The daily independent., 1937-08-05
Pilots
KillerBOafHOme
Minutes InFrOnt
,,0vi,F Shows He Is Mas
,rr Stralcgist In Third
Race of the Series
Fourth Race Today
porsrr l. Rated the Fast
81 Class J SlOOp I'm
Racing History

Newport, r. /. Aug. 4. -(u.S-
,.,.s;r, roval blue Endeavour II;
,r,b35,v the fastest racing j Sloop
,r,r b,r,r. with one exception, met
.,s. aycaYuon for the third time
.,Ssv m The Americas Cup rae
w. course off Brenton'S Light
Inn and went down to her third
,-a!gh, defeat.
vsro,G Vanderbilt'S Ranger, the
.;rpr boa. of cup racing, BOOM
- GOWN On the finish line, her
r,,.a stalk Of mast and sail
,.,am,a- III a slender cone OF
r,..r aga.nSt the sunlight, win
~s~ bv four minutes and 81 sec
rr5s cr a 3O-mIle race to wind
ra.5 and .ecWard.
II. victory al but obli;erated
~. .s,. vss..gc Of hope that the
g~..>. challenger T. o. NJ. Sop
~. ,av wve,t the cup America
Ia, .s.. to. Sc years.
Eaa-e~ needs one more victory.
,r- immediately after the finish
Vanderbilt. S.gn.fied his intention
,f -o.v- out tomorrow TO get 1t.
Sryw.r. J.>O agyeed TO race to-
morrow. No the Set-up was ready
10. ...e Knockout punch. and even
srt,avouy lis most faithful sup
Dc..e.> did not doubt that it would
come.
Ena,a-gUy II was beaten today
OF .,per-Saiboat. She was given
al -aa. strategy could give her,
ana !. : probable that Iron
Nike Vanderbilt, Rangers willy
skipper could not have done more
|. =. the waec. than SOpwith did.
B., Ranger walked out on a
w&tra.t beat that clipped Rain
bows record Of 2:O4:25 for the
.5-m.. weather leg by more than
8 .a. minute and then came
g..-.M home under the tug of
.e. ggw...U. parachute Spinnaker.
>.ga-. tried every trick in the
95- H mapped at Rangers heels
o. ...- way OUT. jOCkeying Endea-
.yU Il INTO the weather berth as
.ary ... The line with Ranger a
.aw Yards ahead. and forcing Van
1sgb.., into a short taCking duel
when he saw that Rangers big
qlady!,atcra, headsail was not
working vel. on taCkS.
He ga.Dcd slightly on the tackS,
o. Vanderbilt finally sent his
T..e >.0Op out on a split tack,
c-~-- her nose into the teeth of
a --M..e wind, and footed off
aooe toward the mark. Rangers
nee. a.ya.l- 4 wake that must
oe g familiar sight TO Endeavour
L B-,.>. crew.
Sopw.,. finally came over on
'a@tag0.ls ,ack and trailed him
70 The outer mark, turning four
Minute and five seconds behind
Tie o.- american Sloop.
Ranger worked that leg in two
hours. three minutes and SIS sec
o@as. establishing a record for the
.'-m..c beat in cup races. The
'a2cor0.. boat did it in less wind
~"" Rainbow had three years
a-g.
Alter The turn Vanderbilt hoist
&c DIS BIZ kite on a starboard jibe,
50 tina, ne was pointing off the
course 10 the right. Sopwith chose
."s other j.bc. and they came
,'.''- Or split courses. separated
' ."1 niles Of sea as they angled
ana. ,.om a dying wind.
9'y"-.- hoped 10 pick up a bet
~. .-."| but when he jibcd and
'.ao.. TO-. nome with his reach
,''- .a--. ao., nc had not gained a
'".a o. '." American boat.
9-~ stephens, co-designer OF
,s~.'. yaadIcd the wheel on
--. -"'a,"ard leg. He had trouble
-'... .-. D." kite and Rod Stcph-
.,- member of Vanderbilt's af-
....-'".1 went aloft to untangle
WI. >p!""akcr at the masthead.
a.rr that She pulled the white
..,'.'a loop through the water