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I 0m I FINANCE i I mm SPORTS 108th Year. No. 125 Tuesday, September 6, 1938 Free Press Want Ads oosts Lap Record in of Gold Cup Coasf Youths Write Cup History Despite Defeat Cup but the Coast DAY AS HE HOLDS THROTTLE 1 PAX (CORRIGAN) FOSTER TURNS STUNT OF Alagi Won the Gold MISS CANADA, FROBABLY i I Ab AND ON MORE I ft t- I OSS1 Daring Arena, Foster Jockey Boat to Second with $3 Motorcycle Gifts of Count to Take Them to Capital Race By Tod Rockwell Move over, Mr. Corrigan! Yes, please move over for Dan Foster and Dan Arena. They're speedboat drivers from' your own California.

They belong to the brotherhood of those who don't give a tinker's but who get along somehow anyway. Mr. Corrigan, these young Dans drive in the right direction. There's nothing cockeyed about the tachometer on their homemade speedboat fast enough, Mr. Corrigan, to roar home second against a field of the fleetest craft In the world.

Mr. Corrigan, now you just take their boat. They planned, designed and built it. They've been planning and" building since babyhood. When little boys out in California the two Dans first raced on kiddie cars.

They've been racing things ever since. They Take It In Stride It would be unjust, Corrigan, to Indicate that Foster and Arena have climbed up to the top following a valiant Horatio Alger struggle to fame and glory. Why, last night, right here in Detroit, Dan and Dan were dined and feted equally with a sure enough European count, millionaires galore, the most widely acclaimed racing boat drivers in the world; and owners and designers and commodores and gold braid no end; adoring matrons and dazzling Detroit gals of rare beauty and others high up in the society Blue Book. The California boys took it all In stride. They enjoyed the spectacle.

They had all the answers. Pretty smooth the way they handled it all, Mr. Corrigan. And pretty smooth the way they operated around their craft. They thought they had a Gold Cup deal on, out In California, and so they went ahead and built their boat.

Oh, they built it out of stuff and things. But the deal fell through. So the boys laughed. And headed for Detroit anyway. They got here on a diet of hamburgers in four days.

They had three bucks when they arrived by jalopy and trailer. Sell Jalopy for a Bed So they sold the jalopy, 'tis said, and put themselves up at a good hotel and went about the business of qualifying. It was difficult. Their motor broke down. Did that stop them? It did not.

A parts official happened to be around the boat well. He heard of their fix. In a twinkling, the head man of a big business personally was being chauffered to his shop. They got the new part. And oh yes, they had to have fuel and had not the wherewithal.

The My Sin crew at the same well heard about it. Gladly, the crew loaned a five-gallon can and a pump. Then the My Sin crew went the whole way and offered gas. That permanently solved the gas problem. And now, Mr.

Corrigan, they were ready for their trial. They had to make 65 miles an hour. They were clocked at about 70. Then They Meet Count They danced that night with Detroit's fairest at the Yacht Club. Then they met the Count, a grand guy if there ever was one.

Count Theo Rossi went for Arena and Foster in a grand manner. It worked out swell. Now they not only had the My Sin crew and elaborate layout to borrow from, but the Count's outfit, too. And though the Count's two mechanics lft on to most of us that they culdn't speak our lingo, they talked for hours with the boys. Then the Alagi ownerwinner of the Gold Cup told the boys if they ran a good race and stayed intact he'd give 'em each a present.

Wish you could have seen that race, Corrigan. Those two kids stayed right in there with many thousands of dollars' worth of boats cracking up and breaking down. The boys' boat perked. And It perked in the second heat, but part of their hull let loose. Spare parts for hulls like their craft aren't easily found.

Eut they corralled a chunk of sine or tin and Please Turn to Page 18 Column 6 Pitchers fv i a 1 a. 1 a JJ fJTT'If A THAN ONE TURN THE ALAGI HAD TO GET OUT OF MISS GOLDEN GATE'S WAY 'f (.. 1 5MW, Bring Best Results Italians Craft Takes 3 Heats; Hits72M.P.E Dodge's Starter Hits Log and Sinks as Fleet Falls to 2 By W. Count Theo W. Edgar Rossi, the smilinr little Italian sportsman, realized a life-time ambition Monday afternoon on the rippled waters of th Detroit River.

Playing a lone hand against tha fleet, he bounced around behind the wheel of his red-and-black hulled Alagi to make a naval parade of the annual Gold Cup race and win the most coveted award in American speedboat racing and with it the world championship in the 12-litre class. The Count, as daring a driver as ever has raced a boat on the River, won each of the three thirty-mil heats with considerable ease and at the finish his little craft, powered with only a six-cylinder Isotta-Fraschini motor, appeared i capable of racing all day. When he was given the check ered flag and the finish gm, 1 held a lead of more than a mile and a half over Miss Golden Gate, the little yellow-hulled craft driven by those courageous kids from the Coast Dan Arena and Dan Foster, of Oakland, the only rivals left of a starting fleet of four boats. Driving a much better race than he did a year hro when he finished second to Clell Perry and the Notre Dame, Count Rotsi didn't threaten the record of 68.645 miles an hour for the three heats, made over the same course last yet.r. Beats His Own Lap Mark But while his speed was considerably below that mark, due to the absence oi competition, he did establish a new world recoid for single lap of the course when he averaged 72.707 miles an hour during the third lap of the opening heat.

This mark bettered his own former record of 71.446 miles an hour, established In the eighth lap of the third heat in the 1937 race. To score his victory, hollow: tnough it was becaure of the accident that eliminated Clell Perry snd the new defender, Notre Dame, Sunday afternoon. Count Rossi drove a steady rac. He averaged 63.155 mile an hour for the first heat, stepped this up to 66.080 in the second ant then dropped back to 63.786 in the final, With his sweep of the three heats. Count Rossi amassed 2.000 points in the scoring system for the Cup.

He received 400 points for each of his heat victories, 400 for the fastest lap and an additional 400 for the best average for 90 miles. Misfortune Hits Fleet As usual the Gold Cup was a tale of misfortune, last-minute mishaps and a story of cracked hulls, broken oil lines and stripped gear boxes. When the boats were called to the starting line for the first heat, only four the seven entries accepted the issue. My Sin, the New York craft owned by Zalmon G. Simmons, couldn't overcome motor trouble and was kept In it cradle.

The same was true of James Warnie Anderson's Warnie. of Louisville. Ky when mechanics encountered trouble with a gear box and couldn't get the craft going. The third absentee was Delphlne IX, the craft Horace E. Dodge referred to as his "safety" boat.

This left the issue strictly up to Alagi, Miss Golden Gate, Miss Canada III, driven by Harold Wilson, of Ingersoll, with his wife as mechanic, and Excuse Me, Dodge's freakish new craft. Miss Canada Zooms Ahead Even with this small fleet the race gave evidence of developing into a contest at the starting gun, when Miss Canada, a smoothly running boat, shot into the lead to take the play away from Count Rossi, the most feared pilot in the race. For three taps Miss Canada made a race of it. leading all the way because of its maneuv. erability on the turns, Outspeeded on the straightaways, Miss Canada handled better around the buoys and managed to maintain its margin.

Then the jinx that usually the toughest of foes in a Gold Cup race made its appearance and in a few moments had collected a heavy toll. First it struck Miss Canada, when the oil pump acted up and forced the craft to withdraw from the heat. Excuse Me Hits Log The next to go was the Excuse Me, which hit a submerged logon the lower turn of the second lap, ripping off part of its pon-Pleaxe Turn to Page 17 Column A Gar, Hits 53 in Outboard BROWXWOOD, Sept. 5 A.P.) Gar Wood, of Algonac. bettered the national record today with a speed of 53.019 milea an hour in the Cass hydroplane event on Lake Brown wood.

The time in the amateur event was made on a mile straightaway. Racing Commissioner Charles G. motor, s'tid tre time would be accepted by the Otitry Fe-Ei: 1 A i -c the rccrJ 3, New Owner Count Theo Rossi achieves his greatest ambition. He is shown accepting the Gold Cup, which will remain at the Detroit Yacht Club until the 1939 races. By Charles P.

Ward GOLD Cup: Ensign Tod Rockwell is waiting with the boat at Kean's. The Idea to take a spin around the course In his speedboat. "We'll juat find out where the kids and bumps are," he says. On the way out to the river the boat passes Miss Canada III, lying ik at the dock. "The winner," says Junior Grade, Rockwell.

"Those fellows tested their boat and let it alone. All the other guys are fooling with theirs." Then for a spin around the course. The water is choppy because of the presence of many boats. Riding a speedboat in choppy water is just like riding the toe of Harry Kipke on a day when he is doing his best kicking. Bam! Boff! Bang! Splash! The Lieutenant, Senior Grade, having a hard time keeping his yes open under the pounding he is receiving but he manages to keep the boat scraping the paint off each buoy and the plumes of (pray snapping at the boat's flanks In a satisfactory manner.

Mechanic Appreciative of Alagi's Roaring WE'LL go Into Pouliofs and take a look at the Alagi," lie says. "That's the Italian boat 'hich is expected to be a strong contender." He noses the boat In and passes the cruiser of Commodore Andrew R. Hackett. The commodore nods paveiy. That is because Vice Commander Rockwell won a cruiser race the day before.

Commondcr Rockwell is just the opposite of Vice Admiral Bud 'haer as a seaman. The vice is always sailing in his the Droom, but never a race. Capt. Rockwell wins tt( first race he ever started. At Pouliot's.

one of Count Theo Rossi's mechanics is putting the motor of the Alasrl through warm-up tests. The boat is on a cradle. engine sputters, crackles and rriars, and the mechanic acts like man who has a keen appreciation of such sounds. At the conclusion of the test, nods approvingly. Then he ''arts to change all the spark- Nearby are Dan Foster and Dan the California kids, who forking on Miss Golden Gate.

"H'-y, Tod," shouts Foster. "Can J'0'! tell me where I can get some kneepads? This boat is earing out my knees." Speedboats Perform to Their Names ack to the course, where bie. white yachts with mahogany 'pf structures are moored. AMind them jitterbug boats buzz "Vily as if about to stln tne J'lehts. By this time the shores are lined crowds.

Boats are every-Vh and of all sizes. As the J'e approaches for the start of first lap in the Edenburn race, the Coast Guard be-l r.3 to clear the course. Presently the boats entered in ire E.ienhiifn i. Thpir emiici oiuuiiu aa LliC -e-mmute gun sounds. Soon they Pt ua i i a or "ine," as it is railed bv the "-'ors, in the lead; Kay Jay ihiiri fourth.

race a boat named Snail in the rear and the pi ess 'r-p''S that st least it is pan-frj. However, it does not Turn to Fas? 13 Column 2 bf f- .4 Sweep Kids Stole the Show OrEN WITH BARE HANDS FOR Davis Cup anxious as he led Budge, 6-5, In the initial set. It was then that he was first called twice in a row and as suddenly he lost his temper and his balance on the baseline. Budge, quick to take advantage, ran right out to win three games and the set. Never again was he headed or threatened.

It took him only 38 minutes to win the concluding two sets, over which he yielded but three games, two of them quite graciously at 'ove. Quist, figured to give Budge a battle since the torch bearer of the American team had looked so badly off form in the opening singles and doubles matches, started out at a dazzling pace. Faults Upset Quist Quist led 6-5, with his own serv-ive coming up. Then the baseline judge began calling foot faults on Quist. He penalized him twice in succession for a double fault on the first serve and three more times in his service in the last i game and it was all the breaks Budge needed.

The redhead won three games in succession and the set. Quist never seemed tne same ilia nugci luuumcu. lue time on his service he stood a full yard behind the base line and ever then was guilty of foot faults. Twelfth U. S.

Triumph Budce ran his streak to seven to take a 4-0 lead; in the second set. He seemingly I gave Quist a complimentary game' on his own serve in the fifth frame and then ran out to clinch I the set. Quist earned or.lv three! points as apamst 14 by Budge. The elapsed time of the final ret was li rr.inMtes. It might have been 10.

The nal point was a "give" Nm He rra.ked a volley far an! wi-le and, without Turn to Pcye 14- Column I SEVEN LAPS Mucho Gusto Cops Feature Slippery Jim Breaks Neck in Second By Doc Hoist Mucho Gusto swept to victory Monday afternoon in the sixth annual Governor's Handicap at the Fair Grounds. It was a triumph for a good old horse and Kentucky sentiment as well. Kirby Ramsey, who owned Mucho Gusto until he was four years old. sold him impulsively one night two years ago and before morning wa sorry he had. So a year ago, his first opportunity, Ramsey bought him back for the Ramsey and Coppage stable and in the last eight months he has won $17,400, just $9,900 more than his repurchase price.

The victory of Mucho Gusto in Monday's $3,000 Governor's Handicap was the climax to a day of spectacle for 20.000 men and women who saw the second race bring death to Slippery Jim, a four-year-old, and $514 to Daily Double bettors Slippery Jim, a 7 to 2 shot to win the second race, stumbled 20 feet out of the gate and broke his neck. He died on the track before the eyes of the largest racing crowd of the year. Startled track attendants with the dazed and limping jockey, Mario Quintero, directing, pulled Slippery Jim across the track as the rest of the field came tearing down the stretch. Rustic Joe, a field horse, shied past the dead Slippery Jim to win. His victory, coupled y.

iih Chattel fV'l in the first race, paid off the second larcst Daily Double of the meeting. Q-intero aped ir.ore nou Pttue Turn to post 1 Cslimn Tigers Divide with Browns Annex Nightcap, 9-3, After Losing 3-2 ST. LOUIS, Sept. 5 With the tail end of the batting order driving across five of the six runs, the Tigers divided the Labor Day doubleheader with the Browns here this afternoon by winning the second contest, 9 to 3, in six innings, after losing the initial battle, 3 to 2. The nightcap was called on account of darkness.

A holiday crowd of 6,361 attended. Elden Aukcr started on the mound for the Tigers in the second game and pitched five innings. Buster Mills, first batter to face Auker in the sixth, lined a hit off his left knee. The blow hit Auker right below the knee and after he received first aid treatment on the field, he was carried off on a stretcher. A quick examination followed and it was ascertained that no bones were broken, but Auker had suffered a severe bruise and probably will need two weeks' rest to allow it to heal.

Kennedy Retires Side Vernon Kennedy replaced Auker on the mound and got Krsss on a foul to Grccnberg and then made Heath hit into a double play. Umpire Quinn then called time. Auker allowed five hits and three runs during his stay on the hill. The Tigers found Newsom for nine runs and a like number of hits as he hurled the complete six innings for the Browns. The first game was a pitchers' duel throughout, with Lefty Howard Mills pitching four-hit ball and driving across the winning run in the eighth with a single to right.

George Gill pitched the initial contest for the Tigers and was found for li Wis, but he was at his best when the Browns threatened. The Browns left ten base runners on the paths in the opener, while both Detroit runs were the outcome of walks. Fov Doubles Twice Detroit again broke the scoring ice first in the second contest. Pete Fox doubled to left in the second inning and scored on Mark Christman's single to center. Christman tried to stretch his drive into a double and was out at second for the third out.

The Browns took the lead in their half of the inning on Harlond Cliffs thirtieth home run of the season, a double by Bell and Hughes' single to left. Walks to Buster Mills and Bell and Kress' single to left accounted for the third and final Brownie run in the third. A single to Gehringer, Fox's second straight double, a walk to Rogell and Christman's second consecutive single, coupled with a two-base overthrow of third by Mel Almada on Christman's hit, allowed the Tigers to tally three runs in the fourth. The Detroit team batted around in the sixth. Grccnberg and York led off with walks.

Fox beat out a bunt down the third base line for his third straight hit, filling! the bases. Billy Rogell tripled to right center, scoring Greenberg. York and Fox. Christman's third consecutive hit, a single to center, scored Rogell. Auker sacrificed Christ-; man to second, from where he scored on Morgan's single to center.

Walker struck out and Gehringer walked before Greenberg flied to Buster Mills for the final out. Mills Wins Own Game Only nine Brownies faced the Detroit pitchers in the last three; innings. Gill was hit freely throughout the opening contest but was at his best in the pinches and 10 Brownies were left on the bases. He gave up il hits, while Mills allowed only four ning'es. Walks cost Mil's the two Tiger runs.

Th" Tipers the came with a run in the first innitfg nn Walker's sir.cK walks to Gch- I rirger and Gt cent erg and York's' off the P.rowns' run-proo-ioir Turn to fijc 18 C( 1j THE SMOOTHEST-RUNNING BOAT IN THE RACE BUT OUTCLASSED DUE TO ENGINE TROUBLE Budge Downs Quist for By Paul Mickelson PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 5 (A. It took the great Don Budge one hour and eight minutes, record-breaking time even for that War Admiral of tennis, to polish off Adrian Quist, of Australia, at the Germantown Cricftet Club today and keep the gigantic Davis Cup in the United States for another year. Rising very near to his peak form when the pressure was on, the flaming redhead from the Golden Gate won the third and conclusive point in the international series in straight heats, 8-6, 6-1. 6-2, as the veteran Quist fell victim of elementary foot faults and collapsed amidst the hoots of 9.000, most of whom believed the foot fault judge had been too harsh with the final hope of the hooeiesslv outclassed men from Down Under.

Though the final match was a mere formality, young Jack Brom-wich, of Australia, took the final singles, 6-4. 4-C, 6-0, 6-2, from Bobby Riggs, freshman of the American team, to make the final challenge round count 3 to 2 in America's favor. Riggs played as if the final match was an exhibition and didn't seem to try as Bromwich, carrying on from his great play In yesterday's doubles, worked as if the cup rested on the outcome. Foot Faults Deserved The foot faults, called by Harold La Eair, a tall, thin man who seemed to give Quist the "evil eye" every time he served from the south side of the court, were justly called. All the judges and nonplaying Captain Harry Hop-man, of the Australian team, admitted so.

Quist, a notorious offender of the foot fault rule, became too NATIONAL LEAGUE Major League Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE Pet. G.B. 89 40 .600 71 52 .587 134 73 53 .579 H', 65 62 .512 23 63 66 .488 26 53 70 .431 S3 45 80 .360 42 45 81 .319 41 Pet. G.B. Pittsburgh 75 52 .591 Cincinnati 72 57 .558 Chicago 71 58 .550 5 New York 69 59 .539 6'i Boston 65 61 .516 9', St.

Louis 61 68 .473 15 Brooklyn 57 70 18 Philadelphia 40 85 .320 S4 Games behind leader. MONDAY'S RESULTS New York Boston Cleveland DETROIT Washington Chicago St. Louis Philadelphia MONDAY'S RESULTS St. Louis S-3, DETROIT 2-9. (Second game called end 6th, darkness.) New York 5-6, Philadelphia 2-3.

Cleveland 6-4, hic ago 4-2. Piston ll-s Washington 4-6. TIKSDAVS GAMES Cleveland at DETROIT. St. Louis at hioago.

Boston at Washington. Only games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland at DETROIT Feller (13-9) vs. Lawson (6-9). Boston at Washington Wilson (13-12) vs.

Chase (7-8). St. Louis at Chicago Hilde-brand (8-10) vs. Stratton (13-7). (Only games scheduled.) NATIONAL LEAGUE St.

Louis at Cincinnati Curt Davis (11-7) vs. Vander Meer (12-7) or Ray Davis (7-11). P.os'on at New York Lannine (7-7) vs. Schumacher (11-8) or Wittig (1-1). Brooklyn at Philadelphia Mim-Eo (Ml) vs.

Butcher (8-fi). (Only games Boston 5-5, Brooklyn 4-3. Chicago 3-4, PittshurRh 0-3. Cincinnati 4-4, St. Louis 8-2.

New York 7-3, Philadelphia 0-4. TUESDAY'S GAMES Boston at New York. Brooklyn at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Cincinnati.

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