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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20265, 6 August 1937, Page 6

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THE AMERICA'S CUP. THE RANGER'S SUPERIORITY. NEW YORK. Aug. 6‘. The Ranger won by 3mins. 37sec*., the elapsed time being 3hrs. 7min. 49secs., eclipsing the record of the by Imin. 12secs. Experts express the opinion that the defender’s superiority in the series shows that she is a higher pointing boat. This, coupled with the bad luck and the bad handling of the Endeavour 11., accounted for the Ranger’s clean sweep. The crews of both yachts cheered each other at the conclusion of the RUN OVER BY TRUCK. * YOUNG MAORI INJURED. A Maori, Thomas Kaui (27) has been admitted to the Waikato Hospital from Gordonton suffering from concussion and injuries to the back received when he was run over by a motor-truck. INFANTILE PARALYSIS. Advice was received to-day that a boy aged 9 from Walton has been admitted to the Waikato Hospital suffering from infantile paralysis. TENNIS IN GERMANY. SUCCESS OF AUSTRALIANS. HAMBURG, Aug. 5. The men's doubles of the German tennis championships resulted:— Third Round: Crawford and McGrath (Australia) defeated Kukuljevic and Puncec, 3—6, 5—7, 6—3, 7—6, 6—2. BOY FILM STAR. COURT ORDER GRANTED. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5. Metro-Goldw y n-May er Films obtained a court restraining order to prevent Freddie Bartholomew, the English boy film star, from accepting a contract from any other studio. Metro-Gold w y n-May er alleged that the boy’s aunt and guardian wa« keeping him from performing in pictures for them and threatening to place him under contract to a rival studio. NOT A PROFESSIONAL. STATEMENT BY BUDGE. NEW YORK, Aug. 5. Budge made a statement that he has no intention of turning profesHe did not comment on the report that he had been offered 40,000 dollars and a third of the gate receipts for a nation-wide tour.