Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-19
CAUSE OF DISPLACEMENT
 OF BURTON AS SKIPPER

New York, July iS-The decision or Sir Thomas Lipton to replace Captain Burton of the challenger Shamrock ", came as no surprise to these who follow ed the race yesterday aboard the Irish baronet's chartered steam yacht, the Vic toria.
 While Sir Thomas himself had refus ed to discuss the events of Saturday and those closest to him were equally silent. It. was generally known that part if not all, Of the poor showing made by the challenger at the first turn buoy had been directly attributed on the Victoria's bridge to mishandling of the big racer.
 The incident that capped the climax TOT Captain Burton came just as the sioops rounded on the tact that sent the Resolute skimming around the marker to bear away toward the second buoy with lead that made victory certain had she been able to finish in the time limit. The shamrock, though outguessed at the start and outsailed through the first long reach across the wind, was close astern and not more than few hundred yards to ieeward. Except for the weather ad- vantage that Captain Adams had found and held for the Resolute, the yachts seemed almost on even terms
 As they came about to head up for the 1 marker, just under the stern of the yacht
 
 the sloops had scarcely mile to 20 to round it, but it was a mile of close | hauled beating to windward to avoid an other tack. Resolute laid down to it | With her captain holding her long nose I into the wind for the last inch of wealth CT gauge and his canvass almost board flat to catch the light air. The Victoria was dead astern and the American boat could be plainly seen clawing her way I 1Ar.lr . | passed to starboard of the marker if necessary. The Yankee skipper was talk ] ing no chances
 1 But aboard the Shamrock a decision that was to prove disastrous had been made. During the fight up towards the mark in half mile tacks she had gained 1 considerably by one long haul out and a short hitch back and her packers had 1 hoped even that she would pass the de- lender beyond the buoy Captain Burton apparently judged that he could not make
 the turn in one tack and rather than
 override it and go far beyond in order 1 to clear or hitch again in it's shadow. 1 swung the nose of the green boat away and eased his sheets for a long pull to
 port and short hitch to starboard to 1 mai9e the turn. The challenger had 1 shown great speed in such sailing earlier | and her skipper seemed to rely on this
 to outfoot the Resolute and round the ! turn on even terms even though he would
 have to travel farther to do it.
 As the Shamrock swung away on her knew course, the gap between the two i widened quickly. A cry of dismay went
 up on the Victoria's decks The green I hull was sailing if anything away from the marker, nearly at right angles to the
 Resolute, which was holding the buoy l right under her long bowsprit
 I
 a few minutes later she was on the sec | ond leg of the course by safe margin with the marker passed on her starboard l side, but the Shamrock was already a mile astern, rocking idly in deal calm with Tapping canvas. Her balloon jib had been hoisted and when she made the first of the five painful tacks it took Captain Burton to scrape his way around the buoy, the big sail was idle until she had been swung back virtually to the line of her first turn. The Irish boat l had not only-,no gained a foot by the manoeuvre but had lost minutes in time, She was just where she was before it was attempted.
 1 When Sir Thomas, who had been aft on the Victoria when the turn was made 1 came to the bridge and saw Resolute 1 far away on the second leg while. Sham rock was still far aft and off to hort 1 of the Victoria, he turned to the star board wing bridge and dropped down in his chair There was every indication of disappointment in his attitude
 I A conference between the baronet and his closest friends who are yachting ex- 4 perts followed The words ..ilI luck. , fiat spot and "mismana cement drift I ed down from the bridge and it was the U last word, spoken sharply, which had g
 sfing tn if There was no echo of this con