Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-27 | Page 1 | Yachts Get Late Start; Breezes Very Light

a v v v v v "r v J LITTLE CHANGE ! TO COYER COURSE IN TIE LIT! Thomas Lipton to Put Sloop in Dry Dock for Next Contest RACE DELAYED TWO HOURS BY LIGHT AIRS Shamrock Leads Resolute Over Starting Lino in -Final" Event of Series SANDY HoK. N J-. Jul' - ' Shamrock IV today led Resolute across the starting line In the fin; l" international yacht race to settle the flostlny Of the America's cup. Roth yacbiS hung back when the I Starting signal was sounded at 1:15 and failed to reach the line before the two minutes handicap limit expired. The wind cume in cupt'uls. dropping at times to five knot and threatening! to flat out with the ebbing tide The yachting forces of Sir Thomas i l.ipton agree thai a beat for boat con-i 'test for the cup would provide B bet- Itei sport for the public and add that any challenger has little hope of u- 1 torj if it mis to concede a heavy nine j handicap to the" defender. i HI RES1 ! I I Some of the Shamrock's crew are ' becoming restive over the races as the have come to the conclusion that the challenger cannot go lo weather with Resolute and that a crafi that ! fulls on that point of sailing cannot lift the cup Relieving they have no chance to win. the sailors are ready lo return to Kngland and do not wish to remain here for any further catling catl-ing on Shamrock against Resolute land Variltie, as has been suggested. Although eager to run off the final race und break the tie for the Anicr-lea's Anicr-lea's cup. skippers of the Resolute and Shamrock IV found scarcely a cupful of air when they reached tho Ambrose channel lightship, the start- 1 ing point in today s 30 mile windward ;ond leeward contest. TIMP M l o ! SAME. The regatta committee announced ;that the time allowance Shamrock must give Resolute would remain at , six minutes, forty seconds. j The postponement flag still was I banging limply on the signal halyard , at 12 o'clock. The yachts formed a !f)ne picture of marine still life The wind bad picked up off shore , to about three knots but few spectators specta-tors believed the yachts could finish with the six hour time limit unless it ifieshencd considerably. IN 1RV DO K ABOARD STEAM YACHT VICTORIA VICTO-RIA KF SANDY HOOK, N J., July 27. (By Wireless to The Associated 1 I'ress. I Announcement was made to-1 da aboard Sir Thomas Upton s char-l tered yacht that the cup sloops would be dry-docked tomorrow if they were unable to finish within Ihe time limit In the event that a start of the fifth race was ordered today.