Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-22

Sandy Hook N J.. July 21-- ReSo- luts- de fender of the America s yac;'I- in- cup. came back today after two st-aicif. defeats and won magnihcentiy o-er the British challenger, ShahrocN ". Sharrr-ct. finished sclnt half boat length ahead, with at lead of ls sec onds. but as she had gained preciSe- ry ;cat aGvantasc at the start the rae vas-m'raculOusiy iu watching eFe',t --1 EeaI heat ever the thlrtE rlli course. Resolute won by the amour os her r1ndcaP. seven minutes anu E secc nd. The fourth race ct the seI-- -.iI ie started Friday.
 Veteran yachtsmen who followed th' trim craft through the four hour three minutes and SIX seronds ot rae ing time. thought back over man years Of racing without halnG dbie l' -cniure I'D a picture that could coii pzpre with tOdayS spectacle IL Nd real yacht race from the start ans it provided a finish riva allins in c-ose- ness that of neck and meek horst Resc.u;e had taken the lead earl2 in I.- f.tvoritc fifteen mile beat L. WiuIwari. and rounding the stah' alou- a quarter of a mile lead. SHppe- swiftly down the wind with splnnaNel and balloon jib topsali piAoNlAS SUI T,rt.y- ,.,. Hus shamrock N with her grHatei e-rel5 ai canvas. would not be d@nleG end slowly but steadily ale up m. III t.r,eulu. distance until with Alt!' more rlsu . mile 60 go. her poWsi'l-' reached -e.u slowly began 10 cItci mas lie defenders stern
 Inch by inch. aS jAe spectators WaIeA d hre., .l,l,-Ssly. Shamrock " moNe.t 3' and uu. A mile from the stake tnF>
 d ]. --. fluffy f5ti.le whitecanS turned "A f,- Inc breeze. They appeared 90 close together from the press boats that n seemed as f man might nave Jumpe f-cm challenger 10 defender Actu- -vr. the distance with several poa1 ~hsmroci " kept ur the steady c-- vi ahead uutil at the hah Hh!.e mark from the line she was neaTlE toa- length ahead.
 Tl,.r Resolute caught a tiny eN- --. mfr of wind from somewhere and srrs ming lige thoroughbred unoef The leash. crefpt. slovly--aimost m -e-~e2tf f7Iv. She had got her DO" shru- even with Shamrock's towering mast when a puff of steam from me committee s boat whistle reElsIe-ed SazmroclS's finish
 The little fleet Of spectator craft, al though smaller by Tar than that Wa.ch had gone out 10 previous races burst f7ra a vrrita ble badlam of s31.ielline 2 n, .s-tes and sirens as the contenI2rs .-e-- ever the line and brought treir srsrnlks-s and ballooners h9t-sVlr5 dow1-
 struggle for Tlace Not Exciting.
 The regatta committee waited an hour r,r The breeze and then finding that the
 fr of 70 r-or,iss Of increasing later in the day. set s.ruzIs for a fifteen mile beat 10 a point thirteen miles of the Jersey coast al As harry F,a-E- The struggle for place at the z-arf was not as exciting as usual, foI Car-ain Adams seemingly allowed sham rock 10 gain the weather berth and made ., effort 70 work his boat out Of the lee ward position
 shamrock First to Cross Line.
 The two yachts crossed the line on the s-7rbs-,rd tack with Shamrock leading by nineteen seconds. ISaptain Burton, Wnc tnHav had the services of Jersey coast pllot. tackled immediately to port and headed for the shore Resolute followed lcfsu-cly and the yachts had not sailed len minutes when it was seen that the defender was mp 70 her old tricks of beat ing to windward. leaving Shamrock tc au;faot her but drop away
 For the first hour Shamrock seemed tc he making more by footing faster than she was losing by- falling off to leeward and ar 9 o'clock it looked as if she might r--ss EssoIute if she lacked off shore Her Jersey pilot. however Counseled short hitchss along the beach. so Shamrock held In shore uutl she was almost in shoa watch. When she lacked j. was seen al once tsat she had no chance ot weather =-F srr-ed that she held the ewather berth and then tacked almost oa top Of Shamrock This practically settled the race
 Barton Tried Every Sea Trick.
 Captzfn Burton trieJ every possible sea trick 10 squirm out from under Resolute He make four or five fake tacks. throw ing his boat un into the wind to get Res olu-e to follow ard then falling back sraFu on the old tack in the hone of leav- ing Resolute in irons. But Captain Ad ans had seen the trick played before an6 he was not 10 he caught mapping. IT fzcr. Resolute gained a few hundred yards by these fake tscks Of Shamrock
 The two yachts made more than twenty tzcks between the Highlands and Ions Branch, all Of them within two miles o the beach. stiu Shamrock could not gail the weather perth.
 BreeZe tFeSnene0.
 Finally Resolute refused to continue the short hitches and stood for the mari on a long six mile board off shore. Sham rock soon followed and for more than hal a- hour the yachts plowed through th' waves for the breeze increased to nearl! twelve knots and at times knocked th' boats down until the water was rushing over the lee rails
 The last mile was made with slight! started sheets and on this point of sail ing Shamrock proved herself a trife fast CT than Resolute. In fact. the last mil. was quite significant in view of the fac that the next race will be over a triangu lar course with two legs on broad reaches If Shamrock can outreach Resolute il the two ten mile IeCs on Fridays race b, eight or ten minutes she may make up fo loss of a minute or two in the ten mil beat to vindward. which would give he the third and deciding race. The las mile. therefore. on the windward leg to day. which was in the nature of a reach caused considerable discussion among tn experts
 Essoiute rushed around the mark in : Nery narrow circle and had her spinnake blossoming out one minute and thirty-fiv seconds later. Shamrock made a wide turn and took half a minute longer il breaking out her spinnaker.
 Cut ResoIutes Lead
 IL was straightaway slide down t the finish with Shamrock getting the bet