The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-15
Upton CREWS ARE
CERTIFIED TO CLUBS
VIII Sail in the Big Races in
October.

At the special meeting last night Of
Pensacola Yacht club members held at
the club house. the Upton cup races
were gone over in detail, and the rules
and regulations were discussed and
made plain.
The shippers and crews for the big
races in October were certified to by
the local club to the other clubs en-
tered in the contest, as follows: Cap
tains While Walthers. Dave Witherell
and Charles Cottrell, shippers: DR..
Hutchinson. Captain Dan Shepard, D.
r Curtis. Capt Oscar Sheppard. La
throp witherell, Tom Johnson and w.
A. Durham members of the crews. The
representatives selected elected Capt.
u. G. Watson as team captain.
On Friday, races will be held off
Palafox wharf with five Of the boats,
eight sl1ippers having signed up for
the events. These will not be races
OF any special class. but will be for
points.
A good crowd was out to the meet
ing last night and all were enthusiast
tic at the outlook for the coming races,
each member taking much interest in
the matters under discussion.
Announcement was made at the
meeting last night to. on next Sunday,
stage an impromptu Upton race. The
racing committee having prepared an
event to consist of six or more races
between the eight boats of the club.
The races will be run under the rules
and with the same conditions as the
Upton cup event.
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side OF the soprt to be attained, is
that they are to be a sort OF practice
for the skippers and crews who are
entered IN the big event which takes
place October 10 and IS.
The races will duplicate the Upton
affair, and Captains Walthers and
Witherell will represent the Pensacola
club, while the other six shippers viii
draw to see which clubs they will
represent, two for each ciNb, the clubs
Of Mobile, Houston and New Orleans.
Nine shippers have been selected for
these races. eight to race, while the
other viii be held as an alternate.
Those selected are: Captains Willie
Walthers. Dave Witherell, Charles
Cottrell. J.. G. Watson, Pieter Altink,
Jack Chenshaw. Tom Johnson, and
Drs. Hutchinson and Kennedy.
In order to make these races sue
cess the assistance OF the members Of
the yacht club is necessary, and the
racing committee requests that the
members Of the club lend their aid
by taking part in the races as members
OF the crews. Twenty four men will
be needed to man the eight boats, and
the committee is DESTROYS of having 80
or S5 volunteers out. Sunday to enable
crews to. be picked and to assist in
other ways in the event. attending the
partol, stake boats. etc. There are a
number of shippers in the club who
have sailed a few times and then have
dropped out Of the racing game. These
members are espeoillay requested to
come out and lend their aid to the
members Of the Upton crew. in order
tha they might have as much practice
as possible between now and the big
race
Two Of these events will be sailed on
next Sunday, and possibly two each
Sunday and Friday until the races in
October. Accurate record of points
will be kept. and the shippers having
the most points at the end OF the event
viii be announced as winners.