New-York tribune., 1920-07-22

race on the fol lowing day, the defend
er replied that she was ready but Sham
rock replied in the negative. Captain
Burton decided that she needed scrap.
ing and it was so ordered by Sil
Thomas Upton, whose steam yacht was
hoVerlng near the finishing line.
Upton Cheers for Victor
After talking with Shamrock ". the
victoria rushed over to Resolute and
swung close. Sir Thomas Upton called
Tor three cheers for the victor, and the
cheers were given with will A
sportsman always Sir Thomas. and
alive to the courtesies Of the sea. even
IN a case of this sort. Sir Thomas,
within one race of the ambition Of his
!netlme, did not forget.
Yesterday the series looked as though
1t were still in the hands of the wind
md water gods that reign in the seas
outside the channel. 1t is true that
HlT Thomas Upton holds two victories
and that he needs only one moro.
lie already has come nearer to the
possession OF the cup than any chal-
iengor TO date. Only once since the
guest of the cup started, nearly seventy
years ago, has any boat except Sham
rock " won one race from defender
After thirteen-year campaign S.r
NoliIdS i'lplOn mas won TWO
But one white-haired expert old in
watching ane studying cup races,
hoarscly cackled that hoary Jest tha,
vas born when Sir Thomas first set his
heart on the winning of the cup.
here's many a slip 'twixt the cup
md the Lipton,' he cacklcd Which
venerable Joke made one realize how
long and how hard Sir Thomas Upton
aad been trying to win back the hun
red guinea cup that the America
brought across the Atlantic
Favored by Triangular Course
On the showing tomorrow Sir Thorn
IS viii know if he is on another fruit
less quest, according to consensus
ct yacht experts. The test yesterday
showed that his chance would be slight
IN fair wind on that sort Of course
But with triangular course, sailing
luck and sailing skin on the part of
Captain Burton it might happen
100 lively gait, the delicate-look de-
fender might meet with mshap Sir
Thomas would rot relish that sort of
victory. but he might win it.
But, whatever else may happen IN
tins ancient feud, there never will be
reel of pictures like those that were
shown on that fast running sea yester-
day. II Shamrock should win by a BIC
margin 1T will be no spectacle She will
have to lead Resolute so far that the
dalntily-etched defender will look like
q wrath ship again in her misty wake.
The action will all be in the testing
up of the watches. The race Will be
run with the scratching Of pencils on
pads as they make their additions and
Subtractions. There are no thrills in
the counting house and there is no ro
nance in arithmetic.
Boat-for Boat Race Urged
If there are to be more campajcns
TO lit the cup on this side of The
atlantic or the other, it is to be hoped
that the rules viii let the CHALLENGER
and the defender sail their races boat
Tor boat, so that the pictures, if future
contests produce any pictures eQualing
those OF yesterday, may mean some
thing
Here was everything that W. Clark
Russell and Captain Marryatt dreamed /
about condensed and epitomized in one
hashlng series Of pictures, drama
that should have made the blood run
riot, but long before it was STAGED .
professor of physics, sitting with his
tables IN musty laboratory, had it
smudged out with figures in advance
Romance, glorious romance of the omen
sea, was trying to force its way to
me sight of the city, but arithmetic
slammed the gates in her face