Evening star., 1938-08-28
CAPITAL SAILORS
COMET LEADERS
Near Sweep in Two Events
at AnnapoIis-Honors
Are Well Divided.
Ey the Associated Press.

ANNAPOLIS. Nd. Aug. 27.-One
hundred and forty skippers tilted sails
In competition today in the Annapolis
Yacht Clubs annual regatta, and
when the final gun sounded tonight,
honors were well spread among sports
men from Virginia, Washington and
Maryland
Using three courses and keeping
committees on two boats busy, the
large number OF entries provided spec
tators with day-long show that will
be repeated in final events tomorrow
Norfolk shippers put Virginia in the
winning column, three of them coping
all three places in the first event for
moths. and two of them scoring in the
second heat.
Harold Ritter OF Norfolk won the
| first heat in the moth class, and his
fellow townsmen, Robert C. Baker and
David A. Pritchard, took second and
third places. respectively
Pritchard, of to a good start in
the second heat. showed the way in
that race. with Ritter coming in third
behind Buddy Elderkin of Magothy
River. Baker failed to place.
Capitalites Near Cleanup.
Washingtonians swept all three
places In the first heat and two in
the second of the comet class. Will
liam White breezed his comet home
nrst in both heats, with r. Clyde
Cruette and r. Ernest Cover, both of
Washington, coming in second and
third
Cruette was out of the running in
the second heat, but Cover took third
place honors.
Summaries:
Dinshy.Ffrst; Ted Hoster tGibson
MdsSpmsn Man wbe heuF b,1s nj. minutes:
~, Hamptons ,first race)-First Garnet Y.
a padsess pAdnnspo11 Rst,mar: 5m. ,i,Ia o3 second
o. Howard tAnnapoiisJ
Second race-First. Trenholm Hopkins
lme, AZ minutes; second. Harry Wilson
snipes Sfirst isu raee,oFirst lFlK Roger oin,,,ns
North Point. Md: time, :os: second
6urnstt s Treat Annapolis); third Charles
MINUTES: MIN, second E Bishop iAnnspolis, t'e Gs:
nera B. 1Ieac lasfoo, Sat'meFe dnebys,
william J; Mcwiiiiams Annapolis: ''dHrd third.
JACK Martin Anna polis>.
International second raceD-Pirst
1hMeshey; ih,rs tlme 80 minutes; second Martin
Moths Iirst racel-First. Harold Ritter
MOTOR. Va; Time. l:l0: second Robert
s ard Baker NnrtnSt ,Morfolk third David A. PTtch-
R,yeI, fs;e ssfond sSrs ngady Elderkin Masothy
CNmPtS
White washington. b CJ'tSr CT time william Hnaan
second; is;ea R, CLYDE cruette tWashinxton55: sHo5 :
''se Second Eseest Eane@s., Soyer wS, wWS,,shinstonI
Glass o dinrhy-First' E.d Hoster: tim.
seomons 1ssn iseSpa' th4s }a%r' nd.Psmsn, Psans5,
A,,i:,.,, H.yy tspocik.psut; sssi ,nrst r.e.,-rtrst
minutes second. 1t. Beebei Smaii sb,rd time W.
m1d Hall k,.,.ss Is.sIs mrs, r.es,-rrst. M,dship-
shlpman s1 Palmer; third Midshipman De-
eoS,,. star boats .hrst ,race.-won by Ralph
4o:55 minutes: second. H. B. NV wilmer. nouf 5r
tSra tSsa,reyiils t;%s ..;,i how ;ls minutes.
tim. hour 4s:o7 minutes % ACADEMY
y, Second race-won by H B. wilmes:
i"e resst.p ss minp,ss 'NsS, 30 SECONDS second
minutes minutes 4s seconds; third W. j. T Hurst f
NAVAL Academy; time. SIS minutes 80
r, Al AioatrosS lfirst r.ee'-won by Arthur
iddier pdier Gainesville, Md: time hour
~: minutes second, r. M Cox wash
ineton' theton' D. c.: time. hour 41:Ia minutes;
Inlrd oscar Hartge tGalesville Md J /:
'ime ! hour 1928 minutes
second race-Won by Oscar Hartee:
lime ! hour 1908 minutes second. R.
third hi ioA ''me' VI ! rh hour l1;ss minutes;
time, ] hour 1879 minutes
sea wiches 'frst race,--Won by Albert
Paean washington. d. c.; time | hour
4.;33 minutes; second Prentice Edrineton
/ tWaShlngtonj: time. hour 49:16 minutes:
third. H. c. Bush tWashineton) time. /
| hour 81 90 minutes.
t,rss Sec9nd dorre raeeonWon &C go by H. G. Bush:
Kramer Annapolis: time i hour ii:15
minutes hnnr Is, II third: Albert Pagan; time. l
2O,foos open tnrst race,-won by
Carroll Smith tGalesville Md: time.
foaTn,;,. hoaT 41;io minutes; second Oscar Hartee
thlrd, J. B. Owens CDundalk Md J; time
l hour 442I minutes
Second racs-Won by Kenneth Smith
lsiahs (Gaiesvill.s; time; ! hour 5C:55 minutes;
time. l shour 7:24 minutes.