Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-06
Washington Covert
And Bry|awski on
Race Site Early
As Boots to Take Part
In 3-Doy Competition
At Huntington, L. |.
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.,
Star Staff Correspondent.

Star Staff Correspondent.
HUNTINGTON, Long Island, Sept
6.-All indications this morning were
that a record for entries would be
set here today in the sixth annual
national championships of the
Comet Glass Yacht Racing Asso-
citation as Americas top sailors in
the class prepared for the 3-day re-
gatta.
Comet shippers from far distant as
San Juan, Puerto Rico, had checked
in at the Huntington Crescent Club
up to last night. while some arrivals
were expected as late as noon today.
A total of 45 entries from SO United
States fleets had been received.
The series, sailed out in the broad
Huntington Bay off here, was to
open today at 3 pm. with the first of
three races for the priced Presi-
dents permanent trophy. emblem OF
class supremacy. Second and third
races will be sailed tomorrow and
Sunday
At least one former national
champion had entered his comet
in the contest. He is 58-year-old
Edward K. Merrill, veteran sailor OF
Riverton, N. j. Merrill's Shuf1y won
the Presidents prize on Lake Skan-
eateles, N. Y, two years ago.
Santaella Travels Farthest.
To Luis Cantaella went the dis
tinction of travelling the longest dis
lance. His comet Puerto Rico II,
veteran of two national champion
ships, arrived from the West Indian
island early this month. Young
Santaella, according to observers,
has been out on the bay all this
week tuning up his comet in prepa-
ration for today's opener.
Arrivals late yesterday included
two Washington ID. c. shippers,
Ernest Covert, representing the
West River fleet, and Henry Bry-
lawski, Potomac River fleet cham
pion.
For Covert and his crew, bearded
but Youthful Clarke Daniel. national
championships are not new. Covert
represented the Washington fleet al
Lake Skaneateles, while Daniel, IN
his Robert E. Lee, was a West River
entry in last years races off Oxford
Md.
Daniel was runner-up III TINS
years nearby fleet eliminatlonS' out
when defeated by Covert decided
to team up with Covert's Scandal.
The combination, authorities here
admit. might prove a winning one
First Fling at Bigtime.
BrylaWski and his l9-year-old
brother Alan as crew are facing
national competition for the first
time Their 4-year-old comet MINI
bus, however. performed we'll in
Washington last spring and the
bows have been at the game long
enough to make them dangerous
competitors.
In the event either boat wins the
series the l94l championships would
come either to Washington or West
River for the first time, according
10 CLASS
While Washington and nearby will
be represented by only two boats,
the regatta's Race Committee in
cluded several prominent District
yachtsmen. Col. Jack Jacobs is
secretary of the National Race Com
mittee, while Paul Tomalin, former
commodore of Potomac River Sail
ing Association, and L. Corrin
Strong, commodore of Gibson Island
Yacht Squadron, are included on
its membership.
D. Werner Smythe of Fairfield,
Conn, former Washington comet
champion, is national chairman of
the Regatta Committee.
In between races Huntington
yachtsmen will provide extensive
entertainment ashore. Herbert l..
Stone of New York City, prominent
East coast boatman, will award a
large array of trophies at the club
Sunday afternoon, assisted by DIR.
John Eiman, class president.
In addition to the Presidents
trophy, there will be prizes, both
for skipper and crew, for first 10
in the series, as well as daily first,
also for the skipper and his help
mate.