Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-21
SHAMROCK WON
FROM RES0LUIT]|'E|
IN YACHT RACE

Sandy Hook, July 21.-sfr Thomas
Upton last night was a achiev-
ing the confessed ambition Of his life
lifting the Americas cup.
Yesterday his Irish sweetheart"
Shamrock Nv. ran up a tally Of two
races to none against the American
defender, Resolute, winning in q
neck contest BY two minutes and
twenty-six seconds. corrected time.
and needing but one more victory to
bear the bottomlees pewter mug back
to England.
There were cheers on Str Thomas
steam yacht, Victoria when Shamrock
swept FIRST across, the line yesterday,
but there was a hush when her, rev
worked feverishly to free a lib topsail
that fouled within the frst few Sec
!onds of the contest. This fouling
permitted Resolute to glide into the
lead.
For part Of the first leg, the Amer
lean sloop kept to the fore, but when
she hit a soft spot, the Irish craft
slipped again into first place, edgtng
along until she was half a mile ahead.
To the surprise of yachting experts, a
fancy little staysail rugged on the
challenger served her better than
Resolute's big ballooner.
Spectator craft grouped At the tirst
whistles, as she rounded 500 yards in
the lead. Away on the second leg
they sped. with the challenger catch
ing catspaw and Resolute rolling in
the doldrums. Captain William P.
Burton. who it was reported might
be removed from command Of Sham
rock because Of his showing in other
races. was evidently making every
effort to stage a comeback.
Resolute made a brave showing at
the beginning Of the third leg, and
picking up at the turn, fought her
way home under the guidance Of zap
tain Charles Francis Adams II, dis
putting every second. But 1t was no
use and by the time Shamrock had
crossed the line it vas certain that
she had won by a safe though mar
row margin
The regatta committee at noon yes
terdaS hesata;ed Is minutes and then
decided hat, the westerly breeze would
hold and hoisted signals for a reach
sorsh-sousheAst- a beat about west,
and another reach northeast by north.
The fight for position was rather
dun as Skipper Adams made nc ef-
fort to gain the lead and allowed
Shamrock to cross as she pleased SO
seconds ahead, which extended Reso-
lute's time. with her time allowance
1t the finish. to Z minutes and 80
seconds. 1t looked like a liberal mar
| gin for h defender, but 1t was found
to be too small to give her the race.
The firss Is minutes were marked
by bungling sail-handling on Sham
rock. The balloon jib refused to
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it fouled around the stay. Then q
spinnaker was tried and found set
poorly. Two or three other head sails
were set and taken in. During these
experiments Resolute walked right
into the lead n it looked like a
repetition Of Saturdays contest.
Finally Burton settled down on a
number jib topsail and a little tri-
sail which looked like a down east
from the end Of the bowsprit 10 feet
below the cross trees. There was a
big space between the two sails, and
as Resolute was streakinx it along
under ~b4lloeners only, the defender
drew out until she was more than
half a mile ahead.
Then the wind became tickle and
Shamrock, which had worked out to
windward. found the edge Of the
gained such q. lead last satnrdav
Nursing the draft Of air carefully,
Burton ran by Resolnte 50 fast that
it looked Is if the defender had drop
ped her anchor. In Is minutes the
challenger was half a mile to the
good, due apparently to the noble
work Of the fisherman's topsail, just
above the fore deck.
This practically settled the race.
Resolute could not find the breeze.
and although Captain Adams handled
her wonderfully, the drafts Of air
Stunned her almost completely. sham
rock turned the first mark three min