The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-11
Marathon News
By JACK Nj. LEVINE

with one hand and paint landscapes
with the other. His bugling almost
resulted In = situation az strained
international relations with the
British. A Pritish unit was station
ed and billeted adjacent Jimmy,s
buying area. The harder he work
ed 1t blowing the horn, the sourer
were the notes that emanated. This
was especially true 1t Reveille.
Finally one morning Jimmy Poust's
Commanding Officer received the
following message from his Brit
ish neighbors.
The men of Company -" ex-
press appreciation for the. melOdic
interiude they have had the priv
ilege Of enjoying each morning.
However, please be advised that
should the performance ever again
be repeated. the performer win
not.
But, former Isl Sergeant Paul
Herrick did not have . hugler at
his side heralding the arrival Of
the first ocean going mOtorboat
marathon contestant. In Mara
thon. James Hansen. and crew
man Buddy johnson. both Of Key
West, were the first to roar across
the finish line. Placing first in the
Unlimited Class, Hansen had ne.
gotiated the 50 mile course In l
hour, IS minutes and 40 seconds.
According to Paul. this Is the best
time ever made In the Unlimited
Class.
Arriving 10 minutes later to place
second was Ray Maloney and crew
man Noble Stark, Key West. Their
time was ! hour g minutes and
IS seconds. Third place went to
Frank HOuchin, Miami, and Cecil
Keith, Marathon, crewman. A re.
cent Miami to Nassau race winner,
Houchin was entered By Chef Ting
Ter. Time was z hours, 90 minutes
and Is seconds. Otis Carey, and
crewman Bin Elliott arrived In
fourth place In the unlimited class.
The time Of Carey. Commodore Of
the Key West Outboard Club was,
2 hours, "a minutes, and II seconds.
Glass B contestants finished as
follow; Isl, Gene Skaggs, and
crewman Waldo Collin, Key West.
Time: / hour, 81 minutes. and, Ben
Sch0neck, and Larry Helms, Crew
man. Time; hour, 81 minutes, q
seconds. ard, Cecil Gates with Crew
man Joe Sawyer. Key West. Time:
2 hours. 4 seconds. eth, David Ma.
son and Wally Boz, crew, Key West.
Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes, 20 Sec
onds. 5th, Walter CrOsland and
crew, Roy Henry, Marathon. Time:
2 hours. 10 minutes, IS seconds.
9Th, Tommy Saunders and Charley
Reeb. crew, Key West. Time 2
hours, ~ minutes, e seconds.
Phil Saunders and William Ma
con, crew, crew. Marathon, we're
the only entry in Class c. Saunders
completed the course In 2 hours,
II minutes, 40 seconds.
Class Dbl results were: ist, Joe
FELTON, and John Wells. crew, Mara
thon. Time: ] hour, 81 minutes, q
seconds. End, Chef Tingler, and
Whitney Tellinghast, crew, Mara.
thon. Time: hour 81 minutes. Is
seconds. 3rd, Emil Sawyer with
crewman Cecil AIayon, Key West.
Time: 1 hour IS minutes, II sec
onds. 9TH Cliff Bailey and Al Bay
les, crewman, Marathon. Time: 1
hour, S. minutes, Is seconds.
I. T. Bragassa and Billy Palmer,
crewman, Marathon, developed mo-
tor trouble and were located BY
Nolan wilkins, Marathon Yacht
Club member, near Sugar Loaf
Key. Two Key West Navy men,
Delmar Warrington and crewman
Theron Ross, returned to Key West
shortly after the start Of the race,
because Of motor trouble.
The Sunday afternoon, July 5th
races were along one mile chart
ed course In the Marathon Cham
Der Of Commerce Gulf waters. To