1956 Conners Memorial

Niagara River, Buffalo, NY, August 11-12, 1956

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Summary

Winners in Local Regatta

Sunday:

7-Litre Hydroplanes (National Championship-John C. McCallum Trophy):

• First heat — H-40 Wildcatter, driven by Ronnie Musson, Akron, O.; owned by Burnett G. Bartley Sr., Pittsburgh; H-30 Uppercut, owned and driven by Burnett G. Bartley Jr., Chicago; H-38 Miss DeSoto, George Byers Jr., Columbus, O. Time, 79.506 miles an hour for 5 miles in 3:46.40.
• Second heat — Wildcatter, Uppercut, 74.844 mph in 4:00.5.
• Final Standing — Musson, 800 points; Bartley Jr., 600; Byers, 225.

Class E Inboard Service Runabouts (National Championship - Clarence A. Hackett Trophy):

• First Heat — E-137 Vaughn Francis, Enoch Walker, Hampton, Va.: 5-E Skip-E, Harry M. Bickford, Hampton: E-4 Miss Bee Bee, W. E. Jones, Hampton: E-10 Rock-A-Bye IV, Russ Kirkpatrick. Clarksburg, W. Va.: 49.958 mph in 6:00.3.
• Second heat — Skip-E, Vaughn Francis, Miss Bee Bee; 52.249 in 5:44.5.
• Final Standing — Bickford and Walker tied with 700 points but Bickford won on less time for two 5-mile heats by 4.1 seconds; Jones. 450; Kirkpatrick, 338.

Class F Service Runabouts (National Championship-Rich Marine Trophy):

• First heat — M-1 Jr. Prowler, Howard Hibbert, Miami, Fla.; Mechanic Bob Shuttleworth, Orchard Park, N. Y.; 3-M Wendy II, Dr. Charles W. Pankow, Buffalo; M-35 Betty Ann, Dr. August C. Schwender, Eggertsville; 2-M Live Wires II, George E. Klein, Buffalo; 51.845 mph in 5:47.2 for world and course 5-mile records.
• Second heat — Jr. Prowler; Wendy II, Betty Ann, Live Wires; 47.771 in 6:16.8.
• Final Standing — Hibbert, 800; Dr. Pankow, 600; Dr. Schwender, 450; Klein, 338. George Pope - Niagara Frontier Local Trophy to Dr. Pankow.

Gold Cup Unlimited Hydros (William J. Connors Memorial Trophy):

• First heat — U-3 My Sweetie. Joe (Doc) Terry, Detroit, owned by Maj. Horace E. Dodge, Detroit; U-6 Short Circuit, Chuck Thompson Sr., Detroit; U-14 My Sweetie Dora, Jack Bartlow, Detroit; owner. Dodge; U-72 Let’s Face It, John Bridges, owned by Bartlow; 82.998 for six-lap 15-mile course record in 10:50.6.
• Second heat — Short Circuit, My Sweetie, My Sweetie Dora, Let’s Face It, driver Ron Weber, course record of 83.7315 mph in 10:44.9.
• Third heat — My Sweetie Dora, My Sweetie. Short Circuit disqualified after finishing first at 82.6335 in 10:53.5. Let's Face It, driven by Bridges, did not finish.
• Final Standing — My Sweetie (Terry), 1000; Short Circuit, 700; My Sweetie Dora (Bartlow), 625; Let's Face It, 275.

266-Cubic-Inch Hydros (Commodore Herman C. Miller-British-American Oil Co. Trophies):

• First Heat — F-188 My Ambition IV, Bob Schroeder, Wheatfield, N.Y.; owner, Ed Schroeder Sr.; F-11 Chro-Mate, Musson, owner-driver; F-37 Water Bug, Sam Guarino, Detroit; course record of 80 mph in 3:45.
• Second Heat — F-100 Time Flys, Bob Palermo, Rochester; owner, Jake Ouriel, Rochester; CF-5 Miss Skyline, Art Asbury, Oxtongue Lake, Ont., 72.173 mph in 4.09.4.
• Third Heat — Time Flys, My Ambition IV, Miss Skyline, 74,813 mph in 4:00.5.
• Final Standing — Palermo, 800: Schroeder, 700; Asbury, 525; Larry Kennedy, Grosse Pt., Mich., 394; Musson,

135-Hydros (Melvin E. Rupp Trophy):

• First Heat — A-190 Woofen, Hank Vogel, Rochester-Norm Berry, Buffalo; A-44, Shake-Rattle-Roll, Musson-Bill Haffner, Akron, O.: A-14, The Vagabond, Ed Barko, Dearborn, Mich., 64.217 mph in 4:40.3.
• Second Heat — Woofen, A-13, El Toro, Harold (Red) Moynahan, South Hackley Falls, Mich. George Kane, Allen Park. Mich.; El Toro, A-164 Allegro, Alex Selle, Grand Island-Ed Galley, Gardenville, 68.233 mph in 4:23.8.
• Final Standing — Vogel, 800; Musson. 525; Moynahan, 427; Barko, 394; Selle, 222.

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Saturday:

225-Hydros (Chester R. Hardt Trophy):

• First Heat — N-74 My Sin III, Hank Vogel, Rochester, 69.471 mph in 4:19.1.
• Second Heat — US-N-1 Jersey Devil, Ron Smith, Mt. Holley, N.J.; third, N-88, My Ambition V, Bob Schroeder; 68.389 mph in 4:23.2.
• Third Heat — N-137 Knot Movin' II, Dr. Fred Hamm, Detroit; Jersey Devil; fourth, Vogel; fifth, Schroeder; 71.741 mph in 4:10.9.
• Final Standing - Smith, 700; Dr. Hamm, 700; Vogel 569; fifth, Schroeder, 352.

136-Hydros (Harry J. Weed Trophy):

• First Heat — S-45 Lil Barb, Al Pierson, Queenston, Md.; 57.655 mph. in 5.T2.2.
• Second Heat — Lil Barb, 58.518 mph for course record in 5:07.6.
• Final Standing — Pierson, 800; S-20 Fantasy, Gene Fleming, Rochester; 525.

48-W (Joseph C. Voisard Trophy):

• First Heat — Y-129 Lost Weekend, Frank Jubinville, Canton, N. Y., 58.767 mph. in 5:06.3.
• Second Heat — Y-16, Kat-N Nan, Panel Bauer, Deer Park, O; fourth, Y-79, Agitator, Alex Selle, Grand Island; 52.463 mph in 5:43 1.
• Third Heat — Lost Weekend, 59.960 mph for a course record in 5:01.
• Final Standing — Jubinville, 800; ninth, Selle, 169.

Class E Racing Runabouts (Walter M Maday Trophy):

• First Heat — 36-E Go Devil, Bill Yeager, Warren, Pa.; third. 85-E Tor-Gre, Ralph Barker, Niagara Falls; 58.728 mph in 5:06 5.
• Second Heat — Go Devil I, fourth, Tor-Gre, 58.158 mph in 5:09.5.
• Final Standing — Yeager, 800; fourth. Barker, 394.

--- August 13, 1956