The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-04-28

lN gong 10 SMASH TINS yea once
1914. when Chris Smiths speed
creation, Baby Speed Demon No. 2
won the Gold Challenge Cup on Lake
George, the Algonac Wizard has had
everything his own way. Year after
year Smiths boats nave won the
championships
Chris Smith learned boat building
in his boat shop on the s.. Clair,
where his father and his grandfather
built boats before him. He learned
boat building through experience and
natural genius, yet the most skilful
marine architects Of the big Eastern
yards haven't been able to produce
anything TO compete with Chris
Smiths speed wonders. All the rec
ords for years nave gone to Smith
boats. the Baby speed Demons, Baby
Rcllances, Miss Dctroits, Miss Min
neapolls and Miss America.
Last season Gar Wood Of Detroit.
owner Of several Smith racers and
winner Of the Cold Challenge Cup
and Championship OF America for
several years in succession, went to
England and brought back the In
ternational Trophy that had stayed
across the pond since Maple Leaf V.
took it over to England. Gar Wood )
Miss Detroit v showed speed the
Englishmen never dreamed of.
English sportsmcn are to send the
boats to America this summer, the
race naturally being scheduled in the
home waters of the most recent win
ner The English claim that they
learned a lot of new things about
building speed boats during the late
war. But for that matter so did
Americans. Several other American
builders will have speed boats ready
to compete against Chris Smiths new
contender as each country can enter
three speed boats in the Interna tonal
race.
The boat that wins the Interna-
tional this year will nave to be able
to beat 70 miles an hour or
smooth water. This speed was
thought Impossible a few years ago
when Chris Smith said he'd build a
mile-a- minute boat, and all the other
builders in America laughed at him.
Baby Reliance was first to beat so
miles an hour driven by Commodore
j. Stuart BlacktOn at Lake George.
drove Baby Speed Demon 55 miles
an hour on the Mag. a River, and
Gar Wood, two years ago, drove Miss
Detroit II at the rate of 60 miles an
hour IN ten mile race--smash hing
records.
Miss Detroit V. ran a series OF six
one m lie trials at speed better than
70 miles an hour.
Part Of Chris Smiths wizardry has
consisted of getting great speed with
small horsepower. His boats broke
all records and beat contenders hav-
ing up to 1900 horsepower, never
having more than $50 horsepower
Last year he departed
from the small power, cutting two
Liberty motors in Miss Detroit V.
His record breaking has all been done
by small boats
This year. with the International
cup to defend, he will, for the first
time, go into big power and expert
ment with a larger boat and four
Liberty motors, giving approximately
1900 horsepower.
inns is, as Sdlut an experiment
Chris Smith always has believed that
he could get the limit OF speed with
moderate power and small boats.
But whatever boat and whatever
power he relies on for the big race,
the boat that beats the Algonac
will have TO do better than
7O-perhaps better than S0-miles an
hour.
Politics may break up the New
York Boxing Commission, but If it
does the members will go out with
flags flying and all the honOrs OF
war. It has been the best Boxing
New York ever had,
and the only one that has done it's
work without arousinG any criti-
clsm whatever. The public recog-
nizes honest endeavor, always.
Forcing out an honest, capable com
mission to open n few political Jobs
for new and untried Commissioners
sn't going 10 be popular with New
York followers of the sport Too
bad that the fine sport of boxing
should so often be the goat" for
Drofe ssional politicians.
Judge lands said the thing that
was in his heart when he said to
big league ball players:
1.-THE only thing | can do is to try