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Show Upton Deserves Victory This Tisw. Sir Thomas Lipton is the squarest English sportsman that has ever visited this country. Twice he has started yachts in the contests for the America's Ameri-ca's cup, and on each occasion he has suffered defeat. de-feat. Unlike the unspeakable Lord Dunraven, whose protests and complaints made him the laughing laugh-ing stock of two countries, Sir Thomas accepted defeat de-feat gracefully, acknowledged that his challenger had met a faster yacht and set to work to build another an-other challenger. Now that this splendid type of the English sportsman has launched his third yacht, and is preparing to make a third effort to win the cup, there are many Americans, all admirers of pluck and fairness, who hope this sturdy Briton will be successful in t'apturing the much-sought trophy this year. Sir Thomas has spent several fortunes in his efforts to take the bartered old mug back to England. Ilia never-failing courtesy and sense of fairness, even in defeat, have endeared him to the American people. And it is not un-American to wish him success in this, his third trial. Are not these the words of a true sportsman? "To my mind she is a marvel in which Fife and Watson have outdone out-done themselves. With good trial races and no accidents ac-cidents her arrival in New York should mark the coming of the most formidable challenger. I scarcely scarce-ly need add that as much as I long to win, and expect ex-pect to win, a third defeat will only increase xnj admiration ad-miration for a people who can beat us at a game that was once our own." Sir Thomas is good enough to be an American. By nature he is more American Ameri-can than English. He is clearly entitled to the cup this time. |