Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-07-06 | Page 12 | Fast Time Features Second Day's Rowing

FIST TIME FEATURES SECOND DAY'S PIG Miss Minneapolis Is Star in Webb Trophy Race; Driftwood Drift-wood Hinders Events ST. PAUL, July 5. The second day's racing of the niid-tontinent regatta, under un-der the ausplros of the Mississippi Valley Powerboat association, developed good races and fast time In all events. Miss Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Motorboat association entry, made a clean sweep of the race in which she was entered and developed a spucii of 43. b' miles an hour In the second heat of the Webb trophy race. The driftwood in the river, which caused the postponement of part of yesterday's yes-terday's programme, was still in evidence today and added difficulties to the racing. Although the officials said last1 night that the course would be lengthened when the racing started today, the mile-and-a-quarter course was retained. In the first heat 01" the five-mile race for class A A boats, Miss Bilile Burke, owned by D. C- Kberhart of Moline, III., was first, and Maymie. owned by G. O. Allen of Takn City, Minn., was second. Time, ItJ minutes and 22 seconds. Average, Aver-age, eighteen miles an hour. In the second race class C boats, a ten-mile ten-mile event. Monarch, owned by P Little, J r.. Wtiysea, Minn. was first : Hazel, owned by Warren J. WoopKing of Mol I tie. 111., second ; P. V. Q. V., owned by A. t '. Strong, Burlington, Burling-ton, Town, third; T'glv Duckling, III. fourth; Pgly Duckling IV, tlfth. I Time, IP minutes and 40 seconds, i In making her berth the Hazel crashed into a dock Hnd was damaged. Site was withdrawn for the tiny. In the second leg of the Webb trophy race. Miss Minneapolis was first ; Tljo Barnicle U. .second. Time. minutes, an average of 43.6 miles an hour. The Monarch entered, the race, but went out ion the sixth lap 'with a defective rudder. TCngine trouble caused the withdrawal of jMiss St. Paul. I Rnrnlcle II finished the race with a ! broken propeller blade. After a confer- I lence by the judges, the heat run of the j Webb trophy which was run yesterday , and called "no race." because the boats did not pet the proper starting signal, was allowed to stand. The F.amiele TI im yesterday's heat. The second beat for class B boats, a five-mile event, was won by P. D. Q. V.; I'gly Duckling II, second; Panama, owned bv K. D. Sco-fleld. Sco-fleld. St. Paul, third: Little' Chief, owned bv the Redwing Yacht club. Redwing, Minn., fourth. Time, 10 minutes and 12 seconds. The first heat for class E boats, a ten-mile ten-mile event, was won by Miss Minneapolis; The B:irnic! II, second; P. D. Q. V., ifthird... Time, lfi minutes and . seconds. P. D. Q. V. won the first heat of the I Admiral's trophy race, a five-mile event, ! for boats owned by the Mississippi Valley Powerboat association members. Time, j "I - minutes and seconds. Panama iin-, iin-, ishod second. Miss St. Paul was en-! en-! tered. but withdrew because of engine ! trouble. 1 Miss Minneapolis won the free-for-all, a ten-mile event. The Purniele II finished fin-ished seend. Little Chief. Redwing and Pglv intckliug 111 failed to finish. Time, 1" minutes and r.U seconds. Average, 37. S miles an hour.