| Show EAR DON IN FIRST S WOOD OVERCOMES j HEAT YANKEE CRAFT SNARES OPENER OF CUP GUP EVENTS Defender Crosses Line Two Miles in Front After j S Trailing 4 of f 5 Laps By JOSEPH F. F 0 B Br United HARMSWORTH COURSE OURSE Lake St. St ClaIr lair Mich ith Sept Gar 3 Wood American de defender ndel of the thc Harmsworth Harmsworth Harms- Harms iS worth r trophy flashed to o victory todaY today tor to- to heat beat of the ft in th the first mile 35 day Us race after trailing Kaye Don famous the fa English Engh challenger for four of the thet t laps five Woods Wood's Miss America X 1 its ts 48 s cylinders cyl cyl- 1 inders beating out a steady tattoo of notes crossed the line in a full miles mile ahead of Don Dons Don's s white white- two r lulled hulled Miss England III ilL Choppy waters and rain which turned from a drizzle to a steady downpour midway in the fourth lap slowed the speed of both oth b boats boat a t Woods Wood's average fo 35 miles was r j miles an fl hour far below the record set et last las year by Don in Miss Mss f England gland II IL when h he raced the dis- dis at an average of 89 miles an hour I Woods Wood's average for or the e 35 ml miles es was to his home immediately t after the race and Don headed Miss England for the Henry B. B Joy boat boat- house l AS PLANNED I p I 1 ran the race just as as I planned lit It Ic Wood said The boat worked perfectly in every respect I am delighted de- de lighted to have won Ion toda today and I be- be we ve will repeat the victory MondaY Monday Mon- Mon daY and retain the trophy Until midway in the f fourth lap the Miss America looked like a beaten boat boal Don had bad brought Miss England over the starting line wen well in advance ad- ad vance of Wood and opened up a lead cf more than a mile on the first lap i The Miss America seemed outclassed outclassed out out- classed and her nose rode high In the tossing towing water at times Thousands were expecting an English victory when in the fourth lap Wood wass was the back seen s en to gain appreciably on three mlle strai straightaway As he round round- ted cd the upper turn he was a scant 1301 yards behind the English boat As Wood came into the straightaway he he swung wide and rapidly overhauled over over- I hauled Don He passed him just as the boats flashed past the timers timer's barge and headed for the upper turn two miles away k The distance between Miss England England En En- gland and Miss America was gradually grad grad- widened until the flying ing red mahogany hulled defender was a certain winner TAR FAR IN LEAD LEADWood LEADWood 5 Wood continued to press his advantage ad- ad vantage crossing the finish line far farin farin in the lead while the river liver craft cratt crafts s sounded ao ded their their horns In sal salute te Don apparently realizing the race was lost made no effort to speed after the fifth lap was half run Both Wood and Don took no chances of a recurrence of last years year's disqualification when both lost out for b beating the gun guru Don cr crossed the theline theline theline line first 1559 seconds after the gun sounded Wood was five seconds behind behind behind be be- hind him S The contest was run under miserable miserable miserable miser miser- able conditions Rain which started falling at 3 a a. a m. m caused a a temporary postponement at a. a m. m The skies cleared then and the therace race vas was set bet Jor or 7 oclo k By then the wind had come up and the water was extremely extreme extreme- ly choppy But both boats appeared Ion ton the course and the officials sounded sound sound- ed led the minute five-minute gun The rain held off until near the I close dose of the race and didn't figure in inthe inthe the outcome although the lake swell I figured in cutting down the speed of both th boats beats Several times both pilots eased off their power momentarily as I the craft tossed ove ra heavy wave Woods Wood's motors seemed to work perfectly per per- but boatmen on the officials officials' barges noted that Miss England's I Iti ti seemed teemed emed to be hitting raggedly as early i as the start tart of the fourth lap SLOW FINAL LAP Dons Don's time time for the final lap was I but b ut miles an hour The second heat will be held Monday morning M If Don wins the third and deciding I fm heat will be held at the same time I Tuesday F- F S The race was run before the most t crowd in Detroit river hist his- his t The rain failed to dampen the of t the crowds although everyone on the course was subjected sub- sub eded to the downpour J P PoUce Pollee ilce were unable to estimate the r. r number lumber of the throng which packed the we four miles o of lake front along alongi we the e west side of the course Hundreds aw had d been there all ni night ht sleeping in parked ked automobiles Lun Lunch h stands did i a brisk business as chilled spectators Warned warmed themselves with coffee and When the weather cleared at ot 6 a. a m. m V thOusands more started for forthe the course from Detroit If Streets were dense w 1 automobiles and pedestrians VERAL BOATS S Across Acres oss the course on the east cast side the e J largest collection of boats in In I 11 Risworth orth history was at anchor Th i the night they moved up th the lake ake and d took 6 Positions their Iii lights gleaming like ke myriad stars star As da broke roc the lights were dimmed the e s shore ore cr crowds could see the lne 1000 odd craft riding easily in to the thc thelin A d doe zen Planes were overhead tak- tak lag Pictures tures On One One- equipped with a adese lin t Short dese wave sending se set broadcast a tent sent to P England gland of the race race- which was reD resent re- re l D Eo dbl blamed ed mechanical trouble developed in one of his twin motors o on the thc e fourth lap Th lite boat just started slowing Vust up said L We w e don dont don't t know yet what ket happen th but hope to find the cause the of i 4 ae trouble rouble some time today It Itelo a ras elo good race until the trouble dellot de de- de- de O. O m my boat k The e British pilot said sald he didn't be Ow r ready Whether the e Miss England will WOOd fo c second heat s time for the thc Sl 35 miles was 33 min S 48 72 seconds Don finished es seconds after the g gun |
