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Batting Averages Shrivel

from the pennant races when the Ath-
letics and Cardinals established early
leads and went ON to win almost as
they pleased.
The AS just about settled things
with an early l7-game winning streak,
although Washington hung grimAy on
until midseason. The Yankees came
through strongly at the finish to take
second place away from Washington.
The Cardinals had closer pursuit dur
ing the early part Of the campaign as
the Cubs, Giants and Robins took turns
pressing them, but they easily outlasted
all rivals
The world series, however, revived
the tagging interest as the Cards end
ed the rule of the American League
and deprived the Athletics Of a chance
to capture their third successive world
championship in a bitter seven game
battle.
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Vines Tennis Skyrocket

FAILURE of the United States to
l. reach the Davis Cup challenge
round and the meteoric rise of
Ellsworth Vines, jr, to the crest of
American tennis, bringing heightened
hopes for the future, cause conflicting
emotions as net fans Of this country
look back on the 1881 season.
There was great disappointment when
Frank Shields and Sidney Wood, jr,
youthful singles stars, were swept to
defeat by England's forces in the inter-
zone final at Auteuil. France.
But three months later, all that was
forgotten. A lean, long-strlding, seri-
cus-faced ycungster had swarmed in
from the West to batter down every op-
ponent sent against him in whirl-
wind campaign and to set the tennis
fans again dreaming of world conquests.
Virtually Unknown six months ago.
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MOORE WILL DEFEND
JUNIOR POOL CROWN
Clever Youngsters Will Oppose
Champion in Pocket Billiard
Play This Week.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 26.-Robert
Moore. Grand Rapids. Mich, national
Junior pocket billiard champion, will
defend his title In a challenge tourna-
ment opening here Monday.
Arthur Cranfield, Syracuse, N. Y,
Nicholas Olivia. Chicago, ana Charles
CacciapaRlia, Rockford, Ill, are the
boys who will attempt to dethrone the
youthful Wolverine.
Cranfield, left-hander, VINO plays
with rare skill, ranks as the outstanding
challenger.
evening during the three Gays OF play.
The Youngsters viii use a table, four
feet BY eight. All games will be at
IS points.
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TN track we saw some amazing achieve
4 ments in all-around performance by
Jim Bausch of Kansas and Barney
Berlinger of Pennsylvania, as well as
by Wilson Charles of the Haskell In
dians. Some memorable performances
were turned in by other athletes. Percy
Beard of the New York Athletic Club,
for instance, skinned over the high
hurdles in the National A. A. U. meet
at Lincoln, Nebr, last July, to set
new world record of 0:14.2, for the
120 yards.
A new feminine athletic marvel cat
apulted herself to fame at Pershing
Field, in New York, in the womens
national A. A. U. games. She was
Miss Mildred (Babe) Didrikson, 19
years old, Of Dallas, Tex. First she
broke the world 8O-meter high hurdles
for women, she broke the American
record for the base ball throw and
topped off her day with a victory in the
running broad jump.
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In the field of achievement, 1881 may
be best remembered from the following
incidents listed without regard to COM
parative Importance:
Pepper Martins sensational all-round
performance that won a triumph for st.
Louis Cardinals and ended the Ameri-
can Leagues four-year reign in the
world series of base ball.
Lefty Groves feat in winning 81
games for the Athletics, American
League champions, and setting up an
ell-time major league record for south
paws
Sixty-one bases stolen by Ben Chap
man of the New York Yankees during
a period when base thieving had become
an almost defunct element in the
national game
Victories by Southern California and
Army over Notre Dame, which tended
to dispe] a feeling that Rockne foot
ball would utterly rule the sport, or
rather obliterate other schools of grid
iron strategy.
The great duel between Billy Burke
and George Won Elm in the national
open final in which Burke emerged VIC
torious after l44 holes, which included
two 36-hole play-offs of tie.
Francis Ouimet's return to the anna
teur golf throne after lapse of II
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COLD WINDS HAMPER
GUN CLUB SHOOTERS
Pearce, Woodward, Livesey and
Morgan Win Matches for
Officers Trophies.

Handicapped by cold winds, contest
ants in the trapshoot for officers tro-
phies, at Washington Gun Club yester-
day, were unable to do a whole lot with
the elusive clays. 1t was the clubs
final shoot Of the year.
T. c. Pearce, shooting from Is yards,
broke 81 out of rs to win President
Cooks award over A. Wilcox with 19.
Donald Woodward with the maximum
Is nosed out several competitors to bag
Vice President C.. c. Fawsett's prize,
contested on the added-target basis.
Secretary Morgan's trophy was won, at
distance handicap, by r. P. Liveseys
who broke a tie at 20 each with Miles
Taylor. Treasurer Wilson's prize was
captured bv Morgan. Livesey was high,
but was ineligible to take the trophy
because of his win in the secretary's
COmDetitiOn
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Tennis Titlists
Davis Cup-Fance.

Davis Cup-France.
Wightman Cup-United States
England-France- United States
England.
National singles - Ellsworth
Vines, California.
National doubles-Wilmer Alli-
son, Texas, and John Van Ryn,
New Jersey.
National women's singles-Mrs.
Helen Wills Moody, California.
National women's doubles
Betty Nuthall and Mrs. Whit
tingstall, England.
National mixed doubles-Betty
Nuthall, England, and George
Lott. Chicago.
Wimbledon singles - Sydney
WOod, United States.
Wimbledon doubles-John Van
Ryn and George Lott, United
States.
Wimbledon womens singles
Fraulein Cecille Aussem, Ger
many.
Wimbledon women's doubles
Mrs. Shepherd Barron and Phyllis
Mudford, England.
Wimbledon mixed doubles
Mrs. L, A. Harper and George
Lott, United States.
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MANY of the outposts of one Of
A'A base balls most important terri
tories, the kingdom of swat, fell
before the onslaughts of the enemy
armies of the dead" ball, changed bat
ting rules and powerful pitching dur
ing the 1881 major league base ball
season, but the ruler, Babe Ruth, and
many of the old favorites held their
places.
Batting averages in general went
down. especially in the National
League, where the ball was a trifle
slower than in the junior circuit, but
Babe Ruth held his own in the clout-
ing campaign. The Babe was among
the batting leaders of the American
League and tied with his teammate
Lou Gehrig for first place in the annual
home-run race with 46 for the season.
Much of the interest was removed
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years. This possibly was the most pop
ular victory Of the year.
Bobby Jones retirement as an anna
teur golfer.
The rise to supremacy of Ellsworth
Vines, jr., California STRIPPING. to the
top place in mems tennis. with a con-
sequent boost of Americas hopes for
an early return of the Davis Cup. The
Yankees were upset by the British in
the 1881 semi-finals.
Wrestling's advance to place in pub
lie favor rivaling that formerly held by
boxing.
In one of the poorest years in the
history of boxing. the gallant effort,
now possibly approaching fruition, Of
the man who put the game at its peak
john Harrison Dempsey-to bring 1t
back That shadow Of coming events
you see in the realm Of the ring is
really the shadow of Jack the Giant
Killer, struggling upward again with
out the help of a Jack Kearns or q
Tex Rickard. In q sense, Dempsey
may be regarded as the most heroic
figure of the year.
The achievements of four great
thoroughbrcds Of the turf-Sun Beau,
Top Flight, Twenty Grand and Mate.
These were the high spots Of the
year in American sport, regarded from
the angles of historical importance and
public interest.
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Sun Beau Big Coin Winner

IN turf year, in which c. " Whit
i ney led the owners In money Won
for the second consecutive season,
Sun Beau climbed to the top of the
world money winning list. Top Flight
emerged victorious over the juveniles
with an unbeaten record, while Twen-
old honors.
Starting early in the year with an
unsuccessful attempt at the 100000
Aqua Caliente Handicap, Sun Beau,
sporting the silks of Willis Sharpe Kill
mer of Binghamton, N. Y, retired early
in october with earnings totaling
S376,744. The Beau won 9 of his ii
starts and $l10,925.
Although twice defeated by A. c.
Bostwicks Mate, Twenty Grand, the
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big bay from Mrs. Payne Whitney's
Greentree barns, was generally recog-
nized as the outstanding 3-year-old of
the season.
Filly Leads in Winnings.
To Top Flight, a little bay Ally from
c. V. Whitney's string, went the honor
of topping the years financial list.
Winner of seven consecutive races, in
cluding the 100000 Belmont Futlnity
and the Pimlico Futurity, Top Flight
went into Winter quarters winner Of
$4,000 and the outstanding favorite
to carry off the honors in the Kentucky
Derby next May.
Top Flight laso became the world
leading money winning filly, and passed
Domino as the ranking juvenile money
winner of all time.
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Schmeling Takes Things Easy

EvEN the pop-over festivals. designed
~ merely to fight Jack Dempsey
back into shape at 81, outranked
In interest to the paying clients the
ordinary doings among the heavy
weights, busiest of all the divisions
during 1881.
Champion Schmeling's activity dur
ing 1881 consisted of losing champion
ship recognition in New York State,
where he was first crowned title holder,
for failure to give Jack Sharkey a re-
turn match, and trouncing Bill Stribling.
Schmeling scored technical knock
out over the Southerner in the fifteenth
round Of an engagement that was the
''big money" shot of the year. 1t
crossed $273,71091, with a paid at
Evening star., 1931-12-27

tendance Of 30930. and yet Madison
Square Garden lost at least s200, 900 on
the deal
Only two title changes took place
during the year, both in the welter-
weight division. Tommy Freeman of
Cleveland, who had beaten Young Jack
Thompson for the crown, lost 1t to the
Negro in April. Lou Brouillard, Wor-
cester southpaw, moved into the select
circle by outpointing Thompson in IS
rounds in Boston October 20.
Brilliant Tony Canzoneri, best Of the
fighting champions, kept the excite
ment high in the lightweight class and
Christopher BAT" Battalino, feather
weight ruler, stamped himself q real
title holder among the l26.pounders.
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DIXON LEADS AGGIE
DUCKPIN SHOOTERS
Economics Ace Sports Average of
116-Lindstrom, With III, Is
Closest Rival.

Harry Dixon Of Economics is lead
ing the Agriculture Interbureau Duckpin
League in individual average with a
pace Of 1926 for 80 games. Lindstrom
of Plant Industry, which Is tied for
the league lead. is second with Ills.
Blister Rust Is co-holder of the first
place with Plant Industry although
neither of the leaders has the pinfall
of the third-place team, Economics.
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Chess Champions
Worlds Team Title - United

Worlds Team Title - United
States
World Champion-Dr. Alexan-
der Alekhine, Paris.
International Chess, Masters
Jose Capablanca, Havana.
International Chess Federation
Team-United States.
Hastings, England, Chess Festival
DR.. Max Euwe, Holland.
International Meet at Bled,
Jugoslavia-Dr. Alexander
Alekhine, Paris.
intercollegiate Chess League,
team-Harvard.
intercollegiate champion-Martin
c. Stark, Harvard.
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ECONOMIC BAWL-UP FAILS
TO CRIMP NATIONS PLAY
Deaths of Ban johnson, Rockne, Other
Leaders and Grid Players Sinister
Feature-Happy Highlights Many. .

BLACK circle drawn the 1881 In the record
Of American spoa that brought the passing Of such
history makers Ban Johnson Charles Comiskey Garry
Hermann Charles Barnard ball Knute Rockne
and an amazing number of players in foot ba-bu 1t will round
of the calendar forgotten also for its cheerful features
Standing stormy the comparative
prosperity of all branches major the face of general
nomiC travail
Turnles didn't click merry yore, but
Sackened Nations
there in the numbers Of active part
pants in virtually all branches of physical recreation.
scaed gin and Jazz this latter fact be
satisfaction nOraSt enthusiast
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0zARKs- CAGERs NUMEROUS

The coming basket ball season looks
bright for the College of the Ozarks.
Twenty men are already practicing.
crease to IS. FOUR 1sttermen are back.
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EQUINE ARIsToCRAT DEAD.

Faery Queen, riding horse WIN a
pedigree tracing back to Dam patcn,
died at Topeka. Kans, a1ter pemg q
favorite In the Col. ]. w. +. husaes
stable for 80 years..
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Team Standing.
Season Record,

High team set-Interbureaus, 1,707.
High team game-Plant Quarantine, 646
High individual set-Ackerman. 400.
High individual game-Ackerman 169.
High individual average-Dixon, 1876.
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er Lining Tragedy Stalks American Sports World in 1881
Boxing's Best

Heavyweight - Max Schmeling,
Germany.
Light heavy-Maxie Rosenbloom,
New York.
Middleweight-Open.
Welterweight Lou Brouillard,
Boston.
Junior welterweight-Tony Can
zoneri, New York.
Lightweight - Tony Canzoneri,
New York.
Junior lightweight-Kid Choco-
late, Cuba.
Featherweight-Battling Batta-
limo, Hartford, Conn.
Bantamweight-Al Brown, Pan
anna.
Flyweight - Midget Wolgast,
Philadelphia.
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MEXICO LIKES BASE BALL

Four hundred players are taking part
IN league base ball in Mexico City.
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.CL|NN|N FORESEES
BOXING BOOM IN g
Sport, Gaining Favor This
Year, viii Prosper More,
Says National Head.
BY GBS. JOHN V. CLINNIN,
President National Boxing Association.

~HIChGO, December 26 CP.
1 Boxing should be a live
~ ly industry in America
during 1882.
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'DURNET PUBLISHES
GANG TAX WARNING
Income Laws StlIl Effective,
Revenue Head Declares
to Crime Aspirants.

Declaring that the tncNxa Tar laws
ARE stili on ths statute books.s DAVID
Burnet. commissioner on interlhn fsee-
niue, has sounded . warning 10 notorious
ganesters with the iacunic obssrtufion
that there are no exceptions in these
laws for master minds"
It was the bureaus intelligence Sec
ton, under Elmer 1rey. It's chief, that
ferreted out the hidden incomes o. al"
Capone and others Of his ilk, senaing
some to jaii while Capone himself
awaits trial charged with evasion Of In
come tax laws.
I'm the eyes Of the Fedefal Gov
eminent" Burnets warning, which was
printed in the Internal Revenue News,
D monthly service bulletin, asserted, -
eangster v merely . person and not
parsonage. Recently indictments have
been secured against number Of men
whose names have figured prominently
in the press IS opponents Of epnsti-
tuted authority.
Some are in the penitentiary; others
are headed IN this direction, guided to-
their journeys end BY the effective and
determined work or the representatives
of several cooperating agencies. The
Bureau Of Internal Revenue takes q
natural pride in its part of this accom-
plishmerit, not because Of the IactcFfety
Of the men involved, but because It Is
q forward and compelling step In the
disintegration of organizations thot
have let them 60 above the law.
81 have read that others are aspire
ing to the vacant throne Speaking
for one branch Of the Federal service.
my only observation In that the income
tax laws are still on the statute books.
There are no exceptions Tor master
minds"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
LABOR SEEKS AID
FOR RAIL JOBLESS
Thorn Says Articles of Asso.
citation of Executives For
bid General Conference,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, August 4.--Executives
of II railroad labor organizations TO-
day sought the way out from an I'm
passe with the railroad owners in the
efforts Of the labor groups to solve the
problem Of caring for $4,000 unem-
ployed railroad workers.
The impssse was disclosed yesterday
as q refusal OF the Association of Rail-
way Executives to hold conference
with the labor organizations to discuss
unemployment and related problems
The labor groups in turn refused q
counter proposal to deal with the indi-
vidual carriers separately.
Labor 10 Decide Action.
David B. Robertson. president OF the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen, said the labor executives
will decide within Q week or two what
their next step will be.
The refusal Of the railway executives
to Join in general conference was ex-
plainei from Washington by Alfred p
Thorn, general counsel Of the Associa-
ton Of Railway Executives, with a
statement that the articles of the as
sociation forbid 1t to consider labor
problems; that they should be handled
directly with the individual carriers.
Much has been done already. Thorn
said, for relief Of the unemployed b.
the management Of individual carrier,
through joint cooperative action with
the employees.
Face Every Severe Winter"
Railroad labor leaders in Cleveland
said, however, a general conference wa
preferable; that the labor problems were
nearly the same In al Of the railroad
systems.
Robertson said that unless somethine
is done soon for their relief. the $50, 00C
railroad unemployed viii face q "very
severe Winter" At present they are be-
ing helped by funds contributed by EN-.
ployed fellow workers. but these funds
are nearly exhausted, he said.
The proposal fcf the general confer
ence was made by the brothefhoods sew
eral months ago, with the suggestion
that 1t also might discuss the regulation
Of highway, waterway and pipeline
transportation services ITO eliminate
unfair competition" with the railroads
Unemployment discussion was to have
centered around the question Of O six
hour day and five-day week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
FIRE SQUADS WORK
TO keep GIRL ALIVE
DC. and Silver Spring Trucks
Make 4O-MiIe Run to
Warenton.
Dispatch to The star.

special Dispatch TO The Star
wARRENTON, Va, August 1.-TWO
IRE rescue squads from Washington
and silver Spring. Md, were waging .
battle to save the life Of Miss Mary
Anne Tracey. az. Of Blair. Nd. here
today after making the 40-mile run In
record time after receiving call for
oxygen near midnight last night.
Miss Tracey Is In critical condition
with A fractured skull in the Fauquier
County Hospital, the victim Of an auto
mobile accident Saturday night in
which six other persons also were
injured.
formed early today BY Or; ;,l Harry III a.
removed q blood clot to relieve pressure
on the girls brain. Dr. Kerr was taken
to the hospital from washington BY
Charles G. Tracey the girls father, who
drove TO the Capital from Blue Ridge
Summit, Pa.
The other injured in the accident
are Mrs. Louis Coffman, 81. Of 6316
Second street, Washington. brain con-
cussion, and william Armstrong, "a, Of
Remington, Nd, student ct George
washington University, broken pelvis
and arm and possible internal injuries,
both Of whom are IN the same hospital.
Mrs. Coffmans 6-year-old son Rich
ard and Marvin, Fred and Dorothy
wampler, children CT A. L. Wsmpler Of
Harrisonburg, Va, all Of whom were
riding in Mrs. Coffman's car. were
treated ct the hospital for cuts and
bruises.
Mrs. Coffmans husband, manager Of
the Citizens Building d Loan Associa-
ton Of Montgomery County, Nd, where
wife's bedside.
Two additional firemen from wash
ington arrived early this morning to
relieve their fellow workers at the
pumps.
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CASHIER ABDUCTED,
FORCED TO OPEN SAFE
Four Masked Bandits Escape With
$4,000 Taken From Bank
in Kentucky.
~ tn. Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
FRANKLINTON. KY, August A.
After forcing William e. Whitfield.
cashier of the Peoples Bank Of Frank
linton, to accompany them to the bank
and open the safe, four masked men
early today took $4,000 of the bank
funds. bound and gagged the cashier
and his wife and escaped.
Tbs men entered the Whitfield home,
across the street from the bank, about
2 am, Withheld said, and ut the point
Of sawed-off shotgun forced him to 60
with them to the bank.
He was forced to open q small safe,
but the bulk Of the banks funds were in
q larger safe, unchecked.
After taking the money the robbers
returned Whitfield to his home. where
they bound and gagged him and his
wife. They freed themselves after three
hours, but found telephone wires to
nearby towns had been cut.
Franklinton, small village in Henry
County. has no police force and Whit
field drove his car to Pleasureville, few
miles away, where he reported the rob-
berry.
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HOOVER RECEIVES PROTEST.
Harris Proposes sale Of Present Crop
as SubstifntG Plan.

Urging that cotton bought for stabil-
ization be held OF the market. both in
this country and abroad, Senator Harris
of Georgia has protested TO President
Hoover the proposed sale Of Farm Board
holdings to Germany on lcng-term
credit.
To dispose Of the sterilization cotton
in this manner would be taking away
a market which rightfully belongs to
the current crop held by farmers" said
Senator Harris, who said he was speak
ing on behalf Of Senator Smith Of
South Carolina as well as for himself.
Senator Harris recommended to the
President as substitute plan that II
Germany wishes to purchase cotton In
this country on long-term credit the
present crop be sold. with the Govern
ment aiding in the necessary financing
He said he had been told by the
President that the Farm Board had
Indicated II would make the proposed
sale Of cotton and wheat to Germany
only If 1t would increase cotton con-
sumption.
C0NNAIL,Y DELAYS REPLY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
$4,000 IS MISSING
FROM SHIPS MAIL
Postal Authorities Indicate
Belief Currency Was
Stolen in Nassau.

AIDUCAUBEO
NEW YORK, August Postal au-
thcrities have been investigating the
disAppearance Of . package containing
$4,000 In currency from q mail pouch
delivered here b. t,le Cunard liner
Mauretania, It was disclosed last night.
The currency. consigned to the New
York branch Of the Royal Bank Of Cam
ada, was the only piece Of mail missing
from the pouch, which arrived here on
June from Nassau. Bahamas.
Since the outer seals Of the pouch
were unbroken and signs Of taInpering
were absent, postal inspectors we're Of
the opinion the theft occurred in
Nassau.
Every employe who handled the mails
In any way was Questioned as q matter
Of routine by Cunard 0f1ieia1s, but none
has been able to throw any light on
the mystery, 20 far as could be learned.
The record Of the theft has been
sent by postal inspectors here to Wash
ington, Indicating the investigation has
been closed. Officials Of the Royal Bank
Of Canada declined to discuss the
matter.
The currency package apparently was
extricated BY slitting an inner pouch
and . leather bag.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-04
JAIL BREAK AyERTED

SEVILLE, Spain, Angus Rl.--
Soldiers suppressed IN attkmpted JAIL
break here today when Afum0r spread
among the prisoners fhatA Ramon
Franco, revolutionary AVIATOR, had died
In prison.
I The CONNECTS broke windows and
doors and stoned the guards before the
disorder was efiecked There were no
serious INJURIES
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LlPT0N'S SHAMROCK WINS
ROYAL REGATTA FEATURE
Captures Kings Cup in Runaway
Race--Candida Finishes
Second.
d. me Associated Preaa.

by the Associated Press.
COWEs, Isle Of Wight, August A.
Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock v, un-
successful challenger last year for the
Americas Cup. today won the Kings
Cup In the Royal Yacht Squadron's
regatta
No other boat was in sight as the
green and white Shamrock came claarg-
ing across the finish line. II was five
minutes befort Herbert Andrea's Cam
dida was seen coming up IN second
place.
The cup race. most important of the
British yachting season, was open to
boats Of 90 feet or over and was q
handicap event.
Both Shamrock and Candida had q
time allowance OF 5 minutes 50 sec
onds over the scratch boat Westward,
q big schooner.
His majesty's Britannia originally
was entered TO compete for second
prize only, but was withdrawn when
the second mate was swept overheard
yesterday and drowned.