Evening star., 1941-06-27
Potomac Club Is Host
To Southern Crews
In Meet Sunday
Contests for Cambridge,
Potopskut, Foirhoven
Yuchtsmen Slated
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.


Three sailing regattas at as many
scattered areas on Chesapeake Bay,
long distance race from Hampton,
Va, to Annapolis and the opening
regatta of the Southern Rowing
Association here will provide aquatic
fans one of the biggest yachting
week ends in years.
On the Eastern Shore. the Cam
bridge Yacht Club opens its seventh
annual regatta, with sail races
scheduled for today and tomorrow
morning. Inboard races will be held
tomorrow afternoon highlighted by
the Eastern championships for the
Pacific one-design hydroplaneS.
The western shore of the bay
will see the PotapSkut Sailing AS
sociation near Baltimore staging its
third annual regatta for cruising,
racing and delta class boats, to-
morrow and all day Sunday. ST.
multaneouSly the Fairhaven Sailing
Club on Herring Bay will play host
to seven small racing classes at its
SecOnQ annual regatta.
Ocean Fleet in Bay Race.
While racing is under way on
these three fronts, the ocean racing
fleet which concluded the 422mile
event from New London to Hamp-
ton this week has been invited to
participate in a race from the lat
ter port to Annapolis under auspices
of Annapolis Yacht Club. The
yachts were scheduled to get under
way today, with the finish planned
some time tomorrow.
On the local scene, Potomac Boat
Club plays host to oarsmen from
Baltimore, Alexandria and Rich
mond as the Southern Rowing AS
sociations season gets under way
with the first OF four regattas
scheduled for the summer.
The local club. leading group IN
the associations 1910 season, again
PROMISES to challenge the Suprem-
acv of oarSmen from the Arundel
Boat Club Baltimore, Old Do
minion Boat Club (AleXandria) and
Virginia Boat Club CRichmond)
when the regatta opens Sunday at
! pm. off the Georgetown CLUB
house.
Potomac Crew BOlstered.
President George Herman an
nounced yesterday the addition OF
three new oarsmen, all former col
leeiate stars. to Sundays squad.
They are Robert Ely and Maxwell
Millard, both formerly of Princeton,
and Ronald Lyman, jr., ex-Harvard
oarsman. In addition to these, Her
nan is counting heavily on Capt.
Jack McSweeny, Ernie Millar, jim
Burch, jr.. and Mike Polohoff, all
veterans of the Potomac outfit.
The Capital will be well repre-
sented at the Fairhaven regatta, ac-
cording to word received from Deal,
Md. near the scene of the week
ends show Washingtonians have
entered events for 20-footers. comets
and penguin dinghies. Other classes
listed are albatross, 16-footers and
a handicap class.
Racing begins on Herring Bay to-
morrow at pm, following long
distance race for many of the West
River shippers, who plan to race
from Galesville down to Deal in the
morning A dance will be held at
the Cove Club tomorrow evening
and Sunday will see second and
third events for all divisions, be-
ginning at 10 am. and 2 pm.
Sasscer to Present Trophies.
Representative Lansdale Sasscer
of Maryland is scheduled to present
trophies Sunday evening at the
home of one of the club members.
Provisions also are being made to
tow boats from a launching point
at Deal out to the starting line
both days.
The Annapolis race has been
planned to give the ocean racing
fleet relatively short event, which
at the same will carry them closer
to their homes in the North Fol-
lowing the event, the club will play
host at a party tomorrow night
and yachtsmen then will start for
home by way of the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal