The evening world., 1894-05-29
YALE TO SEND A TEAM
Good Chance at Last to Meet the
Oxford Athletes.
Expected to Sail for England on
June is.
VIII Train on the Other Side for
the Games.

1t is virtually settled that a repre-
sentative athletic team will carry the
indigo Of Yale against the cerulean flag
of oxford some time about the middle
Of next month. This opportunity has
long been sought by New Haven teams,
and 10 the climax Of four years of most
assiduous planning and volumes Of cor
respondence on the part Of Charles H.
Sheriff.. the Yale sprinter.
A cablegram received by Mr.. Sheriff.
last night leaves the matter, as he re-
CARDS It. open only to the concluding
arrangement Of details as to the date
OF meeting and the games at which the
collegians will compete.
he ibs am ssrtsiny y much oss ssd
reporter, lat finding the English collie
CLANS ready to welcome a Yale team
upon their grounds. Never was team
OF American college athletes in better
trim for an international compe titior
than is the Yale team, and they should
win points enough for an assured vic
tory. In the weight contests and at the
hurdles. they are simply invlncible, sc
far as comparisons of performances
show.
The subject of a competition OF the
during a visit abroad, and returned
with every expectation of success. The
failure OF Yale to secure the intercolle.
giate championship, however, deferred
prove the representative college team OF
this country. This has been done now
In SO thorough manner as to leave no
room for doubt. and we will send team
OF winners"
Mr.. MacLane Van Ingen, who is now
In Europe on business. was commits
stoned by Mr.. Sherill a week or so ago
to reopen the subject OF an internat tional
rynaatfnn With the English cOllppin
result.
The Yale team is now in, training
Preparations have been made to sail
on June Is. They will go directly to OK
ford. secure training quarters and finish
The list Of events which are TO be
contests differ from the American events
only in one particular. This Is the
three-mile run. which Is not on the pro-
gramme In this country.
Mr.. Sheriff. therefore wishes to sub
stitute either a bicycle, walking or pole
vaulting event. but which one will be
substitute is not yet known A compro-
mise may be made upon a mile run.
The Yale team will probably be made
up as follows:
1oo-yard Run-E II. cady 'sS 8. hrst string;
G. r. Sanford. L. s.. recond string.
lto-yard Dash--G. r. Sanford hrst string: -.
second s'rins.
Miie hun-J. MoTkaH ~ Hrrt bHiHS'
second string.
Hurdies-E. H. Cady '95 s.. hrst string: l.. p.
Sheldon, 's6 second string.
Hammer-w. O. Hickock. 'oS g. hrst string
Alexander Brown. 96 second string.
Putting the s'iot-w o. Hickock. 's5 s. nrst
Hish Jump. II. Cady. 's5 s.. hrst string;
L. P. Sheldon. 'ss. second string
Broad jump. p. Sheldon. s6. hrst string:
+. Fl. Cady. '95 s., second string.
Yale men are anxiouely awaiting the
final word, and when II comes hundreds
of Yale enthusiasts will prepare to ac'
/. company the team on the trip.
Yale men can see nothing that savor'
Of possible defeat. and are en-
Enthusiastically sanguine. A concession
will have to be made in the hammer
throwing. in which the English style IL
to throw from n run on turf. Anothe,
point OF difference TO which the Yal,
athletes will have to accustom them
selves will be in the practice OF runnint
and walking with the right side to thu
pole reversing the style Of taking turns
In vogue here.