Evening star., 1940-07-28
World Inboard Mark
Set With Senorita
Al Chestertown
Burk Drives Boat 42.553
Miles an Hour; Voodoo
Best in 225 Class
BY the Associated Press.

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By the Associated Press.
CHESTERTOWN, Md, July 81
The Voodoo, fast-traveling craft
from Buffalo, N. Y, and Senorita,
driven by Louis Burk of Phila-
delphia, took top honors today in a
sparkling field of power boats in the
Chester River Yacht Clubs 18th
annual regatta.
Driven by J. Olmstead, Jr, Of
Buffalo, the Voodoo won the first
heat and was third in the second
to score 625 points in winning the
event for 225-cubic- Inch hydro
plane inboards. With j. c. Hamlin,
also of Buffalo, at the wheel, the
craft won both heats to capture
the Chester River championship
race.
Voodoo Totals 1,425 Points.
Points won the latter race gave
the Voodoo a grand total of 1,425
points for the day, more than
amasSed by any other competitor.
Burk set world record for class
A inboards, driving his Senorita
AZ ,553 miles and hour. He bettered
his own record of 42.l05 miles an
hour, which he established at Havre
de Grace last week.
George B. Ward, jr., of Whining
ton, Del, drove his Hi-Ho II to
first and second place in the two
heats for class E inboards, and won
the events with TOO points.
Aries III Leads Stars.
The notable Aries II, skippered
by Henry Wilmer, jr., of the Dela-
ware River fleet, won the acclaim
OF the sailboat owners by winning
the event for starboats.
Class c outboard runabout, first heat
phia; Maggie III, J. R. Morgan, Whining
ton, Del. Speed, 35.1l2.
Second heat-Ranser, Joe Walters: Miss
kensnsten Molssn sSsso Doc EdgaEdI Masse III J.
wards. 500 points; Massie III. ~ j. R.
5i-i35 cubic ineh hydroplane inOoard.
MssBin.tpn MsPt 1ls Gypsy ZooL; Lsss John gHyas.
Rumson' N j. Speed, 50 9e3 miles PEI: per
voSs5o 2S5 cubic inch hydroplane inboard-
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chester. Pa. SPEED e45sa o afhnop mies Der TS heSr
Pff1tIf auaSIet, ene dessn frs. heatPse wee.
VI E. orem Ca Cambridge. aast'ofs Speed Sea s5sss Fsas
esss Frs 950ia a;t hss ps AIs BAH f.
| george B: Ward, il, Wilmington. Del;
more s1ssd : miles Fl s'1lasi ps4 hdaa nai'''
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fl cisss a. m5ies 5 per hour;
Monisal Wilmington, Del. Speed, 37fss
miles per hour.
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Imp, william cammerer, Baltimore. Speed.
4o;34i miles per hour
Evfi HaaR fhhnD1nsB sas5 s srsi F. hea ae7
wld ", Goose; s; Thomas Gleano1: Westcheste.l:. he .:
vie: OHIO Betty l. Lssas.q schxns si5ati. saits.
more nor; Speed, 61.224 miles per hour. 0'''
hRefsstIIEmanciRator, be- M. Auerbsch, Miami Miami
sspns ozss5 + E.. s'F fS$4Ss: SSs4 ESs 5%a
"aoSlhiInstOn: ol ?; c. Speed. 5o.42o m.p.h,
gtu1So sgsie inch hydIoplsne hnal
points HAPPY Warror, s. Sam ausToosn erooss sse sse
points; POINTS Gypsy Lass Graham Davis 4s9
pO!nts c1Ss 1SGm 5i, II Ritter 80 points
~-Hep-cat G. Bradfeld. Barnesviile. ohio:
Iortgsa; F T. Vintscher; Yoodoo, j. oiia. DIM.
225 cubic inch hydropianle. final stand
inng-Voodoo j. O!mstead, Buffalo, N Y,
Braadfield. sarnesvlie Ohio, 400 points.
s,. raeLhc one-dssen. second heat and hnal
Srdse sp.sd We IS oss Hpshe sdd no Cam
csoLs. olsss z Tacins' % secoGd heat--Hi-Ho II,
SMuz7ey; ga zn4 ~ Cry Baby H. j. E. schloss. Speed.
" Class nao., E racing; nnal standins-Hi-Ho
Star St GePTse PTsnF M1Tsx WsTd II Co points Ogden
NorTman Go,y, Frey, 400 points; Cry Baby II.
-ssass -seaor,ls RACING fn, rqna6outs l second heat
cammerer. Speed, Al ,o95 m oh. ''A'
Fainf ious Bn1s 500 ns Don sanSns 1
-. B. and 2 service runabouts. second
VIII " ssSs Ssl n Jcsbon e sehoss; Jos Mog.s W,s:
HHs9sasD Hssss4s speed sssSs s'sSsns Eagle Edison
Aries II Henry Wimer ,T Deiaxsre Rivsr
Fleet; Flapper, Peter GailIard Gibson
Island; Alondraa, H. B. Wilmer, Indian-
,so,foot knoockabouts, round bottom
SShamIrock Dilbert zang, Annapolis; Wings,
carroll ~ Smith. ANNAPOLIS; Chesapeake,
saIS MifSh H. AlSeT. N!noe9t Eramsr AnnapoiS
White. Falsh, Bud Hubbard chesterton 1eSts nam
lSiIee and under - Kingfsh. George
warner 1adSsli;, BaTSckfton Chestertown cacaway.
=, Hamptons - Silver Spray Ii, Bill Cox.
Norfolk; Phantom Harold Cox. Norfolk;
1a!y, Co, aooest Wi,son: Chestsrtown.
IL Easton Sea Robin. Robert s I ippineon's. diripns.
aiveFton KY. sslo- n j; Cirrus. Howard Lippin:
cos, scrappy R5ysrton, r.tJ' M 49,
Lloyd Easton, Nd; scrappy. Ann Kreeser. eueH
rosr snips% W. c. Mcneil. Spar
River River: Mermaid A. W Brown. Aeal chesteIs es
ton PrfN%JToP9sE Z pss,.1 T. and < HUM. River.
Sitz Sssf'Sh %ilviiie. ii Il N Topper H. Earl Mink
soE REarnrssatsmDay rgsa,s-,ID Dream, Gilbert 1nrer.
Moorshead, Lansdowne. Pa: AIbatrosss s'nut NJ
B. Callahan. CheStertown W.
,Moths-Grumpy. Edwin Minkwitz Mill.
roas roie, po, b; - No-Name W. ?, Wright. Spar.
Massey lsteet c,s,f and under Tricky. Thoma.
| skipjacks-RexaK A. L ster,in, c,.
1Jn 1Tsrtown; stepaside,\J. E Strong. e RosE
ins&vsaads Chester sivss r championship ma! stand.
SS;atS Wild Goose Thomas uncis aiennon n%o
pc,Is: E. Vintscher, MorristoVn. N. j. so0