St. Paul daily globe., 1894-07-17
YALE MEETS WITH DEFEAT
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captain. Sir Richard Webster said: II
never presented a medal 70 a better
athlete. am proud 10 meet him. and
thank him and the team he brought
over" HickOk received an immense
ovation. The medals are beautifully
engraved souvenirs. enclosed i'll elab0r-
ate cases. On the Ob verse side or the
medals are the names of the event and
the recipients; on the reverse sideare
the joined arms of az
YALE AND OXFORD.
AT the conclusion Of the presentation.
Sir Richird Webster referred to the gal
liant fight for the half-mile run, and
spoke in high praise OF the splendid
performance of Woodruff and Green
how. He then proposed toast tothe
as the principal toast OF the evening.
He had seen many American athletes,
but II was privilege TO say few words
in honor of the Yale team. Ii it had
been victorious he would not have
grudged 1t its victory. He admired the
pluck and spirit OF the American uni
versity. Such contests have done much
to draw nations together. Sir Richard
continued as follows: yale is OF our
own flesh aud blood. We will no doubt
hear OF these Yale men again, in slhe
American senate, or perhaps in the
presidency. America is as proud OF the
Yale men for their pluck as we are of
our own OXonians. l hope that at i'll
tervals OF every five or ten years teams
from the American universities will
come to do battle with the men of the
English universities.
The toast Was then drunk amid the
greatest enthusiasm, the Oxford men
standing on their chairs, waving their
glasses and cheering and
SHOUTING FOR YALE.
Hickok made few remarks in re-
sponSe. c. Ii. Sheriff. then proposed
toast TO the Oxford team. He humor.
ousiy referred to Sir Richard Webstsr's
connection with the Bering sea affair.
and added that the Yale team had
crossed the Atlantic to do their best,
not as mugWumps or goblet hunters.
but merely to see what the dark blue of
the old country could do with the dark
blue of the United States They had
seen what they could do. In drinking
the toast the 1ale men left their seats
and grouped around Sir Richard Web
ster's chair and gave the Yale yellS.
This was received with great cheering,
aud was encored.
Fry responded for the Oxford team
and eulogized the work OF Hickok and
Brown. He said that both Oxford and
Cambridge were proud OF the visit OF
the Yale athletes, who had taught them
much. Oxford had great advantage
over the Yale team. He considered that
the visitors had behaved In a most
SporISmanlike way, and he never met
with pleaSanter opponents. If ever Ok
ford visited the United States he would
be very thankful if her representatives
did not lose.
Gen. Sir Francis Grenfell proposed
the toast,
''oUR AMERICAN COUSINS"
He said lie believed that if an English
team visited America the university
teams would have different tale to tell
to that of the one today. He also
eulogized Mr.. Bayard and paid high
compliment to George Gould. MIR. Bay
ard, rising to reply, was unable to speak
for several minutes, as the Yale men
had again encircled the chairman and
were giving their yells, while the rest
of the company were cheering.
Mr.. Bayard said that today's contests
had taken forty years off his shoulders.
When he saw the youth of America
contending with the youth Of the mother
country he felt proud and honored. He
compared the home and public life of
the TWO countries, aud said that the only
sentiment filling she hearts of all today
was LET the best man win." All present
would ever remember the two flags that
went up together at one event today,an
men of the future might remember that
the first time this happened was when a
boy of America visited the old country.
This suggested to him that sucn union
might be- for the permanent benefit OF
the human race.
Nv daI apf nj
night, all the guests stood on their
chairs and sang For He's Jolly
Good Fellow" and the Yale menre-
peated their cry for the typical Ameri-
can, Bayard. 1t was nearly O'clock
before the gathering dispersed. '' =