1955 Silver Cup

Detroit River, Detroit MI, August 27, 1955

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Big Field in Silver Cup

By Cliff Harrison

Detroit now says it has a prospective entry list of 16 boats in its Saturday Silver Cup race, may have to run three preliminary heats, with the fastest two boats in each heat entering the three-heat, 45-mile finals.

Carl Johnson, executive secretary of American Power Boat Association, said Wednesday that both Gale VI, owned by Joe Schoenith and Miss Wayne II, owned by Frank (Bud) Saile, each of them twin engined jobs, were ready and could be presumed to be starters.

And Such Crust V, bought by Bill Stroh at the U. S. Marshall's sale of the Such Crust bakery assets following bankruptcy voluntarily filed by Jack Schafer, had been reconditioned and definitely will start with Stroh as the driver. She’s been rechristened Miss Detroit.

Dodge Question

Only question is which, if any, of Horace Dodge’s three My Sweeties, would start.

Dodge has issued a statement demanding the right to start without qualifying on the assumption that the boats in qualifying for last year’s Silver Cup, came within a 12-month period and, as such, those qualifying trials are legal.

The Detroit Yacht Club’s race committee has ruled that only 1955 qualifying speeds may be used as a basis for Silver Cup competition Saturday,

Seattle’s Miss Thriftway was expected in Detroit momentarily. Ted Jones wired Willard Rhodes (that they were well through the Dakotas at Williston, when the Friday night quitting time came. They couldn’t run Saturday or Sunday, but should reach Detroit during the day.

Jack Ramsey, Maurey Long, and Jim Patterson of the Thriftway crew, left by Northwest Orient Air Lines plane Wednesday.

Rhodes Going

Willard Rhodes, head of the Thriftway stores which owns the ship, his daughter, Joy, and brother, Raymond, leave Thursday morning.

Other certain entries in the race have been prepping all week. They are:

• Guy Lombardo's Tempo VII, Danny Foster, driving
• Gale IV and Gale V, one of which might drop out if Gale VI goes, Bill Cantrell and Lee Schoenith driving
• Such Crust III, Walter Kade
• Miss United States, George Simon
• Miss Supertest, the Canadian, Bill Braden
• Wha Hoppen Too, Marv Henrich
• Miss Pepsi, Chuck Thompson
• The Dodge boats-—My Sweetie, Dora My Sweetie and John Francis My Sweetie-—have been running.

The Detroit Saturday schedule calls for a 11 a.m. start of the qualifying heats, which could be moved up another half hour if they are forced into the three-heat plan. No more than six boats may start in any heat, under the rules.