The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-11
CONNECTICUT WILL WIN YET
w SAYS EVERY NAN ABOARD.
nor FOR a RACE.

w. fNIRty v " ~ Wv ~ ~ agts
Money On at Evcns we'll. what Kind Of
Goal mad We Nave, say tho C~Snnectscuts.
The FIRST class battlcship Connections
steamed into New York harbor yesterday
morning. every man aboard her from
Rear Admiral Bob Evans TO che rookie
with hay in his ears proud AS you please
and ready TO fight at the mere hint that
Uncle Sans own hand built ship couldn't
run away from the Louisiana
lf you visited by the port gangway and
suggested ever so mildly to the husky young
mon forward that the Connecticut wasn't
such a much compared TO her twin there
would be q fair chance, provided an officer
wasn't looking, Of getting your clothes
drsnched from a handy hose Visiting by
the starboard gangwsy and venturing the
same opinion aft. you would get a plying
stare and absolutely no Scotch and soda.
Some day there's going TO be a redhot,
slambang. long distance race between the
Connecticut and the Louisiana that will
everlastingly determine which is the faster
ship. The officers and crew Of each war
ship are hungry for IL, and so Is Admiral
Bob Evans himself, who never threw down
a good sporting proposition in his life.
II will happen casual like. on a feet
cruise, when the two big peaoemakers are
fat with the anne. kind Of good coal and
other conditions are equal. They are
already betting on IL in the navy, even
money and take your pick.
The continuous speed tests OF the two
shlps left things up In the air. The Con
beat the Louisiana's record on
the Standardization trial over a measured
mile, and also steamed the fastest quarter
OF an hour Of any ship Of her class; but the
Louisiana's average speed for tho full four
hours was slightly better. four one-hun-
OF q knot an hour better. The
Louisiana. constructed In q private ship
yard at Newport News. claims the palm
on the score that the Connecticut had a
year In which to find herself INC get her
gines running smoothly. but the Con-
necticut, Government built at the New York
Navy Yard, insists that she had to make
her trial with inferior coal. while the Louis
bunkers we're ohoked with the best
hand picked coal in the market and that
she made her trial drawing five inches more
han the Louisiana.
Lieuten ant Commander l.. H.. Chandler
Of the Connecticut, who ia a son OF ex-
Chandler OF New Hampshire, de-
1CTtDeQ the OOuneCJlCuu B ACOOInftlHnmeNL,
The battleship left Hampton Hosds last
Sunday morning and arrived at Rockland.
Me-, on Tuesday morning. On Wednesday
they had b standardization trial in Penob-
scot Bay. steaming over, a measured mile.
The Connecticut reached u mean speed Of
1878 knots. as against the Louisiana's
1854. The fastest single run in that test
at the rate OF 1901 knots an hour.
On Thursday night. leaving Rookland
for ~Provinoetown, Mass. the battAeship
to her four hour continuous speed
test. Ter screws. revolving l27 times a
minute, drove her at an average speed OF
1ss. as against the Louisiana's 1882.
She was as steady. said Lieutenant-Com
mander Chandler. as a houseboat in a pond,
with less vibration. despite the speed.
than he had ever observed in such trials;
When the Connections finished the trial
early Friday. morning she was sound as a
dollar in all her parts.
The difference In draught, five or six inches
more than the Louisiana's, represented
500 o weight. or about three
for coal. the Louisiana when she made
her trial run was supplied with the choicest
coal that could be got, while
he Connecticut had TO depend on the or
binary run Of the mine, taken aboard at
Newport News. The GOAL. as one officer
said frankly. was rotten. Mr.. Chandler
didn't think that the years service Of the
Connecticut made much difference in The
comparative speed test. She has steamed
IL, 900 miles since she was placed in COM
mission September 20. 1909. and has seen
hard service.
Il think she 10 the best battleship I ever
saw said MIR. Chandler, -and Il was rather
that circumstances prevented
as from making a more brilliant record.
However. we know our boat n we are
Rear Admiral Evans, who spent the day
ashore yesterday, said that the Connecticut
did all he expected of her and more and
that he had never Witnessed a speed test
which pleased him 80 much. His flag
Of two white stars on q blue field few from
the main Of the Connecticut. while Admiral
had to substitute on the main
of the cruiser Tennessee q flag Of red field
two white stars. indicating his juniority
of rank.
Yesterday was housecleaning day on the
the Tennessee and the WASH
They were swabbing and holyston-
ing all day long and even f~reshening up the
cleaning white sides. The fleets wash.
iuttering In the breeze from lines that ran
turret to anchor davit. gave a homely
appearance to the big trim vessels.
Within a few days the Connecticut will
sail for Hampton Roads to join her rival.
Louisiana, and become a part Of the
big feet that Admiral Evans lie to COM