Senn High School - Forum Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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THE FORUM Twenty-I ive and finally three boats passed them on the disastrous outside leg. As the third boat Went hy, Jim got mad. He knew that his boat could heat any of them in in still water and he fought desperately to hold it in fourth place. Driving like a crazy man, he worked the hoat from side to side of the course. keeping his place by his skillful joekeying. This work was rewarded. No boat passed him again. and as he turned the buoy and straightened out on the third leg of the eourse. the hydro settled down and ran in her proper form. On and on they raced, Jim gradually catching up to the three boats that led him. As they rounded the buoy which marked the end of the course, and started on the second lap, he nosed out one of them, thus get- ting third plaee. Witli the throttle wide open he sped after the two leaders, but apparently eouldu't quite catch them. The handi- cap was too big. llut on they went, and as they neared the buoy that marked the rough water. he realized that he would lose place again. and he forced his mo- tor to the limit in a vain endeavor to get the lead while still in calm water. The boat in first place took the turn at a reduced speed and get around safely. But number two, hard pressed by J immy, attempted it at a high rate of speed. They barely got started when a wave hit the ehine on the port side. and the how skidded sharply to starboard, the boat eareened with a sharp sweep. and over- turned. Now, Jimmy was a true sport. The ae- eident left him in second place and he stood a. fair chance of getting into the money despite the rough water. But it had also left two men Houndering help- lessly several miles from shore, and he knew that unless he helped them they might go down. Accordingly, he threw out his clutch and glided up to the help- less men. It was something that not one man in a hundred would have done, hut Jim was playing a square game, although a losing one. He considered that it was no honor to win a raee hy taking advan- tage of some one else 's hard luck. 'tWell, boys. you had a had spillf, said Jim as he hauled them over the gunwpale. t'But crawl up forward, and we'll he on our way. As he spoke, numher six roared past, and before he got well under way, number eight. The crew of the wrecked boat had climbed over the mo- tor. and were perched up umh-r the areherl deck, hanging on to whatever they could grasp. They had a tough time of it in the rough water. Jim at first was afraid to open the throttle very far, het-anse of the men up forward. But as its speed in- creased, the boat rode inure steadily. and the expression on the drcver's face grew puzzled. Slowly he gave it more gas, and as no had effects resulted. he opened the t-rottle wide. The motor roared, F' :ir 5. NMA, 5- -, . -, iR,,,,,f-Lrij' F - fr vN'N sfffxizxf- - v g ie ,L ' il A VXQT- V'-f' ' ---A . ' 'lpt.'lW-iatstfm s -A 1 , - - -.-' mwfmfi - . is eiieiiiifgiigwllymm X4 p 9 . W ss. f'hl1'tt'ilfJ.!l!itl3il'!t .itllf1?f'il'f:t 11'f2t'2'39rl93litaaasua e:ata N-1-- nt an H 'F' Ht gi . X il - - u 97 ZUCHIHG FLFIVIE FIND BLUE 5l'lOKE,JII'l5 CQFIFTJLVIDED lI'1TO THC LCFID

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T'u'enfy-Fmn' THE FOI? U M Peaee Palaee, whit-h has lately been lin- ished. The fishing town of Seheveningen is in walking distanee from The Hague and is a. well known summer resort. The fish- ers of this town dress very quaintly. The men wear small ea ps, lplue or black coats, whieh rome to the thigh, and flaring trousers fsuch as sailors wearj. The women wear tight caps of beautiful hand- made laee over a eap of silver or gold plate. a tight fitting waist. and a. small shawl drawn down under an apron, whieh eovers a very wide skirt. lVhen we had been there a few days, a heavy mist typical of the region gath- ered. and the air grew very eold. In the morning we found that this mist had frozen and made the most beautiful seen- ery one could imagine. 'l'lte eanals were frozen over and the skating began. You could even see the farmer-'s wife ton skatesj going to town with her mar- ket hasket on her head or arm. The ire was soon erowded with skaters of all ages and sizes. who were taking advan- tage of the short period olTered for this sport. Sueh as these were the sights I saw during my first days in Holland. NVallene Boekholt. R. 179. gf Qpurtsmansbip wins W .ls Q ,- Jimmy Dundee was at the end of his rope. As he sat staring at the sleek lines of his speed boat, retleeting on the months of toil and self-denial, even actual hun- ger at times, that it represented, he had reason enough for quitting the game. For the Flying Vee had never won a raee. Jim. a veteran nieelianician, had been imbued with an idea. Ile had changed, radically, the under-body of his boat from the designs then approved, so that the resistance was lowered and the planing surfaee increased. Had his ven- ture succeeded. new records would have been hung up, and fame and fortune would lmve courted him. But it hadn't sueeeeded. not hy eonsiderable, and the worst part of it was the apparent lack of eause for his numerous failures. Jim had faith in his queer, clumsy shaped crate , however. He felt that his ideas were right, and he was sure that the chance to prove it would some day ar- rive. It was heartbreaking to give up all his plans, but his funds, always low. had crackerlunder the strain, for the experi- mental stage of a racing motorhoat is not renmnerative. That morning he had spent very near- ly his last dollar for gasoline. and as he drew up to the starting line of the II. 1', B. Trophy Race, his heart was sore with- in him. He didn't even hope to get into the money. As for winning, the mere thought of the tive thousand dollars prize money sent his head awhirl. Why, if by a lucky ehanee he won, his fortune would he made, for there are always men in sporting eireles ready to buy the patents of a winning boat. But he kncw too well that any boat that planed like the Flying Vee had no chance. As the white ting dropped, he stepped on the accelerator pedal, and oti' shot the Flyer, well up in l'ront. Poor Jim, he al- ways got a good start-and finished an easy last. There was something uncanny about it. They ran true to form. The boat planed nicely, and Jim 's drawing was he- yond reproach, until they hit the rough water in the outside leg of the eourse. But no sooner had the hydro, ripping along at a tremendous clip, struck the first of a tide of waves. than her how soared skyward, her speed slackencd, and she gradually lost place. One. two

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