Evening star., 1937-09-22
TWO SHIPS READY.
FOR "BATTLEHERE"
Bon Homme Richard and
Serapis Re-Enact Fight
Tomorrow.

The Bon Homme Richard and Sc
rapis were moored at the Water Gate
today in preparation for the re-enact-
ment of the historic encounter that
tomorrow night will launch the power
boat races climaxing the annual Pres
ident's Cup Regatta.
The two Navy barges that will
represent the valiant contenders of 1853
years ago were towed to their anchor
age yesterday as plans went forward
for the spectacular water pageant,
of which the pyrotechnical sham battle
will be the high light.
With thousands of spectators looked
for, the nights program will get under
way shortly before $3.50 o'clock, when
the queen of the regatta. Miss Mary
Louise Colbert, comes up the Poto-
mac, with her retinue on a Coast
Guard cutter, accompanied by bril-
liantly lighted cruisers from local
yacht clubs. Miss Colbert and her
aides will take a box at the Water
Gate, and at $50 the Bon Homme
Richard and Scraps will swing into
action.
Colonial Dances.
At the conclusion of this feature,
there will be Colonial dances by the
Marian Chace group on a barge at
the Water Gate. and this will be fol-
lowed by another fireworks display rep
resenting the British attack on Fort
McHenry, which was the inspiration
for THE Star Spangled Banner" Miss
Doris Doe, Metropolitan Opera soprano,
will sing the National Anthem IS q
finale. Conrad Nagel, who will be the
narrator for the pageant, arrived yes
terday.
Friday night, after the outboards
have had their innings on the opening
race card, tentative plans call for a
celebration along Pennsylvania avenue
with street dancing at several points
between Seventh and Seventeenth
streets. Four bands have been invited
to Observation-Disclosures Gas Light.
Shrine, Tall Cedars and Elks-and as
an added feature, 1t is intended to
present the two silver loving cups to
be given the most attractively deco
rated business houses between K
street, Pennsylvania avenue and Sew
enth and Seventeenth.
Special Traffic Regulations.
Special traffic regulations will be In
force during the regatta. For tomor-
row nights events, the following rules
apply at $50 PM:
No parking will be allowed in that
portion OF West Potomac Park south
of Constitution avenue, west Of Seven
teenth street and north Of Tidal Basin
road, nor west of Twenty-sixth street
and south of Virginia avenue.
Westbound traf1c will be detoured
north at Twenty-third street and cut
along the parkway south of Virginia
avenue.
The bascule span will be closed to
traffic. Cars coming north on Mount
Vernon Memorial Highway will be
detoured at Highway Bridge to Four
teenth street and to Key Bridge
through Military road. Traf1ic will be
banned on Arlington Memorial Bridge.
Cars with windshield stickers will
be permitted 10 park on both sides
of Constitution avenne between
Twenty-third street and Riverside
drive and on the underpass road south
of Constitution avenue to the Water
Gate.
Special bus service on which tokens,
transfers and passes will be honored
has been arranged as follows:
Starting at Seventeenth and K
streets at $50 and running on = To-
minute schedule during the evening.
The bus will 60 south on Seventeenth
street to Pennsylvania avenue, west
on Pennsylvania avenue to Nineteenth
street, south on Nineteenth street to
Constitution avenue, west on Constitu-
tion avenue to Twenty-first street,
south on Twenty first street to the
Lincoln Memorial roadway, thence
west to Bacon drive.
Starting at Fifteenth street south
Of Treasury place and running on 4
10-minute schedule during the eve
ming. The bus will 60 south On FIJI
teenth street to Constitution avenue.
west on Constitution avenue to
Twenty-f1rst street, south on Twenty
first street to Lincoln Memorial road
way, thence west to Bacon drive.