The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-17

De closed, and be rushed home amid ,re-
mendous din.
he running broad jump followed. Oak
Oh Oxiord, led OF, clearing - feet x
.nen- Hatch, Of Yale, baked and fell
then rushed 81 II and slipped, but
ohe4oon sent 1aie's spirits mp with .
Jump OF = feet IL inches. Then Oakley
ana match followed, but the latter baked,
mar returned. went again and made an
unrecorded Jump. Bat poor Fry came up
snAing and made mighty effort. aud the
c1o"d roared as he landed The ..0hs 7"
were repeated with cheers as the marker
gave him q feet p inch. Sheldon followed
snd scored = feet IL inches. All looked
oark blue for Oxford Hatch went on
again, making half start, returned, ran
AID Jumped, but fell behind. Fry followed
win jump Of n feet 9 inches. and Shell
don finished again. jumping 81 feet 6Il
inches oy pumping down where his heels
touched, while the crowd laughs. Finally
Sheldon cleared % feet IL inches and won,
Fry, oxford, second, - feet y inch; Oak
ley, oxford, third, p feet 4 inch.
The half mile was called At e:Is o. m.
sneldon's splendid jump had put the
Americans in good spirits, although
Rickok said: 1--WE have a hard row to
hoe now. Losing the hurdle race hurt our
chances" OF they went. Oxford leading
At the start Then Sanford, of Yale,
worked to the front amid the greatest ex-
element of the day. The last fifty yards
were run 1t terrific pace, and Jordan
was getting 70 the front, although San
ford spurted and struggled calamity.
Jordan finally headed Sanford and rushed
Frh 81 - 4.
arms Of the spectators, with Sanford sec
ond, amid hurricanes of applause.
Oxford thsn had won four events TO
Yale's two. Brown, OF Yale. led of with
80 feet in the shot putting, and Oxford re-
pied with 81 feet, which preceded Hickok's
Al feet 4 n inches. Oxford could not man
age TO do better. and put the shot with an
evident feeling of defeat, which was deep
ened to conviction when Hickok again
threw IL feet 2 inches. Against this OK
ford struggled vainly though gamely. until
Hickok gave the coup de grace with q
put" of Al feet ~ inches and the event
was closed.
HIhe high jump proceeded quietly. The
enthusiasm was mild, but il became uni
yersal as Sheldon lightly comprised a fine
jump. Other efforts followed. some sue
cessful and others ending fat on the grass
All knocked the bar down al feet inches
The jumpers then tried 1t again, when.
upon sheldon clearing il, a wild uproar
broke out from Yale and from the parti-
sans of the American team. Oxford fol.
lowed and knocked the bar down. Cady
placed q handkerchief in front for his feet
and cleared it again for Yale. Swanwfck
of Oxford also cleared IL, feat which was
received with much tumult by the OK
fords. Sheldon jumped and failed, and
Capt. Hickok was seen TO be rubbing
the Yale mans ankle. Gardner OF Ok
ford then made q failure, and he was
followed in this by Cady. of Yale. Then
sheldon cleared feet So inches. amid the
din of the rival college cries. Then Swan
wick made the same jump which brought
forth renewed roaring applause from Ok
ford. In the meanwhile Sheldon was
rubbing his knee and soon after wards tried
again and failed. The crowd at this point
took up what they supposed to be Yale 5
cry and began yelling, "Quack.. quack
Yale. Gardner then tried again and
failed, and so did Cady. Finally, Swan
wick jumped once more and failed, and
the event was pronounced TO be n tie, and
the grand result was hardly doubtful I'M
less Yale could win the half-mile run, in
which event the whole contest would have
been a tie.
At :3O the pistol started the men on
the half-mile run, the report echoing over
the grounds and losing itself in roars of
encouragement for Yale as her colors went
To the front at the first lap. Greeuhowe.
Of Oxford, however. was running with
well-preserved strength, and he pushed TO
the front. causing the oxonians to yell
like madmen. Pond could not down him.
though Yale yelled never so hard in her
efforts to encourage the New England run
ners, and Greenhowe came in ahead Of
Pond by SIX inches in a terrible finish,
only 20 be seized by the arms by the yell
ing Oxonians. raised aloft and carried
along the track. After the finish poor
Pond was com Ietelt exhausted. and fell
into the arms of two friends, who fairly
carried him from the held. while a few
yards distant the victorious Greenhowe
was being borne along. hoisted upon the
shoulders Of bowling crowd.
Followinsis a summary Of the interna-
tional athletic contest, which Oxford won
by So events 90 Nale's So events:
io0.yard dAsh-Charlss n. Fry, Oxford.
won; Gilbert Jordan, oxford. second
Ashley Pond, Yale, third. Time, i013 sec
onds.
I2Lyard William J. Oakley, OK
ford, won: q. II. Hatch. Yale, second
Thomas q. Scott, oxford. third. Time.
IL Is seconds.
440-yard run-Gilbert Jordan, Oxford,
won; G.. Sanford. Yale. second; Ashley
Pond. Yale. third. Time. 81 seconds.
Half-mile ruu-Wilfred Greenhowe. OK
ford, won: Francis Rathbone, Oxford.
second: W. >. Woodruff. Yale. third.
Time. 200 as.
One-mile run-Wilfred Greenhowe, Ok
ford won; J. +. Morgan. Yale. second.
Time, aga 2-1
Running broad jump-T. 7. sheldon.
Yale. - feet III inches; G. b. Fry, Oxford. -
feet :. OF an inch; w. J. Oakley, Oxford.
- feet y an inch.
Running high jump--T. 7. sheldon. y ale,
and Eric u. Swanwick. University college.
tied for first place at feet 81. inches.
The event was divided.
Putting the shot-W. q. Hickok, Yale.
Al feet ~ inches; Alex Brown. Yale. A
feet; Arthur +. Mailing. Oxford, - feet
So inches.
Throwing the hammer-W. O. Hickok.
Yale, lI5 feet inches; Alex Brown, Yale,
lca feet, George ;. Robinson, Oxford. loi
feet 10 inches.