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Wednesday,
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GOONEY ABOUT; THIS!
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August 30, 1939.
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TWELVE METRE YACHTS FOR AMERICA'S CUP?
Talks Result From Adams' Charter Of Bedford's Nyala
By Wendell Davis.
The recent
announcement
New York, July 29.
that Charles Francis Adams has chartered Fred Bedford's New York 12 Metre, Nyala, for the New York Yacht Club cruise, has local yachting followers rubbing their cyos.
Five significant facts are reasons for this reawakening:
J. It now strengthens the throny On the cruise, there will be no that the next America's Cup races Vonder bill. but there will be plenty i Marblehead will be staged in 12 Metre yachts. For other competition. the day of "g sticker"
followers Cohuset coming and
yachtings WINTE Packs fart breezes. yet they!
that time Vanderbilt enline at
in a close.
2. With
Harold
Dam
Without it. traditional
racing Tom Sopwith in England blehead Race Week will not be this summer, the latest development the might be an added mentive to com- A lanet petent America's Cup yachbonear fe become acquainted with the les
of the
3. It marks the Marblebend "skipper with New York vehtamen on their annual New York Yacht Club cruise,
FORSAKES HEAD
4. It will also be the first line lo-muny-sailings of Marblehead's Race Week that its No. 1 helmwman bas forsaken the annual event.
INCENDIARY BOMBS Demonstration Given To Kowloon Hospitul Staff
At the Kowloon Hospital yesterday, various methods of extinguishing on
5. It will be the first time that incendiary bumb were demonstrated Adams has handled a yacht near the by members of the Kowloon Hospital size of Class J In two years, or since staff under the direction of Mr. H. W. the America's Cup trial Faces in Leyden,
1937.
When Sopwith left these shores
Among a large number of enthus
in 1937 after his failure to wrest siastic spectators
wero Dr. J. T.
the "Ould Mugg from American Smalley, Dr. E. L. Gosano, Dr. Thom- yachtsmen and the New York Yachtinson, Mr. E. Hirnsworth and Mr. G. Club, he told newspapermen that it . Murphy, would be his last quest in Class Mr. Leyden said un
could penetrate any of the fol-
sloops, but that he would like to challenge in his favourite type t yacht, 12 metre,
SOPWITH HOPE After
n
Patricia Morison's addiction to strong perfume makes it easy for G-men lo track her down in "Per- |sons in Hiding" coming to-morrow to the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres.
Sporting Tit-Bits
Football Teams Sign On Scientists
London, Aug. 16.
British football teams are enlisting the aid of psycho- analysis to improve their teams for the coming season.
Fark
Queen's
Rangers, London | Third Division Club, have already adopted this "mental treatment."
Manchester City are planning, a instar method, int is expected that several other clubs, including Stoke Cily. Swindon, Brentford and the Arsenal will re psycho-analysis when necessary,
$1
Welsh international Ted Vizard, now inanager of Queen's Park Ran- gers, described in an interview how this new treniment was improving his players.
"Players are generally so keen
League Tennis
South China
Carry Off
"B" Title
I haven't sat down all day
scream
You know the feeling. It's down your shins. it's round your ankles, it's right in the small of your back. You mus! either sit down or If We recommend sitting down. you are lucky enough to sit down in a Parker- Knoll you'll soon return to normal. The generous give-and-take of Parker-Knoll Suspen. sion will rest and refresh you. It will give you all the joyous relief of speedy convalescence and make a damnably exhausting day seem quite worth while. Living the life you do, you nood a Parker-Knoll,
PARKER - KNOLL
THE CHAIR WITH THE HORIZONTAL SPRING TENSION SUSPENSION !
MANY MODELS ALWAYS IN STOCK
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Shiny and we were all we breathe Kowloon C.C. "A" The House of Quality & Service
they toud to examerate faults,"
he raid. "Olen these faults are
imagined and a psycho-analyst can show the player that he has by need to worry.
TO GIVE CONFIDENCE
Badly Beaten
South China Athletic Association
the Lawn Tennis League when they The general idea of psycho-analy-yesterday won the "3" Division n tical treatment is to give the players defested Kowloon Cricket Club "A" confidence.
"I have more faith in this treaty eight sets to one, A. V. White and ment than had in giants," su Ms. Grose halving two of their matches
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Vizard. "I have proved that it can to give the home team their only The famous natural mineral water be successful and I know that other full point. managers are taking up the idea.“
South China were inuch too good were rarely fully Manchester City have established all round and "Departinent No. 1" in their train-extended.
ing
masseur
N. A. E. Mackay and D. J. N. quarters. A skilled
A SKI has already been engaged and it is Anderson (K.C.C. "A") lost to W. expected that a psychologist will be T. Lee and C. S. Dew 2-; lost to F. consulted from time to time.
N. Wong and H. K. 11o 1-8; lost to Mr. J. Sharpley, of Aston-under-W. H. Ho and K. H. Ip 3-0.
V. White and F. Grose (K.C.C. Lyne, is a great believer in this treatment and treats members of "A") lost to Lee and Dew 1-0; drew N. Constantine, famous West local clubs. He thinks, too, that no with Wong and Ho; drew with Ho
incendiary Indies cricketer, has been signed team wearing red jerseys cun hope and a quarter inch of steel plate,
ja slap of concrete four inches thick, or a layer of sandbags. The bomb year's lapse of inter-rraches its maximum velocity when antinnt competition Sopwith last it has travelled 6,000 feet. Tall invited Vanderbilt and other 12 It was shown that uting sand was metre contemporaries along Sound better method of extinguishing an sures to race in England this sum incendiary bomb than water, as any Vanderbilt accepted, and with liquid coming in contact with the young Olin Stephens ax designer, magnesium contained in the bomb bullt his new 12 metre, Vim, during would result in an explosion, thus camsing the magnesium to spread over
oner.
the winter.
bad
A
Ip.
Playing at home, the Chinese Re creation Club defeated the Kowloon Cricket Club 8-1.
"Ied is an irritant colour." W. Gittins and D. Soltau (K.C.C. by the Windhill (Bradford) League to win,
"A" lod to Lee and Dew 10; lost Negotiations he said, "and tends to unnerve C. for next season.
been carried on for several
to Wong and Ilo 3-0; lost to 116 and player."
Note-The colour of the most suc-In 1-6.
K.C.C. Defeat tary Di
the Bradford Cricket League cessful British team in recent years, weeks. Mr. F. M. Watnough secre- stated that the Windhill Club were the Arsenal are redited Press, I pay Constantine a record fee in the history of the lengue-£400 or more for the season of 30 nutches. match, playing almost solely on Saturday after- which is £20 nons. The "highest fee previously
per match, making £360 for the
#
BRITISH
paid in the league wos Barney C ATHLETES
DO WELL
It was Sopwith's fond hope, ne-a wide area.
Mason. The spectators were then shown vording to English press observations, that with Vanderbilt abroad and how to extinguich enjoying 12 metre competition that sand,
the bomb with
he and the New York Yacht Club) Mr. Leyden asked the spectators it ht be complacent to acreptance of they would like to try, and Miss T. A.
a English challenge to the America's Asome a member of the Nursing Cup in 12 metres.
[Staff volunteered. Miss Asome put out the bumb in less than two minutes, whereupon Mr. Leyden con- gratulated her on her efficient work.
the hospital coulles were given as opportunity to extinguish a bomb.
A.R.P. SYREN TRIAL
There may be the underlying facts to Aduuri latest chartering of Nyala. That Adams might be interested in fotute Amerlen Cup developments. Various other spectators, Including as far as a smaller class is concerned, is what has the experts guessing.
In recent years Adams has trans- ferred from the Q Class-of 50-Tout length descriptions to the Eught inetres, approximately the same size.
The Air Raid Precautions Officer Min dominance has theoretically
announces that to-morrow the syren broken up both of these classes at at the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf Marblehead, and so some think this and Godown Company Limited will might be Art answer 10 Adams' be actuated at noon for purpose of in, and not at Kowloon Dock as TAKE TRICK However, the latter fact has in-previously stated.
charter.
Passport Curb Faces Eire
ferior importance. Adams has long been interested in large yachts, and when Boston's J boat, Yankee, was competing for America's Cup pro minence, Adams would take his trick
at the helm of Yankee up the wind.
LONDON. At all events, whether or
.con- The British government is Adams has ulterior America's Cup
besidering a plan to place Eire on the will notions, local yachtsmen Interested in his brushes with New same footing as other dominions re- York skippers and crews. Back in garding passports granted dominion the days of Cup competition, it was citizens entering Britain.
not
The move.
Adams vs. Vanderbilt not only on it was understood, is being urged by the Newport waterways but alon Scotland Yard as the result of the the "landlubber" traffic of Thames Irish republican army's terrorist cam- Street.
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Evening and Morning -
JAMES McFarlane, one of America's amateur golfers, is being held on bail at Philadelphia on a charge of manslaughter arising out of the death of a caddie. It is alleged that after a bad shot McFarlane lost his temper and swung a niblick in irritation. The tub slipped from bh. grip and struck the caddle on the temple, killing him.
Pell Repeats Win In 1,500 Metres Britain's entry of four did sale
didly at the athletic meeting t Zurich on August 13.
thus
recent
Trui Wal-pul and Wong Stu-wing beat E. C. Fincher and G. C. Burnett 6-2; beat S. A. Gray and R. Broad- bridge 6-2; beat A. Crawford and K. Lee 6-1.
Tsui Yan-pui and W. C. Hung lost to Fincher und Burnett 3-6: beat Gray and Broadbridge -1; beat Crawford and Lee C-2.
Ho Kai-lau and Lee Yue-wing bent Fincher and Burnett 7-5; art and Broadbridge 6-2; beat Crayford and Lve 6-3.
Two Rugby League Matches Played
Dewsbury
London, Aug. 20.
3 Bradford Northern
13 Bramley
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Reuter.
1. Pell won the 1,000 meires. A. Pennington captured the 400 metres. normally C. Holmes tied with C. Jeffreys How many foxes are
killed in, ang season by a single | (U.S.A.) al 10.5 sec. for first place
The following were the results of Hest? free that last year the Perry in the 100 metres and was second to matches played in the Rugby League Foxhounds hunted ninety-five days-leffreys over 200 metres. A G. K. only were blunk-found "201 | Brown finished second to C. Beetham to-day:
twre foxes, killed 51, and ran 53 to ground. in the 800 metres.
Pell
his repeated White City victory over the Ameri-Keighley ORD Derby is credited with own-
con. Blaine Rideout. From 400 ing the best two-year-old in
metres onwards Rideout was in the France. His name is Lighthouse, lead, until 150 metres from the und is by the wonderful stallion finish, when Fell, with a tremendous AUSTRALIAN SUBS DRAW Pharos. Experts speak of _Light | burst of speed, shot past the Ameri- house as being a smasher. He bas only run twice, winning both times, and on each occasion M. Boussac's Djebel was runner-up!
Clubs Lose Owing To Wet Summer
London, Aug. 16. The rain this summer in Britain, one of the wettest on record, has washed away £100,000 of the profits which would normally accrue to the various branches of sport.
BOC.
NEW VITALITY
AFTER
FEVER
can, with Normand" (France) hard The draw for the Australian sub- on his heels. Pell won In 3 min. scription ponies which arrived last 54,1 rec. Normand was second in 3 month, will take place of the Jockey min,
45.7600.
and Rideout, 3 min. Club Stables to-morrow, al 5.30 p.m. 50.8sec, third.
After a false start Holmes got away well in the 100 metres and was only joined by Jeffrey during the last few yards. Their time was 10.5 Hoenni (Switzerland) WOR third in 10.8 sec. Jeffrey won the 200 metres in 21.2 sec. Holmes finishing second in 21.7 sec. Haenni wax again third.
Pennington led from start to Bnish In the 400 metres event and won in 47.0, sec.
During fover body tissues re- E. Miller (US.). being second in 48.4 sec. and Jud (Switzer pidly waste away and the patient land) was third. Beetham (USA) | quickly loens weight,unless he la took the 800 metres in 1 min. 53.7 sec. Brown's time was 1 min. 34.8 supplied with adequate and suit- sec. Merkt (Switzerland) was third, able food, The Swiss runners, Hans Frey and
Horlicks supplies the nutritive Merkt, were leading after 600 metres. At this point Brown shot ahead. but elements which the body requires he was passed on the final straight and enables the exhausted body by Beetham, who came up with a splendid burnt Our Own Corres- to rebuild itself quickly.
It has been the worst season ever for many county cricket clubs, Mr. R. Howard, Secretary of the Lanca-pondent. shire club, said "We are £3,000 down because of the weather.
that Doctors have proved Horlicks is not only easily digest- been halved and those at the speed-ed, but gives your body all the Yorkshire, at present leaders in the way quartered. Many meetings have nourishment it needs. You buld championship race, estimate their been watched by only a handful of Josser at £2,000,
spectators, and one cancelled meet-up strength to realit renewed at- tacks. Soon you get your appetite Ing cost us £500..
At the All-England Tennis Club, it back, and... your convalescence was stated:
Good weather would have meant is shortened, Get Horlicks to-day another £2,000 to us. One wet day at your store. alone caused our taking to drop by £1,000,United Pres
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