Evening star., 1939-09-23
Massachusetts Youth
Bags Three Events,
Stars in Another
Two Heats Of CIussic
Presidents Cup Test
Cop Todoy's Show
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr,

ny MAANOAAEN AANX0OkNE, JFs
Giving no quarter to the hull
lashed Potomac River, the 18th an
nual Presidents Cup Regatta moved
into its second day Of power racing
at noon today, following . battle
royal yesterday Of the country's out
standing outboard drivers under
weather conditions ideal for the
little cookie shells.
While the larger inboards were
having their initial innings this aft
ernoon, including two of the three
heats for the famed Presidents Cup,
outboard enthusiasts were on their
way home for the last time this
season.
Marked more by quality than
quantity, yesterdays events closed
the 1899 outboard racing season In
Northern waters.
To a smudge- faced young COL
legiate racer that noisy show yester-
day was the crowning glory of six
years Of competition beginning when
he was IS years old. Yes, it proved
conclusively that 22-year-old Clin-
ton Ferguson of Waban, Mass, has
every right to the national high
point title for which he has been
striving since 1886.
Ferguson Piles Up Points.
Leading the country's top pro-
fessional on points Tailed this sea-
son, Amateur Ferguson rolled up a
total of 1859 points in the four
events he entered yesterday. Three
of these, Glasses A, B and r, he
swept, and he placed second in
Division c after false start In the
opening heat, in which he finished
fourth.
Fred Jacoby of North Bergen,
N. j., leading professional driver of
the country, came through with 2,578
points when the last of exhaust
smoke had blown away before
light northerly breeze. Jacoby was
credited with a first in Glass B for
professionals, seconds in c and F
and another first in Glass
A when judges threw out the ap-
parent winner, Ernie Call of Will
loughby, Ohio, because his boat was
3 pounds underweight.
Ferguson gave way to Ray Straley
OF Eggertsville, N. Y, in Glass G,
while Jacoby fell before the throttle
work of Milford Harrison, Vermil-
lion. Ohio, in the same class for pro-
fessionals.
Calm Cancels Mile Trials.
The fiat calm that lay over the
Potomac in the morning caused can
collation. Of mile trials, an almost
occurrence in speedboat
history. Drivers maintained the
glass-like surface did not allow that
precious air space beneath hulls re-
quired for fast riding. AS the day
wore on, however, a light breeze
picked up, making it ideal for the
little put-puts.
Despite the so-called handicap,
Jacoby drove his boat over the course
to set new 1-mile world mark for
Class B boats. He was clocked at
53.4925 miles an hour. The old mark
OF 52.66 miles was made at Browns
vile, Tex, by Frank Vincent last
February
Earl Hildebrand of Richmond, Va,
a class A amateur, turned in an un-
usual performance in this division.
Losing his spring throttle at the
start Of the race, he was faced with
two alternatives, either to give up or
to steer his boat with one hand and
work the accelerator with the other
He decided on the latter and came
in second to Ferguson in both heats.
Two Boats Capsize.
Two capsizings marred the after
noon. In both cases drivers and
their boats were rescued without in
jury by Coast Guardsmen. Donald
Garner of Toledo, Ohio, was thrown
nearly 80 feet from his racer when
it tipped over on the lower turn but
suffered nothing worse than a wet
ting.
Quick work by its driver, Walter
E. Off, jr., of Wynnewood, Pa, saved
his boat from serious damage when
its gas line broke and the engine
caught fire. A few handfuls of river
water and the fire was all over.
Eleven of the sporty midget racers
for both amatures and professionals
sputtered over two laps of the usual
three circuits and were led in by
Dick McFayden of Montclair, N. j.
Elise Tyson, Chestnut Hills, Pa,
youngster, was a close second.