Evening star., 1937-08-29
LOOKS TO YEARS
W|ND-UP REGATTA
Events September q and 5
to Draw Heavily From
Washington Fleet.


= West River Sailing Club
scheduled for next Saturday and Sun
day on the Chesapeake Bay Yacht
Racing Association calendar. Come
Labor day, Washington sailors will
start trailing from Galesville back to
the Potomac for q big Fall season Of
competition.
The West River Regatta, which each
year adds more and more events,
should draw at least so entries in some
2 classes from Annapolis, Baltimore.
the Eastern Shore. Herring Bay and
Washington. according to Commodore
Bill Heintz. In addition to the Gus
tomary l6 and 20 footers. comets and
albatrosses, regatta heads are arrang-
ing events for the new l4-foot inter
national dinghies. snipes, moths, l8
and IA foot knockabouts and cruising
division for large craft.
The opening events on Saturday
morning, the traditional races for boys
under II in albatroSses and second
for girls (no age limit in this popu-
lar class, promises some close COM
petition. Young Arthur Fifer, winner
last year of the Somervilla Trophy,
donated by Mrs. Thomas Somerville,
will have to look out for that rising
skipper. John Harding, jr., who is top
ranking In his class this year. and also
for the Hartge brothers. Buddy, Bill
and Bob.
May Retire Trophy.
HOLDER two years in succession OF
the Somervilla plate, emblematic
of supremacy among the West River
feminine sailors, June Peters stands
chance OF anneXlng permanently
the trophy which Mrs. Somerville like
wise has donated Unless, of course
Elsie Hartge. runner-up last year,
jeanette Stutler. erstWhile crew on
the 20-foot Vanity Marjorie Mathai,
Margaret Hoffman, Ruth Britt or Dor
othy Corell doesn't come in ahead OF
June. Girls draw lots for the boats
they are to skipper, and the owners
sworn to silence for the duration Of
the race, usually act as crew
Saturday afternoon. beginning at
2:3o, regular classes will start off at
nve-mlnute intervals with the 90
foot open boats leading the way.
In addition to the usual six. So-Big
Serena, Freya, Sassy Too, Escapade
and Aries, the comet fleet is antici-
7atlng four craft from the Potomac
William Diehls Cygnet and Charles
Dodges Nandua from the Capital
Yacht Club and Robert Cochran S
Nell and Speed Lamberts Ledo from
Old Dominion Boat Club While from
the Eastern Shore. president of the
class, DR.. John Eman of Philadel-
phia, is expected over with his craft
and several others, including Comet,
No. l, owned by Mrs. Maria Wheeler
Of Oxford.
Brings Annapolis Fleet.
FOR the l8-foot knockabout divi-
sion, the regatta will draw on
Senator Ridgely Melvin's Pirate from
South River. the Intrepid of Joe Nc
IDoWell OF Herring Bay. West Wind
OF w. D. Kneessi, Paul Krchner's
Spook and one of Capt. Ed Leather
ourys boats from Shadyside.
DR.. j. Willis Martin, commodore of
the Annapolis Y. c., promises to bring
down select fleet of the Interna-
tional dinghies, those l4-foot open
boats that have reputation of being
the fastest boats of their size.
Augmented by entries from Balti-
more and Annapolis. the moth fleet
will be led by Tom Tremearne in his
1hochu II. ]. Harrison's Gypsy and
Fred Tips Fancy Pants, all from
Washington. Bill Preston's dinghy
Flighty and Tips dinghy Sizzle will
trail over to enter the 14-foot class
along with A. Dixon's Swan and the
Rebel Of Buck Sleghler.
Second and final heats for all classes
are slated for Sunday morning and
likewise the cruising class, which will
Try again for the second of their sea-
sonal competitions twice postponed
this Summer for lack of breeze Any
thing goes and that includes using
an old mainsail for spinnaker in the
free-for- -alls for craft is to 81 feet
and a second group for boats under
Is feet, which are the final events
Sunday afternoon
Reward West River Shippers.
nR EIMAN will present trophies
that evening at Wagner's Point.
1t also will be the occasion OF award
Ing prizes to 10 winning shippers for
the West Rivers weekly series that
concluded last week end with the ex-
ception of the albaross class. With
third place honors still hanging in
the balance. this group will be count
ing one OF the events in the Annapolis
Y. c. regatta now in progress for their
hnal race
Osbourn Owings, skipper of Vanity
and Capt. Oscar Hartge in the Mer-
maid receive first and second place
In the 20-foot restricted class Herbert
Nelly in the seawitch Spray and Twig
Bush in Cricket II take top honors.
trophies in the 20-foot open division.
John Harding, undisputed champion
OF the albatross class. and Bill Heintz
have suAcient margin of points to
annex prizes. But any one of the
remaining seven shippers in the group
has chance to take third place, al
though Hugh Trey now leads in his
Gull
BY virtue Of a good showing at the
end Of this season, Ernie Covert in
Escapade finishes up only four points
behind Werner smythe's Sassy Too,
the closest margin in the fleet, for
No. 2 trophy. Jack Hazards fast Dot
takes single prize In the l6-foot class
Final tabulation Of points:
2O-Foot Open Class.
Vanity towings) --,------------ 1916
Mermaid 20. Ha<tge) ------------ 1851
Defender ID. Hartge) ------------ 1920
Spray tNeily)- " 100
Shady Lady (Kline) 1852
Cricket II (Bush) sh)-------------1 1898
Wings (Smith) ----------- 1919
Myray CYoungs) Observation-Disclosures 1885
Lady Avon (EdrinEton) )-------- 14a2
e.a Witch II (Balls) - 1891
Challenger (verbyrcke) --------- 1928
Restricted Glass.
spray Nelly ----..---------- 1907
Cricket II (Bush) h)------------- 1889
Myray (Youngs) observation-disclosures 1900
Lady Avon fEdrinEton} }------ 1868
Sea Witch II tBalis) --------- 1888