THE AMERICA'S CUP.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20039, 22 September 1930, Page 11

THE AMERICA'S CUP.

• EQUIPMENT OF '. ENTERPRISE. / > INTRODUCTION OF MECHANICAL ; ELEMENT. , to*** s""* 5 ""* TBLKGBAPH-COPYBIGHT.) tI NEW YORK, September 19. '" ~ «The machines in the liull of Enter- ,: aid things no human being could ,', anal" are the words of one American ■' ' «i*MiW expert, explaining Shamrock's defeat, and thus epitomising the traditional interest of the defenders of the ' America's Cup to retain the trophy fways, and the American aim in sport S inn rather than to play games for h ti e games' sake. A patent" boom, duralumin mast, and Seeial winches to register the strain on e sails, etc., were some of the devices employed in Enterprise, while Shamrock depended on man-power. There is no widespread satisfaction in Enterprise's victory in the United states. The realisation is evident that the conditions have always favoured the defender. ' The necessity for building a boat to conform to American specifications, to •u] bet across the Atlantic on her own hottom, and to race her along a coast whose weather and wind peculiarities jannot possibly be familiar to the challenger's gkipper, will always conspire to keep the cup in the United States. ' The introduction of the mechanical element, which makes possible infinite lurprißCß, seems to be the clinching fac<ii tor. Americans themselves are begin-I'-'V.'sifg to understand that an entire overli tattling of the point of view under S whieh the races are conducted will bo 1 , aeeessary before the America's Cup I contests can prove true sporting events. s.:'■'■■';'■<

GIFT TO SIR THOMAS

LIPTON.

L % QUICK RESPONSE TO jL; jj SUGGESTION. fc ; f k (Received September 21st, 5.5 p.ni.) |j I NEW YORK, September 20. ijVe A suggestion made by the actor, Mr f|§Will Rogers, on Friday night that a if jptfttntation of a loving cup from frjKfgrybody" should be made to Sir fllltlhomaa Lipton, as a tribute to the iifirorid's best loser, brought results on JElptorday, when the Mayor of New BlSißr (Mr Walker), who was suggested pKlIr Rogers as the custodian of the pSjftrad, had received more than one contributions, with more comIHlMfrin.