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Show TIIE SALT. LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE Cost of International Yacht Races This Year Estimated at $2,000,000 27, 1920. -- armada anchored in American waters. set oUxion.ly pUy bat action and one tbl ta tho losers' section, 4a) lrw, but th. uw niemor.r Besides the racing yachts, he had a cm having a clean aweep of victories and t b I but tal Net ao atroez arf but good auougb. one defeat. Then they meet in the finals, when steam and' launches steamship, tugboats, Ibl 1808 ant Iruprena IS la tho nhtleua IS M If ta) defeats 4b) he Is returned the champion, a steam yacht. When he weDt back line. But Mr Wool a ho Six, a Kela,.Ukt forSO 16 but tf b) wins the first heat he mut play a ma iwn,,. home his bunk account was shy $600,-00second because they will be equal, eacb having m.j hare bad aomething vf tho kind The cost of the defense that year in xirw. one defeat. This is the fairest evstem yet de(cl Aida a blew at 2S it, but It IS. to was equally as much. The Reliance lias vised, bees use it given (b) n chant to re the router, is airug n fluke defeat. cover from the defender, and was built and raced 01) Hire Black the play; la the 1820 English tourney this wu tried. at a cost of $455,000. Both the Colum- aot eParlr, but withplanathe ideaaureoodlng in alow. Eighteen playara oatered; them waa a prelimi(el Tho cenrctitioa Uexelopa and While, who bia and the Constitution were put into or qualifving round, then four rotuda for nary had l"rs la InrolTod iu tha horrors the winners and five for tha losers, and a final commission as trial yachts. To main- perhaps of "remiislructiuq between Ward tad tioMboro, which Ward won. ObMou-ltain these another $100,000 was spent. r he hao lttte elao. tfl Biggs waa beaten by Ward in the fourth round If 6 10, 14 7. 3 10, While rarapet hy Tho race itself cost the club $2o,000. (g of tht winners' section, while Ooldsb or was The total outlay for the defense, therebeaten by Biggd In the aecoed round of that This (hi He et'uld have gene hack 10 6 ftt the 1920 Aurtralian lonrney ten section, fore, figured up to $36(8,000. Tht race teavi a a difficult peaitlnu, a ml I should not playera entered, there was the preliminary, then ssw the milllon-dolla- r see a win from mark passed by be surpru for the winner's section and fire W. Monro three rounds Drawn; MeRa. ill H'reuae to ear, lo!h placers reputed a good margin. for the loser's section, Egan winning the first U 1ft, 17 H, etc.,t. U aivtfc stronger. W ard show 17 14 hut Mr that it ta quite r Whitt hat a Kraus, the latter wlualng the by O K. after II r. Find Sport Costly. section and again being defeniwt by llgsa (1J bettcrl. ill 10. 8 11. to fvre tha draw. critical a, but thla seem I ta sdefeating the the fiaaia. By tha aingla knockout At the eud of the 1903 . series all (7) 1920 English tourney would have been decided 10 25 24 15 hands agreed that an America's cup la five hears and the 1920 Australian tourney 911 8 13 IMS race was entirely too costly. Even Sir in four. Time la the chief ohlertien th the 2? 2ft Thomas found that he could not afdouble knockout, but It is believed tiat it wall ia 28 spent in securing an undisputed ehdmploa ford it, and there was no challenge for a title and clean 2 that and ta first and second io so uiwa several years. Finally the Irish jachts-maprises furnish sufficient Inventive to fhe two Black wine. bee U After thla got the again, and after tfca kaat playera interested to fight It out to i flnth. break, Black kaa-aor tha ao la the Btcond American tourney tlf playera sending several impossible challenges a were divided into four groups, fairly equal in (ml A flat position, race aas arranged during the winter of into nova ta draw. playing strength, the four leaders going minor 1913. (l Irotaa 3311 ia tha aorract Remembering the cost of the tha major teurney and the others into the J. A. Buchanan. 1903 race, both Sir Thomas and the ellmt in the minor biing tourney, the losers New York Yaeht club were willing to sated, while the Ioscm in the tnshw jyoppd SYSTEMS VT TOVRNET PLAT. into the minor. The only thing neecd to make race with smaller boats than the big Perhspt tha first atyle of tonne play waa it the straight "double knockout was to give Ihe ninety footers with which the (tiled All around,' wharf aack player Ike winner of the minor the r?ht if agaio met all ethers la either two or more games, of th- majo. Iu the Third winner the formerly sailed for the cup. meeting Iritlh Irina) fame being scored instead of keata America It was decided that the yachts had tourney the tame avatem was adopted. to a email ante Mat. Us chief merit Alapt or qualifying to be limited to seventy five feet on ecept that after lha preliminary waa that it encouraged more eatranU. But was adopted and the sing Is knockout the waterline.. All believed that the where the play wag not continuant for i day play, no more chance, but were entirely out losara bad or two or tbreo, it had tha move would briilg down the cost of the grate fault of of luck. This wu open to the objection that causing a tourney to drag along aim oat in a player JqsI below championship elate might race. Unfort unatelv, the best laid plans duo to the dlaconragemant of theae be terminably, tempted to fail to qualify for the major of mice and men often go astray. The whe fait that they ware practically eliminated tourney becauae bo believed be would be more and therefore warn Indifferent to tboae certain to win a substantial pfiae by playing race, that promised to be less expenmeeting till In tha running. It waa alwaye open to the sive than those of former years, has Prawn players. There was not this serious objection that taferier playera could the more Inferior in the Second American, because the (a I The faxored mexe, but it la no better already cost more than any other con- than decide a tourney by crelea, rapid and temptation ttrtually ioaere in the msjor dropped into the minor and 1H go Inllfferent play again" a friend, white doing made a harder bstlU. test, and it lias not as yet been sailed. 11 mure aggreaeixc rneuah Ihelr heat Sgsinst hia leading antagonist and The delav, ,iused by the war, of course, Furthl 8 ii"ud to u a a f m It is thought that the fourth American In ftikirg adrautege of the extreme tlm limit be held in August, will probably brirg together is the principal reason vvhv the ftiurth of mw ra trT to wear Mm dwn In it event in 73 phvstcally 100 whhh to probable plovers, n irac of time, na attempt ot' Sir Thomas has proved to Increasing general In be divided into gmnpe of ee be so expensive. real in the game led to much larger entry thit ther will or twelve playee for a two game "11 armnl t IDta hto and the conof objection nweaalt of the sie of the vachts, Regardless the four leader going Ino the malnr tourney cluding a tourney within a reasonable time led and the others into the rai e would have been a fairly exthe minor, and then the to the adoption of tha Single knockout held been it aingla knockout for each, as in the Third had pensive proposition followed iu the receut heottlah tourneya. would take a robust prise fund It when originally scheduled in 1914. First, nd with a alight modification la our ears American. to Justify the delay of the "double knockout, tourneya. threa yachts were built iu the United te a comparatively The moat serious objection advanced against wklch seems ofbetter adapted States for the honor of defending the mall group playara. If there should be any the single knockout ia that tbe ballot may (b) whe feels that he la the victim of a pure trophy. Resolute originally cost $120,-00bring together the recogained leaders In tha fluke, has the right te challenge the Another $100,000 has been spent early, stages of tha tournay, forcing tin elimi- winner beforalways n etake match te determine 83-3- 8 114 SILK SHIRTS Huge Outlay Equally Divided Between Challenging Interests and Defenders; Expense Represents Money Gone Forever, Since There Are No Gate Receipts; Lord 1 - ha-e- Dunraven First to Open Purse. and PAJAMAS MADE TO ORDER Bathrobes, Smoking Jackets, etc. Bring your alterations ' to ns. . We Are Also Specializing on n YORK, NEW Jun 26. It is an fact that one of the important events iu the world of sports ia an international Aaeht race for the Americas cup. There may be world series in baseball, international polo matches, tenuis contests for the Davit cup and other forms of spurts, but few of these eients creato more interest than is centered in a race for the blup ribbon of the seas. What creates the enthusiasm on the part of millions of people who do not know a boom from a gaff is now one of the wonders of the sporting world. Still, it is the ca'te, and must therefore be accepted without comment. The only solution to the mystery lies in the fait that the lay mind is astonished by the tremendous sums that hae been spent in races for the Americas cup. That men are willing to spend a million dollars to defend a battered piece of silver that originally wab worth only 100 guineas appeals to the popular fancy. To make Xhe situation even, more unique, the money is one forever. Not one penny comes ack in the way of gate receipts. Again, once tho series is ended, the yachts that raced are onlylworth what they will bring in junk. Nothing Is more useless than an America's cup boat when the series is ended. When Commodore Stevens and his associates originally gave tho to the New York Yacht club cup to be a perpetual trophy for international racing, tbev never dreamed that a race for the bit of silver would cost a fortune. The eVer increasing cost is just the result of circumstances. That a cup race was too much for one man to finance fir'-- t became apparent after Canada had tried unsuccessfully to capture the cup with the bloop Atalauta. a Starts at $20,000. It was in the fall of 1H81, after that unsuccessful attempt, that the olficials of the New York kacht club first began to take account of the cost of defending the trophy. It was the first time that a yacht had been built for the espeual purpose of defending the cup, although the new craft, 1ocahontas, proied to be a failure and was not used for tho purpose. The boat was built by the flag officers of the club, and the cost of construction, added to the cost of running her during the trial period and with the incidental expense to the club of managing the conte-t- , made a total of $20,000. This, in the eyes of the racing officials, was rather a large sum to pay for the purpose, and they concluded that something would have to be done to re luce the cost of the cup races. Something was done, in the way of amending the deed of gift in such a manner as to prevent small Canadian boats from challenging thereafter. At present, the cost of defending the in one contest is considerably more than twenty tnes the $20,000 of a generation ago and more than 100 times the cost of earlier races. When James Ashbury came over in 1870 with his s hooner Cambria, he merely varied his summer program of cruising and incurred a comparatively small outlay for some extra fittings and a slightly enlarged erew. If he had not come to America to race for the cup, Mr. Ashbury probably would have taken a cruise in European waters of about the same duration. Mr. Ashbury built the schooner with which he challenged in 1S72. Possibly he might not have built a now boat that year if he had not contemplated challenging, but undoubtedly he would have built one within a year or two in any event, as it was generally known that he wanted something a little better than the Cambria. were built especially to race for the cup. The former came in 1885, and in that year the heavy expense of defense began, although the beginning was a matter of small importance compared with the expense of today. The cost of the building of Puritan iu 1895, added to tho cost of her management for tho season, figured up to about $85,000. It cost almost as much for the building and operating of Priscilla, Puritans unsuccessful rival. Mayflower cost about $42,000 to race in 1886. Tho clubs expense and the management of the race was about $2000 more. There was a second boat built iu 18S6 by a syndicate of members of tbe Atlantic Yacht club at the probable cost of not less than $80,000. This boat was called the Atlantic and subsequent v was sold to a vuehtsman for a considerable portion of ber rest, tor her found momn bull, it was original owners. Thistle, the Scotch challenger, and the American defender Volunteer set back their respective owners about $50)00 each when they raced in 1887. The New York Yacht club had an expanse of nearly $2000 in the management of that scries of races. . on I l The really heavy expense of defending the cup began in 1892, the year Lprd Dunraven issued his first chalIn that year four candidates lenge. for the honor of defending the trophy was were built. Vigilant finally chosen. It was stated after the series that Vigilant cost something like $150,-00to build and race. This sum was reduced to possibly $100,000 through the sale of the yacht after the races to George and Howard Gould. Colonia, Jubilee and Pilgrim, the other three American boats, cost about $250,000, makiug an overhead cost of at least $250,000 for the defense of the cup that year. In 1895 the New York Yache club spent $200,000 to build and race Defender. As there was only one boat built in 1895, this series was not as costly as the previous contest; still, Defender was the first cup boat for which there was practically no use after the 0 series. These astounding sums, however, are insignificant when compared with the amounts that have been spent since Sir Thomas Lipton entered the international yacht racing game. According to reliable information, spent $900,000 in his first attempt to capture the Americas cup. That was in 1899. That sum included $400,000 that Sir Thomas spent in the purchasing of a steam yacht that he renamed the Erin, and another $100,000 to refit the boat. This boat the Irish baronet used until the world war started, when he gave it to the British government and it was torpedoed in the Mediterranean. Deducting the sum that Sir Thomas spent for the Erin, the cost of the 1899 race left the Irishman out of pocket $400,000 after his first attempt to lift Sir Thomas the cup. Near Million Mark. to race for the cup. She was tho schooner Countess of She cost probably not less than $2.),000 and not more than $.85,000 to build and race. It was the beginning of the building of specially designed Duf-feri- ROMPERS consult us ALL WORK craft first was she since Defiance and Vanitie, the other yachts built in 1914, did not cost so much. Possibly each was built for $100,000. Defiance was withdrawn after a few races, a failure. Vanitie still is in the game, and since bhe first was built it is safe to sav that almost another $100,000 has been spent on the craft. Two Millions Now. The figures do not include the sums that have been spent to race these vachts in 1914 15 and so far this season. Also, when one adds on the storage bills that have been paid to keep the craft since 1914, to sav nothing of the expense the New York Yarhe club will have to meet to hold the race in July, with ocean going tugs worth $500 and $600xft day, against $75 and $100 a few years ago, it is evident that more than $1,000,0110 will be spent by American yachtsmen in the present defense of the trophy. bir Thomas Lipton also will spend close to $1,000,000 iu his present effort to lift the eup. First, there was the original cost of the Shamrock IV, which can be set down as $100,000. Then came the trip across the Atlantic under conhen she readied voy bv the Erin. this country, the vacht was stored away in Brooklyn. This aDo cost a tidy sum. Then came the rebuilding of the craft, a matter that probably set the Irishman back another $50,000. Now comes the twentv-thremeter Shamrock to race agam-- t the other craft. In round figure, it oots at least $2000 a dav to keep the two vahts in commission. In addition, Sir Thomas has a houseboat, a steam yacht, a tug a all under charter. 1? boat motor and it will not cost cISse to a million dollars for Sir Thomas to have another try for the cup, then some of the best judges of yachting are wrong. It is safe to sav that before the races are decided $2,000,000 will be spent by the challenger and the defender of the Americas cup. nation of half of them, and allowing n weaker or finale player to survive te the merely becauaa he had not met ftrst-clae- g play era until then. Where a conelderabla sum of money eta be ecu red from gate money or admission feeg barged spectator, there la always fear that this may happeu and eo cause considerable lose from decreased attendance, due to lots of Interest, and eventually this might lead to acan dal because of suspected manipulation of the ballot. Theae considerations led the Australian plar-e- r to adopt what ia known as the doubt In whi-- h the players fere all matched knockout for s preliminary round and the winner form what Is known as a winners' sect loo aid the lesT a losers section Plav then proceeds la each section on the Mingle knockout plan, with thla difference; that the losers Iu the loser's section are finally eliminated because they have lost twice and no longer hare a plausible alibi, but the losers in the winners' section, having lost but once, sic dropped down into the loser's section and This finally given a second lease on life. brh gs about a survivor (a) In the winners GUARANTEED THE SHIRT SHOP 619-62- 0 Clift Building. merit, but not the championship, aa la na unwritten law that the tourney winner la the tttlebolder until the ncit tourney. it Baseball in Australia Is Due for Great Boom SYDNEY. 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The series cost the club at least $15,000, of which about $2000 a Jun 27 1920 day was spent for tugboats and other SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PROBLEM NO. 515. Contributed by P. J. Lee, South Tacoma. vessels. In the rough, it cost the orWashington ganisation $335,000 to defend the cup. Black 1. 8. 12, 14. 15, Both sides probably expended $800,000 for the eup series of 1899. Shamrock II cost Sir Thomas $450, 000. Constitution was built that year, at the cost of $250,000, to defend the trophy. Commodore Morgan, who then was the sole owner of the Columbia, put her into commission as a trial boat. She affair. In 1903 Sir Thomas built the third Shamrock. He also brought tho- first craft for Americas cup races. Shamrock over as a trial boat.- That Both the Genesta and the Galatea year the Irish baronet had his first big Better Tackle DRESSES ! the launched. Heavy Expense Begins. i , Childrens Iri-hm- Special Racing Designs. finally was selected to defend the troMaor Gifford, in whose behalf the phy. 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