Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-21
.RES0LUTE AHEAD
/. BY QUARTER MILE.
AFTER LATE START
Yachts Jockey for Lead
Shamrock Needs But One
More Victory.

Two victories to her CreQlt, SndlnroCh
w led across the starting line in to-
days race for the Americas cup, de-
tended by Resolute. The Upton sloop
needs but one more victory to lift the
cup.
After sounding of the starting sig
al at pm. Shamrock crossed at
1.00.22 and Resolute at 1.00.41, official
time. and breezed away on the nrst
f1fteen-mile leg of their thirty-mile
windward and leeward course.
Just before the start of the race the
two sloops shifted headsails seVerai
times. When the warning signal came
they were working back and fortn
to windward of the line. Resolute
stood over toward the lightshlp. out
soon came about and followed Sham
rock toward the committee boat.
Shamrock crossed the line twenty,
two seconds after the starting signal
had been blown, and Resolute followed
forty-one seconds after the starting
signal.
Let Shamrock Cross First.
Capt. Adams of Resolute made no
effort to gain the~weather berth and
let Shamrock cross the line first. Both
yachts crossed on the starboard tack
within fifty yards of one another.
Both tackled a few minutes after the
start and at 1:10 were hauling away
from the Jersey shore.
Resolute worked out about 100
yards to windward, but Shamrock
was footing faster and was well
ahead. 1t looked as if Shamrock could
cross the defenders bow.
At 40 Shamrock was well ahead of
Resolute and it seemed as if she could
cross the defenders bow if she went
about on the starboard tack. 1t looked
as if she would have a margin of
several hundred yards in crossing.
Shamrock, with her Seabright pilot
aboard. was evidently holding inshore
for a fair breeze.
Shamrock was ghosting along in
surprising fashion with a small bone
in her teeth as she headed inshore
to catch the breeze that came off the
Jersey shore highlands. Her crew
lay along the weather rail. and Capt.
Burton held her close on the edge of
the wind. Far to weather was Reso-
Lutte, but the defender evidently had
been reached on the long port board
inshore.
At 1:50 Shamrock was within two
miles of the highlands and seemed to
be coming right into the arms of spec
tators who lined the shore. She SEEM
ed to be getting a better breeze than
Resolute and to be steadily gaining
On the tack inshore Resolute seemed
to have trouble pinching to windward.
Resofute Takes Lead.
At 1:52 Shamrock tackled out to sea.
The Resolute was leading by 100
yards.
AS the two sloops stood inshore
again endeavored by foot
ing to forereach her rival. but
Capt Adams kept Resolute higher
into the wind and ate further out
to weather. Both yachts seemed to
lose speed as they shot under lee of
shore. -r
At 1853 o'clock Resolute was lead
ing by 200 yards and the wind had
breezed up to six knots.
Working down for the Shrewsbury
gas buoy, Skipper Burton broke out q
tiny baby jibtopsail hardly larger
than a woman's handkerchief. At 2:01
Shamrock went over on the starboard
tack and approached Resolute, which
was working inshore on a port board.
AS the yachts approached each other,
Capt. Adams threw Resolute over on the
starboard tack, whereupon Shamrock
came about again on the port.
Boat for boat. it was tight race,
with the advantage So far lying. with
Resolute, which crossed the line 10
seconds behind the challenger and
now was leading by probably 10 Sec
onds at this point.
both yachts stood inshore toward
beach, making a pretty
thrash to windward along under the
shadows of the Jersey headlands
Both yachts tackled to starboard at
2:O6, with Resolute still to wndward.
Burton laid the Shamrock off
a bit and tried to force a lee passage.
Resolute Negotiated Water.
The yachts heeled over in the
strengthening wind as they stood
away from the shore. In the rolling
sea Resolute negotiated the water
better than her rival, whose rather
fiat bow pounded not a little
Both yachts worked their way inshore
by short bitches, each pockeying for a
better berth.
After a series of short tacks Resolute
again crossed Shamrock's bows and al
most Immediately came about on the
port tack, heading inshore at PIG.
With more than half of the course to
the outer mark covered at 2:15, it was
estimated by newspapermen on the de-
stroyer following the sloops that Reso-
lute was leading by quarter mile. AT
:22 the yachts were still STANDING tn
toward Long Branch, and it seemed nos.
sible that when they came about the
mark could be fetched on long tack.
Two Fifteen-mile Legs.
At 1882 the regatta committee
hoisted signals for the course, a heat
south by west to a point about eight
miles off Asbury Park with a run hack
to the Ambrose channel lightship. Each
leg is fifteen miles. Two minutes he
fore a new breeze from the south
southeast gave some indications Of
holding.
The preparatory signal was blown
at 12:45 for a start at / O'clock. Tha
wind was very light, but the yachts
seemed to pick it up and moved fair
ly fast.
Charles E. Nicholson, designer or
the Shamrock w, said today at Sandv
Hook that If the Resolute won To.
days race he would ask that the next
contest be postponed until Friday. so
that he might have the chalIenper
taken tomorrow to south Brooklvn
where she could be drydocked and
her underbody cleaned.
Inbound. the liner st. Paul steered
close to the Victoria, and her nas-
sengers, lining the rail, cheered Sir
Thomas.
1t was announced that after the re-
gatta, the Irish baronet was po;n.
to Toronto to be the guest of honor
at a fete arranged by the RoyaI CAM
dian Yacht Club. He also was invitsd
to visit Chicago.
Applegnte Famous Sea Hero.
SEABRIGHT N. j., July 21-Cant
Andrew jackson Applegate, aboard
Shamrock Nv to direct Capt. Burton
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