Evening star., 1947-09-20

FTeSS IluD, at WHICH senator Ia1t
made an off -the-record speech.
capped the Senator's activities In
the city.
Regatta
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outboard racers would set any rec
ords today.
The weather also increased the
possibility of spills. However, the
Coast Guard was prepared for this,
with a number of fast radio
equipped picket boats. And on each
boat was an expert Red Cross SWIM
mer-just in case any one required
rescue from the river.
! Due to the rather unfavorable
weather only a small crowd was on
hand before the start OF the first
event.
The weather failed to cut down
the spectator fleet, however More
fortunate than those huddled in the
grandstand, the yachtsmen viewed
the races from deck houses and
covered cockpits.
Park police looked for the biggest
crush of the day by 4:40 pm, when
field of between six and eight big
Gold Cup racers hits the starting line
of the Coast Guard cutter Aurora
for the first 15-mile heat of the fea-
ture Presidents Cup race.
Even larger crowds are expected
out tomorrow when the spectacular
Gold Cup boats race their second
and third heats at 2:30 and 4:05
pm.
President Truman may view to-
morrow's races from a small naval
vessel as he did last year.
Miss Marilyn Krug, who will be
crowned queen of the regatta at
tonightis grand ball in the Hotel
Statler, and her court were among
the spectators today in special boxes
along the seawall. Secretary of
Agriculture Anderson is scheduled to
crown Miss Krug, the daughter of
the Secretary of Interior, at 10 pm
For the first time in years, out
board speedboats race the same day
as the inboard boats. Heretofore,
outboards competed on Friday.
Cup Field Cut.
The. field for the Presidents Cup
race was trimmed last night to not
more than eight boats, when regatta
officials received word that E. A.
Wilson's Miss Canada III of Ontario,
Tom and Howard Hughes Duke of
Detroit and c. C. Gallagher's Letter
Go Gallagher, also of Detroit, would
not be on hand.
Even if there are further scratches
in this event, fans are assured of a
real show between three Gold Cup
craft, all of which were overheard
yesterday and this morning for trial
runs. They are Herbert Mendelson's
Notre Dame, three-time winner of
the $17,500 cup sponsored 81 years
ago by President Coolidge; Albin
Fallen's Miss Great Lakes, 1916 cup
winner, and the Dessin brothers
Miss Pops v, this years high-scoring
Gold Cup boat. Ali are from Detroit.
Prerace speculation among the
experts gave the edge to the ma
mogany-hulled Notre Dame, which
will be driven by 30-year- old Dan
Arena, with Mendelson's son Mike
as mechanic.
Seeks Fourth Win.
The Detroit sportsman would
like to be the first to win the cup
four times. Up to now, Notre
Dame is tied with George Refs vet
eran Ell Lagarte in taking the prize
three times.
Miss Great Lakes will be driven
by Guy Lombardo, well-known Or
chestra leader and 1916 Gold Cup
winner. Ironically, he will be driv-
ing the boat that defeated him here
last year when he drove Tempo vi.
Miss Great Lakes hull, however,
has been rebuilt since Its bad spill
last fall at Detroit and a new 1,750-
horsepower Allison airplane engine
installed.
Danny Foster of Detroit will drive
Miss Peps v, winner of this years
Gold Cup race. Foster drove Miss
Great Lakes to victory here last
year.
A former WASP, who spent the
war testing Army trainer planes,
registered a boat for the ladies-free-
for-all to be held late today. She
is Mrs. Robert r. McFadden Of
Washington, wife Of local business
man.
Mrs. McFadden, who will race
Tom Keane's 135-hydroplane Tee
Tee, will be driving her first speed
boat. In trial yesterday, she raced
at speeds up to IS miles an hour.
She said afterward she learned
mot to bank it like an airplane."
New Trophy Offered.
Keane plans to race the same boat
in the 135-class and the All-Wash-
ington Sweepstakes. The District
Commissioners have sponsored q
new trophy for the winner Of the
latter race, which is open only to
Washington-owned and operated
craft.
Regatta officials gave all drivers a
briefing this morning at the Naval
Air Station, where cranes were busy
lifting big hulls of trailers and out
boards were going overheard from
floats.
Racing starts tomorrow at / pm.
General admission seats for tomor-
rows races were being sold at the
Willard Hotel and at ticket offices
just above Hains Point.
The 18th annual regatta opened
two weeks ago, with rowing, SWIM
ming and canoeing races. Last
week, 155 sailing craft competed in
a three-race series for The Evening
Star trophies.
; An estimated 1000 persons were