The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-16
CAMBRIDGE MEN AT YALE
THEIR TIME OC0UPIED IN PLEAS
URE TRIPS AND Exc URSIONS.

AbE AhNllN1 On AthhNhb VI hho ANNNNhN
Hot Weather aud Unnooustomod Climate.
The Cambridge Athletic team, which
will face the Yale athletes ON Manhat-
tan Field next month, have now been
for more than week in their quarters
here, but owing to the hot weather and
the fact that they are not yet aceus-
TONED to the climate, they have done
little in the way of effective practice.
But while their work has been light,
they have not been idle, for their time
has been fully occupied with pleasure
trips and excursions.
The favorable impression which they
created on their arrival they have
maintained. They are jolly lot of fell
lows and they have come here, not only
with a view of winning from their
American rivals, but also for a good
time Among their entertainers have
been Walter Camp, who took them for
a trip on the Yale launch, and A. De-
Witt Cochrane who last Wednesday in
vited them on a sail down the harbor
in his sloop Ava, On Thursday they
attended the yacht race and saw the
Defender sail over the course alone,
and there have been numerous smaller
excursions and occasional theater par
ties. The electric roads, which capti-
waited the Englishmen on their arrival,
have continued an unfailing source of
recreation, and the new corners are en-
thusiastic in praising them. They COM
pare them with their trans" on the
other side, which, with the exception
of a few cable lines, are drawn by
horses and seem slow in comparison
with the trolley cars.
During the hot weather, whenever OPP
portunity offered, they have enjoyed the
bathing in the harbor, and declare the
waters of the sound much warmer than
THOSE Of the English coast. At the re-
quest of their Yale host they have
dressed in their student attire and make
themselves as comfortable as possible.
Their short coats, white duck hats and
loose fitting trousers have made them
easily recognizable on the street
The New York Evening Sun says of
alll6Ill DIS IUIiOWS.
'Their easy going methods of training
soon attracted the attention of those
accustomed to the stricter system in
vogue at Yale, but the reports of the
laxity Of the English system have been
somewhat exaggerated. Smoking is
confined to the contestants of the field
events. and to such as do not have to
depend much on their wind in their
speeialties The Englishnen, too, be-
ing more set in their habits of living,
require less change when preparing for
a contest than our athletes. Then,
again, it was necessary, following their
ocean voyage that they should main
tain, as far as possible, their ordinary
method of living, in order that the
change mighty effect them as little as
possible, During THE last weeks before
the meeting the Yale matters of diet
and sleep will receive a little closer at
tention.
AT the Yale field. the practice of the
athletes has been postponed each day
until late in the afternoon, as the
warmth of our sun in the middle of the
day has been too much for the English
men, accustomed to the feeble rays
which struggle through London smoke
and English fog. The practice has thus
far been entirely open and the crowd
of spectators has been large through
out the week. The neat appearance OF
the Cambridge running costumes has
been frequently remarked. The light
blue of Cambridge is lighter than that
ysyIy, ,iy,tr ihy,aQahac or.
seys and sweaters are alike trimmed
with the university colors. The sweat
ers, open at the neck in front and with
the letters C. U. A. G. embroidered or
the pockets, make am especially neat ap-
pearance
The aYle track is favorably com
lnented upon by most of the team. 1t is
as hard as the English tracks, but the
surface is somewhat looser, owing part.
ly to the prevailing dry weather. Cap
tain Koran said recently that they re.
garded the Cambridge track as fast as
any in England, but, SO far as he coulG
judge, the Yale track was faster
A criticism of the members of the
team is necessarily confined as yet tx
their style rather than their form, as
they have not yet shown what they are
capable of, when in the best condition
The visitors are evidently not super.
stitious. as their team numbers thir'
teen -Four of these compete only il
field events.
Captain F. S. Horan is a splendid ath
lete, fast for any distance from quar-
ter to three miles. He is a great work
err, and seems to thrive on hard practice
He is rather slender for a long-dis
lance runner, and his legs are of the
spindle variety. He runs easily, anC
with a long, graceful stride, which
stamps him as above the ordinary class
Of runners. For three years he has
won the three-mile race against Ok
ford, but in the games with Yale it i!
expected that he will reserve himself
for the half mile event, as there is M
three-mile contest, and Lutyens is ca
pable of taking care of the mile.
The English sprinters, Williams ant
Wilding, are both rather heavy men
but strong finishers. Williams depend!
for his speed on his long stride, which
when he is running at top speed, ap
proaches nine feet. Both of these mel
appear older than the average of tht
team.
William Fitzherbert, the much-prais