Evening star., 1939-09-15
Star Prizes Sought
By $50 Shippers
In Meet Here
Swimming, Model Yacht
Event, Canoeing, Rowing
On Weekend Card
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.

A cannon booming over the Po-
tomac River from the decks of the
Coast Guard cutter Calypso to-
morrow afternoon will signal the
opening of the 18th annual Presi-
dents Cup Regatta, an aquatic
sports carnival that this year
promises to be virtual seven-ring
circus.
To the $50 shippers Of the Eastern
seaboard from Connecticut to
Florida and the island Of Puerto
Rico who will compete for The
Evening Star trophies, that cannon
shot will mark the beginning of
the last regatta in Northern waters,
climaxing one of the most success
full years in small boat history.
, Following tomorrow's opening
races for 13 sailing classes, the re-
gatta opens on four additional
fronts. Outstanding natators of the
East will take over Shoreham Hotels
Venetian Pool in the evening. Sum-
day morning sailors will resume
competition, while model yacht en-
thusiasts open their day-long races
on Lincoln Memorial Rejecting
Pool. Beginning at / pm. Sunday,
crack oarsmen and canoeists enter
the fray in Georgetown Channel
just above the upper turning mark
for the sailing course.
Sail Finals Sunday.
The third and final race for The
Star trophies will be sailed the
same afternoon. Five days later,
the power boat portion of the re-
gatta will get under way with a day
OF outboard racing. The grand
climax will be the three heats for
the Presidents Cup, September %
and "a.
High lighted by an entry from the
island OF Puerto Rico, the fast comet
class promises not only to produce
the largest starting field, but also
the hottest competition among out
standing shippers from Florida,
Maryland, New Jersey. Connecticut
and New York. This will number
f1ve shippers who competed in the
class nationals at oxford, Nd, last
week end, including the 1899 title
holder, Robert Levin of Beverly.
N. j., and last years champion, Ed
ward K. Merrill of Riverton, N. J.
Sailing enthusiasts will watch
closely the first meeting OF two local
fleet champions in more than a
year. Things will begin to happen
when D. Werner Smythe of Fair
field, Conn. former Potomac River
and Chesapeake Bay champion, pits
his Sassy Too against William
Whites Frolic, current District
leader.
Snipe Tussle Looms.
Other craft rated high are Clarke
Daniels Robert E. Lee of Washing
ton and Phil Somervell's Syrocco Of
Beverly. N. j.
The West Indian entry, Luis A.
Santaella's Puerto Rico II, not only
is the fastest comet on that island,
but performed exceptionally well
last week end on the Eastern Shore.
In the snipe division, the coun-
try's largest one-design class, the
race should settle down to a tussle
between q Baltimore (Md.) cham
pion, and Sea Cliff IN. " skip
per. Sidney Carlson will represent
the Sea Cliff Yacht Club, home port
of the best snipe fleet in the United
States, while Roger Gintling will
compete under Sparows Point Yacht
Club. The latter placed second in
the North Atlantic championships
on Lake Mohawk, N. j., recently
Local yacht clubs were expected
to supply large numbers in the
three handicap classes, the penguin
class dinghies and decked-type sail
ing canoes. The handicap B divi-
sion featured by entries from three
girl shippers will have more than 20
starters.
New Course for Races.
This year for the first time the
sailing fleet will start from a point
just south of Hains Point bell buoy
Boats will be sent off either north
westward up Georgetown Channe
or northeastward to mark of the
Army War College.
Jack Marsh, chairman Of the
Race Committee, announced yester.
day that Col H. H. Jacobs, regiona
vice president of the Comet Glass
Yacht Racing Association, has beer
appointed to his committee. With
Marsh as leader, the running Of
races will be under the direction o1
the Potomac River Sailing Asso'
citation.
That first cannon will be fired al
1870 pm, sending the 20-footers o.
the round bottom division of ovel
the two-lap course. Other classes
follow at f1ve-minute intervals
Moths and Class c boats will sal
once around.