1937 Racing Season Summary

 

Statistics

Gold Cup Class
1. February 23 Palm Beach Yacht Club Free For All Palm Beach, Florida
2. March 20 Miami Beach Yacht Club Free For All Miami Beach, Florida
3. April 18 Aloha Beach 732 Class Elsinore, California
4. May 30 Emil Auerbach Trophy Atlantic City, N.J.
5. June 6 Calvert Trophy Louisville, Kentucky
6. June 6 Calvert Marine Derby Free For All Louisville, Kentucky
7. June 20 Queen City Yacht Club Cincinnati, Ohio
8. June 20 Los Angeles P.B.A. 732 Class Elsinore, California
9. July 5 Barron Trophy Oakland, California
10. July 5 Oakland J.C. 718 Class Oakland, California
11. July 31 Chester River Yacht Club Chestertown, Maryland
12. August 15 National Sweepstakes Red Bank, New Jersey
13. September 4 Detroit Yacht Club 725 Class Detroit, Michigan
14. September 4 Stone Harbor Y.C. Free For All Stone Harbor, N.J.
15. September 5 Mortimer Auerbach Trophy Margate, New Jersey
16. September 6 Ocean City Yacht Club Free For All Ocean City, N.J.
17. September 6 APBA Gold Cup Detroit, Michigan
18. September 26 President's Cup Washington, D.C.
19. September 26 American Speedboat Championship Washington, D.C.
20. November 7 Pacific Motorboat Trophy Newport Beach. Calif.

 

  Date Winner Driver
1. February 23 Jay Dee Jack Rutherfurd
2. March 20 Jay Dee Jack Rutherfurd
3. April 18 El Torbellino Lou Fageol
4. May 30 Miss Palm Beach John Rutherfurd
5. June 6 Hermes III C.V. Ciconnet
6. June 6 Why Worry Bill Cantrell
7. June 20 Warnie Ray Vetter
8. June 20 Miss Golden Gate Dan Arena
9. July 5 Gotta Go Roland Wood
10. July 5 Miss Golden Gate Dan Arena
11. July 31 Ma Ja II Jack Rutherfurd
12. August 15 Tops II Jack Cooper
13. September 4 Hermes II Marion Cooper
14. September 4 Zito Plane Sol Zito
15. September 5 Miss Palm Beach Jack Rutherfurd
16. September 6 Zito Plane IV Sol Zito
17. September 6 Notre Dame Clell Perry
18. September 26 Notre Dame Clell Perry
19. September 26 Tops II Jack Cooper
20. November 7 Miss Golden Gate Dan Arena

 

  Built   Boat High Points Total Team
1. (1935)   Notre Dame 1215  
2. (1937)   Alagi 1080  
3. (1936)   Hotsy Totsy III 720  
4. (1936)   Miss Canada II 630  
5. (1937)   Rafaele VI 540  
6. (1933)   Delphine IX 450  
7. (1935)   Miss Cincinnati Jr . 378  
8. (1935)   Miss Golden Gate 265  
9. (1937)   Aradam 225  
10. (1937)   Juno 180  
11. (1937)   El Torbellino II . 180  
12. (1937) @ Warnie 174  
13. (1937) @ Hermes III 172  
14. (1924)   Miss Palm Beach
Miss Columbia		 140 (15-135)
(25-5)
15. (1925)   Impshi 135 (14-135)
16. (1937)   Miss California 135  
17. (1931) @ Why Worry 111  
18. (1935)   Ma Ja II 90  
19. (1931) @ Who Cares 45  
20. (1936)   Gotta Go 30  
21. (1937) @ Miss X 30  
22. (1936)   El Torbellino 25  
23. (1925)   Jay Dee 10  
24. (1936)   Helen Torcher 10  
25. (1922)   El Lagarto 00  
26. (1935)   So Long 00  
8. Former Baxter Special
15. Former Delphine VI, Hornet, Ethyl Ruth III
17. Former Miss Texas
18. Former Duster
23. Former Nuisance
25. Former Miss Mary

 

    Driver High Points Total
1.   Clell Perry 735
2.   Theo Rossi 615
3.   Bill Horn 330
4.   Harold Wilson 240
5.   Maurice Vasseur 210
6.   Dan Arena 205
7.   Jack Rutherfurd 190
8.   Joe Schaefer 165
9.   Art Bobrick 110
10. @ James Anderson 105
11. @ Bill Cantrell 102
12.   Lou Schafer 102
13.   Guido Cattaneo 90
14. @ C.V. Ciconnet 70
15.   Maude Rutherfurd 65
16. @ Ray Vetter 65
17. @ Marion Cooper 60
18. @ William Nalls 40
19. @ Turley Carman 40
20. @ Charles Selcer 30
21.   Bill Sheehan 30
22.   Roland Woo'd 25.
23.   Lou Fageol 20
24.   D.R. Crawford 10
25.   George Reis 00
26.   Fritz Erickson 00

 

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Single Engine Class
1. September 5 S. Mortimer Auerbach Trophy Margate, New Jersey

 

  Date Winner Driver
1. September 5 Miss Palm Beach Jack Rutherfurd

 

  Boat
1. Buskee

 

  Driver
1. Walter Buskee

 

[Statistics from Greene, V.1]