Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-30
By MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.

motor boat driver. 23-year-old Dan
Arena of Oakland, Calf. today held
for his BOSS. wealthy Herb Men,
delson of Detroit, Mich, the $4,000
Chief Executive Trophy after max
ing a clean sweep with Notre Dame
in closing heats of the Presidents
Cup regatta Yesterday on the
choppy, muddr Potomac before So
600 excited fans.
The mahosany-hulled craft, in
taking second and third heats over
a dwindling field marking the close
of the 14th annual regatta here, had
accomplished a feat never before
duplicated-winning the President S
prize for the third year.
Notre Dame, then a white-hulled
job of du-alumin and cedar, COPIED
the coveted trophy in 1885 and again
in 1887. While this was a new
Notre Dame, redesigned by the
Califorra youth who attracted
Mendebon's attention two years ago
in the Gold Cup race at Detroit, she
had tie same powerful. whining
Dueseu berg engine that has made
her Americas fastest racer.
Big Field for Final.
Nerer seriously thr e n d
Throughout the two 15-mile heats,
NotYe Dame led field of five
starters that included the 1899
God Cup champion, My Sin, in the
DAYS opening heat and repeated
her performance in the closing run
around which saw the field mar
rowed to three boats.
The fact that an original entry
list of six racers found five of them
out for the days first heat was
something to please the hearts of
regatta officials Normally the NOR
tally in a week end of Gold Cup
competitions is something terrific.
My Sin. owned and driven by
Zalmon G. Simmons, jr.. of Green
wich, Conn. was Disappointing
second after dopesters had rated
her the eventual winner of the big
prize.
The 15-year old Miss Syndicate,
winner of the 1928 Presidents Cup,
trailed around for two slow thirds.
Two Louisville (Ky) entries, Bill
Cantrell's Why Worry and Marion
Cooper's developed engine trouble
and gave up hopeless struggle.
New World Marks Set.
Hotsy-Totsy, Sidney Aliens 1910
Gold Cup winner, never showed up
yesterday. Allen was unable to
repair his craft after Saturday S
heat.
Cantrells homemade racer might
have found the competition too
rough for his light hull, but during
extensive trials in the morning he
not only broke his own 1-mile
world mark for non-supercharged
Gold Cup boats of the day before
but also beat the supercharged
record.
Notre Dame started by getting a
new supercharged mark of SO 227
mp.h., breaking Lou Fageols 97.45l
m.ph. set in Florida last winter
Then Cantrel came out to be
clicked over the measured mile at
98.368, lettering his 97.168 m.p.h
of Saturday.
Other 1-mile world records to GO
into the American Power Boat As
ISOLATION books were 50182 m.ph.
for Pacific e-designS set by w
Earle Orem, Cambridge, Md.
1896 m.ph. for Glass E racing
inboards, George Ward, Wilmington
Del, and 40.598 m.ph. for midget
outboards, Don Whitefield, Upper
Montclair, N. j.
Viper in "225" Sweep.
A disappointing field Of 225-cubic-
inch hydroplanes competing for
their national championships and
the John Charles Thomas Trophy
found Tom Chatfield's Viper of New
York City taking the three heats
George Schrafft, young Newton
Mass) racer, was second in all
heats, although he had held the
Thomas Trophy last year and in
1898.
Jack Pop" Cooper, motor boat
ing's greatest Snowman, wasn't able
to recover his famed Tops III from
the river bottom where she sank
Saturday, but he borrowed Guy
Lombardo's Tempo III for the 22s
event. He was leading for half q
lap when Tempo started missing
He never finished the FLAP circuit
The Kansas City CMoD driver
wasn't through, however. This time
borrowing Simmons My Sin, the
spare little man gave the thinning
crowd its biggest thrill of the days
nightcap. 1t was the race for the
so-called American speedboat cham.
pionship
Averaging a speed of $3.50 m phi
better than My Sins average in th'
first two heats of the President
Cup-Cooper just nosed out Chat
fields speedy little Viper.
Last Heat Notre Danes Best.
Nofre nopoe'e - sfasf heat Was he'