New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-05
I acht Races
Are Postponed
Until Monday
Resolute Breaks Calf and
Is lowed to Bristol; Van
tiles hackers Confident
By lack Lawrence

NEWPORT, R. T., June Nv. Butler
duncan, chairman Of the Americas Cup
committee, announced at the local sta
ton Of the New Yorl. Yacht Club to-
night that as a result Of the breaking
OF the Resolutc's gaf in Yesterday 5
race it had been found necessary to
change the boats mast and she would
be unable to race again with the Vani-
tie until Monday morning.
Inc second meeting Of the yachts
was scheduled for tomorrow morning
and was to have been sailed over a
triangular course Of thirty miles Mr..
duncan stated that beginning Monday
elimination trials would be held every
day next week.
From Bristol it was learned that the
present steel mast would be replaced
with another of the same material the
work being done at the HerreshoF
plant.
Jaws Badly Jared
The Jaws Of the Resolute's gatf
Jared out Of their sockets when She
was rounding the stakeboat in vester-
days contest, and in the hurry to re-
place them before she filled away on
the run for homo they were badly bent
Later, when she anchored in Brenton's
love, an attempt was made to hammer
the gan back to It's proper alignment
ana IN dong this orc Of the Jaws
snapped off.
A new GAIT was ordered from Here
shoH's, but the one that was sent failed
to nj the old sockets and it was de-
clOed that it would be quicker to tow
the boat to Bristol and make the re-
pairs there. A close inspection of the
masthead at the shipyard caused the
boats managers to order the entire
stick replaced.
Backers Of the Vanitie are not dis
heartened over Yesterdays defeat and
are stlll asserting that their favorite
mas not had an opportunity to show
her real worth. They declare that the
result Of the first brush would have
peen very different if the race had
been sailed over a triangular course
They also offer as an abb the fact
that the Resolute jockeyed herself into
the highly desirable windward berth at
the start and appropriated the Vani-
ties weather during practically the
entire contest. This is unouestionahlv
fact, Charles Francis Adams. the
Resolute's amateur skipper. taking
considerable pains to blanket his
bronze opponent as much as possible
Maritime Thriller Spoiled
Yachting sharps are of the opinion
that if the Vanitie had won the wind.
ward berth in the rush over the start
ing line she never would have lost so
much ground in the thrash into the
wind, and would at least have opened
the run for home on even terms with
the Herreshof sloop. If this had been
the case the drive for the finish in
yesterdays race would have been the
greatest maritime thriller ever staged
1t was apparent that under spinna-
ker and balloon jb the bronze boat
was at her best. She picked up speed
the moment these sails were broken
out, and although the long stern chase
after the Reso!ute was a hopeless one
she went to it with a burst Of speed
that was inspiring
Even the most ardent Resolute root
ers admit that the Nantie was defeat
ed when Commodore George Nichols,
her skipper, allowed himself to be out
Unanswered and nosed out Of the
weather berth at the start. This was
blow from which the bronze racer
never recovered
That the Resolute won this valuable
advantage is due to the nerve and al
most reckless daring of her skipper
Adams literally jammed the Vanitie
out of his way and grabbed the advan-
tage he knew he must have if he was to
bring the Resolute home in front