Evening star., 1946-09-23
Truman Presents Cup
To Foster, Winning
Driver in Regatta
By MoIcoIm lomborne Jr.

sented the coveted Presidents Gun
to Dan Foster of Oakland, Calf
driver of the unbeatable Gold Cul
boat Miss Great Lakes, with Albir
Fallon of Detroit. owner of tht
racer> Miss Edith 'Drucie" Snyder
the regatta queen, and other re.
gatta officials looking on. Tht
brief ceremony was held on the
White House porch just outside
the Presidents Office.
Setting new lap and heat records
Tor a Presidents Cup Regatta Miss
Great Lakes yesterday repeated its
performance of Saturday by beat.
ing the regatta favorite, Guy Lom.
bardo's Tempo VI, in both the sec.
ond and third heats.
A crowd of $4,000, by park po-
lice estimate, including the Presi-
dent. Undersecretary of the Navy
Sullivan and other high Govern
ment officials, viewed the windup
of the 18th running of the regatta
from East Potomac Park. Mount
Vernon boulevard, the National
Airport and aboard hundreds of as
sorted pleasure craft.
When the final scores had been
Tailed and the times computed this
was the picture: Miss Great Lakes,
1000 points; Tempo VI. 900; Pepsi
Cola III. 225, and So Long. l69.
30 M.P.H. on Straightaways.
Only the first two boats. however,
mattered in this shoW-and show
they put on yesterday.
In the opening heat of the day,
with Foster holding 400 points
and Lombardo 300, the Freeport
IN. " band leader got away first
But on the upper turn, Foster,
risking everything because Miss
Great Lakes is a hard boat to
handle on the turns, passed Lom-
bardo. On the second lap. Lom-
bardo passed Foster at the. lower
turn. But on the upper turn, it
was Miss Great Lakes in the lead
again.
From then on, Foster kept his
big yellow and silver racer out
in front, and on the strightaways
sunned it up to better than 80
miles an hour. He finished six
seconds ahead of Lombardo.
In this heat. former records for
the event went overheard Miss
Great Lakes speed for the Is miles
was 71181 mp.h. a new record
for a Presidents Cup heat. Lom-
bardo's speed was 706S0 m.ph.. also
above the former record set by
Count Theo Rossi of Italy in 1888.
The Italian sportsman covered the
course at 69.675 mph.
250-Yard Margin at Finish.
But thai wasn't all The Detroit
boat set a new lap record of 74258
m.p.h., much better than Rossi's
70.866, and Lombardo was clocked
In one lap at 72.347.
The final heat found Miss Great
Lakes away to good start, with
Tempo good 200 yards behind.
Lombardo tried in vain to pass his
rival. but never made it., although
momentarily threatening on the
final lap. At the finish there were
about $50 yards between them. Both
boats were clocked at better than
II mp.h. Oil one lap. But. by then,
setting new marks was getting to
be pretty dull.
Not until Miss Great Lakes drew
alongside the Coast Guard cutter
Dione did officials learn that for
the entire six laps, Foster and
Fallon were plagued by a stream
of oil from a broken oil line. The
accident occurred just before the
start and came close to losing the
race for them Fosters gloves kept
him from losing control of the Slip
perry steering wheel.
Bill Cantrell of Louisville, KY,
who dropped out of Saturdays
Presidents Cup race with his Why
Worry after pressing both Foster
and Lombardo, came out in Glib
son Eradfields Buckeye Baby to win
the John Charles Thomas Trophy
and he did it with paddle.
Develops Engine Trouble.
This was the way the devilmay-
care racer managed it:
AS varied engine trouble dropped
other contestants out of one or more
of the three heats for the 225 cubic
inch hydroplane championship, only
Buckeye Baby was left among the
boats eligible for the prize. On the
final lap, the boat stopped suddenly,
sue hn
It was a broken steering gear.
Picking up paddle, Cantrell
wedged it in the steering quadrant,
and continued around the course at
a much reduced speed. one hand
on the wheel and the other on his
paddle. He managed to finish and
took the prize.
Frank Foulke of Essex, Md. who
get a new one-mile world mark for
class D runabouts of 4l.478 mp.h.
Yesterday morning, missed winning
in his class later when he de-
veloped engine trouble.
Robert Bogie of Brooklyn. N Y,
. staff sergeant on terminal leave.
was sent to Walter Reed Hospital
lUI OOoCi fdblC1i VI n lC5 liJolS dibci
he tipped over in his 225 racer
Blitz II.
Pacific one design Cfrst heat)--Won
By Katydid WIN. C. Durr. Dover, Del >;
second. Maggie " tMrs. Betty D, Bush,
Dover; third. Pee-Wee tFrancis Wyesndt,
Doverb. Winning speed, 1854 m.p.h.
Glass A racing runabouts tf1rst heatl-
ington. Deli; second Re Bop 1Raymond
x Lloyd, jr, Holly Oak. Del); no third.
Winning speed. 80 6l3 m.ph.
225-cubic-inch hydroplaneh. national
championships (frst heat)--Won by Sea-
biscuit ALBERT Brinkman, jr. Grand
Island. N: Y. }; second. Buckeye Baby tGib-
son Bradfeld. Barnesville, Ohiol: third.
Meadowmere III &c, Frank Ripp, Roekvialle 6 lae
si-cubic-in hydroplahe (hnsl hesD
Montclair. NJ J.s third, Ii Gordon
Knapp. Great Neck. N. " Final stand
Ing: campanella 500 points; Knapp, 625;
Presidents Cup second heat)-won by
Miss Great Lakes dan Foster. Detroit,
bardo. Freeport. N VI: third. So Long
Henry Slocum, FreeporD, did not finish.
Winning speed. 71.1sI m.p.h. New Presi-
dents Cup heat record
135-l51 cubic inch hydroplanes thnal
heaD-Won by Uncle Sam Edison Hedses.
Atlantic City. N. j.; second, Uncle Sam
II (Wm. Hampton, Somers PIT, N. u:
third, Yankee Doodle II tMerlyn Culver