New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
Jackie Ciues Yacht
CrotUd Only Thrill
"Mor, Ouerboard!'' Pro
uides Excitement Lack
ing as Boats Race inCaInt
By Jack Lawrence

With only one hour and a half left oil
the six-hour time limf and with still
twenty miles to go, the race committee
Of the New York Yacht Club decided
that the feat was impossible and called
the race off.
Another effort viii be made TODAY
to sail the fifth and deciding contest
tor the cup, although the Weather man mar
holds out little encouragement in the
matter of winds. Northwestern
breezes are predicted with a tendency
TO shift toward the southwest durinp
the afternoon.
This is exactly what the wind did
yesterday, and as it shifted it SIM
mered down to a whispering zephyr
that was too light to make ripple on
The galvanized Atlantic. All the rough
and tumble weather chat had caused
the calling off of last Saturdays con-
test had disappeared and in it's place
there was ttful, tickle breeze that
sailing and then broke them ALL
Contestants bgotioniess
When the wind quit for the day the
sllm-sparred contestants for the
Americas Cup were resting motionless
on even keels, and the stake marking
the end of the first ffteen-mile leg was
still only bobbing speck on the south
western horizon. J. 2. Morgan's Cor
sair, standing close to the mark,
seemed to be midtown in the distance
from the point where the yachts gave
up the tedious drift and accepted tow
!lnes from their respective tenders.
The cup-defending Resolute was at
ms time a trilie less than q mile and
= half ahead of the challenging Sham
rock ", and about five miles from the
outer mark. She had sailed and drifted
zen miles in four hours and half.
There was hardly suggestion of
real competition from the time the
aioops Went over the line until the no
race" signal was hoisted on the COM
II july slesta, and as she slum bered
seraphlcaily the yachts wallowed ana
the spectators sweitered in the still
heat Any one seeking quiet place for
melancholy retrospection would have
been we'll satisfied with conditions off
The Jersey coast yesterday. There
wasn't breath to fiutter a sail or
arouse the suspicious of q prohibi.
ZIONIST.
The only thrill of the entire day
came when a Jackie on the destroyer
Noldsborough fell overheard while that
mp was lying off the foot of West
ll6th Street waiting to take guests
down to see the alleged yacht race. The
goo was well on his way to watery
grave when two of his mates plunged
over the side and rescued him as he
was going down for what statisticians
SAID was the thirty third time.
When the sailor fell overheard it
caused more confusion on the good ship
Noldsborough than breaking out a spin
maker does on Shamrock ". While the
sailor foundered about and swallowed
gallons OF the untiltered Hudson Off
GERS and crew held long consultation
on the destroyer's stern and endeavored
to decide what should be done in such
a situation. Some one suggested that,
without going through the formaity
OF taking the matter up with the Navy
Department, line should be tossed to
the COB. A careful investigation of
the available ropes, however, developed
the fact that all of them were too tan
gied and knotted to be of any use in an
emergency.
Somebody else thought that the best
thing to do, under the circumstances,
was to throw the man an anchor. but
this was objected to on the ground
that, for obvious reasons, a cake of
ivory soap would be the proper thing,
A facetious skipper of a passing tow
boat megaphoned the suggestion that
the whole thing be put up to Secretary
Daniels in Washington.
Jackie in Role of Hero
When it appeared that the men on
the destroyer had decided on a policy
of watchful waiting diminutive
jackie IN blue dungarees dived over the
stern OF the Goldsborough and after
a long swim reached his mate. The
man had disappeared from the surface
by this time, but the dungaree- clad
swimmer managed to reach him and and
keep him afloat until a navy tug took
them both aboard.
When the challenger and defender
began to make sail in Sandy Hook
early In the morning, the wind was
blowing about fifteen knots out of the
northwest and there was every indi-
cation that perfect racing conditions
would prevail for the last Gun contest.
Outside the Hook, the open water was
brilliant with sparkling white caps, and
~ seemed certain that Sir Thomas LIP
ION was TO nave the strong wind he
had desired for the deciding race
Resolute was the first to ret under
way and she was quickly followed bv
the challenger. The American boats
new mainsail, bent yesterday by her
crew, appeared to set perfectly as she
tilled away in the direction of Ambrose
Lightship.
The yachts had hardly started their
rather long voyage to the course when
the wind began to shift in a southerly
direction and gave indications of full
filling the Sandy Hook predictions that
it would be blowing from the south
west by the time the racers were sent
away.
AS the wind shifted. its velocity de-
creased. and when Resolute reached
Ambrose Light vessel it had softened
and had hauled around
20 north, northeast. The breeze showed
10 signs of settling in any permanent
quarter, and this caused the race COM
nittee on the Baryton to hoist tenn
,orary postponement signal at 11:45,
he hour originally set for raising the
preparatory flag.
The Importance of the contest made
desirable to send the yachts away
d true wind that would enable them
0 sail the entire thirty miles on a
vindward and leeward course.
Few Yachts at Starting Line
Comparatively few yachts were gath
red about the starting line when the |
acing sloops reached the course. Most
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