The Washington times., 1937-08-23
BOATMEN LAUD
VOLZ R E S C UE.
WORK At RACES

Motor boat enthusiasts today
were generous in their praises Of
John Volz, Of Baltimore, for his
swift and sportsmanlike rescue of
DR.. Cecil Bagley in the Solomon's
Island Regatta yesterday.
Volz quit the second heat of the
225-cubic-inch class race, sacri-
ficing all chance of victory to take
DR.. Bagley and George H. Town
send from the water after Bagley'S
craft settled and sank while max
ing q turn.
IN CLOSE PURSUIT
DR.. Bagley, driving Wilmer 3rd,
was in close pursuit Of Hugh Grin
graS' "Gray Goose" with Volz, driv.
ing "Cry Baby" smashing over the
waters in good position for a win.
ming drive.
Rounding a turn into the
Straightaway down the back
stretch, the Wilmer Bird seemed to
Spraddle out and in a twinkling, it
disappeared beneath the waters.
DR.. Bagley and Mr.. Townsend,
who for seven years was president
Of the American Power Boat Asso-
citation, equipped with life belts,
quickly came to the surface. Volz,
however, took nothing for granted.
BUSHES TO RESCUE
He spun the wheel Of his roar
ing craft, and Cry Baby almost
stood on its stern as it turned to
rush to the work Of rescuing the
swimmers. Volz cut out his motor,
and aided by his mechanic, aided
DIR. Bagley and Townsend over
the side.
1--WE must have struck some
floating object" DR.. Bagley said.
I'VE were making the turn when
we felt q bump, and the next
thing we knew we were in the
water"
The Coast Guard cutter Apache,
on duty at the races, sent a crew
to salvage WILDER 3rd. It was
found that a plank four feet long
had been ripped out of his bottom.
The regatta results follow:
Glass billboard runabouts and 1875
cubic inches, hydroplanes, first heat, five
miles: Won by Wrinkle Sd, John Hyde.
jr, Washington, D. c.; second Military
Lion. Frank Muzzey. jr.. Philadelphia,
Pa. Time. minutes So "a seconds.
(31.23S mph.)
Class D-second heat five miles: Won
by Wrinkle Sd; second. Gladys c., Elmer
Cannon, Cambridge. Md. third, Nittany
Lion. Time, minutes So seconds.
Final Standing Glass D-First. Wrinkle
Sd. Hyde. 500 points; second, Nittany
Lion. Muzzey. 500; third, Gladys c., 300.
Glass E-Inboard runabouts, first heat,
Charles Thomas, Eastoh. Md; second.
Dee Gee, d. c. Burroughs, East, Md;
third, Cry Baby I'd, John A. Volz, Balti-
more. Md. Time, minutes is seconds.
(37.O9S mph.)
Class E-Second heat. five miles: Won
by Dee Gee, Burroughs: second. Cry
Baby I'd, Volz; third Myne Two. Thomas.
Time. minutes 80 second. (35.156
mph.)
Final Standing. Class E-First, Dee
Gee. Burroughs, 700 points: second, Myne
Two, Thomas, 625; third, Cry Baby 3D.
Volz. 525.
225 Cubic Inch Hydroplanes-First
heat, five miles: Won by Gray Goose,
George c. Cannon. Rockledge, Fla,
driven by Hugh e. Gingras; second, Will
mer. Sd, DR.. Cecil Bagley, Baltimore,
Md: third. Wrinkle Sd, Hyde. Time,
minutes, At Is seconds. (44.2O4 mph.)
225 Cubic Inch Hydroplanes-Second
heat, five miles: Won by Gray Goose,
Cannon: second. Wrinkle Sd, Hyde. Time,
minutes As 3-5 seconds. (3S.669 mph.)
Final Standing 225 Cubic Inch Hydro
planes-First, Gray Goose. Cannon, 500
points; second, Wrinkle Sd, Hyde. 525;
third. Wilmer 3d. Bagley, 400.
Life Boat Rowing Race-Three-fourths
mile, crew from Tanker Ethel defeated
crew for Coast Guard Cutter Apache by
one length.
Glass K Inboard Runabouts-First
heat. five miles: Won by Miss Severn,
Edgar F. Dobson, SeVerna Park, Md;
second, Restless I'd, Harry Eckloff, Balti.
more, Nd: third, Cry Baby I'd, Volz.
Time, minutes 81 2-5 seconds. (51.224
mph.)
Glass K-Second heat five miles: Won
by Miss Severn, Dobson; second Restless
I'd, Eckloff; third, Cry Baby I'd, Volz.
Time, minutes So AS second. (51.o20
mph)
Final Standing, Class K-First. Miss
Severn, Dobson, 500 points: second. Rest
less I'd, Eckloff, 500; third, Cry Baby
I'd, Volz, 4So.