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Tomorrow; Pageant
Slated Wednesday

Slated Wednesday
The month-long Presidents Cup
Regatta will open at / pm. today
with canoe races on Georgetown
Channel of the Potomac between
the Fourteenth street bridge and
Memorial bridge ushering in the
annual acquatic classic which will
be highlighted by the power boat
races September 17-ls.
More than Is canoe clubs, some
coming from as far as Canada
comprising a field Of more than
100 paddlers, are entered in the
inaugural events. These include
former Olympic stars, current ma.
tional champions and Canadian
titleholders.
Tomorrow. the second phase oi
the regatta will be presented over
the Potomac course a half-mile
above the Fourteenth street bridge
when q record field Of 125 oarsmen
compete in the rowing races
Starting time will be pm.
Jane Lingo, 24-year-old former
classmate Of Margaret Truman at
Gunston. College and George
Washington University. recently
named to reign as queen Of the
regatta, VIII attend today and to-
morrow with members Of her court
and escorts. She will present
prizes to the canoeing and rowing
winners.
Coronation Slated Wednesday.
Wednesday at 8 pm. In colorful
ceremonies at the Watergate, Miss
Lingo will be crowned queen Of
the regatta by John r. Steelman.
assistant to the President Miss
Lingo is the daughter Of Com
mander and Mrs. B. Harrison
Lingo Of Washington.
Withdrawal yesterday Of the
Potomac Boat Club leaves the
powerful Washington Canoe Club
and Dempsey Canoe Club as the
only two local representatives to
oppose the invaders. Defending
his national canoe fitting title will
be Bill Havens, jr., Of Washington
Canoe Club, who has held the
crown continuously since winning
1t in 1885 from his father. chair
man Of the canoeing program.
With his brother Frank, Bill will
compete in the singles and doubles
as well as other events. The
brothers were members Of the 1o48
United States Olympic canoe
squad.
Defending champion will be the
Balmy Beach Club of Moptreal.
Other Canadian entries include
Excel Club of Longueuil, Quebec;
Cartiersville Club of Montreal and
Island Canoe Club of Toronto.
Excel has entered Is padding
stars, including Don Lulhan, Can
adian senior singles champion;
Bill Niven, Junior singles kingpin,
and the Canadian championship
team of Doug Bennett. Gerry
Gariepy. Claude Grenier and Lul-
han.
Riedel in Canoe Races.
Also entered are the canoe teams
from Pendleton, N. Y, featuring
the international and Olympic
star, 51-year-old. Ernie Riedel;
Yonkers and Sebago Of New York,
Inwood and Philadelphia.
Events to be run of at 20-min-
ute intervals include junior and
senior one-man single-blade, jun
ior and senior tandem double
blade, junior and senior quad
single blade, junior and senior one
man double blade, junior and
senior tandem single-blade, Junior
and senior quad double, ,blade and
the fitting championship.
The canoe races will be held
over q half-mile course, but the
rowing events will be over mile
layout. Teams competing tomor-
row are Penn A. c., Vespers, Malta,
Fairmont, Crescent, Undine and
Bachelor Barge of Philadelphia;
New York A. c. and New Rochelle
Of New York; Virginia Boat Club
Of Richmond; Detroit; Neried Boat
Club from New Jersey; st. An
drews College, Del; Washington
and Lee of Arlington, Va; Old
Dominion Of Alexandra and Po-
tomac Boat Club.
Program at Watergate.
Coronation ceremonies Wednes-
day night will open ct $3.50 with
q half-hour concert by the United
States Air Force Band, directed
by 1t. Col. George 8. Howard.
Following the actual crowning,
professional entertainment will be
provided by Evelyn Tyner. Wash
ington radio and television per-
former: Kay Armen, Broadway
singing star Of ABC's "Stop the
Music" and Jacquelyn Smith,
Barnee, Shoreham Hotel orchestra
leader. will be master Of cere-
monies.
Special Events and Coronation
Chairman Thomas p. Morgan, jr.,
announced yesterday that 1000
reserved seats at IS cents and
60 cents each will be available
for the Watergate pageant. Tickets
are on sale at Kits, 1880 q street
NV. and the Willard Hotel. Buses
will leave Sixteenth and K streets
NV. for the Watergate at Z PM.
The regatta program continues
next week end with swimming
events at Indian Spring Country
Club. Sailboat races for The Eve
ming Star Trophies will wind up
the water classic September 24-25.
Caddies, II, Gain Final