Evening star., 1949-09-23
FORE AND Aft

VI IIle FTeSlQeQJ Cup races is
producing considerable thought on
the part of Gold Cup boat owners
and American Power Boat Associ-
alton officials who are wondering
If the strict Gold Cup rules are
due for revision.
Jack Schafer, owner of Such
Crust I and II. which placed Sec
ond and third in Saturdays heat,
said this week before leaving for
Detroit that the rules definitely
should be changed to allow for
just what happened here on Sun
day. The story on the Sunday
cancellation of the two Presidents
Cup heats because of bad weather
goes something like this:
Because it's race for Gold
Cuppers. the Washington event
has been run for years under the
Gold Cup rules, where applicable.
The rules say a race shall be de-
clared no contest if only one heat
is run. Gold Cup owners and driv-
ers were willing to have made a
fresh start on Monday, but then
a Weather Bureau forecast came
in of similar conditions for the
next day.
That decided tit had to be
late Sunday or nothing. But, later
some of the owners began thinking
it over and noting where the Pres
ident's Cup race differs from the
Gold Cup classic, usually held in
Detroit. Why, they asked should
exceptions be made in some Sec
tions of the Gold Cup rule where
applied here and not in that i'm
portant section of one heat shall
cancel out the show. The local
committee finally on Monday an
swered the question by announc-
ing the cup would go to Horace
Dodge after all.
Eric Greenleaf, general chair
man of the regatta, suggests the
Gold Cup rules might be revised
to allow for more than one days
racing and to bring them in line
with certain racing practices here
and at Red Bank. N. j., for the
National Sweepstakes Regatta.
Runnie Cole, national Penguin
Class champion. writes that he
hopes Potomac River and Chesa-
peake Penguin shippers will show
up for the Mantoloking IN. j.
Yacht Club dinghy regatta Octo-
Der 1-2. He says there are plenty
of accommodations at nearby Bay
Head and Point Pleasant.
Walter Podrog of Washington
has been reelected commodore of
Selby Bay Yacht Club, located on
South River. Others renamed for
another year are L. H. johnson,
vice commodore; George Fielden,
rear commodore; F. S. Crismond,
feet captain: A. B. Cooke, secre-
tary-treasurer. johnson and Carl
G. Steere were elected trustees.
The club has launched a fund
drive for construction of it's own
clubhouse, which members hope to
have ready by next season. Selby
will be the rendezvous point Sum
day for Annapolis and Potomac
River Power Squadron members
who hold a navigator's' contest
that day. .'<1
Jackie Lanier, who, at 10 years
OF age is Washington's youngest
outboard pilot. races next Thurs
day and Friday in the first national
championships for utility out
boards at Lake Alfred. Fla. He's
going down with his father, three
engines and two boats-Annie
Laurie II. rather unconventional
craft built at Atlanta, Ga, and
Fireball, Jr., built at st. Joseph,
Mo.
Seven sailboat classes open the
fall series of Potomac River Sail
ing Association off Hains Point,
October 2. starting at ITO pm.
Double-headers will be staged each
Sunday through November 6. The
starting time is 80 minutes earlier
than in the spring because of
earlier sunsets. Glasses start off
at 5-minute intervals in this or
der: Thistles, lightnings, comets,
penguins, tempests, snipes and
handicaps.
/ HUNTERS, |
Dill ILL., a.