Gold Cuppers Trailing Hydroplane at Red Bank
Gold at Red Bank Cuppers Trailing Hydroplane • WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 22, 1948 B—3 I Van Blerck in Lead; Hollingsworth 4-Time Winner President's Cup Race Baugh-Mont Quarterback Duel Green Gryphon Leads Polly Riley Retains Title Lombardo Suffers At Quantico All-Marine Meet Entries at Promised in Skins' Tilt In Trans-Mississippi Golf Sought Squad Comets in Regatta By the Associated Press By Lewis F. Atchison SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 21 — Stor Stoff Correspondent Polly Riley, Port Worth, retained Engine Trouble Red Bank Meet her women's i LOS ANGELES. Aug. 21.—With At Centreville Trans-Mississippi golf championship today by defeating By Malcolm Lamborne, Jr. With reconnaisance and recruit- Sammy Baugh again playing the the Associated Press By Margaret Gunther, Memphis, 7 and Star Staff mg as their mission, officials of the ; leading role, the Redskins square off Correspondent j CENTREVILLE, Md.. Aug. 21.— 5 in 36-hole final. The also President’s Cup Regatta Association in their annual East-West intra- pair RED BANK, N. J„ Aug. 21.—The Defending Comet cnampion R. met in the final a year ago. took off yesterday for the two-day squad football game tomorrow at National Sweepstakes power boat Hammond Gibson of Easton, Md., Miss Riley was 7 up at the 27th National Sweepstake? Regatta at Long Beach. race here today came close to j sailed his Green home hole and 5 at the mark very Red Bank, N. J„ hoping to return Gryphon up halfway falling flat on its face when It will be the Tribe’s first show first in the Comet engine here with a batch of power boat today opening today, trouble four Gold of strength of the 1948 campaign, heat of the Corsica River Yacht The among Cup racers entrants for the racing off Hains Texas girl made it 6 up at the became and a 225-cubic- but its widely publicized, and po- Club to on epidemic Point September 23-26. regatta gain one leg 22d when Miss Gunther hit a tree inch hydroplane driven by Joe Van tent new look will have an old- the new L. C. Johnson Trophy. on her drive and wasted a shot. James A. Councilor, jr., general fashioned hemline. Several of the Blerck of Freeport, N. Y., took the A good northwest wind which Miss Riley made it 7 up at the 23rd. chairman, headed the scouts. He new men to opening heat. expected add punch to the Green where Miss Gunther’s ball landed was joined by Eric Greenleaf, powei pushed Gryphon across, the offense, notably Harry Gilmer, in a trap. Between now and 3:40 p.m. to- boat chairman; John A. Remon, later slackened and the regatta's will be watching from the side- On the 25th, Miss Riley missed morrow, when the second and final honorary president; Bill Rogers feature race for Stars and the lines and with few exceptions most a fairly short putt and lost the hole heat will be held, the hard luck leader; Walkei Cruising Class event had to be canoeing “Happy" of the cast will be holdovers from to Miss Gunther’s The score fleet may get going again. and Jack Annandale. postponed. par. last year when the Skins were went to 7 up again on the 26th, with Lombardo, the band leader The regatta at Red Bank was A number of boats were towed Guy kicked around rather shamefully. Miss Riley down in regulation five from Freeport, had starter trouble expected to produce entries for 135 back from tne finish line. The lack Tommy Mont, one-time Maryland and Miss Gunther chipping past with his Gold Cup Tempo VI and and 225-cubic-foot hydroplane of wind-also forced postponement of ace, will be pitching against Baugh the cup and missing her putt. didn’t get started until Van Blerck’s events here as well as new entrants today’s second heat. Two heats are tomorrow and with a passel of new Miss Gunther had a change to V had gone nearly four of the in the Gold Cup and President’s scheduled for tomorrow morning. Aljo faces in the line battling for reg- TOMMY win the short 27th, but three-putted. six Even if Lombardo wins Cup classes. MONT. The Green Gryphon from Easton’s laps. ular jobs it may be more exciting Miss Riley then missed a four- Van Blerck still could Three National craft don Tred Avon Yacht Club outsailed two tomorrow, Sweepstakes it seem Edwards, End Sid Halliday and but a one over half than might at first glance. New footer, got par take the Sweepstakes trophy. He already are set for the local meet- Halfback Dan should add Jersey Comets. Crossing second Mont has been throwing as well as Sandifer, out of it. to finish second, which are Lombardo’s new to the was O. P. Merrill's Bar Fly and has onlv ing. They Guy the rest of them in practice. He’s merriment when they get After the defending tltleholder tie the two Long Island Gold into the scramble \Villiam A. Wood’s She’s Clear. Bdth would Tempo VI; Lohala, $65,000 an old hand at T- for jobs. went 8 up at the 28th, Miss Gunther operating the. are from the drivers on points. However, Lom- racer owned by Harry Lynn | Red Dragon Canoe Cup formation and a cool, calculating Edwards Slightly Injured. prolonged the match by winning the bardo's time today was so slow he textile manufacturer of St. Louis Club, Riverton, N. J. field general. He’ll make it inter- Edwards, who was injured in the 29th and 30th with pars. Miss can make up for it tomor- and Lake N. J., and Miss Taking the first heat in the hardly Hopatcong, esting for the customers. Needless Chicago game, has only a stiff neck Riley clinched the title on the 31st row—and ties are broken on faster Great Lakes, Albin Fallon’s 194f Hampton class was Long Shot, to say, that goes double for as a memento of the fray, but will with a par 3 where her rival hit President’s winner. Baugh. piloted by Richard Taylor of the time. Cup engage in no heavy work for three her ball into a trap. craft The District also 'Game Is Test of Heart. Norfolk (Va.) Yfccht Club. Lynn's new Gold Cup delegation hopec or four days, Coach Edwards an- Harry In the Duster Division, See Wed Lahala! which won the Cambridge | to add Hurricane IV, owned by Mor- Without Gilmer, slated to be nounced today. on lan Vissel of Los Nuts and relief man this season and sailed by Dewes Showell, of the Gold Cup last week, conked out Angeles; Baugh’s Halliday and Sandifer came entered Wilfred Stroth ol his and with- Riverton IN. J.) Yacht Club made the first lap with a broken fuel line, Bolts, by eventually successor, through unscathed, although nei- and Lou So out Fullback Ed the i it in first while Henry Savard’s leaving the Navesink River to Van Detroit, Fageol’s Long Quirk, game ther was in action very long. FOR A COMPLETELY class racer. Carefree from the Georgetown (Md.> Blerck, until Lombardo showed. speedy 7-liter will be revealing to Coach Turk The badly battered Redskins lost racing fleet, won in the Avis and Robert Frost's The President's Cup Regatta Edwards and his aides. Line Coach another for tomorrow’s Lightning Warren player game class. of Detroit, the former C. W. receives the for his in scheduling a five-week program this Tiger Walton summed up the situa- when Herb Shoener was ruled out Miss Frostie Hollingsworth trophy victory I —.. _ with events on tion when he said the staff Notre Dame, suffered a backfire and the high hurdles in the All-Marine Corps track meet yester- year, opens rowing today after his injured shoulder failed to if a explosion before the start and never day at Quantico from Gen. Clifton B. Cates, Commandant of September 6, followed by swimming wanted to know it had fighting respond to treatment. He may be his mechanic and diving September 11-12, canoe- bunch of football players. out a week. got out. Avis and the U. S. Marine Corps. —Marine Corps Photo. September 12 and sailing on A crowd were burned slightly. ing “We have a potentially good of 5,000 to 7,500 is ex- WE BUY... September 18-19 with the power for the Lombardo’s Time Best. Paced by C. W. Hollingsworth, the referee and a number of the line but we want one that thinks pected game. races the show former star now at were on boat capping Sep- it be ANY MAKE... Duke stationed District AAU officials his can’t licked,” said Walton. — Earlier, Lombardo won the open- Five years ago Princequillo who four first staff. tember 25-26. "We’ll watch their and drive ing heat for the Judge Emil Auer- Annapolis, piled up spirit won the $21,200 Saratoga Handi- ANY didn’t places and tied for a fifth, Marines 100-yard dash: 1—Wenger (Quantico); Councilor and Greenleaf are con- as much as their execution of plays YEAR...i bach Memorial Trophy, but 2—Jameson (El Toro>: 3—Ambrogi cap at Belmont. from stations the Uni- fident a record field of power boats and if it meets our start in the second heat. In this throughout (Quantico); 4—Mechler (El Toro). Time, expectations you Prices Paid for ted States and its 10.3 seconds. will compete in the grand finale for can count the Redskins in the East- Highlit first race, Tempo was clocked at possessions yes- 220-yard dash: 1—Wenger (Quantico); | a the President’s ern title race this Cars 73.198 mph, the fastest time of the terday wound up two-day all- 2—Mechler (El Toro): 3—Lucy (Quan- Cup. year.” Low>Mileage Marine tico): 4—Ambrogi (Quantico). Time, 22.8 definite entries is the first The Skins will stick to rather was so late in Corps track and field meet seconds. Among TIRES day. Labala getting Factory Reconditioned, all ip at dash: boat to in 10 years, football tomorrow for the Norman Quantico, Va. 440-yard 1—Cuff (Quantico); foreign compete straight sices; 6 out for the race that Driver