Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-07-26
LACK OF WIND
SLOWS YACHTS
IN CUP EVENT
SIOOps Face Task to Finish
Final Race Within Time
Limit.
REsOLUTE HOLDS LEAD
BY FRANCIS j. WHITE,
international News Correspondent
AnnADn = & 6 nor nCunDn DnTrNIl

ABOARD L. s. s. BOLDSBOROUGH,
OFF SANDY HOOK, n. J.. July 90
aAfter trailing the challenger in the early
part of today's deciding yacht race, the
American resolute assumedN the lead
shartly after / O'Clock this afternoon and
by l 80 p. m. was a quarter Of mile
ahea dof the British challenger Sham
rock ".
The wind, which had been light,
whipped up in pretty fashion and Reso-
lute got the full benefit from it. sham
rock did not ge the benefit Of the breeze
because of her position and she lay a
quarter of mile astern. almost be
calmed.
The race was slow because Of the light
wind at the start. At 80 the halfway
mark was nearly ten miles away.
At p. NJ, Resolute was nearly up to
Shrewsbury buoy, a tribe more than
half way down the course Shamrock
had drifted off nearly three quarters OF
a mile to the 1eeward
As there were still three and one half
hours to go, there was some hope Of Il
completed race, although the southeast
breeze was not over three knots with
Resolute and lighter with Shamrock.
BY some observers It was considered
extremely doubtful If the race could be
Resolute steadily increased her lead and
at l 20 .. N. was 200 yards ahead The
defender was slipping along fairly fast.
while the challenger was dropping slowly
back. through running into an air pocket.
Shamrock came up at better slant
of shore and later gained more than a
quarter Of q mile on Resolute.
The wind continued light. They were
about eight miles from the first mark
It was after delay Of half an hour
that Shamrock " and Resolute got away
at II 80 eastern standard time) IN the
deciding race OF their series for Amer.
ica's cups
Shamrock was Leading by nearly NH,
ute when she swept across the starting
line
Both yachts crossed the line under bal
looners and Shamrock at once headed far
of the course on a lufting match to the
westward.
The course OF today's race runs south
by west. half west fifteen miles 10 a
mark five miles OF the New Jersey coast
at Asbury Park and return 10 Ambrose
rghtshlp. This means a run down be-
fore the wind and q beat home
The official starting time of the yachts
follows: Shamrock, II 300; Resolute.
11:sI:25
At II rs the two yachts were moving
very slowly with Shamrock out ahead.
but without having pulled any farther
away from Resolute The yachts were
nearly two miles to the westward Of the
course.
The yachts were four miles OF their
course at 12:i0 At Il 30 Shamrock was
leading by quarter OF a mile and both
yachts were becnlmed
Nearly five niles or their course NJ
12l85 shamrock held lead OF $50 yards
Both yachts were under main sail. club
topsau and 5aliooners.
When about a mile from shore sham
rock tibbed 10 starboard and Resolute
Immediately followed. Both yachts head
- for the frst mark
Resolute slipped out ahead Of sham
rock at u 80. Resolute was holding n
better breeze than the challenger ana
besides WIS 10 the windward. II was
a clever move by Capt Adams to take
the lead from the Upton boat
At l. 80 o'clock Resolute hclsted a
ballooner fore and stayssil and sham
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