Evening star., 1935-09-01
CUP
EVENT FEATURES.
Bunch of Regattas Slated
for Labor Day-LeeCh
Refuses Entries.
BY BURTON S. HAWKINS.

-HE most successful motor boat
season in recent years reaches
its climax this month in a
l. series of championship regattas
scheduled from coast to coast The
Presidents Cup, Interstate Trophy
Greening- Duff and national outboard
titular races are among the features
which will wind up the sport in a
blaze of spectacular activity.
Ranging from the tiniest Of out
boards to sea-going cruisers, every
type of craft will participate in the
competition which starts tomorrow in
more than a score of Labor day
regattas throughout the country.
Gold Cup racers, l35 and 225-cubic-
inch hydroplanes, sweepstakes boats
and inboard runabouts will close their
Summer schedules with the PreSi-
dents Cup races here from September
c6-29, inclusive.
MARYLAND Club Stages Regatta.
A THOUGH the West gets the Ma
I tional Outboard Championships
at Tulsa, Okla. on September 21-22,
Eastern followers of the little egg
beaters will have their chance to see
plenty Of action in the Eastern cham
pionships to be held at Philadelphia
September 1914 The Maryland
Yacht Clubs regatta at Baltimore on
September IA and Is is the only near
by meet due to attract the attention
of local water sports enthusiasts prior
to the Presidents Cup races.
Officials of the Presidents Cup
Regatta Association are determined
to end the season in a blaze of glory.
Practically all details already have
been worked out, and the outStand-
ing drivers in the country are
scheduled to compete here in the
Capitals great water week end.
Committee organization, according
to John A. Remon, president of the
association, has been completed, and
the bi-weekly luncheon meetings of
the group, held during the Summer,
now will be held once a week in
order to pick up the odds and ends
Leech Again at Helm.
ONCE again the all-important Race
Committee will be headed by l..
Gordon Leech, who has named
Charles F. Chapman, editor of Motor
Boating and one of the most prom
inent motor boat officials in the
country, at referee, with James W.
Mulroy. secretary of the National
Outboard Association, as technical
adviser.
The Patrol Committee. which has
been largely responsible for the
orderly conduct of the meet in the
past. will be in charge of Admiral H.
G. Hamlet. commandant of the
United States Coast Guard. Other
committee chairmen include: Out
board pits. A. Clyde Burton; mile
trials, E. r. Greenleaf; course, R. S.
Patton; safety and first aid, DR.. O.
B. Hunter; starters. Andrew Duffy;
inspection, w. H. Jonas: sailing, j..
w. Marsh; timers and judges. Stan
ley Horner; scorers, J. A. Anadale; {;
regatta, r. j. Cottrell; trophy, G. F.
Clendaniel; reviewing, Curtis Hodges;
aquatic sports, J. W. Burch; public
information, w. w. Wheeler; badge,
c. E. Ingling; entertainment, w. C.
Shelton; housing. H. P. Somerville,
and night pageant, Thomas E. Lodge.
Application by Andrew Crawford
and DR.. Cecil Bagley, representing
the 225-cubic- hydroplanes, to
race in the Gold Cup class in the
Presidents Cup regatta has been
turned down. it has been announced
by L. Gordon Leech, chairman of the
Race Committee Crawford and
Bagley had hoped to step up their
motors in order to be able to compete.