Evening star., 1939-07-30
Ward Skaters Own
Glass f Inboard
World Record
Travels 52.6Ol M. P. H.
At Chestertown; Two
Capitol Men Score

BY the Associated Press.
CHESTERTOWN, Md, July 90
A new world record for class e in
board racers was established here
today in the Chester River Yacht
Club regatta when George Ward, jr.,
of Wilmington. Del, drove his
Hi-Ho II over the Smile course at
52.601 miles per hour, beating the
5l.933 m. p. h. record he set on July
IS at Havre De Grace.
Sharing honors in the speedboat
classes with Ward was Irene Def
baugh of Woodside, Del, last year
the country's champion woman out
board pilot. She added 400 points to
her seasons score with victory in
the midget class.
Wilmer is Ace Sailor,
Sailing events were completed as
the third of series of three races
decided winners in IA different
classes. Henry Wilmer of the Co.
rinthian Yacht Club. Philadelphia
swept all three races in the star
class over five opponents, including
his father, DR.. H. B. Wilmer, former
commodore of the Corinthian Club.
The State yacht Dupont steamed
into the harbor late in the after
noon with Gov. Herbert r. O'Conor
aboard. He presented trophies to
the winners.
The 19-gun saluate rated by chief
executives doomed from the forward
guns of the Coast Guard cutter
Calypso as the yacht entered the
harbOr.
| Two d. c. Men Score.
Earl Orem Of Cambridge drove
his Sea Gull at 56.496 miles per hour
in the 225-cubic-inch class for the
best speed of the day.
George Brinkerhoff of Washing
ton won the Smile free-for-all
speedboats with an average of 42.815
miles an hour and Andy Crawford,
his fellow townsman, finished second
in the second heat of the l35-cubic-
inch hydroplanes to take the event
on total points.
Crawford, with a third in the
225-cubic-inch hydroplanes second
heat was third in points.
Brinkerhoff finished third when
Ward set his class E inboard record.
Summaries:
Power Beats.
Glass outboards 5 miles-First heat
second Ed Brautisan, jr. Chester, Pa.
Time: SOL" speed. 33 :ss6 mp.h.
Rosss Hs Tomss Sy B. Hra
Pa. Time. S.396. Speed "a 642 mph
pS PointS Brautisan. 200: Robbins, 700; Hird,
Class sias On naesed mesFrs sme heat
won by Doc Edwards ,tPhiladelphial; sec
1nd tb,1d w FfsuenhaI "
1.25.6. Speed. 4o.3a5 m.ph.
Second heat. won by Harper Chance
Tne ans spesd oa dd not asa na
points. Chance. 625; Edwards. 400: Frau
enthal. 800.
Class 3 outboards. miles-First heat
second Joe kehnast ,PennsviIle. N; -;
:. Second heat won by Chance second.
snsnd kennas, IN .hlrd Braqsissn riga Time ss6s
500; Kehnast, 500: Brautissn' $50.
Class E racing runabouts. miles-First
heat won by, GeorEe Ward jr. Whining
Pa; third. George Brinkerhof Washing
ton. D, c.: fourth; julius E. Schloss tBal-
July, Is. 1889. Hsvre de Grace. Md
ri Class E service runabouts, mlies-
n, ~, Only starter. Time, sl2.t. Speed,
81. SOB mph.
Class , runabouts, 5 mlles-First heat
won by. Walter sidwell Whining on. Dell
Only starter. Time. 9..9. Speed, al.d;i4
Glass D runabouts. ) miles. first heat
| tonly starter). Time, 1924. Speed,
Z, n
ninaton Northeast Md: second Mer-
pts Eitt ;nslI. Txiley (Bsltim2re, third Louis
''is Free. lor.sIl oral speedboats. S miles first
heatW9n ns,on BY George Brnserho Wash
ton iNortheast Nd: third, irt Merritt
Tyilley baltimore. Time. 1904. Speed.
Sl-cubic- inch hydroplanes, second heat
won BY ,.i Knapp !only starter. Time,
%? snsea tia hsslopanes mDa second heat
Russell; fSurth, Hahn Time, gill.
7PSsd tse' R!,si msh 55 Sp' RSsss gSsi sss
n.s,%nn ss5-SHSic- inch hN wot hydropsGes' second
third. Orem. Time. 5:40:2;. Speed. 5. $40
mp mPh Final points, Wolf, 700: orem.
by Dodson (only starterJ. Time, s::Oi.6.
Speed, 36.S mph.
Chase: Second; Fry s'ar third. mHh Penninston: 1v
fourth, Twilley. Time, 1857. Speed.
44@26 m.p.h -,
strong stertosn:s Ma; A0EaEa HisSand ID
9oy RVseE R. MA0n 9ehn usas Mo-
" s,arsaAries Henry Wilmer tcorinthian
Melyin; jr: (Annapolis Md: Onward.
goTdleY feet and nndercarIsark Carl N
netS + smith ,ysst Ns Ki1er KSI saa,'*', MdS Ken
se cope aad HbSsrd nbSsr Ghe Rdef
Step Aside Albert strong Rock Hail. Nd !.
skipjacksIRexalI. A. l.: Sterling 'Ches-
teTb.own 1Cbossnr, Mdo' M Fairhope' Warner Brockson
feet ana qso,Ts
Hamptons~ Hampton 1. Harold Cox
Msso4sv 'MeIiols ysv.I ysa shansri-La. B. Elderkin
ds1Dns5 ;S36n rlylnx II Ha%mopd
Scrappy csts--scrapper. Douglas Hanks
sU5a sston Ma P4pns Rtfs w " csarss s. sfnse sSgd
snipe@Wiki,w w c. Mcneil lspar-
rows Point Md: Jim Too. E. T Beavn
lSParrows Point, Md; Pelmel, G. G. Abel
Prams-Chaser. Harold Lippincott pal
myra. N j.; Mayhower. Robert Lippin-
colt PALMYRA. N. ID; Ginger. T. w. Rowe
tRiverton. N. JD
Barneests--Blue Heron Arthur Moore
Callahan Quaker Neck; Sneaker. Toward
Wood tCentreville. Md.
16 feet and under-Tricky Thomas
Massey tChestertown. Md: Wimpy Bucky
Wilson (Chestertown, Md; Pill Box,
Thomas H: Coll Cambridge. Md.
Moths-Stormy D. r Wiley Elizabeth
City. N. C); Silver spray, Bill Cox Nor
folk. va: Sweetheart, Charles Stadler
(Adillville. N j..