The Sentinel=record., 1914-07-05
COMPARISON OF
 BALL STANDING
SEASON ABOUT HALF OVER COM PARED WITH SIMILAR STAND
 ING IN LAST YEAR RACE.
New Challenger Likely to Prove the Most Formidable That Upton Has Ever Sent Here to Lift the Cup.

Now York July 4.-American yachtsmen, who are in close touch with the preparations being made by Sir Thomas Lipton for his fourth at tempt to life the Americas cup have recently received an Interesting an alysis of the preliminary showing Of Shamrock ". According to this re- port the challenger designed by Chas. Nicholson is likely to prove the most dangerous yacht ever sent across the phy. Although the English yachting experts will not commit themselves re garding the chances of the chal- lenger as yet, the impression appears 10 be growing that if Shamrock nv. makes the ocean trip without strain ing she will prove far more formid- able than any of the Shamrocks or Valkyries that raced for the cup be- tween 1893 and 1903.
 As in the case with the cup de- fense yachts Resoute, Defiance and Vantle, there still remains much to be done on Shamrock " before she sails for America late this month. Several changes in rig and ballast have already been made and the ex-
 perimenting and drilling of the crew wiA continue untn the challenger is put under jury rig for the hong voy- age to the cup course All this ex- perimenting and improving meets with the entire approval of the Eng fish yachting experts, but when it comes to the crew and skipper the same confidence and support is lack ing. In fact, the command and man. ming of the yacht is the subject of much talk, and wide divergence of opinion. The old yachting hands, while knowledging that Captain Bur. ton, who is in command, is probably | the best racing man in Great Britain,
 today, do not like the idea of Cap
 tain Sycamore, with al, his experience
 of racing off Sandy Hook, being en- | tirely eliminated
 This move was doubtless decided upon to avoid the friction that oc- cured in 1903, owing to a sort Of
 dual command This year Captain | Burton, will be in sole command. He will have as his assistant, however. | Captain Turner who acted in a simi-
 lar capacity for Burton in most of the big races in English waters, and recently on Sir Thl mas Lipton's 23- metre yacht, Shamrock, in English regattas. Aside from the lack of ex- perience in America cup races, some doubt is expressed among racing yachtsmen whether these two will get as much out of the crew as would Captain Sycamore. who is better known among the men forming the crew.
 A yachtsman who has had experl-
 nee with each of the yachts Sir
 Thomas has sent across the Atlantic expresses the opinion that one of the chief causes of failure in the past has been the lack of training of the crews of the Shamroaks. The Amer jeans, he points out. spend weeks in
 setting their crews into training, and hour after hour they are put through practice ef lowering and raising sails, until orders given by the captain are carried ont with a quickness that is a marvel and surprise to English yachtsmen.
 WhiIe the Americans are practic- ing, he said the British crews take life easy. The result is seen when the race is on. since quickness is car ryi1g out orders marks the differ ence between success and defeat.
 That Captain Burton realizes this is shown by the fact that the Sham rock " men are being drilled hard CT than any previous cup challenger crew. Those who are inclined to he pessimistic, however, contend that the real test will come when the amateur skipper of Shamrock " endeavors 10 arouse the enthusiasm in the crew necessary for to bring about the ut most speed and harmony among it's