New Britain herald., 1930-10-04
TWO REGATTAS G0
 ID M|DDLET0WN
Major Power Boat Races to Be
 Seen on Connecticut

For the first time in the history of power boat racing in America two regattas of major importance are to be staged on the same course during the same weekend, when outboard race drivers gather at Mid dletown, Conn.,, October II, 12 and 13.
 The Eastern Divisional Outboard Championships are to be held on the Connecticut River at Middletown on October 1 to determine the cham pions of the east in the six classes of outboard racing. With the great est field of racers that has ever gathered for power boat event as- sured, the National Outboard Championships will be run off on the same course on October 12 and 13. In this regatta all of the cham pions of the Eastern, Central and Pacific Coast Divisional Champion ship regattas will meet to race for the privilege of being called nation al champions and for the solid sil- yer trophies awarded by the Nation
 
 the amateur champions.
 The Division III. or cash prize drivers, will race for the champion ships of their divisions and classes and for purses posted by the Middle town Yacht club and the Connecti- cut River Regatta Association, un- der whose auspices the regattas are to be held. The six amateur chanI pions picked at each of the three divisional regattas will have their expenses paid to and from Middle town by the National Outboard As sociation. Both regattas will be staged under sanction of the Ameri- can Power Boat Association.
 Race drivers who have placed first, second or third in any of the divisional championships are quali- fled to enter the nationals. In addi- ton, any driver who has won a place in any sanctioned meet is also elegible to compete in the nationals but these drivers must engage in elimination heats on Sunday after noon, October 12. This was decided by Charles F. Chapman and other members of the National Outboard Racing Commission in order to pre- vent repitition of what happened at Peoria, H., last year during the Ma tional Championship when as many as forty-three drivers were entered in a single event. Groups of ten and fifteen drivers will compete In the elimination heats.
 Any member of the American Power Boat Association, or member of a club affiliated with the associa- tion, will be eligible to compete in the Eastern Divisional Champion ships which. besides being an elim- ination meet for the National Cham pionships, is the annual outboard championship regatta of the A. P. B. A. In this regatta, the American Power Boat Association will post the Hall-Scott trophy for the winner of the Class A event, and A. C. F. tro- phy for the Class B race, the City of Detroit trophy for the Class c race and the New England trophy for the Class D event All of the four trophies are of great beauty and value.
 Events to be staged in both the National Championships and the Eastern Divisional Championships will include races for those drivers using Class A, B, c, D. E, and F motors. The two divisions of anna teur drivers will race as one and the Division III, or cash prize drivers, will have special races of their own. In the Eastern Divisional Regatta only, provision has been made to al low Division " drivers to compete in races with the Division III rac- CTS with the understanding that only stock equipment is used. Division " drivers are factory representatives, dealers and the like. They will not be allowed to compete in the Ma tional Championships, Starting Sunday noon, elimination heats will be run off for all classes in which more than twenty drivers are entered. Phelps lngersoll, gen. eral chairman of the regatta, has estimated that elimination heats will be necessary in all classes with the possible exceptions of Class A and Class E. On Monday, twenty-five separate events will be staged. Start ing with the first heat for amateur drivers in Class A at $40 a. m., the races will continue all day until 500 D. m. There will be two final heats for all classes of five miles each.
 Every outboard driver of any con sequence in the country is expected to compete in one or the other Of the rcgattas 10 be staged at Middle town. The National Cham pionships last year attracted 12G drivers and this year at least 1S0 drivers are ex- pected 10 enter. Such outstanding performers as Ray Pregenzer of Antioch, Illinois, world speed cham ! pion, H. G. Ferguson of California, former speed champion, O. J. Null 1 lenbach of Chicago, Hilda Mueller of Bay City, Michigan, Wilma Wynnc and Travis Chestnut of Jacksonville, Florida, Walter Jan koWski of New York and scores Of others have already filed their en- tries. The entry date closes on Mon day, October s, and no entries post , marked after that date will be ac- cepted according to Phelps Inger-