Evening star., 1955-06-13
ID. {. Shippers
Take ; Firsts
AT South River
By MALCOLM LANIBoURNE. jr.

By MALCOLM LAMBOURNE, jr.
Potomac River shippers cap
Itured three first-place trophies
in the windup yesterday of South
River Yacht Clubs annual re-
lgatta sailed OF Selby Bay Yacht
Club. A fleet of 40 boats raced
lin a brisk southwest wind under
ideal conditions.
Standout sailor from Washing
ton was E. S. Cotter. who scored
three firsts in the Penguin class
in his boat Pam. Ontly other
triple winner in seven classes
was Joe Ball of Annapolis in his
One-Design, Sho-Nuf.
In the Snipe class, District
shippers swept the series. Bruce
IWetmore in Manon from Colum-
bia Yacht Club received the top
prize by virtue of two firsts Sat-
urday and a second yesterday.
George Brown in Alibi of the
Potomac River Sailing Associa-
ltion was second, and Don Wilson,
aboard Malabar, another Colum-
lbian. placed third.
Dent Wins Comet Glass
Richard Dent, sailing Tidal
Wave of the Potomac squadron.
squeaked through with a first
place trophy in the Comet class.
He placed third in the final race
yesterday, but had enough
points in the bank from Satur-
days two firsts to take the Sc
ries. George Cooperthrwaite'S
Ariel II from Corsica River
Yacht Club was No. 2 in the
finals after leading the fleet in
the final race. Russ 'Parker's
Cricket of Columbia earned a
third-place prize.
Fritz Veith in his Chesapeake
16 Chic won a close victory in
his class over Hugh Wallis
Shark from West River. Veith
is from Fair Haven Sailing Club.
Two veteran Penguin class
shippers are scheduled to repre-
sent the Potomac River area in
the mems and women'S Chesa-
peake Bay sailing champion
ships here at the end Of June.
Penso Leads Thistles
Len Penso, former commodore
of the Potomac River Sailing
Association, scored is points in
Thistles to lead the series-sub-
ject to a protest.
Linda Youngs of Alexandria.
second-generation Penguin sail
or, won the women's elimina-
tions Of three races sailing in
lightnings. This will be her
third try at the bay-wide title.
Ellen Blunt and Mrs. Peggy
Reynolds, both of National
Yacht Club, placed second and
third.
The mems series was marked
Iby a miX-up in the selection of
1.-THE race course. and if a protest
Iby one of the shippers is lodged,
Race Chairman Ben Minor may
have to run more races next
Sunday. @
Pending that decision, how
ever, this is the lineup of skip
Ipers after Penso: Joe Kraft, ID;
Marshall Hornbower and Harvey
Lekson, 10; Morton knight. 9.
land Charlie Dills, S.
SquaIl Hits Fleet
The men planned to sail six
races but a wind squall struck
the fleet after three had been
held.
In the hotly contested Inter-
national las, DR.. Stuart Walk
er's Rio1ina of Annapolis
Iclinched first-place honors when
he noSed out AL Kuehnle's
Blimey, also of Annapolis. in the
'Iwindup race. This gave Kuehnle,
a well-known big boat skipper.
second in the series. Bob Will
Iliams' Endeavor of Severn Sail
ling Association won the final
race but settled for a series
third.
Prizes were awarded by Com
nodore Bus Grubbs at the Selby
Bay Club which made it's ia
|cilities available when the South
River Club wasn't able to COM
Iplete work on its new quarters
in time for the regatta.
T. -----.