Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-19
YALE'S FINE SHOWING.
No Disgrace Attends Her Defeat by
Oxford.

is not making excuses for the defeated
tosay they We're peculiarly unfortunate.
In the first place, it was English, not
American weather. Instead of hot sun
shine, In which the American athletes
do their best work, II was cold, drizzly
afternoon, with a heavy rain only half
an hour before the games began. This
caused Yale to lose all the races, which
| comprised four OF the nine events on
the programme. None of the men were
able to equal the work which they had
| done in practice and other competitions,
There is this TO be said for Yale
They were beaten by an exceedingly
| narrow margin in all five events, except
the mile race, where Morgan, the only
| Yale competitor, WAS several seconds
| behind Grcenhow, tile Oxford winner.
| This was due to thC :sct that the two
| Oxford runners t!id Morgan in a pocket
| during the first bali Of the race and set
u pace for him several seconds faster
| than nc Is accustomed to take in the
| tirst part of the run. On the other hand,
ale completely outclaSsed Oxford at
the long jump and putting the weight
| and throwing the hammer. Shcldon's
lead of ~ inches in tho long jump settles
the disputed question of difference in
the American and English methods.
| Ills distance, according TO American
rules of measurement, was % feet 81
inches, instead of 90 feet II inches, the
| English official measurement
cADY's NASTY FALL.
A nasty fall which Cady suffered in
the hurdle race just before the finish
| caused him to lose that event, in which
he was leading at the eighth hurdle,
and prevented him from doing more
than lie Oxford in the high jump which
| followed. But it was fine days sport.
The Yale men are naturally much dis
appointed, but still glad they came.
The broad jump was fearful facer
for Oxford, whose representative, Q. u.
Fry, was regarded as invincible at the
game. Sheldon, the lengthy Yale man,
| jumped with rare dash and brilliancy,
and got over the remarkable distance OF
20 feet II inches. On such day the
| performance was quite up to record
form. Fry could not get within 0inches
1 of sheldon, and in the end was sup
| planted for second honors by his club
mate, W. j. Oakley.
FINE HAMMER THROWING.
| Il
u prompt opportunity Of getting even
and there was wild enthusiasm when
| Captain w. o. HickOk and Alex. j.
Brown stepped forward. Hickok was u
| tritle over-anXious and went out of the
circle in his first three attempts. He
made amends in his next effort, which
carried the missile 10 feet inches and
won. Brown, the Yale second strong
man, proved good enough to defeat the
English intercollegiate champion, G..
w Robertson, by clear YARD. Sum
mary:
100-yard run, worlds record, 0 AS
seconds; American intercollegiate
record, 10 seconds-Won BY @. B. Fry,
Oxford; G. Jordan, oxford, second; G.,
+. Sanford, Yale, third Ashley Pond,
Jr., fourth. Time, 10 3-5 seconds.
Throwing l6-pound hummer, world S
record, LAB feet inch-Won by w. o.
lckok OF Yale, llU feet inches; A. j.
Brown Of lale, second, 104 feet; G. w.
Robertson, New College, oxford, third,
with throw Of 10l feet.
l2O-yard hurdle race, worlds record,
14t seconds; American intercollegiate
record, Is As seconds-Won by W. j.
Oakley, Christ Church, Oxford; G. b.
Hatch, Yale, second; E. A. Cady, Yale,
third. Time, IL 80 seconds. Cady and
INot1 leit lhe marx together and faced
Ine opstacleS ~ great pace. Cady Tell
az the last obstacle;
IutlhS 10 pound shot, worlds record,
- ieeti intercollegiate record, AZ feet
won by w. Q. llickok, Yale, with a put
of Al feet At inches; Alexander Brown,
Yale, second, with put Of 50 feet III
ihehes, a; \. Mallnger, Exeter, oxford,
thlra, with put OF 30 feet ~ inches.
Coy YARDS run word record, minute
ofS.o seconds- ". IL; dreenhow, Exeter
O&iofa, won =. W. kathDone, New
Soilege, o&i0rd, second; ). +. Morgan,
aie, MIRO. lime, minutes 40 seconds.
Running high Jump, worlds record, 9
ieet ~ lAchcs-'E. u. sWanwlck, Uni'
yersity, oxford, and l.. 7. sheldon,
aie, tleu LOT llrst place, at leet 81
lnenesi L. II, Cady, Yale, came next,
Win leet z Inches, and Y, a. Fardi-
nei, New Colle5e, OXFORD clearcl feel
of inches.
ohe.hllc run, World,s record, min
utes ~ 40 SECONDS; American Inter-
collegiate record, minutes 20 4-5
seeohas-W. II. Greenhow, Exeter
Sollese, o&lofd, won; u. NJ. llllyard
University, O%iord, second; j. T. Nor
gan, Yale, third. lime, minutes "a 81
seconds. llllyard cut out the pace fol
one'third the distance and then gave
way to the ilrst string reenhow-wht
made al the lest OF the running
ana won over oO yards from his club
mate. Morgan was last from start Il
hnlsh'
Kunning broad jump, worlds record
! 70 teet " inches; intercollegiate record