tract, neglected at 15-1 in Belmont's two-mile Jockey Club Gold Cup, went into high gear in the stretch before 37,137 yesterday to take the $81,950 feature by four lengths.