The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-07-21
Challenger 0vercOmes Ham
dicap and Wins by 2
Min. 26 Sec.
FIRST CLEAN VICTORY
Lipton's Craft Has an Ac-
cident at Start Which
Splits Canvas.
BOATS MEET AGAIN TODAY
Defender Must Take Three
Straight to Keep Trophy
on This Side.
BOATS MEET AGAIN TODAY

Oh
The Americas Cup, blue ribbon
trophy Of the sea, has not yet set
flight to wing its way overseas, but 1t
Is fluttering.
Sir Thomas Lipton's green challenger,
Shamrock ~, won yesterday a clean
cut victory over the defending yacht
Resolute, In weather conditions which
presented a wide variety, ranging all
the way from light airs, like those Of
Saturday, to piping nine knot breeze,
in which the rivals ran over the final
leg OF the race to the finish line, the
Upton craft distanced the Herreshoff
yacht. In the light zephyrs she took
the lead, and in the faster reaching
and running of the later hours she
either maintained or increased it.
Shamrock now has won two races
of the three necessary to lift the cup.
She will have her chance to-day to
clinch the victory, for at the close Of
Yesterdays race both yachts hung out
the code signal letter D, signifying
their readiness to continue the strug-
gle without an intervening day. A
victory for her to-day will be nnal.
One for Resolute will protract the
duel. But unless either of the skipr
pers should object every day hereafter
will be racing day except Sunday.
Either contestant at will. however, may
have the privilege. Of a day between
races for renovation. recuperation or
rest a' Sf,
Though Shamrock crossed the finish
line 10 minutes and seconds ahead Of
Resolute, the challenger won, because
Of the Americans time allowance, by
the scant margin Of minutes 26 SEQ.
onds in thirty mile race.
NAptHtu hurtOn V1n0icAte0,
Never before in the history of the
famous cup had foreign yacht beaten
the American defender except in in
stances like that of last Thursday, when
the latter came to grief through some
accident to rigging or gear Until tho
present series Of races even that mishap
had not occurred since the race of 1871,
nearly fifty years ago. In that year the
second Of the thirteen contests was
sailed The challenger was Mr.. Ashbury's
schooner yacht Livonia and the Defend
ing craft was the schooner Columbia,
predecessor OF the famous sloop OF a
later date which bore proudly the same
name. The Livonia had one race OF ths
series marked to her credit when the
Columbia broke her steering gear
II Capt William F. burton, skipper
of Shamrock ~, needed any vludica-
tlon in the eyes OF Sir Thomas Upton
he had it Yesterday To use phrase
ia niliaf in baseball and pugillsm, he
came back" with promptitude and pre-
cision Nobody criticised his handling
of the British pet yesterday.
Another marked feature Of the day
was that In conditions which, down to
the final leg of the triangle, were strik-
lngly similar to those of Saturday, the
two yachts presented complete rever.
sal OF form. The wiseaCres who have
been reiterating that Resolute could
e asily distance her rival in a drifting
match had nothing to say when they
saw the Royal Ulster champion ghostlng
away In the daintiest kind of zephyrs
and showing Skipper Charles Francis
A1lms I'd the color OF her taffrail
spectacle which he was not
destined to lose sight Of during the rest
OF the day.
SLiRper's Wife n Mascot Now.
Mrs. Burton also. who has been un.
gallantly referred to by some critics n
though she were In some sort hoodoO.
occupied yesterday her accustomed place
close by the wheel, doing Cuty as timer
for her husband. The EnGlishnlen. who
are offering odds now on the cup's going
across the Atlantic. were smilincly re-
ferring to her Yesterday as ShamrockB
mascot.
Sir Thomas Upton, long disciplined By
successive defeats to suppress any 6ls-
play Of emotion could not conceal his
delight as he stood on the bridge Of the
steam yacht Victoria and saw his Irish
come into her own after
clean race, in which nothing was
broken" save some of the hearts aboard
the American defender and perhaps on
the decks OF other craft Of the New York
Yacht Club. He had not won this time
by what he called fluke. and the sports
Irish Baronet was happy. Never
exuberant, he contented HIM
self with saying he believed the showing
Shamrock had made In this effort just-
fled him in .he hope that he was TO lift
the Cup this time.
Earlier In the day, when the result
was not so well established. Sir Thomas
had said Il started out this mornirg,
as usually do. hoping tc be 70; tunats
enough TO win, but in yachting. as In
every other sport there is no certainty.
II there were there would be no peasuro
ia it for M. The great ambition and
pleasure In my life Is for the best boat
10 win. I am entertaining good hopes
that I will lift the Cup this time, and
feel after seeing to-day's sailing that I
am justified in cherishing that hope"
So dramatic was the finish of yester-