Evening star., 1942-09-07
Free-for-AII Sail Ends
Big Fleets S Regatta
Al West River
Ownines, in 20-Footer,
Only Capital Winner
In Sunday Racing
By MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.
Star Staff Correspondent.

star St6iI correspondent
GALESVILLE, Md, Sept. IA
feet of 46 sailing craft in five
classes which yesterday sailed two
races through the day here was to
go off today In the third and final
race of West River Sailing Clubs
18th annual regatta. A free-for-all
this afternoon will close the pro-
gram.
Keenest racing of the day yester-
day was in the division l Chesa-
peake 20s, which turned out Is
boats in one of the most colorful
starts on the bay this summer.
Driven along by smart breeze, the
20s punched at the windward end
of the start for the afternoon race
in a solid mass of white.
Osbourn Ownings, former 20-foot
champion from Washington, and
Dick Hartge, Galesville designer and
builder of the 20's, were tied in
points for top honors. Today's final
race will settle the score.
Ownings Wins Event.
Ownings, sailing Jack Zimmer's
Laws, VIVA lllC lliAlh ESClbs Nlbfl
Hartge's Chesapeake finishing
fourth. The order was just re-
versed in the afternoon, Babs TAX
ing fourth and the local skipper
first. Babs' winning time was
hour even and Chesapeake's
was 1:2548.
The fleet, which officials said was
unusually good considering wartime
conditions. sailed As mile course
in the forenoon and a SIS mile
course later in the day. Both
courses were laid out in West River.
Bill Heintz, former w. r. S. G.
commodore whose home is in Ar
lington, Va, placed second to Babs.
while r. Clyde Cruit of Washing
ton, ex-comet skipper, placed third.
Galesville Shippers Oscar Hartge
and Richard McNew placed second
and third. respectively, to Chesa-
peake in the second race.
Makes Clean Sweep.
Young Jack Reckord, Baltimore
,, newcomer to the popular penguin
class. made clean sweep of that
division in his white hulled Side
Car. Second to Reckord in the
; morning was Joe Kraft of Alex
andria. Va. while Reckord's s
brother, Raymond, placed No. 2 in
: the afternoon.
1t was two-all for young Bill
e Hartge, son of Oscar Hartge, In the
= 16-foot class, and he should have a
j good chance of coming away with
e the top prize. William Fifer of
: Washington was second to Hartge S
Aloha in one race and Enos Rays
4 Flying Cloud from Fair Haven, Md.
+ was No. in the other
q In both the Division II, 20s and
the Hampton one-designs, An
napolis shippers ruled the day. Leroy
Leitch's Puddles II, and Buck
s Smiths Scoopy, each took a race
r in the former class. In the Hamp-
!: tons, Paul Taylor's Friends anc
= Jack Martins Julian were winners
h w. r. S. C. trophies will bt
n awarded at the home of Ex-Com.
modore Carroll Smith.
\. Regatta Summaries.
l, Morning Races.
Chesapeake COS, Division I-Won b.
Babs, Osbourn Owninss. Washington; sec
j. ond. Windward. William Heintz, Arlington
- third. Four Aces, Clyde Cruit Washington
|, Winning time, 10000. tTwo lapsl.
3 Chesapeake 20's. Division u-Won b.
PUG PnddlsS s, j. LeTog G'g Leitch Annapolis sec
Ii Scoopy. Buck Smith, Annapolis. Tim
x Hampton One-Design-Won by Friends
n Paul Taylor, Annapolis; second, Julian
u Jack Martin, SAnnapolis; third. Bo-Jaci
= Jack Jackson, Annapolis. Time. 1903 .0C
IS i6-Foot class-won by Aloha, Bil
Hartge. Galesyille;. second, Let's Go. vii
liam Fifer, Washington; third, Flyn
d Cloud II, Enos Ray, Fair Haven. Tim
0:3s.00s zone lap).
- Penguin Class-Won by Side Car, Jac
l., Reckord, Baltimore second, Squire, 10
Kraft. Alexandria; third, Stinky, Roge
Is Carson, Baltimore. Time 0:34.20. (Shor
'. chesapeake Division won. by chesa
j. third Guilty Sark, Richard McNew, Gales
n vile. Time 1:26.4S.
Chesapeake Division II-Won by Scoopy
r, second, Puddles II; third FiI-Kay. Tim
Hamptons-won by Bo-Jack;. seconc
% Ju-Jam; third. Friends Time 1922
70 16-Foot class-Won by Aloha; seconc
Ie Flying Cloud II; third, Swan, Charlie
n Walton. Fair Haven: Time o:49,50.
~ Penguins-Won by Side Car: seconc
8, Squeaky, Raymond Reckord. Baltimore
"a third, Squire. Time 2:04.59.