Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-17
The Once Over
RADIO DESCRIPTION OF AN NTERNATIoNAl
YACHT RACE
(Copyright, 1880. ny The Associated Newspspsrs1

Copyright, 1880, ny Inc Associated NeWspapers)
We'll. here we are folks. at the international polo
lat the international yacht race. ! mean. This Ia,
rs you probably know. q contest between the Ameri-
can boat Wichone. I. !. the American boat Enterprise, 7
should say. and the Shamrock Fifth. owned by that
well known Irish sportsman whose name is . house,
hold word. Sir Alfred Lirtcnl
THAT was my mistake. folks The name Is. of
course. Sir Arthur Upton, but it is very haEy UP
here and 1t is very easy TO make mistakes. Perhaps
a little description Of the rival shells. ~ mean Of the
rival yachts. would b appropriate right here. They
are about the same length. the whirlwind being q
little longer If anything than the Shamrock. The
American yacht has q much longer mainmast. the
total area OF which Is 1851 square feet, but the En-
terprise. I. the Shamrock. ! should say. has a larger
foresail made Of aluminium, I think.
So
"One Of the varderbilts. General Cornelius Van
derbnt. II I am not mistaken, will sail the Weetamoe
and Earl Sande will have the mount on Gallant Fox
....Beg pardon. It is very difficult TO get every
thing straight out here on account OF the way the
ship is pitching about. It seems that Captain Ted
Heard will have the mount on the English Boat and
that. as ! said a few moments ago. the Enterprise
will be driven by one Of the RockefelleFs. . . John d.
Junior, I think.
The race will be run. sailed, J mean. :. over q
track nine miles southeast Of Ambrose Channel
lghtship. -. just q minute. Il. there Is evidently some
mistake there nine miles southeast Of Breton Reef
lightship. That's where we are now. folks. nine miles
southwest Of Barnegat Lightship. which Is off New
port. Connecticut. Each race will be thirty ~furlonss
-. thirty fathons. just a second. thirty miles.
A mile, you know. Is equivalent Of q British knot. In
some countries II Is called q srinnaker.
Both elevens are now ~,oeksying both boats are
now ~jocksying for the start. The American yacht
has her malnsail. jib. staysail and pinnacle set. while
the Shamrock Is using only her mainrnast. lee SOUP
pers and balloon hilgs. There Is q lot Of action or
the Shamrock now. The crew Is raising another
sail. l think Sir Arthur III mean Sir Thomas Is
going to hoist his forward struts. Yes, he Is glowing
down the beam now. This is q big surprise to every
body. II shows that the Shamrock is going to risk
everything on . long beat 70 haiyards.
They're off! This is the start Of the first interna-
tional cup race off the Hatteras lightship. folksI
The Question Mark got over the line first, but the
Enterprise, sailed by General AserbuFy Of the Penn
sylvania railroad, is creeping UP on her. The sham
rock seems TO be having trouble luffing her star
board shrcuds. Both boats are on the staysail tack
now. and doing very well ut 1t. There's something
going on up forward on the American boat, the Reso-
Lutte. ncw....J. Pierpont Morgan, skipper OF the de-
fender. is having his battens leeched. This Is a very
daring maneuver.
This sure is exciting. folks. BY changing his bat
tens that way the American skipper stole a march on
the Shamrock. He Is leading now by seven or eight
spinnakers. Sir Thomas is having trouble with his
winch. II appears to be Tapping.
Look, The American beat is falling behindl
Something's gone wrong on her! I can't say exactly,
butt it looks to me as II her galley had rippedl Yes,
her galley has ripped. folks, and there's a big tear In
the topgallant ~taffrailsl They are running up the
scuttle butts now In a desperate attempt to hold her
spindthrifts In place! Gosh. but this Is e~xcitingl
This is the international yacht race, folks, between
the Athletics and the Shamrock. nine miles off the
Baffin's Bay ~lightship. Etc. Etc"