1958-07-31 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1958.

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'Sceptre Takes Up The Challenge Mike Hawthorn Likely To

SKIPPER 'ARCH'

Bottle O

BISHOP

Whisky For

KDC Lądy Bowlers

The first seven in the indies' first division lawn bowls lengue was registered yesterday by the Kowloon Dork Club four of Mrs C. Coles, Mrs S. Skeoch, Mrs Z. Campbell and Mrs J. Banks.

Playing against the champion Craigen- gower four of Mrs S. Hilva, Mrs I. Silva, Miss H. Kwong and Mrs 1. Souza, yesterday at the Valley, they were trailing behind by 4-9 at the end of the 7th head, but scored a seven on the eighth head and

never looked back after

that to win by 26-15.

WE'VE GOT LOTS

OF SECRETS SAYS THE SKIPPER

Sure as a lily and swift as a gull, the white yacht swishes past the bulky forry-boat and out to sea. National prido, quick to kindle even among those who have never heard of the Sceptro--raises a choor.

"That's the best mainsail she's had on yet. The other one should be scrapped," observes the man who runs pleasure trips round the harbour.

Scepire already a white flame on the horizon, grips the wind. bowing and bending in the grace- ful sarabanel of a yacht under- golog is trials.

"Can't be a secret one, that one, or they'd take it right out to e. the pleasure lp bout- man said as the sun lit the huge White wall and the alloy 1! Rove off a harp, clear dash.

They put up some sails the other day they wouldn't let them photograph. Looks as though we're being crafty for once," added the buntman. For him Septre is a white seagqueen,

Sceptre, for all that sea-going grocer, Sir Thomas Lipton, would scuff, is taking up where the rent challengers left off in 1937. It had rankled the salty mide of the Royal Yacht, Squadron the world's senior yacht club") for long enough that pritain had never, no nerer, won buck a certain rap from America, for 107 years.

To make the old salts even ne splenetic it had originally been named after Queens bad been borne

Victoria

ANNE

SHARPLEY

Reporting from Poole

"They call it the "Old Mug,” says à rueful Royal Yacht Squadron member who has stood, the test to national dimly of being a guest of the New York yachtsmen and was shown the cup - "well - polished but definitely an unhappy caplive."

Origin

Originally a race for the weighty wonders of Edwardian away to America, having been opulence, the J-class yacht, the fairly won, and renanied the Ameriens accommodalingly

America's Cup!

'Old Mug'

changed the deed of gift, to make it Tace between 12-

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Sceptre grips the wind, bowing and bending in the graceful saraband of a yacht undergoing its trials

winning (third) than in race's history.

skipper. The the "professional"

helmusman( the "gentleman" as A challenge was issued. The were could not be beller He is 34-year-old Royal Yacht Squadron formed a collected syndicate to commission and Lieutenant-Commander Graham

Bluebottle for two seasons, America's Cup.")

The son of the

ritw a yacht to: win back the Bann, who called Prince Philip's

Sceptre's

The Americans, unnerved, we hope, promptly commissioned no fewer than three new 12-metre designer David Boyd, Ju one yachts to meet this challenge of the crew of nine who include from the Britons. They agreed two naval officers and two lead-

20 oft scamn, to race on September Newport, Rhode Island,

Sceptre, a sliver of widte, now They had also another 12-lies alongside the comfortable, metre yacht "In hand," making, four swift lean American furies to meet Britain's one white hop.

The Reason

grey untortured lines of Mr Billy Colton's motor launch, Wakey- wakey. At 7.15 in the morning the crew will be aboard "polish- ing the brightwork, repairing yesterday's damage," and then But you get no sense of belugjour to sen she goes unifl five of outmnibered when the crew of six in the evening. Sceptre noially manhandles "Well out to sea-we've gol Seeptre's vast wardrobe of sails ints of secrets," says Skipper on to the jetty of the Royal Bishop. Motor Yacht Club at Sarxl

London Expecas Serplex), unks, Dorset.

"Garn, you sans of the sua," bowls the re-faced skipper, Stan Bishop, as they hump the Sceptre's cholee of five malo- sails up the ladder,

HEAVIEST DEFEAT

That's why WC call him

Wellington, July 30. **Arch Bishop," observes a mem- The French

Rugby Union netre size yachts, about half the ber of the white boller-sulted team met the heaviest defeat crew as the skipper's threats of their South African tour size of the first contestants. There, in the

York:

here today, losing 39-8 lo a New

"We Saw 11e thing was take a ferrifying turn,

said Yacht Club, H

There is still something of a combined Captain stands today, possible again,"

Western Province, and South-Western L100 (original cost) of Victorian Jehr Illingworth technical ad-genBernen und players alino-Boland

to this

expensive Districts XV. Catleyware. And millions of viser to Sceptre, who has just sphere

The Combined side led 22-3 English pounds have been lost returned from the Bermuda race, £70,000) form of yachling. And trying to redeem it.

having brought Britain nearer to Captain Bishop is the "paid" or at halftime.-Reuter,

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STRONG CHALLENGE FROM STIRLING MOSS

By DEREK JOHN

The odds are on 28-year-old blond Mike Hawthorn to become the next world champion racing driver. In any caso, the title will go to a Briton for the first time.

With only four more Grand Prix events to go Hawthorn and Vanwall team-leader Stirling Moss are close rivals to succeed Juan Fangio as the greatest driver of them all,

I back Hawthorn because he the British Grand Prix, and the Grand Prix in Italy in record hushi tog form this senson and) Monaco Grand Prix. He holds time, because he is driving what ap- the lap record at major circuits pears to be the more reliable car all over the world. - Ferrari.

During 1957. Enzo Ferrari concentrated on getting his cora ready for the 1850 season, when engines had to be modified to

run on nviation fuel.

Could Upset

Last year, he became the first

Pater Incidentally, Britain's British driver to win the Grand Collins, another Ferrari driver, Prix of Europe in a British car la lying third in the Champion- the Vanwall. And with the ship to date and could easily same car he won the Pescara upset the forecast.

Technical Difficulties! -

The Vanwoll experts had to race agains: time to get their curs ready, and they run into many diflculties. Their tecluni- gal troubles bave still not been rompletely overcome.

argue

Muny enthusiasts will that 28-year-old Stirling Most is second only to Fangio in driving skill and that he can still over- haul Hawthorn-seven points In

the

MIKE HAWTHORN

lead-in the lalian, Ger- man, Portuguese and Moroccan Grand Prix.

But, this your, the reliability

of the car counts for as much as the ability of the driver. For the first time, the rules say a driver must finish a race in the cur in which he started.

In the recent British Grund Prix, Moss's Vanwall blew up after a third of the distance. But he could not take over the Vanwali in which Stuart Lewis- Evans went on to gain fourth place,

Lifelong Ambition Personally, i would like to see Mous succeed in his lifelong ambition to win the world title In a British car. Over the years he has been remarkably con- sistent, always hot on the tall of Fangio "The Cat".

He started racing at 17. At 21, he became Britain's youngest champion driver, a title he has held for six of the post seven years.

He was the first Englishman

to win the Italian Mille Migilo,

BRITISH YACHTING VICTORY

London, July 30, Britain today recaptured the Coupe Ellenne Galay, the a- nupl гасс for Dragon class yachts from France.

The British team won Its third victory Bembridge, Isle of Wight, and showed them- selves clearly superior to the French entries.

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Twp French yachts, Wagheera and Morganne, were forced withdraw because of technical dimeulties. During the last six miles the three British yaohɩg had a clear lead over Kim, the iszt French survivor,

The wind, blowing.up from tha southwest WIL rather strong.

Results were:

1. Salamander

points

(Britain) 0

2. Penguin (Britain) B points

3. Tania (Britain) 7 points,

4. Kim (France) 0 points France-Presso.

Test Match Attendance

Old Trafford, July 30. Only 30,000 people who paid £10,062 saw, the fourth Test between, England and New Zea land, concluded at Old Trafford, Manchester yesterday. Rain seriously interfered with play on two days-France-Fremo,

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