New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-01
lilies PLUCKY SHOWING.
surRRILL TELLS AGAIN THE STORY
OF TIE OXFORD GAMES.

,, OLD CO1lE"h ~ '
'HD .,,rs TIE CONDITIONS WHICH HANDl-
o.pprp TIE AMEKIcANs-uIs ENTHusI-
orrR THE WELCOME GIVEN BY
THEIR ENGLISH COUSINS
II Sheriff. jr.. the ex-champion Yale
ChaiN Ono helped TO bring abou; the recent ath-
EIh" .os,s between Yale and oxford and who
leuc rrrlond as manager Of the team. returned
v'', r.york yesterday on the American Line
70 Wv chester. Mr.. Sheriff. said yesterday to a
f'an. 81 presume that excuses for Ya.e's defeat
ItI@.raar bu: we have none to offer. We were
sre " .,J there is little TO say. We sailed
esanN. confident of success. and we held that
!N ~ .'s,n until the contest was decided in OK
,,or The men we took with good
N nd they did all they could to win The races
- rsarlv all exciting. IT was. OF course. I'M
W.T. that the day set for the sports. as our
.-.rsb friends call them. was 50 disagreeab,e 1t
bs Car several days previous TO the day, July
-, the rain on that day was severe up TO the
" 20, for the races. 4:$O p. IN. The fine track
u" lazy but OF course. can say that the Yale
w. da no; equal either their previous or even their
IT, times IL has been said in several English
-, that the Yale not sufficiently
- hui as a matter of fact the men were all up
:. .1s,r usual form. and some even better.
,r,. tine made was very good for the day and the
- The Quarter in 81 seconds. while the mile was
covered in the time OF minutes "a 80 seCohus WHICH
= .,od for a slow track
.r,a day was raw and chilly while we had hoped
49,. fairy warm day oxford surprised us by their
,,,rg bu, they equally surprised by our
18Th in the field contests. Cady injured his knee
-, be fsl In the hurdle race: he had been easily
,.,-,g fee; inches in the high jump for sew
-, s,vs before the games. and but for the acci-
- Ar-s ~ Nal Aar,fG
-. ri,b svanwick In the high jump was plucky,
-. ~ and his broad Jumping (when we consider
- ~ mad lame knee and ankle scarcely
-. ,,s, phenomena He jumped just p feet 9ia
..Ass accoriing 20 American measurement. but the
r-sish method put !; down as y feet IL inches
Az ,ha contests save two, were contested under
r,,rsA rules; that Is. with the right hand 10 the
- instead Of the left. as Is our custom. The
49, race was over fixed supports and was run on
ass Each university used It's own method IN
su,,,,g shot and throwing the hammer.
nr.iv I might say WAS winning when he fell.
- oakley beat our man. Hatch. by half a yard.
rrr4 ls s5 seconds Fly. who won the hundred, is a
,,se- Greenhow. who won the mile and the 81
,.rs run. IS a splendid fellow and d fine athlete.
n. oxford men admitted themselves outclassed in
.a weights although Hickok did not spread him
EVERY possible courtesy was shown us. The
orsr;srs the ground. In fact everything. were Simply
f,omirent men gave dinners TO the team; on &C
I'm, NJ the absence long vacation OF the
Students We could not get as good an insight into
oxford life as We would have liked The sociai
Attentions paid 10 the team. after the games were
oy.rvhelming and one who had not seen the games
you'd have thought that Yale had won. There were
MANI prominent people at the dinner We had AZ
me SPORTS Club. given In honor OF the two teams:
The main theme 0: the speeches was the PUCK OF
az hoys coming 5000 miles compete On the
tuesday evening following the games supper was
given In honor Of the Yale team by ne Americans
feeling was even more enthusiastic than on the
night before. ,,,,
through the west OF England. but one or two OF
them have gone TO the Continen, for few weeks
Lane will sail for home on August T. and most or
The others on August H. We hope that this con-
lest will Be the beginning OF number OF athletic
competitions between English and American uni
yersltles in general and oxford and \ ale In par
tcuar II does bring this about II Will accomplish
one OF the main objects Of the contest between OK
ford and Yale