Evening star., 1951-08-10
LITTLE SPORT
Fore AND Aft
By MoIcoIm Lomborne. j

"A new QTlVG anu enthusiasm uOG
seen within the Presidents Cup
Regatta Association for some time
augur well for the 1851 sail and
power show to be held off Hains
Point September 1915 and Sep
tember 1928.
The original decision to shelve
the regatta this year obviously
woke up a number of regatta off,
cials who had come to assume the
show would go on each year with
or without their services. The re-
action to the cancellation was i'm
mediate and voluble.
Eddie Baltz, chairman Of the
board, went. to work on the phone
and when the regatta directors
met last Friday for reconsidera-
ton. the board room was jammed
for a change. Ed Carr's appoint
ment as general chairman looks
to be a real natural. He's q good
business executive and brings to
the job considerable background
as chairman of the annual Cherry
Blossom Festival.
Carr'S committee appointments.
due to be announced Sunday, will
include some names new to the
regatta association, although they
are well known in other yachting
IcircleS.
The death Saturday of two men
competing in the Gold Cup race
on Lake Washington at Seattle
has prompted the American Power
Boat Association to name two
committees to look into rule and
safety changes that might prevent
"a repetition of the tragedy.
| A committee OF owners and driv-
Iers will make a study of safety
measures. Another committee of
builders and designers will study
Iadvisability of adopting regula-
tions on beam-to-length ratio and
similar points. At the present
time in order to qualify for the
Gold Cup race boat must be 20
feet long and be able to do 65
miles per hour.
Otherwise the sky is the limit
But with the awesome speeds now
being nursed from the boats, the
time is here for new thoughts on
safety and construction.
Potomac Boat Club Coach Char
lie Butt reports things are buzzing
at the Georgetown club as men,
bers prepare to play host to the
Middle States rowing regatta Sep
itember 2. Oarsmen are expected
from as far distant as Canada.
The club is repairing its boats
rebuilding floats and generally
tidying up for the big event. Note:
Butt says rowing leaders here have
decided to shelve any plan for
their own Presidents Cup rowing
regatta September 3. The regatta
association Is not sponsoring row.
ing, swimming or canoeing this
year.
Writ Gill, sailing chairman of
the Presidents Cup and the lead
ling Penguin skipper on the Chesa-
Ipeake this summer, says so many
Penguins showed up for the Miles
River regatta last week end Off
Icials considered sending them off
in two divisions. Thirty-two of
the little dinghies raced.
They might even break this
record this week end at the oxford
regatta sponsored by Tired Avon
and Chesapeake Bay Yacht Clubs.
This popular, all-sail regatta
opens today with a trans-bay race
from Annapolis.
Yachtsmen who haven't pur-
chased any Coast and Geodetic
Survey charts since July l will find
the price of most charts has gone
up rs cents a copy. This is true of
about Is of IS charts available for
the entire Chesapeake and tribu-
taries. But it's still the best buy
in the boating business.
DR.. Louis Novotny, the Los
Angeles physician who holds | anc
smile speed marks in the Pacific
One-design class, is on his annual
eastern visit with his fast racer
Cherub. His big event is defending
the class title at Maryland Yacht
Club August 25-26 Maj. A. J.
Lanier, whose son, Jackie, has
made a name for the family by
tracing hot stock utility boats, is
being transferred next month to
Dayton, Ohio. Washington loses
couple of real racing enthusiasts