Show Lees Lee's Invader el I L Lengthens Lead Leadin ea in Coast Race ace SAN PEDRO Cal June 12 AP Shoving Into first place for a few minutes after the start here toda today of the mile 2225 run to Honolulu Don Lees Lee's Invader was steadily k lengthening her lead as the six contenders contenders contenders con con- tenders for the Sir Thomas Lipton cup dipped below the horizon She was a mile half ahead of ot the yawl I Poinsettia dark horse in the biennIal biennial biennial bien bien- nial yachting classic while JOhll s Mariner which won the Tahiti race last year ear and had been beers picked as the favorite In the tile present pres pres- pr present ent race was a close third The yawl was tagging behind th the Invader and the Poinsettia tia choosing their course because it led close to the Palos Verdes hills where the wind was was- stronger and less surface current was en en- en countered The San Diego entry Teva was splitting tacks with the Mariner and holding her own The forty-foot forty schooner Jubilo smallest smallest small small- est craft In the event which got over the line even with the In Invader Invader Invader In- In vader dropped ground rapidly in inthe inthe inthe the beat to too the turning mark at Point and then hauled on the starboard tack with the intention Intel Intel- Catalina ton tion on of passing to the e eastward rd of or Catalina island instead of beating r up to the westward in the wake of the rest When last seen she SilO was as making good time against the channel crannel escorted es by a flock of ot sailing sailing sail sail- ing craft loaded with friends who were cheering th the little craft on In the sunlight with the crew including Including in including In- In two tivo wives of men aboard who will make the trip comfort comfortably ably garbed and reclining on cushions the little craft appeared appealed as though she was out for an afternoons afternoon's afternoons afternoon's after atter- noon's cruise instead of an ocean I y trip of 2225 miles A dozen yachts yach 3 followed the racing craft until shortly before darkness fell wh when n th the entire fleet had passed Catalina Cata Cata- Catalina lina Island and Tid entered the stiff coastal northwest wind which will earry carry them about miles to sea until they pick up the Northeast straits |