The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-17

shoots the hammer tor his last throw.
The judges seem 70 take an age in de-
Gliding upon tho winner, but eventually
up goes tho American flag and tho
band strikes up yankee Doodle
Hickok received special ovation as he
left the pavilion.
While tho hammer throwing pro-
Goods, Pond and sanford struggle bravo
ly with Fry and Jordan In the milo
dash. but the latter wore not 20 be
headed aud Fry won amid great choors3
from the 0xonians aud English and
Yale defeated, walks quietly TO quarters.
Yale got tho best OF the start in tho
hurdle race and led 10 the third hurdle,
but thon Oxford rushed up oven aud
all went over tho fourth hurdle to-
gcthcr. Whom Cady fell, however. It
was apparent that Oxford would win.
Tho milo race was run al 900 p. IN.
Hildyard, OF Oxford, took the lead, I,
which no dropped alter tho drst lap and
eventually gave up. Long before the
'lnish II was evident that Yalo was not
Oxiords equal Greonhow, OF Oxford,
who was running third until the end oil
the second lap, went 70 the front at a
torrifc paco and gradually Increased
tho lead until the gap was much too big
over to be closcd, and he rushed homo
amid tremendous din.
YALg's BROAD JUMP.
In tho running broad jump Oakley,
Of Oxford, led of, clearing % iOet }
inch. Sheldon sent Yalc's spirits up
with n jump Of % feet It inches. Fry
landed with % foot ! inch. Finally
Sheldon cleared % feet IL inches and
won.
The quarter milo was called at 9:30
p. NJ, Oxford leading at the start, then
Sanford, Yalo, forged 10 the front amid
the greutest excitement OF the day.
Sanford spurted and struggled calamity,
but Jordan finally rushed through the
winning lines, falling into the arms OF
tho spectators, with Sanford second,
amid hurricanes Of applause.
Oxford thon had won four events TO
Yalo's two. Brown (Yalo) lod of with
80 icet In tho shot put, and Oxford 70.
piled with IL feet, which preceded
Hickok's Al feet 41 inches. Oxford
could not manage to do better and put
tho shot with an evident feeling ot In
ovitable defeat. which was deepened 10
conviction when Hickok ngaln com
passed IL feet 2 inches. Against this
oxford struggled vainly, though game
ly, until lIickok gave tho coup fgracee
with put" Of IL feet y inches, and
the event was Yale's.
Tho high jump proceeded quickly:
All knocked tho bar down at foot !
inches. Tho Jumpers then tried II
again, when Sheldon cleared 8 feet 81
inches. Then Swanwick negotiated the
same Jump successfully, which brought
forth renewed roaring applause from
Oxford. Tho ovont was pronounced 10
bo q tic and tho grand result was hard
" doubtful unless Yale could win the
hall milo run, in which eVent tho whole
contest would have been tie.
At 1885 p. m. tho pistol shot started
the men on tho half milo run. Groom.
how camo In ahead OF Pond by six
inches in terrific finish only TO be
seized in tho arms OF yelling 0xonians,
raised aloft and carried along tho track.
Aftor tho finish. poor Pond was COM
pletely exhausted.
THE SUMMARY.
Tho following Is a summary Of tho
International athletic contests which
Oxford won by 81 ovcnts, not points, to
Yalc's 8! events:
lOO.yard dash-Charlcs D. Fry (Wnd-
ham collego), first; Gilbert Jordan
(Uniyorsity college,. second; Ashley
Pond (Yalo '00), third. Time, 10 rs
i2O ward hurdle-WiIlIam J. Oakley
Christ church,, first; G. D. Hatch
iYalo '06), second; Thomas G. Scott
Hartford ColIoSe). third. Time, le ID
seconds.
yersityl, first; G. I. Sanford (Yale L $. !,
second; Ashley Pond (Yale), third.
Hail milo run-wilfrid P. Greonhow
(Exeter), first; Francis W. Rathbone
Now College), second; W. s. Woodruff
(Yalo '06l third. Time, 2 minutes 4'5
seconds.
(Exeterl, fret; J. E. Morgan (Yalc 'aG).
second. Time, 4 minutes "a 2.5 seconds.
Running broad jump-L IL Sheldon
tYalo 'O0). % icOt il inchos; Q. B Fry
lWadham), 90 feet inch; ". J. Oak.
10y Christ Churoh), % foot ! Inch.
Running high jump z. Sheldon
(Yalo 'OU) and Eric D. Swnnwick (Uni.
vcrsity) tied for first place at 8 feet 81
inches. Tho cvont was divided.
Putting shot-W. o. Hlckok (Yalo
'O6), Il foet7 inches; Alexander Brown
yale '06), 10 feet; Arthur L. Mailing
(Exotor College,, Sb foet 81 incho..
Throwing hammeE-W. Q. Hickok
Yale 'o5), ITO feet inches; Alexander
brown (Ynlc '08l, l0i feot; George S,
RobInsou (Now CollO9c), l0l feet 10