Evening star., 1941-09-15
By MALCOLM LAMBoRNE, Jr.


Protests, counter-protests and re-
sultant disqualifications marred the
closing day Of the Presidents Cup
Regatta sailing races yesterday as
1873 small sailing craft competed for
The Evening Star trophies awarded
at Capital Yacht Club last night.
Only one factor saved the day for
sailors who waited more than an
hour at the clubhouse last evening
while corrected summaries growing
out of the protest hearings were
made up-there was q fine southerly
blowing throughout the day.
The wind at no time piped higher
than 10 miles, and through both
morning and afternoon races
averaged around five miles. 1t was
a day made to order for wind
TANNERS.
Beat International Champ.
This fact may explain the thorough
shellacking two Washington shippers
gave the comet class international
champion for 1941, Phil Somervell
Of Edgewater Park, N. j. When the
final scores had been added up,
Ernest Covert and Clarke Daniel,
both Of Capital Y. c., led the field
with 71A points each.
To Daniel and Covert it made
little difference who was the
eventual winner, for both had sue
ceeded in trimming Somervell, who
finished next with 7014 points. But
since there must be only one first
place winner, the prize went to
Covert. The latter had come in
ahead of Daniel in two events.
This class took honors for largest
number Of entries, % boats COM
peting through the two days. Next
largest division in number of starters
was the 20-foot round bottom class.
1t was won by Ernest Dick Hartge
Of Galesville, Md. Sixteen of the
smart 20-footers competed.
The penguin dinghy class turned
out IA starters, although when the
heat of protest hearing was over.
only IL officially started.
Young Walter Lawson, who, with
Dorothy Deibel as crew. has won IA
out Of 16 starts in regattas this sum-
mer, was first penguin sailor to cross
the line in each race yesterday and
Saturday. 1t appeared as though
Lawson, a Georgetown University
student, had hung up another
record
But because the penguins were
racing their first sanctioned regatta
and the class rules stipulate that
skipper and crew must total PTS
pounds. one of the penguin sailors
lodged protest-yep, another one
against Lawson. To the nearest
scales went Walter and Dorothy
with an impartial observer. The
two tipped 252 pounds.
bankers Out of 1t. Too.
With Lawson out of the running
definitely, the top penguin sailor
then was George bankers of Airing
ton, Va. But bankers and his wife
came forward to confess they
couldn't muster 275 pounds between
them either.
And that is how Paul Morris
Seattle (WashD radio announcer
came to receive the first-place prize
in the penguin class. Fifteen-year-
old Phelps Hunt of Washington re-
ceived the second-place trophy
Phelps and his regular crew weigh
hardly more than 200 pounds, but
they had that beat-a third young
Ster went along as ballast.
| Morning Races.
20-foot round -bottom-Won by. Lii II
DICK zang; GaIesvllle, Nd; second. Chesa-
| peake, Dick Eartge. Galesville; third, Blue
Water; Robert orme, Washington. Time
2O-foot chine -bottom-won BY Sally s.,
Lady Avon. Prentice Edrington, Washing
ton; third. Fil-Kay. Fred Carlson, East
port. Nd. Time. .O:53 80.
HAMPTON one-design--Won by Silver
spray H. Bill ,SHG Cox No1t0lk' Va; SECOND
third, Martingale. Jack Martin. Annapolis
Comet~Won by Scandal, Ernest Covert,
Somervel, Edgewater Park. N. j: third
| ton. Time. 1:01 :O9.
National one-design-won by Aeolis. A
pick Bartlett. .severna Park: third: Viper,
i6-foot-Wop By Chic; Joe, Mcdonnell.
EsTtee sssve9 a.esH Md sssGnd sTS ryas AEna cn By
Enos Ray, Fairhaven. Time, f:0f fiji.
Snipe-Won by Rebel Reid Dunn, Rich
mond. Va; second. Eleanor. weston Val
wood Ocean View. Va: second, Kit-Kst,
Frank Robinson. Norfolk: third, Blue