Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-22
ResoIute Wins First Victory
Towards Americas Yacht
Cup in Hard-Fought Contest
With British Contender.
ELAPSED TIME OF BOTH
CRAFT EXACTLY SAME
Defender Crosses Line Seven
Minutes Ahead Of Her Rival
Must Take Next Two Races
To Win Pewter Trophy.
By MONTAGUE WORTHLEY.
Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.

BY MONTAGUE WORTHLEY.
Chicago Tribune -Omaha Bee, Leased Wire.
New York, July 2l-Resolute won
her first leg on the Americas cup
today. She won it by her allowance
of seven minutes and one second, for
it took both her and the Shamrock
w the same amount of time, to a
second, to cover the 30-mile wind
ward and leeward course;
1t was the first time in the his
tory, of Americas cup races that two
yachts have taken exactly the same
time to cover the course and it is
the rarest of rare happenings for
any yachts to tie. The score now
stands at two races to the challenger
and one to the defender, which
means that Resolute must win the
next two to keep the cup in this
country, while one victory for the
Shamrock is all it needs to lift it for
Sir Thomas Upton.
Next Race Triangular.
The next race on Friday is to be
triangular one, with at least one
leg of reaching. at which Shamrock
has demonstrated itself to be su-
perior to Resolute. If Mr.. Burton
commits no glaring errors and il
the breeze does not play pranks
which favor the defender, the
chances are that Sir Thomas may at
last accomplish what he has tried
to do for the last 81 years. How
ever, Resolute is far from being de-
feated in advance of the final leg Of
the next race and if she manages to
win it Sir Thomas might as well
give his order to Mr.. Nicholson for
another challenger.
d One Day of Rest.
At the conclusion of the race to-
day. Shamrock flew the code letter
which indicated she did not want to
race tomorrow, so there will be
day of rest, and overhauling be-
tween now and, Friday.
Today's contest was one without
flukes, in fair breeze which start
ed with velocity of about six knots,
increa sed to twice that and dropped
off couple of knots and came
stronger as the yachts crossed the
line close together in one of the
most spectacular and exciting fin
ishes ever seen off Sandy Hook, and
the most unusual.
Little exception could be taken
to the sailing of either yacht Even
the most critical, observers admitted
that such minor errors as were made
did not seriously affect the chances
OF either to any great extent, as
things turned out, though Sham
rock might have saved quite a little
time had she omitted some of the
numerous tacks she made down off
the New Jersey coast, all of which
cost her seconds and in an Ameri-
can cup race seconds count.
Also, at the start, Mr.. Burton
killed Shamrock's way as she hit
the line and this cost some more
9SNCHuS, Dul dll tIlcSt lOSSeS taken
together would not have given her
the uace by largin margin.
Good Breeze at Start.
The breeze at the start was from
south by west, which took them to
a point off shore from Ocean Grove,
and in this 15-mile leg ow wind
ward work Resolute's actual time
consumed was | minute and % sec
onds less than that consumed by
the challenger. On the run home
before the wind the challenger, as
a result of her greater spread Of
canvas, not only overhauled the
white Bristol sloop but finished 19
seconds in the lead, having gained
minute and AZ seconds on the IS
mile run, which, conditions consid-
cred, was a very good showing.
The two racing craft were out at
the lightship, Relief, which lis SUBJ
stituting for the old Ambrose light
ship, bright and early, having made
out under their own sails, and were
sailing around close to the line
when the advance guard of the ex-
cursion fleet arrived.