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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 30, 1939.
By Ernie Bushmiller
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TWELVE METRE YACHTS FOR AMERICA'S CUP?
Talks Result From
Adams' Charter Of Bedford's Nyala
By Wendell Davis
New York, July 29.
The recent announcement
that Charles
Francis Adams has chartered Fred Bedford's New York 12 Metro, Nyala, for the New York Yacht Club cruise, has local yachting followers rubbing their oyes.
Five significant facts are reasons for this reawakening:
}. It now strengthens the theory, On the ruke, there will be no that the nex! America's Cup races Vanderbilt, but there will be plenty will be staged in 12 Mete yachts, of other petition. Martohes follower the day of "hig sickers" coining Band Coftaret yachting
to a close.
2. WAD
with him fale hrtezes, yet they
time
Harald S.. Vanderbilt mulke t varing Tom Sopwith im England Marbichead Race Week will not be
this summer, tiks latest development the same might be as adiled incentive to come lo
petent America's Cup yaratanen o
acepainted with the elas
3. It marks the debatt of the Marlehead skipper with New York sechismen on their annual New York Yacht Club ertise,
FORSAKES HEAD
4. It will also be the first Lune
In many salings of Martilchend's Race Week that its No. 1 helmDRY bas forsaken the annual event.
its
traditional
INCENDIARY BOMBS Demonstration. Given To Kowloon Hospital Staff
At the Kowloon Hospital yesterday, various methods of extinguishing an
It will be the first time that incendiary bomb were demonstrated Adams has handled a yacht near the by members of the Kowloon Hospital size of Class & in two years, or since start under the direction of Mr. H. W.
the America's Cup felni, races in 1937.
Leyden.
Ainong a large number of enthu- Dr. J. T. were spectators
When Sopwith left these shores) in 1937 after his failure to wrest slastic the "Ould Mugg" from American Smalley, Dr. E. L. Gosano, Dr. Thom- yachtsmen and the New York Yacht linson, Mr. E. Himsworth and Mr. G. Club, he told newspaperraen that it P. Murphy.
sacht, 12 metre.
SOPWITH HOPE
Or
te
Jor
Patricla Marlson's addletion sirong perfume makes it easy G-mien to track her down in "Per- sons in Hiding" coming to-morrow fo (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.
London
Queen's Park Rangers, Third Division Club, have already adopted this "mental treatment."
Manchester City are planning, similar method, and it is expected that several other clubs, including Stoke City, Swindon, Brentford and The Arsenal will use psyche-analysts when necegary.
Welch international Ted Vizard, how manager of Queen's Park Ran- gers, described in an interview how this new treatment was improving his players.
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"Players are generally so keen that they tend to exaggerate their faults,"
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TO GIVE CONFIDENCE
Badly Beaten
South China Athletic Association | yesterday won the "B" Division of The general itten of psycho-analy-the Lawn Tennis League when they tical treatment is to give the players defeated Kowloon Cricket Club "A" confidence.
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"I have more faith in this treat- by eight sets lo ime, A. V. White and ment than I had in glands," said Mr. F. Grow halving two of their matches Vizard, have proved that it can full be successful and 1 know that other
South Chine were much 10 god managers are taking up the idea."
were rarely fully Manchester City have established all round and
Ing
skilled
masseur
point.
a "Department No. 1" in their train-extended.
N. A. E. Mackay and D. J. N. quarters. A 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 2-0; lost to F. consulted from time to time.
N. Wong and 1. K. Bo 4-0; fost to
eral player."
Mr. J. Sharpley, of Aston-under-W. . Ho and K. II. p 3-6, Lyne, is a great believer in this A. V. White and F. Grose (K.C.C. treatment and treats members of "A") lost to Lee and Dew 1-0; drew local clubs He thinks, too, that no with Wong and Ho; drew with Ho would be his last quest in Class J Mr. Leyden sald an incendiary N. Constantine, famous West
Inilles cricketer, has been signed team wearing red jerseys, can hope and Ip.
"Red is an irritant colour." W. Gillins and B. Soltau (K.C.C. sloops, but that he would like to bomb could penetrate any of the fol challenge in his favourite type of lowing: a quarter inch of steel plate, by the Windlill (Bradford) League to win.
"A") lost to Lee and Dew 1.0: Jost a ship of concrete four inches thlek,CC for next season. Negotiations he said, and tends to unnerve
to Wong and lia 3-6; lost to Ho and layer of sandbags. The bonbhad been carried on for several
Nole. The colour of the most suc-| În 1-0.
K.C.C. Defeat After 2 year's lapse of inter-reaches its maximum velocity when weeks. Mr. F. M. Watmough seere-
tary of the Bradford Cricket Leagueful British team in recent years.
the Arsenal are red.--United Press. national competition Supwith last it has travelled 5,000 feet.
statel that Ria Windhill Club were
Playing at home, the Chinese Re Fall invited Vanderbilt and other 12] It was shown that using sand was
to pay Constantine a record fee in
creation Club defeated the Kowloon the history of the league-£400 or
Cricket Club B-1. metre contemporaries along Sound a better method of extinguishing an shopes to race in England this sum-incendiary bomb than water, as any
Vanderbilt accepted, and with liquid coming in contact with the more for the season of 20 matches, £20 a match, playing in the bomb which is young Olla Stephens as designer, magnesium contained
on Saturday after- built his new 12 metre, Vim, during would result in an explosion, thus almost solely
cons. The highest fee previously causing the magnesium to spread over
paid in the league was Barnes' £1 It was Sopwith's fond hope, ne-ju wide area.
per match, making £360 for the ፰ገር: cording to English press observations.
spcctators were then shown
Levastan that with
the bomb with Vanderbilt abroad and how to extinguish enjoying 12 metre competition that rand.
Myers.
the winter.
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he and the New York Yacht Club Mr. Leyden asked the spectators if might be complacent to acceptance of they wonild like to fry, und Migg T. A. on English challenge to the Amoriesde Asome a member of the Nursing Cup in 12 metres.
Staff volunteered, Miss Asome put These may be the underlying facts out the bomb in less thun two to Adams' latest churtering of Nyala, minutes, whereupon Mr. Leyden con- That Adamus might be interested in gratulated her on her eflcient work. bis temper and swung a biblik in future America's Cup developments Various other spectators, including
as far as a smaller class is concerned, the hospital coolies were given an
what has the experts guessing. In recent years Adams has trans-jopportunity to extinguish a bomb.
ferred from the Q Class-of 50-foot Length descriptions-to the Eight
metres, approximately the same size.
Is dominance
has theoretically
A.R.P. SYREN TRIAL
[AMES McFarlane, one of America's leading 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
irritation. The club slipped from
his grip and struck the endille or the temple, killing him.
BRITISH ATHLETES DO WELL
Tsut Wil-pul and Wong Slu-wing beat E. C. Fincher and G. C. Burnett 6-2: beat S. A. Gray and R. Broad- bricar 6-27 beat A. Crawford and K. Lee 6-1.
Tui Yan-pui and W. C. Hung lost to Fincher and Burnett 3-6 bent Gray and Brondbridge 0-1: beat Crawford and Len 8-2.
Ho Kill-lau and Lee Yue-wing
Pell Repeats Win beat Fincher and Burnett 7-5, 39
In 1,500 Metres
Britain's entry of four did splen
didly at the athleti meeting at Zurich on August 13.
A.
D. Pell won the 1,000 metres.
· Pennington caplured the 400 metres foxes are normally C. Holines Bled with C. Jeffreys killed in any season by a single | (U.S.A.) at 10.5 rec, for first place
-
The Air Raid Precautions Offeer How many
Gray and Brendbridge G-2; ent Crawford and Lee 6-3.
Two Rugby League Matches Played
London, Aug. 29.
The following were the results of
broken up both of these classes announces that to-morrow the syren Hunt? I see that last year the Percy in the 100 metres and was second to matches played In the Rugby League Marblehead, and so some think this but the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf Foxhounds hunted ninety-five days | Jeffreys over 200 metres. A G. Kto-day:
only Ewn were blank-found 203 Brown finished second to C. Beethan! Dewsbury foxes, killed 51, and ran 53 to ground. in the 000 metres.
might be in answer charter.
to Adams'
and Godown Company Limited will be actuated at noon for purpose of trial, and not at Kowloon Dock as TAKE TRICK However, the latter fact has in-previously stated. ferlor 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 trick at the helm of Yankee up the wind.
his
Passport Curb Faces Eire
LONDON.
con-
At all events, whether or not
Is The British government Adams has ulterior America's Cup notions, local yachtsmen will be sidering a plan to place Eire on the 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. The move, Adams vs. Vanderbilt not only on it was understood, is being urged by the Newport waterways but along Scotland Yard as the result of the the landlubber" traffe of Thames Irish 1 spublican army's terrorist com- Street.
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ORD Derby is credited with own.
Pell thus repealed his recent White City victory over the Ameri-Keighley can. Blainc Rideout. From 400!
in the best two-year-old In meires onwards Rideout wax in the France. His name Is Lighthouse, lead. unt 150 metres from the
3 Bradford Northern
13 Brumley
-Reuter,
and is by the wonderful stallion fish, when Pell, with a tremendous AUSTRALIAN SUBS DRAW Pharos. Experts speak of Lightburst of speed, shot past the Ameri- house as being a smasher. He has can, with Normand (France) hard The 'draw for the Australian sub- only run twice, winning both times, on his heels. Pell won in 3 min. seription pontes which arrived last and on each occasion M. Boussa's 54.1 sec. Normand was second in 3 month, will take place at the Jockey Djebel was runner-up!
min. 55.7.ee, and Rideout, 3 min. Club Stables to-morrow, at 5.30 p.m. 56.0sec. third.
Clubs Lose Owing To Wet Summer
1
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.
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
sec. Hienni (Switzerland), Was third in 10.8 sec. Jeffrey won the 200: metres in 21.2 sec. Holmes Anishing second in 21.7 sec. Haenni TUD ngain third,
Pennington led from start to finish in the 400 metres event and won in 47.9 noc. E. Miller (US.) being
NEW VITALITY
AFTER FEVER
During fever body tissues ra-
secant In 48.4 sec, and Jud (Switzer- pidly waste away, and the patient land) was third. Beetham, (U.S.A.)
took the 800 metres in 3 min. 53.7. quickly loses weight, unless he is, sec. Brown's time was 1 min. 54.8 supplied with adequate and suit- sec. Merkt (Switzerland) was third. able food. The Swiss runners. Hans Frey and Merki, were tending after 600 metres,
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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
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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.
losses at £2,000.
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Doctors have proved that Horlicks is not only easily digest-
been halved and these at the speed-ed, but gives your body all tho Yorkshire, at present leaders in the way quartered. Many meetings have nourishment it needs. You build championship race, estimate their been watched by only a handful of
spectators, and one cancelled, meet-up strength to resist renewed at- tacks. Scon you get your appetite ng east us £600.
At the All-England Tennis Club, it back and your convalescence was stated:
is shortened. Get Horlicks to-day "Good weather would have meant
One wel day at your store. another £2,000 to us. alone caused our taking to drop by £1,000,"—United Press,”
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