The evening world., 1894-06-20
ATHLETES SAIL.
Crowd at the Wharf to See the
Mighty Men Off.
Extremely Confident Of Defeating
0xfoTd's Gladiators.
Mayor Gilroy's Son One OF Their
Fellow-P Passengers. :


scented on the deck of the fine American
liner New York as she sailed away this
forenoon. Society. the judiciary. the
stage. the field OF athletics, and politics
all had their votaries massed together In
the one common bond of fellowship which
obtains so strongly on an ocean voyage.
A group which focused the attention
of q great many who had gathered to
bid bon voyage to friends bound for q
Continental tour was the ten IRON
muscled athletes of Yale University,
who cross the ocean to meet the might
est men in Oxford 'varsity's ranks on
the cinder path and track and in the
field.
Looming a full head above his fellows
was Capt. o. w. Hickok. the giant
weight-thrower. His fair, round face
was radiant with confidence and he
spoke hopefully Of the chances Of sue
cess for the team. With Hickok were
Sprinters Pond. Woodruff. Morgan and
Cady and Sheldon: Weight-Throwers
Brown and Hatch. Charlie Sheriff.. ac-
companied the team as a general
adviser.
Capt. Hickok said to an Evening
World" reporter that he expected thai
the team would give an unusually good
II think" he added, " that Pond viii
secure the 100-yard dash, Cady the high
hurdles, woodruff the half-mile, with tho
and Sanford. I cannot see where j. p.
Foy. Of oxford, will be beaten in the
high and broad jumps, and these events
must be ero E0nS wSs 20 sne Ensi tni Iii
me, that England ought to offer especial
ly good Advantages TO or team. 1 mean
atmospherically speaking.
abundance of moisture in the air is
extremely beneficial, to the lungs ane
runners can extend themselves more
Myers also said that he was always
credited with doing better work by
two-ffths or 4 quarter of a second when
in England"
The team occupies the staterooms s57-
$40 and n portion of stateroom 1852. They
Will make an effor. to keep from getting
stale" on the voyage by doing light
practice work every morning. on ships
board. The commander OF the New York
has taken the Yale boys under his Z
FOR any Of the comforts and conveniences
The team will -disband after the con-
in pairs ut their leisure.
They took a large supply Of drinking
water along, as the water on the other
side does not always agree with Ameri-
cans.
The events set down for the contests
are nine i. number-lM and 40 yard
yard hurdle; broad jump. high Jump.
The iolIoWips is the Yale team Win
age. nineteen; record. hammer, 49,
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Alexander Brown. P~h,ladelphia. Pa.
'ss; sSs; tYsnty-one. Shot; 20 & ss-4 e e:
age. nt tysen nSn'' 49, d yards' 10 i:sn: III
oxford record: q. Jordan. 10 i-5s. and
w. s. Woodruff. Orange; N; J, 'ss;
G.. +. Sanford. New Haven, age. TWEEN
ty:two. 100 yards In 10 lbs. 40 yards In
E. ii. Cady. Hartford. Conn.,, .sS. age
nineteen. 10 yards hurdle in iss. Ok
1. p. Sheldon. rutland VI, Sc. age
5 SrSsd 'dE%5P ' 3 3. fsst 3 : iseaes: f Ssf0T i
]. Morgan, Essex, Conn.,, aged twenty
two, mile run. 4 minutes 2 Us seconds.
oxtord record : minutes 10 ~ rs seconds eeS
teen, 100 yards hurdle, 16 l-5 seconds
broad Jump 20 feet 6 inches;
Yale would win the hammer. the shot.
the dashes and the hurdle, and lose
TIE jumps and the mile and half-mile.
= But the difference between the British
ami American methods may reverse
The runs viii be made in the British
style, with the right side to the curve.
This IS not expected to affect HI re-
suit materially. however. In the broad
= jump. the different systems of measur-
/ both universities the men jump from 4
mark into freshly spaded soft ground.
but while Americans only measure to
earth. the British measure to the nrm
| imprint of the heel. This makes their
= record six or seven Inches above What
TEN. This fact may enable Sheldon to
| win over Fry. whose performances have
long been considered phenomenal by the
In the shot and hammer contests tbs
throwers have much more room for
throwing in England than in America.
and yet are far behind Hickok's record.
y Yale has a cinch on these two events
at any rate. The team Is so made up
as to give Yale a second string In most
Pend and Sanford will. go in the
dashes, and Cady and Hatch In the hur-
dies. .Cady will then help Sheldon IN the
hish h, JUMP hIPoa ana M hasen viii Will su not run In
!, that p~recedes the half mile he viii take
part IN the latter. NOOunun Will uo tnc
same in regard to his specially. the half
: mile. not running IN the mile unless tho
half mile comes first.
Only two men from each college are to
be allowed in any event. The Yale team
!, will go direct to oxford. and 80 INTO
training-quarters, which have been pre-
pared for them, They will have nearly
, three weeks to get rid of any i'll effects
/, of the sea voyage.
Mayor Gilroy was a prominent ftsurs
In the saloon. He was on board to bid
his son, Thomas F.. IT., a hearty God
speed; Young G'lroy win be absent "
months. and expects to go as far east as
. st. Petersburg. The Mayor, speaking
for his son. said he did not believe his
boy would see Croker while In Europe.
: There was no reason why he should. as
not the slightest element of politics en-
tered into the Junior Gilroy's trip.
Judge Roger A. Pryor, OF the Court OF
= Common Pleas. was also a passenger
on the New York. He win be gone W
months.
: c. Oliver Iselin and his charming bride,
l nee Hope Goddard, were on the New
York. Mr.. Iselin said he intended to see
the yacht races on the other side which
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