AMERICA CUP

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 253, 20 September 1930, Page 9

AMERICA CUP

AN EMPTY VICTORY. FEELING OF AMERICANS. “NOT TRUE SPORT.” (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph. —Copyright.) Received September 20, 10.50 a.m. NEW YORK, Sept. 19. “Machines in the hull of the Enterprise did things no human being could equal,” are the words of one American yachting expert in explaining the Shamrock’s defeat, thus epitomising the traditional interest of defenders of the America Cup to retain the trophy 'always and the American aim in sport to win rather than play the game for the game’s sake; A patent boom, a duralumin mast, special winches to register the strain on the sails, etc., were some of the devices employed in the Enterprise, while the Shamrock depended on manpower. ... There is no widespread satifaction in the Enterprise’s victory in America. A realisation is evident that the conditions have always favoured the defender. The necessity for building a boat to conform to the American specification and sail her across the seas on her own bottom, and race her along a coast whose weather and wind peculiarities cannot possibly be familiar to the challenging skipper, will always conspire to keep the cup in America.. The introduction of the mechanical element, which makes possible infinite surprises, seems to be the clinching factor. • The Americans themselves are beginning to under-stand that an entire overhauling of the point of view under which the races are conducted will bo necessary before the America Cup contests can prove to be true, sporting events.