The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-26
RACE CALLED Off
Slow Drifting Match Was Out
side Time Limit.
Went Miles OF Course Trying
to Get Others Wind.
.RESOLUTE IN BETTER SHOWING
Outdrifts Shamrock in SIOWeSt
Contest of Series.
Americans Confident They Can
Beat the Challenger.
RESOLUTE IN BETTER SHOWING
BULLETIN.


! Sandy Hook, July 26-With Reso-
lute two miles in the lead the fifth
international yacht race was declared
/ off at O'Clock today because a diving
! wind made 1t impossible for the Gun
sloops to finish within a sIx-hour time
limit.
| Sandy Hook, July 26-Two and
/ half hours after the start of today's
race, the Shamrock and the Resolute
had covered but twelve miles of the
| course in what was possibly the slow
! est drifting match of the series. The
I Shamrock was the first across the
/ line, leading the Resolute by fifty-nine
! seconds The two sloops then entered
! a iu1tlng match, each trying to get the
/ others wind and in doing so both went
nearly four miles off the course.
The Shamrock entered a calm pock-
ct at $3.50 o'clock and the ResoIute
drifted into lead of about a mile and
half. When the defender pulled in
/ her balloOner, the challenger began
making up the lead. At the conclusion
4of the luffing match, less than half
/ the first lap of fifteen miles had been
= covered With scarcely a breath of
| air stirring, the contest is now a fight
against the time limit, with every pos
sibility that neither of the sIoops will
be able to finish before $50 O'Clock
and that the race will have to be start
| ed over again tomorrow
| Resolute had a lead of about two
miles at 4:27 when both sloops were
searching for a breeze
Sir Thomas Upton stated today
/ that If he failed this year to cap
| ture the American cup he would chal-
| Ienge against next year for 1922 with
a new boat.
Tho the stiff breeze which early this
| morning blew across the course had
| dled down toward noon, delaying the
| start of the fifth and last of the Gun
/ contests Ia fxzrn 81 til,
| Lclent breeze at noon and the defend
er and challenger are now in the stiff
est battle of the series. which is to de-
; eide the resting place of the trophy
Whlch Tor ffty-six years has heen held
| on the American side of the Atlantic
| Both yachts crossed the line under
oallooners and the Shamrock at once
headed far off the course on a huff
ing match to the westward sham,
rock was off first and was followed
Immediately by Resolute.
Resolute's official time showed.
was nearly minute behind the chal-
ienger in crossing the line, soon closed
i up the gap and both gachts were sail
ing almost on an even basis ten min
utes after the start
The official starting time was:
Shamrock 12:3O:2s; ResoIute,
12:31:25. Shamrock led by fifty-six
seconds
| Americans Are Confident.
The Americans declare that Reso-
lutte will be returned winner today
and Sir Thomas Upton will fail to
win the cup.
Mr.. Nicholson. designer of sham
rock, still insists that the present races
have been little more than trial races
Tor Shamrock He also thinks that
IN all future Americas cup races the
contenders should be manned entirely
! "A crew from the country repre-
fS6ntRd. RRSn11IfefE fs
made up largely of Scandinavian
sailors.
Suggestion has been made that
SHOULD Sir Thomas Upton fail to win
the cup, that the Irish baronet enter
the challenger in a series OF races
with Resolute and Vanitie along Long
Island sound for cups offered by local
yacht clubs.
Upton Has Spent Million.
It has also been suggested that ali
three yachts be sailed by professional
shippers. These contests would give
the sloops a further test of speed and
sailing qualities. Some members of
the New York yacht club are said TO
be still of the opinion that Nanitie
(which failed of selection for the honor
of defending the cup, is the fastest of
the cup yachts.
Sir Thomas is said to have spent
approximately one million dollars in
/ MS latest attempt 10 AIt tne cup, ana
yachting experts assert Shamrock w
in the interest of yacht designing,
should have further tests in competf-
: ton with Resolute and other sloops OF
American design. AS a member of the
New York Yacht club. Sir Thomas car
enter Shamrock in the clubs races.
Both Shamrock and Resolute were
in perfect condition. They were care
fully examined yesterday and took q
short spin to stretch new canvas.
= Capt. Andrew Applegate, the Sea
r bright fisherman. who quit as a local
pilot on the Shamrock. following a diff
ference with the Shamrock's skipper
was not expected to be in the greer
sloop's cockpit for today's race.
! There was a distinct snap to the all
. which sent the racing crews about
{ their work with even greater zest thar
! usual With a bonus of $3.50 man ir
sight il the Shamrock wins, the chal-
. Ienger's crew was on tiptoe.