AUCKLAND RETAINS CORNWELL CUP

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 569, 23 January 1929, Page 13

AUCKLAND RETAINS CORNWELL CUP

LYTTELTON’S GOOD EFFORT COMMENT ON THE CONTEST (Special to THE SUN) CHRISTCHURCH, To-day. By sheer doggedness the young: Auckland skipper, Rogers. Avon his third race in the Cornwell Cup contest yesterday afternoon. The contest is now concluded, and the cup will once more go back to Auckland. If there was any crew in the contest that deserved to win it was Auckland. From the start Rogers and his for ard hand, G. Carter, demonstrated that they were easily the best competing. Despite much bad luck, they retain the cup after one of the hardest tights that has ever been put up. The Lyttelton representatives were second with two wins. The fifth race, which was sailed yesterday afternoon, was one of the most exciting in the contest. . Both Lyttelton and Auckland had tvro wins each and only one more was needed to win the contest. Trying to break out their spinnaker, the Auckland boys struck bad luck, and it was thought this time that they would be put out of the race. Carter lost the halyard, with the result that the boom swung round and eventually got the sail tangled underneath the boat. Auckland by now was about a mile behind the rest of the boats, with Lyttelton wpll ahead. Lyttelton kept her lead until the beat up the harbour for the last time, when the wind gradually petered out, leaving the boats becalmed for nearly an hour. Rogers was gradually creeping up on the others and soon drifted past the Dunedin and Manukau boats, which seemed as if moored. Wellington ajj.d Christchurch had pulled out

of the race. Carter had rigged up a jury spinnaker and it was this makeshift that gave the Aucklanders the race. Rogers Avon by over a minute, while Lyttelton beat Dunedin by only a second. Every delegate remarked that the contest was the best yet held. Never before have boys shown the ability they have done in this contest, and the sailing from the start had been excellent. In every race Rogers sailed his boats like a, champion. Many critics thought the Lyttelton crew as good as the team from Takapuna. Lyttelton’s for’ard hand, J. Wallace, was best in this department. There was not much difference between Manukau and Wellington. As the contest progressed the Manukau boys improved. ‘Wellington also deserved to Avin, but here again the finer points were lacking. The Dunedin boys also want more experience, and the Christchurch crews did not seem to put their hearts into the contest. TO REPRESENT SOUTHLAND EVELYN IN SANDERS CUP Press Association INVERCARGILL, Tuesday. As the result of two final trials at Half Moon Bay, Stewart Island, (he Evelyn has been selected to represent Southland at the Sanders Cup laces at Akaroa. She will be renamed the Murihiku.