Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-18
RESOLUTE FAR in II
|. LEAD WHEN Time
LIMIT ENDS RACE
Light Winds Prevent
Finish of Contest Inside q
Six Hours.
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BRITISH CHALLENGER ssh
WAS CLEARLY OUTSAILED5
American Showing Her Dainty
Heels 2 Miles Ahead When y
Race Was Called. f5
SHAMROCK ". GETAWAY SLOW
Weather Ideal and Sea Was Dotted
With Pleasure Craft to
Witness Event.
SHAMROCK ". GETAWAY SLOW
Weather Ideal and Sea Was Dotted
With Pleasure Craft to
Witness Event.
IBy Associated Press. 1

SANDY HOOK. n. J., July f.
Expiration of the sailing time limiE8
saved the British challenger Sham
rock w. from defeat at the hands of y
the cup defender. Resolutc, in the9
second meet today OF the 1920 regat.
ia for the Americas cup. Ess
The trim defender, skIIIfulIy
handled by Captain Charles Francfs$
Adams. H.. had put more than half8l
an hours sailing between her. nud II
the challenger and was breezinE Il
home under mainsail. club topsafTsS
and balloon jib, when tho race was%I
officially declared off at 1925 o'clock.$1
Under the rules, the thirty-miies
triangular course had to be covered Il
within six hours by the leading
yacht to make 1t race. Tho time
| limit would not actually have,tex-
pircd until 7:46:2S, but a little more
than twenty minutes before that's
hour Resolute still had nearly eights
miles to sail. an impossible feat, anu
the committee boat hoisted the my
race signal. At that hour. ShamlEI
rock w. was more than two miIesN
| from the stake that would have sentiJ
her on the last leg OF the race.
AT o'clock. with the Resolute just9
rounding the second turn, it was ap-a,
parent that there was little hope OIL
| her finishing the race. AeroplanesA
and the big blimp. the sight-seeingay
craft. and tho escorting yachts anis}
dcstroycrs turned back. Again sitS}
was Resolute's day. but again the;d
| hoodoo had been aboard and snatcheds
away victory. =, .ssl
OMcist Summary
Tho summary OF the cup race (noE
completely follows:
Resolute: owner, r. W. EmmonS,yI
II.-Start. 1:46:2S: first mark, 4:s3;4ssj|
second mark, 7:01:29.
Shamrock w: Owner. Sir Thoma8
J. Lipton-5Start, 1:4G:37;' first mark,
5:io:05: second mark. 1861,
Elapsed time on the two legs4i
First leg-RGsolute, 2:4T:14: Sham-S
rock ~, 3:25:2S. Second leg-Reso-
Lutte. 2:2T:47: Shamrock W., 2:25;46.s
The score still stands, Shamroeg |
| w, one; Resolute. nothingASham-E
rock Nv. having captured the first
race last Thursday, when Resolute
Twas forced to drop out because OF
an accident to her rigging. The next
race will be held Tuesday. and will
be over triangular course. ia
Resolute Superior Speed.
But the score does not tells thsf
| respective achievements of the twns}
boats to date. In every minute Of
both races, so long as she WAS oil
| contender, Resolute has shown ,hefs1
| heels to the green invader from soysr.H
seas. fF.T58SSf ~
American yachtsmen are loud intI
their praise of Captain AdamsSn3d
the trim sloop he commands. aSS
| Today's near race was run under
conditions ideal In every particulass
save the essential one OF stint
/ breeze. y bright sun shone downS
on the CLASSY surface OF the Atiahtio4
from sky almost devoid OF cloudssI
The great armada OF pleasure craft
! rode lazily at rest, their brass work
| and varnish giinting in the sun and
their flags and pennants Mapping idly
| in still air when the contenders came
out from behind the Horse Shoe OF
Sandy Hook for the start. A little
fleet of airplanes and one lone, silver
sided naval blimp floated overhead.
Tug lowed out Challenger.
shamrock-towed out by tugAlsa
Resolutc to tho starting point atGAmS
brose Lightship. But that was EthS
only time she was ahead
| So still was the air that Shamrock
Nv. had 10 call on her tug for aid
second time, after she had been cast
OFF, and few minutes before noon,
when the race was scheduled to start,
the committee ordered a postpones
| ment.
at 1880 q breeze came in from sths
southeast and the committee hoisted
the preliminary signal and ordered q
beat southeast against tho wind for
the first leg. reach, west by south
for the second, and run homo be.
fore the wind. northeast, one hall
east, for the finish.
Adams Outmnneuvered Burton.
Captain Adams again appeared stS
nave outmaneuvered Captain Burton
OF Shamrock ~. in the maneuyerss al
the start, and got Resolute OF iI
the coveted weather berth, ninas seq
onds ahead of the challenger.
The defender began steady gaIg
on Shamrock Nv. almost immediately
as the two sloops headed out to SEE
on long port tack.
Resolute steadily outpointed Sham
rock w. edging into the wind wftfS
her rival fell further and further III
leeward, When Resolute made ffes
first tack to starboard. after tsavsE
Ing about nine miles. and ShanIp6ex
Nv. followed her around. !! 1t iwass SSka
that Captain Adams had gaifad xH
advantage OF nearly a mils. ErittiiSs
iasn' ran high among the thoazanA
OF spectators. crawling along. behtBa
the racers in craft OF every afxs sfreM
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