THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 17, 1937.
DEFENDING THE AMERICA'S CUP
RE-RIGGED YANKEE RIVAL TO RANGER
MUCH FASTER THAN LAST YEAR?
WEETAMOE IS TOO SMALL
(By WILLIAM H. TAYLOR, The well-known American writer on Yachting)
London, March 27.
RECENT developments in the American J class
yachting picture not only promise an exciting three months of America's Cup preliminaries off Newport, but heighten the chances of another successful defence of the Cup against the Royal Yacht Squadron's challenge.
T. 0. M. Sopwith, above, who is again challenging for the America's Cup, the most famous yachting trophy in the world, will have serious competition judging by the
CHIEF AMONG THESE IS THE RERIGGING OF YANKEE AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF MR. GERARD B. LAMBERT,
·HER OWNER AND SKIPPER, THAT HE IS “OUT FOR BLOOD” IN THE COMING CAMPAIGN, AND HAS NO INTENTION OF YANKEE PLAYING THE TAME ROLE OF A MERE TRIAL HORSE FOR MR. HAROLD S. VANDERBILT'S NEW RANGER,| # enthusiasm of his American rivals. WHICH IS WELL ON THE WAY TO COMPLETION AT BATH.
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Feeling that Yankee, a 1930 boat, is big enough to be a real 26-YEAR-OLD contender against the more modern Endeavours and Ranger, Mr. Lambert and Mr. Frank C. Paine, her designer, have given her a CYCLING MARK completely new rig, which they hope will compensate for any de-
ficiencies in her hull design as against those of Ranger and the FALLS AT LAST
Endeavours.
It is not so much a new rig as the application of a rig of typical small- boat proportions to the 7,521- square-foot sail area of a class J sloop. The mast of Yankee has been moved 62 feet forward, and the main boom lengthened nine feet, to add 500 square feet to the area of her
mainsail,
which is now 5,553 square feet.
The jibstay has been brought aft about three and a half feet at the deck, shortening the foot of the fore triangle 10 feet altogether, and reducing the area of the head-
RIJALITIENT FLESTE
SIR CHAS. HYDE ATTACKS
"DEADLY DULL” PLAY
Warwickshire Cricket XI's Display Deplored
London, March 25, Sir Charles Hyde, president of Warwickshire, made a strong plea for brighter cricket yesterday "The public is sick of watching some of the deadly dull perform- ances of last season," he said at the annual meeting of the War-
sails just about as much as that of wickshire club in Birmingham, į
the mainsail is increased, her total
measured
sail area
square feet.
-being 7.521
TRIANGULAR JIBS
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"The display of the Warwick- shire team at Bristol last season was a blot on cricket. This sort
Jeff Scherens' Fine Performance
London; March 27. Jeff Scherens, Belgian holder of the world's professional sprint championship, equalled W. J. Bai- ley's 26-year-old record of 24 4-5sec for the quarter-mile, flying start, at the Southern Union meeting at Herne Hill, Lon- don, yesterday.
COLONY LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
FIXTURES FOR NEXT WEEK
The following matches in the Colony Open Singles and Doubles Lawn Tennis Championships, and Club Tournament are as follows:-
MONDAY
Colony Open Singles
H. D. Rumjahn v. Leong Fing-chiu (Stand Court)
Colony Open Doubles
A. V. Gosano and A. V. Remedios v. Ng Sze-kwong and Hon Luen-fung.
Wong. Fuk-nam; and Lui Kwai-fan v. W. N. Cheung and M. C. Hung.
Club Championship. Singles
F. V. Harrison or G. E. R. Divett v.
H. Owen Hughes.
V. R. Gordon v. G. W. Sewell,"
Club Handicap Singles .
A. C. I. Bowker (scr.) or W. Wood- ing (+3.6) v. M. Pagh (—-30).
Club Handicap Doubles
A. H. Penn and J. R. Collis (15) or R. R. Andrews and E. P. H. Wil- Hams (3.6) v. F. C. Nigel and R. King (4,6).
Club Mixed Doubles
G. Polglase and Mrs. Wood (4.6). v. J. F. L. Smalley and Miss J. Smalley (-1.6).
TUESDAY
Club Handicap Singles
H. Owen Hughes (-15) v. A. K. Mackenzie (-1.6).
Club Handicap Doubles
F. V. Harrison and A. S. Read (5.6) v. J. E. Richardson and R. M. Wood (4-3.6).
G. E. R. Divett and B. O'M. Deane (15.3). R. Hancock and T. E. Pearce (26); de
WEDNESDAY
Colony Open Doubles.
E. C. Fincher, and W. G. Hung Wong Fuk-nam and. Lui Kwai-fan W. N.. Cheung and M. C. Hung (stand court)..
Clab Championship Singles
A. L. Sullivan v. G. W. Sewell H. Owen Hughes or F. V. Harrison, or G. E. R. Divett v. J. F. Leys or M. Pagh.
Club Handicap Singles F. V. Harrison (-3,6). v. V. R. Gordon (scr.).
THURSDAY Colony Open Singles · F. H. Kwok v. Leong Ping-chiu or Counties Cycling H. D. Rumjahn (stand court).
Scherens, Albert Richter (Ger- man champion), and Louis Gerardin (French title-holder)-three of the world's finest professional sprin- ters-met in. a match of three events. Scherens and Richter tied
of thing must stop. To-day people with five points each and Gerardin
had eight points.
like jazz, not funeral dirges. I do not blame them if they stop away from dull cricket.".
In place of the jib and forestay-UA sail carried by all the modern class J. sloops both in England and America, Yankee will spread single jib, the size, of course, vary- ing according to the strength of the breeze. The new jibs will all be triangular there being no ob- ject in using a quadrilateral · jib with this rig.
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The first event, over two laps, was won by Scherens, with Richer second and Gerandin third. In the second match, over а lap and a half, the placings were the same, but Richter won the third, over two
Club Handicap Singles H. Owen Hughes (~15) or A. ́K. Mackenzie (+16) v. F. V. Harrison (3.6) or V. R. Gordon (ser:),
Club Handicap Doubles
R. Hancock and T. E. Pearce (26) or G. E. R. Divett and B. O'M. Deane (-15,3). v..F. G. Nigel and R. King (+46) or E. PH. Williams and L.
J. R. Collis (15). R Andrews (3.6) or A. H. Penn and
FRIDAY Colony Open Singles (Semi-final) S. A Rumjahn v. E.: C. Fincher (stand court),,
BRYAN GRANT
laps, Gerardin being second and the AND U.S. DAVIS
world champion third.
H. H. Hill (Sheffield Phoenix) British Olympic rider, won the 10 minutes' pursuit race over four and a quarter miles, while E. V. MIll- and W G. Paul, holders of the world tandem hour record, caught the field after covering two miles
CUP TEAM
Declines Invitation To Practice
Atlanta (Georgia), March Bryan Grant, who is
which further simplifies handling The primary object, of course, is The proportions of Jib and main to increase the efficiency of the sail sail in the total sail area are about plan and get a better wind-tunnel the same as in the most successful in 3min 58aec, to win the 10 min-ed player in the United St effect between the mails than is pos-class Q sloops, which are the slip-utes tandem pursuit match. sible with two headsails The periest things for their rating that changes may algo simplify handling have ever been turned out under (Continued from Next Column) and save seconds on a tack or a the Universal measurement rule. jibe.
They are not far from those of the best modern six-metre and twelve- metre and twelve-metre sloops --de- veloped in America.
REINFORCED
EXPERIMENTING
the tie against Japan.
D. Budge. F. Parker. B. Grant R. Riggs. G. Mako and S. Wood.
If Japan are eliminated, Grant will join the other players in May
the
announced that he declined American Davis Cup Con invitation to report at Sa cisco on May 1 for the first round match against Japan.
Whether the rig will prove prac ́atch against tie, which begins tràlia.
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Grant's explanation was did not want to play too mue to practice for the second-round nis before the trials to select the the winners of the team for the match against Aus-
The United States · L.T.A. an- nounced that the following have been invited to report at San Fran cisco in mid-April to practice for Continued at foot of preceding Col.
on April 30.
To carry the rig, Yankee's 1985 steel mast has been reinforced with a steel rib welded to its forward side. Five sets of jumper stays and struts on the fore-side of the mast are designed to take care of the tica in a yacht as large as a Class The selection of the team to meet strain hitherto carried by the foreJ sloop remains to be seen Messrs. Japan will reat with the acting stay, which is eliminated. Only one Lambert and Paine are frankly ex-captain, Mr. Edward. Chandler, of
San ancisco pair
(Continued on Page 22) of backstays is being used,