Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 1 Aug 1930, p. 12

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Postponccd once, on the Fourth of July, the Rogers Park, Post of the' Ainerican Legion's regatta for out- board drivers of the North Shore Out- *board Motnr club will bc held this Saturday afternoon at 3, o'clock off !Farwell beach in Chicago. ,lI case of, rougl i eatber the races will.be held Sundav afternoon at 3. Trophies have been offered for three *places in eachi of threc cla sses ; Class S open, Class C open, a nd a grand handicap bang and go back free-fo r-al Only drivers of the north shore club and, other specially invited contestants -Will bce ligible, ini order to secure ama- *teur,. and lience . keeti, conipetition. About thirty boats ivili race, inthe free-for-aIl, -whichi does tiot disc*rimi.i- ate as to SIZe of mnotor. The club's forty-tnile Lake Michiga marathon,. to Chicago and retnrn to Evanst-oxi, vill,,be hceld .Sundav, also; in -ne afternôon if Saturdav's p'rogram is run off con schedutlc,'or in -the norning at 10 o'clock if postponetnent of the former is neccssary. This longer ruan will attract over twenty boats, and .is the first to be lheld bvthe North Shore c'ub. It is with a vîew of establishingy the practicability of. outboards for longer runs onthe la k'e as weillafo short races that the club sponsored file event whicl- t1a_ inenmbers have>be cailing for.veen Captain Otto Frickie of the Evaixston unit of the LJnited States Coast Guard *wiIl be on hiand both days. in the capa- city of patrol chief Assisting him* will be severai runaboutts owned by north shore residents. Com~mdore T.UW (Photos by Carlos> F HE~ CHARLES H. CROCKERS of 93 Robsart road, Kenilwvorth, are recent. converts to yachting, having just received the new Chris-Craft runabout, Kendon, which is shown as, it steppeci through its paces off Wiliii.ette harbor last Saturday. That Mr. and Mrs. Crocker and their sinall son were enjOying theniselves to the *utmost is disclos.ed ini the itituate close-up reproduced in the inset. Franklin Cook, commodore of the *North Shore Outboard club, is at the judaging coniixttee at Ces are openî to- Divi-, Third Elimination Race tôBe HeId on Auguot Strfleetsof the varions Lake Mich-I igan yacht clubs wtill compete on Au- gust 9 iii. the third 'race of the Inter- national elim ination series. This race Will also, comprise the second Shipping board event. It will be held off Bel-. mont harbor. Wade Woodworth Wins lot in Chain O'Lakes Program First prize in Class C, as .well as first in the entire amateur divis'on of t he - First Annual Chain o' Lakes 100 ile outfboard Marathon at Fox Lake [last Stunday, went. to Wade "Red" Woodworthp, 1245 Elmnwood ýavenue, Eývanst*on, a mnember of the Nortn Shore Outboard .cluxb who was enterecl under the club's name. Woodworth drove a stock model Evinrude Speedtwin motor on a Cen- toskey, Mich., in thiat order; Lars flalvorsen, a North Shore club driver, ivas forced out after the twenty-second, lap by a. broken fuel pump. Bud Pea- cock experi.enced tbe same trouble a few laps previous, mand Jerry Westei- feld. who was upamonigst.the leaders, spilled when his steering wheel cast- ing broke off in his bands. KarI. Yost and Ken Brubaker, officiais of the local club, were on the judging Corn- mittee. Officilal times and speeds -were niot Walrus Is Winner of Second Racei Series B at S.> S. Russell ý Naîl and Walter Stockton. surprîsed the rest.cof the field Saturday' afternoon when they skippered their Walrus into first place in the second races of. series B, ahead of. somie of Sheridan Shore's newer boats. There was a good wind at the start of the race, but it died on the last leg .and only six of the starters were able to I-ný h 1 _ _ ~- - - - - - - - -- -*1 ... - '-, '- Il-sI ....K io so.%ULO, MUC,1111 -U iti dl a8.M, rlUgUbL - .1c *. . 'ne ïNu +iSlAing ui,,race~, ior in the Mackinac rare. wvo'n the fourth fine aftér the race. . . .which require official judges. and allow S class boats, will be sailed at 2,15 race.' The tl'ird tve"'t went to Henrv Woodworth carrier! off tivn ) eatlti- relief drivers. The cash offer is good the same gfternoon. The second Lip- Schutte of M2 nitowor. '. ail also toc'k li trop)hies as h;Q sl'ae f the spoilq. U13 to. October. and, inasmu'--h as the ton cup and Nutting cup races wili be the fifth race while a fourteen-vear-old H-e was not eligible for the large cash present record i n douht 1)e ex- held on Friday afternoon, August 15, Skinner, Lee G-'unrlelar-h. defeated the twvards. which went to &Ibert Gallert ceeded several times soon. north shore at a similar hour while the third races o!d-astrs n fue ina *rce f teni Chicazo, Carl Koeffler, of Watt- drivers are plannin" their attack on ini the two sre ilb edo h secs onda, Wis., .aiid Hub Myers ci Pe- the nmark b> early. Septeirnàber. following afternoon. hoth place. R. sio-n Il. driv'ers. J

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