San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-16
YALE AGAINST OXFORD.
The Great College Athletes of Two
Continents Contend For
HOnnrS

of American college youth will
contest for international collegiate
honors against the "blue ribbon"
boys Of Great Britain and the COM
petition will be close, and in all
likelihood in doubt almost to the
end. Both teams have trained to
the minute, both are in the pink OF
condition, and there is no reason
why collegiate records should not
be smashed to smithereens.
The list of the English Inter
University records in the various
events to be held are as follows:
One hundred-yard dash, los,
Darlington; 440-yard dash, 40 los,
Cam bridge; one-half mile run, I'm.
II 2-5s., Oxford; one mile run, I'm.
- 4-5s., Cambridge; l2O-yard hur-
die, les, Cambridge, Dublin; high
jump, 6 TT. ,! in, Oxford; broad
Jump, % It. g. in, Oxford l6.pound
hammer, 1873 IT. 3 in, Cambridge;
l6-pound shot, 80 TT. l in, Oxford.
The American intercollegiate
records for the same events are:
One-hundred-yar dash, los,
Princeton, Harvard, Yale 44O-yard
dash, 40bs., Amherst: half-mile
run, I'm. 81 los, Princeton: one
mile run, Am. 26 4-5s., Wesleyan,
12O yard hurdle race, II 4-5s., Yale
high jump, 6 feet } in, Harvard
broad jump, % feet III in, Column
bia; I6-pound hammer, 1913 feet 9
in, Yale; l6-pound shot, - feet.
Yale.
The conditions provide that
there shall be nine events, namely:
Flat races of a mile, a half mile,
quarter mile, and 100 yards, a
hurdle race of l20 yards with ten
flights, broad and high jump,
and weight putting and hammer
throwing. The second condition is
that there shall be no more than
two contestants from each univer-
sity in any one event.
Other conditions are that all con.
tests shall be conducted in accor-
dance with the rules governing the
annual contests between Oxford
and Cambridge, excepting only
the weight putting and hammer
throwing, in which the rules OBJ
served between Oxford and Cam
bridge and between Harvard and
Yale, respectively, may be followed;
that the referees decision be final
and no appeal may be taken; that
the contestants be chosen solely
from the Englishmen and Ameri-
cans sharing or qualified to share
respectively in the contests in 1874;
that Yale and Oxford mutually
certify that none of the competl-
tors ever shared in any cOmpeti-
ton with or against professionals
within the definition and laws Of
the Amateur Athletic association
of England, and that both clubs ac-
cept the Queens club financial pro-
posals, namely, that Yale and Ok
ford and the Queens club divide
equally the net profits or losses OF
the games.
The track is different in shape
from the American oval tracks,
being a parallelOgram, with round
ed corners. The Yale men be-
lieve it is faster than the oval. All
the Yale men have practised open
", and always in the presence of
large crowd. TheOXfOrd men made
great secret Of their training per-
fOrmances. 1t was known all over
England In few hours when Shell
DON jumped 26 feet 4 inches the
other day.
QUEENS CLUE GROUNDS, LON
DON, July l6.-The weather today
is anything but promising for a
satisfactory athletic contest be-
tween the university teams of old
England and New England. a
cold gusty wind was blowing all
morning; raining at intervals and
the grounds looked sodden and
likely to prevent fast time being
made or records being broken.
Notwithstanding the weather
crowd of nearly fifty thousand
gathered long before the time for
the first event. In spite OF the rain
it is hoped the track will be in
good condition before the first
event is called at 4:3O p. m. At
best, however, the grounds cannot
be favorable for the Americans or
for lowering records. The general
opinion seems to be that Yale will
win a majority of the events. The
members OF both teams are report
ed to be in good condition and an
exciting contest is hoped for.
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