1939-08-28 — Page 23

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 28, 1939.

YACHTING

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DEFENDER WINS FIRST OF SEAWANHAKA SERIES Circe's Great Struggle Against Time-Limit

Norwegian Challenger Beaten By 21 Seconds

Rothesay, August 15.

IN THE FIRST of the Seawanhaka Cup races, the Clyde 6-metre yacht Circe to-day beat the Norwegian challenger Noreg III by 21 seconds.

LOCAL SOCCER

EASTERN BEAT REST

IN CHARITY GAME

CHARITY DID NOT benefit much as the result of the Eastern Athletic Association and the team chosen from the Soccer game on the Club ground yesterday between the "Rest of the Clubs," as the heat and the absence of any

Circe began badly, her over-eagerness at gunfire lead-covering on the stands kept many away.

Eastern won the scrappy encounter | Jorge, but Cheuk Shek-kam was only ing to a recall, through which she lost the best part of a by five goals to one after the Rest a passenger in the side and rarely did minute.

had taken the lead early in the game. anything of worth.

Noreg III thus got away with a fine lead, and at the end of the round Circe 'was fully four and a half minutes as- tern. Having fared so badly in her weather, the defender's chances seem- ed hopelss when the breeze fell light on the second journey, yet it was in the soft conditions that Circe put up performance, weathering her rival for the first time on the wind and holding her own all through the

the better

It was evident that Eastern had On the left wing Wong King-cheung put in some training for this game tried hard but found Chung Chun- as they were the faster team and wan, the Eastern right back, on top ly, while were able to finish the game strong-form and in consequence could sel-

the Rest team obviously dom pass him. tired shortly after the restart of the Castilho who scored a surprising goal lacked stamina and were hopelessly The Rest took the lead through second period.

after a run down the wing.

The lead was short-lived for East-

Tam had been called on several times up the attack and after

to save Wong Man-kwai equalised and a few minutes later the same player placed Eastern in the lead.

round, Circe took a long board on port while Noreg was on starboard, and when they met after

coming about, Circe forced her opponent to tack, and for the first time had the advantage of the weather berth. This success was short-lived, as it happened, Noreg, by pointing a lighter wind, once more game for the Rest in goal and saved Tam Kwan-kon played а good gaining the weather berth and again several good shots in the first half, opening out. Then the breeze show-but in the second period his two ed definite signs of slackening, and backs, Costa and Bowen, were unbale Circe, with a long board into the Largs to check the advances of the Eastern The time-limit for the race expired land, outwitted her opponent, coming forwards and he was beaten three at 6.15 p.m., and when, shortly after out to weather before the short berth times from close range. 5 o'clock,, both boats were becalmed which both boats had to take to round with Circe in the lead, it looked as if the flag boat. At this stage Circe. was the defender were to be robbed of vic-leading, and though her gain was only tory through not being able to finish in time. As events turned out, Circe's good fortune in the later stages stood. by her, and she cut the finishing time with fully a quarter of an hour to

run.

spare.

about 20 secs it meant something on the start of the last run,

LITTLE MORE THAN A DRIFT Before long this run developed into little more than a drift. Occasionally Noreg, with slightly more way on, If anything, the challenger was pro-made an attempt to fan the defender bably the faster boat of the two in the to windward but this only led to conditions prevailing, but Mr. Thom's buffing, and there was still a fair space tactics, coupled with some slight luck, between the racers as they caught the pulled him through.

first of an early zephyr.

START POSTPONED The start would have taken place at 1.30, and Mr. James Napier's steam yacht Ocean Rover, the flagship, was stationed in readiness some distance south of Toward Point. At the start- ing time, however, he southerly breeze was very light, and a quarter of an hour's postponement was signalled. In

After having been becalmed, the challenger, towards the close, was lessening the gap, but Circe pluckily' plodded ahead, and in the end gained the victory by a small but quite suf- ficient margin. Official finishing times:

M.

Circe Noreg III

H.

5

57

S. 1

5

57

22

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In the second half, Hau Ching?to, Lee Tak-kee and Cheng King-hal scored the other goals in the second period.

Costa returned to local soccer with

did not reveal anything like his old a useful display at left back but he

form. Bowen started promisingly but

Easter: Lau Hin-hon; Tsang Chin- found the pace telling and completed wan, La Wai-kuen; Cheung Ying- the game by standing and waiting for kuen, Hsu King-seng, Lai Shee-tsan; the ball instead of going for it. Chung Ying-same, Wong Shee-tsan; Honniball, at left half, did well in Chung Ying sam, Wong Man-kwai, his tackling and clearances but he Li Tak-ki, Chung Kam-hoi and Hau lacked direction in his passes while Ching-to. on the right Kam Ka-pui stuck to Hau Ching-to well. -

A SURPRISE GOAL Leonard, leader of the attack, re- ceived a fair amount of support from

The Rest-Tam Kwan-kon; J. Bo- wen, V. Costa; Kam Ka-bui, Yeung Tse-chong Honniball; T. Castilhof P. Jorge, D. Leonard, Cheuk Sheki-kam and Wong King-cheung.

"A" DIVISION LEAGUE

TENNIS PARTNERSHIPS

"A" DIVISION

this short interval the breeze im- Mr. Claud A. Allan, Commodore of proved, and when the boats were sent the Royal Northern, the defending away it was of good sailing strength.club, was in charge on the steam yacht It was too strong, in fact, for Mr. Ocean Rover, and among others on Thom's calculations, and, cutting the board were Mr. J. H. Maurice Clark, H. D. Rumjahn and S. A. Rumlahn (I.R.C.) line a few seconds too early, Circe was Mr. W. W. Watson, and Mr. A. V. Gosano and J. J. Remedios (C.D.R.) recalled. This was a blow for the de- James Black, official

J. Gonsalves and A. V. Remedios (C.D.R.) timekeeper. fender's chances, nearly a minute be- The motor yacht La Falise acted as E. C. Fincher and G. C. Burnett (K.C.C.) ing lost before she got away in pursuit patrol ship, along with several motor H. A. Barros and C. A. Barretto (C.D.R.)

W. A. H. Duff and L. Goldman (H.K.C.C.) of the challenger, which by now was launches, and they had no light task O. Rumjahn and I. M. A. Razack (I.R.C.)

In keeping a floatilla of sailing and Tsui Wai-pui and W. C. Hung (C.R.C.) motor craft at a reasonable distance, A. E. P. Guest and A. Crawford (K.C.C.)

Racing will be continued to-morrow W. T. Wang and B. Szeto (S.C.A.A.) over a triangular course, which should S. Wong and C. C. Ma (H.K.U.T.C.) give the boats

some opportunity of T. A. Pearce and W. Sander (H.K.C.C.) showing their paces in racing. The con-

C. K. Chan and B. Szeto (S.C.A.A.) A. Chan and J. Hsu (S.C.A.A.) test will be continued until either the defender or the challenger has three wins to her credit.

well on her way,

It was a beat of three and a half miles on the first leg of the course to the weather mark off the north end of Cumbrae, and short tacks

were taken in the early stages, Noreg hold- ing the defender well under her lee and never giving her a chance to go off on her own. Time after time Circe came about in an attempt to work out from under her rival, but no sooner had the Clyde boat changed tack than Noreg immediately followed her exam- ple.

SPINNAKERS HOISTED

WORLD'S SPEED RECORD

All the way down channel the breeze kept steady, and at the end of the tacking Noreg had gained an advantage of about a minute and a half. Spin- nakers were now hoisted for the down-

Salt Lake City, To-day. wind stretch back to Commodore. At

John Cobb broke three world the outset, Circe seemed to gain, but motoring records 5 kilometres at before long there was no doubt the an average speed of 826.86 miles ah Norwegian was slipping ahead, and hour; 10 kilometres at 283.01 miles an as the breeze fell softer she opened out hour; and 10 miles at 370.35 miles ah even faster. At the end of the round hour. the official times were:--

H.

M.

S.

3

40

34

g

45

11

K. F. Liu and C. K. Chan (S.C.A.A.) K. L. Ho and Paul Kong (C.R.C.)

H. J. Armstrong and S. M. Garrard (H.K.C.C.) A. R. Minu and I. Razack (I.R.C.) Stephen Wong and Lim Thian-tet (H.K.U.) S. H. Ling and P. H. Ong (H.K.U.) F. C. Wong and K. F. Liu (S.C.A.A.).

Ma Chiu-chong and Peter U (H.K.U.)

A. H. Madar and A. R. Minu (I.R.C.), : W. Hung and T, C. Iu (C.R.C.)

O. Rumfahn and A. R. Kitchell (L.R.C.)

K. L. Ho and W. Y. Lee (C.R.C.)

W. Sander and T. C. Monaghan (H.K.C.C.)

A. V, Remedios and A. M. Rodrigues (C.D.R.) W. P. Tsui and W. T. Lee (C.R.C.)

W. C. Hung and P. Kong (C.R.C.)

L. Goldman and G. E. R. Divett (H.K C.C.) A. V. Gosano and J. J. Remedios (C.D.R.) A. Chan and N. K. Ma (S.C.AA.) I W. Sander and L. Goldman (H.K.CG), Teui. Yunapui and Lee Wai-tong (C.P.C.) T. T. Lim and Peter U. (H.K.U.T.C.).

The previous records were held by D. Kong and T. C. Iu (C.R.C.)... Sir Malcolm Campell (392.13 m.p.h.B. Szeto and C. S. Dew (S.C.A.A.) Y. W. Lee and S. W. Wang (C.R.C.) and 288.87 m.p.h.) and the late Ger-ly, P. Taul and W. P. Tsui (C.R,C.) Circe

man racing motorist, B. Rosemayer Tennie Kwok and K. F. Lim (S.C.A.A.) Tacking down Firth again on the| (270.35 m.p.h.).-Reuter.

W. T. Wang, and H. K. Ho (S.C.A.A).....

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