Evening star., 1913-08-31
GERMANS IN DOUBT
Of ABILITY TO WIN
About Ready to Concede Yacht
Races at Marblehead
to Americans.
HAVE PLACED THEIR HOPE
IN CROWN PRINCES BOAT
Imperial Owner Desired to Sail the
Craft in Competition, But
Father Forbade.
RERIIN Aueust 10. 1919.


partial German observers are to be be-
ieved, the two cups for which the little
boats are to compete will remain in the
United States.
Shippers and crews of the German chal-
lengers have started for America with no
expectation of winning. They are, how
ever. determined to sacrifice themselves
to the spirit Of true sportsmanship and
in the interest Of German-American
Yachting. Their sportsmanship is further
shown by the decision not to include
among the challengerS the Resi-, which
swept the field at kiel, because she was
not built within the spirit Though within
the letter. of the regulations which call
for construction out of mahogany, cedar
or other equally heavy wood.
German boat builders learned not long
ago that white cedar. used in the con-
Struction of some of the American boats
which competed in former sender ella 8
races. and Gaboon mahogany. with which
Resi- is planked. were both much lighter
than the ordinary red cedar and ma
hogany contemplated in the regulations,
and consequently gave faster boats. Blu.
the German committee was opposed TO
any evasion of the rules, even II technical
or unintentional. and it was decided to
exclude Resi- for the reason that the light
wood had been used for her planks.
Best of German Boats.
Wittelsbach X Angela w. and Serum.
the German boats now, at Marblehead.
are the best which could be secured In
Germany this year in the face of what
was practically strike on the part Of
local designers and constructors against
building sender class yachts within the
permitted price limit of $1.4OO.
Wittelsbach was selected to go to
Marblehead on the strength of her per-
sea: Serum is expected to 90 her best
in heavy weather. and Angela is a cross
between the two. The crews of these
three boats will be as follows:
Wittelsbach x-Reinhard Drewitz tde-
signer), tiller: Christof Alt (owner), MAIN
sheet: A. Malmberg, headsails.
Angela w. T. Weitzmann. tiller;
Count Won Platen zu Hallermund, MAIN
sheet: Baron Riedesel zu Eisenbach,
headsails.
Serum-Waldemar Tietgens (owner),
tiller; g. Schulder. mainsheet; Prof Won
Eicken. headsails- DR.. E. Heyse accom-
psnies the crews as a substitute.
Hope in Angela w.
Angela w is the challenger upon which
German attention is concentrated. She
is owned by the crown prince. Frederick
William, and is his fourth boat Of this
name. The imperial yachtsman sailed
angela himself in the trial races at Kiel
and Travemuende and. 1t is no secret
would have been hugely delighted to
match himself against the American sail
ors at Marblehead. even with defeat in
sight. and afterward see a little of the
United States. if he could have secured
lis fathers permission. The emperor.
however. remembered the tumultuous re-
oeptieE given Prince Henry on his Amer
lean tour few years ago, and set his
70. ny1y<4
trip for the crown prince, fearing that
dispatches from America. describing the
unavoidably democratic experiences Of
the coming ruler of Germany might i'm
his future subjects for him. In his place
j. I. WeitZmann. a Hamburg merchant,
and one of the most skillful sailors of the
Imperial Yacht Club of Kiel, will pilot
the Angela. with Count Won Platen and
Baron Won Riedesel. the crown princes
friends and regular crew for several
years. at the sheets.
Career Of vicissitudes.
Witteisbach was cree owned. like
Angela. by roy.lty and has had an
amusing career of vicissitudes. When
Prince Henry of Prussia and his regu-
lar sailing partner. Richard Krogmann
of Hamburg. were confronted with the
refusal Nof their regular designer to
build boat for the limit price. $1.4oO
well known. Reinhard Drewitz. G who iso
built for them the Wittelsbach, then
known as Ti1ly XVI. Two trials at
the Elbe regatta convinced Prince
Henry and Krogmann that this Tilly
would not do and in all haste they or
dered a new boat for the Kiel regatta,
known as Tilly XVII. Drewitz bought
back the despised discard for $500. and
entered IL under the name of Sonn-
Zoo LII nd ut Inl nd Nrc q
At Kiel Sonntagskind had not yet
found herself" but in the smoother
waters of Travemuende and with
Drewitz at the tiller she showed her
Christof Alt. the Berlin yachtsman.
who had unsuccessfully tried for the
American trip with his Wittelsbach TX,
bought Sonntagskind after her selec-
tion by the committee. renamed her
Wittelsbach y. and induced Drewitz to
accompany him to America to steer his
own boat.
Cure for Seasickness Discovered.
The cause and the cure for seasick-
ness have been discovered by a DR..
Fischer of Bad Nauheim, according to
a report made by the doctor to the
Munich Medical Weekly.
He announces that it is the pneumo-
gastric nerve which makes trouble for
those who go down to the sea in ships.
BY artificially tickling this nerve he has
produced seasickness in patients on solid
and, and by giving it an opiate in the
shape of an infinitely small injection OF
atropine he has lulled IL to sleep during
an entire transatlantic crossing, giving
complete relief to the worst sufferers in
the stormiest weather. In the course of
q series of experiments DIR. Fischer in
jected drugs which acted as an irritant
to the pneumogastric nerve. and found
that there resulted symptoms precisely
similar to those of seasicknesS, including
nausea vomiting. headache. etc.
Shortly thereafter the physician made
trip to America and return. High
winds and rough seas furnished him
plenty Of material. and there was no lack
of seasick victims who. were willing to
submit to any treatment
Effective Injection Of Atropine.
The doctor injected atropine. one milli-
gram in the case of men and three
fourths of a milligram in the case of
women. In nearly every case there was
a rapid disappearance of all symptoms
Nausea and vomiting disappeared within
half an hour and within three or four
hours the last symptoms had vanished
Even the pulse became regular. Re-
ncwed and heavier storms failed to
countcract the working Of the drug. In
only a few cases were second injections
necessary. The drug acted most quickly
on patients whose condition was the
worst DR. Fischer declares that atropine,
in the small quantities necessary, Is quite
harmless.
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