The daily independent., 1937-08-03
pr;,i.l, ship Limp, 10 Port
anal Asks Poslponement
Until Tomorrow
|1OSER LED START
,mrrican Entry Conceded
Cup by Race Experts
After Second Race
By THEON WRIGHT
.,,J Press Staff Correspondent

ycwp0y.. R. /. Aug. z. -'o.EE
.,,,,-f yanderbilt'S white-hulled
60 -, sailed home to her second
.r,,,r- victory today, and the
.r',,,9rr who guard the vault at
.r...,~v> where the Americas
49,, :. >.Ored. may as well throw
>,r kew away so far as this years
,r,>. Is concerned.
rY6,avouy II. the British chal-
,,rsey. ,.mped home three miles
h,r.rd the American defender. l8
~,,rmcS and 80 seconds behind HI
me taking the worSt licking
WV rs,o Yacht has ever suffered
,rsr q Triangular course.
The victory made the series two
Al, a, TWO for Vanderbilt. and eV-
~ n, hardest Anglophi!e in this
,,,.~ ro~, was willing 10 admit
T~+,s,cuy II was beaten by the
.r.,G md sailing skill Of the Van
so~b.,t C,l.yy. and not by luck.
when Ranger sailed down the
,,~e .cg of the 3O-mile triangu-
,ar course. her tall sails tipped
gc.,ns, a S,an.ing afternoon sun.
:, was 50 fer ahead that all you
,,r.t see Of Endeavour II was her
.a.y-,v VISIBLE canvas glittering in
.,s nar. of mist which lay over
The sea. -
Shortly after the blue hulled
British boat noSed through the
,w>,,r Of boiSterous yachts that
,essG :. at the finish, her own
?. and skipper. T. o. NJ. Sopwith,
.5.yeC = signal asking postpone
me.t Of J0moCrow'S race. -
Tie next race in the beSt-of-
seven series will be on Wednesday.
E.6cav0uy lis defeat was all
In. more narrowing because she
ro. the start. clearly outmaneuv-
s,.- Ranger. and had a siZeable
lead n c.e t.vs- mile of racing.
S.gw.r. Sid along the starting
..e seey.ng Vanderbilt behind
~. a-I .-e,cG over 10 seconds
a:..r Ill. starting signal. Van
ag... w.s forced to hitch over,
c..,. Tie me On a port tack and
come around on the Starboard
a..c. n EndeayoT lis wake.
:. Vas the last time Ranger fol-
loved the Briton'S gilded stern.
however. Vanderbilt pointed close
. The wind. hauled abreast as
.aer came around on a port hitch
aIc -..dcd through the Challen-
gers .ge as if she were a bellbuoy.
S9pw.,u was whipped on the
.0-m..e beat southwest toward
Bgci Island. Ranger fetched the
marx more than a mile ahead,
@-eed over and reached for the
second turn. IO-miIes away toward
n mans land. a rocky island jut-
IN on, southwest Of Martha'S
:.-eva-a.
Vanderbilt had hoisted a big
G@oa ..3 and staySail at the
STAR. and kept it all the way
@oGaC SOpw.th used a working
-quadrilateral and staySail
on the beat 70 the first turn, and
Startled the onlookers by refusing
% s"lt 20 reaching canvas on the
@1GG .eg. .
Whatever the theory was, it did
10. work Vanderbilt kept moving
a"aT. and was two and a half
Niles ahead as he bore down on
-e second buoy, whipped along
az 10 knots with a freshening
breeze
3 ..a, time it was merely a
.'s...,1 Of how far Ranger would
.... .-n challenger. When the big
"-.t s,1op bore down on the fin
@..@- ogor through a lane of
...~- Yachts, Endeavour II was
",. Gown on the horizon, a spec
-. o. white sail drifting through
"mUer.ng haze.
Ranger Slid over the line at
'.-,.23 p. m. EST. an elapsed
Inc ot three hours, fl minutes
g.. 55 seconds. Endeavour II glid7
u 3.es the line at 4:40:05 p. m.
',,E once before in so years Of
-,'.'s- cup racing history has a
va. ,a<oN worse licking, and
,.~. 5'- last Saturday when Ran
~ ,.". the BrltOn by more than
=, minutes on a wind-ward-lee-
ward course.
t'saE -:cn the die-hards con-
,..".. lat the defender will have
...' ..,a3,c holding the cup, and
.. .,.a. !. viii take a stroke of Pro-
,.'sl ID. 1oOd luck for the Briton
E- one race.
[,'a'a.gUT II was the victim OF
.'.,', t-a,c handling. She footed
O.. ,a. start when her sails
-. , -.iamcd, but when Wander
-. Forced Sopwith to kick over,
rep Ranger from passing her