The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-21
RESOLUTE AHEAD
WHEN FIRST HALF
Of RACE SAILED

SANDY HOOK, N. j., July 21.--Fight-
ing hard to prevent Shamrock " win
ming third victory-which would mean
that Sir Thomas Upton would lift the
Americas cup-Resolute rounded the
half way mark in today's 80 mile wind
ward and leeward contest well ahead
ofa Shamrock.
Resolute turned the mark at 3:21;21
unofficial time and Shamrock at 3:23:06.
Skipper Burton tried repeatedly to
forereach Resolute, but once Adams got
the Britisher under his lee, he held him
there.
Burton tried to shake off the AmeSi-
can repeatedly but the Resolute fol-
lowed him tack for tack.
Once Resolute cut the wind and
caused Shamrock's headsails to culver
Capt. Burton tried to bluff Resolute off
with two fake tacks, but could not do
| so. This maneuver also lost him ground
for Resolute was second or two quick
er in stays.
At 2:35 the yachts headed for the
shore for the mark.
After sounding the starting signal at
! pm. Shamrock crossed at 1:00:22 and
Resolute at 1:00:41 official time and
breezed away on the first 15-mile leg
OF their 30-mile windward and leeward
course.
Capt. Adams Of Resolute made no
effort to gain the weather berth and
let Shamrock cross the line first. Both
| tackled few minutes after the start
and at Ito were hauling away for the
Jersey shore.
Resolute worked out about 100 yards
| to windward, but Shamrock was fool
ing faster and was well ahead. 1t
looked as If Shamrock could cross the
defenders bow.
The course is beat south by west
to a point about eight miles off As
| bury park with a run back to the Am
brose channel lghtship. Each leg Is
Is miles
Charles E. Nicholson designer of
Lutte won today's race he would ask
| that the next contest be postponed
| until Friday so he might have the
challenger taken tomorrow to South
| Brooklyn, where she could be dry
docked and her underbody cleaned:
blowing. Shamrock was well ahead Of
Resolute and it seemed as If she could
cross. the defender;s bow ifsshe went
about on the starboatd tack. ut looked
eral hundred yards in crossing. Sham
rock, with her Seabright pilot aboard,
was evidently holding inshore for a
| fair breeze and was ghosting along in
surprising fashion with a small bone
| in her teeth. Her crew lay along the
| weather rail and Capt. Burton held her
close on the edge of the wind. Far
| to weather was Resolute. but the de-
| fender evidently had been reached on
the long port board inshore. On the
tack inshore Resolute seemed to have
trouble pinching to windward.
At 1852 Shamrock tackled out to sea.
| Resolute sneld on to the port tack and
| the two yachts began to converge. Reso-
lutte managed to cross Shamrock's bow
at i :55, and then tackled to starboard.
but Resolute herself came ABOUT ana
established herself on Shamrocks
weather quarter.
At 1853 Resoltue was leading by 200
yards and the wind had breezed up to
six knots.
At 2:01 Shamrock went over on the
starboard tack and approached Reso-
| Lutte which was working inshore on
port board. AS the yachts approached
| each other, Capt. Adams threw Reso-
| Lutte over on the starboard tack, where
| upon Shamrock came about again on
the port.
Both yachts tackled to starboard at
| 2:O6 with Resolute still to windward.
The yachts heeled over IN the
strengthening wind as they stood stood away ay
Resolute negotiated the water better
| than her rival, whose rather flat bow
pounded not a little.
Resolute gained slightly on every
hitch as the sloops tackled the Jersey
short. When at 2:35, they were soon
over on the starboard tack and stood
out to sea, Resoute was leading bit
| to weather from the challenger by
| three eighths of a mile. The wind had
| increased to nearly ten knots and the
sloops lee rails were awash
At 2:5O the breeze had increased to
| ~ knots, the best in the 1920 series. At
| 3:10 Resolute was within 22 miles OF
the turning mark and a half-mile ahead
of Shamrock. The regatta committee
| boat started back for the finish line
Rounding the outer mark minute
and As seconds ahead of Shamrock by
unofficial time, Resolute broke out her
spinnaker in minute and 40 seconds.
Shamrock's crew took two minutes and
| five seconds to boom out her spinnaker.
The elapsed time on the windward
beats as computed unofficially were:
Resolute 2:20:40; Shamrock, 2:22;H.