Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-28
America Retains
Yachting Trophy

| aHieTlca cup stays IN America.
This was decided shortly before
shutdown yesterday VIXEN the Am
the 1920 regatta, three races to two,
| by defeating Sir Thomas Lipt0n's
Shamrock ". in the final race.
The defender outsailed the green
| sloop decisively, boat fer boat, in the
| last contest of a tempestuous serie s
the closest and most hard fought In
the history of the precious trophy
crossing the line at 7:52:22 unofficial
time). only about twenty-five min
utes before the expiration Of the six
hours time limit.
| Finish Is Against Time
Indeed. the last halt of the race
was race of the defender against
time. with the fate of the contest
| resting on the wind. for the challeng-
er was about one mile astern when
| the American Sloop flashed over the
line.
After having been led by the chal-
| lenger two thirds Of the distance to
the first mark, windward leg, Re-
| solute crossed its bows ten miles
from the start and hreezed into a
| lead which it maintained and steadi-
| ly increased to the finish line.
|. BY the time twenty two miles of
the course had been covered the de-
| fender was a mile and n half in the
lead. reaching back and forth OH its
| way to the finish line. At one time
toward the end it was two miles
ahead of the Shamrock. but the chal-
| lenger came up to within mile at
the finish.
Big Margin Without Handicap. {.
The elapsed time wire:
Resolute ......... ...r...... %: "a: D
Shamrock ~ >........,.....-5 sAS: 20
In other words. Resolute tocj thir-
teen minutes and five seconds less
than Shamrock to cover the course.
with The time allowance Of six
minutes forty seconds, which the de-
fender received from Shamrock, the
corrected time was 5:4l:40.
Despite failure of his fourth at
tempt to lift the cup Sir Thomas Lip
ton announced his intention of chal-
longing with a new Shamrock in
1922. unless. in the meantirf. an
other challenge is handed the New
York Yacht Club, which retains GUS
,tody Of the cup.
I 1t was thirty mile windward and
leeward race, this final contest of
1920. started in light airs. after
postponement at fifteen minute inter
walls for two hours and quarter.
"Rest Boat Won"
81 am very sorry, but the best boat
! won' was Sir Thomas Lipton'a re-
mark as Resolute crossed the Line n
victor today and defeated the irish
baronets fourth attempt to capture
the trophy. l
Eve all did our best-skipper. de-
signer and crew-and we have been
beaten fair and square," said Sir
Thomas.
IT have been treated turnout with
the greatest fairness and sportsman
ship by Americans.
II shall wait till next year tc give
some one else a chance to challenge
and then 1 shall rechallenge myself.
II have no excuses to offer. Reso-
lute's the better boat
Hoon Wins in First Event Of Shoot
Mason City, July 2S.--W. S. Hoon,
| of Jewell Iowa. state champion, won
the Great Lakes zone eighteen yard
single target championship, the OPP
ening event of the Great Lakes zone
handicap shoot by breaking 80 out
Of a possible 100
L
Nv. Deering, Columbus, Wis, tied for
second with SO. f. f. Everett, Lacey,
took third money with l97. Hoon
missed his one target in the second
l25 targets.
The feature of the event was the
breaking of the entire program by
George Maxwell Hastings, Net., the
crack one-arm professional shooter.
Guy Ward. Alton, ILL.,, was second
high pro" with 90, followed b! Fred
Gilbert, Spirit Lake and John jain,
Long Grove. with 81 each.
Wheeler Of Pawhuska, Okla, an
Indian of the Usage tribe, breaking
every target Of the twenty-five pairs
captured the Great Lakes zone dou
BILE target championship. George
Nicolai Kansas City veteran. finish
ed second with II, while F, Welch.
Primghar, Iowa, and Frank Hughes.
Mobridge, S. D., tied for third with
NAG. Wheeler won the Oklahoma. state
championship this year.
| Fred Gilbert, the wizard of Spirit
Lake, was high professional In
the double bird race with score OF
Al. Q. G. Spencer. st. Louis, was
second among salaried shooters with
As, while John jain and Guy Ward
tied for third at n.
Drake Has Heavy Gridiron Schedule.
Drake University's football sched-
ule for 1920, announced today by
Coach Mark B. Banke, Is one OF tn"
heaviest in the Missouri valley al ,