New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-17

Yale was snid by the experts 10 have only
fighting chance Sheldon won II magniiicently
with nine inches 20 spare so much for chnnce
Just worth hghung Yale's only other triumphs
were In throwing the hammer and putting 'he
weight Both OF these she With ridiculous
ease oxford had nobody to compete with
Uickok. the captain ~ the Yale team. nor with
Brown his colleague But f. comes 10 ms
Two mon. and two men only. saved the honor
~ the American University. without IIlckok.
the genial giant who capta!ned the Americans
and sheldon Yale would have been nowhere.
oxford on the other hand. owes her victory %
five different men. counting Swanwck. who tied
with sheldon FOR the high jump This looks
Ike better generashIp on the side of OK
ford and Ike better choice of mon
don't know who Is responsible for
selecting the Yale team. II II be iiickok. II
does not follow that the best physique and the
hest head 70 together. I am reluctant even 10
suggest a criticism on n man who IN the actual
contests I'm which he took part proved himseh no'
merely superior 10 his antag bui of hlgher
class altogether Nor d. I know that Yale had
n reserve better than the troops she sent 10 me
front We can only Judge by results ana the IT,
suit is n defeat which came appallingly near u
disaster don't attempt to fastcn the response
bility on anv one. Wherever II belongs. thete I'e
- uc II must fall on somebody. The records
show that we ought TO have done better thAh
we did
The results. moreover. reverse eNpec'"'o''
The Englishmen win In every contest oi 's"''s
and speed except two. and one ot me wv" my
tie The Americans fall back upon sheer S't'"s'"
and upon the scientific use OF 1t IN contests "i
which strength is the real basis. and whlch "ou''
be impossible without strength OF very VN
lYtFl La
traordinary kind We could not win S'Hse
roce. ue did not come near winning one, except
i'm the quarer-miIe for which SANFORD ""He
co,,an, struggle Indeed think he was beaten
bv The better Judgment Of Jordan. lie maze
hIs cfror, too soon. passed Jordan at the turn
and as the pair went past the paviii"h Sah'o'u
looked a winner all over. But Jordan knew eX-
ac,lv how much ne had left In HIM He walled
III Sanford had spent his strength. repassed
him. and won the most exciting event Of the DAY
u,,hin the last nfty yards. Yet | think san
ford's name ought to be added to the other TWO
who as I said we'd the honor OF fale.
The hundred-yard race looked close but was
not. oxford critics thought Yale lost me race
at the start, and her manner OF getting away WAS
no, approved Yet she very nearly won the hui-
dies by the clevcrness Of the start II was not
lost by Cady's fall at the last hlrdc' Oakley was
enough better to make up FOR the yari fa'e
gained n starting, ana ne WAS IL WlHH'i "''"''
C,dv came down 4 bitter disappointment was
this and the doctrines of moral certaintles van
ished thus early In the day.
As for the one-mile. II was Greenhows iro''
stnrt TO finish except that his partner MADE 'he
running for him and go forced the speed rouhu
the first two laps But Morgan could not hVe '"'
pace Greenhow won by just as many Iehg'hs
IA he liked
The half-mie was better race put he''he'
Woodhull nor Pond belongs In the same class
with Greenhow and the two oxford men tnished
well in front Of the two Yalensians. 80 van
,shed the one chance Yale had OF tie on the
whole contest.
As Hickok had no real competitor IL may oe
said that Sheldon gave us the most brilliant
moments we had His first effort - Feet IA
inches. was after an interval beaten by Fry Dy
half an inch Then II that Sheldon came
ont I'm his real form and force. and sent the
stars and Stripes nuttering up to the top OF the
flagstaff. where. after successive defeats and the
nred,ction OF another we had almost despaircd
n, seeing n. II was Sheldon again who tied Tor
the high lump against Swanwick. OF OXFORD
and would | think, have won that event hau
no been in perfect condition. though SwanwicK
also had a bad ankle.
p,~.,... t,r s,,ch q heating as oxford has given