Evening journal., 1920-07-24
RESOLUTE IS
AGAIN WINNER
Defender Defeats Rival by
3.18 Actual'Time in Fast
est Contest
LIPTON'S SKIPPER
is OUTSAlLED

SANDY HOOK. n. J.. July 2f.--De-
fender Resolute tossed her 6 minutes
and 40 seconds handicap overheard
yesterday and defeated the Brtishi
challenger. Shamrock ~, boat for
boat in the fourth race OF the 1870
regatta for the Americas cup.
The series now stands-a Tie and the
deciding race will be sailed today.
Shamrock won the first race last
Thursday when an accident 10 ResO-
luteS rigging forced her out while far
I'm the lead. The second attempt, last
saturday, ended In no race, e-yachts
being unable to get sufficient breeze
TO take them around the course IN
the specified sir hours.
Shamrock ~. scored the second vic
tory last Tuesday ResOlute came |
back on Wednesday, running a dead /
heat with the challenger and winning |
by her handicap OF seven minutes and |
one second Resolutes swin enier to-
days race a favOrite In the wagering, |
her two wins having been more con- |
vincing that shamrock TV's.
Yesterdays race was The fastest of
fhe series so far, Resolute completing
| the 30-mile triangular course in three
hours. 27 minutes and 80 seconds.
1 Shamrock ". followed three minutes
and Al seconds later, but the actual
difference in sailing time was only
i thnee minutes ami is seconds. Rso-
lutte having ledAcr0ss the starting line
by % seconds
| Although it lacked the thrilling neck
and neck fluish that put ResOlute's
victory on Wednesday In a class by
Itself, yesterdays encounter had
plcturesqueness all its own. A heavy
blanket OF fog hung over the sea at
Ambrose Channel Lightship until
within few minutes OF the start to-
tally blotiing out the excursion fleet
and the tall-masted rivals tha were
coming out from their haven behind
Sandy Hook. The hoarse fog horn Of
the llghtship was grooming out its
melancholy warning a few hundred
feet away but invisible.
Suddenly the breeze freshened and
the fog began sweeping out 10 sea
! As the pan lifted. Shamrock ". with
her tremendous sails set, lOOmcd
through and bore down on the mark
like huge. gray ghost Resoluie
followed hard on her stern. and after
bit OF iockeying about the lightship.
, they wene OF. down the Jersey coast.
Resolute was at her old tricks on
this, the windward leg She pointed
high into the breeze while Shamrock
rIN NA WI "a INAilA NIAhl ANNh NtI
rapidly sh0roWard. When they swung
. about for the FIRST mark. Resolute's
I work into the weather had gained
her an advantage OF more than q
| quarter mile.
7 Again Capt. Charles Francis Adams
2d held ResOute we'll up against the
D.. wind. with the result that he wa.
~ able 10 make the mark without
3 tack. Shamrock headed or more an
y WIS compelled 10 tack, which browTh
O her around the mark nearly two
N minutes behind Resolute.
a The challenger gained on the sec.
u ond leg, but was stlll far behind wher
- skipper Adams aightened ReSolut'
Z. out on the home stretch.
p shamrock was closing mp the gail
y that separated her from Resolulc ol
" This leg when a freaky bit Of weather
u blew mp mat fooled even the seasone'
a Jersey skipper Capt William p. Bur
~ ton had on the challenger as an ad
, wiser and robbed Shamrock ~ 10
y, whatever chance she had of takin
y the lead and winning
I, The sloops were running fast in
-i i5-knot breeze when signs of a ter
'i RHO squall became apparent sham
rock ~ hastily took down her clu
~ topsail and her large iih iopsail, an
W prepared for rough weather Resc
49, lutc piOWcd ahead under full sail "a
~ "a time, apparently bent on getting
" an the fast sailing she could befor
~ the squall struck And The sQua
As didn't strilp-at least not with "a
intensity shamrock " Skipper Oh
~ NiouSly tlad expected
NJ There WIS a brisk blow Tor a fe'
ll, minutes and a short torrent OF rail-
lv which Rbs0luie Wcathercd withoi
US taking in any sail save ler jib tor
sail
~ When 10 WIS over Shamrock ]
70 was unable 40 set her club iopsai
and was forced to net a smalled tol
sail. while Resolute had her origin
ms rig intact A brief calm intervene
red and then the wimi picked up agai
Shamrock caught t ilrst and crawl,
ien slowly up until she was nearly,
~ not fully, abeam OF Resoluie b
'nu when The defender caught the VIII
ur- she forged quickly aho7d with n
70 superior rig, breaking out a hallo'
~ iib topsail TO aid her progress.
- Shamrock ~ piled canvas on the
:. breaking out both ballooner and spi
Der maker, but the finish was close
gni hand and she was unable 10 close q
'oit sap.