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ALL MERCHANDISE ADVERTISED *IN THE TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED Vol. LXXX No. 26,906 First to Last?the Truth:, News?Editorials?Advertisements THE WEATHER Fair to-day and to-morrow. Little change in temperature; gentle west and northwest winds. Pall report on last paire. (Copyright, 1??0, New York Tribune lae.i FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1920 * * * * TWO CENT? j THREE CENT* In Greater New York | Within 300 Mile? rom cent? Khiewhere Shamrock Wins First Race After Resolute Withdraws With Broken Halyard; Defender Was Far in Lead Man Shot to Death; Police Hold Woman Mm LeRoy Held With Chauffeur and Stranger Who, She Says, Was Standing Near Body Victim Believed A Rich Italian Five Bullet Wounds Fatal ; Loaded Shot Guns Dis? covered Near Scene At 2:4a o'clock - this morning a woman who gave her name as Loretta LcRoy, of 156 West Ninety-fourth Street, accompanied by a man who said he was Wilson Jackson, of 2460 Sev-' cnth Avenue, her chauffeur, and Pas? quille Dimara, an Italian, drove up to Bellevue Hospital with the body of a man who had been shot five times. The victim, who is believed to be a wealthy Italian, was pronounced dead by Dr. Tims, of the Bellevue staff. Miss LeRoy, her chauffeur and the Italian were detained at the hospital by the police. In her story to the police, Miss Le? Roy said that she was being driven home by her chauffeur in her seven passenger Cladillac car when they no? ticed the body of a man lying in front of 87 Kenmare Street. Demira, she said, was standing near the body. Body Taken to Hospital She got out of her car, she declared, and walked across the sidewalk. Di ir.ara, she said, told her that the man un the ground had been shot and was living. Miss Lc Roy declared that Bhe oldcred the body placed in he>r ma? chine and started for Bellevue, Di? mara accompanying her. Miss Le Roy implored the hospital authorities to do everything possible : the wounded man, and when in -;ed that he was dead she collapsed [id not recover consciousness un? til the detectives arrived. A loaded 38 calibre revolver with hon? of its chambers discharged was found in Miss Le Roy's automobile. The dead man had been shot five times, all shots penetrating his left breast. He was well-dressed, is about twenty-five years old and about five feet eight inches in height. He wore a large diamond stud in his shirt front. Miss Le Roy was expensively clad and wore many jewels. Patrolman George Taylor, of the Elizabeth Street Station, stated that at 1:46 oclock he was on duty at Grand and Mulberry streets when he heard five shots. Two Shot Guns Found In making an investigation he went to the corner of Kenmare and La? fayette streets and under the steps leading down from 87 Kenmare Street he found two shot guns, both loaded, but having been tired recently. These guns were taken to the Elizabeth Street Station. Patrolman Stabwitz, on duty between 1 and 2 o'clock in the vicinity of Lafay? ette and Kenmare Streets, said that about 2 o'clock he was hailed by a taxicab driver, who gave the name of Fred Hanson, of 193 Skillman Avenue, Brooklyn. Hanson, he said, told him that he had seen a woman and two men loading the body of a mar. into an automobile while passing Kenmare and Lafayette Streets. This machine, according to the driver's story, was a seven passenger car. Next door to the house in front of *?nj?h the body was found is a small Halmn restaurant. This restaurant, it is believed, was closed at 1 o'clock this morning. In a cellar beneath the ?estaurant. detectives found a guitar case They believe the victim met ?fcath in a fight. It was said at 156 West Ninety fourth Street last night that no one ">' the name of Loretta Le Roy lived there. Berlin Apologizes For Flag Stealing Theft of Tricolor Laid to Inadequate Police Protection by Germany Special Cable to The Tribun* BERLIN, July 15.?The government Press to-day condemns the stealing yesterday of the tricolor from the '.??ench Embassy, official regret has. D?en expressed and the flag has been ??turned to the embassy. It has been learned that the French Ambassador had taken the precaution ,\? inform the Foreign Office that a ?ttle celebration would be held at the embassy in honor of Bastille Day, and had requested the necessary police pro wction. Police Headquarters, however, ?ent an inadequate rorce to cope with 8 crowd of about five hundred which w?s attracted by the sight of the 'rench flag flying over the embassy "Unding. The mob cried for the flag to te ?ken down and sang "Deutschland u?er Alles." Finally the police dis? persed the crowd. Later some one Wined entrance to the roof from the 'ear of the buildir.fr-and stole the flag Without being detected. The colors were later found >i an adjacent build '?i. uninjured, and were returned to the embassy. As soon as the incident became known Under Secretary von Haniel, of ')?? Foreign Office, called o-. the French Ambassador to express the regret of ?ne government and request that no Political significant be attached to it. Polish Women Give Up City; City Occupied By Red Troops LONDON, July 18, Friday.?The Bol sheviki occupied Vilna Wednesday afternoon without opposition, accord? ing to a dispatch to "Tho London Times" from Kovno. WARSAW, July 14 (By The Associ? ated Press).?Women soldiers have taken up positions for the defense of Vilna. They have been assigned to an eight-mile front. All the women are equipped with American boots and are being fed part? ly by the American Young Women's Christian Association. They are under the command cf Mme. Goercz, who fought with General Pilsudski against the Russians, and who also operated last year with the women during the siege of Lemberg. Commander Goercz is twenty-six years old. She contends that women can hold their own alongside the men, even in tho front line. Mme. Goercz has about one thousand women under her command. Many of them are strong women of the factory type, who arc eager for excitement and adventure. The woman commander is in charge of all her own transport system and rolling kitchens, and all fighting equip? ment except artillery. Additional detachments of women are being formed throughout Poland for defense of the republic. As soon as their numbers justify it, Mme. Goenez will be placed in command of Poland's army of women. In the north, whero the Bolsheviki are using shock troops in the effort to break through the Poles' front, the Bolsheviki came in contact with Lithu? anian troops, but there was no fighting, according to reports received in War? saw military circles to-day. It is said the Lithuanians agreed to nave Lithu? anians troops ready to occupy Vilna soon after, if Vilna was captured by the Bolsheviki. The fall of Vilna would give the Bol? sheviki virtually direct rail communi? cation with East Prussit. The Poles are concentrating their efforts to pre? vent this. PARIS, July 15.---All conditions laid down in the note sent to Moscow by Premier Lloyd George relative to an armistice with Poland have been ac? cepted by the Russian Bolshevik gov? ernment, according to a Spa dispatch to the "Matin." SPA, Belgium, July t 15.?Premier Lloyd George said to-night that he had no confirmation of the report that the Russian Soviet had replied to hia proposals for an armistice with Po? land. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Berlin quotes the newspaper "Pravda," one of the Bolshevik organs, as de? claring that Soviet Russia would decline all proposals for peace with Poland and would not lay down her arms until a Bolshevik Poland was established in place of the present capitalistic state. Germans Agree To All Demands Made by Allies Tension Relaxed After an Hour's Conference of Lloyd George and Si? mons on Coal Deliveries SPA, Belgium, July 15 (By The Associated Press).? The German ministers are disposed to accept the note of the Allies and to answer in the affirmative to-morrow without qualification. A formal decision will be taken in the Cabinet council in the morning, but the attitude of the ministers to-night is that the agree? ment is as good as made. This also is the view of Premier Millerand. Dr. Simons, the German Foreign Secretary, said he had an hour's conversation with Premiers Mille? rand and Lloyd George, in which they discussed the essentials of the Allied reply: Dr. Simons was meas? urably reconciled to the Allies' solu? tion. Tension is greatly relaxed at German headquarters. Premier Lloyd George seemed to be in good spirits this evening, but when asked by a correspondent if he thought the Germans would accept, said: "I cannot say. Dr. Simons is a rea? sonable opponent, but he has insatiable men with him." Text of German Note Following is the text of the German note to the Allies: "1. The German government engages itself to place at the disposal of the Allied governments, beginning August 1, 1920, according to present arrange? ments, for the duration of six months, 2,000,000 tons of coal monthly. , "2. The Allied governments will pay for this coal up to the German market price by placing the respective sums to Germany's credit on her reparation ac? count, and the difference between the German market price and the world market price in cash, unless the man? ner of payment shall be determined in a different way in a general agreement on financial questions. "3. For the duration of the afore? said coal deliveries, the clnuses of the 'decision' on the coal question com? municated to the German delegation July 9 and amended July 11 will not be applied. Neither shall the amounts of coal to be delivered monthly be in caused by the reparations commission during this period. Silesian Pact Desired "4. There shall' be made as soon as possible an agreement concerning the situation in upper Silesia by which either the German government will re? cover control over Silesian coal or by which her monthly share of Silesian coal is fixed at not less than 1,500,000 tons monthly. "5. There shall be instituted as soon as possible a mixed commission at Essen for the purpose of investi? gating means for improving the con? dition of the miners with regard to food, clothing and housing and im? proving thereby the coal output in the Ruhr district. "The Allies shall declare themselves ready to grant to Germany necessary credits for the importation of food? stuffs for her population, as well as for the importation of raw materials for German industry and agriculture. The deliberations in this regard will take place in connection with the gen? eral deliberations concerning the finan? cial question, with the cooperation of the experts of both sides." Conditions as to Upper Silesian coal are set forth as follows: A mixed reparations commission will be appointed, and later a permanent committee, to investigate the working conditions of the miners. It is further stipulated that the difference between 70 marks a ton and the world price of coal is to be loaned to Germany by the various Allied powers in the pro? portion of 62 France, 22 Great Britain, 8 Italy and 8 Belgium. If, as is hoped, the Germans sign the protocol the conference will resume its discussion of reparations. Premier Lloyd George wishes to leave Spa to? morrow luil&t? Laborites Only Faction Left In Third Party Nonpartisans Repudiate the New Organization, While Other Groups Bolt and Make Separate Plans CHICAGO, July 15.? The Committee of Forty-eight, the bulk of whose dele? gates last night bolted the fusion Farmer-Labor party convention, re? sumed its separate sessions to-day, dis? appointed and chagrined. With their plans to nominate Senator Robert M. Le Follette for the Presidency swept ; aside by the fusionists, the Forty-eight- ] ers, minus a few of their number who i clung to the Farmer-Lnborites, tried to decide what stand to take?whether to start out alone to to join the fusion? ists despite the distastefulness of parts of the Labor platform. After a clay of futile wrangling the Forty-eighters adjourned to-night with no arrangements made to put a sepa? rate Presidential ticket in the field. Adjournment was taken over the pro? test of a minority group and was only accomplished when the committee leaders turned out the lights and or? dered the owners to clear the hall. Prior to adjournment the leaders presented a report providing for the continuation of the organization in ! each state. The report was adopted. It makes no provision for a national ticket, but does provide that another national convention may be called at some future date. Parley P. Christensen, of Salt Lake City, Presidential nominee of the Farmer-Labor party, on a ticket with Max S. Hayes, Cleveland labor leader, threw the dying Forty-eight convention into an uproar by sending to it a mes? sage characterizing ' its actions as "foolish." "Regardless of the action taken at this meeting, however foolish," Christ !'onsen's message said^'-'I am the cavidi | date of the Farmer^Labor party and will continue in the race." Three of the majority groups origi | nally subscribing to the fusion move? ment were represented in to-day's j meeting. Besides a part of the Forty I cighters, leaders of the World War Vet? erans and People's party joined the bolt. Of all the groups which joined the new parly convention Tuesday only one well organized faction is left in the farmer-labor ranks, and that is the former Labor party. The dominant farmer group in the amalgamation, members of the Nonpartisan League, stayed to the last, but their organiza? tion has repudiated the movement, re? fused to amalgamate and has indorsed Senator Robert M. La Follette for President. The Single Tax pairty, the first to withdraw, nominated its own ticket Tuesday night and adopted a forty word platform. The, Fusion movement, forty-eight speakers to-day declared, was wrecked by what Gilbert E. Roe, La Follette's personal representative characterized (Continued on page 4) Ship to Try Wireless Phone To Shores on Entire Voyage Special Cable to The Tribune ?Copyright, 1920. New York Tribun? Inc.) ST. JOHN'S, N. F., July 15.?Whether wireless telephone communication with shore during the entire transatlantic passage of a ship is a possibility will be demonstrated within the next few days during the voyage of the Canadian Pacific steamer Victorian from Liver? pool. - The Marconi company to-day is put? ting the finishing touches to an appa? ratus it has erected on Signal Hill for wireless telephone experiments. On the other side a similar apparatus has been installed at Poldhu. The liner will endeavor to keep in communication with the Poldhu station during the first days of its voyage and with Signal Hill in the latter part, thus making the communication with shore continuous. The Victorian is equipped with a three-kilowatt telephono set,'while the Signal Hill station has a six-kilowatt j set, powerful enough, according to the i Marconi engineers, to reach Poldhu With distilict voice sounds. It' already j has been demonstrated that voice i sounds can be carried beyond midocean. When the Victorian is two or three ! days out from Liverpool it is expected that the passengers will be able to con- j verse with persons here. Should the experiment prove success? ful the next step will be to establish direct communicaton from Signal Hill to Poldhu, covering the entire stretch of the Atlantic. During this latter ex? periment Governor Harris of Newfound? land and officials of his government will endeavor to talk with^other gov? ernment officials across the Atlantic. | Engineer Mogridge, in charge of the Marconi forces hore, is confident that ?the cross-Atlantic experiment will be successful with the six kilowatt sets. Signal Hill, from which the experi? ments here will be conducted, is 850 feet above sea level, and the tower on its summit is 150 feet high. Harding Sees No Need of Third Party Asserts Republican Plat? form Is Sane and Pro? gressive and Certain of Voters' Approval Glad La Follette Refused to Run Likely to Make Speeches in Some of the Larger Cities During Campaign' From a Staff Correspondent MARION, Ohio, July 15.?Senator Warren G. Harding declared to-day that the Republican party stands be? fore the country upon a platform that is sound and progressive, and he is confident that the expression of the voters' judgment of it will result in victory in November. The Republican nominee made it clear that the formation of a third party will not alter in any way the campaign plans of the Republican party. He expressed gratification that Senator La Follette had declined the third party nomination and said: "I think it will be found that no Re? publicans arc interested in the third party movement. The Republican party stands before the country upon a plat? form which is sound and progressive, It offers its platform to the voters foi their judgment, with confidence that the expression of their judgment will result in victory in November. Appeals to All Americans "The Republican party this year rep? resents no faction within the party, nc special interest or particular grout, within our voting citizenship. Rather it calls upon all Americans who lov? America, wh; believe in sound prog rcsd and real development, to sup port it. "The laboring man who seeks i square deal from a political party wil get it from the Republican party; thi farmer who is looking for freedon from present irksome restrictions ii promised that freedom and full consid oration of the needs of agriculture ii the event of Republican success; th small business man who is sufferinj from restricted credit, high inter?s rates and inequitable taxes, may wel look to the Republican party to reliev him from the burdens placed upon hir by a Democratic Administration. "More than ever the Republican part this year stands for the Lincolnia principle of 'government of the peoph by the people and for the people,' fo the good of all the people. It is upo the development of that principle an the interpretation of our platform thi we shall make our campaign, irrespec tive of the plans or the nominees c other parties." No Speeches at Stations It was learned on good authority t< day that while Senator Harding is i firm as ever in his decision again: making observation car speeches on tour of the country, he will accept few invitations to speak, in some < the larger cities after the notificatio It is probable that he will go to Ne York and Chicago. The nominee had a,quiet day, spem ing most of his time at work on h speech of acceptance. He had as luncheon guest Malcolm Jennings, i Columbus, a former employee of "Tl Marion Star," the Senator's newspape Ohio women are organizing Harding-for-President Women's Clu which will attend the notification cer mony here on July 22. All women the "state interested in the success the suffrage amendment have been i vited to a preliminary meeting to-fno row in Columbus. Mrs. C. C. Pavey one of the leading spirits in this o ganization. Young Voters Favorable Eugene L.'Nixon, of New York, pre; dent of the Young Men's National R publican Club, has written Senat Harding that the Republican ticket w get the ballots of the young voters tr election. . . Senator Harding also received letter of congratulation from L.Lani Washington, of New York, a gres groat-great-grandson of Mary Bi Washington, the mother of Geor Washington. Mr. Washington is t hereditary representative of Geor (Continued on page 6) -,- < Lipton Sorry To Have Won By Accident Agrees to Accept Victory Only After Persuasion ; Says Race of Yesterday Unfair to Both Boats Similar Accident Occurred in 1899 Resolute To Be Repaired in Time for 2d Contest To-morrow Afternoon Yesterday's international yacht race victory will go officially to Shamrock's credit. It was said last night that I even though Sir Thomas Lipton showed a sportsmanlike disposition to have the contest sailed over again the America's Cup Committee wouid not permit it. It was pointed out that when the first Shamrock was competing against Columbia on October 17, 1899, and was forced to withdraw as a result of a broken topmast the victory was award- j ed to the American boat, following : this precedent the cup committee will | award yesterday's victory to Sham? rock IV. The work of refitting a new gaff on the defender was begun last night as soon as" she had been towed to her anchorage in Sandy Hook Bay and the Race Committee of the New York Yacht Club announced that Saturday's i triangular contest of thirty miles would be held as scheduled. Resolute was towed into Sandy Hook Bay long after sundown and when she was safely anchored an explanation of her accident was given out .by Charles Francis Adams 2d, her amateur skipper. Adams Explains Mishap "The trouble was caused," said Mr. Adams, "when the throat halyard parted at the winch. This caused the gaff to collapse. An investigation con? vinced us that the break could not be repaired and we were forced to with? draw at a time when we believed we had the race won. The damage will ba repaired to-morrow and we shall ' be ready to race again Saturday." The winch referred to by the Reso lute's skipper is below decks and is used to hoist the mainsail. Practically all the halyards on both sloops are handled in this way in order to keep the decks clear. Sir Thomas Lipton was frankly dis? appointed at the result of the race. On board the steam yacht Victoria he said: "I want to win fair and square. It's no pleasure to me to win on a fluke. I am exceedingly sorry at what hap? pened to-day and I would prefer not to call it a race." Not a Fair Race, He Says For fully two hours the famous baro? net persisted in his decision to refuse the victory that Fate in a dramatic moment had presented to him for the first time in more than two decades. He insisted that it was not a fair race and that the defending yacht should be give another chance. It was only after the repeated argu? ments of his American guests aboard that he retreated from the position he had assumed, and then finally decided that he would be governed by the de? cision of the race committee. As his green hulled yacht was cross? ing the winning line Sir Thomas said: "Resolute did exceedingly well to? day, but on account of the fluky nature of the weather any boat might have won. Resolute was making better way up to the time of the accident. "To-day was very unfortunate with its storms, sunshine and then heavy rains. I want to assure you again that , I am very sorry, very sorry indeed, at what happened, and 1 hope the Reso? lute will be ready again by Saturday. "Personally, it never appeals to me to win through an accident, although I have lost international races here be? fore through an accident. I can't really express how sorry I am. I might have had a similar accident myself, and I am positive that in that case the American people would have been sorry for me. i I know that we are both anxious to test the real quality of the boats and are anxious for the best boat to win. "If the squally weather continues in the next races the same result may oc? cur again, but I prefer an even, steady breeze, so that both boats may have a fair and square chance." At this moment Commodore Aemilius Jarvis, the famous Canadian Corin? thian who had been acting as official observer for Sir Thomas, said: "The race to-day did not really prove any? thing. I think, however, that if Sir Thomas was to refuse the win it would not be in the best interests of yacht? ing, as it would put a premium on light rig." -? 600 Aboard Floating Bar Enjoy Race at $25 Each Most of the spectators who saw the yacht race from excursion boats ex? pressed disappointment at the outcome of the race when their boats drew up at their piers, but the 600 who paid $25 apiece for places on the Ward liner Oriziiba disembarked in .good humor. The Ward liner, which happened to be in port and was turned into a floating grandstand for the occasion, has a bar, fully equipped even to cloves, and the ; bar was opened when the vessel got i outside the three-mile limit. Several hundred persons saw the race i from the Plymouth, of the New Eng ! land Line, which docked at Pier 14, I Hudson River, about 6:30 p. m. An | other boat which carried spectators to the race course was the Taurus, of the | Iron Steamboat Company. Its passen l gcrs got off at the Battery about 7 p. m. ; The Taurus then went to 129th Street. ?.-,?? A Word of Welcome Is always expressed by employer? to em I ployeea through a Tribune Help Wanted Ad. if you need the services of a wide await? I worker or seek employment, you will And ' The Tribune Help Wanted column? you? ineetlnB place.?Advt. The Halyard Breaks Resolute photographed from an airplane just after the throat halyard parted. The mainsail is sagging. Resolute Proves Her Speed, But Has Yet to Prove Stamina Race, as Race, a Farce, and Only Further Testimony That Handicapping in Championship Events Should Be Abandoned By Grantland Rice Floundering upon the water, like a white gull with a splintered wing, the American defender Resolute saw Shamrock IV sail by to an uncon tested victory in the first'test for the America's Cup. / Speed and stamina are the two essentials for victory in any race, and the Resolute therefore was only 50 per cent equipped. She had the speed to sail away from the challenger and lead by a wide margin at the turn, but she lacked the stamina to stand the combination of rain-drenched sails and a ten-mile breeze. "The race is not to the swift," could< hardly be classed as a new-born maxim. The race is certainly not to the swift that can't stand the gaff and carry the burden to the end of the stretch, For the better part of two hours and fifty minutes Resolute looked to be the better boat as she began leaving her rival almost hid in the gray mists from the wind blown aisles of rain far be. hind. But two hours and fifty minutes was as far as Resolute could go in the first test without cracking something in a vulnerable spot, and, after all, this is the main test. For Shamrock IV, lacking sufficient speed to hold her own to the turn, at least had the, stamina needed to go the full route without spilling a vital part of her system or permitting her throat halyard to split in twain. Race Was a Farce The race, of course, was a farce. But it was headed ior a farce in eitne? case. Resolute was awarded a time allowance of seven minutes. Yet start? ing from scratch ???ie was about six minutes ahead of her rival when the accident occurred. Undoubtedly the time allowance as figured out was mathematically correct. Undoubtedly it was in accord with the law that governs the handicapping. But it was only further proof that any handicap race in a championship affair is almost sure to be a joke. For in this case, so far as the test went, the faster boat drew the advantage and the slower boat was further handi? capped by a crushing penalty in time. "Yes," the expert will say, "this happened to be so in this particular case. But under different weather con? ditions it would not work out with the same effect." Likely not. But what human group has yet been found that can temper the weather to suit the handicapping, and thereby make it a fair, clean test? What human group can produce cer? tain air currents at a stated interval that will render the handicapping absolutely fair? Resolute Far tn Lead When her throat halyard decided to split asunder, the Defender was thir? teen minutes ahead on her way to glory, six minutes fairly earned by her speed and seven minutes allotted by the regulations in force, a combination against which the challenger had a chance about as thick as the segment of a toy balloon. So far as the non-expert eye could figure it out, the only difference in the two boats was that one happened to have her hull painted green while the other was in white. Shortly after the start Shamrock IV began to ease neatly away, as if the time allowance was justified. But when this lead had reached 400 yards a rainstorm struck the scene and the wind died away to a whisper. Shortly thereafter Resolute not only got back the lost stretch of water, but in addition began to pull rapidly away. Boat for boat, with no time allowance thrown in and no acci? dent to mar the race, the two rivals b-._I ' I might well have furnished an exciting afternoon. But when you saw the Resolute six minutes ahead, with seven additional minutes in reserve, the remaining ex? citement died away to a deadly calm. At that moment it was very much as if one had seen Man o' War spotted a /urlong in a mile dash, p'ointing for the head of the big turn, with the rest of the field barely completing the first quarter. Clearly Out of Race It was not until certain signs of 3ure trouble were seen aboard the defender that any excitement arose aboard the destroyer following the two yachts. No one could tell at first whether a gaff had gone wrong or the halyards had cracked, but after a minute or so, as the big sail fluttered and skidded down? ward, it was easy to see that Sir Thomas Lipton had the remainder of the rainy afternoon to himself. It was suggested then that the Brit? ish sportsman would not accept a race won under any such conditions -a sug? gestion without any basis of reason. A race is a race, where, as we suggested before, both speed and stamina tell the story. The heavy rains had soaked the extended sails upon both boats, and when a ten-mile breeze finally whipped in the defender couldn't stand the strain. The first race, therefore, was fairly won by the boat best equipped for the occasion?a boat that other? wise, with the prevailing weather con? ditions, would have been handicapped out of any sort of chance to win. Should Race From Scratch Whatever the result or these races when the defender is repaired, it is al? ready self-evident that no more handi? cap races or time allowance races should be permitted in any champion? ship event. A championship that isn't started from scratch isn't a champion? ship, but a purely handicap affair ol strictly local interest. The Resolute has proved her speed but she has yet to prove her stamina She reminds one of a great ball clut that is always having a star pitchei hurt or a leading batter injured. Th< Resolute had serious trouble in hei \ tests against the Vanitie, and even a? late as last Sunday had to undergo fur | ther repairs. A fast boat but a brittl? one is no safe support with the cup a stake. If the Resolute can only kee] together, her speed and her time a! lowance combined should bring he: home an easy winner in any race shi can finish. But few races are won b; entries unable to reach the wire. It i always here that the final verdict i rendered. The only spectacular, or nearly spec tacular, part of the race came at th start, when the two yachts, white am green of hull, held together for a fe\ hundred yards, and later, on, when the; again sailed, boat and boat, thrcug the heavy mists?white ghosts quthne against a black sky, surrounded by threatening storm that remained cor tent to merely offer its drenching ?o\ o? rain. > - Rain Storm, Thick Mist, Impede Boats Resolute Gets Away to Fine Start and at Once Piles Up Big Lead ; Chal? lenge! Appears Slow First Race Lost Since Early '70s Shamrock's Time of 4 Hrs., 24 Mins. and 48 Sees. Considered Good ByW.O. McGeehan The sturdy, snub-nosed challenger Shamrock IV took the first race in the series for the America's Cub yes? terday when the finely trained de? fender Resolute broke her throat halyard at the fifteen-mile mark off the Jersey coast. The Resolute wa3 leading by about five minutes when the mainsail fluttered uncertainly for a few seconds, then settled slowly down to the decks, just as the defender was rounding the stake for the run home. It looked like the Resolute's race, boat for boat. The defender was skimming up to the mark, while the Shamrock IV was pounding in the rear. The Resolute seemed to need no time allowance. Excepting for a few miles after the start, off the Ambrose Lightship, the finely cut racing machine seemed to have everything its own way. The race, as a race, seemed a fiasen. Crew Seems Dazed Then this white, bronze-bellied '? bird collapsed, not suddenly, but flut? tering like a wounded sea bird, for | a while, and then settling down on ! the misty sea, hopeless and beaten. For a while the crew seemed dazed at the mishap and watched as the huge mainsail began to sag down and the club top dragged down after it. Then two men were sent aloft, but the huge mass of canvas became more inert. It was heavily weighted down with rain and it soon flattened down to the decks. While the sail drooped and sagged, Resolute stuck to her course and tacked around the mark. In the mean time th? plugging, plodding green challenger continued to come up, It rounded the stake just five minutes after Resolute foundered around, cripple?! and out of it. Then Shamrock started home with the wind behind, at :?. ten-'Knot clip, leaving the crippled Resolute drifting ii, her wake. The official elapsed time of Sham? rock IV was given as -1 hours 24 min? utes and -18 seconds for the thirty miles to windward and back. This is regard? ed as good time in view of the erratic conduct of the wind during the beat to windward through the dark gray patches of squalls and calms. Ike race started in fretful weather, I with fits of light squalls interspersed with brief periods of almost dead calm, the rain pelting down in torrents part ?of the time, while now and then the sun strove to penetrate the steaming 'mitts. At one time it looked as though I there would be no race, as both vessels drifted about, feeling for the signs of a breeze. Then rain-filled puffs of wind came up and hid the yachts from view, while I ihe sightseers on the yachts and ex? cursion boats scurried to cover. When ti.e mists lifted again Resolute had fhot into the lead and was dashing for the stake boat. The amateur skipper of Resolute, Charles Francis Adams 2r, had out-maneuvered William P. burton, of Shamrock IV, in the mists, and the most interesting part of the race was hidden from the spectators. Leads by Half Mile The breezes were fitful and chang? ing constantly, following each rain squall. Resolute seemed alert and took every advantage of the turn of direc? tion of the capricious winds that flut? tered along the course. At eight and a half miles on the windward course, Resolute was leading by almost half a mile. As she neared the stake boat she seemed to have about a twelve min? ute advantage, counting her time allow? ance of seven minutes and one second. When the mists cleared rear th? stake and showed the dark hull of the ?guide boat. J. P. Morgan's Corsair, it looked as though not only the first race l but the entire series had, to all intents j and purposes, been concluded. It would ; have been finished to all intents and j purposes at the stake boat if Resolute , had held together. Resolute was win ! nmg like a teal duck, while the snub J nosed Shamrock IV was plodding be ! hind like a bay coot. | Within four miles of the 'stake boat. i Victoria, Sir Thomas Lipton's steam j yacht, crept up to the racers and i hovered for a while in the wake of I Shamrock. Sir Thomas was watch j ing his racer from the bridge. He : could not have been otherwise than I convinced that this attempt to lift the j America's Cup was destined to be as ? futile as any of the preceding trials. i Boat for boat, and without a time al ? lowance, Resolute was beating Sham ; rock. The attitude of all those t.i , board the Victoria seemed to be one j of dejection, and the big white steam j yacht dropped behind. It was about 2:50 that Resolute was b?ginning to round the fifteen-mile stake and start on the free certain ?run home when it was noticed on board the U. S. destroyer Simmea,