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Show RESOLUTE GAINS I FUST VICTOR! I OF 1 MIES I Defender Must Take Two More. Straight to Prevent Loss I of Cup I SHAMROCK RUNS FINE I RACE BUT DROPS LEAD I I Defeat of Irish Yacht Comes I Just in Time to Prevent Winning Regatta SANDY HOOK, X J. July 21. The 1 American defender Resolute today won her first race or the 1920 serlc3 for ! the America s cup She must take two more straight lietories to prevent Shamrock liftln? the trophy. Taking the lord after the start the American sloop held first place on most of the' leg, fifteen-mile beat to j i windward, turne-i the mark first, and held almost to the finish line "Within I Is mile of the finish Shamrock drew mm 1 alongside, but Resolute, granted a time allowance c! seven minutes and j one second, was safe. H AT THE TURN. SANbY HOOK. N. J., Jul, 21-E 21-E Ighting hard to prevent Shamrock IV ' Winning a ihird Ictory which would mean that Sir Thomas Llpton would I jlinally lift the America's cup, Resolute Reso-lute rounded the half way mark in to- da's thirty-mile windward and lee f ward contest, well ahead or Shamrock. Resolute turned the mark at 3:21.:, I "unofficial time, and Shamrock at 3 23:00. The first leg. h 15-mlle beat to windward, wind-ward, furnished a pretty race as the ) two jrachta headed in until within a mile of the Jersey coast. Shamrock crossed the line 19 Stc-onds Stc-onds ahead of her rival and after a r Short hitch seaward both took a lonz board inshore. The Shamrock root- I J ing faster crop! up three-eighths o" n mile ahead of Resolute, but the defend er worked better to windward, tr.o hallcnccer apparently stood too far m-Uore m-Uore nnd when they came about ou a series ot short hitches it was seen that Resolute was in the lead by about 100 yards. This lead she gradually in- TACK FOR TACK. Skipper Burton iried repeatedly to tore leach Resolute, but once Adams I cot the Britisher under his lee. he held him ihere. Burton tried lo shake off the American reneatedly. but Resolute followed him tack lor tack. Once Resolute cut the wind and caused Shamrock's headsails to quiv I er Captain Burton irh;'d to bluff Reso- I lute off with two fake tacks, but could This maneuver also lost him ground for Resolute was a second or two i quicker In At 2.35 the yachts headed for the SAILS AHEAD Rounding the outer mark one minute and 45 seconds ahead of Shamrock by unofficial Mtue, Resolute broke out her Ispinnacker in a minute and 40 seconds I Shamrock's crews took two minutes ' and five seconc.?. to boom out their The elapsed time on the windward beati .1- computt unofficially were Resolute 2 20: i". Shamrock J 22 H in elapsed tun.- therefore, Resolute had an advantage o! two minutes and lour seconds In beginning the second and ia-.i leg plus a time allowance of seven minules and one secouu, wnicn the challenger must give her. mile after .he turn both yachta broke out b..Mooners Resolute eemeil covered with bulging canvas. llis i VICTORY. The fisher folk hereabouts Insist to- iiH das that Shamrock IV could never ppH h ive beaten the American boat with- pppH 1 aptaln Andrew Jackson Apple- ppH gate, Seabright, N. J.. fisherman, who Balled on the Lipton sloop esterday B and imparted to Skipper Burton a bet- ppH ter knowledKe of wind and tide con- ppH An American had a big hand in turning the trick for the British boat. ppH anyway, say the fishermen, who can- ppH not decide whether they should make (Continued on Pago Two.) Lipton Sloop First Over ! Line After Signal (Continued From Page One.) paptaln Apple-gate out a hero or otherwise. oth-erwise. Resolute also plans tri take aboard a Jersey fisherman for his knowledge of locai tide und wind conditions It was said toda ythut a Red bank skipper skip-per had In en shipped. Colonel Duncan Nelll, Sir Thomas representative on the shamrock. saJJ today that yesierday'9 contest was almost al-most a duplicate of that of Saturday. "We Kot the wind yesterday and were lucky.' Bald Nelll. "while Resolute Reso-lute held the wind on Saturday, bn'. unfrrtunntelv for her. was unable to finish before the time limit " oo |