The evening world., 1894-05-29
YALE SEND TEAM
Good Chance at Last to Meet the
Oxford Athletes.
Expected to Sail for England on
~ June IS.
WIN Train on the Other Side for
the Games.

II n virtualls settled that q repre-
sentative athletic team will carry the
indigo OF Yale agains, the cerulean nag
OF oxford some time about the middle
OF next month. This opportunity has
long been sought by New Haven teams,
and % the climax of four years Of mos,
nssiduous planning and volumes OF cor
respondence On h part of Charles H.
gherrin. the Yale Splinter.
A cablegram received by Mr.. Sheriff.
last night leaves the matter. as he re-
wnrds II. open only to the concluding
arrangement OF details as to the date
~ meeting M the games ut whieh1h
81 am certainly much grntined," said
he this morning 10 an Evening World
reporter. at finding the English cole
Elans ready 20 welcome a Yale team
upon their grounds. Never WAS a team
Of American college athletes in better
trim for an International competition
han Is n Yale team. n they should
win points enough for an assured vic
hurdles. they are simply invincihle, &c
Tar ms comparisons OF performances
aIhe Subject OF a competition OF the
kind was first actively aEitated by me
dur1ng q visit abroad. and ! returned
with every expectation OF success. The
I4lIUre Of 1hlt 10 secure lHt lHttrCo4tr-
giate championship, however, deferred
IL until the New Haven team should
prove the representative college team o!
this country. This has been done nov
In 20 thorough a mRnne as 10 leave nj
room for doubt. and we will send a team
az winners."
Mr.. NacLane Var 1ngen. who Is nov
2 ear % NG on ss snsine 3 week wss or 'G s6 nsc
TO reopen the subject of an international
meeting with the English colleEiaas,
whieh he e,d with the above satistaciory
The Yale team is now In training
pnparatory - going 70 England Al
p~reparattons have been made - sA-l
ford. secure training quarters and finish
Tne liz, of events which are to he
Contests Contest differ from the Amertean vents
only in one particular. This is the
three-mile run, which is not on the pro-
gramme in this country.
Mr.. Sheriff. therefore wishes to sub
stitute either a bicycle, walking or pole
vaulting event, but which one Will be
substitute is not yet known. A compro-
the Yale team Will probably be made
up as follows:
ieo-yard RUM. H. csdy. 'ss s.. nrst string
@. z Sanford. l. g.; second string .
Mls Run. E. Morgan. ~. nrst string; -
o6cond string. -
Sheldon, '96. second string.
-Hammer-w. o. Hickock. '5 s.. nrst string
! Alexander Brown. '96. second string.
Putting the S;iot-w o. Hickock. rs g., hrst
strisg; Alexander Brown. Sc. second string.
High Jump. II. Cady. IS s. frst string
L. r. Sheldon. 'ss. second string.
Broad Jump. p. Sheldon. %. nrst string
y. II. Cady. 's5 s.. second string.
Yale men are anxiously awaiting tn,
final word. and when II comes hundred
\ of Yale enthusiasts will prepare to &C
company the team on the trip:
Yale men can see nothing, that SAVIOR
Of possible defeat. and are en-
( thusia sticaiiy sanguine. a concession
will have to be made in the hammer
throwing. in which the English style !
TO throw from a run on turf. .Anothe
point OF difference TO which the .Yal
athletes will have to accustom then
selves will be In the practice OF runnin
and walking with the right side to tn
pole. reversing the style OF taking turn
IN vogue here.