Evening star., 1922-10-28
BLUE NOSE WORLD
j TITLE CONFIRMED
International Race Commit
tee Sustains Victory of
: Canadian Defender.
CREW MEMBER BROWNS
American Challenge for Cup Next
Year by Henry Ford and Two
Others Is Certain.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associat ted Press.
GLOUCESTER. Mass, October Is
The victory of the Blue Nose
schooner. Canadian defender, over the
Henry Ford. American challenger. for
the north Atlantic fishing vessel
championship was sustained late yes
terday by the international commit
tee. Its decision was unanimous that
considerations of fair play called for
award of the cup and the prize to
Capt. Angus Walters. his boat and
his men. winners of the last two races
Of the much mooted series.
Almost at the moment that the
committeeman disposed finally of the
protests brought against the Blue
Nose win of yesterday. the schooner
slipped out to sea in the dusk. bound
home with flag at half mast. those
aboard not knowing of the award.
skipper Angus. man of sorrow.
stayed behind. to go back with the
body of Capt. Bert Demore of Lunen-
burg, n. s., his nephew and a men,
Der of his crew, who fell overheard
from a wharf during the night. Death
was due to accidental drowning. it
was certified. but an inquest was
called to complete the formalities.
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Henry Ford attached his name to
the protests against the Blue Nose
yesterday that they might have
hearing, but he said to Capt. Angus
that they had good race Thursday
and that there was no hard feelings.
Himself still ailing. the Gloucester
skipper was busy attending to things
at home, among others the removal
to hospital In Boston of son who
is close to death. But when word
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crew was dead he went at once to
the wharf where she lay with flag at
half mast to extend his regrets.
In the review of the protests, the
international committee found evil
dence only on two of the four points.
There was no American observer on
the Canadian boat on either of the
last two races. it was agreed. but II
was found that there was no manda-
tory provision in the deed of gift fer
such an official. 1t was agreed, too,
that there had been a change of stay
sails on the Blue Nose. but there was
no evidence to show that the sail
area was increased, and Capt. Walters
filed formal statement that the sub
stituted sheet was part of his working
equipment.
The charge that ballast had been
shifted on the schooner in the absence
of an official observer was not sup
ported. and Capt. Walter. in this con-
nection, signed a statement saying
that ballast was not changed during
the races. The complaint that the
suit of sails with which the Blue
Nose raced was not that with which
she fished was met with the skip
per's statement that they had seen
service on the fishing banks.
AS a separate proceeding, the Amer
lean members of the international
committee met and agreed that the
"a ling committee jts subsidiary body.
erred in declaring the first contest of
the series. on October 81, won by the
Henry Ford. no race"
American challenge for the cup next
year is certainty, 1t was said last
night Mayfower of Boston, the
schooner debarred for the past two
years; the Henry Ford. and new
Puritan, to be built by Capt. Ben
Pine to replace the crack schooner
wrecked on Sable Island few months
after launching this spring, are GER
tain challengers.