THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 16, 1937.
AB. JENKINS RACER FOR 360 M.P.H.?
LAND SPEED RECORD
CHALLENGE
PERFECTING CAR OF 200
INCH WHEELBASE AEROPLANE FLAPS INNOVATION
(By STEVE SNIDER)
Connersville, Indiana.
AB. JENKINS, America's hope to better the world land speed record held by Sir Malcolm Camp- bell, works daily with a corps of engineers on body designs of a new twin motored racing car he ex- pects to exceed 360 m.p.h. In his famous Bluebird, Campbell attained a new mark of 301 m.p.h. on the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah in 1935.
"MANY TECHNICAL PROBLEMS ON THE CAR STILL ARE UNSOLVED, BUT I BELIEVED IT WILL HIT 350 OR 360 MPH. "WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY,” JENKINS SAID. “NATURAL- TO USE THE SAME 13 MILE STRAIGHTWAY
CAMPBELL USED. IT'S THE BEST SPEEDWAY. SURFACE IN
THE WORLD.”
Ab. Jenkins, above, one of America's leading motor-racing drivers, will shortly attempt to lower
Sir Malcolm Campbell's world land speed record in a spe cially constructed vehicle.
RECREIO SHOULD
Jenkins holds 144 speed and endurance records set last summer DEFEAT NAVY
over an oval course on the Utah salt beds. This will be his first
major attempt with a super-powered car. "One of the chief pro- IN TO-DAY'S GAME blems in designing a racing car capable of exceeding 350 m.p.h. is to keep it balanced at terrific speeds," he said. At this speed a car has a tendency to take off like an aeroplane, thus throwing off the steering.
SHANGHAI FOOTBALL SENSATION
C.N.A.A.F. "ON MAT” FOR RIOT LOYALS-TUNG HWA MATCH SEQUEL
1. "It's going to be just as hard to figure a design for brakes powerful enough to stop a racer from 350 m.p.h"
chassis.
3
Windtunnel tests on the stream- lined body design already are un der way and final tests likely will be accepted late in March, Jenkins
said.
Keen Clash Is Anticipated
A. V. GOSANO NOT
PLAYING
JUNIOR
FOOTBALL INTERPORT
LIMITATION OF SERVICEMEN
SHIELD FINAL CLASH
The forthcoming Interport. football game against Macao has aroused considerable interest în Junior, football circles and there is much speculation as the com- position of the team, which will make the trip to Macao on April
11.
Unfortunately this date coin- cides with the final of the Shield competition and it is probable that none of the players from the Engineers and the Rifles, the two finalists in the Junior Shield- competition, will be available, there is however sufficient
material from the other clubs
for a good side to be raised.
At the last Council meeting of the Football Association, a letter was read from Mr. F. Silva, of Macao, requesting that a team, com- posed of Junior players be sent to Macao, at some time convenient to the local Association, and the mat ter was referred to the Mariage- ment Committee.
SERVICE PLAYERS
The letter further stated that
Jenkins, an adviser in the ex- The Navy will meet. Recreio this the Interport should be run on the perimental department of an auto- afternoon in their postponed First same lines as the Hong Kong Shang- mobile company, said he planned to Division League football game at hai Interport, in which case only install two 1,800 horsepower en-Causeway Bay, and in view of the three Service players will be includ- gines on 200-inch wheelbase latter's brilliant performance last ed in the team, but it is under-
Saturday should collect both points.stood that Macao are being
A. V. Gosano will not be playing proached on this question.
Few of the members of the Foot- as he is engaged in the Colony
to watch Tennis championships, and his ball Association seem place at centre-forward will be fill-junior games outside of matches in ed by Beltrao, while C. F. Remedios which their own teams are playing, will occupy the pivotal position. and the final selection of the team HORIZONTAL RUDDER "We plan to use a horizontal
Souza will return to the side, in will no doubt be difficult.
REPRESENTATIVE Shanghai, March 9. rudder to keep the front of the car goal and V. Marques, who played The Shanghai Football Asso- from sailing off the ground," the in goal in the last game, will be It has been suggested by a mem-
seen in his original position at left ber of the Council that the most- ciation Executive yesterday con-veteran driver explained.
"For the brakes, something new half. The only other change is equitable solution would be to make sidered the reports on the aban- donment of the match at the must be designed. Ordinary brake Maxwell, who will be playing in the team as representative as pos
Fernandes's position, at right-half sible, and as there are no less than Stadium between the Loval Regi-styles no matter how strong
In spite of these changes, Recreio 23 clubs playing in the Second and ment and the Tung Hwa. It are out of the question. was held that the responsibility
am having flaps, or side should defeat the Navy who are un- Third Divisions, there should be no for the control of the arrange wings, similar to those on an air-certain of the composition of their difficulty in selecting a side, even ments at the Stadium rested on plane, fixed up to assist in the team, and who are only playing this if the rule limiting Service players
fixture in an endeavour to complete to three was observed. the China National Amateur braking.
their programme before the end of Athletic Federation.
April, prior to the departure of the Fleet for the North."
"I
HINGED WINGS These hinged wings will be oper- The Shanghai Football Asso- ciation decided that the match ated by a lever and pulled open by should be replayed at the the motor when I want to stop. It Canidrome at an early date, and may take a lot of experimenting that until further order the before we get what we want":
Jenkins sought aid from several Stadium ground should be out of bounds for football matches play-of the nation's leading engineers, ed under S.F.A. auspices.
including Augie Duesenberg.
He said he also planned to re- It was disclosed that only six constables of the City Government build his Mormon Meteor, in which Police were on duty at the Stadium he established his 144 marks last on Saturday and they could not year, and attack all records. handle the disorder which arore.
FREE ENTRY
Apparently at
sion is given for me perunia-
tators free of charge. This rangement results in the congrega- tion of large numbers many of whom have little or no knowledge
V.R.C. Badminton Hopes
1:15 Victoria badminton
creat
Club layers will make a strong bid for the Badminton: Champic season. Several of thei
of the game. Their entry and pre-ents can be seen sence is considered to be mainly responsible for the disorder which occurred
It was felt that both teams The
Loyals and the Tung Hwa-played
Recreio U. B. Sonza; Silva and Alves; Maxwell, C. F. Remedios and V. Marques; Courpos, B. Gosano, Beltrão, Gomes and A. "Alves.
NAVY TEAM FOR TO-DAY'S MATCH
The Navy team to meet Club de Recreio in are-arranged First Division football match at Cause- way Bay to-day, kick off at 5.20 p.m. is as follows, or
Commissioned Gunner C.-G. War- ren, one of the selectors of the In- terport team, has been appointed manager of the team
RECREIO B BADMINTON WIN OVER VARSITY
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ST. ANDREW'S LOSE At: St. Andrew's Church Hall
last night, the Victoria Recreation Club beat St Andrew's "B" by 6 Keeble: Regler and Wolverson; games to 3 in the "B" Division: Laister, Shearman, and Love; Blima - F. A. Madar and J. P. Dawson-
(St. Andrew's “E”) Anderson Phillips, Wallace and
lost to S. A. Rumjahn and C.^N.
da Silva
pett.
ONE FOOTBALL GAME FOR WEEK END
account
Club
daily at 7 p.m. fundamentals of the
her
will probably enter
Man be played ball Leag
clean and sporting football and They also showed the admirably conducted themselves in in at once arranging to
hen the the referee from the trying circumstances
crowd invaded the playing grou
nday
bent AT. Basto and AO.
Barretto
lost to MM. de V. Soares and
C. A. Gazn
mbined
On lost
W. Knox and HL R. Darby
(St. Andrew's
Kimjahn and Silva
Basto and Barretto
Soares and Gaku
M. Weld and G. Whi
(8£ Andrew? Bumjahn and Silva beat Basto and Barretto Soares and Ga
24-21
0-21
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