The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-27
What the Secretary ofatIaemA.~As@U.
Thinks ofthe International Contest.

What the Secretary of sEe~A.~A.MU.
Thinks ofthe International Contest.
On Saturday, October s, the most
memorable intercollegiate meeting of
field and track athletes in the history of
this sport will take place or, Manhattan
Field. arr zt8I
On hi occasion Yale will meet the
representatives of Cambridge University
in a Qua meeting in which the finest
college athletes of the world will be par
Elephants.
Last year the Yale team went to Lon
don and succunbed after a creditable
! fight to oxford. This year Cambridge
threw down the gauntlet to Yale and
offered to visit this country to see if a
victory could be won on the American
home grounds. 1t will be a much closer
contest than the London Athletic Club
New York Athletic Club meeting, and
although at first 1T was thought that
Cambridge would surely go home a
winner it now looks probable that the
sons of old Eli will carry off the onors
of the day. For months the men have
been in training. Several of the Yale
men and several of the Cambridge men
participated i'm the games of last Satur-
day week and they will re-appear in
the coming meeting.
One of the chief beauties of this meet
ing will be the fact that the amateur
standing of every competitor is abso-
lutely above ~Teproach. There is not
only no professionalism, but it may be
added there is no semi-professiona1ism; a
| statement that would not apply to sew
| eral meetings held on both sides of the
Atlantic during recent years.
From the social point lof view this
will be the meeting of the year, and
| will be a fitting climax ito what has
gone before.
The Yale boys are great favorftes in
New York. and if they win they will be
dfned and wined with their English
friends TO their hearts content.
There will be eleven events on the
card as folloWs:- f 9ss
100 yards dash; 800 yards run; running
broad jump; Is pound hammer throwing;
putting the shot; two hurdle races; one
mile rum; half mile run; quarter mile
Mike Murphy, who is by all odds
the most ssillfui trainer Of athletes in
this country, says Mr.. James Es5sulA-t
van, although he has several men who
rival him very closely has predicted
that Yale will win seven frsts, and, IN
my opinion. Yale will at least WIN e
fess that for a time 1 regarded Jss4ne
Cambridge men as winners. Theyshave,
up 10 date shown signs of suffering from
the intensely hot weather that, prevailed
in and about New York, but the cooI
Weather which is now sweeping over tne5
East will no doubt be Of as s~u ss ia dals
cided to transfer their training quarters
from New Haven to Berkeley oval ana
cur English friends, as it doubtless does
their performances last Saturday week
formed admirably and finished second in
races where worlds records were made.
SIN the 100 yards run Richards of Yale
zRGgld win n ee camgbr iaen W MiilEams IS
credited with 10 1-5 seconds in his own
country, but those who remember
1 Richards 1st r eTHat race cg W1ea ogam a me sas
ing will pack him to win II he IS any
Where near that form. On that occasion
he :, probably T1iet Z run +pa II sno e yands tl rune richards
will again carry the Yale colors to the
front. The form shown by Fitzherpert
viii not LEAD LEAD any Rlyyba nasn g D So 4 ya taa!
Richards has repeatedly run very fast
quarters and of course canqgo the dis
lance, but the fact that ne mas not no. p . p
of the season will also help him.
In the $40 yards run the "a Gaam 4rmIn
demonstrated at the New, York-NSew
London A. c. games. chubb and San
ford are the va Yale ~r 1fpr,g5 f " aon and
fuI now, will win. In the event OF san,
ford not starting. Chubb will take good
care of Fi~tZherbert unless the BngIlsn-
man should regain his form of when at
home.
gift for Koran, for he certainly was not
VII, when the New Yorker made his worlds
record at the international games. Yale
will be represented by W Hse 1ula b ana
can do 2 minutes it looks as though the
Englishman would have an easy vic
tory.
| and Iuytens VIII be on the mark for
Cambridge. .Luytens, with a record OF
4:19 ABS. will win the event easily. not.
In the hurdle races there viii be very
close finishes Pirlk smgr}9pe and end Flet Rnfr
are credited with doing 16 1-5s. Cady is
the nest Of the Yale entries. with a
record that is Just as good He He may
although the turf may bother him to
such an extent THAT he will lose.
Tn ls.pou@ a;{s hammer @!npnas Will slaoI Be Z cr gifs
can throw the hammer about 1870, feet
and is a better man h Hicock.
claimed - Sh9 far M RHsfiDg the fae En east f repfel
sentative, is So feet. Hickoek viii Have
no trouble in winning this event, with
| Cross second. 4ss sasr3sT
In the high Jump Johnston and Jen4
nings will represent CaHnbridge andafley
are credited with 5 feet 114snchesJ Not
withstanding the fact that the English
men are poor performers at the high
jump. they may win this because. it is
doubtful if Sheldon or Thompson. the
Yale men. viii do much better. They
are credited with 5 feet IL inches in close
competition.
The long jump will, of coursey1pe won
by Sheldon. Mepdelson n Henjng-
way are not what is considered good first
class performers in America. If Shell
don's leg is good, and he appears to be
coming round, he can easily go in and
Jump % feet s or 7 inches and win with
ease.
sIt will be seen then to sum up that
Yale should add another to the list of
international honors captured by Ameri-
cans against their most worthy rivals
during the season now drawing to a
close. ahnks
aPerhaps the most interesting feature
of the International competitions WHICH
1 have done so much for sport IN this eeudl-
| fry this summer is the matter of climate.
| 1t has been alleged time and again that
| Englisnmen do not readily adapt Them
| selves to the climate inathis country and
| that Americans meet with the same diff
| sulties when in England. 1t has been
| proven. however, that even in the intense
| heat OF the American Indian summer
| our English friends are capable of doing
| remarkable work. It must also be said
for them they might do better II the