The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-21
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Shamrock First Across the Line and on First Tack of IS Mile Beat to WindWard She Out foots the Defender Reso1ute to the Wind ward However, and Takes Lead When They Come About.

The yachts Resolute' and Shamrock are battling again today in light winds. They were sent away on the race at one o'clock, the committee de- ciding that there was not enough wind for the start at noon.
 The Shamrock crossed the line slightly in the lead and on the first tack she seemed to gain some on the defender which however had worked a little to the windward of the challenger.
 At 1 :25 the Shamrock was leading by approximately an eighth of a mile and was still gaining though slowly.
 The race is fifteen miles to windward and return and if the Shamrock wins today she w.t.. the cup.
 Both boats were still holding the port tack for the Jersey shore with Resolute a quarter of a mile to wind ward of Shamrock's wake.
 Shamrock had increased her lead to three-eighths of a mile.
 At 1850 Shamrock was within two miles of the Highlands and seemed to be coming right into the arms of spectators who lined the shore. She seemed to be getting a. better breeze than Resolute and to be steadily gain ing. On the tack in shore Resolute seemed to have trouble pinching to windward.
 At 1852 Shamrock tackled out to 
 Resolute held on to the port tack and the two yachts began to con- verge. Then Resolute managed to cross Shamrock's bow at 1855 and then tackled to starboard.
 Shamrock tackled to port a minute later but Resolute herself came about and established herself on Sham rocks weather quarter.
 Resolute was leading by 100 yards.
 As the two sloopS stood inShore Shamrock again endeavored by foot ing to fore reach her rival but Cap tain Adams kept Resolute higher into the wind and further out. The yachts seemed to lose speed as they got un- der the lee of the shore.
 At :5S Resolute was leading by 100 yards and the wind had breezed up to knots
 Working down for the Shrewsbury gas buoy, Skipper Burton broke out a tiny baby jio topsail hardly larger than a woman's .hendkershief. At .':01 they went over the starboard tack end approached Resolute which, working inshore on a port board. As the yachts approached each other Captain Adams threw Resolute over on the starboard tack, whereupon Shamrock came about again on the port. Boat advantage so far lying with Resolute which crossed the line nineteen sec onds behind the challenger and now was leading by probably ten seconds at this point.
 Sandy Hook, N. J., July 21--A dead calm with a bit of a ground swell or the Americas Cup racing lanes pre- walled today when the crews of Sil Thomas Lipton's Shamrock W. ant the American defender Reso1utt swarrned en decks to get up sail.
 A victory today for the Shamrock and the emblem of the yachting su premacy of the sea goes back to Grea Britain Resolute must capture thre' straight races in order that the cul still remain in the trophy room of th New York Yacht Club where it ha reposed for over fifty years.
 Early prospects were not ever promising for a drifting match. II fact it looked as if the contest woul' have to be postponed.
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