Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-11-04
.ANktt: SCHOONER
BEATS DELAWANh
+ sre fanto Wins Second OF Inter
national Races There
Clinching the Cup and S4.0OO
in Prize Money

'iaItuN N. s. Nov. 1.-The Giouob5tcc
y hoon~r Esperanto came from behind i'll
y hesrt gripping race to-day 2nd won
Com the Iuucnberc schooner nelhwana
| ~ uevon n!hutNs IL Sc lords ofiioa' time
IN sreDy rlnching the cup ana $4,000 in
pt1s@ mnusS. The victory gave two
y. rr.ight vic,n"ies TO the United states In Ne.
s!rc in;arnatio;,a, series between the No"h
Gotta fisherman ann their Massao husctts
rivals and tnoreby determined the event
| l.: this gear Tho course was the sah,o
~ Saturduy--fo;;y miles
MARTY" UELck PRIZE SKIPPER
Koen Judgment and niatchoss sailing
alil..y of ca rta,n Marty" Welsh of tho
G oucss,.r boat was said on nj! hands to-
n sht IN be .ospons!be FOR srinniHg to-
days victory, when Eo brought no
z ceramic from behind after 70 mics of
tho rnrty-lrie course hs5 be,n sailed and
ON the ''I.l leg which was n deNl beat 70
windward, conhnuaiiy increased his load.
IRE suoer;o. ABILITY Of the W~Vors::to to
,vo-k 10 wlndward wa3 admitted to re
tactev in tho result.
| Captain WEIGH, however, said to-righ.
that it was the wind that did It.
IN the light wind" he said 'the
| + wara had us, but in tho heavier wnl
AS WA approached the hiroar wo lopea
| ,>hsad. But she Is same vecsel. very
uae vessS. and a spl' ndiG crew
oELAWAN CREW CHETRED
4. made Us ,:-:mnsit as his crsr
Z, a.. Owing ,nt1e Chsors for :he crew o.
the ibolaWana.
That's Just WA. you ou.h' to do"
t,r said 20 his r.n, I, "y are :. fine puneh
and deasryp IT,
| ,'to.ein Tommy" H,rl.Se!n?ar Of the
flea ed schooner Wien a.6ed for ne tea-
So that no hid .eet the race. sale:
| "-f, I evn9nhot the mark wien ovor'
s,oud , 3cv: 4 milo farther than 1 tught
to havA n pacing 'hut-.n IRaAd bell
| buoy"
It wn- in making the buoy at the third
turn that tie Dciawana oversEo' the
nnri. thereby onshii;.s :he Gloucester
Graf, to cut tie Lunenburg boats lead Ia
milf. Members of the crew IF the Dr!a"
vana, however. declined to take !hei
captains explanation tonight, saying
| hat he only took precautions not to run
The Esperanto too close to the shoals or
Devils Island in making the turn, for
otherwise he would have been in danger
IF going ashore.
THOUSANDS WATCH RACE
The race to-day was watched by thou
| sands, who were kept in high pitch of
| excitement by the alternating fortunes
Us first one boat and then the other nosed
thead, with the result continually irl
ioubt until the home stretch was
cached.
At the start the wind was about five
nots due west. The Esperanto was
quicker at the helm than the Nuremberg
..raft and seemed to foot faster in the
ockeying before the start. Captain
| WEIGH edged her up to weather off the
L =, 1ty,A ,t1,t In
nd four seconds after the gun, with
Immelman following him SO seconds
alter and several lengths behind.
DELAwANA LEADS
Going out of the harbor the vessels had
better breeze. The Canadian got the
lind first and sailed past the Esper-
nto's weather, On the reach to the
nner automatic mark the Delawana
aimed considerably, passing the mark
our minutes and one second ahead Of
Ier rival.
The Delawana passed the outer auto
matte four minutes and SO seo0nds ahead
( the American, q net gain of 81 seconds
II the leg.
| But it was on the next leg that the
Esperanto began to see a ray OF hope.
Delawana had rounded the outer mark
r 11:27:50. She dd not come about until
| lao, and as Zimmerman tackled her and
| eaded toward Shut-In Bell. Captain
yelch almost a mile behind on the tack,
| anne about. too. 1t was considered ex-
client Judgment for Delawana had
vershot the mark by a mile. Because
| this, Zimmerman was forced to ease
heets.
ESPERANTO CATCHES UP
The Esperanto close hauled, was able
NO minutes and IL seconds behind. When
hey had gone well in toward Cole harbor
nd about two miles out of the direct
purse for the inner automatic. the
american began to gain.
Esperanto went through the Canadians
20 and established a lead of several
myths, rounding the inner automatic
SAINT 22 seconds ahead.
The schooners then settled down fol-
he six mile beat home. Three miles from
he finish tho American had opened a
lad of nearly a mile. She had been
olnting higher and footing faster. In the
hort tacks to the line she made ever
lore noticeable gains, and although com
elleo to make a short hitch to clear the
eward buoy OF the line. crossed more
ian mile in the lead.
Tia Official time as the boats crossed
pc finish tho was:
Esperanto 4 "a 80; Delawane 44t"b.
The Esperanto viii save soon fol
loucester, where great refrpcoI
waite Captain We.ch and his c~~w.