The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-22
Nine ENTRIES
SLATED TO VIE
IN SPEED TEST
NOtre Dame II Top
Classy Field
By CHICK KENNY


Brother, can you spare boat?"
Such may be the cry when
owner and driver alike, contesting
in the Presidents Cup race, the
standout feature Of the gigantic
Presidents Cup Regatta this Sum
day, takes to the Adams Ale in
the Georgetown Channel Of the
Potomac River off Hams Point.
And so we have a setting for a
four-way fight that bids fair to
carry an international flavor with
the appearance Of such a spec
tacular sportsman as Count Thee
Rossi, the vermuth king of Turin,
Italy, competing against three
flashing water-cutters represent
ing the Dodges, Of Detroit; the
Rutherfords, of Port Washing
ton, L. l., and Herb Mendelsohn,
Of Detroit.
THREE AGAINST ONE
Yowsah, it Is going to be some
race. Here we have four camps,
each divided against the other
with three against one and one
against three. Of course we are
not taking into consideration sew
eral entries, that may not only
upset the dope, but give the So
called favorites the proverbial
"horse laugh" which we on dry
land are, at odd moments, wont
to say.
So far nine entries are slated
to speed off in the opening heat
that is listed to get underway
promptly at 3:35 o'clock Saturday
afternoon. This field includes
| Aradam and Alagi, owned by
Count RoSsi, with the former to
be driven by the Italian Mqueur
mogul and the latter by Guido
Cattaneo; Delphine TX and Imp
Shi, the Horace e. Dodge boats:
the Reis-owned Fl Largarto, oper-
ated by George C. Refs; Notre
Danes II, Herb Mendelsohn'S
great craft; Ma-Ja and Miss Palm
Beach Days, the Rutherford
prizes; and Water Wagon, the
dark horse" entry, from Cali.
fornia, which is owned by A. L.
Bobrich.
WON GOLD CUP
And now for the dope on the
four-cornered battle. told the
writer by a gent who knows a me-
chanic, whose sister is married to
a guy who is supposed to know
something about the Setup.
Herb Memberships Notre Dame
II won the Gold Cup race in De-
troit last Labor Day, with Count
RoSsi's Alagi second. 1t Is said
that MendelSohn got the trophy
but Rossi the banquets and de-
spite the fact that the Notre
Dame powerboat set new mark
of 63.675 miles per hour, breaking
the Lagarto previous best mark OF
60.866 for the three-heat 80 miles.
Thus we have Feud Number /.
The Impshi, it is reported, broke
a housing in this race and was
forced to give up after the second
heat. The Dodges claim their
trusty craft would have taken
both Notre Dame II and Alag1
with ease, which didn't set so
well with these gents. Thus we
have Feud Numbers 2 and 8.
Just in the way of Feud No.
are the Rutherfords' Ma-Ja, the
defending titleholding boat, which
the entire field is after.
MAY SURPRISE
Our informer tells us that Del
phine TX may prove a surprise in
the race. This powerboat is
equipped with a Miller-Dodge en-
CINE and is the sister ship of the
Saunders-built masterpiece de-
signed in England, the Bluebird,
which Sir Malcolm Campbell
drove for the sensational record
Of 129 miles per hour.
A recent report that Jack Ruth.
erford may enter a mystery
boat" has caused a knitting Of
eyebrows among the salts who
take their powerboat racing ST.
rtously. Nothing is known con-
corning the phantom craft as yet.
but anything can happen in this
Presidents Cup race.
Last year you witnessed a boat
cut in half and not the way
the magacians do it behind the
footlightS with a lady.
Maybe this time it will be the
patrol boat, the Apache, that will
be sliced. Anyhow the Apache is
groomed for sale next month. So.
what's the difference2