Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-07-23
YANKEE SLOOP
SPEEDS ALONG
IN RACE LEAD
Resolute Makes Fine Effort to
Even Cup Series With
Lipton's Shamrock.
SAILING PROVES FAST

ABOARD U. s. DESTROYER COLDS
BOROUGH, OFF SANDY HOOK, n. J.,
July 23-(via wireless) -Resolute showed
her heels TO the challenger for America's s
yachting cup in the first two legs Of
today's race-the fourth Of the series.
Shamrock was unable to pass the
American boat on either OF the two hrst
legs covering twenty miles, after skip
per Adams crossed the starting line
ahead.
A fifteen knot wind was blowing and
the yachts fairly few through the water.
Resolutes lead on elapsed time at the
first mark (ten miles, was one minute
forty eight seconds Shamrock cut down
the Resolutes lead slightly during the
second ten miles, the elapsed time being
Shamrock, 90 rs; Resolute. 81 o2.
Shamrock gained forty-four seconds on
the second leg. In order to win the race
the challenger faced the task OF sailing
the remaining ten miles almost third
faster than Resolute-
Shamrock took in her reaching jib top
sail az . :32 p. N. and made no effort to
set another sailing along under two
head sails. Resolute continued out ahead
with number one tapsau pulling well.
Resolute had turned the second mark
GO miles at - 40. Shamrocks time
at the second mark was 2:27 :l8
The speed OF the two yachts on the
second leg averaged well above twelve
knots as the wind picked up to eighteen
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With black squau making up ahead,
Shamrock took In her topsail at 2 :45. A
minute later Resolute took in her jib
top sail and prepared to weather the
Squsu.
At 2:50 Resoiuto was leading by a
quarter Of a mile. The finishing line was
four miles away.
The defender and the challenger started
the fourth race Of their series for the
Americas cup at noon eastern standard
timel
Thick weather, with rolling banks OF
fog of shore, prevailed and there was a
five-k knot wind from the south.
The race today was scheduled to be
sailed over triangular course. The
yachts headed south southwest on the
arst leg OF the triangle, which was
beat to windward.
The second leg was TO be a reach east
by north, and the third another reach
to the finish.
The Resolute crossed the, starting line
first, leading by twenty seconds
The official starting times were an
noupced as: Resolute, II :o1 ;33; sham
rock, 10 ;01 SO.
Onicial announcement was made that
time allowance In favor Of Resolute to-
day was minutes and 40 seconds.
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board tack carrying jib topsails and
plunging heavily in a southerly roll.
Resolute began TO pull away from
Shamrock almost as soon as they crossed
tho line.
Ten minutes after the start both
yachts tackled to port with Resolute 200
yards to windward. The American de-
fender was making splendid time, while
It appeared that Shamrock was almost
tecalmed to leeward.
The wind hauled about 10 almost di-
rect south shortly after u o'clock, let
ting up Resoluto and putting her a trihe
more than a quarter Of a mile to wind
ward. She was good one-eighth milo
ahead at this stage, and almost able to
lay her course for the first mark.
At 1922 the breeze had increased to
eight knots and Resolute continued to
gain on the challenger
Resolute started the race with a No.
1 baby jib topsail, but shifted it soon
after the start to a No. 8. Shamrock
started with small baby Jib, but at
12 "a shifted to a larger head sail.
At 12 80 o'clock the wind veered back
into the southwest, making 1t dead
ahead to the first turn for the racers
Resolute was half a mile to windward
and footing much faster than sham
rock. The challenger seemed loggy.
At 12 40 o'clock Resoluta was still
half a mile to windward of the green
sloop, but Shamrock had gained a bit
and was footing faster.
At 1880, when nearly down to the
Highlands, Shamrock had picked up,
with the aid Of small baby jib topsail,
which she set at IL 40
The weather was clear at that time
except for a fog bank off shore. The
breeze was about six knots.
At IL :55 the breeze hauled directly
south, which gave the boats still more
of beat At that time they We're of
the south end of the Highlands about
two miles off the beach. Resolute was
about mile windward and that much
nearer the turning mark
At 1:06 Shamrock, when within baS
a mile of Shrewsbury shoal, tackled to
starboard and held off short. Resolute
hold on two minutes and then followed