Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-23
CH|CAGOAN To
BUILD FASTEST
BOAT IN WORLD
James A. Pugh Will Place l,400
Horsepower Engine in New
Cup Challenger.

~HtCAGJ Feb. 2i.--t -ls"s lag
the call James A. Pugh sent out
to American engine builders for
an engine capable of giving his new
hydroplane, Disturber ", more than
1000 horsepower, +. A. Dusenberg, OF
Mason city, Iowa, came to Chicago
and contracted with Mr. Pugh yester-
day to build two twelve cylinder en-
zines of 1.40o horsepower.
This is twice the amount of power
with which Pugh endeaVored to win
the Harmsworth trophy last year
when he was defeated by the celebrat-
ed Maple Leaf ", with its 800 horse
power and speed OF more than 81
miles an hour The tremendous pow
err plant to be installed in the new
DIsturber should drive this boat at
much better than so miles an hour,
and motor boat enthusiasts in the
West will feel confident, II the engines
meet the tests TO which they will be
put by Professors Gebhardt and
Roesch. OF Armour Institute, that the
motor boat championship of the world
VIII be won by the boat from Lake
Michigan. And II this should be the
case the races Tor the contest will be
held here in 1915. giving to Chicago a
race which is rapidly becoming as ia
nous as the America cup contest.
Work to Start at Once.
Dusenberg satisfied PuEh that he
could build the engines Pugh found
cut in England last year that the en-
gines must be able TO tune up to a
higher speed than anything yet built
in America, and that they must be
constructed SO they could stand the
tremendous strain to which they are
Put in the 20-knot course which is
used to settle the speed boat cham
pionshins Of the world. In order to
see to This, the very finest materials
to be manufactured in America VIII
be used in the manufacture of the
engines. If the engines fail it will be
because Americans at present are un-
able to make engines as good as the
British
The hull of the new Disturber will
be built by Weckler who turned out
the famous Disturber III, the Barna %
Gle and many other fast hydroplanes.
and has been one of the most con-
sistent friends of the speed boat game
In this part Of the country. The plans
for the engines win be begun imme-
diatcly, and the work on the engines
themselves will be started in about a
months time There are several fea-
lures in which the new power plant
viii be different from that of the Dis
turber Ill, and as these features We're
tried out and found correct last sum
mer. there is every reason to believe
that Pugh will win the most famous
trophy ever raced for by speed boats.
Boats to Meet at Carnival.
The DiSturber ~ probably viii meet
the Maple Leaf ~ here at the water
carnival reXt summer, as the latter Is
a promise starter in the American
championship races. The Pugh boat
viii be ready about June Is, as Du-
senherg has contracted to have the
engines here by June l. This viii
give plenty of time for the tuning up
before tho big races at the water car
nival.
\ majority Of the engine and boat
manufacturers OF the country have
contracted for space at the Chicago
Motor Boat Show which VIII be held
at the Coliseum February IS 10 March
:. Secretary Ira hand. OF the nation
a. association. uuaer whose auspices
the show win be held. will establish
headquarters at the Hotel LaSalle
next week. An of the motor boat clubs
in the Middle West will be repre-
scented az the exhibition.