WHY ENDEAVOUR II WAS DEFEATED BY THE RANGER
TANK TESTS PRODUCE
SUPERIOR YACHT VANDERBILTS STEERING LAST WORD IN PERFECTION
(By Major B. Heckstall-Smith)
London, August 17.
THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 14, 1937.
$500 US CHALLENGE –
TO COLTON
Boston, August 12
A cable has been sent to Henry Cotton, the Ashridge professional and British Open Golf Champion, inviting him to play a return maten against Densmore Shute, the American match-play champion, at Belmont Country Club, for a purse of £500. The challenge is made on any conditions that Cotton "may care to suggest."
In a private match at Walton Heath last month for a prize of $500 Cotton beat Shute over 72- holes by 6 and 5.
To use an old-fashioned expres sion, the most modern tank tests had led the American designers to re-
tent
THE defeat of the English yacht Endeavour II. In turn to the "cod's head and mackerel the America's Cup by the American sloop Ranger tail shape of ship to no small ex has been largely due to the improvement of the When the Cup races took place it form of hull of the defender, evolved through an was obvious that Ranger heeled over exhaustive series of tests upon models in an ex-more easily to the gentle breeze than perimental tank.
AS SATISFACTORY OR HELPFUL
SCOTTISH LEAGUE SURPRISES
JONES WASTED ON
WING IN WOLVES, TRIAL
CLEVER NEW HALF BACK
London, August 16. Footballers must have been the most pleasantly surprised people in the world on Saturday when they began a new season -with a full League programm
on wet, slithery pitches instead of on the sun-scorched grounds of an Aug- ust heat-wave.
in Scotland and public trial matches in England
Surprises are already on re- Endeavour, and the form of her cord. The famous Rangers, Scot model was such that when going to tish League champions, could THE EMINENT SCOTTISH DESIGNER, THE LATE GEORGE windward she could sail right away only draw at home with Falkirk, L. WATSON, MADE MANY TANK TESTS IN THE LABORATORY from Endeavour II.
and Celtic, their great Glasgow OF WILLIAM DENNY AND BROTHERS AT DUMBARTON BE- LOST DEGREE OF PERFECTION rivals, had to struggle hard to Added to this was the fact that share points with Queen of the FORE HE DESIGED SHAMROCK IL, WHICH CONTESTED THE CUP FOR SIR THOMAS LIPTON IN 1901. IT IS WELL KNOWN however good the steersman of the South at Dumfries. THAT AT THAT TIME HE DID NOT REGARD THE RESULTS English yacht might be, he could Neil Dewar, the old Sheffield ·
not counter, Mr. Vanderbilt steered Wednesday centre-forward, made The science of testing the resistance of all kinds of vessels in Ranger with a degree of perfection an auspicious return to his old tank laboratories has been enormously, advanced, however, in the that I have never seen surpassed team, Third Lanark, leading them last 35 years. Failure in the case of. Shamrock IL can no longer be in my lifetime If the truth be to a 3-1 away victory over Morton. regarded as of any importance.
told his steering was not equalled The most-discussed footballer of undoubtedly by his opponent upon several occa-the close season was Indeed it is now obvious that trophy which they had held for 85
Byrn Jones, Wolverhampton's Welsh sions during the races. our British naval architects years stood in jeopardy.
A further advantage accrued to international inside-left, for whom and the have been at a loss through not Mr. Starling Burgess
Ranger through the effective use of Arsenal are reported to have bid resorting to such tests. It is an young naval architect, Mr. Olin
a novel form of quadrilateral fib, the record transfer fee of £12,000. unfortunate fact that no tank Stephens, were accordingly commiswhich exactly suited her, but which, Jones played at outside-right in the tests have been made upon the sioned to set to work upon an ex- I believe, the different hull-form of Wolves first team against the re- models of British racing yachts haustive series of laboratory tank Endeavour I was considered not serves on Saturday, with Thompson, of note since George Watson's tests upon models. trials at Dumbarton.
THE FIRST ENDEAVOUR
form
to be able to support
Mr. Vanderbilt, too, never failed
his deputy at inside left.
Jones is too clever a tactician
talents on the wing, whereas and ball distributor to waste his Thompson hardly ever crossed the ball to him, being content to feed. his own wing, Ashall.
PREDICTION FULFILLED It must not be forgotten that they Mr. Charles Nicholson designed had the advantage of one year in to use the right kind of mainsail, the first Endeavour and built her hand to carry out their experiments full, light, heavy or flat upon the in 1934, planning her hull
The direct result was the produc day suited to it.
These various improvements, from the outcome of his practical tion of the model of Mr. Harold
"little drops of water,' as he him-
WOLVES DISCOVERY? experience with other.
previous vanderbilt's yacht Ranger.
Shield, a young left-half signed yachts of similar size, such as Vel-vessel, having sailed many races in self expressed it, though I consider
won from Bishop Auckland, the amateur the early summer of the present them more than tiny drops,
his every race, and the first two club, recently made a big impres races in particular, by an immerse sion in the reserves team, and may distance.
sheda and Shamrock V.
This!
His achievement and success were year against Rainbow, Yankee and remarkable, the common opinion beWeetaimoe, was never beaten, And ing that had she been equally well was chosen to defend the Cup. sailed Endeavour would have won When I saw her on Herreshoff's the America's Cup against Rainbow slipway at Bristol, RI, where she FATHER AND
in 1934.
was hauled up close to
Endeavouri
PAIRS TITLE
Mr. Nicholson's next production II. before the races began, I predict- SON WIN in 1936 was Endeavour II. It ised in The Daily Telegraph" that reasonable to assume that in design-the tank tests had evolved in her a ing her upon the same principles model which would beat Endeavour be again made further improvement.
in speed
STOOD IN JEOPARDY
turn out to be one of the season's discoveries. He looks the ideal prompter for Jones.
The most welcome feature of Ar- senal's trial at Highbury was the obvious fine fettle in which Ro- berts, Drake and Bowden, all inter- nationals, have returned to work.
London, August 13.-A. W. Know-after their injuries of last season. ling, and his son, A. W., represent-Nelson also did well at outside-left, MORE WEDGE-SHAPED
nts ing Worthing, won the E.B.A. Pairs a position for which he may The effect of the tank ex
Championship at Paddington, yes with Compton (D), the England It therefore became apparent that was very marked. unless the defenders could devise yacht was narrower than the Bri terday. In the final they beat J. J.Test batsman, when cricket no some way of building a new vessel tish challenger-more wedge-shaped Armer and F. Robinson, of Bristol longer claims him.
She was fuller for St. George's, by 27 shots to 13. J. C. for 1937 very much faster than in body form.
Shaw and G. Pedelty, two miners, the Rainbow, which had retained their ward between the mast and
show themselves off to the best Cup three years before under dis bow water-line ending, and much of Cockton Hill, Durham, reached early trials, newcomers, keen
the semi-final, but were then beaten tinctly precarious circumstances, the finer in the after body.
by Bristol St. George's. In the other vantage, seemed to shine where. One was Rhodes, semi-final match Worthing beat Denkam.
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RHODES SHINES As so often happens in
these
from Wolverhampton, who scored four goals for the Probables Stockport County, the newly moted Second Division.club. As the Probables beat the Possibles 8-1 Newcastle, whose challenge for it looks as if the County's r promotion last season would have strength will need adding to. been very strong if their defence Now Blackpool, who have had not been suspect, cannot feel ed their place in the First Division, very comforted by the result their trial Colours 9, Whites but the display of two newcom was heziening
OUT
the from Third
ised with the perfo Johnson, a local extre-
hom they gave a pl His two goals
of were held to a draw by
ves. That is a much more tory state in which to eight months campaign
WINGERS FOUR GO Other good scoring were four goals bý young-Huddersfeld how Huddersfield ward power last season their by two old
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