The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-20
ENGLISH SPORTING NOTES.
salFord Harriers Win the Cross-eouatry
ChAmplon.hip.

S"AhoEe ING Sfo@s~couukFy
ChamPionship.
The national cross-country champion ship OF
England furnished grand contest at Black
pool. March 3. Eight clubs were represented.
the most fancied for premier honors being the
Essex Beagies. The brilliant running OF the
Stafford Harriers proved too much for the ia
vorites. who had to put up with third placeon
aggregate scoring. The Stafford team won
with sixty points. The Birchnsld Harriers
took second place with seventy one points.
while the Essex cracks rolled up an even CEN
tury. q. Grassland ran superbly for the
winners. and had the pace OF his rivals
thamstown. finished second. followed by G..
Martin Essex BeaGles. and R Moran Sal
i iSsd har,e5s MortO5 was sigh-
self to standstilI. and was found PROSTATE In
a field out In the country. He was carried to
The walking event on the English CHI I'm pion-
ship programme has been cut down to four
lean mark. and may be the iirst Step p' toward S
the Duplicate programme suggested.
oI The EnSIh cgeitnG vas formally
Norwegian skater and cyelIst. was conspicu GUS
favorable iupssssIon. @. Z osnosd iSt .s
to confine himself tn actual com petitions this
year. He is tired Of trying for records or
lreland gave smother surprise to the foot;
match at England was played at CiiitonviIIs,
under association rules. The Ssxons com.
menced brilliantly. and scored a, goal In tine
added another goal and. look ed ike easy win.
nerA. The Irishmon, however. stayed in
grand fashion. and managed to tie the score at
: The great annual football match under
Of England was PLAYED at reed d' March aS f'ss
1o.Gsh,iT. had PrsEiOn:lSy won the county
and although they added two tries. they failed
busy scoring in the mean time. and lsft on
clever winners BY two goals. one dropped and
two tries; total 10 ponts against three tries.
The International Rugby season reached its
most sensational stage at Belfast on March 10,
when the champion teams OF Ireland and
Wales lined up for their annual struggle. The
Irishmen oaly needed smother win 70 earn the
did night but could not hold their opponents.
who were In grand form. Wales had to kick
iPsH sSp al sc
Lyle sent the bail sailing over the bar No
other score IesuitsFdh and Ireland Non b. one
gives them the triple honors OF the season.
The fastest hali-mile ever run over the Cam
March 5 By ". l.. Intyens, the University a.
G. President He started from scratch in
IS ana Sars minute Ha1s 599 .N w
onds. The performance IL enhanced By the
fact that on the previous afternoon he won the
one mile run By the length OF the stretch. In I
inutes % seconds.
America is not as largely represented as
be held at sheiieid. Faster Saturday and Non A.
day. The nominal distance 10 200 yards, but
the virtual scrAtehman. q. Grant. Edinburgh
will start from the SOG-yArd mark. p Ear
Tell. America has the sparse allowance Of one
yard. and Is asked to give his speedy eountry-
man. u. SeulIy. two yards.
The single-hAndsd billiard championship
between Oxford and Cambridge was decided
ct Cambridge. March q A. c. Hobson. the
ana exciting game. beating 4 l. richardson,
Oxford. seven points in 500