The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-24
ABSOLUTE DEFEATS SHAMROCK IN THE
 TYING CUP RACE
Deciding Race of Series to Be Sailed This Afternoon. Handicap Not Needed
 By Resolute
By Associated Pres

Sandy Hook, N. J.. July 23.-Defender Resolute tossed her minutes and 70 sec- onds handicap overheard today and de- feated the British challenges. sham rock ", boat for boat. in the fourth race of the 1920 regatta for the America cup. The series now stands a tie, and the de- ciding race will be sailed tomorrow. Shamrock won the first race last Thurs day whenNan accident to Resonite's rig ging forced her out while far in the lead. The second attempt, last Saturday, ended in no race, the yachts being unable to get sufficient breeze to take them around the course in the specified six hours.
 Shamrock scored the second victory last Tuesday. Resoiute came back on Wednesday. running dead heat with the challenger and winning by her handi- car of ' minutes and 1 second. Resolute will enter tomorrows race a favorite Tn the wagering.
 Today's race was the fastest of the series so far Resolute completing the 50- nile triangular course in hours S mn utes and 52 seconds. Shamrock followed 2 minutes and Il seconds later, but the actual difference in sailing time was only minutes and l5 seconds, Resolute havln3 led across the starting line by z5 seconds. At the start the breeze freshened and the fog began sweeping out to sea. As the pail lifted, Shamrock, with her tre- fnendous sails set, ioomed through ana bore down on the mark like huge gray ghost Resolute followed hard on her stern, and after a bit of jockeyins about the lightship, they were off down fhe 3Qrseg ccast-
 AT OLD TRICKS
 Resoiute vas at her old tricks on this ne winaward leg She pointed high into sne breeze, while Shamrock set off on gsach that look her rapidly shoreward Wien they swung about for the hrs' mark, Kesoiute's work into the westher had gained her an advantage of more than a quarter mile.
 Again Capt. Charles Francis Adams IL held Resolute well up against the wino' with the result that he was able to make the mark without tack Snamroch headed off more and was compelled 10 tack, which brought her around the mark nearly minutes behind Resolute,
 The challenger gained on the second leg. but was still far behind when Skipper Adams straightened Resolute out on the home stretch.
 Shamrock was closing up the gap that separated her from Resoiute on this leg when freaky bit of weather blow up that fooled the Shamrock skipper and robbed her of whapyer chance she had of taking the lead and winning.
 TAKES DOWN SAIL
 The sloops were running fast in fifteen knot breeze when signs Of a terrific squall became apparent. sham rock hastily took down her club top sail and her large jib topsail, and pre- pared for rough weather Resoiute plowed ahead under full sail for time, apparently bent on getting In all the fast sailing she could before the squall struck. And the squall didn' strike-at least not with the intensity shamrock TVS skipper obviously had expected.
 There was brisk blow for few minutes and a short torrent Of rain' which Resolute weathered without talk ing in any sail save her jio topsail.
 When 1t was over, Shamrock was unable to reset her club topsail and was forced to set smaller topsaii, while Resolute had her original rig intact. A brief calm intervened ana then the wind picked up again. sham rock caught it first and crawled slow lv up until she was nearly, II not fully. abeam of Resolute- But when the defender caught the wind she
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