The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-09-04
ALLEGED that
WALTHERS MADE
FOUL IN THIRD
Pensacola Accumulated 80 Points
in Three Races But New Or
leans Puts Up HOller.
WILL BE FIGHT TO THE
FINISH THIS MORNING
Board of Appeals Rules That the
Two Teams Will Compete
Against Each Other Today.
Especial to The Journal)

FAIRHOPE, Ala, Sept. g.
Three races of the Upton regatta
have been sailed but yet the win
ner of the sailing classic is in
doubt. Pensacola Yacht Clubs
shippers and Southern Yacht
Clubs entries will, by reason of
a decision of the board of ap-
Deals tonight, meet single handed
Monday morning at ten o'clock
to pit what skill and cleverness
they may have to decide who
shall carry the cup away.
This is the outcome of a protest which
arose over an alleged foul on the part
of Capt. Willie Walthers. of P. Y. c..
! in the final race this afternoon. The
| f1sh-class committee ruled that walthers
forced Hayward, of Southern Yacht Club
| Of New Orleans, who was on the star
board tack, into a luff Walthers was
on the port tack.
| The Pensacola skipper maintains that
| he was not near enough to force Hay
| ward. but that he came about under his
| lea and then sailed from under.
| Pensacola took the protest to the board
tion it was decided that New Orleans
and Pensacola should fight it out to
| finish tomorrow morning.
| On basis of all three races, not con
| sidering the alleged foul, Pensacola would
have won the cup with 80 points, while
| New Orleans. the nearest contender. had
| 80 points. Biloxi was third with %,
| Houston fourth with "a, and Mobile fifth
with %.
MORNING RACE
| The morning race proved to be almost
a hul1e. The wind was very light which
made the race listIess and uninteresting
! so far as the spectators were concerned.
1t took 1-2 hours to finish the event.
Walthers and Witherin represented
Pensacola in this event. The points won
by each club were as follows: Houston
H. Mobile 10, Pensacola TO- New Orleans
| Q, and Biloxi points. Porteous, of New
! Orleans. and Spottswood, of Biloxi. both
! fouled and were disqualified.
| Shortly after noon the breeze quick
| ened to an S-knot speed and soon rose
i to a 12-knot This gave the sailors as
well as the spectators new hope. for tho
morning event had been a grilIing one.
Overton Of Mobile was the first man to
round the home buoy and was followed
by Spottswood of Biloxi, Kinac, s. z. C.,
was third; walthers, Pensacola. fourth;
INitberilI, Pensacola, fifth; Simons. Hous-
ton, was sixth; Hayward. New Orleans,
seventh; Elmer. Biloxi, eighth; Stretmsn,
Houston, ninth, and Baker, Mobile, finish
ed tenth.
Pensacola had accumulated enough
points during the three races to have
won the cup and neat margin besides
had not the question Of a foul come up.
This precipitated some pretty warm con-
tention between the shippers and repre-
sentatives of Pensacola and New Orleans
while the remaining clubs remained
neutral
} After much outside talk all hands
, turned in late tonight content To await
what tomorrow will bring. And il Is be-
Z Iieved that the Labor Day crowds will
vet be given an opportunity to witness
p the most spirited contest OF the entire
series-it will be battle for supremacy.
Pensacola yachtmen are firm in their be-
lief that they will come Though in front
and will carry the cup to Pensacola re-
gardIess of having to sail In fourth
| race.