Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-23
RESOLUTE SAILS
MASTERLY RACE
pefender UphoIds Reputation in
Gaining More Than Minute
on Windward Leg
MAKES SPEEDY FINISH
,,I,aWRENCE II, PERRY

&c. masterly race over thirty
SUI" - ,r;oryle the Americas Cup de-
1."Jor I Rcsolute crossed the finish line
,". ,.d of tbc challenger Shamrock Nv
'.,. oftcrnoon, thereby tying up the
W." ,..;c,'s CUP series and necessitating
A e.o, rocc, Rcsolute maintained her
.anto,ion on the leg to windward' gain
,,orc than. a minute on the chai-
,., we and on the second leg before the
isd E she surprised even her well-wish-
y. bv gaining additional time.
' :. Tho reach on the third leg Sham
-, sn,,,v overlook the American sloop,
roch hnif n mile from the finish the
ppn...0sboff pn. " boat took to her heels and
,ls. ~ ths challenger astern, crossing the
, ,eI. ~ Tho lead, while a chorus OF WINS.
i,ne IN ,,asts Ia rs and booming guns resounded
We oi tho COO from the attending heet.
Good Start
p,so,ute showed the way to Sham-
,oct both in footing and jockeying when
~ yachts were sent away at !
..sl,ct WI The Yankee sloop crossed
snst and nicely bcrthcd to windward.
T" Trs' oo,,rse "nr was n triangle. the first leg
n beat of ten miles south -soutnwest:
Tho wind at the time was holding at
ahout seven miles an hour with prom
leo of more later in the day.
Roth Yachts went over on the star
Mad tack close hauled with baby jibs
oet Tn the first fifteen minutes of the
roce shamrock showed her old ability
to foot. but not to head up as high as
tbo defender. It was most important
loo because all on the challenger were
n,si, aware that IL slV could take the
tricks on this part of the course she
stood an excellent chance OF taking the
Gun. To 90 back bit Shamrock at no
went about on the port tack. her IN
tention clearly being to stand In shore
and look for wind. But Kesolute did
NOT appear too eager to go IN from the
sea and she allowed the challenger TO
make a split tack race OF II Tor hVe
minutes. -
Peculiar Maneuver
At1:1O Shamrock seeing that Skip
var Adams refused to follow him to
shore and so rather than let the de-
fender remain by herself the challenger
came about again on the starboard tack
II looked like a silly move from shore.
AZ all events Shamrock lost little by
l. where as she had no need to lose any
thing. .o
The breeze was holding at the rate
OF ten miles an hour at this time. ,
Shamrock. aS usual, wns the hrst or
the racers to slip her moorings ana take
row around the hook. Resolute waited
nntil 10 :15 and then followed the chai-
,enror out to sea. The haze was so
thick that the racers were engulfed as
soon as they reached the bar. So with
thc vanguard of attending boats. So
far AZ visibility was concerned there
was nothing to show that the ocean was
not as empty as it was the day after
It was made.
Tho wind between nine and eleven
boycd the compass. confounding Il :
wcathcrwise denizens of this neck Of
tbc Jersey coast. But the prevailing
guess was that by the time set for the
start or not much later, the wind
would shift to the south and hold there.
gaining appreciable velocity as the
day advanced.
As the weather stood in the hours
preceding the race sore' painter would
have ravcd over the marine outlook.
1t was a study in vague. pearly tones
stepped with many -hucd highlights. But
it was the despair of those who were
trying to observe the preliminary ma =
neuvcrs of the racing craft. With
the sun rising higher and unobscured
by clouds. however, there was every
prospect that pcrspectives would clear,
enabling powerful glasses to sweep over
almost every mile of the triangular
course.
At quarter of 10. when time came
10 advise the racers to make ready
for the start it was decided by the re :
gatta committee to postpone the race
until the wind should establish bit
rection. At noon it was holding a bit
east of south. with tendency to swing
to the normal quarter, southwest.
The men who were running the race
had no idea of taking any chances on
giving Shamrock three legs off the wind.
as happened last Saturday. What was
wanted. and what it was perfectly
legitimate to have, was a leg to wind
Waru, ana there was no apparent inten-
.9n OF starting the racers until the
WIND gave promise of staying put.
AT length at II o'clock the regatta
rommlttee decided that the southwest
tendency had definitely asserted itself
una as consequence the postponement
signals were set at 10 30 o'clock. The
NgnalS ordered triangle south. south .
west then east by "nrth and then west
by north to homo mark. The course
involved beat and two reaches.
Start Shoreward
4, At l;l5 both boats decided to turn
,ncir bows from seward and to heaG
toward the shore where undoubtedly tn,
.eSt brcczes lay. Both came about or
unr port tack and stood in toward Nor
"anaiE. 1t proved to be a long hitch
t., N 40 the two boats were still hold :
,"S on N" port board. Resolute about
a. quarter of mile to weather and in
,nr t l%ad Both yachts were pinchinp
nor all they were worth and ever and
TSa,n ss,tt the headsails of both sloops would
a,S', mn,amro"k's baby jib was the most
"lIIllhutlvC thing that big sloop ever
ISportGd: It looked like a ladies' hand :.
kkGrchI"f. ReSolutc's kite was not very
ST., SEon,nt out 1t was larger than that OF
AT 80 both sloops were still on the
If iTt'urooard ,roo tack holding in shore and
" 10 l.