The Archive · 1936

DORADO WINS 2,225 MILE YACHT RACE

Honolulu, July 18, The Si-toot yaw! Dorado, representing the St. Francis Yacht Club of San Francisco, to-day won the 2225-mile sailing race from Santa Sfpnica, " Calif, to Honolulu. She covered the distance in 13 days, 7 hours, The Circe, in second place, was just a mile behind when the Dorado crossed the finish line. Commodore Harold S. Dillingham's Man-iwa, defending the cup she won in 1934, was third.

'The time was considerably slower than the record for the 32-year-old race, which is M days, 14 hours, 46 minutes, established by' the schooner Mariner in 1923—United Press, London, July 20, Australia took the lead in the interzone final of the Davis Cup to-day when Jack Crawford and" Vivian MeGrath beat Baron G, von Cramm and H. Henkel in the doubles by 6-4, 426, 6-4, Got, Australia, having divided the frst two singles with Germany, Is now leading by two matches to one, and requires victory in only one of the remaining singles to earn. the right to meet Great Britain in the Chal-Tenge Round.

The result of the first two singles, played on Saturday, were:

Crawford beat Henkel by 0-2, 6-2.

Baron von Cramm beat Adrian Quist by 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 11 The remaining two singles ing played. to-morrow.—Rewter,

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