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DAVIS CUP GAME. AT

EASTBOURNE.

ENGLAND WINS FIRST.

MATCH 'WITH JAPAN.

Eastbourne, June 19.-Starting the semi-final rouud in the Euro- pean zona competition for tk Davis Cup, international' -tennis trophy, England: gained a com manding lead over Japan to-day when at Dovenshiro Park Fro dorick J Perry, won his singles match from Jiro Satoh, Perry, playing brilliantly, defeated Satoh by a score of 0-1, 4-6, 7-8 and

7-5,

tween Danmark and Czecho

AQUATIC N

NOTES.

SATURDAY'S NIGHT FETE ANALYSED.

SOME HINTS FOR DIVERS. [BY FREE STYLE"]

members handicap showed how much "Budding !!. talent is at hand and `soma' very fine swimming wis soon, the effort of I. M. Ro medios who swam two lengths in | 27.9 seconds, being particularly good. This is no mean exhibition and entitlos Remedios to claim a alace nanong the Colony's best." In the finals however, he could not re- peat this effort and here again I am led to think that the heats took the wind out of his sails and ho was quite a differont swimmer when he lined up for the finals. In cidentally the winner won so com fortably that one is forced to the conclusion that the handicapping was erratic. It was the same with the ladica event, but no doubt this will be duly remedied when the Dext night fetu.comes round.

Saturday's night fete aaw some very fine all round exhibitions, and there should be no fear in the minds of those entrusted with the task of selecting a team to repre- suut the Colony against Shanghai in September as to the quality of the talent available. Even if some of the best awimmers we have in

The Chinese team put up a very The winner of the Anglo-Japan- the Colony at the moment should fine exhibition in the team race and ess matches will play the winner find it difficult, to make the trip Leung Shui Man, who disappoint of the forthcoming competition be there are still plenty of others to ad in the one-length race, redeemed select from. One thing seems cer- his team by swimming the two himself by establishing a lend for Slovakia at, Copenhagen for the tain and that is, we have a super-lengths in 9.1 seconds. The second right to meet the United States influity of sprinters some of whom Chinese swimmer maintained the the inter-zone finals which will would be well advised to try their lead: taking 28.1 seconds for the decide which team will challenge hands at middle distance events.

* France for the Davis Cup.

After Perry had defeated Jiro Satoh to-day H. Wilfred Austin of England began his singles com petition against Hyotaro Satoh of Japan. The Japanese are some what at a disadvantage because they are playing on grass courts. The first heat which foll to Law-lightly easier when Zimmern took England gained the first advant rence proved very exciting, but 130.1 for the journey. Faget finish- age when Perry defeated Jiro was disappointed in the exhibition ed un with 28 dead to win the race Satch in the first set of the open-put up by Leung Shui Man, the the bath

by three quarters of the length of ing match. Perry was playing at Chinese hope. After a bad start, the top of his game and he de- he could make no impression of the feated Satoh by a score of 8-1. others and finished last in his heat. In the second set, however, Satoh Another Chinese swimmer, Leuag allied and although at times he Tit Sang, made a welcome appear. was forced to extend himself. he

ance on Saturday night, after be succeeded in making the core leveling out of competitivo 'swimming by winning to the tune of 0-4.

cautious

journey, Thereafter the Chinese lost the lond as Lawrence made up some three to four yards on the Coming to the night dete itself, finished up two yards to the good. third Chinese representativo and

it was good to see all the stalwarts Lawrence must have done about 26.4 beaten in the 25 yards sprint.. Bo-seconds or even less as the time fore the race I don't think 10 per moment the Chinese representative taken for his two lengths (from the cent. of the spectators would have entered the water to the time when selected E. de Rois bad they been Lawrence finished) was only 28.1. asked to nominate the winner. took 28.1. and then the pace wont The next swimmer (McGrann) also

for some time. He made a very

In the first set Perry won the first game with comparative ease. good show. and it is to be hoped He continued in his stride with that he will try his hands again Jiro Satoh playing a game, Satoh won the fourth game and he continued to improve but Perry, with dominant retrieving, swept through to take the first set by a wide margin.

Perfy restored his. advantage by winning the third set from Jiro Satoh by a score of 7-5. The com- petition in this set was kooner than

cnes and excitement was running high.

at some future night fetes. Al though Lawrence won his heat, he was very hard pressed by Faget, who is swimming well this season and will be prominent in some of the slightly longer races. Roza won his hent in convincing manner and from the exhibition he put up, I

* NAVIGATION IN THE

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SECRET CONSTRUCTION OF AMERICAN MACHINE.

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Avalon, Catalina Island, June 11-Capt. John Hodgedon an- nounced here to-day that he proceeding to an aeroplane manu facturing plant, the name of which he is unable to reveal, to construct with which, it is hoped, scientists a combination aeroplane-dirigible will be able to navigate in the stratosphere.

Capt. Hodgedon was able to do clare that the aeroplane plant at which the unique aeroplane-dirigi

it had been in the two previous felt he was going to give Lawrenceble will be built in somewhere is

Perry, still playing brilliantly and downing the courageous op position of Jiro Satoh won the fourth set by a score of 7-5. This victory gave him the match and gave England a clear head start in the competition.

a real trouncing in the final. But he only won by the skin of his teeth. Incidentally the times in both heats were better than the final which showed clearly that the strain of the heats told on the

finalists. This should not be the case and it revealed the fact that SWEDISH AIRMEN KILLED. the competitors were not in "A1"

RESCUER OF GEN, NOBILE.

condition.

Just a word about E. da Rozn Another member of the heroic This swimmer is showing so much Swedish expedition sent to Spits-promise this season that trendy bergen in 1928 to the relief of Gen. he is looked upon us one of those Nobile and the disastrous airship

expedition, has shared the fate of likely to be selected to make the most of the members of that ex-trip to the North in September, pedition. He was one of three air One of the best swimmers in the

Tennessee.

For flights in the stratosphere the cabin of the proposed acro plane-dirigible will be hormetically soaled. It will be equipped with a supply of artificial oxygen.

According to Captain Hodgedon the military affairs committee of the National House of Representa- tives has asked for ynformation regarding a craft which will be able to navigate in the stratosphere without having to depend upon atmospheric currents, as did Prof. Augusto Piccard of Belgium on his recent balloon flight in the stratos- phere.

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Imen killed in an aeroplane crash Colony pointed' him out to me as Stan, E.C. 4, Tel: 3187, are pre-

at Veterans, in Central Sweden.

Two other members of the Swedish rescue party, M. Lundborg and M. Nilsson, were killed recently in air accidents.

one who was likely to have a good deal to say in the 440 and 880, and his trainer, Dr. D. Laing, con- firmed this when he told me con- Adentially after Roza's success on Saturday that in Roza he had one of the dark horses" in the Colony. Here is wishing Roza the best of Madrid, June 11-The famous good luck. He certainly put up monastery Escorial, built by King | a plucky exhibition last Saturday, Philip II. in the 10th century as

SPANISH SOVEREIGNS", RESTING. PLACE.

the last resting place for the

Spanish sovereigns and situated I was glad to see Gittens stay out but 60 miles from Madrid, is pro- of the sport although he put his posed by the provisional govera- ment as a meeting place for the Gittens has not been too fit recently name down for the 23 yards sprint. forthcoming Constituent Assembly.

The summer-heat is considered and needs to be carefully nursed

unbearable in the capital, whereas back into condition. It is good to the Escorial, situated 3,000 feet

above sea level and in easy reach see a competitor look after himself

of the capital is a pleasant place the way. Gittens does

in the hot weather..

With its thousands of rooms in

the main building, which has a

The high diving competition fel!

length of over 200 metres, and its to Ed. da Roza who certainly

10 courtyards, the Escorial also knows his business. I do not think offers ample accommodation for the I can be accused of being unneces deputies and the members of thesarily severe when I say that more Government.

CLEARANCES.

June 17.

Brazil Maru, for Shanghai, Daviken, for "Hoihow, Doli Maru, for Swatow. Delagos Maru, for Shanghai, Glange, for Singapore, Japora, for Saigon. Kanan Maru, for Dairen." Kumsang, for AmOy, Lushan Maru, for Canton.. [Lahn, for Manila,

Banthis, for Bingapore. Stechnen, for Canton Tai Bhan, for Shanghai. Tai Poo Sek, for K. C. Wan. Taiyuan, for Shanghai.. Van Houtar, for, Singapore, Yusang, for Canton,

than half of those who went in for the diving competition did not know what they were expected to do. Some had no idea whatever of the moaning of the word "form." : A good few lost many valuable points before they left the platform by the stance they took before springing. For a competitor to stick his arms out at right angles and to elench his fiat is simply asking the form judge to penalise him severely. The trouble did not and there azseveral competitors came out of the dive with clenched first. Needless to add these competitors were award- ed about two or three points out of a maximum ten. The proper way is to have your fingers point ad outwards, slightly relaxed hej. fore and during the dive and upon recovery, Beveral I noticed turned back before they had completely recovered from the dive, and this. also is against them.

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