The evening world., 1920-07-16


Asked what ne thought. OF the
6AAmroclSs Mr. Bmmons Snfd.
.s'T stIn think the Resolute the better
boat"
races are going on as though there
had been no accident, nor In there
any soreness on the Resolute or
among her owners because Skipper
William p. Burton asserted his rights
end sailed out the race making 1t a
legal victory under the rules.
II was recalled that when sham
ifrock broke her topmAst in her race
with Columbia in 1899. Columbia
sailed out the course and won the
race and later the series. Sir
Thomas and his advisers said Column
biA had won perfectly properly.
There were two other Withdrawals
from races in which Americans won.
The FIRST was when Lord Dunrayen.
after showing bad feeling by accus-
ing the Americans Of sharp practice
and after being disqualified for col
liding with the defender, lost his
temper and ordered his yacht out Of
1.-THE race after having her enter by
crossing the line.
The other was when Sir Thomas
Upton in the deciding race against
hitn seventeen years ago found that
ahe Shamrock III. badly beaten. had
fnissed the finish mark and had sailed
two miles beyond 1t toward Rock
away In the fog, He ordered her out
of the race saying II was a hardship
and a mere technical formality to
send her back to cross the line whom
she had been fairly and thoroughly
beaten.
The sailors on the broken and
defeated Resolute, which oAme into
the anchorage under tow with her
crippled sail hanging across her bow
and over her deck like broken wing.
were In even higher spirits than were
the sailors OF the winner.
Soldiers and coast guard men along
the Government pier cheered and ap-
plauded as the ResOlute was towed
Into place by the tug Jaines Daugh-
'terty. The blond ScandinnviRn-de-
scended- Americans on the HeBoluto
lifted up their voices and cheered in
reply again and again. They danced
on the decks. They shouted defiance
TO the Shamrock and the shamrock's
men later when the winner came In
past them to her anchorage, mile
or more away.
z They could hardly wait TO get the
word TO strip and go overheard intol
the water like lot Of school boys
in a swimming hole when dismissed
from their duties. A few Of them
came ashore at Fort Hancock for
supplies left for them at the pier.
The coast guard men "kidded" thom
merriiy.
Hoy. You pups" they said. "if You
haven't got any throat halliards that
will hold, let us get you some. We
have got some that will hold better
than a shoestring."
"G'wan," shouted tho Resolute men,
I'VE have got all the hallinrds we
need. All we need is a NOW gaff. Did
you SEQ what the YRnk did TO our
igaff? Pulled the bolt clean out OF It,
and just completely put 1t on the bum.
Got 20 have a new ono ana we've got
= and It will be in place tomorrow
> Whats going to break noxt3'
fAsl1ed the cheerful coast Euardsrs,
perhaps unconsciously asking a dues-
.tlon which has been In the minds OF
many Of those who have pinned their
faith in Herreshoff design and con-
istructlon with weakening allegiance
lsince the series OF accidents to Res
iolute's masts and spars and hull and
rigging began with her first trials
fthis year.
AMERICAN SAILORS SURE THEY
HAVE BETTER BOAT.
we think you can go on about
your business" said the spokesman
for the Resolute men. we think we
have got the best boat, and we know
". II We never knew II before. we
know It to-day. The longer the race
sailed the more reasons we find out
.why Resolute Is not only better boat
Than Shamrock, but the best boat
ever sailed. You watch us next time,
and II you have bet on us, you will
know you have made some money.
We can beat that boat In "A light wind,
in heavy WIND. against the wind, on q
reach and On beat, on a straight course
or triangular, and we can beat her
without any time allowance. We did
not know 1t before, but we know II
now"
To Philip shorey OF The EvsnInp
World, who was the first 70 reach
the Resolute after the race, Charles
Adams said In describing the accl-
dent:
THE hallards which hoist and hold
tthe throat OF the gaff broke. They
sbroke on the winch which Is used 10
hoist the ballard and secure Il. We
do not know why II broke. We can
not imagine why It broke. Circum-
stances were such that Il could not
be replaced during the racei and we
had 10 withdraw. The replacement
could be made tonight. so far as we
know now. We have not yet found
any vital structural damage done by
any strain following the break"
A NxfhA1a Mr. AHaVna ,,yu A.