Evening star., 1953-09-20
Speeds al 81 M.P.H.
To Overcome Threat
OF Miss Great Lakes
Continued From Page CID

dropped OuG OH IIle 1OurIu lap.
The regatta resumes at noon
today with five hours of inboard
competition in store. The feature
Presidents Cup heats are slated
at 2::20 and 5 pm.
Never before had so many Gold
Cup boats started in Presidents
Cup race. They made thrilling
scene as they tore upstream for
the first turn, throwing great
rooster tails 80 feet into the air.
At times many of the giants
were clouded from view by the
spray.
Foster gunned Miss Great
Lakes across the starting line in
first place. Next came Slo-Mo-
Shun and Such Crust III, both
on equal terms. At the upper
mark Miss Lakes was firmly in
the lead. At the end of the first
lap Slo-Mo was so yards
back of the Detroit boat and the
rest of the field was strung out
for miles. On the back stretch
Fageol did mis- level best to pass
Foster and almost made it on the
lower turn of the second lap.
Fourth Lap Changes Picture.
But Slo-Mo took some of the
Lakes wake and was IS yards
astern at the end of the second
lap. At the end of the third,
the same distance separated the
two. 1t was the fateful fourth
that the picture changed.
Foster said later that he be-
Eeved Slo-Mo would never have
passed him if his drive hadn't
broken. Immediately after the
race the Miss Great Lakes crew
installed new fuel pump and
owner and driver let it be known
they were out to win today.
Regatta Queen Pat Priest and
her court viewed some of the
races from the sea wall, then
later went to the Coast Guard
cutter Aggassiz to see the fea-
ture race.
HarbormaSter Otha Sanders
estimated 300 pleasure craft of
all sizes were anchored off the
course watching the races.
The show opened promptly at
noon with a field of six Class A
racing hydros going over the line
in one of the few ragged starts
of the day Within three minutes
Norman Rand of Washington,
who was leading the pack, had
tipped over and was treading
water awaiting a Coast Guard
rescue.
Gil Peterman OF Malvern, N. Y,
went on to win that heat as we'll
as the second, but he wasn't as
lucky in the next event. the Glass
B hydros. Running in the second
spot, Petermann hit the chop on
the nasty lower turn and over
he went. The Coast Guard was
on the spot again to rescue him.
Chet Webb of Niagara Falls,
N. Y, won the B hydro race, with
AL HarjeS of the Bronx, N. Y,
second. They reversed positions
in the second heat, tying for
points. HarjeS took the honors
by virtue of better elapsed time
for the two heats.
District Driver Second.
Emil Mayer of College Point,
N. Y, led a six-boat field in the
c hydroS opening heat, then
dropped to second in the next.
Winner that time was Washing
tons Jimmy Baden. Mayer was
second and thereby took first
place on points. Baden, who
finished third the first time,
wound up in the No. spot. The
noted Vic Scott of North
Bellmore. N. Y. couldn't get going
and settled for third IN the C's.
The first of a big field of stock
utility outboards, Class AU. had
to be sent away in two divisions.
There were II in the first quail
flying heat, won by Ronald Zu-
back of Morgan, N. j., and II in
the second, won by Richard
ODea, Paterson, N. j. Iuback
for AUS. O'Dea is national AU
cbnTnOion this wear
Norman Brewington, 17-year-
old son of the former mayor of
Colonial Beach, Va, Tipped over
in the first AU heat when press
ing young Zuback. He went over
right at the finish line, in full
view of the committee and the
seawall spectators.
Boat Runs Wild.
The days most unusual spill
came in the first qualifying heat
for BU class boats. Tommy
Smith of Westfield, N. j., was
thrown out of his boat which
proceeded to swing around in
wide circles all on it's own
Smith made efforts to swim to it,
but Zuback. who had just finish
ed first in the 15-boat field, got
alongside the runaway first.
turned off the throttle, and
Smith clambered aboard.
In the final heat for BU boats.
1t was Zuback's turn to end up
in the river. thus erasing any
chance of victories in two classes.
The eventual winner was Larry
Reber of Reading, Pa, with
Richard Rees of Pottstown. Pa.
second. Zuback still had enough
points from his first heat to
take third-place honors.
BY 4 o'clock, as the river be-
came more turbulent with wind
and plenty of backwaSh from the
SeaWall OutbO9rdS started ooino