New-York tribune., 1920-07-23
By Jack Lawrence

Sir Thomas Upton must lift the
Americas Cup to-day with Shamrock
" or see the ambition of his life de-
feated forever.
This is the opinion of a majority
of yachting experts who spent yester-
day in studying the situation created
by Resolute's victory over the chal-
lenger on Wednesday.
To-day's race will be sailed over a
triangular course of thirty nautical
miles. Twenty Of these miles will be
devoted to reaching and running be-
fore the wind, in either of which the
Nicholson sloop is admittedly superior
to her Herreshoff rival.
II there is windwarG leg, 1t will
be thrash of only ten miles and it
IS believed that the loss the challenger
NAV sustain in this beat she will be
able to overcome in the reach and run
and open up lead that will make ur
Tor the time allowance she comedies
the defender.
lime Allowance Reduced.
1t was over triangular course that
She defeated Resolute on Tuesday and
even her most ardent hackers admit
that she must repeat to-day or face al
most certain defeat in the fifth anc
last race. which will be sailed, if nee
essary, tomorrow over a windwaro
course.
1t is generally agreed by yachting
sharps, and admitted by Shamrock S
managers, that in race of this sort
The challenger cannot make up in the
run down the wind the ground she
loses to Resolute in the thrash of
hiteen miles to windward.
On Tuesday the hauling of the wind
practically eliminated all the windward
work and it was this fact that gave the
Upton boat the decision. She cannot
60 to wlndward with Resolute, but she
can out-reach and out-run her. If the
Wnd holds true today, the challenger
should win on her merits, even with
tne wlndward leg included.
II the breeze shifts and favors Reso-
iute by making a windward thrash OF
Two legs instead of one, the cup hun.
Inrs goose will be cooked and Si1
inomas ~Lipton's fourth cup campaign
VIII be on the verge of failure.
Shamrock will go to the line at noon
,o-day wearing a smaller club topsai
,nan she carried in Wednesdays race
ms will reduce the time allowance
sne comedies Resolute from seven min
utes and one second to six minutes
and forty seconds.
.Oplnlon was sharply divided last
hsnt as to the advisabilty Of Nichol-
son move in reducing the size of his
!op hemper 1t was pointed out that
~ Shamrock's victorious triangular
race OF Tuesday her big club topsai
proved of great assistance when il
picSed up wandering breezes that en-
ufely escaped Resolute's smaller rig
l. enabled her TO foot along when her
,Eai was pinned motionless in the
doldrums.
Close Race Is Predicted
on the other hand, there is every
Indication that to-days race will be ex-
sseealngly close if the wind holds true
from start to finish. 1t will probably
vt won or lost by matter of seconds,
ana In this event the smaller topsail
WIN Its reduced time allowance might
esasily be the factor that would give
;:se challenger the victory she needs
she Is to win the cup.
FAIR weather is forecast Cor to-day's
race, with moderate southwest winds
anls was the official Weather Bureau
Ii,eoiction. but it did not coincide at
atn els with the representations of Sandy
nooS prophets. The latter declared
,a ,ase 'ast night that the squalls of yes
sbSt.asay had brought about general
sa slt IN the atmospheric outlook for
May nay They said the yachts would
s'Oospiy ind strong northwest wind
(Contoued an n.c.