The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-17
YALE DEFEATED BY OXFORD
THE. TRACK WAS roo HEAT FOR
 THE AMERICAN TEAM.

THE. TRACK WAS roo HEAVY sOA THE AMERICAN TEAM.
 While Laboring Under Disadvantages the
 Yaiesians Put Up strong worh-shei-
 don's Strong work-spoetators Scared by
 the Yale Yell.
 London, July lo.-Ths crack athletes of Oxford triumphed over the cham pions of Yale at the Queens club, West Kenslngton, to-day, after s sensational tournament In which the Yale boys, although beaten, were by no means dis graced.
 Rain poured down almost unceasing- ly from noon until the program was more than half decided, and the soddon cJndition of the track and in-neld played havoc with the form of the Americans. The Yale men are but little accustomed to heavy going. while the Oxford oraoks have besn inured to all kinds of afmouphsrio freaks during the early spring campaign. Had Jupi- ter Pluvius held sloof the indications are that tho result would have been . win, or at tho worst tie, for the Amer ioans. As 1t was if Woodruff had run up to his form in the half m,le the match would have resulted in 6 tie, with four and half wins to the credit of each team. The arrangements in-
 side the grounds were excellent.
 As prelude to the day's sport tho
 band struck up "Rule Britannia" and the numbers of the first event were hoisted on the telegraph board. The first olang of the clerks bell was the signal for a buzz of excitement, and each sprinter who trotted past to his mark received an ovation. When the American pair appeared the band played "Yankee Doodle" to an accom- paniment of war whoops very suggest i've of the campus at New Haven. Oxford drew first blood in the 1O0- yard dash, which Ashley Pond, jr., of Yale was supposed to have at bis mercy. The Detroit boy was all at sea on the soft track and could not live at the pace set by G. Jordan and 0. B. Fry of Ox- ford. The latter got over the ground in fine style and lnhhed too fast for Jor- dan, whom he led by about half yard at the tape. A similar distance sepa- rated Jordan and Sanford.
 The jubilation of Oxford was short lived as W. O. Hickok and A. J. Brown of Yale out-olasssd N. W. Robertson, the English intercollegiate oraok, in the hammer throw. HiolEok favored his weak knee 90 much that hs fouled the circle three times. He gave the assem- bled Americans 6 big scare, but made ample amends soon after by hurfing the missile 110 feet, inches. In the Yale second string A. J. Brown beat Robert son yard for second place. Hickok's winning performance was almost fifteen feet behind his best record at tho game, and would not have earned place at the American intercollegiate champion ship.
 Yale's colors f1uttered uneasily as the hurdle racers crossed the inf1eld to the starting point on the back stretch. Tak- ing time as standard, E. A. Cady had the pace of his rivals, and some fancy odds were laid on the American inter. collegiate champion. He fattered his admirers for time, but could not shabo off Oakley of Oxford. The latter got away slowly, but came with rush half way through and won cleverly by @ yard. Cady struck the last obstacle and came to grief, leaving D. B. Hatch to finish second. This event was the turning point of the contest, but the Yale men struggled on with unfiinching courage, relying on the effect of the dogged perseverance that is sometimes miscalled "Yale luck"
 There were three track events remain ing and 1t was not unreasonable to hope that the American flag would be hoisted at least once. Sanford went for all he was worth to capture the quarter mile, but he had not speed enough to stall off Jordan's challenge in the stretch Gnd the English intercollegiate champion won by two yards. Fresh courage fired the American contingent when the stars and stripes were seen fluttering aloft in the infield, and the soothing news was waited to them that L. P. Sheldon of Yale had beaten c. B. Fry, the part holder of the worlds record for the broad jump. s..
 The defeat of Fry was probably the greatest upset of the day, particularly as his sprinting in the dash had shown him to be in exceptional form. Con- sidering the state of the ground 1t was something unusual to find three men clearing over twenty-two feet. while Sheldon's jump was a little short of under the circumstances. He went within quarter of an inch of tieing the American record. The shot putting further increased the Yale score, as A. F. Mailing, the Oxford cham pion, had not q ghost of a chance agains such a pair of experts as Hiokok and Brown.
 The came the crucial test. With two events remaining Yale had scored three wins to Oxford's four, and the Ameri- can colony could figure anyon. but Woodruff winner of the Sso yards run. The good thing was hopelsssly beaten and the Oxrord racer, VIII. Grecnhow, Exeter, and F. W Rathbone, New, had the finish between them. IT is gave ox- ford her fifth win and settled the ques- tion at issue. Sheldon was again a tower | of strength in the high jump, and went | within a most tantalizing margin of l without actually doing the trick.
 E. D. swanwick. the English interocl- legiate champion, was sad tc fear no | me hut H A Cady The Ia ttor xva i,, .6jS