Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-20
RESOLUTE LEADING
WHEN SECOND YACHT
/. RACE IS CALLED OFF

ABOARD U. S. DESTROYER
GOLDSBOROUGH, July 1.-THE
jinx of the sea still chung to Reso-
lutte, defender of Americas yacht
ing cup today in the second day of
| racing with Sir Thomas Lipton's
challenger Shamrock Nv.
After fighting it out for six hours,
| with the honors all on the side of
! the American sIoop and Captain
| Adams. crew, the second race was
still to be sailed tonight. The score
| in the series of races still stood
| to 0 in favor of the challenger. on
the race She won Thursday when the
| Resolute's throat halyards parted.
The two yachts, with the cup de-
fender holding a commanding lead
of two miles, were caught in a dead
| calm halfway between the first and
second mark of the triangular course
of thirty miles. The Resolute
caught the wind first, and rounded the
utes to make the last leg of ten
miles She tried gamely, with all
| sails set, but it was an impossibility
The ReSolute was a mile past the
second mark whsSc. the flag signal .J''
announcing the contest was off. a-'- j!
The Shamrock, just rounded the
mark. -
| When the race was called off, the
Resolute was thirty-four, minutes
! longer, without the time allowance, in
| twenty miles.
Neither Shamrock nor Resolute
had completed the course before the
expiration of the time limit of six
hours prescribed by the rules.
| 1t was a long weary 6au of nall
| teal Vicissitudes. SIX
| Throughout the day the wind puff
ed and dropped and in the late aft
| ernoon it ceased to be and the con-
Resolute's only real sprint was when,
rounding the first mark, she picked
up a breeze e. and Z sped off towards the
Catches wind on turn
One mile before the defender turn
ed, the Shamrock was 100 yards un-
der her lee. The, Resolute caught
the wind on the turn, rounded The
mark and was off. The Shamrock
| was caught in a calm and tackled and
tcakled and tackled for forty min
utes before she rounded the buoy.
Five miles from the second mark,
after swift reach the Resoiute
ran. into a calm. The Shamrock,
with a wisp OF breeze, cut down the
lead to two miles when then her
| 'e~AlS NOAAl uOclo' IOill I1ldl ClIIlS on
1t was merely question of watch
full waiting for the signal "J."
At 1:46:2S the Resolute crossed the
line, less than minute and half
after the starting signal went up.
Nine seconds after her the green
| challenger cleared the line. -,
| The Resolute, had used to good
purpose the seconds allotted her in
maneuvering. Captain Burton had
tried several times to blanket the
defender, but Captain Adams always
1 escaped by bearing away. Clever
work at the helm put her to the
| windward of the challenger and she
| footed forward with the advantage.
The moment Shamrock felt the
breeze, however, she got into a strike
which soon put her ahead of the
| Resolute but so far to the leeward on
a starboard tack that the challenger
still held the advantage. ....
| However, it was as the yachts ap-
preached the first mark that the
American crew displayed the clever
est seamanship. Both yachts went
about on a port, tack and then split
| tacks twice in search of a breath of
wind. The Resolute caught the
breeze, rounded the mark and saun-
tered away, leaving her rival behind.
| The yachts will meet again Tues
day for another triangular course
| race.