New-York tribune., 1922-09-15

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qualifying of the Plant boat. But for
the foul the Americans would have
beaten their English rivals by twenty
points to nineteen.
The victory for the United King
doms feet cuts down the lead OF the
Americans by three points and keeps
the British we'll up in the hunt for
the trophy. The score, as it stood to-
night, after the finish of the fourth
race, was: United States. 80; Great
Britain, 62.
The foul that brought about the de-
feat of Uncle Sans squadron occurred
as Celia Sd, one fthe British boats
owned by F. ]. Stephens, and Clytie
had completed the first round of the
six-mile triangle and were rounding
the, mark to begin the second wind
ward leg Dick Boardman's Grebe was
leading the feet at the time and had
rounded the mark twenty eight seconds
ahead of the oncoming Cola. Clytie.
a bone in her teeth, was slashing along
in the wake of the Englishman. Every
inch of the six miles that had been
covered had witnessed a bitter and
thrilling struggle between the oppos-
ing teams. It was by far the most
hard-fought contest of the series.
Clytie Takes Big Gamble and Loses
Cola, with John G. Stephen, son of
the owner, ct the wheel, swept up to
the mark with her boom swung to star
board and rounded with only inches
TO spare between herself and the stake
boat. Clytie came frothing up and with
the evident intention of weathering
Cola at the very start of the two
mile windward leg, tried to squeeze
in between the latter and the marx,
only to discover too late that it couldn't
be done.
The result was that Clytie's bow
swung over and struck Coila's weather
quarter. Both boats were Jared by
raised on the English yacht, and even
after the race was over there was no
indication that her crew intended to
mention the matter. In fact, Cola,
after sailing on to a brilliant victory,
had started home toward the Seawan-
heka Corinthian anchorage in Oyster
Bay, when she was recalled by the
committee boat and informed through
megaphone that Clytie had been dis
qualified.
Young Plant, sailing in his first in
ternational races, realized that he had
fouled Cola and offered to withdraw
immediately after turning the third
mark, but was directed by the Seawan-
haka Corinthian race committee to
complete the second round of the
course, which he did, finally finishing
third.
Today's race was sailed over a
twelve-mile course, the boats being sent
twice over a six-mile triangle. The
first leg in each round was wind
ward thrash that saw the tiny racers
beating into the teeth of smoky
sou'wester 1t was a piping breeze
that blew strong and steady throughout
the afternoon 1t was the sort of
thing the English had been whistling
for, but only Cola seemed to relish
the going. She thrived on it, particu-
larly in the last three laps where, un-
der extremely clever handling, she took
the lead away from Dick Boardman's g
Grebe and eased herself into close
but none the less spectacular triumph.
Grebe Thrashes Out to Lead
Grebe, the best of the American
quartet in heavy weather, led the feet
at the first, second and third marks and
at that time looked like a sure winner.
The second windward leg, however, saw
Cola, by means of two long bitches,
taking the lead away from Grebe, and
ehe established lead here that she
managed to cling to until the end.
Cola crossed the finish line only
twenty-seven seconds ahead of the bat
Ting Lea, owned by j. F. Birmingham
and sailed by G. Sherman Hoyt. Clytie
was q good third, only to be disquali-
lad nd m has Civ mt C
to Grebe, which finished fourth. The
disqualification moved Norman Clark
Neill's Reg, one of the English boats,
from fifth to fourth place and gave
her five points instead of four. I'M
mediately astern Of Reg came Caryl,
one of lRr teammates, and back Of her
Wele L'Esprit, the property of William
Hamlin Childs, and Jean, owned by Sir
John Ward and sailed by Sir Ralph
Gore.
Jean, the victor in Tuesdays strug-
gle md considered the cleverest boat
or the invading team, did poorly III
the days heavy going and finished q
poor last.
Great Fleet Tenders Ovation
There were more than 80 yachts
gathered about the finish line as Cola
gathered in her first individual victory
and she was given noisy ovation. This
feet of boats followed the eight racers
over every leg of the course and Let
go a footing chorus as the leading boat
rounded each mark.
There was more teamwork in to-
days race than there has been in any
Of the prevailing three, but the Amer
lean shippers appeared to be watching
Jean to the exclusion of Cola, which
is known to be the heavy weather en-
try of the Britishers. In fact, the
Americans attended to Jean so thor
oughly in the first windward leg that
she was seldom inc the running there
after.
The start was a brilliant one, but
with little advantage to any particular
boat All but two went over at the
ieeward end of the line on the star
board tack, with Lea leading. Clytie
and Caryi stood off to the westward
on the port tack and made long hitch
Of it. So long, in fact, that they al
lowed long tow of scows to come be-
tween themselves and the windward
mark and narrowly escaped a mix-up
that might have spelled disaster for
them. Grebe was the first To reach the
mark, with Clytie on her heels. Cola
rounded in third place, the first of the
British to make it, and back of her came
Caryl, Lea, Reg, Jean and L'Esprit. The
order was the same at the second mark
at the end of close reach OF two
miles. except that Caryl passed Cola
and moved up into third place.
Cola Passed Caryi
The third leg gave the boats very
broad reach in which some of them
ffaada ,,se al suiunakers fniIa did .uau