The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10

If you're planning a trip to New
York and your time is limited you
NAV 90 gee the Dodgers play ana
take in the circus, %burlesque and
more down-to-earth drama tn a II
Steinbeck could produce.
Proof that it's a good show is IN
the attendance at the BROOKLYN
home stand. So far this season tne
once-daffiness gang has played be,
fore something like 8OO,Ooo
customers. Last year they passed
the million mark and this season.
despite the rumblings OF M ar )
and his bunch of toughs, Brooklyn
will beat even that.
And adding further evidence
none other than astute Mike JACOBS
wants to buy the Dodger ball CLUB.
And YOU know Mike-he knows a
good thing so well that he only
picks passing punks to pitch at o
Louis.
But there's a hitch in M e S
nlans. The bank which owns nan
If the outfit wants to sell (banks
are pretty conservative these days
they still remember '29.) However
the other half of the owners also
know a good thing when they W.
#. They don't want to sell and pro-
hably won't unless someone de-
cides that the Dodgers are o
funny anymore. A thought like that
might scare 'em into it.
Motorboat Racing
In case you are planning to
watch the motorboat RI at
Wrightsville Beach Sunday AFTER
noon in the second lap Of the water
carnival, the following explanation
of this type of boat might prove
helpful.
Cupboard races r run accord
ing to classes. These classes are
signified by the type OF boat useo
and by the size of the motor on the
boat. The boats in the races on
Sunday may be divided into TWO
classes: runabouts and hyoro-
planes.
TIL. runabout is the type OF boat
seen in general use about o UT
beaches; the bottom is straight. ana
unbroken by any vertical STEP.
The hydroplane, on the other hand
is smaller, lighter and faster than
the runabout. This type OF BOAT
has a step in 1.-THE step enabling
the boat to ride lighter In tn
water and thus cause less drag.
Small fins are always used on these
boats to insure stability on tn
straightaway and to prevent SKID
ding on the turns. Hydroplanes r
used strictly and exclusively 1or
racing.
Service Runabouts
Service runabouts always use
standar dstock motors, while hydro
planes used specially built racing
motors. Service motors differ from
racing motors in that they have
lower compression, larger and
heavier lower units, and have
bronze bearings On the cranksha1t
while racing motors r entirely
ball bearing jobs.
The motors in these races may
be divided into four main classes
Class "a" up to about As miles
per hour, Glass "B" up to SIS miles
per hour and Class "C"' up to gu
miles per hour, and the unlimited
cupboard record stands at about 30
miles per hour. Further, m e
technicalities regarding piston dis
placement with certain speclflca-
tons limit a motor to one OF the
classes. Piston displacement is the
volume of space that the face OF
the piston covers in n complete
stroke of one of the cylinders to
the other.
Perhaps one of the most interest
ing things about these motors is
the number of revolutions per min
ute they urn-some of them turn
ing 1000 r.. P. Ms. It is not
uncommon for these motors to fly
to pieces if the boat jumps clear
of the water, and when n turns
over it is almost certain to
practically ruin the motors. F o r
their protection drivers Of t h e S e
craft in such cupboard races wear
helmets and life preservers as re-
CURED by rule and regulations re-