London, Sept. 20.
Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith to-day expressed confidence regarding - the safety of the racing yacht, Endeavour I, of which there has been no news since she broke away from the towing vessel Viva during a hurricane in the Atlantic at midnight last Monday.
"She is well equipped for a trans-Atlantic voyage," he said. "and has a first-class navigator and captain. It she is crossing under her own sails, she might take three or four weeks before she reaches England."
Meanwhile, according to New York despatches, the search is continuing.
Coast Guard cutters are patrolling near the Sabre Islands, where prè- vailing winds would have driven the sloop if she were drifting helplessly. If not found in this area, it is thought that the only remaining hope is she has proceeded to cross the ocean.
In the American League the New York Yankees came within a fraction of cinching the pennant by defeating their closest rivals, the Detroit Tigers, by 5-0. Charlie Ruffing, notable early season holdout, was in brilliant form on the mound, holding the Bengals to a portion of four hits.
Joe DiMaggio swelled his home run total with a smashing circuit blow to assure victory for the rifles.
The Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Browns divided honours in a twin bill, the Browns taking the first contest by '8-6 and the Red Sox copping the nightcap by a tally of 7-5, led by a home run from the bat of youthful Bobby Doerr, now making a come-back after having sustained a fractured skull as a result of a "bean ball" early in the season. Scores:
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