Evening star., 1935-09-29

course. 528 miles per hour-about
five miles under the average of Ell
Lagarto, winner last year for the
fourth consecutive time. But Clell
Perry, her driver came out of the
race with both arms bruised from
wrist to elbow from the pounding he
had gotten and said he had never
been able to let her out. Perry de-
signed the boat for Herbert Mendel-
son of Detroit and she took the water
for the first time this year in Gold
Cup competition. He was quoted as
believing the position of the motor
would have to be changed to allow the
Notre Dame to show to her best ad-
vantage. On one lap she was clocked
at SIS miles per hour.
Second in the race was the Jay-Dee,
owned and driven by Jack Dunn of
Miami, and third place went to the
Becky, of John NJ. Rutherford, Port
Washington, Long Island. But little
glory in their performance was DIM
med by the Notre Dame and the
luckless Hotsy Totsy II.
Penalized One Lap.
The latter, owned by Victor Klies-
rath of South Bend, Ind, beat the
gun at the start, and was penalized
accordingly, this necessitating her
making seven laps-l7l2 miles-as
compared to the six of the others.
Nothing daunted, Horn was doing
Just that thing when trouble overlook
1, 10
Becky and was giving the Notre Dame
all she could handle on boat-to-
boat basis Right off Highway Bridge,
Horn was making his turn around the
outer marker, when the throng on the
shore and on the boats scattered over
the river saw his boat go up in the
air. Then the rescuers crowded around.
The HotSy Totsy II will be back in
the race again this afternoon, how
ever, when the final two heats are
run.
At the start Of the race vagrant
sailboat veered out on the course in
the path of the flyers. Perry, Horn,
and Horace Dodge, the Detroit mil
tionaire in his Impshi, who were head
ing the procession. 'sheared sharply of
to keep clear of the tiny craft, which
unhurriedly slid on into safer territory.
Oil Line Breaks.
The third time around Dodge ran
into trouble, a breaking oil line forc-
ing him out and bringing the police
boat on the run in his direction as
smoke poured from his cockpit.
6nrC in no
failed to answer the starters gun.
Overnight, El Lagarto was scratched
by her owner, George Refs OF Bolton
Landing, N. Y, engine trouble bring
ing about the withdrawal. The other
absentee was Miss Saranac, owned by
Edmond Guggenheim of Columbia
Yacht Club; New York.
Under the rating system which de-
termines the ultimate winner, Notre
Dame gets 400 points for her first
heat victory; the Jay-Dee, 300 for
second. and Becky, a last-minute en-
try, 225 for third.
One of the two new world records
set during the day came in competl-
ton, while the other, and the three
American records, were produced IN
the mile trials for speedsters that
were further up the river while the
races were under way.
Tommy Tyson, Stevens Tech stu
dent, of Chestnut Hill, Pa, sent the
card off to flying start IN the morn
ing by capturing both heats for the
class A outboards, amateur division,
setting a new mark in the first. and
then breaking it in the second. Driv-
ing the Half Pint, he was caught at
1886 miles per hour, and 43.774 for
the respective fve-mile heats, to bet
ter the mark of 42734, established
recently by Gar Wood, jr., son Of the
famed Algonac, motor boat racer.
Young Wood spent all morning chas-
ing Tyson. but the bobbing red jacket
of the Michigander never was able to
show in frcnt.
Emancipator III Sets Mark.
The world mark in the mile trials
was made by Emancipator III, owned
by S. M. Auerbach of Atlantic City
and driven by Anthony Pezzillo. or
the 135-cubic inch hydroplane class,
Emancipator III was timed at 536ll
miles per hour, beating her own mark
of 5O571, set last year. The Emanci-
pator III had her trouble later, how
ever, her power plant failing after she
had taken the first five-mile heat in
her class race. Victory went to her
more consistent kinswoman, Emancl-
pator II, which stuck it out for the
two heats, to score sufficient points
to nose out the Universal Eagle, owned
and driven by Edison Hodges, also OF
Atlantic City.
The new American records were
set by George B. Ward, jr., of Will
n1ington, who drove his class in
board runabout Hi Ho at 37.344 miles
per hour about two miles better than
the former mark which he also held;
Jack Dunn, the Miamian, with Jay
Dee III, a class E inboard runabout,
in which he boosted his own time
from 42.775 miles an hour to 45.330,
and John Rutherford, with class H
inboard runabout, in which he cut
through the water at 45.37l miles an
hour, replacing w. H. Pippen's old
mark of 1898.
For the first time, figure was set
for class G inboard runabouts, John
H. Shade, jr., of Philadelphia driving
the Zippy over the course at 35.725
miles per hour.
The mile trials for craft that will
vie in the American speedboat cham
pionship this afternoon also produced
a performance that may mean a new
American mark, depending on whether
it is recognized by the American
Power Boat Association.
At the wheel of the Betty v, Mel
vim Crook of Upper Montclair, N. j.,
Travelled 82.759 miles per hour. about
10 miles better than any American
single-engine record. This however.
is far short of the international rec
ord, which is a fraction over 110
miles per hour.
The morning races also saw another
fitla derided-hiCh mint hOn0rS of