Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-17
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| men were h.st in the 1OO-yard dash, 40
yard hurdle, one-mils run, half-mile run
| and quarter-mile run. Yale secured first
place in the hammer threw. shot-put and
| broad Jump The running high jump was Q
| tie and was divided, each university taking
| half q point.
Despite the love Of fair play Of which the
| English are wont to boast, the crowds
which witnessed the contest. says a Lon
don press dispatch were generally most
| unfairly partisan. OF course, In the box
where the American ambassador and q
number Of prominent Englishmen were
| gathered the Englishmen made q point OF
| clapping their hands when q Yale man was
| successful, and Mr.. Bayard was equally
| careful to applaud the successes Of the OK
| ford men, but everywhere else the most in
! tense jealousy was manifested. In front Of
| what vas known as Yale's pavilion. which
| was supposed to be reserved for Ameri-
cans, a crowd of well-dressed men and
women gathered and when the little knot
Of Yale men gave the college cheer many
| Of these people would turn round and make
| insulting remarks.
| Frye Of the Oxfords were interviewed by
| the Associated Press correspondent after
the games. Frye was happy. He said the
oxford team was delighted with the Yale
athletes. He thought the Americans had
| not done their best, and certainly were not
UP to the record. This was because they
Were overtrained. while the Oxford men
had not reached their best form, because
they were undertrained. All the members
OF his team were surprised at Hickoks
work with the hammer and weight. He re-
gretted that the weather conditions were
| not better and thought that If the track
twenty-four feet In the running broad
| Jump. He said. further. that. although
1t was difficult to induce the Oxford men
to train In the summer time, he was de-
fn Det Ovfn To
to a return match with Yale In 1895 He
hoped that the athletes of the two univer-
stiles could meet annually.
Hickok said he was bitterly disappointed,
not 30 much because the Yale team were
beaten as because the men did not do as
well as they did in the trials. Il have
thrown the hammer" he said, ''over lbs
| feet, but today could not exceed ITO feet
| sens. They got there first, and we were
beaten. They arefa splendid lot of fellows,
and there Is nothing to regret but tho re-
suit"
Summaries.
The following Ii a, summary Of the con-
| test:
One-hundred-yard dash-Charies B. Fry
| University College,. second; Ashley Pond.
| jr.. (Yale, go. third. Time. 10 20
Observation-Disclosures h u die -
William J. Oakley Christ Church). first:
@. b. Hatch yale, 800, second: Thomas q.
Scott QHertford Cellege). third. Time. ID
1-5. T -
Four-hundred and -forty-yard run Gil
bert Jordan University. first: G. F. San
ford yale l. So. second: Ashley Pond
Vale), third Time, BIZ
Half-mile run.-Wilfrfed H. Greenhow
Q1xeter), first: Francis w. Rathbone (New
College). second; w. s. Woodruff (Yale 3d.
| third Time. 20 As.
One mile run-winfried H. Greenhow
-asa INg.l1a al 6rGt
| go, second. Time. 4.24 2-5.
Running broad jump. p. Sheldon yale
06), - feet IL inches: c. B. Fry CWadham)
% feet "a inch; w. J. Oakley Christ
| Church, % feet IL inch.
Running high Jump--L. p. Sheldon gale.
| '96) and Eric D. Swanwick University
| College,. tied for first place at 3 feet "a
inches. The event was divided.
| Putting shot-W. o. Hickok (Yale. '96), Al
| feet I 1-2 inches: Alexander Brown yale
| '@6). 40 feet; Arthur F. Mailing Exeter
Colege). IS feet IL inches.
| Throwing hammer-W. Q. Hickok yale
| yale. '96). 1O4 feet: George s. Robinson
| (New College), 101 feet 10 inches.
The Two Teams Honored.
The Sports Club entertained the Yale and
Oxford teams at dinner last night The hour
| originally set for the dinner was o'clock,
| but, owing to the late hour at which the
athletic contests were concluded, II was
| postponed until 0 O'Clock. 1t was even later
| than that when the Yale men arrived. Each
member of the team was greeted with loud
cheers as he entered the banquet hall. Be-
sides the teams there were 130 guests, most
Of them men of distinction.
Sir Richard Webster. formerly attorney
general, presided. United States Ambassa-
dor Bayard sat at his right and Sir John
Ashley at the left, the two teams following
sde by side. Among the others present were
the presidents and secretaries Of the Oxford
on har htnsf nAta
tons, William Waldorf Astor and Patrick
Collins, United States consul general.
After the company. with prolonged en-
thus'asm, had toasted the queen. President
Cleveland. the Prince of Wales and the
| members of the royal family. Sir Richard
Webster presented medals to the successful
athletes. Each recipient was hailed with an
outburst of cheers.
In handing a medal to Hickok, Yale's cap
tain, Sir Richard Webster said: Il never
presented a medal to a better athlete. l am
proud to meet him and thank him and the
team he brought over"
Hickok received an immense. ovation.
The medals are beautiful engraved souve-
Mrs, inclosed in elaborate cases. On the
diverse side of the medal are the name Of
the event and Of the recipient; on the re-
verse side are the Joined arms of Yale and
oxford.
At the conclusion Of the presentation Sir
Richard Webster referred to the gallant
fight for the half mile run and spoke in high
praise of the splendid performance of Wood
hull and Greenhow. He then proposed a
toast to the Yale team, which, he said, he
regarded as the principal toast of the even
Ing. He had seensmany American athletes.
but 1t was a privilege to say few words in
honor of the Yale team. If they had been
victorious he would not have grudged them
their victory. He admired the pluck and
spirit Of the American university. Such
contests have done much to draw nations
together. u !
Sir Richard continued as follows yale Is
of our own flesh and Blood. We will. no doubt.
hear of these Yala men again in the Amer
lean Senate, or, perhaps, in the presidency.
America is as PROUD of the Yale men for
their pluck as wenarGof our own Oxonians
1 hope that at intervals of every five or ten
years teams from The American universities
VIII come to do battle with the men of the
English universities"
The toast was then drank amid the great
est enthusiasm, tina Oxford men standing on
their chairs, waving their glasses and cheer
ing and shouting for Yale.
tIickok made few remarks in response.
Z. ii. Sheriff. then proposed a toast to
the oxford team. He humorously referred
TO Sir Richard Websters connection with
the Bering sea affair, and added that the
J ale team had crossed the Atlantic TO do
the best, not as mugwumps and 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.