Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-21
CREWS ARE IMPATIENT
BEFORE RACE STARTS
Shamrock's SaiIormen Eager
to Add Third Victory to
ChaIIenger's String
BY the Associated Press

Sandy Hook, ". D., July 21.-With
scarcely a breath Of air stirring on New
York bay the yachts RcsOlute and
Shamrock " idlcd around the Ambrose
channel lightship. the starting point.
awaiting blow for the third and
crucial Americas Cup race this morn
ing.
Both crews were impatient. Sham
rocks were eager to add n third vic
tory to their string, which would mean
that the coveted trophy would go back
to Great Britain, while Resolutc hoped
to begin their task of winning three
straight races.
Shamrock reached the lightship mt
II 10 and ton minutes later Rcsolute
also reached the starting point.
Postponemcnt at fifteen minute in
tcrvalS was ordered at II 80 by the
committee.
Rcsolutp must capture three straight
races in order that the cup may still
remain in thc trophy room of the New
York Yacht Club, where it has. rcposed
continuously for we'll over fifty years.
The streaky winds that favored the
Upton craft yesterday and brought her
a winner over the finish line vanished
entirely in the night. Not a puff Of
air came from any quarter. Smoke
from the stack of Sir Thomas Iipton's
steam yacht Victoria rose straight to
the zenith and hung there dark, i'm
movable. column. A coppery sun bur-
nished the sea that lay almost motion
less below.
The racing crews took one sQuint at
the weather and then went to work
making sail. The sailormen of Sham
rock were eager at their toll because
victory for them today meant the
winning of the Americas Cup, while
the crew of Resolute. determined to turn
the tide Of victory their way, went to
sailmaking with a right good will.
I.ipton Had the Luck
Rcsolute's sailors declare Sir Thomas
has had all the luck. They say in the
first race Shamrock was beaten, when
an accident to Resolute forced her to
withdraw, giving the race to the chal-
lcnger; that Shamrock was badly beaten
In the second race, but Rcsoute could
not win because the wind failed and
she could not finish before the time
limit, and that yesterday in the streaky
winds Shamrock caught all the favor
ing breezes and won on luck.
The fisher folk hereabouts insist to-
day that Shamrock could never have
beaten the American boat without Cap
tain Andrew Jackson Applegatc, Sea
bright, N. j., fisherman, who sailed on
the Upton sloop yesterday and I'M
parted TO Skipper Burton II better
knowledge of wind and tide conditions.
'An American had big hand in
turning the trick for the British boat,
any way" say the fishermen, who can
not decide whether they should make
Captain Applegate hero or otherwise.
Colonel Duncan Neill. Sir Thomas $
representative on the Shamrock, said
today that yesterdays contest was al
most duplicate of that of Saturday.
"We got the wind yesterday and were
lucky" said Neill, "while Resolute held
the wind on Saturday, but. unfortu-
nately for her, she was unable to finish
before the time limit
Shamrock's sailormen agree that Res
olute is a fine boat, and that while they
believe Shamrock can beat her boat
for boat, they do not see how Shamrock
can concede the American defender a
time allowance of seven minutes and
one second and expect to win.