Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-09-06 | Page 8 | Local News

DETROIT Sept 6 The P P The Harmsworth Harmsworth Harms Harms- worth trophy competition which has ha brought nothing but grief to foreign challengers since Gar Wood won th the plaque for the United States in 1920 may be run under different rules nex next year SUGGESTS C CHANGES ANGES J. J Lee Barrett secretary treasurer of the Yachtsmen's Association o or of America announced late yesterday that the Royal Motor Yacht club o of England had suggested several changes principally intended to sofen soft soft- en the rules which now disqualify for or succeeding heats any boat which falls tails to finish a race The yacht acht club proposed elimination ellmina elimina- tion of the rule providing that a boat boa which fails to start a heat before th the winning boat finishes or which does doe not complete the heat within three thre hours after the winner finishes b be disqualified for tor the remainder of th the races It also proposed that an entry b be barred only from the one heat eat should outside help be ac accepted in case o of trouble during a race RESULT SAME Neither suggested revision would have changed the result of this years year's races for Kaye Don British chal cha challenger lenger already had lost one heat hea when his Miss England III was forced to accept a tow yesterday morning The British club also proposes that tha thata a boat which accidentally crosses th the starting line while Jockeying for position position tion at the start be permitted to leave the he course without penalty and that tha it be disqualified only for the on one heat beat should it interfere with another entry Barrett also said there was a possibility the course hereafter might b baid be laid aid out in statute instead of nautical nautica miles