New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-24

is afraid that it will not stand the
strain" Hes wise" said half. Hes
unwise," said the other half.
Resol,fte's Topsail Stays Up
There was no external evidence as
10 the decision of Captain Charles
Francis Adams. The pelting rain had
driven most of the watchers On the
Semmes to cover, but they peered ouc
across the blackened seas waiting the
decision of Adams. When the sun
came out again the topsail, like that
certain flag at certain fort, was still
there. And they passed the word that
the topsail of Resolute was still there
Shamrock while the squat ragged
around. In the meantime the defender
was running fast and free through the
rushing waters.
The top stayed up in the black shad-
ows, plume of Navarro, Star
Spangled Banner through the storm. In
the meantime the stripped and shud-
dering Shamrock Jagged behind. Reso-
lutte dared and Shamrock refused to
take chance, thereby doubly losing a
race that was already lost.
1t was here that the Victoria steamed
to the fore and led the attendant boats
out of the blackness with her top held
proudly erect the red and white light
ship doomed up barely two miles away,
and it was over. The defender had met
the elements in their angriest mood
and had bluffcd them out with her
slender-loolSing spars and that canvas
that looked like thin silver film.
Defender in Brilliant Dash
Resolute's ballooner swept her over
! the water like the full spread of a gull
| Shamrock, throwing out the spinnake1
as we'll as the ballooner, had the spread
! Of an albatross by comparison, but she
never could catch Resolute in anything
shorter than the long, long flight OF
an albatross.
Sir Thomas Upton waved his cay
from the bridge of the Victoria as
and the Victorias whistle, choking &
bit at the start, led the welcome in
steam. Close by the John F. Hylar
spurted out white vapors, but made nc
noise, for the Hylan-an astonishing
thing seemed to have lost its voice
All of the feet joined in the welcome
Then there was long silence while
they waited for Shamrock to come up
Even with the vast spread of canvas
she came slowly after that brilliant
dash of the defender. The greeting
the whistles gave her seemed ironica
under the circumstances. They shrilleG
like an accusation and the dcmcnstra
ton somehow seemed like n,ockery
1t must have sounded that way to Sil
Thomas.
1t was freak squall that brough
about the emergency which gave tht
rival captains 81 chance to make thei
widely different decisions. 1t foolet
the native pilot that Captain William
?. Burton carried with him. But will
the time allowance, Captain Burton
would hardly have been ablc to max,
up what ne had lost in the beat I,
the start. The squall merely servet
to show in theatrical fashion tina
Resolute, her skipper and her crew
were ready to take a chance with tn,
gambling spirit of the American navy
professional and amateur
Shamrocks Only Chance
With breeze to-day the last act o
the Americas Cup drama will b,
staged. fundamentally the sloops ar,
on even terms, but here the arithmeti,
lies again. The arithmetic said tina
Shamrock, boat for boat, was taste
than Resolute. This is shown to b.
a misstatement of fact. Yesterda,
demonstrated clearly that the fact tina
the boats have won two races apiece
means nothing at all in the history O.
the Americas Cup.
Experts hold that yesterday wa.
Shamrock's only chance and IN this
assertion the experts seem to be abso
lutely right. Shamrock won one race
over the triangular course. But thu
battle tomorrow is a beat to windwart
and back, and on this course Resolute
has shown she can gain enough on ths
windward beat to Offset any gain thai
the challenger may make up on the
reach to the finish, because of her time
allowance.
So it looks very much as though tbs
Americas Cup would stay on this side
of the Atlantic until it crumbles. Ger
tainly it will stay here-other things
being equal--while they breed heirs OF
John Paul Jones, Farragut and Admiral
Dewey, who are willing to slap q lower
ipr dacfipv in tho fnexa with a 6lmv