Show I I I n d I Gar Gal Wood took two of his fastest faste t hydroplanes hydro hydro- planes Miss America and Hiss Detroit to I ILos Los Angeles Angelen In to ra race against some Bome of ot the I best boats on the coast There had bad been rumors that Gar Gars Gar's a speed supremacy was In I danger of ot eclipse when the Ca California sportsman Invited him to take a II trip West He Ite expected close competition I but the Gar Wood boats easily ran away with Ith first t tand and second place In each heat of a a. race lasting three days Neither boat was ever ran wide open open during the contest The Western Vestern boats ran beautifully but they showed no speed peed to compare with that of ot Gar Gars Gar's s champlois I What What's s the answer answer Simply that its it's almost Impossible to beat four gener generations of l boat oat building experience The Gar Gal Wood boats were built by Chris Smith of ot Algonac and his sons eons whose boats have won all alt cha races of ot any Importance since 1913 1911 Chris Smith never never studied marine designIng designIng design design- Ing lug In any ony scientific school But Chris Smith Smiths s grandfather began building boats for the old hunters hunter and anti tra trappers on Lake LaVe Superior when Michigan was a. a wild country coun coun- try Chris Smith s father father- continued buildIng buildIng build build- Ing lag boats on the same ground beside the St. St Clair river and became famous for fast tast small sailing craft Then along came caine Chris Smith and after turning out racing yachts that won the chief racing events on the Great Lakes gave his hla attention tt t to fast power powei boats Many years of tireless building changing chang chang- ing experimenting experimenting- and studying of details followed and then and his bis sons song be began began beran be- be gan ran building speed boats that astonished the world and broke alt all records to smithereens smith In fact tact when Gar Car Wood went In with the Smiths racing the boats they built they developed speed ed that made competition tion hopeless that racing conditions In many big races were changed to bar hat hydroplane boats and limit entries to displacement boats Wood went to England and brought back the Harmsworth cup the cup the great In InI In- In trophy brought here by the Dixie I and recaptured for England by Mapleleaf Next year vear English boat builders and designers designers designers de de- de- de signers turned out their best and sent over overa a challenger to take the cup again The English boat was outclassed so BO far tar that England has apparently given up trying to retrieve tho the trophy Ambition and enthusiasm can can accomplish h I many things But old id boy Experience Is la Isa isa laa a a ten cit to one shot anywhere In la the tho world of sport Incidentally after winning the gold challenge chal thaI lenge cup a a. few lew times with Mississippi valley Northern an and Southern and interns Intern champions breaking all worlds world a rec ret for tor the distances raced Gar Wood has bas had I a little little- useful experience himself WILLm HEELERS RECORD It Is III l seldom that the dropping out of t an old timer old timer brings up as aa many memories as the death o of Wee Willie Heeler Keeler one of ot the l bease ana ann squarest ball Dali players that ever lived After retiring from baseball with enough money saved caved to keep him hint and his j I family for tor several years yearn Keeler lived in B Brooklyn About two years ago aro h It t was as rumored that Wee Willie was a sick man that man that he had heart beart trouble The only heart trouble Willie Keeler ever had was a broken heart H lIe He understood ba baseball ball He didn't t understand business as It Is followed around New York Tork He Re went Into business and sharper and less scrupulous men trimmed him until the savIngs sav say ings inge of ot years disappeared and even his home was waa mortgaged John McGraw and some of Willies Willie's a old baseball friends saved that tar for him but with no hope for tor the future Keeler gradually grad grad- weakened until he could not lea e his room Ills His spirit broken by misfortune ne it was only a a. mat matter er of ot months before the end ca came caine Inc In his day Keeler was the most popular r player layer In America He lIe was wall a a. little fellow tellow tel fel fel- fel low and h lu he didn't t try to slam them over the fence like a 0 Babe Ruth Willies Willie's s principle was Wall to hit n em em where they aln aInt t as ho lie used to say He lIe had a a. wonderful batting eye and an easy way of ot I hitting bitting that enabled him him to put tho the ball bali wherever he wanted to On the famous Baltimore Orioles he made batting battinI records that still stand Three times h helped hi his hili club win the pennant ennant He Re was a a. major league eague player for tor nineteen years year Today the big clubs would be of offering of- of fering but time et salaries a I Wt O 0 weren't ve for tOr t tans ans another so tb much uc Willie In Willies Willie's Keeler Kepler I l s ill Willie played on the New York Tork Nation Nation- file als following his hili 01 old 1 pal Dal John McGraw lIe Ha played with Brooklyn arid n the e New ew York Americana In 07 97 7 he 1 lest led the National 0 I league In batting w with and In 38 58 J with In one game In inS in'S 97 Willie made made- six alx hits bite in six lx times at bat bat bat-a a re record Ord That season he made 19 hits hit safety safely itel ite l In forty tour forty four consecutive games and And d Willie could o have walked K Babe Ruths Ruth's a arm in without brushing his cap ca AGo AGAIN Jack Jerk Dempsey is offered a a. match In E England En En- gland with Beckett Well Veil Jack Jeck has to do something to pay th th n monthly bills The fundamental funda principle In playing football gam games game's s Is III to get enough nough points to win rays raY Coach Elmer Flmer Henderson of the of ot Southern California whose Trojan warriors beat Peon Penn State 14 24 to 3 a. a New ks io day at Pasadena That fundamental tUl principle thing Is la all well enough for Cor those who can work It Henderson n had bail 1 a great e team second on the thi coast 0 only t to the Invincible v m rn eleven thAt thai had hed beaten U U. S S. S C C. 12 to te 0 O. O The two nia colleges have shown football ability that disproves the old theory the the- ory that the games reaches Its Ite height only past Nut of ot the Mississippi Well We'll W ell e II see some football next year It if the strongest Eastern team can be Induced to cross the country and try to do what whit Penn renn State could couldn't D t Copyright 1922 1932 by Bell Deli Syndicate in Jr |