Republican farmer., 1920-07-23

oiAdllll OCh dIO OdtlllllS dSdlli 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. 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 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 sea.
 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 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 1858 Resolute was leading by 100 yards and the wind had breezed up to 6 knots.
 Working down for the Shrewsbury gas buoy, Skipper Burton broke out a tiny baby jib topsail hardly larger than @ woman's handkerchief. At ::01 they went over the starboard tack and 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 for boat it was close race with the advantage so far lying with Reso1ute, 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 on the Americas Cup racing lanes pre- vailed today when the crews of Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock W. and the American defender Resolute swarned on 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 Grear Britain. Resolute must capture three straight races in order that the cuI still remain in the trophy room of tht New York Yacht Club where it ha. reposed for over fifty years.
 Early prospects were not ever promising for a drifting match. II fact 1t looked as if the contest would have to be postponed.
 The streaky winds which enabled Shamrock to win yesterday vanished entirely in the night. Smoke iron the stack of Sir Thomas Lipton' steam yacht Victoria rose straight t the zenith.
 Resolute's sailors declare Sir Thoma has had all the luck. They say in tn first race Shamrock was beaten an accident to Resolute forced her t withdraw, giving the race to the chal A 1enger; that Shamrock was badl &beaten in the second race but Reso 1ute could not win because the win failed and she could not finish befor the time limit, and that yesterday i the streaky winds Shamrock caugh all the favoring breezes and won O luck.
 The fisher folk hereabouts insi. today that, Shamrock could neve have beaten the American boat with out Captain Andrew Jackson Apple gate of Seabright, N. J., who saile on the Lipton sloop yesterday an gave Skipper Burton his know1edg of wind and tide conditions. %
 ECaptain Applegate was ready t board Shamrock again today. H has a Jersey shore reputation Knowing more of the tricks of tid and weather than any sound fisher man in these parts.
 The race today if sailed, will be l miles to windward or leeward an return. Racing conditions provic that a contest shall not be starte later than six hours before sunse which means that if the yachts al not sent away by 2:22 o'clock (da. light time the race will be called oi
 FSResolute also plans to take aboa1 e Jersey fisherman for his knowleds of local tide and wind conditions.
 was said today that Red Bank ski per had been shipped.
 Shamrock and Reso1ute both toe tow for the starting line.
 sgA southwestern wind blowing
 the lower bay at 10:30 encouraged b lief that start would be made ( time