Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-18
DODGE BOAT TAKES
PRESIDENTS CUP IN
POTOMAC REGATTA
Miss Syndicate, PiIoted by
Mrs. Cromwell, Also Cap
lures Memorial Trophy.
MISS OKEECHOBEE WINS
NAVAL SECRETARY'S CUP
Mrs. Connors' Entry Repeats in
Free-for-All-Three Records
Are Broken.

Miss Syndicate and her mistress.
Mrs. Delphine Dodge Cromwell, hero
ines of yesterdays regatta on the
Potomac, today held undisputed title
to two of the most coveted trophies
Of the Speedboat world the Presidents
Cup and the Horace Dodge Memorial
trophy.
The big, black boat. hiding In her
sleek hull enough power to drive a
dozen automobiles. never faltered all
day and ran away with every heat she
competed in. During the two days of
the regatta the Miss Syndicate ran in
six 15-mile races, and only once did
she fail, in the first heat of the Presi-
dents Cup race Friday when an oil
line clogged and forced her to limp
across the finish line a lap behind the
winner.
Last night, at the banquet at the
Willard which ended the two-days'
festivities. Mrs. Cromwell accepted for
her brother, Horace Dodge, the prize
he donated himself. and today. on the
lawn of the White House. President
Coolidge will present to her the cup
which bears his title.
Miss Okeechobee Scores.
Second honors in the big race went
to Miss Okeechobee, Mrs. w. J. Con-
nors' sensational prize winner. which
was in the hands of the veteran
Fritzhof Ericsson. Miss Okeechobee
has been in more than 80 races and
she has never lost a race. Last year
here she won the Secretary of the
Navy's cup and she won it again yes.
terday. showing G. Roy Keys Curtiss
Wilgold III a cloud of spray and an
ever-lengthening wake for the 20 miles
of the race. Her speed was the fastest
Of the regatta
An hour later she repeated In the
free-for-all, dashing off from the start
ing line in such a hurry that all but
one of the other entries gave up and
pulled out of the course to watch her
run. Only the Curtiss Wilgold III
gave chase, and it was chasing all
the way.
Another record fell yesterday. Eu.
gene Pickard's little class C. outboard
Zero bucked and leaped around the
course for an average speed of 3O.S2
miles per hour in the A. c. F. cham
pionship trophy race. The Zero also
distinguished itself by turning turtle
IN the second heat of the race, tax.
ing another boat along with it.
Three Records Broken.
Altogether three records were
broken during the two days. Friday
j. T: Herbst broke the class B out.
board record in his Kayo II with a.
speed of 26.027 miles per hour and
then went back and broke that mark
with 26.36S in the next heat. The
third record fell before J. HI. Rand's
Spitf1re V when Ralph Snoddy skid
ded around the course for one lap in
o2.l221 miles per hour-and then blew
his propeller to pieces.
Ihe residents Cup race was the
most bitterly fought of the regatta.
The accident to Miss Sy Indicate which
sent her home a bad third In the
three-boat heat Friday, gave George
IoWnsend's Greenwich Folly a big
lead for the trophy. Sister Syn,
Dodge's other boat, which finished
chance of victory.
On the second heat yesterday aft.
ernoon, Miss Syndicate came back
with a vengeance and walked away
with the race. Baby Chic, piloted by
Bernard Smith, the dark horse of the
race, which had never been in a race
before, came In second, Sister Syn,
third. and Greenwich Folly a bad
fourth
1t was generally admitted by race
off1cials that Townsend cheated him
sell out OF a good chance to win by
going back and starting over again
when he thought he had beaten the
gun. Those on the official boat de-
cIared that he was on the safe side
by inches when the gun barked, But
nobody waved him on and when he
nnally got off the race had gone on
without him.
An Impressive Victory.
When they went to the barrier in
the final heat it was anybody's race.
But the cleverness in getting around
the turns that had kept Townsend
In the fight with smaller and slower
boat failed to stand up against the
devastating power of Miss Syndicate.
The great boat began drawing away
at the start and increased its lead
with every lap, until at the end it
was nearly mile in front. Baby
Chic was third.
The final count of points showed
that Miss Syndicate had 1,124; Green.
wich Folly, 1850 for second place,
and Sister Syn and Baby Chic, 6S5
each to tie for third.
The time of the final heat was 51255
miles per hour.
The Dodge race was virtually won
by Miss Syndicate in the first two
heats Friday, and yesterday she
needed only to lope around the course
and finish third to carry off the cup.
But she did more than that: she left
the others at the post. There was
never any doubt about the outcome of
he final heat after the first lap. Green
wich Folly, firing under the strain,
dropped further and further behind
and finally was overtaken by Sister
Syn. The point score. however, gave
Townsends boat second place for the
three heats by virtue Of his placing
second in the first two. Sister Syn
brought up the rear with one second
and two thirds. The time Of the final
heat was 51.664.
The Secretary of the Navy's Cup
race was less a race than 1t was
exhibition of the speed of
Mrs. Connors' beautiful brown Miss
OF to flying start, Miss
Okeechobee, In the hands of Ericsson,
shot out in front Of the other two
boats and was never in danger for an
instant. Keys in his Curtiss Wilgold
III fell into second place. and the
other entry. Jayee II, brought up the
rear, and in this order they went
around the 20 miles.
Miss Okeechobee never swerved,
never slowed down and seemed never
TO hurry. Her deep-throated grow1
was a. steady at the end Of the last
ap as II was as she started. Ericsson