AMERICA'S CUP RETAINED

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 171, 6 August 1937, Page 5

AMERICA'S CUP RETAINED

-PresB Assn.-

Ranger's Fourth Successive Victory ENDEAVOUR'S FAILURE

(By Telegraph-

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(Beceived 6. 11 a.m.) NEW YOBK, Aug. 5. The American def ender. Mr. HaTold Yanderbilt 's Bangor, defeated the challenger, Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith 's Endeavour II. in the fourth race for the America 's Cup. By gaining four victories in succession the defender retaine the trophy. The criticB pay tribute to Mr. Sopwith 's handling, which it is considered eould not have been excelled even by Mr. Vanderbilt, but the opinion is exprossed that the Banger is invincible. One Press commentator sums up with the view: "The Endeavour is probably the fastest racing eloop ever built — with the exeeption of the Banger." Despite crossing the starting-line ahead qf time and being compelled to cross again, Endeavour II. made her beat race of the series. Banger assumed a 200-yard lead before Endeavour n. could rectify the error. The American boat increased its lead to three-quar-ters-of-a-mile before the first turning, but Endeavour II. cnade up 30 seconds on the second leg in which it outraced the Banger and seemed to be overhauling the American on the third leg in a 15-mile-an-hour south-west wind, but Banger was too far ahead, finishing with a quarter-mile lead and establishing a new record for the rectangular course, In the 86 years in which the Ameri--sa's Cup has ueen existence, during which there have been 15 contests for the trophy, Britain has never once held the cup. A record of the results is given below: — 1851: America won the cup, one race only. 1870: Magic beat ehallenger Cambria., one race only. 1871: Columbia won first and secondruces, but was disabled in the third and ehallenger Livonia won. Fourth and fifth races wou by American Sappito. 1876: Madeline (American) beat ehallenger Countess of Dufferin in two straight races. 1881: American Miscliigf beat Atalauta in two straight races. (885: American Puritan beat Geneata in two straight races. 1886: American Mayflower beat Galatea in two straight races. 1S87: American Yolunteer beat Thlstle in two straight raecs. 1893: American Vigilant beat Valkvrie II. in three straight races. 1895: American Defender beat Valkyrie III. in three straight races. 1899: American Columbia beat Shamrock I. in three straight raees. 1901: American Columbia beat Shamrock II. in three straight races. 1903: American Eeliance beat Shamrock III. in three straight races. In the last race Shamrock was lost in fog. 1920: In the first race the American Besolute was disabled and Shamrock IV. won. In the second race the yaehts did not finish in time. Shamrock won the third race by 2 minutas and 26 seconds. Besolute won the fourth and fifth races. The sixth race was void, and Besolute won the sevonth. 1930: American Enterprise beat Shamrock V. in four straight raees. 193-4: Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith, taking up the challenge for Britain following the death of Sir Thomas Lipton, scored tke unprecedented success of winning the first two races with Endeavour; the Americans (represented by Mr. Harold Yanderbilt 's Rainbow), however, won all the rest, and retained the Cup by four races to two.