The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-23

attendance was such one as has
never before been seen at athletic games
save in the remarkable outpourings
that get together for the football games
between college elevens,
Fair ladies smiled approval on the et-
forts of the brawny and bronzed attn
letes that were at work with almost SUI
perhuman efforts in many of the con-
tests. They were fair ladies, too
young, blooming with health, resplen-
dent with costumes of the very latest
and most modish, TO gain the smiles
of women far less beautiful, history tells
of Journeys to the death. Hardly one
of the women at the grounds yesterday
but would have been delighted with an
opportunity TO so to the field where the
contests We're in progress, and to pin
on the breast of the winner the glitter
ing medal he had won, and would also
have plucked from her corsage the flow
ers she wore, and have felt honored to
see even one of the blossoms borne
away by the winner of one of the
events.
That was the bright side to the pic
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front rows of section Q sat a body of
| fne-loolling men, many OF whom had
between their teeth the inevitable bull
dog pipe. Pinned to the lapels of the
coats of this party of about 100 were Ell
Their the heraldic British device-the
golden lion rampant-or more elabo-
rate badge, which had crossed the Brit
ish royal ensign and the colors Of the
British Royal Navy Reserve.
| The wearerS of the badges We're the
officers and pursers and stewards of the
two British ships in port, the Germanlc
and the Aurania. They had British
cheer with them when they came, and
they used it in hearty fashion when
the wearers of the British colors in the
games came out for the first few trials.
But it became choked in their threats
when defeat after defeat overwhelmed
the London boys. British stolldity was
theirs in an overwhelming and utterly
submerging degree when they saw
chance after chance for victory snatch
ed from the men whom they had not
only hoped, but expected, to cheer. The
bulldog pipe needed frequent relighting
as the afternoon waned, and the heads
of the rampant lions on their badges
seemed to loll and finally to fall over in
a faint as the tremendous size of their
defeat became apparent. The sailors
stuck to their colors to the last, like all
good sailors, and went down with them
Their ale was indeed bitter beer as
they drank to future success" last eve
ming. But they drank the toast like Bri.
tons, Just the same.
There was a perfect track for the run
ners and superb field for the jumpers
and weight, handlers. There was sur
that was to the Britons an overpowerine
one though to the Americans 1t was jus
the sort of warmer-up that they want
ed to impel them to do their best. Ther5
was no breeze that was worth speaking
of, and never enough to i'm any way i'm
Ipede or help the runners in any of the
events. So with weather conditions
+ Iperfect, according to the American idea
with stands banked with an enthusiasts
tic and a thoroughly picturesque and
pretty crowd, ready to applaud any
good work DONE and with almost per
fleet management in the field, which wa.
not aforementioned with officials
though there We're about dozen TOT
many camera fiends about-the condi
tions were all right for Just the sort o
meeting that was to be expected, {
record breaker in every way.
Trainer Mike" Murphy, the wei
known Yale trainer, coached his mel
from the veranda of the club house, ant
the men obeyed his orders to the letter
Murphy, who has had all the Yale ath
letes with him at Travers Island for tn
past three weeks, left for New Havel
with his men last night. AS he vii
have to train the football men as wei
as the athletes, his headquarters from
this out will be at New Haven. He
not very enthusiastic in regard t
Yale's chances against Cambridge.