South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-21
BRITISH YACHT
NEEDS ANOTHER
VICTORY TO WIN
Baronet Feels Confident of
Taking Pewter Mug Back
With Him.
By Associated Press

81
Tuesday bis Irish sweetheart"
Shamrock ~. ran up tally ~ two
races TO none against the American
defender Resoiute. winning in "A
neck and neck contest by two min
utes and twenty seconds corr ected
time. and needing but one more VIC
tory 70 bear the bottomless pewter
mug back 20 England
The summary follows.
Shamrock TN-Start 12:15-4S.
finish. 5.3s.O6. ELAPSED time.
5-22:1S; corrected tine. 5.22:1s.
Ttesoluts Start. 12.16-25 finish.
5.4S-ti. elapsed time, 5:31:f5; cor
rected time 5.22-45
Sha urock won by nine minute.
twenty seconds elapsed time. two
minutes. twmty-siX seconds cor
rected time
There were,cheers on Sir Thomas
Lipton's steam yacht Victoria when
Shamrock swept across the line
Tuesday. but there was a hush when
her crew worked feverishlv % free
a iib topsail thar fouled within the
first few seconds vOf the contest This
fouling permitted ResOlute 10 glide
into the lead.
For part 81 the first leg tho
American sloOp kept TO the fore. but
when she hit a soft spot the Irish
craft slipped again into first place.
edging alopg untl she was half a
mile ahead 10 the surprise Of
Yachting experts a, fancy little stay
sailed rugged on the challenger
served her better rhan ResoIute's
biz balloOner.
Spectator craft grouped at the
first turn greeted Shamrock with
footing whistles. as she rounded 500
wards in the lead Away on the sec
ond leg they sped. with the challeng
or catching every catspaw and Res
dilute rolling in the doldrums.
Capt William p Burton. who, Il
was reported might be removed from
command Of Shamrock because Of
his showing I'm other races. was evil
IDENTIFY making every effort TO stage
a comeback.
ResOlute made n brave showing at
the beginning OF the third lC'y and
picking up At the turn fought her
way homo under the guidance OF
capt Charles Francis Adams IT. dis
putting every second But e was no
use and by the time Shamrock had
crossed the line 10 was certain that.
she had won by a safe though mar
cow margin.
The regatta committee az noon
tuesday neSitdte0 10 minutes anu
hen decided that the westerly breeze
would hold and hoisted sig
nails for a reach south southeast. "a
beat about west and another reach
northeast by north.
The fight for position was rather
5uil as skipper Adams made no ef /
fort TO gain the lead and allowed
Shamrock 70 cross as she pleased I
IS seconds ahead. which extended I
Resolute's time with her time al /
lowance at the fnish 70 minutes
aud 80 seconds II looked like a /
very liberal margin for the defend |
or but n was found 20 he too small !
10 give her the race
The FIRST f5jmiuut,s were featured /
by bunEllnE sails handling on /
the Shamrock The balloon jih re- /
used 10 break out and finally when F..
vankcd. 70 fouled around the stay.
Then the pinnaker was tried and /.
found set poorly Two or three +
other head sails,were set and taken /
i'm. During the experiments Reso- Z
lutte walked right into the lead and /
10 looked like a repetition OF Satur- I
DAVIS contest.
Settle Down.
Finally Burton settled down on a 4
number one lib top sail and a little .
III. n
east hsherman's main top sail. set
IN a stay from the end OF the bow /
spirit 10 10 feet below the cross /
frees. There was a big space be /
tween the two sails and as Reso- /
lutte was streakinE 10 along under 4
ballooner only, the defender drew I.
out until she was more than half a
mile ahead
Then the wind became tickle. I
Shamrock. which had worked out % /.
windward found the edge or the 7
breeze Just as the ResOlute did when I.
she gained such a lead last Satur-
dav
Nursing the draft or air carefully. I
Burton ran by Resolute so fast that
n looked az n the defender had
droT PED her anchor. In Is minutes
tho challenger was half a mile To D
the good. due grpareuly 70 the f.
noble work II tho fisherman's top
sail Just above the fore deck.
loses Race
This pra ctically settled the race
Resolute could not fud the breeze. F.
nd although Capt Adams handled
nor -Vonderfurly welI the drafts of
air summed her almost comI letely. f.
shamrock turned the first mark 4
three minutes and a half I'm the lead 4
and al ones picked ~ nice breeze I
" hich gave her more margin over
TIC defender " ract half way on 4
the second leg. which through all
cantirE OF the wind proved a fetch .
for more than half the way. sham 4
rock at one time had a lead Of a .
mile and a half
Four miles from The second mark f
fortune again favored the Ulster
boat. The wind dropped and then
came in from the southwest. This
gave both boats a close fetch ON
the port tack for the mark sham 4
rock naturally picked 10 UP and att
first RULED stll further ahead. ner
lead az the turn being over nine
minutes
Although n looked Ike sham
rocks race with only ten miles 20
slide down 90 the finish Rcsolute
had seeming advantage in bringing
M = better breeze However. the .
breeze softened astern instead OF
frsshening and although ResOlute
lacked 70 leeward under hallOoner.
Shamrock under spinnaker and bal
loon jih sailing a straight course
gained nearly minute en- the run
The Yachts viii race again
Wednesday over a 20-mile windward
and leeward course. u Shamrock .
wins The cup departs for home