New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-05
ENGLISH CHAMPIONS HERE
r.upprpcE AND LONDON A. c. TEAMS
CAME ON THE AURANIA.

PROBABLE MEMBERS OF THE
NETWORK TEAM
49, r,orsb athletes representing Cambridge
r-n,vsrsty and The London Atnieuc |'u" arrived
s.ra an the steamship Aursna YESTERDAY afternoon
rho rondon A. c. men VIII meet 'he -io'h
c. team at Manhattan fie'a Oh "sp'e s
while the Yale-Camoriose e'''''
.oro nlace on October 5.
r,rohabIv one thousand people had gathered 70
u,scoms the foreign athletes. ana whsh .ne ocean
liner drew UP to the Columbian fie' d ~ y M
N. En4,lshmen were received with ringing 'Hos''
~ welcome while flags. cub emo'e'ns anu
-. and the air and added color and saye'y 70 me
s rhera was much trouble over the baggage
=, ne travellers and the athletes and their ir'enas
80 forced 10 leave all their baggage except ha"''
satchels on board 49, ,o,a nar,v
crr,a1es were IN waiting. and the who.e parry
was taken to the Murray Hill Ho'e. "ne,e a.. ~.
so.,oaI reception was held and dinner for them
was given. 49,, . oo,o,o.ss ~
rho New-York A. C. committee was compose ot
lanes Whitley. president; John r. van mo,mer'
Iobn G Gulick b. C. Williams, w pH'uw'
par,or, Weeks md Dr. b. F. OConnor mo
Vale committee was composed oi W. van o~'
Sherman Day and r. b. wade
noon FOR AMATEUR ATHLETICS
IT.. ,,v.s,on NJ the English champions Will 40
,,ucb n bring amateur athletics pach " PN'"'
no,ice in this part of the country. Ever sun 'ne
ana,h ~ the original Manhattan Atnleuc C'uo Ihe
vov.york Athletic Club has had no rNal III 'hs
hranch of sport; at least no rival worthy o' any Sc
r,ors consideration and field ana TRACK a'"''''c'
have suffered In consequence NOW the prospects
- ,,ya,v vind-up OF the summer season IS as
sured $500, .L.-,.,..
T, falling with one OF the best-posted autnorices
an athletics in the country YESTERDAY ne ha' 'he
following to say regarding the prooa''e "''''"a-
tional athletic championships; VI couiS ."e 0o"'
tests between Yale and Cambridge Will De between
he
colleges but 10 say that the other games 10 20
ho,d an seutenber q will be between the New
York and London athletic clubs is all nonsense
These games VIII in reality De lhterHa'o"s' IN
sco,e for the London Athletic club mas secured
on England. Scotland and ireland for their best
athletes while the New-York Athletc Ciuo VIII
have the p,ck OF this country In its team
"1 an, an American and naturally believe that
mo can hold our own with England, or any otrer
nation for that matter Still. the PERFORMANCES OK
our men Justify in the belief that Ne"-fork VIII
beat London unless some unforeseen accidents should
happen to some of our best men. and can see 10
reason why Yale should not defeat Cambridge on
octoher & In the New-York- London games X looks
now as II Bradley and Dowrer. two OF Englands
most remarkable sprnters. held us safe In the 100
and 22O yard sprints ] realize that C.um IS won-
der and that Lee Wefers Stage and Richards can
sprint with the wind but we will have our hands
full in those contests just the same Then. II sidney
Thomas comes over he will bother our men in the
three-rnle run He holds the words record for tnat
distance OF Il minutes and q seconds In the oner
contests | am convinced that we are stronger man
England or our five men for the shot ana nam
mer. I believe four OF the five, Gray, Mitchell
Hickok Cross and Chadwick can beat anything tnat
England has sent over.
MEN THAT WILL BE on THE NETWORK
TEAM.
While the official selection of the team to repre-
sen, the New-York Athletic Club will not be maze
until after the Amateur Athletic Union champion
ship games on September II. the form SHOWN py '"e
men makes II practically certain that the following
men will compete: Crum, in the 100 ana ~ yara
dashes: Burke, In the quarter-mile; hipaucH, IN
the half-mile: Conner. in the one and three miles,
Chase in the hurdles; Sweeney, in the high jump;
Ross and Sheldon. for the broad jumps: Gray, Tor
the shot and big Mitchell for the hammer
OF the Englshmen who will compete on Septern-
Der 2 their records across the ocean ahead OF
them Two or three men have been left behind OUT
the teams which arrived yesterday are made up OF
frst-cass athletes. They are making no boasts OF
what they do. but the prediction can De mace
that the finest OF athletic games ever seen N
the world will result from the invasion OF 'he lot
egn men OF muscle and Drawn.
c. A. Bradley the Splinter. Is robust young ie.'
low. with sinews Of steel. and he gives one the
impression that he would be able to take care OF
himself in any kind of company. He is memcer
of the Huddershe.d Cricket and Athletic Club as
well as the London Athletic Club He has held the
English amateur championship for 100 yards since
1892 He has a record OF 3 As seconds, and he ID
credited with 10 seconds several occasions.
A. r. Downer. the other Splinter. IL a member OF
the Scottish Pelicans and the London Athletic Cluo
His record for the l0o-yard dash is As seconda
He won the Scottish amateur championship al lo'
yards 22O yards and 40 yards from 1898 to 1895 In
elusive. Bradley beat him out in the English cham-
pionshps in some of the best races seen in Engiano
this year. Downer is slated also for the 22D-yaW
run. He and +. II. Polling hold the worlds record
for the distance. Downer, in England, is credi'eo
with being the fastest man in the world at any as
lance from $50 yards 10 800 yards. G. Jordan OF the
oxford University and London Athletic Club Is saa
10 be a particularly fast man at 22O yards.
FITZHERBERTS FAST MILE.
W. Fitzherbert. OF Trinity Hall and London Ath-
letic Club has record OF 40 3-5 seconds IN the
auarter-mile rum and he has lowered the colors of
r. c. Bredin this year. He won the quarter mile az
the Cambridge sports this year and also at the OK
ford-Cambridge games. and again at the amateur
championships. Jordan, who may run In the quar-
ter-mile race. won in the Oxford-Cambrdge and
OxfordYale games last year. but he has been beaten
out by Fitzherbert this year.
In the haf-mle Fitzpatrick will have probably
f. s. Koran and f. J. wilkins to beat. Koran ran
second to Bredin In the English amateur Champion
ships being beaten a few yards in l56
W. f. Lutyens has record Of 4l9 AS for the cne-
SN~N'-~'
Lutyens won the mile at the London Athletic Club
Cambridge sports this year. but he finished second
to Bacon in the amateur championships
SIDNEY THOMAS is COMING.
F. s Horan of Trinity Hall. Cambridge. and the
London Athletic Club has record OF li:is. for the
three-mile run He has that race in the OK.
ford cambridge games since 1892. H. A. Munro de-
feated him in the London Athletic Club-Cambridge
sports this year Sidney Thomas holds the worlds
record of l4:4 and Thomas will come over the
steamer Gallis
G. 3. Shaw and w. J. Oakley will be the Eng
lish representatives in the l2o-yard hurdle race.
Shaw is the holder OF the English amateur record
Of 10 As seconds. He is veteran at the game,
having won the English championship as far back
"a 1856 He ha held the Guardianship Tor 1888,