The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-17
struggle !
IS Close
AT START
OF RACE
Nip and Tuck Battle for SUI
premacy Staged Off Sandy
Hook in Second Contest

NS>hAII - - .. LES III I G11E@
GoLDsBoROUGH. off Sandy HoolE-
July i7.--By wircless.l -Resoluta<
defender of Americas yachting cupa
led the Shamrock at the end Of the
first leg Of their second race today.
The Resolute turned the first mart,
Of the triangular 3o-mile raos e
4:3sa2. unofficial tirne
The Shamrock Eained - ~
yachts approached the mark and w,s
less than zoo yards astern. but sim
TO the leeward at 4 p. m. The win =
dropped back to five. knots, agninu
threatening an incompletcd race.
SHAMROCK LEFT
ALMOST BECAI.SIED
The wind hauled bit TO the SOUTH.
ward. letting the Resolute up f1r&
the mark. Shamrock was left Al
most bccalmed-
AZ 40 p. m Shamrock was -1o01
yards under Resoiute's lee with tlho{
mark about a mile TO the weather u L
the defender. Shamrock was enaninrj
rapidly.
tn wind had increased - &
knots. Shamrock had taken IN -
No. baby topsail and set . eznal1r
one. The change was made r.xhoI
slowly and Rcsoiute increased NJ
gain during that shift.
As the craft following the ~
racers shifted to the other tack onAI
came along in full sail. the spectac1oi
was thrilling. Far along the horfxonj
the white wings bowed to the breuro
Steamers. their railings lined WIN.
spectators thoroiy keyed up steamnA.
dignifiedly in two parallel unes
Rcsolute tacks to port at 3:z7. Csn..
tain Burton. however. tackled avav.l
The Shamrock was nearly twice AL
long In stays Both skippery vsrol
bringing all OF their skill to bonr.
with the object Of snatching a breeso.
before the other could find II
YACHTS SPLIT
TACkS AGAIN
Al 3;s2 the two yachts SPIN sacks
again. Shamrock going TO starboard
ana Resolute to port with the marx
about four miles off Resolute's port
bow. At $50 range finders showeA
the Resolute 400 yards ahead To the
windward. Both Shamrock ana r..
oiute We're on port tack. almost head.
ing FOR the mark three miles dis-s
tant.
After being held up for more Shan
an hour because OF lack OF wind tn
shamrock ~. and the Resoluta,
crossed the starting line in the eeo-l
ohd OF their series OF races for the,
Americas cup. shortly before ! =. n.
today.
Both vessels slipped over the rin~i
close hauled on the starboard tack.
The Shamrock was only nina 60.
onds behind the defender.
The official time OF thu st.v<.s
Resoiute. l:4e:2s: Shamrock, ias:s7.|
The race today was. over = trl,I
angular course Of 80 miles. The,
first mark was about Is miles duoi
east OF Monmouth Beach, near Lone
Branch. New Jersey, and the see.
ond turn five miles due eat -.
Long Branch
SHAMROCK TRIES TO
calm" RESOLUTE
AS the signal balls went IN Resn
iutc shot cleanly over the mark
and the Shamrock leaped after -
Both yachts caught the breese ana
clipped thru the water in 4 bcaf,
to the 1o-mile mark at the end ofi
the first leg.
The Shamrock tried to KIN n,
Resolutes wind at the starr. Each
time Captain Adams slipped avayl
by bearing off.
The Resolute Immediately BEGAN
to crawl out to the windward while
footing almost as fast as the Sham,
rock. Fifteen minutes afser The
start vas made the Resolu.e was u
quarter of a mile to the windvard,
and holding the Shamrock well
Twenty minutes after the start
both racers were holding the star.
board tack with Resolute to the
windward and Shamrock q trif1o
ahead but unable TO cross Reso-
lute's bow. At 2:i5 y. m. both
yachts were still headed for the
Long Island shore on starboard
tack. Resolute had increased her
windward advantage to onethird
of a mile. Shamrock continually
sagged off 10 the leeward In order
to outfoot the defender, but altho
she forged ahead somewhat she was
too far to the leeward to profit
by II.
The breeze was less than five
knots an hour and both yachts
moved very slowly thru the water.
Resolute kept her nose well into the
wind