THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 17, 1937.
RANGER'S LARGEST SAIL EVER MADE
HER NEW PARACHUTE INDIANS'
RECREIO ASSURED OF
“D” DIV. TITLE
•
BRILLIANT VICTORY OVER CHINESE RC.
Recreio virtually assured them- selves of the "D" Division Tennis League championship when, at Causeway Bay yesterday afte noon, they scored a convincing victory over the Chinese Recrea-
RECREIO WIN
At Causeway Bay, Recreio beat
Chinese Recreation Club by 61⁄2 to 2% in the "D" Division of
Lawn Tennis League.
SPINNAKER
DELICATE AND VERY EASILY BURST
MR. SOPWITH'S EXPERIMENTS when: Newport, Rhode Island, June 23.
BOLD BID FOR TITLE
TO-DAY'S BOWLS
PROGRAMME
Wn
The pick of to-day's Bowls League programme in the First Division would appear to be the game between the Club de Recreio and Kowloon Bowling |Green Club, which is to be play-
ed at Austin Road. The Portu- guese team are in grand trim and full of confidence, which I think will this week be again justified. Craigengower should win with- out much difficulty on their own 1 ever made green, while the Police should be
tion Club by 61⁄2 sets to 2%. YACHTSMEN were interested to learn to-day that Mr. Harold Vanderbilt's Ranger, which is sets now virtually certain to be chosen to defend the the America's Cup against Endeavour I. or Endeavour
II., will be equipped with the largest sail 80a parachute spinnaker of 18,000 square feet.
The new sail is so large that it has had to be cut on the floor of the enormous arena of the 75th Regimental Armoury in New York. It will be brought back here for finishing.
K. C. Wu and P. F. Li (C.R.C.).. lost to M. Guterres and C. Yvang-
vich
lost to A. E. Xavier and C. A. No
ronha
5
beat J. Gonsalves and C. Pereira 6- C. Wei and S. L. Ma (C.R.C.). drew with Guterres and Yvario-
vich
lost to Xavier and Noronha
beat Gonsalves and Periera
26 63
P.'Kwok and M. K. Lau (C.R.C.). lost to Guterres and Yvanovich. 4-6 lost to Xavier and Noronha lost to Gonsalves and Periera
CIVIL SERVIČE LOSE
Such huge sails are delicate things and in past races, it will be remembered, spinnakers almost as big, which were carried by Mr. Chandler Hovey's Weetamoe and Mr. Gerard Lambert's, Vanitie, burst like paper bags.
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At Sookunpoo, Army Tennis Club beat Civil Service Cricket Club by 8 sets to 1.--
A. W. O'Connor and W. Wilson (Army).
beat J. Bentley and J. Emrie
6-3
beat R. M. Wood and N. Bebbing-
ton
beat L. D. Skinner and N. Raku
sen
W. Kingsland and E Tudor (Army).
lost to Bentley and Emrie
beat Wood and Bebbington
5-7 6-0
beat Skinner and Rakusen.
A. McAlinden and C. Moore. (Army).
beat Bentley and Emrie
beat Wood and Bebbington. beat Skinner and Rakusen
60
→→ POLICE SUCCEED
AMATEUR ATHLETIC
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Great Britain's Win In Two Miles Walk
London, To-day-The Amateur Athletic Association champion- White ships commenced at the City Stadium yesterday, when the two miles walk was won by Cooper Great Britain), who is also the holder, in 13 mins. 58 2-10 secs.
The six-miles run was won by 8 Kelen (Hungary) in 30 mins. 8-10 secs., while Peters (Holland) won the Hop-step-and-jump with a leap of 47 feet. Reuter.
Playing at home, the Police Recrea-|^ tion Club defeated the Indian Recrea=|{{timu}||||| tion Club by 5% sets to 34 in the "D". Division of League.
the Lawn
Tennis VOLUNTEERSS
SHOULD WIN
L. H. V. Calthrop and A. R. S. Ma- jor (P.R.C.).
beat. A. M. Rumjahn and T. Ali 6—4
drew with S. A. R. Bux and Mr. TO-DAY'S GAME
Hassan
beat A. R. Suffiad and M. U. Ra-
zack
S. Smith and C. Pile. (P.R.C.).
beat Rumjahn and Ali
lost to Bux and Hassan
lost to Suffiad and Razack
G. Carruthers and B. Baker
beat Rumjahn and Ali lost. to Bux and Hassan
6-2
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League Baseball Programme
3-6 If the victory of Pui Ching over (P.R.C.). the Hong Kong Chinese last week 6-1 can be taken as a criterion, then the Volunteers should have no dif- ficulty in beating the local Chinese At King's Park, Kowloon Cricket in their League Baseball" encoun¬ Club beat South China Athletic Asso-{ter to-day.
beat Suffiad and Razack -
UNEXPECTED VICTORY
64
There has been much interest here in the underbody of Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith's new Endeavour II.. which can now be seen at Bristol. American yachtsmen seem to be much impressed.
COMPARISON BETWEEN BOATS
well set for another win this week against Kowloon Cricket Club who have only a solitary victory to their credit to date.
The Civil Servants have quite made up their minds that they will not lose many more games and go to Hung-Hom full of confidence, but
Both the P.R.C bowls matches for to-day have been postponed as all members of the have been assigned to picket duty!
their team
SECOND.DIVISION
Compared with Ranger, which I fear that it is misplaced unless now dominates the America's Cup they have strengthened defence picture, Endeavour 11, in one or two places. with her greater beam, shows a very clean model under water and has none of the appearance of heaviness forward and aft that the American boat's bottom shows.
Both the Endeavours' bottoms are being smoothed off and they will be painted and launched again about Thursday. One alteration is being made in the rig of the new British boat. A fitting is being put in her deck forward so that her forestay
can be carried six or seven feet farther forward than it has been heretofore.
In the Second Division, a couple of very close games should even- The Indians are at home to tuate. Craigengower and Win- would make them virtual winners of the League, though the season is little more than half over. I fancy the home: team to win by a narrow margin, a remark which also applies to Club de Recreio, who will enter- tain the K.B.G.C. juniors. The visiting te
team have done well on foreign soil and should put up a good fight.
The Police seconds having at last
Mr. Sopwith has decided to ex- "tasted blood" will be after a fur- periment with the innovation in ther victim, and I should not be fore-triangles which marks Ran-
surprised to see the K.C.C. juniors rig and which Mr. Chandler fall a prey to them. ger's Hovey's Rainbow is now trying out. This means a considerably larger forestay-sail than Endeavour 11. has carried before.
BOSWELL WINS
ciation by 51% to 8% in the "D" Divi- The Hong Kong Chinese have ECLIPSE STAKES sion of the Lawn Tennis League. been weakened considerably by the AT SANDOWN
Y. Ip and P. Sze (S.C.A.A.). lost to Kirby and Fisher lost to Philippens and J. L. An- -
derson.....
lost to R. T. Broadbridge and
Needham
K. C.Wong and S.
(S.C.A.A.).
beat Kirby and Fisher
3-8 departure of several of their star
players, but are still able to raise
4- a useful side; while their better -6 knowledge of the game should com- Cheung pensate for whatever they lack in.
other departments. 6--2
beat Philippens and Anderson .. 6. lost to Broadbridge and Need-
ham
P. W. Tsang and Y. H. Leong (S.C.A.A.)
Queen Mary Watches The Race
The two leaders of the Third Division will clash at King's Park and some excitement. may, be ex [pected,
C.C.C.
P.R.C.
SKIP'S FORECAST FIRST DIVISION (~~) HKF.C.
(62) K.C.C.
·(58)
K.B.G.C.
K.D:R.C.
(55) C. de R.
(46)
(70) C.S.C.C.
C. de R.
K.C.C.
SECOND DIVISION
(48) K.B.G.G.
(59) P.R.C.
(69)
(55)
Sandown, To-day.
The Volunteers have won many
In the presence of Her Majesty of their game mostly through their Queen Mary, the Princess Royal and *I.R.C hard hitting, as nothing much can Lord Harewood, the Eclipse Stakes
which are worth over £10,000 went H.K.F.C. be said of their pitching, while the
to the well-known American, Mr. fielding is very erratic at times.
N. Beltrão returns to the side at William Woodward through his St. second-base, thus permitting Bow. Leger winner, Boswell, which start- en or Pereira, whoever is not pitching at 20 to 1, beat Sir George Bul- At the Valley, Craigengower Cricketing, to take the right-field position. lough's Daytona, backed at 8 to 1.
As the Japanese are unable to lby 11⁄2 lengths.
last to Kirby and Fisher, beat Philippens and. Anderson
with Broadbridge and Need-
ham
C.B.A. DEFEATED
Club heat Central British Association
by 64 sets to 2% in the "D" Division field a side to-morrow against the of the Lawn Tennis League. N. P... Karanjia and
drew with Ge Fowler and
Smith
Sadick
(70) C.C.C.
(————)- T.R.C.
(* In First Division last
THIRD DIVISION.
KFC HKER(
1896 8691 00003
C. de R.
TRC
(-) C.S.C.C.
_C.C.C.
(—) HKF.C.
brackets denote the re-TM
Figures
Daytona lost all chances of win-R.H Hong Kong Club, Pui Ching are ning by taking a wide berth on the playing two games, the first against final bend, but managed to beat the 8the Hong Kong Club and the other Duke of Marlborough's Monument, salt of the corresponding gime. last.
6 against the Hong Kong Chinese Boswell's stable-companion, starting
Club
heat S. A Fowler and V. Bond
W. L Rapley, and A. Zimmern beat W. Stoker, and R, Holden beat W. Stoker and R. Holden (C.C.C.).
beat Fowler and Smith
beat Fowler and Bond lost to Stoker and Holden
A. Hung and S. A. (C.C.C.). lost to Fowler and Smith beat Fowler and Bond: - beat Stoker and Holden
Cassumbhoy
year.
at 100 to 7, by 11⁄2 lengths for se- and ridden by Gordon cond place.
the champion jockey, wa
The result of the race, in which It was revealed after the there were six starters, shocked Rhodes Scholar had slipped up backers as Rhodes Scholar last the road on July 14, grazing year's winner, starting at 8. to 1 on, knees. Reuter.