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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 10, 1937.

THIS SEASON'S YACHTING CLASSIC

THE AMERICA'S

PREPARATIONS

CUP

MR. VANDERBILT'S

DEFENDER

NEW

LONGER & HEAVIER THAN

CHALLENGER

Bath, Maine, April 13.

HE Ranger, the new yacht being built by Mr. THE

Harold S. Vanderbilt at a cost of £80,000, which may be the America's Cup defender, will be both longer and heavier than Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith's challenger, Endeavour II. Her specifications have now been made public by the designers, Messrs. Sparkman, Stephens and Burgess.

ED-PA ROZA

Ed. da Roza, above, the Colony and Interport diving ... champion, has fully recovered now from his nose trouble and will be featured in

a diving exhibition at the Coronation Swimming Gala at the V.R.C. next Saturday night.

TV TOUMETTİRME Saturday's Bowls

Results

The following were the results

RANGER'S LENGTH AND DISPLACEMENT ARE GREAT- ER THAN THOSE OF ANY OTHER BOAT IN THE AMERICA'S CUP CLASS. SHE IS 1661⁄2 TONS, COMPARED WITH THE 164 of Saturday's Lawn Bowls League TONS OF ENDEAVOUR II., AND IS 135FT. LONG. ENDEA-matches:- YOUR II, WHOSE OFFICIAL MEASUREMENTS HAVE NEVER BEEN DISCLOSED HERE, IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE 132FT. LONG OVER ALL. BOTH ARE 87FT. ON THE WATER.

Only one dimension of Ranger was withheld-her beam, which was merely said to be “under 22ft." That of Endeavour II. is 21ft. 5in. Ranger's mast will be 165ft. 11in. about 2ft shorter than that of Endeavour II. -- with a "bury" below deck of 11ft. 3in. It is oval in shape, and made of four curved duralumin plates welded together. At the head it will taper to 12in.

· FIRST DIVISION

K.BG.C. 66 C.S.C.C. K.D.R.C. 63 K.C.C. RECREIO 64 C.C.C. H.K.F.C. 61 POLICE

46

44

62

61

SECOND DIVISION

K.C.C. C.C.C. H.K.F.C. I.R.C.

50

K.RG.C.

62

72

TAIKOO

52

61

RECREIO

52.

58 POLICE

.51

THIRD DIVISION

will

C.C.C.

65 K.F.C. C.S.C.C. 54 H.K.F.C. K'LOON T.C. 53 YACHT C RECREIO 58 HK.E.R.C.-

61

57

60

45

The halyards of the new de- be held on May 29, rather than to fender will run down inside the City Island, near New York, to be mast, only the spinnaker hal-fitted out. yard and lifts being outside. For

Accordingly all her canvas

a spare mast the duralumin one be sent to Newport. It is hoped used by Rainbow in 1934 will be that the fitting-out process will be built up to the new dimensions finished in time for her to have her and weight required by the rules. first sail on May 17.

RANGER'S SAILS'

Ranger's rig contrasts sharply with the new canvas which Mr. Gerald Lambert has just ordered for another possible defender, the Yankee. Ranger is to have an even smaller mainsail than Rainbow had in 1934, and will rely to a great ex- tent on a large fore triangle, with jib and staysail.

LEAGUE TABLES TO DATE

CESY

LADIES' TENNIS EVENTS IN K.C.C. TOURNEY CHAMPIONSHIP

SINGLES

The following are the draws for the remaining K. C. C. tournament events, namely the Mixed Doubles Handicap, Ladies' Singles Cham- pionship, Ladies' Singles Handicap and Ladies' Doubles Handicap.

MIXED DOUBLES HANDICAP Byes:A W. Ramsey and Miss V. Bradbury (+1/6) v. H. W. Crabb and Mrs. Sweeney (+-1/6); S. A. Gray and Miss A. Mackenzie (30.3) v. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Gittins (+10); G. C. Burnett and Miss O. Dalziel (-15.3) v. B. G. Baker. and Mrs. W. Old (3/6); Mr. and Mrs. G. A. White. (Scr.)

First Round:-T. A. Madar and Mrs. Knight (1/6) v. R. Harding and Miss J. Nash (8.6).

Byes:-E. C. Fincher and Mrs. Good- win (-30) v. C. J. Tacchi and Mrs. Blandford (+3.6); E. Abraham and Mrs. McCaw (Scr.) v Mr. and Mrs. G. Clarke (Scr.); F. Grose and Miss R. Perry (-30,3) v. W. C. Hung and Miss J. Old (-15); W. J. Howard and Miss M. Churn (Scr.) v. F.-Goodwin and Mrs. E. C. Fincher (+3.6).

LADIES' SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP

Bye: Miss J. Weller.

First Round:-Miss O. Dalziel v. Mrs. Kella; Miss V. Allen v. Miss R. Perry; Miss V. Bradbury v. Miss A. Mackenzie. LADIES' HANDICAP DOUBLES Bye: Mrs. and Miss Old (~~~~3.6). First Round: Miss V. Allen and Miss A. Mackenzie (-15) v. Miss V. Bradbury and Miss O. Dalziel (-15.3). Byes: Mrs. Knight and Mrs. Sweeney (15) v. Mrs. Goodwin and Mrs. Fincher (—3.6).

LADIES' HANDICAP SINGLES Byes: Miss O. Dalziel (———30) · v. Miss McCaw (+36); Miss J. Weller (Scr.). v. Miss A. Mackenzie (~30).

First Round: Miss V. Bradbury (3.6) v. Mrs. Kew (-4:6).

Byes:-Mrs. Kella

4.6); Miss J. Old (Scr.) v. Miss V. Allen (-4-2,6).

First Division

COLOSSAL

Shots

Shots

P. W.

I

D. F. A.

up

Dn.

Pts.

TENNIS

KOWLOON B.G.C.

2

2

0 0 135 95

40

0

4

KOWLOON DOCK R.C. CLUE de RECREIO

.2

2

0. 0 137 102

35

4

HANDICAPS

2.

·0

132 117

15

4

redesigned to

CRAIGENGOWER

1

1

0 134 114

20.

0

-2

POLICE R.C.

0

1

1 119 135

0 16

H.K. FOOTBALL CLUB 2 CIVIL SERVICE

0

1· 1 110 130

0

20

2

0 2 0 101 134

0 33

to

KOWLOON C.C.

2

0

་

TOTALS

16 7

7

2 962

962 110 110

16

Yankee has been carry an extremely large mainsail, with a small single headsail.

Yankee's new rig, according Mr. Lambert, was designed with the idea of her beating into the wind and tacking fast. Ranger, with her large headsails, appears to cri- tics to be rigged for a much greater pull with her canvas eased off.

7,550 SQUARE FEET OF CANVAS

The total canvas carried by Ran- ger is 7,550 square feet, five square feet less than Mr. Vanderbilt's last Rainbow. Of this in the the fore

rig

defender, the

4,825 square

feet

mainsail and 2,725,1

triangle. Yankee's new

has

728 square feet more in the main- sail and 757 less in front.

The steel hull plates used in Ban- ger are .33 of an inch thick on her topsides. An inch below the water they have thinned to 0.23 inch, and then well again to 0.26 inch at the keel.

Con

TO-MORROW'S LAUNCHING The Ranger will be launched May 11, Construction is well for- ward. It has been decided to send her direct to Newport, Rhode Is land, where the first trials are to

CRAIGENGOWER KOWLOON B.G.C. INDIAN RC.

CLUB de RECREIO H.K. FOOTBALL CLUB TAIKOO DOCK R.C. POLICE R.C. KOWLOON C.C.

TOTALS

2 0 94 135 0 41

Second Division

පප

1 0. 117 130

2 2

0

2

2 2

118 106

158 96 57 0140 0

106

34.

12

2

1

0 122 100

22 0

2

0 13

2

0 107

192

2

2

2

2.

0 94 143

0 25 38 0 49

16

8

8

0 941 941

125 125

16

0 0*90 128

Third Division

YACHT CLUB H.K. FOOTBALL CLUB CLUB de RECREIO KOWLOON TONG CIVIL SERVICE CRAIGENGOWER K. FOOTBALL CLUB II.K. ELECTRIC R.C.

TOTALS

100 0 144

113 109 113 101

44

4

12

122 113

118 109

112 145

113 129

16

98 127

29

933 933

78

Owe 80 But Won Tournament!

A well-known Foochow sports- man, Mr. Jack Chubb, of Messrs. in Dodwell and Co., who arrived the Colony yesterday, has some in- teresting tales to tell of sport in the small foreign community of that port.

The annual tennis tournaments Owing to the were being held. 4

difficulties experienced by the or- canisers in making up numbers, one of the finest exponents of the game, resident in Foochow, and his brother, were induced to enter for the handicap singles event, better of the two brothers given the collossal handicap of owe 80, while his brother owed 60.

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In spite of this, however, these two had no difficulty in surviving. their preliminary rounds and ir due course, met in the final. After a grim tussle lasting until dari

ened, no decision had at, and, rather than go through the struggle again, it was decided that the best thing to do would be to shake for it.

ness

been

The man with the biggest handi- can was successful and so won the event with what must have been one of the biggest handicaps ever *imposed on a tennis player.

The was