Evening journal., 1921-02-01
MANY CRUISES
FOR YACHTSMEN
Delaware River Body An
nounceS Six Events on
Card for Season
,IEET TONIGHT
TO RATlFY

The FIRST draft OF the 1921 yachting
schedule or the Delaware River Yachts |
mems League was made Friday night
at a special meeting OF the regatta
committee in Philadelphia. This Is the
announcement made by Chairman
Herman Macht. OF the committee. by
the step the LEAGUE is in the vanguard
81 local yachting organizations IN
preparing for the coming. season.
The schedule Is purely tentative,
snd comes up for discussion and ratl-
ncation at the regular meeting OF the
league al the Nachtsmen's Club inl
Philadelphia tonight. However, since
the respective clubs have approved OF
the various dateS allotted TO them,
and through their representatives on
the League Committee have even pro-
nosed the most satisfactory dates 10
Them for the event the clubs intend
to stage. For this reason, unless some
major factors come in 10 upset the
plans, the schedule will stand without
changes
one OF the feature events on the
league card is the annual race Tor. me
Camden Yacht Club trophy. which
this year win be held from the Colum-
bia Yacht Club, OF Bridesburg. Com
rnodore Charles Hieber's cruiser Mas
cot won the honOrs In the event last
uine In a terrific storm. and, conse-
Quently, the Columbia Club has the
race this year. The event is on the
calendar for July i6. The course for
the event has not yet been laid out
and that matter Is mp To the Resaita
Committee Of the club in conjunction
with the League Committee. lhe
league must ratify the plans in order
tai there may be no violations OF the
decd OF gift.
Contrary TO earlier announcements
and expressions NJ opinions, the sched-
ule will not be cut down, but VIII IN
'lude the regular siX-race meets Wllch
were on the 1920 list. However, there
will be only three class regattas, II
was learned. These will he al the Far
ragut SpOrtsmcn's Association, CO.
mmbia Yacht Club, and the Wissi-
noming Yacht Cub The other three
events will be distance cruiser races.
The LEAGUE is also planning TO coop
crate with the Nachtsmen's Club IN
the staging OF the proposed shore race
OF that organization.
For the nrst time in recent years
the annual race 30 Trenton VIII %
held from the Camden Yacht Club
the schedule shows. The event vii
be on August 81. the best date foi
tidal conditions prior 90 Labor Day
Two years ago, a new high record was
set In the race from COLUMBIA tt
Trenton. when seventy boats finished
the grind. Last year another splendid
battle was staged. This year, with
the start at Camden. the distance vii
be somewhat longer than in previous
years.
The Riverside Yacht Club has a deeI
water cruiser race on the calendar f0
June p. starting and finishing at rs
slngton. Wissinoming Will hold dis
lance cruiser race in addition to clas
races. while the Columbia Yacht Clul
has two different dates reserved o.
successive Saturdays. The Camdel
trophy cruiser race Is the nrsL, ol
July i6. while the class regatta vii
most likely be held there the follow
ing Saturday, July %.
The schedule follows, as il viii n
presented 10 the league at its meetin
here Tuesday nirht.
June ti-Class regatta at Farragu
Sp0rlsmen's Association.
June 21-Deepwater cruiser race, a
Riverside Yacht Club.
July i6-Camden trophy, cruise
race. at Columbia Yacht Club.
July 23-Class regatta at Columbi
F Yacht Club.
August 27-Race from Camden 1ach
Club 10 the Trenton Yacht Club.
: September i0-Class regatta an
cruiser race at Wissinoming Nach
Club.