EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, July
18, 1957 Vol. C629
LOCAL
NEWS
2ND ANNUAL SAILBOAT
RACE DRAWS BIG CROWDS
East Farewell – The crowds came for the fireworks display last
week and it seems they stayed the week and during the week they jammed the Fun Pier and the public beach near the
Lakefront Plaza. All around the lake people have been summering on their own
docks and local beaches. Swimming in the cool water has been a pleasant respite
from the higher than average temperatures and the bright sun has been blamed
for several cases of extreme sunburn on young children.
The sailboat
race was an opportunity for the many boat owners to compete for bragging rights
and this year there was a trophy presented to winner. Whether to have a trophy
or not was the focus of considerable debate. The original creators of the race,
Ward James and Earl Dornan did not want a trophy because the wanted the race to
stay small and be limited to only five or six competitors, but after last
year’s success when a total of fifteen boaters entered the race the smallness
factor was never going to happen again. The other racers all wanted some way to
recognize the winner and so a trophy was designed and fabricated by local
artist Saul Stein. The trophy is a very nice silver cup with a sailboat in full
sail on the top. This year the race was open to 20 entrants, up five from last
year, and the race was lengthened by adding a lap and the viewing area was
widened to cover the entire Lakefront Plaza and half the public beach next to
it. The Fun Pier also roped off part of the end of the pier that overlooked the
course.
This year’s
entrants varied in age and gender but they all had one thing in common, a
desire to make their boat the fastest sailboat on the lake. Along with all of
last year’s entrants five new boats were added. One of the new boats was a father-daughter
team, Hank Bell and his daughter, Jill. The other newcomers were Dave Walker
from Bedford, Jimmy Thompson, a
homegrown boy who will be a senior at Regional High next year, Dave Doyle from
Slate Mountain, Bill O’Malley and Frank Furness both summer resident from East
Farewell.
The race
enjoyed perfect summer weather with highs in the upper 80’s, clear and bright
and a fairly brisk, changeable breeze. The entire group started off at 1:00
with a blast from a starter’s cannon mounted at the end of Lakefront Plaza. The
beginning looked a bit crowed with all the boats bunched together for the start
but they quickly spread out and the lake looked like a giant tablecloth
ruffling in the wind as the many different sails moved gracefully across the
water. They wove around the lake and as they passed different locations people
would cheer and shout out the sailboats and the crews, in return, would wave
and shout back.
The race wound
around the lake with the lead changing as fast as the wind direction. For the
first two laps the lead was traded between Dornan, James, Bell and last year’s
winner Jake Smart. As they came around for the final lap Smart looked like he
was in position to win the race for the second year in a row but he took the
last turn too wide and Dornan was able to slip by along with the Bells. In an
exciting finish Earl Dornan slid across the finish line first followed by Smart
and the Bells. The rest of the field in order of finish was; Billy Green,
Walter and son Charlie Scott (they teamed up this year), Sanford Chase, Winnie
Baylor, Arthur Dolan, Sam Sweeny, Sonny Fisk, Kathy O’Malley, Will Getz,
Charles Hertz and David Wells whose boat overturned during the last turn and
took several bystanders who jumped in the lake to help him right his boat.
After the race
everyone gathered on Lakefront Plaza for a makeshift ceremony with presentation
of the first trophy. A gala party followed while impromptu there was some
wonderful snacks supplied by the Lost Oasis restaurant and music by
local musicians who just met on the Plaza and joined together and played
requested tunes from the crowd.
The boats come
around the last turn in the race
SPORTS
TRAVELERS GET CLAWED BY THE EAGLES
Erie – The Travelers traveled to Erie on Saturday and got clawed
by the Eagles, 7-2. The game started well enough for the Travelers scoring two
runs in the first two innings and getting runners on base in the third and
fourth. That is where the fun for the Travelers ended. In both the third and
the fourth the Travelers left their runners stranded while the Eagles were able
to score one run in the fourth. Both teams sailed through the fifth, sixth and
seventh with no hits and only two walks. But in the seventh after the Travelers
went one, two, three the Eagles were able to load the bases on a leadoff single
by Thomas, who then stole second, a walk by Dawson and then a passed ball by
catcher, Joey Brown loaded the bases. The next batter, ironically for the
Travelers was Eagle’s slugger, Beau Richardson, stepped up to the plate.
Traveler’s pitcher, Billy Green, had been struggling and called Brown out the
mound to discuss the situation. Richardson is leading the league in hits with
men on base and they were probably discussing whether to walk him and give up a
run or take their chances with Brown’s fastball. They chose to go with the
latter and Brown took Richardson to a 3-2 count and delivered and well placed
fastball on the edge of the plate that looked like a very hard to hit pitch.
Richardson, who is known to have an excellent eye, reached out and tagged the
ball towards right. The ball kept going and going. It was hit much harder than
it looked or sounded at first but it kept going and ended up in the first row
of the bleachers, a line drive grand slam. The other base runners greeted
Richardson at home as he came in and the fans were on their feet. Green went on
to retire the side with the next three batters, but the damage was done. The
Travelers were unable to get any offense and went down with little fanfare.
The Travelers
stay on the road this week as they head down the road to visit Monticello and
take on the Vikings. The Vikings are still trying to find their pace. Their
debut year has not gone well for them so far. They have only manages three wins
and have yet to score more the five runs in a game. The Travelers will try to
regain their stride against the Vikings. The game starts at 1:05 in Monticello
Park.
NATIONAL NEWS
SENATE TAKES ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL – SENATOR
KERR SAY IKE HAS ‘NO BRAINS’ – HOFFA INNOCENT – GALLUP 63% FOR IKE – ABBOTT
& COSTELLO PART FRIENDS
The Senate votes to take up President
Eisenhower’s civil rights bill. Many expect a bitter North-South fight that may
last all summer. The President opposes the idea of guaranteeing jury trials in
contempt-of-court cases which might grow out of the legislation.
Backers of the civil rights bill offer
an amendment designed to meet southern objections that school integration might
be enforced at bayonet point. The civil rights bill will get a good talking on
television over the next week as eight senators are slated to appear on network
shows to discuss the measure. NBC lists
four who will debate the topic on a special next Thursday.
They are Paul H. Douglas (D)
Illinois; Jacob K. Javits (Republican) New York;
John McClellan (D) Arkansas and Richard Russell (D) Georgia. The issue also
comes up on other programs presented by NBC and ABC-TV.
Sen. Robert Kerr (D)
Oklahoma (on the Senate floor) - on the
subject of fiscal policy said President Eisenhower “hasn’t any brains.” He was
asked to apologize since there were school children in the chamber. Kerr
replied that he “meant every word I said in attacking the ability of the
President to understand the fiscal policies of this administration. “I didn’t
say the President has no brains at all. He is uninformed about the fiscal
policies of this administration.”
Union Leader James R. Hoffa is
acquitted of charges of conspiring and bribing to plant a spy within the Senate
Rackets Committee.
In a Gallup Poll - 63% approve of the
job President Eisenhower is doing with 23% disapproving and 14% no opinion.
Comics Bud Abbott and Lou Costello come to a friendly parting. Abbott plans to devote full time to
his thoroughbred horses on his Ojai (California) ranch. Costello will continue
as a “single” in movies, nightclub appearances and on television.
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