The Washington times., 1920-07-10

thursday, CnarleS TdnclS hudTlS
the defender Resolute, while Will
amateur, will be handling the helm
last series sailed for the cup, that
the immortal Charley Barr, and II
British professional. y y
Barr, who died in Southam pton.
England, in 1911, was &9al the most
skillful, and certainly the most Ia
nous. of all the crack professionals.
The first defender he sailed was the
Columbia. in 1899, against the first,
Shamrock. Barr was born in Scot
land. but became an American citi-
zen after coming to this country with
the challenger Thistle. in 1887.
1t is doubtful whether professional
shippers will ever sail a cup yacht in
a race again in this country-if there
are to be any more cup races. The
old professional school is disappear
ing and the latter day amateurs. or
some few OF them. have developed an
uncanny skill thatHgoes far ahead of
the new school OF professionals who
are now employed on cup yachts in
the capacity of sailing masters-that
is, in charge of the crew.
ADAMS A RACING STAR.
Charles Francis Adams. or Charley
Adams, as he is afTectionately called
by the Boston reporters. is ,unques-
tionably' the most expert handler of
racing yachts in this country. II the
Resolutc loses in the coming races 1t
will not be because the white sloop
has not been sailed with great skill.
Scion of the old Adams family, Char
ley" comes honestly by his ability to
sail. When he was little more than
h.,'' L.
head Bay in the summer time. getting
into any tsherman's dory or skif that
happened to be handy.
|. He became a great skipper OF cat
boats and knockabouts in after years,
or anything that would carry sail un-
Ill all hands were half drowned For
Adams is hard handed sailor and the
result is he has found all the weak
points in the Resolutc. notable among
them the wooden mast that went
overheard at New Haven in the first
trial race OF the season.
Adams is a tall sandy man, with a
genial smile. going on to forty five,
and a trif1c broader shouldcred than
the tall athletic Burton. about the
same age. who is to oppose him in the
cup races. Mr.. Adams is treasurer of
Harvard University. and if he had not
had to race the Resolute this year
the Massachusetts, folk would prob
ably have run him for President. 1t
was felt that national politics should
not be allowed to interfere with win
ming the cup races.
BOSTON AF-TERGUARD.
The aftcrCuard OF tho Resolutc is
largely Harvard and Boston affair.
That may help the Resolute some as
H.. l.,..s IL,
over yachting than New York is.
Robert W. Emmons, the managing
owner of the Bristol sloop, is n prom
inent Harvard man, and this year was
alumni marshall at the commence
ment. His son, Robert w En-
mons. Sd, was captain this year of
tho champion varsity baseball team.
Mr.. Emmonss principal job in the big
races will be to see that the defender
goes to the line each day in perfect
shape to race. Afterward he will try
to look pleasant and pay the bills.
representing the owning syndicate.
George Nichols, also a Harvard
man. although resident of New
York, is the navigator of the Reso-
Lutte. During the races he will keep
tab on courses and general memo
randa on the race. Mr.. Nichols Is a
son-in-law OF Commodore j. T. Nor
gan. lie Ia a skillful sailor and was
skipper OF the cup candidate Nanitie
during the recent trials at Newport
and acquitted himself with notable
success against the crafty Adams. He
was navigator OF the Resolute. in 1914
SAILS HER DOWN THE WIND.
John Parkinson. former famous
Harvard center, is the strong man"
OF the defenders afterdeck crew. Par
kinson's job will be to relieve Captain
Adams at the wheel when the sloop Us
running down wind, thus giving the
skipper a spell OF after a ten or NJ.
teen mile leg beating or reaching
George Cormack, secretary of the
New York Yacht Club, holds the
watch" on tho defender: that is, he
calls the time to the skipper after
the preparatory signal is sounded,
iftcen minutes before the start, and
thereafter keeps tap on the time OF
all tacks or other manouvering dur