Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-17
FRISCO TO HAVE
BOAT IN BIG RACE
YaWI MoIIiIou Entered in Annual
Sail to Honolulu by the
Alameda Club
LOCAL YACHT MEN SURPRISED
Hawaiian Entry, Hawaii, Expect
ed to Arrive Today from
Midpacific Home
BY BERT S. COLEMAN

By BERT y. COLEMAN
Commodore r. c. p. Smith of the
South Coast Yacht club yesterday re-
ceived an entry for the Los Angeles
Honolulu third biennial race which will
start a keen competition between the
Los Angeles and Bay city yachtsmen
for first honors in the 2300-mile contest.
This was the entry of the yawl Molli-
lou, which will sail under the colors of
the Aerolian Yacht club of Alameda,
with Commodore Louis L. Ward at the
helm.
The Molliou has just been built by
Stone & Van Burgen of North Bend,
San Francisco for Francis Smith, who
is out to defeat the boats entered from
the southern end of the state. This is
the first entry from San Francisco
waters and she will be a strong factor
in the race If she lifts the big cup and
takes it to San Francisco waters it will
mean that Los Angeles will have to look
after her interests more closely here
after, and the fastest yachts in south
ern waters will be shanghaied for the
next race to bring the "bucket" back TO
this city.
The Mollilou is 54 feet over all, 36
feet on the water line, IA feet beam
and is a keel boat with a draft of eight
| feet She has been built with view to
| both comfort and speed and may be
dark horse in the big race. Her entry
has caused quite a flutter of excitement
| among local yachtsmen, who had begun
to believe that the contest was going
to sift down to race between
Hawaiian and Los Angeles boats.
The new entry will be sailed by Com
| modore Ward, who has sailed the lola,
the fastest yawl in San Francisco har-
! Dor, for several years. He is an expert
navigator and has a reputation in the
bay cities for being able to sail any
packet" in a manner to draw out all
her speed. He has won so many races
in San Francisco bay with the lola that
when he enters a contest they try to
handicap him off the water so that the
others can get look in at the cups.
Francis Smith, owner of the Mollilou.
has made no mistake in securing Ward
as his skipper. as the latter has done
a great amount of deep sea sailing and
always knows what he is doing The
new boat was designed by her owner
along new lines which will interest local
yachtsmen when she arrives in Los
Angeles harbor, which is expected to be
within the next ten days.
There is a possibility that the Hawaii,
the Honolulu entry will arrive in the
local harbor within the next two or
three days. If she has had fair breezes
she may arrive tomorrow and a look
out will be kept for her from now on.
L llC ~ ONCI Will a bOdI lihC tllC
Hawaii generally takes from eighteen
days to three weeks, and as she left
May 81 it is plainly to be seen that she
is about due if nothing has happened
to her
Commodore Smith yesterday received
word from San Francisco that the
crew on board the Hawaii is COM
posed of twelve men. Photographs of
the schooner as she was leaving Hon
olulu for Los Angeles were also re-
ceiyed by the commodore by way of
the last steamer arriving in San Fran
cisco from the islands, one of which is
reproduced in The Herald.
Commodore Charles T. Widder of the
Hawaii Yacht club Is in charge Of the
schooner. With him he has Captain
Tom Y. King, as skipper, both being
amateur yachtsmen of wide expert
ence. Chan Wilder, William Tarns
torn, Charlie Lewis, Jack O'Brien,
Robert Hendry, w. II. Stroud, Joe
Pike and Harry Brock compose the
crew. Then there are "Sims," the
cabin boy, and Hamilton, the ships
! cook.
With these two entries and Commo-
dore Smiths schooner, Sweetheart, and
Francis Hays yaWl, Winsome, as sure
starters the race is bound to be inter
esting. Commodore Smiths boat has
been tried out in her new rig and sails
in an excellent manner. The commo-
dore is pleased at this because he does
not want to be the last to arrive at
the islands. tt would make nc differ
ence to him. however because he has
the interests Of the club sufficiently
at heart to enter his boat, no matter
what chance she stcod-just for the
good Of the sport.
Francis Hay may not be able to go
along in the Winsome, for business
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| sport at heart sufficiently to enter his
handsome yaUl, which stands a splen-
did show of winning the race on her
measurements When 1t comes to rep
resenting the club in the big race he
is on the job and his boat is a sure
starter
The GWendolyn II, which finished
second two years ago, is expected to
go in the race, and several weeks ago
word was received from Seattle that
she was sure to start. Information
from her direction. however, has been
scarce for several weeks, and Com
modore Smith has written to her own
ers to find out for sure if she is to
enter the contest.
With these boats au sure entries and
other good prospects the big race will
prove more interesting than in the two
previous contests. The entry of the
Mollilou has stimulated the interest of
the other entrants and in a few days
there will be a regular fleet of the big
fellows assembled off this coast to
tune up for the big event.
Commodore Sinclair. who entered the
Lurline two years ago and won the
race, and who also won the cup in the
first race four years ago. has written
to Commodore Smith stating that he
will be here to see the start Of the race
and that he will bring the two cups
along so that they may be ready for
the winner of the event. One cup was
presented by the yacht club at Homo
lulu and the other by the South Coast
Yacht club, each winner holding the
cups until they are won from him.
Sinclair also states that he has sold
the Lurline to San Diego people.
The Department Store league, con-
sisting of four teams, the Broadway,
Hamburgers, Blackstones and the
Vile de Paris, will be in the midst Of
their fourteen-Week schedule shortly.
The four teams are composed or
some fast local players and the clerks
should have a great deal Of JOY in the
game.