Evening star., 1941-09-01
Chesapeake Sailors
Decide Honors in
20-Foot Glass
Unofficial Title Stoked,
Hortee Leads Against
Boats He Designed
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr,
Star Staff Correspondent.

GALESVILLE, Md, Sept. 1.-The
20-foot round-bottom sloop "cham-
pionship" of Chesapeake Bay was to
be decided off here today as climax
to the 18th annual West River Sail
ing Club regatta, which yesterday
attracted a field of IS.
1t is an unofficial title some skip
per will win this afternoon, but he
will have earned it, for included
among the % shippers competing
through the day were the bays best
helmsmen. Without question 1t
was a championship fleet
Leading the series with still one
race to go was Cap'n Dick Hartge,
West River boat builder and design
er of a majority of the boats he
raced against yesterday. His Chesa-
peake, without taking single first,
led the field by points.
Carl Bordley of Chestertown,
Md. the Eastern Shores ranking
20-foot sailor, was next in his Carl
sark, and third position was held
by Carroll Smith, commodore of
the West River club.
Consistency gave these three skip
pers the edge over their rivals, al
though the morning race was won
by Jack Zimmer's Babs from Arling-
ton, Va, and the afternoon race by
Robert Orme's Blue Water OF Wash
ington. Hartge's Chesapeake scored
second and third, while Carlsark
won third and a fourth.
Eight classes competed over a
Northumberland course and later
a triangular circuit in light and va
riable airs. In the morning event
for Hampton one ne-designs, the Race
Committee was forced to call it no
race when the boats failed to finish
within two-hour limit. Four of
the eight classes sailed a shortened
course in both races, so eccentric was
the breeze
Other Washington shippers who
scored were Clarke Daniel and Err
nest Covert. who were tied for top
position in the comet class, and WAL
ter Lawson, who led the penguin
class uncontested. Daniel and Co.
vert each took first. In the open
er, which was won by Daniel, only
two seconds separated the two.
Lawson won both races and Phelps
Hunt, also of the District, was No. 2
penguin sailor.
Yesterdays results:
Morning Races.
o0-foot division 1-Won by Babs Jack
2immer' nt.I nATling5on Va. second, chesa-
Garlsark. Carl Bordley. chesteTtovn. Nd,
~, s9-fGot diVision H-won by Ftl.Ks,,
Eric steinline. Galesville: third. PuddIes
II, Fred Carlson, Annapolis. Time,
Albatross class-won by Hawk. Emil
Hartee. Galesvile; second. Raven J NJ
McCloud. Washington: third. Falcon, Dick
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c,s3H9 GGme5 b.sias slasswySn By Robert E Lee
dl. dal. Ernest Covert: Washinston5 fhird,
SKY Fire Robert Welsh, Millersyille, Nd
- IS; foo. cIass-won by Chic. Joseph Nc
bert Watson, Fs,rsaven; third, Aloha, Billy
haPtFs Pensuf5 GaeSyie eistlw65 Ims B. p5i,.b
Ter Lawson. Washington: second. Goblin,
Phelps Hunt, Washington; third. nu :
Dick Wallace. Washington. Time. 1:21:51.
Moth class-Won by Tn-B-There
Charles Smith. Annapolis second, H
BABY; Howard Lewis. Eastport, Md; third
Ylppi' Rudolph Smith. Annapolis. Nd
Afternoon Races.
20-foot division Won by Blue Water,
Robert Orme. Washington. second. wings
Carroll Smith. .Galesyille: third, Chess-
2O-foot division II-Won nv F,I-Kov.
second, Sea Witch Vincent Kramer. An.
napols third. Puddles II Time 1895
Albatross class-Won BY Hawk: second
SABRE Deimas Stutler. Washington. Time
Hampton e-design-won by Martin.
ga gale II. Jack Martin. Annapolis: second
Bo-Jack. Jack Johnson, Annapolis: third
FRIENDS, Paul Taylor, Annapolis. Time,
O:50:O0 Zone lapD
Comet class-Won by Scandal; second
Robert E. Lee: third, Sky Fire. Time,
O'2D:5I zone lap
l6-Ioot class-Won by Duchess. Robert
Ray Fairhaven. Md: second Aloha: third
Flying Cloud. Enos Ray, Fairhsven. Time.
0:51:05 zone lapD
Penguin class-Won by Potlatch. Sec
ond. Judy: third Goblin. Time, 1875 :O5.
Zone lap
Moth. class-won by Dit. Fred Davis.
Annapolis: SECOND, TIl-B-There: third. Poo
Cat, Jack Clark. Eastport. Md. Time.
/ .O6.4T. Zone lap