Sport: On Biscayne Bay

Perpetually sunburned to the color of a mahogany deck, his whitish hair tossed back like spray from a speed-boat's bow, famed Boatbuilder Gar Wood of Detroit last week stepped into his 2,200 h. p. Miss America IX at Miami Beach. After running a mile up and down Biscayne Bay at an average speed of 101.154 m. p. h. he got out, remarking: ''Conditions are ideal. I can run faster than that."

Presently Gar Wood again got into Miss America IX, ran a nautical mile and back (800.27 ft. farther than a land mile) at...

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