New-York tribune., 1920-07-22
First Five Minutes Prove
Resolute' Is Master; Amer
lean Gives Whole Atfen-
ton to Eating Into Breeze
Skill Taxed to Utmost
Burton Appears to Have Bet
ter of Jockeying That
Precedes Start of Race
By Jack Lawrence

she had exactly the wind velocity she
likes best-about ten knots The
failure Of Shamrock w to point with
Resolute in the fifteen e beat cost
the challenger the race and perhaps Sir
Thomas Upton the honor of winning
the worlds yachting championship.
Another day of doldrums was in
prospect when Shamrock and Resol ate
prepared to leave their respective
anchorages in Sandy Hook Bay yester-
day morning for their third cup battle.
lhe managers of the big green sloop
hoped sincerely that it would be the
last race Of the series
The surface of the Lower Bay at that
time was shimmering field of oil,
while the only motion on the open sea
was a lazy ground swell that kept
sightseeing craft rocking monotonouslv
and made those on board feel extreme
ly pallid. The long, long roll had a
tendency to give landubbers a far
away feeling amidships, and during the
tedious wait for the starting signal
there were many unenthusiastic snec-
Fators who wished they were in some
solld INLAND town, like Marion, Ohio.
Inc faithful navy bimp silnouetted
itself languidly against the overcast
SKY and lone army plane from
Nlineola twittered about high overhead.
me fleet of Unlocking craft had
dwlndled to a couple of depopulated
excursion steamers and that group Of
yachts owned by dyed-in-the-sea racine
fans VINO are sure to be found on sr,,
course where a sail is to be stretched
IN competition.
Old Reliables Are on Hand
j. 2. Morgan, commodore of the Nov,
York Yacht Club, turned up as usual
IN the Corsair. which is supposed to b.
playing the role Of guide boat for the
cup cohtenders. The guiding she has
oone TO date is hardly worth mention
ny. Another old reliable follower of
,ne "lad-drlven racing game on hand
was the motorized houseboat Edithia.
owned by John II. Hanan. She had
ADDISON e. Hanxn aboard Yesterday.
said to be the cleverest amateur skip,
per in America.
Ihe Victoria, with Sir Thomas Upton
ana small party of guests, followed
the ambitious CHALLENGER out of the
sandy Hook horseshoe, and the two
were ploWn many raucous salutations
on their way to the line The Victoria
answered them all. even to a thin So
prano toot that was piped by the small
CABIN cruiser Runaway, whose home
port is Evansville, Ind
Slr Thomas seemed to have some
coul Id get from Evansville. Ind. to
Ambrose Channel, but appeared salts
he'd when some one told him it arrived
over the Erie and that Evansville
ranked next TO Sioux City as a yacht
ing center.
1t was obvious that Tuesdays de-
clslve and unqualified victory over
Resolute had imbued Shamroch's crew
with large quantities of confidence and
pep: They made preparations for yes
terday's race with a dash and vigor
that surprised onlookers
Burtons Crew Confident
Captain Burton broke out pair of
pristine flannel trousers in honor of
the third race and his entire after
guard looked exceedingly sprightly
When orders were issued the chal-
lenger's foremast hands carried them
out as though they had already col
lected the very considerable amount
Of cash they have Wagered with Reso-
lute's men.
If Charles Francis Adams, amateur
skipper of the defender, desired light
airs for the start of the third cup bat
tie, he certainly found his wish ma
terialized when he reached the course
An hour before the preparatory signal
was set the wind was hatter than it
had been at any time during Tuesdays !
contest. What there was of it came
in soft and unsteady puf's from the
southwest.
There was so little breeze at 1920
that postponement signal was hoisted J
from the committee boat Baryton. For
an hour the two sloops cruised about
IN the nttul zephyrs, sometimes with
hardly enough power in their sails to
give them steernge way. 1t was cvi-
dent that the committee realized that
she Americas Cup might be won or
lost on the Sandy HOOK course in this
race. and there was no desire to send /
the boats away in a wind that might 7
devote its entire attention to one, with +
disastrous results for the other.
Delay Proves Wise Move
The postponement proved to have
been Wise move on the part of the
Race Committee, for at 1890 the re-
vlvlng wind could be seen dapplng the |
surface of the sea far down to the
southwest At l2:45, when the prepara-
tory signal was set, there was only q
,nlnt breeze, but it gave every indica-
Jon of freshening.
The course signals called for a 6f-
+een-mlle beat to wIndWard and return.
he outer mark being laid b. Captain
Louis r. Blk in the steamer Eileen
horse. This stake was anchored at a
1olnt about seven miles off the beach at
ocean Grove. The first leg would have
\ept the racers within view of the
shore Tor practically the entire CON
est, had It not been for smoky haze
hat hung over the water. The mist
vas so thick during the early part of
he first leg that the yachts were at
me TINE almost out Of sight of each
,ther.
The warning signal vas hoisted on
he Baryton at 12:55, and at this time
here was nice sailing breeze filing
he wings OF both sloops.
AS IN Tuesdays race, Captain Burton
to have the better of the Jock
ylng that preceded the start. In
lumber OF short bitches to the west of
he line Adams appeared to be content
o follow IN the challenger's wake, al
owing the Englishman to initiate the
naneuvers
The starting ball was raised On the