Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-09-05 | Page 9 | Gar Wood Wins Final Race

f GAR tR AR WOOD WINS FINAL RACE f MOTOR MISHAP P HOPES OF ENDS BRITISH CRAFT k- k n ns n's Be Breakdown U. U S. S Boat Easy Victory in International Race By JOSEPH F. F HEARST United Press Fress Staff Correspondent HARMSWORTH COURSE Lake St. St f 5 The 5 The United Clair Mich Se Sept t. t today retained possession of States the Me Harmsworth armsworth international trophy emblematic of world speed supremacy water when a motor mishap disable disabled dis the on able n the challenger Miss En England Imd IN Don and his Miss England III IIIi i lost t to Gar Wood and his Miss America Amer ica Ira X when Miss England's motors fouled louled and Don was forced to accept tow OW off th the course Wood had won the a fi first t heat of the race Saturday when Dons Don's engines also failed him when when a throttle connection broke WORK OK Or MOTORS With Ith the Miss England holder of the worlds world's speed record of bobbing idly on the miles mlles 8 an an hour Smooth water Wood and his mechanic wet past Don The Thc English driver his hopes of lilting lifting the Harmsworth trophy fading worked frantically over ever the motors as the Miss America droned on to victory Wood com com- L the required seven laps to win winand winand Jand and retain the plaque I Dons Don's boat became disabled on the lap and the Briton Brilon was unaI una una- I Ible ble to complete the lap fe Woods Wood's average speed for the 35 miles was miles an hour This was 20 miles an hour slower than the record set last year by Don in Miss England Eagland II 11 gr As patrol boats towed the Miss England Eng Eng- land to her boat boal well with the disappointed pointed painted Briton riding in the towing best beat Wood rece received wed the finish gun I Ho He swung th the Miss America her exhausts ex cx belching smoke and fire as asbe ashe hs he slowed down and came past the press stands Woods Wood's happiness at again successfully successfully success fully luUy defending the trophy he won in England Eagland in 1920 was apparent He stood Up in the stern of the boat and waved a greeting to the packed stands Johnson the mechanic working about the now quiet grinned hap hap- lly Woods Wood's Teddy bears two bedraggled good luck omens he has carried for years could not be seen scent and nd the cheers for a si sight ht of them went unheeded A moment later a Jew tossed the Miss America and she moved off to JINX PURSUES DON Thus ended a race that had been heralded as the greatest in power powerboat powerboat float boat history The Miss England l by two giant Royce Rolls I motors tors came to Detroit with its world orld speed record Wo Wood d built a an anew anew n new boat to meet the thc fot foi foreign lg chal claI lenge It carried four cylinder 12 linder Packard engines the greatest power plant ever installed in such a n craft Woods Wood's speed was unknown before the races Saturday and md it is still un un-I un known Saturday the rough water wlter prevented real rell speed Today there was no need of it The jinx which has followed ever every foreign invader that has come to Detroit to contest for the trophy first offered 30 years ago by Lord Northcliffe again dogged Don J I E A year car ago alter after he had won the first heat he beat the gun and was disqualified A minute later his boat overturned o Before his breakdown Saturday he had appeared a certain ncr