New-York tribune., 1922-09-13

States is leading the United Kimgdoi
score. as it stands now, is: United
There was balm sor the game Brit
isEiers in to-day's defeat, however, for
their feet-winged Jean, owned By Sir
John Ward and sailed by Sir Ralph
{ Gore, led the entire fleet home and
scored the first individual victory that
has been credited to the Union Jack in
this international series. The tiny
blacK-hulled representative of the
Royal Yacht squadron received a
tamultuous ovation from variegated
fotilia gathered at the finish line as
she crossed a winner by the substan-
tial margin of three minutes and
thirty-four seconds.
If Jeans teammates had performed
half so well as she did, the British
might be leading the Americans to-
night in the hunt for the trophy. But
the others Jagged lamentebly and could
do no better than finish sixth, seventh
and eighth, respectively. Thus the
English scored total of IA points
In capturing second, third, fourth
and fifth places the American team,
led to-day by L'Esprit, the property
Of William Hamlin Childs and sailed
by Butler Whiting, collected twenty
points, which gave them the victory as
team.
Jean, veteran Of last years inter-
national race at Cowes. England, is the
leading point getter for the English
team. She has registered nineteen
points for Britain, as against eleven
for Cola III, her nearest rival.
Lea Is Best U. s. Point Scorer
Lea, the property of J. F. Berming-
ham, has scored the most points for
the United States, pilihg up total
of twenty. Lea, while she performed
sensationally in finishing in front in
the first two races, Jared poorly this
afternoon and came in fifth, the last
of the American boats to finish.
The order of the finish was Jean,
L'Esprit, Grebe, Clytie, Lea, Cola Ill,
Reg and Caryl.
The race was planned to give the six
meter squadron six miles of windward
work and six miles of running In four
legs of three miles each. A variable
and capririous wind that at one time
changed this scheme of things and
gave the yachts only three miles OF
beating and three Of leeward work. The
other two legs, as result of change
in the direction of the breeze, became
reaches, a point of sailing that is sup
posed to favor the English.
1t was the frivolous instability OF the
wind that gave Jean the opportunity to
score her triumph to-day At the be-
ginning of the first leg, which was
/ windward thrash, she was far back and
in anything but a promising position.
Sir Ralph Gore, at her helm, either had
an uncanny knowledge of the vagarles
of the breeze or is endowed with lots
of luck
Propelled by the lightest sort of
airs, Sir Ralph took Jean on tack
/. far to the eastward and we'll away
from the rest of the feet. While four
American boats and the other three
Englishmen wallowed in the doldrums
breeze that seemed designed for
Jeans own and undivided benefit came
careenine down the Sound and stopped
Just when it had filled her sails and
set her moving rapidly toward the
windward mark.
Favoring Breeze Helps Jean
Along the edge of this one-boat
4 breeze sailed the Jean until she had
nassed the rest of the fleet and had
established a lead that she was 'des-
tined never TO lose. Some idea OF the
advantage gained by the black-hulled
little sloop may be gathered from tne
fact that She got away next to last ana
half hour later had commanding
lead AZ the start the boats were
closely punched at the weather end OF
the line and all went over on the star
board tack
ward position and crossed first, toi-
Z lowed by Grebe, Reg, Caryl, L'Esprlt'
Coila,,J Jean and Lea. Within few MN
utes after the feet crossed the line the
wind began to fade rapidly and there
was no chance for team work. There
had been a fairly strong breeze
throughout the morning, but 1t had been
2 tiattened by torrential downpour.
After the two teams got away 1T be-
came purely a matter of guess work
81 as to where the best putfs could pc
found. Some stood to the westward,
while others decided to try their luck
s III the opposite direction. It was N
4 this game Of chance that Sir Kalph
Gore drew gorgeous smile from Dame
+ Fortune. He went further to the east
E ward than any sof the others and got
& the maximum benefit from the streak
of wind that came only as far as
: the Jean and stopped. When it had
rushed her into a triumphant lead IT
a took itself off to parts unknown, and
q thereafter the going was slow and lit
full until the end.
What little breeze there was came in
Pickering catspaws, but even these
seemed to enjoy playing with Jeans
wings. Many of them came along un-
eSpectedly and gave her gentle push
~ that helped very materially.
Lea Fails to Find Wind
|aI# While Jean was winning all these at
mospheric favors, Lea, counted as her
most dangerous rival on the American
3 team, had no lack whatever. Sherman
& Hoyt, her skipper, couldn't have found
the wind to-day with squad of plain
clothes men. At the end of the first
II three-mile leg Jean was leading II. g.
Plants Clytie by minutes and 81 sec
onds, which also gives an adequate idea
of how fhat hitch to the eastward
S favored her
Dick Boardman's Grebe, although she
has been proclaimed the heavy weather
& boat Of the American feet, didsamaz-
q ingiy well in the extremely light airs,
and was close astern of Clytie at the
E FIRST mark L'Esprit, Cola, Reg, Lea
4 and Caryl rounded in the order named.
( This windward beat consumed more
= time than any of the other three, it
4 fakiuc, fhe LEADING lean hopr and or