Evening star., 1940-09-27
By MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr

Morton c. Manden of Cleveland
sending his noisy little outboard
over a three-lap. Smile course or
the muddy Potomac River this
afternoon. defeated Adolph Schilling
Of Chester, Pa, in the first heat for
Glass A amateur drivers as the 14th
annual Presidents Cup Regatta
opened its third and final week end
A close third. after crossing the
starting line in front of four other
contestants, was 20-vear-old Frank
Desmond of Short Hill. N. j., 194C
intercollegiate champion.
Mandells speed for the course was
42875 miles an hour. 2 miles ar
hour slower than the world record.
Gar Wood May Compete.
While all interest today cen.ereo
on the little outboards. there was
a persistent rumor that the 1916
national outboard champion, Cal
Wood. jr., of Algonac. Mich. would
appear in a new role-a contender
in the Presidents Cup Race-tomor-
row afternoon.
Woods father was holder of the
Gold Cup four times between 1911
and 1921. The youngsters last ap-
pearance here was two years age
when he competed in outboard
events.
A brisk easterlv wind blew across
the river during the morning and
discouraged either outboard or in
board drivers from trying for the
mile trials. Regatta authorities
point out the water must be nearly
calm before boats can attain rec
ord-breaking speeds.
The single driver to make a try
at a world mile mark was Ray
Reider of Philadelphia His Joan
II. Glass D racing runabout, was
clocked at 46671 miles an hour fol
a new record in that division. His
speed topped the 43902 miles SET
last July at Havre de Grace, Md,
by Thomas Ehrhart.
Two Hold Trial Spins.
Two of the seven Gold Cup boats
to compete for the President's s
Trophy came out for trial spins this
morning. but neither found condi-
tions right for record making. They
were the Notre Dame. owned by
Herbert Mendelson of Detroit, twice
winner of the Presidents Cup, and
Zalmon Simmons My Sin. from
Greenwich, Conn.,, 1889 Gold Cup
champion.
The Coast Guard took elaborate
precautions to keep the racing
course clear for the three days OF
the regatta. Special red markers
were in place and pleasure craft
were ordered to anchor outside their
line. No vessels we're permitted. tc
anchor between the course and the
East Potomac seawall.
While there was only scattering
of spectator yachts anchored along
the Virginia shore, Coast Guard pa
troll boats saw to it that yachts
dropped their anchors 80 minutes
before the start of the first race
Movements of all vessels were close
ly watched by Guardsmen along the
entire stretch of Georgetown Chan
mel.
$4,000 Trophy Offered.
While the little outboards had
a day of their own today, inboaro
boats, ranging from small runabouts
with speeds of Is miles an hour
to, the large Gold Cup racers capa-
BILE of nearly 100 miles. take over
the channel tomorrow and Sunday
High light of the week end will be
the three heats for the $4,000 Presi-
dents trophy.
The first race for this event is
planned for $50 pm. tomorrow
Second and third heats are set for
2:30 and ABS pm. Sunday.
Guy Lombardo. the orchestra lead
er, was among the many speed boat
drivers preparing for tomorrow
events after flying by special plane
fro ma playing engagement in Cleve-
land. Mr.. Lombardo's wife will drive
with him in the hydroplane events