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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 8 Aug 1935, p. 11

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annual Race week, witb a total ot points believed unprecedented in ra- ing annals of these parts, as the seventhi1 and concluding race of the series was, finished Saturday afternoon. Against a field of 35 boats from seven Great Lakes fleets, Waage and Charles, Kniight, thé clubs's "quarter- ton crew," sailed Skipit to one first place, four thirds, a fifth and a sixth place to pfile up a total'of 228 -points cut.of a possible, 245 for the -seven races. Go«. to PacifiecCoat Gemini, the Pirie brothers' Lake Michigan champion captured three, first' places during the week, but amassed just 217 points for the series to -finish second. Gemini was taken out ofthe water Monday and will be shipped west Saturday to the Pacific coast for' the Ieternationals which begin Aug. 22. S. C. andi Lockwood Pirie, with thté former's w*ife, are also leaving ~this weeke*d-in order to have time to tune up their boats for the championship event. With the experi- ence they gained in.salt-water sailing ini last years Internationals, they are expected to be leading contenders this year. Race week was climaxed with a banquet Saturday night at which tro- phies were.presented to the winning performers. Though Skipit took the three daily wins, and also -the second-' place award for the stries. Other past commodore trophies went to Skipit, 1. Raymond*s Doiphin, Albert Bingham -and John Clay's Glider, and Jane II of Columbia Yacht club. Jane II, skippered by Fred Porter,] the oldest sailor in the stries, and Harvey, made the- best showing among tht visiting boats,, taking fourth place. with 191 points. A Twin Rivers, Wis., star, Nandijac, skippered byHamilton, was presented tht Sheridan Shore auxiliary trophy for'comuing the great- est distance. Skipit, which carried out the promise of its remarkable showing in club races tarlier this season, »is a newý boat, built this spring on specifica-, tio ns laid.'down by Waage and Knight. Waage, although.a veteran sailor,.isi a newcomer to tht star class field, having entered this branch of thel sport last stason when lie joined Sheridan Short. Six O*t-of-Town FIo.ts Represented in tht stries were six out-of-town fleets, including tht Col- umbia, Chicago and Jackson park fleets of Chicago, tht Illinois Valley Yacht club of Peoria, Two Rivers, Wis.,. Benton Harbor and Paw Pa w lake, Mich. _______ CHEF BOIARDI SPACHU WTRrAL. CA 10 HASH ~JUST HEAT ~ '7 ANSERV. se ea PORK & BEANS: GAN 4s5< RMAA SALAO AUL' ENS 4 a I Is DRESSING Mit, ~&1.7c MXWERLL NHQUSE COFFFE **GHT O'CLOCK SUNt4YFIEI.D 245k-LB. BAG s7C mmn m AG . 23r Jibby's Cook.4e. m W»d af e 17 Llbby's P@tteI Mont ,3.BlaI leu Libby's Viauai Saumffl -83 M93 .Moahmaflow P.aziute i.100 Uneedm Bisuit purw ,3 PM& 130 Ua..dc&akmu Rita Cuolkm u 13a 8weetim cookim Mo - iuU Rajah Sanidwich Sy.ssd -'5V190 mortons Sat '£U. '2 yak1la IVMI yFaes.- --. 81 Sangu'in Cornivol. Speciacls Genuine 1935 Spring LÂAMBI f# RIOAN, u%-oz. CALIFORNIA, . . . LB.O .ONS *.L.S ýc S'Z-39c e e e . .e I ýAýý

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