Evening star., 1933-09-30
REFS IS FAVOR|TE
= FOR REGATTA CUP
Ell Lagarto, First Heat Win
ner, Has Best Chance.
Crash Race Feature.
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garded as the strongest contender for
the coveted trophy, which he won here
tuo wears ago in the same boat.
Refs negotiated the l5-mile course
Yesterday, despite choppy water and the
sharp turns of the Potomac course, IN
6 minutes and IL seconds. His fast
est single lap was timed at speed
of 1882 miles per hour. Delphlne ~
IN to the time of her mishap Travelled
at a rate of 5625 miles per hour.
Racing fans are looking to Ethyl
Ruth III to appear in the dark morse
-, in the two final laps today. Get
ting off to a poor start. thls poa.. en-
tered by John D. Shibe OF Phllaoei-
phia, crept ahead from sixth place on
the first lap to finish third. passing
both the Imp and the Arctic Tern II
in the final laps. If she performs well
TO-DAY she is expected to give Ell Lagarto
a real race. Ethyl-Ruth III has maoe
n miles per hour on trial but Is re,
garded as an exceedingly temperameHla!1
boat Her skittishness forced her out
II the recent golf cup race In De-
Worace Dodge drove his own Delphlne
<SI through very steady race yes,eao
4sy afternoon, taking secono plaee
a4er the less fortunate Delphlne "ehI
out and holding it consistently W tile
close covering the Is miles at an aver
ene of 81 788 miles per hour. Fourth
Mace was captured by Mr.. and Mrs.
iGohn Rutherfurd of Port washington;
N Y. in their Imp. Mrs. Ruther1uro
riding as the first woman mechanic IN
a Presidents Cup race. The ArCtic
Tern with Ernie T. Chase OF Baltl-
more at the wheel. finished fifth.
1882 Record Endangered.
With reasonably calm water this att
ernoon and in spite of the sharp turns
at the ends of the course, the Gold Cup
drivers expect in the final laps to come
close to the record set by Ell Lagarto
last wear when she negotiated 10
mile heat at an average OF 57.692 miles
ner hour. also setting lap record OF
58l02 miles per hour.
Though major interest is centered IN
the final heats Of the race for the Chlel
Executives trophy, which are to start
at 2:l5 and 1855 pm, there are other
important and perhaps even more noIiy
contested events scheduled for the ait
ernoon.
Beginning at noon sharp, two races
of two heats each will be run by anna
teurs and professionals driving class G
olltboard racers These fast little boats
furnished large part OF the excite
ment Yesterday, including a breath
taking spill which eliminated G. C.
Thompson, ir, of Suffolf. Va, after ne
had won the first heat and was lead
ing in the second. Thompson was not
injured.
After the class c boats finish their
four separate races there Will be TWO
heats for class F outboards, the giants
of the outboard type, for professionals
Tho class p Ol1t.
boards are the fastest OF their type ana
the drivers today will be shooting at
the new amateur class F record OF
5O3O8 miles per hour for a smile
course, set last July by James c. Nun
neley at Geneva, N. Y, and the D.
mile professional record OF 5O.7 miles,
set a year ago by Fred Nickel at Tulsa,
Okla.
Ladies' Event Interesting.
The ladies grand free-for-all also Is
expected to provide some exceedingly
interesting competition. One OF the
fastest races of the regatta is expected
to be the Potomac grand free-for-all,
the final event of the racing program,
in which two of the Presidents Cup
boats have been entered-the Imp and
the Ethyl -Ruth-in competition with
a mixed field of boats of various
classes.
Today's regatta program opened with
an informal breakfast for race drivers
and mechanics at the National Press
Club.
The concluding event for the power
boat drivers will be the annual Pres1-
dents Cup banquet tonight at the Ma
tional Press Club. at which the many
trophies, cups and cash prizes. includ-
ing the big gold Presidents Cup, will
be presented to the winning drivers.
The banquet, which will begin at
$50, will be preceded by an hours
reception in honor of officials and driv-
ers. The presentation of trophies is to
begin at $50 o'clock. An entertain
ment program and dancing will wind
up the program.
The Va will come to an official
close tomorrow afternoon with series
of canoe and rowing races over course
in the Washington Channel along the
east shore Of East Potomac Park, up