Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1913-04-07
MOTORBOAT
SPORT TOLOSE
PROFESSIONALS
American Association Rules
A ainSt Paid Captains in
Future Races
TECH JR. ONE OF
TIE BOATS AFFECTED

Hydroplane racing in the motorboat
sports is going to be hard hit by the
new rules of the American Power Boat
Association. Captains of fast boats
who run the boats for pay will be
ruled out Of all races run under ma
tional sanctions. While number of
the big races have been sanctioned 30
far only one race on the Delaware
river has been sanctioned which will
affect the paid steersman In the
South Jersey races the most important
of all the finals to be run at Cape May
on August 30, aud which are to be
the championship races for the shore
clubs, are to be run under national
sanctions. These finals, OF course,
will include the hydroplanes, which
are always the spectacular end of the
race meets This means that the
boats run by paid men will have to be
taken out of the races, or strictly
amateur navigatOrs put at the helms.
The new rules made by the Ameri-
can Power Boat Association are aimed
straight at the men who run the real
fast boats, and who are paid naviga-
tors, in one way or another. Running
races under national control is a new
thing is INCORPORATING; but it has
taken a firm hold of yachting IN
these parts OF the half dozen or
more big races sanctioned so far in
this section, there are only two of
those pointed out, which affect the hy-
drOplanes. There are two, both on the
same day, which affect the displace-
ment Of speed boats, but there are not
so many OF these which are run by
paid men. Even at that there are some
on which the nautical shoe may pinch
hard.
OF the boats which came under the
hydroplane class last year, and which
were run by paid navigators, we're
such as the Tech, Jr Chelsea Special
Caroline H., Elmaja H.. and a number
of others. The Tech, Jr., Chelsea Spe-
cial and Caroline ii. are expected TO
have places on the racing cards
again this season, and they may be
run by the paid captains I'm all races
not under national control. unless the
clubs decide to embody the A. p. b. A.
amateur rule in its racing conditions
which is quite probable. The Elmaja
H.. Commodore J. II. Glenn, has beer
destroyed since last year, and so faI
has not been replaced
There are two boats on the Della
ware which are speed-burners, ant
rlrh a ~ rfr
crews, or at least by crews which ar
not paid for their services in running
the boats. They are the Alparnel
iJr, Commodore r. p. Smith, and tn
Delphia II, Commodore Gus. Muller
What the new crop of hydroplane
will be, and who will run them, is
conundrum. Adolph Apell is building
four at Atlantic City. OF course, tn
Sand Burr III. which was built las
year, and which as yet has not go
into racing trim. is one of them. The,
expect her to be one OF the new speeI
wonders of the 1913 vintage. RICH
here comes up the question of whit
is to be her navigator This boat i
owned by the White Brothers, of At
lantic City, both of whom are en-
thusiastic yachtmen, and deeply in
terested in developing the sport, ant
at the same time purifying the game
sand Burr ii viii Be Here.
A. X White, one of the owners o
the Sand Burr Ill, is chairman of tn
Racing Commission Of the A. p. B. A
and the man who passes on the appli
cations for sanctions as they come in
II goes without saying that he know
what he is UP against on the amateu
he hn1 IN hrfr
the new rule about, and il Is up to hin
TO help to enforce it, Il may the
be safely predicted that If the San
Burr III turns out TO be the fast boa
planned she will be steered, at leas
and probably manned by an entir
crew that is i'm the game for sport
sake only.
What will happen to the Chelse
Special remains to be seen. This boa
is owned by DR.. Thompson and Wal
ter Reed. of Atlantic City, and ha
heretofore been manned by a ere,
said to be closely allied with a boat
building concern. She is too good
boat to stay out of the races alto
gether She is the one boat that ca
always be depended upon to give tn
crowds the worth of their time an
hNh'es IL 10 cdlt 10 DItultl lud
an amateur will sit at the wheel thi
summer.
General r. Coleman DUPONT, tn
owner Of the Tech, Jr, may also hav
TO lock around to find a new man {
captain his boat. All these men ar
expert navigators, but the questio
that now arises are they paid men
70 is generally understood that neal
ly all of them are However. Ger
eral DUPONT has taken TO motorboai
ing like a duck to water. and he Ell
joys the sport. Notwithstanding thu
they disallowed him the trophy whic
he thought he had won In the Motol
boat Club Of America races last yea
hs still is in the game. He has bee
made the commodore of the Wilmin,
ton Yacht Club. and, even supposin
that is crew is paid for its service
he could enter all such races as Z
not come under the national sanction
CUBS AFTER ANOTHER RECORI
The Wilmington Cubs would lib
90 play any team in the city who's
players are under IA years. Sen
communications to j. Marshall, N