Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-21
Resolute Led By Three-Qua
ters OF Mile AT One Time,
But Shamrock, Surprising i
Spectators, Pulled Up in
til Narrow Margin Separ-
ated Crafts; The Re.olute
Must Win Two More
Straight Races.

SANDY HOOK. N. D.. July 21.-
Postponement at fifteen minute
intervals was ordered 1t II 80 to-
day BY the committee directing
the Americas cup races OF 1920.
With scarcely breath Of air on
New York bay. the cup sloops
idled around the Ambrose chan-s
nea Aghtsiltp, the startine point.
awaiting blow.
Both crews were impatient.
Shasnrock's eager to add . thard
victory to their strins, witch
would moan that the coveted
trophy would go back to Great 81
Britain, while Rcs0luto's hopod
to begin their task Of winninr
three straight races,
AT 1882 the regatta committee
hoisted signals for the course, = &.
beat south by west to q point about
eight miles OF Asbury Park,
with a run back to the Abross
Gnanne, fa9,een n,;1s i;i1snfssh1p Snip Each les Y
before new breeze from the
south-southeast gave some infli.
cations of holding.
The preparatory stsnal vaa
blown at 12:45 for start It
O'Clock. The wind was vr
light but the yachts seemed 10
pick 1t up and moved fairly fast
sandy Hook, n. j., July 21.-The
American defender Resolute today
won her first race of the 1920 series
for the Americas cup. She must take
two more straight victories. to prevent
shamrock lifting the trophy.
Fighting hard to prevent Shamrock
~ winning a third victory-Which
would simean that Sir Thomas Lipton
would finally lift the Americas cup,
Resolute rounded the halfway mark
his n.y. 49,. =
leeward contest we'll ahead OF Sham
rock. 80 al -: - 2
After sounding the starting signal
at p. M. Shamrock crossed at
1:00:22. and Resolute at 1:OO:41. Of
hcial time, and breezed away on the
first fifteen mile leg of their thirty
mile windward and leeward course.
At 1:40 Shamrock was we'll ahead
of Resolute and it seemed as II she
she went about on the starboard tack.
1t looked as if she would have mar
gin of several hundred yards in
crossing. Shamrock with her Sea-
bright pilot aboard, was evidently
holding in shore for a fair breeze.
At 1850. Shamrock was within two
miles of the highlands and seemed to
be coming right into the arms Of
spectators who lined the shore. She
seemed to be getting a better breeze
than Resolute and to be steadily gain
ing. On the tack in-shore. Resolute
seemed to have trouble pinching to
windward.
At 1852 Shamrock tackled out to
sea.
Resolute held on to the port tack
and the two yachts began to con-
verge. Then Resolute managed to
cross Shamrock's bow at 1855 and
then tucked fn afaYhoaYd
Resolute tackled to port a minute
later. but Resolute herself came
about and established herself on
Shamrock's weather port.
Resolute was leading by 100 yards.
At 1858 Resolute was leading bv
two hundred yards and the wind had
breezed up to six knots
Boat for boat, it was a tight race
with the advantage SO far lying with
Resolute, which crossed the line 10
seconds behind the challenger and
now was leading by proba bly, 10 Sec
onds at this point.
Both yachts tackled to starboard
at 2:O6 with Rescolute still to wind
ward.
Skipper Burton laid the Shamrock
off a bit and tried to force lee pas
sage. a. ~,
The yachts heeled over in the
strengthening wind as they stood away
from shore. In the rolling sea. Res.
olute negotiated the water better than
her rival, whose flat bow pounded
not little.
After a series of short tacks, Reso-
lutte again crossed Shamrock's bows
and almost Immediately came about
on the port tack. heading in shore
at 2:16.
With more than half the course
to the outer mark, covered at 2:15. it
was estimated by newspapermen on
the destroyer following the sloops that
Resolute was leading by quarter
mile. g
s With the yachts holding of shore.
1t looked as il they would be able
to make the turning mark. Resolute
was leading by three-eights Of mile
The wind had increased to nearly ten
knots and the sloops lee rails were
awash.
At 1855 Resolute was half asmile
ahead of Shamrock and the challen.
ger seemed unable to draw by her.
All this time the yachts had sailed
about five miles Of the fifteen mile
run home. or about 20 miles OF the
entire course. ~
At 4:l0 the yachts had sailed half
OF the leeWard. course and were With
In seven andSa half miles OF the fin.
iRh. 3Resolute was leading by 420
yards according to range-finders On
destroyers following the race.
The wind Uttll held about south.
blowing eight to ten knots IN hoslr
with no sign OF dropping.
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