Evening star., 1941-09-05
Large Field Entered
For Varied Program
Al East Potomac
Oursmen and 1uddlers
Vie Sunday; Sailors
Compete Next Week
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.

BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.
Washington's 18th annual Presi-
dents Cup Regatta, stellar aquatic
event of the year, will open in East
Potomac Park swimming pool to-
morrow at 8 pm, will shift to
Georgetown on Sunday at l pm.
and return to Hains Point the
following week end to give fans four
days of varied competition.
The opening phase tomorrow will
see prominent local and Eastern
swimmers competing for the first
time in the regatta in an outdoor
pool. In the event of bad weather,
races will be staged in the Shorcham
pool.
From Canada and Eastern Sea-
board rowing centers. oarsmen and
paddlers will converge on Potomac
Boat Club tomorrow in preparation
for doubles barreled entertainment
Sunday afternoon. Rowing and
canoeing events will be run off
alternately, thus giving spectators
an unending stream of races.
Sailing enthusiasts, coming from
as far distant as Seattle. Wash, will
bring the regatta to a climax Sep
tember Is and IA when some 125
shippers compete for The Evening
Star trophies in a three-race series.
Competition begins the first day at
2 pm. and on Sunday at 10 am.
and 1:30 pm.
Big Tank Field Expected.
Swim Chairman A. Earle Weeks
reported starting field that should
jam the park pool tomorrow night.
Included in the list were a pair of
comely lasses who will brighten the
150-meter individual swim. They
are Margaret Russell of Baltimore
and Lorraine Fischer of New York
City This meet has been sane
toned by the District A. A. u.
From Canoe Chairman Ernie
Millar comes a happy report of
entries all the way from Canada
for Sundays show High light
promises to be a canoe-tilting ex-
hibition by National Champions Bill
Havens, jr. and William Dusty
Rhoads, both of Washington Canoe
Club.
CanoeiSts will compete over half
mile straightaway between Three
Sisters Island and Potomac Boat
Club. Events include one-man single
blade, tandem double blade, quad
fuple single blade. one-man double
blade. tandem single blade and
quadruple double blade and fitting.
Races will be run in that order.
Outstanding oarsmen from the
East will vie with local sportsmen in
rowing races which share the billing
Sunday off Potomac Boat Club, ac-
cording to Rowing Chairman George
Herman. Run over %-mile
straightaway, events listed are single
sculls, double sculls. four-oared rig,
quadruple sculls and the feature
eight -oared shell. 80. ,- go.
AL Bauer Will Announce.
Rowing enthusiasts from Alex
andria, Richmond, Philadelphia, New
York and New Jersey have entered
the five events, Herman reports.
Spectators at events this week end
will be kept informed of the details
of competition by Al Bauer of Phila-
delphia. an official in the American
Canoe Association and well-known
announcer in former years for speed
boat races here.
Meanwhile. Sailing Chairman
Arthur Clephane announced yester-
day, following a final committee
meeting at Capital Yacht Club, that
at least 125 East and West Coast
shippers will compete here next week
end for The Star trophies.
Entries received thus far range
from Richmond. Va, to Red Bank,
N. j.. on this coast, and from Seattle
on the West Coast.
Among late entries was that of
Ernest Dick" Hartge, Galesville
(MdD boat builder and bay cham
pion of the 20-foot class His Chesa-
peake won that title at the West
River regatta last week end. The
runnerup in that event. Jack Zim-
mer of Arlington, Va. also has en-
tered his 20-footer Babs, according
to Clephane.