Evening star., 1941-09-02
Bays N-Foot Honors
Won by Hartge in
West River Sail
Cupitul Shippers Score
In Reeuttu's Penguin,
Comet Divisions
BY MALCOLM LAMB0RNE, Jr.
Star staff Correspondent.

BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr,
Star staff Correspondent.
GALESVILLE. Md, Sept. O.
Ernest Dick" Hartge, local boat
builder and designed of the ma
iority Of 20-footers he raced against
yesterday, today was Chesapeake
Bays champion 20-foot sloop skip
per for 194l.
The modest, soft-spoken West
River sailor won the unofficial title
yesterday when he brought his
Chesapeake across the finish line in
second position to roll up 81 points
for the three-race series which be-
gan Sunday. Until the final race
yesterday Hartge led fleet of %
sloops by the narrow margin of two
points.
Jack Wilson's Bounce. from An
napolis, Md, won the final race in
which Chesapeake placed second.
but the Annapolis skipper did not
have sufficient points to figure in
the finals.
>thtttS iii Aatts
When Jack Zimmer's Babs of Ar
lington. Va, crossed the finish line in
third place yesterday he was assured
of final third-place prize. Babs
and the Clarlsark, skippered by Carl
Bordley of Crestertown, Md. tied
with SO points each. Because Zim-
mer had come in ahead of Bordley
in two races. the former won out in
the deadlock.
A total of 80 boats in 10 classes
filed the flashing waters of West
River as fresh southerly sent
them over several courses in fast
time. The regatta, sponsored by
West River Sailing Club came to
colorful close with freeforall races
for boats under Is feet and for boats
between 16 and 81 feet.
Carlsark led the larger division,
which saw many of the racers
breaking out a variety of light sails.
Billy Hartge's little sloop Aloha took
the free-for-al for boats under Is
feet. Aloha also was declared win
Capital Shippers Score.
Washington shippers scored in the
comet and penguin dinghy classes.
Ernest Covert's Scandal, which will
represent Washington this week at
the national championships at
Sandusky Ohio, won the comet class
prize Walter Lawson, Corinthian
Yacht Club sea scout, made it three
straight firsts in the penguin class.
Fifteen-year-old Phelps Hunt, also
of Washington, placed second.
Ten large racing and cruising
yachts competed over a 1l-mile
course out into the bay, while the
smaller classes held sway in the
| river. The winner was Al Birds
30-squaremeter sloop Grilsie v of
Arlington.
A large array of trophies was
awarded shippers last night at River
Lodge. home of Commodore Carroll
Smith. District Commissioner John
Russell Young made the awards.
Morning Races.
20-toot Division 1--Won by Bounce,
b
peake. Dick Hartge, Galesville: third, Babs,
80 29-foot Division Won by PuddIes II,
Eric steinline Gaiesviile. Time. i:03 81.
AlSstross os,.s;siS Clsiss-WOn by HaTk Emil Emil
Nairn: Washington: third. Falcon. Dick
Cox. Washington. Time, 1:1O.17.
rends Paul TaSor An3apo. Second
Bo-Jac JACK wilson. wilson ANNAPOLIS Annapolis; third. third.
Nightingale, Jack Martin. Annapolis. Time,
Comet class-won by Scandal, Ernest
Covert: washington second. Aries Mack
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1s,tOOt c!ass.won BY Al Aloha Billy
Ponad 'efGdd %d fhif ihfd Joe fyHs Ms
Cloud, Enos Ray. Fairhaven. Time,
Penguin clsss-won by PotIatch. Walter
Lawson; Washington; second. Goblin, Phelps
lace. Washington. Time 6:56.s6. (short
Moth Class-won by Dit Fred Davis.
ANNAPOLIS; second. Hi;Baby; Howard Lewis.
Smith, Annapolis. Time o;5s'2s. Short
courSe)
Afternoon Races.
caFsart call B6rdy q Md 4y
second Bounce; third, windward, Bill
flSlIiILf ATIlllRlUilt va.
Free-for-all 16 feet and under-Won
by Aloha; second. Chic; third. Flying
Cloud.
Hampton one-design (resaiD-Won by
Bo-Jac; second, Martingale third. Friends.
Final Standings
20-foot division L Chesapeake, SO
points; Babs, Sc; Carlsark, So (Babs wins
second for beating Carlsark more times)
d,o: SoIfoot 4 division a23 II-Fil-Kay, Is; Pud-
Alba tross class-Hawk, 81; Falcon, 13;
Gull 13. FALCON beat Gull more times)
Hamptons-Hartingale, Is; Friends. IA;
Bo-Jac. 13
Comet class-Scandal, II; Sky Fire, IL;
Robert z. Lee. IL.
16-foot class-Aloha. "a: Chic, 20:
Duchess, Robert Ray, Fairhaven. 20la.
Penguin class-Potlatch, 3d. Goblin, 20;
Judy. 2S.
Moth clsss-rll-B-Thers "a; Hi-Baby,
10; Dit, IS.