| Show 1 Backseat Driving By Frank K Baker Telegram Sports Editor Kaye Don Likes to Go Co Places in a Hurry Kaye Dons Don's yen en for getting places in a 1 hurry has led him into trying practically eYer every means of ot rapid transportation but it is the racing boat that provided his most success The man may have his hs weaknesses but a lack of ot nerve and daring isn't one of oC them Don is about 38 years old now and ever since he was big enough to straddle a motorcycle motorcycle motor motor- cycle he has been seeking the thc fastest ways to travel Motorcycles didn't hold him long and he went aloft but buthe buthe he found flying tame i if one can imagine imago imag ine Inc it and he quit the royal flying corps for automobile racing as soon as the war was over I He Hc established himself eU as a skillful and ani daring n pilot in England and ab would v be burning up the tracks now but for a disappointing attempt to establish a worlds world's automobile speed record at Da Daytona tona Beach in 1930 Don made elaborate preparations with his Silver Bullet at nt Daytona but didn't even get to first base blaming poor weather and a faulty machine for his failure When he returned to England he found that Lord Wakefield Wake- Wake field had raised and reconditioned the Miss England II II the boat in which Sir Henry Seagrave lost his life lite and was looking for a pilot That was the beginning of ot a great rivalry for boat supremacy between Don and Gar Wood of ot America that certainly wasn't made any more amicable at al Detroit last summer as Wood tricked Don to beat the gun across the line lineIn linein linein in the Harmsworth trophy races Don Must Have Chuckled Over Recent Trial Therefore it goes without argument argument argo ment that Don must have chuckled gleefully over his r recent cent unofficial speed of miles an hour over Lake Garda in Italy as he thought of ot the privilege it afforded to gloat over Wood for tor officially or unofficially the speed exceeded Woods Wood's accepted world mark b by about 20 miles an hour The seriousness he appends to his rivalry with Wood is evidenced by his outburst the da day of his official trial when he failed to approach Woods Wood's record and said in disgust that he wished the would think less of ot my life and more about speed which is what I want in ln a boat Whereupon he packed his boat up and sent it back to Lord Wakefield I in England with instructions to rebuild rebuild rebuild re re- re- re build her saying After all ell risk is ismy ismy isray my ray stock in trade And Lord Wakefield Wake Wake- field will rebuild the boat so Don can make another attempt to break the record record record-or or his neck Dons Don's Knowledge of Boats Was Meager The Mad knew nothing about boats when he first volunteered volun volun- leered to pilot the ill fated Miss England Eng En land IL But he knew plenty about V speed peed and hes he's been slicing off oU records ever since He has flirted with death on numerous numerous numer numer- ous occasions as lS good and bad l tack luck ck alternately smiled or frowned upon his efforts In an early Ulster race he won the mile grind by a few I seconds In another Irish classic class c his hiscar hiscar hiscar car skidded smashed up and burst into flames On Lake Garda he missed by inches the same sort of oC a submerged submerged sub sub- merged log that killed Seagrave In South America the heat nearly killed both him and his motor At Detroit last year his boat traveling travel travel- tag ing at tremendous speed cracked to pieces throwing him for a loop and anda a good bath Four Yankee Golfers Threatening British Title When the golfing wars for the British British Brit Brit- ish open championship get under way Monday at Sandwich four golfers from America will be accorded fine finc chances of ot bringing the trophy that has been American property since 1924 back to the United States Tommy Armour who has drunk often from the victory cup eup will be defending the title but hes he's in danger of ot yielding the trophy to either Gene Mao Smith or Harry Cooper The British title is the one major achievement that has eluded Sara Sara- zen yen whose prize earnings alone run into big money He ran second b behind behind be be- hind Walter Hagen in the 1928 British open and won the U. U S. S open and the thc P. P G. G A. A titles 10 years ago Smith and Cooper while making a comfortable living from their games haven't experienced the thrill o of winnin winning win winning win win- nin ning or o of capitalizing on a British or U. U S. S championship Mac has come close often third often third in the British open in 1923 1924 and 1925 second in 1930 tied for tor first in the 1910 U. U S. S open and second behind Bobby Jones in 1930 Cooper has boen been a flashy money player play play- er er hot at times but the closest he ever got Jot to a big title was in 1927 when he tied Armour in the U. U S. S open and lost Jost in the playoff |
