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Show FRANK K.. BAKER TELEGRAM SPORTS EDITOR A real bit of rivalry is brewing between Bill Wilson and Emil Johnson and it all hinges on an argument about which-ha 4he fastest outboard motorboat, Announcement in the press this week that Wilson proposed to set a record over a measured course at Black Rock beach Sunday afternoon has drawn a letter from Johnson challenging Wilson to a match race instead. If the two boat enthusiasts would really go through with the deal it. ought to provide one of the most interest-awakening interest-awakening episodes in local boating activities for a long time. Emil is just a bit scathing in his comment. He writes: "I will admit that if my outboard boat exceeded SO miles per hour, I would probably be scared stiff and never be the same again, so Wilson should have nothing to fear from me. I would likt to Insist, however, that Wilson pilot his own boat himself." Wilson does not know just what to expect out of his new 60-horae power motor. Claims have been made that it drove a craft through the water at Detroit at about 70 miles an hour during dur-ing special tests. At the local altitude, however, it can be ex- tected to be 10 to 1 3 degrees less effective without superchargers. There really is no kidding about this rivalry between the two boatmen. Emil has long been one of the atate'a foremost boating enthusiasts and four and five year ago was entirely without a serious challenge to his claim of having hav-ing the fastest craft In the state. As a designer and builder . of hulls, particularly of the metal variety, Emil Is one of the best In the country, Wilson is no expert on boats, but he knows the A, B, C's backwards when it comes to motors. By strange coincident, he owns a craft that was designed and built by Emil for another boatman. What Wilson hopes to do is to tuno up his new motot sufficiently to beat Emil with his own product. That is a big assignment because Emil is a pretty tough pilot. . The match race between these two if it materializes will be staged as a feature of the regatta sponsored at the lake by the junior chamber of commerce committee, commit-tee, starting at 2 p. m. Even if they don't race against each other, Wilson has declared he'd try to establish a record running against time, and of course that will be open to challenge by anyone, even Emil. Speed records have never meant a great thing heretofore hereto-fore in Utah boating. Supposition and partially investigated investi-gated theories that the waters of Great Salt lake may really be conducive to outstanding speed even as the Bonneville salt flats have been helpful to the auto racers can be studied with more concrete findings if these rivals really start a campaign for real speed in boating. The plan to establish records over definitely measured courses is the first step. e e e How far the boatmen go depends upon how keen the rivalry Is and how willing the group is willing to spend money , on the development of their craft and increase of their power. I hope that this will be the starter that will eventually even-tually bring some 100-mile-an-hour performances to the lake. e e e Babe Phelps, once mild-mannered as x kitten, has turned wildcat. The big Dodger catcher has been banished ban-ished six times this season and suddenly has become one of the best marksmen in the National league when shooting shoot-ing knuckles at a chin, his two most notable encounters being the ones with Pitcher Grissom of the Reds and Shortstop Brown of the Cards when they crashed into him at the plate. It muse be the Burleigh Grimes influence. in-fluence. see Jack Curley'a son. Jack Jr., is carrying on for the dead promoter pro-moter as mahout of the wrestling herd. The injury Jinx which for two years has trailed the Detroit Tigers is one of the toughest any baseball team has ever experienced expe-rienced . . . Recent Iocs for perhaps the rest of the season of Schoolboy Rowe was the latest blow at Mickey Cochrane'! good and same club. . . . Mickey himself is virtually well again, but probably will never play again as a result of that beaning which very nearly took his life. If his brilliant pitching in a recent game against the Dodgers means anything, old Pop Jesse Haines may last longer than any other pitcher in baseball history. ... He is 44 and still twirling aix-hit games. ... In fact, barely missed a shutout. . , . One run was scored off him. |
