The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-06
AMER|CA'S CUP RACES MAY BE
 DISCONTINUED
Ranger Proves Greatest Class J Boat Ever Built;
 British Lose l3 Times
BY HENRY McLEMORE United Press Staff Correspodnent

AhOoS .CIAAuVulUMC ClGl1enS Wn0 haven't been able to sleep more thell 10 hours a night for fear the Amer ica's cup would be lost to England after an 66-year stay in this couri- try, relaxed today.
 The homely old pitcher, suuggled warmly in its flannel wrapper, lies deep in Tiffany vault, and is likely to be safe from all harm for many, many years. Because yes. terday on the golden triangle of sea that rolls and pitches nine miles off Newport, ail American boat, flying an American burgee, accomplished the sixteenth successful defense of yachting's most treasured trophy.
 Standout
 The boat was Ranger, the snub- nosed, white-hulled sloop that was built with Mike Vanderbilt's millions and Americas best marine brains. With the cold and canny Wander bilt at the wheel and stiff wind in her canvas, she boiled across the line to defeat T. O. M. Sopwith's Endeavour II for the fourth success sive time. So, once again an Eng fish challenger was frustrated-just as all her predecessors since 1851 were frustrated. Brittania may rule SOME waves, but not those that bosom the gulls off Brenton Reef lghtship. They are Amer ica's-ruled part and parcel by her shippers and the boats beneath their feet.
 Rangers clean sweep marked the 18th time home boat has repelled the invader in straight triumps.
 And it brought to Vanderbilt the distinction of being the only skip- per besides Capt. Charles Parr to hold the cup three times. Parr, at the helm of Columbis ana Reliance, beat Sir Thomas Lipton's first three Shamrocks. Vanderbilt riumphed first in 1930 with Enterprise against the last of the Shamrocks, and in 1884 against Sopwith's first En- deavour.
 Today no one in this yachting town was at loss for an explana- ton of Americas smashing victory. Because the answer was as simple as this:
 Sound Reasoning
 Ranger was the faster boat-prob- ably the fastest class cutter ever to spread canvas against the sky.
 Vanderbilt, throughout, was the superior skipper, making no mis- takes, while his foemen made many.
 Last night, from his palatial yacht Philante, Sopwith offered Ranger unstinted praise.
 "Endeavour did as well as she ever has," he said. You simply have the better boat"
 Vanderbilt. interviewed just be- fore the champagne supper that he always gives after a successful de- fense, wore his balloon spinnaker smile.
 "1t was very, very satisfactory | series to me, and I'm grateful that the strain is over."
 Quizzed as to what he thought | made his boat so swift in all kinds l of weather, the 53-year old mill lionaire made stab at poetry.
 Little drops of water, little grains | of sand-all added up. That's what did it."
 The little rumors that there never would be another challenge drifted | about Newport today. They always do after the Britis hsuffer another licking. There were two schools of | rumors today. One held that the tre- mendous expense of an Americas cup challenge would forbid another | foreign crack at the trophy. This school has been tossing off such beliefs almost since the first chal. lenge in 1870. The other school was that in Ranger, marine archi- tects. had accomplished the perfect Class J boat, that 1t could never be improved upon, and so no one would ever be foolish enough to try.
 For all anyone knows Sopwith may challenge again. Asked about his petaoishrdlu shrdlu cmfwypyp his future plans he said: T have no idea. The future will take care of itself"
 Here is the informal log of the 1887 cup series:
 The first race, sailed over a 30- mile windward and leeward course, started with 8 tacking duel and de- 1eloped into rout as Ranger came town the wind, on the homeward leg, two miles ahead while En- ieavour was getting lost in Q fog.
 Vanderbilt won in 1 hours, q and IS seconds, and Sop- with brought Endeavour over the inc IT minutes and seconds later. t was the worst defeat cup yacht lad suffered in 50 years.
 In the next race the Britis hboat Q worse defeat. The race, jailed over 30-mile triangular ,ourse, was probably the most hu- defeat any cup contest mt has ever suffered, including rhistle's 198-minute Ticking at the hands of Volunteer in 1893.
 Ranger lost Endeavour after a ,acking duel on the weather leg picked up more than e mile on the first turn and added another two niles on two reaches for home The American boat won in 3:4l:33 with , margin of IS minutes, S2 sec- )nds.
 6OpWlCn aSke0 IOr D Qay OI grace o find out whether his boat had picked up a lobster pot. There wasn't a lobster pot in sight on En- ieavour's massive keel, but Sopwith ordered her ballast reduced by 5,700 pounds.
 Wednesday, August 4, Endeavour vent out again over the windward -leeward course, and this time ,ared the margin to four minutes, v seconds. Vanderbilt, as usual, I von the race on the beat to wind yard and held his lead on the run or home. li
 Ranger set new mark for the 5-mile beat to windward, turning he mark in 2:03:55. beating the l mark of 2:04:25 set by Rainbow in , he fifth race of the iQ3A series ,