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Show DISTURBER IV HAS EASY TIME IN FIRST CHICAGO, Sept. 7. Disturber TV", Jame a. Push's big Chicago motor boat racer, won the first of the series of races for the national championship and, the Wrlgley cup In easy style today. .Miss Detroit was second. The course waa twice around the outpr cribs, a distance of thfrtv and one-half miles. Disturber IV made the first round, or fifteen miles, at the rate of fifty-five miles an hour, hut .skipper Pugh, finding that his speedy craft had a great advantage, reduced his peed and the average rate per mile for the entire distance was forty-nine and four-tenths miles an hour. Six motor boats of the ten originally entered en-tered for the United Mates motor boat championship competed. The time for the firnt four was: Disturber IV, 86:5$. Miss Detroit, 42:37. Babv Reliance, 42:37 4-5. Peter Pan. 42:38 3-5. The points awarded by the judges of the race were: Dfst urber IV, owned by Ja mes Pugh of Chicago. 9. Miss Detroit, owned bv a syndicate of Detroit, 8. Baby Reliance, owned by J. Stuart Black ton of New- York, 7. Peter Pan. owned by .larrffs Simpson of Toronto, 6. Barnacle, owned by Charles N. Steel of Chicago, .'. Billlken. owned by W. T. Warren of Detroit, 4. |