Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-07-23

SANDY floVAt Az ~
-Resoiule won Oday's intefna-
.,onaI cup race after q spectac-
IA, finish and tied, two to TWO,
9TH @ shamrock Nv In the fight
for Americas cup.
peaolute crossed the line first witt
,ninute and half to spare, accord
.r 10 unofficial timing ashore.
ehamrock, after long stern chase
.round two legs of today's triangu-
Ia course, overhauled the defender
.,,hin three miles of the finish, but
~ American sloop breaking out Z
hig ballooner, took the lead again
~r;th,n the last half mile and sped
s;rst across the finish line, beating
tbe challenger boat for boat, accord
;ne 10 unofficial timing.
Iad by Sir Thomas Lipton's char
tared steam yacht Victoria, a tre-
roandous chorus of whistles greeted
peuolute as she crossed the line.
The official finishing times were:
Resolute 4;39:25.
Shamrock 4:43:05.
Res0lute First Away,
Sandy Hook, N. j., July 23.--Reso-
lute. defending the Americas cur,
dashed first across the line today at
the start of the fourth international
yacht race, which she must win to
prevent Sir Thomas Lipton's Sham
rock Nv from capturing the priceless
pewter trophy
Shamrock crossed about half n
minute behind the defender, accord
ing to unofficial timing.
With the starting signal sounded
at / D. m. Resolute crossed at 1:01:33
official time and Shamrock at
1:O1:56. Then both plunged forward
on the first ten mile leg of the thir-
ty mile triangular course--a beat 70
windward down the Jersey shore.
ReGolute planted herself squarely
on the weather quarter.
Resoute crossed the line 23 seconds
ahead of Shamrock.
America Sets Pace
1t was Shamrock today that hung
back and allowed Resolute to set the
pace. Captain Burton Of the challen-
ger was very nearly handicapped,
having only four seconds to get over
the line within the two minutes al
lowed after the starting signal.
Both yachts crossed on the star.
board tack and Resolute at once be-
90 IN oai ip, af
start both tackled to port, with Res
olute 200 yards to windward going
quite fast and Shamrock almost be-
calmed. >
When the two yachts later headed
inshore toward the Jersey highlands,
Resolute gained constantly in the
beat to windward. Her sharp bow
lifted through the rolling sea much
better than Shamrock's snubby nose.
At Ill the American yacht was
easily quarter of mile ahead.
working inshore, Resolute pinch
cd out further and further to wealth,
or while Shamrock sought to over
come her rivals advantage by fore
reaching, At 1920 he wind hauled al
most to the south putting Resolute
more than one quarter of mile to
wihoward where she was almost able
10 lay her course for the first mark.
Wind Shifts
At l:S0 the wind, after having in
creased to eight knots went back in
u south-southwest, making it uead |
ahead to the first turn with Reso-
iu'e haif a mile to windward and 60
ns raster than Shamrock, which
seemed soggy.
me sloops stood we'll inshore to
gam advantage of the tide.
AL 1887 observers ashore estimat-
W. w. '"at Resolute was leading by on
y httle more than quarter of a
mt INT captain Burton evidently had
sven 5, up trying to fore-reach the
- .iei'eshoff sloop and was beginning
~ '. punch Shamrock out along the
eoee Of the wind.
IA, AT l;oo when nearly down to the
ws" i',hos' Shamrock had picked up
"',h the aid of small baby lib top
l hsn ana was doing better in the
siv , which had dropped back to
rvaro s''rock cut down some of her
~ s as lead by tack inshore but
onto 'he American sloop was still
s''e piece to weather.
hesolute Holds Lead
mat time the official press ho,t
anH sspO',ed that they were off the south
On ' o,. VI the highlands, sailing about
mils en ~ terms with Resolute half a
npch Nihdward and therefore that
A. nearer the turning mark.
d tha. . ciock the yachts had reach T,
a., al % point off the coast wbare
IT sbo.. unesday they began a series
had '', : taeks but this time Resolute
hat =, 'eaa nearly twice as great az
I Oh Wednesday. . '' 40
,eaaos s'o0 Shamrock came about ana
'spoed off shore. "oou' anu
!, ,eso'ute .sso crossed sbar,roo,,.a ,
,tsrboan, ana them came about on rho 1
he ebs,,. Jack planted squarelv an /
On lba oid Trick Fails.
on .aaF tack off shore Cantai, d.
rick Of employed the old Fnelisb
heels0 " sailing along undar s+antsa .tsl, |
ng his r,,'n me purpose of fore-reacb-
'hamroct "a al ont it was doubtful If
lutte VIII. H tooted any faster than Res
lB cioser =, certainly was standing
Appsraritnl "a the eye of the wind. I
Or the 10y The Englishman,s ho,a
sss to cons asce lay in the two reacbipe ilip ]
N. come. ie'oiiils i
he ysebts chr ooat reported at 2:3O that
rom ~ were about thrao Ia .nae